Liu Che asked Wang Dao to arrange Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zhengying to live temporarily in the other garden of the original Sixian Garden, and at the same time asked people to invite Zhuo Wenjun and Cheng Zhengying to reunite with their respective families.

After doing this, Liu Che began to wait for the arrival of his younger brother Liu Yan, the king of Jiangdu, and Liu Jia, the king of Yankang.

The distance between Yanguo and Chang'an is undoubtedly much closer than Guangling.

On the last day of the end of October, the fourth son of King Yankang entered Chang'an.

At the same time, the documents from the prime minister of Yan State, the internal history, the imperial history and the imperial court that had been sent to Yan State to collect wind on the evaluation of the four sons of King Yan Kang and the related behaviors and morals of these four sons also came to Liu Che's hands.

I have to say that Liu Jia's popularity is very good.

Some time ago, Liu Che asked Zongzheng, Taichang and hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss their names.

The hundred officials unanimously believed that Liu Jia sat in the Yan Kingdom, educated the people, cared for the soldiers, made meritorious contributions, and was peaceful in government, did not build civil engineering, did not pursue a luxurious life, did not incarnate a bulldozer, and did not participate in the rebellion of Liu Xingju, Liu Bi and others, he was simply a model prince of the Han family!

Therefore, everyone believes that 'Kang' is the correct evaluation of him.

As the so-called peace and happiness of the people, the origin circulation is also!

It's just that Liu Che took the relevant documents of Liu Jia's four sons, but he had a headache.

Origins circulation?

Hehe, the incense of Yan Guosheji can only be passed on for one more generation, right?

Liu Jia's fourth son, eldest son Liu Dingguo, second son Liu Dingyuan, third son Liu Dingyi, and youngest son Liu Bao, none of them can support the wall!

The boss Liu Dingguo will not talk about it, this expert-level German orthopedic patient. As early as Liu Che's previous life, he was already notorious in the clan. Everyone avoids it!

This person's discipline has no lower limit, and there is no bottom line in his actions.

Not only his siblings can talk about it, but his own daughter will not let it go!

Among all the beast princes and kings of the Han family, this person ranks first, and he deserves it!

The other three princes were no better than that.

The second son, Liu Dingyuan, according to the imperial history and the secretary who had gone to Yan to collect style, reported that he had a tyrannical temperament. The people are afraid of it like a tiger, and they can't worship the temple.

Liu Dingyi is okay, there are no bad deeds. But......

The prince had been suffering from polio......

Even if he is established as the king of Yan, I am afraid he will not be able to sit for a few years.

The youngest son, Liu Bao, is too young, only eight years old this year. At such an age. It can also be cultivated, educated.

But the problem is that Liu Che can't put him on the throne at all, and he won't help him!

Changjun doesn't stand, change the policy to naïve children?

Liu Che didn't want to build his reputation for Yan Guo, and he couldn't do it!

Moreover......

"Actually, Yan Guo is the heir, maybe it's a good thing......" Liu Che held his chin and pondered.

Yan is not a small country!

And the strategic location is very important!

The imperial capital of later generations, Tianjin and Shanhaiguan were all in the territory of Yan State, relying on the Great Wall. can be defended or attacked, and in his previous life, Huo Qubing often relied on the swallow thistle area. Launch an attack on the Huns.

The Huns also often retaliated from Beiping, Yuyang and other places.

Isn't it unusual for the six dynasties in later generations to build their capitals on swallow thistle?

Looking at it this way, the current heir of Yan Guo is a good thing.

So, Liu Che decisively put aside the festival, just took a cursory look at Liu Jia's four sons, and chose Liu Dingguo as the heir of Yanguo Zongmiao without any surprise, and the other three sons, the second son Liu Dingyuan was named the king of Guangyang, and cut three counties from Yan to him as a consolation prize, and the third son Liu Dingyi was named Fangchenghou, with 1,100 households, however, Liu Che estimated that he would not live long, and the government and the opposition, including Liu Dingyi, had no opinion, after all, the generation after the king was crowned heir, such a story is too sad.

Not to mention other people, Liu Dingyi himself can't accept it.

And the youngest son Liu Bao is too young, and the Han family has never had a story of a non-prince being crowned king at an early age.

Even during the reign of the Lu family, the Lu family did not dare to do that.

So Liu Bao was finally named Yin Xianghou.

In this way, if the large Yan Kingdom was immediately dismembered into four pieces, the territory of the Yan Kingdom inherited by Liu Dingguo was reduced by more than half compared to his father Liu Jia.

