353. Countermeasures
When everyone in the world is rejoicing in the establishment of the Zongheng Division, there is a group of people who are very worried and depressed, everything is like this, there are supporters, naturally there are opponents, and those who oppose can also think of it with their feet, except for the group of people who rely on the Confucian classics to ascend to the top, who else? Relying on the supremacy of the Confucian classics, they cannot afford to lose the position occupied by the Confucian classics.
But now this situation has changed slightly, because of the emergence of a person, the long-term and horizontal family that has long disappeared actually has a revival direction, when the pre-Qin princes and hundreds of schools of thought stood side by side with each other and even confronted each other, Confucianism did not occupy an advantage, on the contrary, the descendants of Confucianism were rarely able to grasp the power of a country, on the contrary, it was those who had long disappeared and the sons of the hundred schools of thought who had mastered more political power, there were military heirs, there were heirs of the Zongheng family, and there were descendants of the Legalist family, and the era of great changes was the era of the extreme decline of Confucianism. Because Confucius, the head of Confucianism, advocated self-denial and retribution, which was incompatible with the basic style of moving forward in the era of the Great Reform, there were no Confucian successors and Mohist heirs who held power.
This is very easy to understand, Confucianism and Mohism did not hold power, but they were called Confucian and Moxian studies, but when Confucianism represented by Dong Zhongshu turned his back on Confucius's original intention and fully surrendered to the imperial power, it dealt a comprehensive and terrifying blow to the hundreds of sons and schools that still insisted on themselves, and even the poor brothers Mojia who had always been poor.
Was Qin Shi Huang's book burning pit terrifying? Compared with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's deposition of the hundred schools, Qin Shi Huang's approach is really too insignificant, and the initiator of all this is Dong Zhongshu, who created the theory of heaven and man induction. Turning their backs on Confucius's original intentions, Confucianism gradually changed, and after mastering the supreme position, these people were even more reluctant to give up such a position, in order to avoid the huge impact of the revival of the hundred schools of thought, so that there was a possibility of losing the transcendent status, what Confucianism did was really disgraceful.
No matter what time it was, if the emperor wanted to control the whole country and stabilize his power, he had to rely on the power of Confucianism. Confucianism was attached to imperial power. Imperial power was also inseparable from Confucianism, and the two gradually benefited each other and reached a consensus, and at this time. A strange person appeared. He has made great achievements repeatedly. entered the emperor's field of vision, and I don't know what method Lu Dao used, and was appreciated by the emperor. At a young age, some people actually called him a young prime minister, which directly affected the government, which was almost impossible to happen before, but now it is happening.
If it is just like this, this person actually took advantage of the victory over the Western Turks, said that the emperor established the Tang Military University subordinate to the military, Tian shamelessly used the concept of the university in the Confucian classics, and used the rudeness of martial arts to defile the essence of Confucian sacred learning, so that many Confucian scholars were greatly dissatisfied, but the gun was in the hands of the emperor, and the emperor's unseen tough posture passed the decision on the establishment of the military university, and established the transcendent status of the military university as soon as possible. The military power of the Tang Dynasty is basically out of touch with civilian officials.
The appearance of the 100,000-person examination made these people determine this idea, and the extraordinary enthusiasm shown by the common people for the military university made these cultural aristocrats panic, the emperor concurrently served as the president, and the general in the army served as the sacrificial wine, and the entire military university was completely controlled by the military, and the future officers would basically come from the military university, and the military university indirectly mastered the army, and finally summarized the military power into the hands of the emperor, and the military power was firmly controlled.
This hand is really beautiful, it has stabilized the basic strength of the Li family's dynasty, stabilized the regime, the military has become an iron plate, and the military strength is used to fight against the cultural power, so that these cultural nobles dare not move for the time being, if this is the case, forget it, this has not touched their fundamental interests, they rely on culture to grasp the moral supremacy, as long as they still control the culture, they don't have to worry about anything else, don't worry about the emperor using the army to eliminate them, that is digging their own grave.
However, the appearance of the Zonghengji made them panic.
Zongheng, how many words have not appeared in the past, since Dong Zhongshu's plan succeeded, after the hundred schools were deposed, how many years, the Zongheng family has not appeared, the original glory of the Chinese political situation has disappeared, Guiguzi, who is regarded as the ancestor of the Zongheng family, has lost its influence, the Zongheng family has completely disappeared, and even lost the inheritance, almost everyone thinks so, the hundred schools have disappeared and no longer exist!
But inexplicably there was a vertical and horizontal family heir, the emperor inexplicably established a special department to deal with Western Turkic affairs, instead of Honglu Temple, but to establish a vertical and horizontal division, in the name of vertical and horizontal, what does it mean? Is Suning really a family heirloom? There is really a Zongheng family that has survived, and until now, led by Suning, using the strength of foreign affairs to revive the Zongheng family?!
What's even more terrifying is that the courtiers have shown extraordinary interest in this, not only the military supports, but even within the courtiers, they are very curious about the revival of the Zongheng family, and even support, except for their mouthpieces to put forward clear objections, the most reluctantly so that they retreat to the point that as long as they are not in the name of Zongheng, everything else can be done, but they still can't stop the curious courtiers and the emperor's strong support, the ministry passed a resolution, the emperor seconded the proposal, signed the document, and stamped the jade seal of the country, everything was a foregone conclusion.
