Changle Palace, in the main hall of Ci'an Palace

The bronze lamp is dazzling, the clouds are faint, the filaments are soft, and there is no sound, only two people are facing each other......

After a long time, Qiao Mu asked softly:

"Do you know why the mourning family called you over?"

"My grandson doesn't know!"

Liu Che's face stiffened, and he replied indifferently.

If he didn't have the power to fight, he would want to kill someone, how good could his attitude be?

"You want to train and reform, the mourning family can turn a blind eye, but you can't touch the bottom line of the mourning family, the bottom line of the mourning family is that a hundred flowers bloom, and the people live in peace, the mourning family knows that what you like is Dong Zhongshu's so-called unity of heaven and man, and what you like is his monarch and ministers, father, father and son.

But the mourners didn't like it.

What the mourning family wants is that everyone in the world knows that the emperor has no way, and when he starts an army to fight, he should follow Tang Ji.

What the mourning family wants is to speak widely.

There is only one family above the court.

In the future, as long as you don't commit these two things, the mourning family will no longer care about you, and you can act freely. ”

Qiao Mu was a little worried at this time that her behavior would force Liu Che from one extreme to the other, so he came over and set a rule for him, so that he could do things within his bottom line, so as not to turn back and he would not dare to do anything because of these two setbacks.

Liu Che pondered for a moment, and stared at Qiao Mu thoughtfully for a long time before he said:

"Grandmother's words are not encouraging ministers to rebel, how can the thoughts of the monarch be compared with those who are ministers and scholars, even the sons of the hundred schools of thought dare not say that Shang Tang Ji Zhou's behavior is absolutely righteous, and they are still called people and ministers killing kings.

And today, I am for you.

The monarch does not want to be killed by his ministers.

If you don't want to find a way to unify your thinking, today you will send a Legalist to manage the people of a place, implement the law of the Legalist, and tomorrow you will change to learn from Huang Lao's learning to manage the people of a place, and then the people will suffer, isn't it still the people everywhere who will suffer? ”

"Uh...... Is there no uniform law everywhere?

When officials manage a place, they naturally act according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, so how can they rely on their own will?

If there is something that cannot be determined by the law, then the matter will be brought to the center for a decision, or a new law will be added, and then it will be managed.

For officials, improving people's livelihood is the first priority, and officials are promoted, regardless of their local reputation and reputation, but only need to consider whether the local people's livelihood has changed, whether the people's lives have become better, or worse, or there has been no change, so that they can judge the likes and dislikes of officials.

If an official can improve the people's livelihood, so that the local people can eat meat and make money, then even if there is more corruption, he is also a good official, a peerless good official. ”

Qiao Mu's words are really contrary to today's universal values, but this is indeed her own true inner thoughts, leading the people to starve to death on the streets, even if they are honest, they are not good officials, on the contrary, if they can let the people live a good life, and the family lives and works in peace and contentment, even if there is a little corruption and bribery, it is not flawed.

"Grandmother...... You ......"

Liu Che looked shocked at this time, and was a little incredulous at first, but quickly reacted and thought about the true meaning of Qiao Mu's words.

After thinking about it for a long time.

Even he himself couldn't help but feel that what Qiao Mu said made some sense, if the country is compared to a shop, then the king is the owner of the shop, and the official is the steward and subordinate of the shop.

If the manager of the store does not dare to embezzle a penny, but he can't earn a penny from the management of the store, and even sticks the money upside down, even if the reputation is good, the owner of the store will find a way to fire him, on the contrary, if the store manager is a little corrupt a little money, but it can make the store make money every day, as long as the manager is not too corrupt and does not touch the bottom line of the store owner, then the store owner is absolutely reluctant to fire the manager directly.

At least a few times, when there is really no way, when you really can't beat.

will start in pain.

After starting, he hired a steward who didn't make much money, and maybe the master would regret it.

"Okay, the bottom line of the mourning family has also told you, you can do it yourself, in the future, you will manage the government by yourself, and the mourning family will not interfere too much.

But if there is a rebellion among the people, the mourners will intervene.

Supervise officials, not take it lightly.

Okay, you go back. ”

Although Qiao Mu really wanted to take out some knowledge of the future generations to teach him, she also knew very well that some people didn't like to listen to others, and preferred to think for themselves, Liu Che was obviously this kind of person.

Therefore, it is okay to mention a few words casually.

But if you talk too much, it will disgust him.

So, it's better to take your time.

There's no rush anyway.

Liu Che's expression did not show the slightest joy, at this time he was still more entangled and puzzled in his heart, but the Empress Dowager had already sent off the guests, and it was not good for him to stay here, or to continue to ask.

Therefore, you can only bow and leave.

Prepare to go back and think for yourself.

No, let's talk to some more people.

After the meeting in Changle Palace, Liu Che completely gave up the idea of Confucian exclusivity, of course, at least when Qiao Mu was alive, he completely gave up the idea of Confucian exclusivity.

But in addition, other political reforms have become more bold, such as official reforms, for example, the establishment of the Yulin Army on the basis of the original period, that is, the selection of war orphans or orphans of soldiers' families into the Shanglin Yuan to form an army and conduct intensive training.

Because they are all orphans.

Therefore, it is also called Yulin orphans.

Originally, according to the original trajectory, Liu Che had to wait for the death of the Empress Dowager Dou if he wanted to form the Yulin Army, but because Qiao Mu had promised him that he could train the army, Liu Che of course couldn't wait to start his own private army.

In the face of his behavior, Qiao Mu naturally abided by his agreement, did not interfere, and even gave him some convenience and help in some aspects, such as ordnance.

At this point, the situation in the court was much more harmonious.

It can be said that in the struggle between Qiao Mu and Liu Che this time, neither of them actually lost anything, and the only loss was probably Confucianism and Dong Zhongshu, who were caught in the middle as cannon fodder.

This is probably the battle of the big guys.

Lie down with guns and cannon fodder.

But fortunately, the arbor is not too harsh.

A month after the incident, it was announced that Dong Zhongshu's punishment had been lifted, and some Confucian books had been added to the library.

This move undoubtedly relieved the Confucian disciples who had been worried before, and even some of them were ready to change their doors.

However, the hostility of the remaining hundred schools of thought towards Confucianism has not been improved, and some of the old people of the hundred schools who have lived in seclusion or no longer teach apprentices have also gone out of the mountains again, opened their doors, and accepted disciples to give lectures, hoping to work together to suppress the expansion of Confucianism.