There are only five counties left within the territory of the Yan Kingdom......

Overnight, the powerful northern feudal kingdom of Yan became a small country that was almost outside the door.

So the government and the opposition celebrated, and countless ministers came to the table one after another to celebrate this great victory.

The Tui En Order shows with practical actions that it has better efficacy and fewer side effects than the crude cutting order, and the parties are willing to do so.

After Yan Guo took this step, the Tui En Decree became a tangible thing from paper.

The princes, princes and brothers all saw and touched it.

Who would not want to be called a lonely man and a king in the south?

At worst, the consolation prize is also a liehou who eats at least a thousand households!

For a while, the princes and kings hadn't figured out how to deal with the rumors of the salt and iron official camp in Chang'an, and their own harem was the first to make trouble.

As soon as he came out of the palace, he fought one after another.

It's just that Liu Che's pressure has not decreased.

In the first few days of November alone, there were already several wives of the former emperor who went to the East Palace to cry.

The Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Bo were both annoyed, but there was no way.

After all, the story of Mrs. Qi is where it is.

Even if it was just for the sake of the two queen mothers' own reputation, Liu Che was called to admonish him for two days.

This casts a shadow over the prospects of the Yantie official camp.

Several concubines of the first emperor cried, and the two queen mothers of the East Palace would call the Son of Heaven to admonish, if the sons of the first emperor and the princes and uncles went to the East Palace to cry and complain, and even went to cry Gao Temple, Taimiao Ren Temple.

Can the Son of Heaven still withstand the pressure?

Countless people watched coldly, and the little abacus in their hearts rattled.

And the businessmen and their related households who got the news also shuttled back and forth, running and lobbying.

Although it is said that the official policy of the Son of Heaven on salt and iron does not prohibit merchants from selling salt and iron in the same way.

However, any businessman who has seen the grain protection price policy that has been implemented in Guanzhong regards the salt and iron official camp as a beast of prey!

The grain protection price under the leadership of the Shaofu implemented in Guanzhong has forcibly hit the profit of grain to the point of small or even small profits!

Implemented in less than two years. Several large families in Guanzhong have already withdrawn from their family's traditional grain trading and trafficking business.

It has also made a large number of rangers, ruffians and loan sharks who used to parasitize on this industrial chain enter the situation of unemployment!

Let the Kanto merchants see that it is really sad that the rabbit died and the fox died, and my heart was sad!

So, gradually. Public opinion began to blow a trend of 'the Son of Heaven does not compete with the people for profit'.

Although it is still only spreading in a small circle, and the mainstream public opinion does not agree with it at all.

Originally, Liu Che would not know about this kind of small thing when he was in the palace.

However, the 'loyal' embroidered guard reported the matter to Liu Che as soon as possible.

Blame this era too. No one knows what a spy is, let alone the power of Jinyiwei and the KGB.

Many people deliberate on things, and even plot such a great thing as rebellion. It's all done in broad daylight.

Like the year before last, Liu Bi connected the princes and kings.

Not to mention the emperor, even the children in Chang'an City know about it......

So, what these people discussed, what they discussed. Even when people advocate that 'the Son of Heaven does not compete with profit' is the original one. The details are placed in front of Liu Che's case.

Liu Che just glanced at it casually, and didn't pay much attention to it.

Don't compete with the people? Is this a god horse? Is it tasty?

Nowadays, after Confucianism took control of the right to speak, the concept derived from the Han dynasty 'not competing with the people for profit' is the dispute between righteousness and benefit, so that the basis for theoretical disputes that can break the head in later generations does not exist.

At best, it is a question of moral character.

It has not yet risen to the level of state ideology.

It was during the Zhaoxuan period, after the landlord and scholar class sat down, the virtuous literature of various places under the banner of not competing for profit was sprayed back by Sang Hongyang alone.

The current Han family, talking about interests. Even the exchange of interests is not taboo.

Lobbyists shuttle back and forth. Lobbying courtiers and magnates is basically the same as in the Warring States period, first intimidating and then putting forward opinions.

Therefore, Liu Che knows that this wind, if it is in the Qilu region, where Confucianism is dominant, will probably be able to form some influence and coerce public opinion, but it is ...... in Guanzhong

This is the stronghold of the old Huang school and the Legalists!

Although the old Huang faction has reached the end of the day, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the traditional inertial force will continue to influence for at least ten or twenty years, while the new generation of Guanzhong people are more or less attracted by the theory of Legalism.