In fact, these Confucian heirs have also noticed that every time there is a troubled era, it is the time when Confucianism is the weakest, at this time, some strategists will enter a regime with different academic opinions, advocate their scholarship, and attack Confucianism, if it weren't for the fact that these people can't do without Confucianism in order to be emperors, and Confucianism has been deeply rooted, and the hundreds of schools of thought can not be effectively inherited, and they will really be given by them, this matter is the most dangerous in the Cao Cao era, If it weren't for the fact that the inheritance of the hundred schools of thought was almost cut off, it would have really been given to Cao Cao.
At this time, it was the time when the power and influence of Confucianism were reduced to the freezing point, and the five wealthy families were very famous, but ordinary people and even the scholars and the imperial court needed all kinds of talents to revive the land of China. Enough land and food, strict laws, a strong army, and a corresponding environment.
At this time, at this juncture, the Zonghengjia seized the opportunity and revived!
Damn, why didn't you notice that there were still heirs in the Zongheng family? Why didn't you notice the movements of the Zongheng family at all? Now it is the Zongheng family, and the previous soldiers have mastered the inheritance of the art of war with the iron plate, and they are fighting against Confucianism. At this time, the tough Zonghengjia came out again. Alone in control of a department, there is a great revival, what is next? Have the hundred schools of pre-Qin princes been completely wiped out? Obviously, only if you know Confucianism can you become an official, what is it for? Why do these people still exist? Don't they want to be officials?!
First, the soldiers raised their heads. Now the Zongheng family has popped up again. What's next? Will other schools of thought reappear? With the help of this great trend of rebellion against Confucianism, all re-emerged and challenged the hegemony of Confucianism? and even the study of soldiers, the establishment of military universities. Preserve your legacy and gain the Emperor's blessing? It's not impossible! Legalism, Moism, peasants, Yin and Yang, Taoism, celebrities, miscellaneous, will they all appear to challenge the authority of Confucianism, with the help of imperial power, and finally defeat Confucianism and return to that era?
That's definitely what these Confucian elites don't want to see, and they absolutely can't allow it, once this happens, it is simply their lives, what will the emperor do who is very dissatisfied with them and even hates them very much? What will those military chiefs do? The military family has been revived, the Zongheng family is very strong, what about the others? The matter of the imperial examination has been forgotten by many people, who would rather take the selection examination of the military university and the recruitment test of the vertical and horizontal division than study at home and wait for the imperial examination......
In fact, this is also these man-made sins, the Tang Dynasty imperial examination is not the champion can be examined, you still need to go through two re-examinations, you also need to see how you look, and then you can be temporarily awarded the nine small officials, or other grass-roots officials out of the way to experience, as short as a year, as long as seven or eight years, and even a lifetime without the opportunity to be promoted, the road of the imperial examination is still in the hands of many children of big families, and the children of the poor family can hardly see a way out.
If it weren't for the fact that the Vertical and Horizontal Division only accepted 3,000 people to sign up, and finally only admitted 500 people, there would definitely be more people who would be assessed, and then take up the position of the Vertical and Horizontal Division, and be taught by Suning the Vertical and Horizontal Arts, become the heirs of the Vertical and Horizontal Family, carry forward the Vertical and Horizontal Family, and fight against Confucianism, because no matter from which aspect, those who can compete with Confucianism will not be disgusted by people, only the sons and hundreds of schools that have coexisted in the world, Didn't you see how many people were looking forward to the appearance of the Zongheng family this time?
It seems that not only the emperor, but also a considerable number of cultural people are very dissatisfied with these Confucian descendants......
In this context, the heads of the wealthy families had to gather in the Cui family in Qinghe County, and the person who convened the party was actually Cui Zhang, the head of the Cui family, who was the old man in Washington that night, and the other heads of the family were also invited, if they were in the past, they would definitely not come so soon, or even not come, but as soon as the reappearance of the Zongheng family spread, it immediately spread throughout the Tang Dynasty at a very terrifying speed, and the biggest reaction to this matter was naturally these Confucian elites.
So this time, they arrived at Cui's house as quickly as possible and gathered together to discuss the current situation and how to deal with it...... Obviously, it is also a way to get out of trouble, and the current situation has greatly exceeded their expectations...... That's a powerful school that once played with the political situation in China!
"Call everyone to come today, everyone understands what it means, don't say polite words and irrelevant words, let's discuss it, how should we deal with this matter, whether it is for or for nothing, you can talk about it!" Cui Zhang is very old, everyone is of the same status, and he has no scruples when he speaks.
Lu Li, the head of the Fanyang Lu family, looked at the others, and said first: "This matter, I advocate immediate intervention, and I will not hide it from you, this Suning's brother Su Lie accepted the enemy of my clan Xue Li Xue Rengui as an apprentice, Xue Li killed the young grandson of the third child of my family, the third family has been crying bitterly these days, but the emperor instructed Jiangzhou Assassin Shi to intervene strongly, and even dispatched the army, Xue Li was able to escape, and his wife's family was also sheltered, we couldn't move them, Xue Li fled to Chang'an and entered the Military University, With the protection of the army, we obviously can't openly move him, but I can't help but avenge this revenge, and I have to give the third child an explanation. ”
Zheng Qi, the head of the Zheng family in Rongyang, opened his mouth and said: "Don't say anything else, Xue Li must be killed, but how to kill, when to kill, we have to discuss, don't act rashly, Suning is the same, although he is talented, but he is not a Confucian after all, he is basically the heir of the Zongheng family, and he actually dares to revive the Zongheng family openly, a fifteen-year-old hairy boy is so bold, I really don't know if Lu Dao is extremely smart or stupid, he doesn't know what consequences Lu Dao will bring to him if he does this?" (To be continued......)