The spread of Confucianism in Guanzhong can be said to have a long way to go.

If it weren't for the piglets, they wouldn't have been able to sit big!

This is Liu Che's intuitive feeling for more than a year after he ascended the throne.

Confucianism's dominance and hegemony is actually just an accident, not an inevitability.

Among the hundreds of sons, there are not a few who have the strength to wrestle with them and compare with them.

The only advantage of Confucianism is that there are many people and they can speak with their voices.

In addition, if the actual ability is used as the criterion for judging, regardless of the old Huang school and the Legalists, even the Mo family, which has now withered, is estimated to be able to fight with Confucianism.

However, then again, Confucianism's adaptability and evolutionary speed are indeed the first among the hundred sons of the people.

According to the report of the embroidered guards and the report of the Shouzhi capital of Henan County.

In the past six months, a new Confucian faction has emerged in the Luoyang area.

This faction blends the theories of some of the Ram faction, advocates being tough on the outside world, and advocates 'revenge of a gentleman, let alone ten years, ten thousand years is not too late!' ’

In terms of Huayi's distinction, although they are still copied from Guan Zhong's cold rice.

But in terms of the positioning of the Son of Heaven, it is quite interesting.

They advocate this: since ancient times, the holy king ruled the world, virtue was born by the common people, punished in the four seas, Weijia Hai, now the holy son of heaven is in power, on behalf of the heavens, the Yuan Yuan and all the people, all take the Son of Heaven as their parents, and the Son of Heaven is ordered by the heavens, and the people's parents live in the ninety-five respect, perform the dry and the kun, move the yin and yang, and are born sacred, so since ancient times the holy monarch is in power, then Li Shu is healthy, and the rule of the holy monarch is based on the people, and the people are in power, the four seas are resentful, the princes rebel, Xun Zi said: Heaven is constant, not because of Yaocun, not because of death, Si is the word.

This is quite a naïve theory of royal responsibility.

It's also a variant of celestial induction, right?

It's just that he no longer tries to put the imperial power in that papier-mâché cage made of God and the heavens.

They seem to intend to create a similar one where the Son of Heaven is ordained by Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is ordained to rule Lishu. Therefore, the Son of Heaven has the responsibility and obligation to rule the people of the world and run together towards the wooden cage of responsibility for a better society governed by three generations.

It seems to be more solid than the ethereal God and the heavens. It's also a little more realistic.

Of course, this faction still retains many Confucian bad habits, such as the excessive pursuit of the so-called 'Zhou rites' and the admiration of the Ida system.

And because it is a nascent faction, there are not many people, and now there are probably only a few dozen people in total, which is roughly equivalent to a private Confucian internal study group. It doesn't have much of an impact.

It seems that many of the theories and slogans of this school were influenced by Liu Che's edicts last year.

It turns out. Confucianism has never lacked adventurists and opportunists, as well as smart people.

Among the hundreds of sons, Confucianism has always been the faction with the fastest change and the strongest ability to accept new things!

Of course, this is based on the existence of the Huang Lao faction and other factions such as the Legalists and the Mohists.

Survival of the fittest in natural selection. Survival of the fittest. This theory is not only limited to living things, but also suitable for countries, nations, and even ideas and ideologies!

To put it bluntly, without the Soviet Union, Western capitalism and capitalists would not have evolved to the point of welfare society and people's cooking society in 10,000 years.

This can be seen from the fact that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the West has stagnated, and even the old Europe has continued to degenerate.

As the ancestors said: there is no way to be a home. There are no foreign invincible foreign patients, and the country will perish.

After Liu Che heard about this new faction. On the surface, he scolded with a smile: "The second and third sons are whimsical, which is ridiculous!" ”

But in private, he instructed Wang Dao to send two reliable Legalist scholars who were selected after the last year's examination to go to Luoyang and blend into the interior of this primary school school.

Liu Che plans to support and cultivate this school.

In the future, Legalism will inevitably prosper, which is the inevitable result of Liu Che's determination to forge ahead.

However, if no one pulls him in the Legalist family, God knows what kind of crazy thing he will do!

Now that the old Huang faction is declining, the future cannot be counted on by the old Huang faction to put the brakes on the Legalists.

Moreover, without competition, there is no evolution.

Nature's apex predators are the ones that have evolved and eliminated over millions of years.

If a country wants to remain viable, it cannot be a stagnant pool of water inside.

As for the worry of ideological confusion, after Liu Che became emperor for more than a year, he finally confirmed that this was an excuse made for himself by the disciples and grandchildren of Confucianism in later generations.

Although there are hundreds of schools of thought, different behaviors, and different governance.

But in terms of ideology and core values, there are many striking similarities.

For example, the Huayi debate, such as the sense of loyalty, such as the importance of filial piety, the discrimination and suppression of businessmen, the yearning for the rule of three generations, and so on.

In other words, in fact, it is good to respect Confucianism alone, or to respect Legalism alone.

Just like the rotation of the Midi political party in later generations, the details may change, but the general direction and core values will not change!

Have you ever seen the entire Republican Party's policies and measures pushed over when the Mid-Democrats came to power?

The sons and hundreds of schools have been fighting for hundreds of years, and you have me and I have you for a long time.

The Little Pig Dynasty exalted Confucianism, not so much to unify thoughts, but rather to say that some people took this opportunity to squeeze out political opponents, suppress dissidents, and settle old accounts.

In essence, whether before or after Confucianism, the debates and quarrels in the ideological world will always exist.

It's just that Little Pig's monopoly on Confucianism has buried a bad result: that is, academic debates are different from political opinions, which can turn into personal attacks, and even endless political dumping!

From then on, the victors of the political struggle, including the thoughts, classics, and speeches, of the losers, were all put into a separate volume, and they were burned and banned at every turn, and the literary prison was put on the stage of politics.

The actions and tone of these people are strikingly consistent.

So much so that Liu Che automatically made up a picture in his mind.

Those victors stepped on the flesh and words of the losers, and said triumphantly: "Shut up!" We are talking about the way of forgiveness of Confucius and Mencius! ”

Liu Che walked out of the palace gate and stood on the high platform of the Xuanshu Palace, overlooking the entire Chang'an City.

Looking at scholars of various schools, such as scholars, scholars

There is no slogan of 'don't talk about state affairs', there is no charge of criticizing national politics, and no one will be killed or deleted because of a sentence, a book, or even a poem.

"It's a wonderful time!" Liu Che opened his hands and said, "I will guard this era!" ”

Then, he turned around and instructed Wang Dao: "Chuan Shangshu Ling Ji Di, I want to listen to the story of Emperor Taizong's slander edict today!" ”

Half an hour later, the Xuanshu hall sounded the voice of Ji Di and the frustration: "In March of the fourth year of Emperor Xiaowen, the edict said: The ancients ruled the world, the court has the power of goodness, and the wood of slander, so those who come to admonish through the way have the crime of slander and fallacy in the current law, so that the ministers dare not enjoy themselves, and there is no reason to hear about the mistakes, where will the virtuous people from afar?" It is divided. The people or curse each other with an agreement and then insult each other, and the officials think that it is a great rebellion, and they have other words, and the officials think it is slander. The ignorance of this small people is worthy of death, and I will not take it. From now on, no one who commits this will be punished! ”

After Ji Di finished reciting it again, Liu Che ordered him to recite it three more times.

Emperor Taizong's edict, Liu Che is actually ripe, and its core idea is naturally clear.

That is, ministers and illiterate people can have no taboos when discussing state affairs and even the emperor himself.

Of course, the ministers didn't have the courage to really criticize the emperor.

But the common people, from now on, want to say what they want to say, not to mention scolding the officials, that is, scolding the emperor in front of the emperor, as long as it makes sense, the emperor can only listen obediently.

The Han family, especially the people in Guanzhong, criticized the emperor's policies behind their backs, and even complained about them, and there were not one or two.

Even Liu Che had heard in his previous life that after the failure of the Jianyuan New Deal, the little pig hunted and frolicked in Shanglin Yuan, and as a result, he stepped on the seedlings of the people, and then was sprayed wildly by the farmer uncle, and the little pig could only hide his face and leave, and finally even ordered King Wuqiu Shou to preside over the expansion of Shanglin Garden, in order to not be sprayed in the future.

Liu Che asked Ji Di to come to the Xuanmur Hall to recite the edict of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, which was naturally not boring.

Political figures, especially emperors, have a special meaning in their every move.

The book of orders to recite the edict of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Liu Che wants to tell the world that Taizong's edict is not easy for me to say a word, and I will obey it.

This is not only a response to the so-called 'new monarch wants to change the edict of Taizong and reap the benefits of the salt pond in the mountains and fields', but also the attitude of further tightening the ropes.

I have made this statement, and those who are still chirping crookedly must be chaotic ministers and thieves!

The sin of slander is gone!

But in the Han law, there are clauses against crimes such as great disrespect and great rebellion! (To be continued......)

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