Great fusion of heaven and earth

Chapter 926 The Tradition of the Great Han

The debate on salt and iron can actually be regarded as a dispute between Confucianism and Legalism, and it can be said to be a debate that determines the fate of the great man.

It all started because Emperor Wu Liu Che arranged for his youngest son, Liu Fuling, several ministers who were responsible for his life before his death.

That is, Da Sima, General Huo Guang, together with Sang Hongyang, Jin Rixun, and Shangguan Jie, assisted the young master.

But between Huo Guang and Sang Hongyang, there is an essential difference between them.

Huo Guang advocated recommending virtuous men, inquiring about people's sentiments, and exempting land rents, that is, "compassionate policies for the people".
Sang Hongyang insisted on re-farming and strengthening the national power. The so-called "enriching the country and strengthening the army" was completely the practice of Emperor Wu in the middle period. He prioritized strengthening the state power and was in tune with the legalist political thought.

Neither of these two parties can overwhelm anyone.

At the same time, when Emperor Wu died, Sang Hongyang's financial management policy was not abolished. The official management of the Han Dynasty almost completely controlled the production, sales and market.

You must know that the status of those merchants in the Han Dynasty was very high, just like Zhuo Wenjun's father Zhuo Wangsun, but he controlled most of the iron smelting industry in the world, with thousands of child servants and tens of thousands of employees, his strength It should not be underestimated, and there are many such wealthy businessmen in the world.

In addition, those real wealthy families in various places, although they are all indistinct, their strength is really not comparable to those wealthy merchants.

These people have already endured to the extreme. If it weren't for the previous Emperor Wu's crime to calm down the hearts of the people in the world, what happened at the end of Qin Dynasty has now been staged again.

But although these people did not rebel, they pushed Huo Guang to open a salt and iron discussion.

They are not Confucianists, and even they all oppose Confucianism's emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, but they are opposed to government-run enterprises, because government-run enterprises only focus on output, poor quality, high price, and the farm tools they produce are too large to be suitable; Quasi-selection, inconvenient purchases, forced buying and selling, and forcing farmers to serve in military service.

At the same time, the implementation of the equalization method and the peaceful promotion method have also aggravated the corruption of the government, and there have even been collusion between officials and businessmen, and hoarding of goods for strange things. These things have caused restlessness in the world.

At the same time, Huo Guang, the great general with power over the world, had already eliminated Shangguan Jie and his son, one of the ministers appointed by Liu Che, who were one of the Gu Ming ministers. At the same time, he was also eliminated. Liu Dan, King of Yan.

And Jin Rixun, the prince of the Southern Huns, lacked political strength because of his relationship with a foreign race, so he always maintained a humble and forbearing style of conduct, and finally became Huo Guang's son-in-law, completely unable to pose any threat to him.

So the powerful Huo Guang cast his eyes on his only enemy, Sang Hongyang.

This debate lasted from February of the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty to July of that year, a total of five months.

The focus of the debate between the two sides ranged from economic policy, foreign policy, and the concept of governing the country to the dispute between righteousness and benefit.

As a result, it seems that both sides took a step back. The official battalion was not abolished, but the county, state wine, and Guannei iron officials were dismissed. It seemed to be nothing, but after this debate, Sang Hongyang completely lost his will to fight Huo Guang. Here's the chance.

Sang Hongyang was forced to debate with those white bodies, which directly lowered his pressure, which made him completely lose the support of the lower officials.

And Huo Guang became the real master of the big man with complacency.

He is going to make those virtuous literature a small official, and let everyone in the world know Huo Guang's authority.

Just as he was preparing for this, a voice came from behind him, "Huo Guang, where is the veteran Tuo Gu I arranged for? Where is your in-law, Shangguan Jie? Where is he?"

This voice almost scared Huo Guang to pee, he recognized that it was the voice of the first emperor, and then he turned around immediately, turned too quickly and fell to the ground directly.

Liu Che looked at Huo Guang with cold eyes. If Huo Guang didn't do anything wrong at this time, he wanted to get rid of Huo Guang, because this guy would dethrone the emperor in the future.

That's not what a minister should do. If he followed him, Huo Guang would be a barbarian by now, but he would not allow it because the Han Dynasty had traditions.

Trembling all over, Huo Guang talked about Shangguan Jie's rebellion and being captured by his Yi tribe.

"Isn't that Shangguan An's misconduct? Who gave you the qualifications to have the guts to kill the Queen's family?"

Liu Che looked at Huo Guang. He had read the Han Shu. In the Han Shu, Shangguan Jie’s rebellion was a bad debt. In ", it has become Shangguan An's own behavior, and has nothing to do with Shangguan Jie.

Judging from the political sensitivity of Emperor Liu Han, this is what Huo Guang did in order to monopolize power, and now Sang Hongyang was completely forced by Huo Guang to argue with those white men and lose his face. I'm forcing Sang Hongyang to die

Huo Guang did a lot of things in order to monopolize power, which made Liu Che extremely dissatisfied with him, but Huo Guang couldn't move, because Liu Heng refused to let him, he thought Huo Guang was still meritorious, and he couldn't be killed during this period .

That's why Liu Che didn't take out his sword, looked at Huo Guang, just looked at Huo Guang coldly for a while, then went to find his son, Huo Guang's matter should follow the tradition.

After that, everything went smoothly. After Liu Fuling saw his father, he hugged Liu Che's thigh weeping bitterly, and Jin Riqian also joined forces with Sang Hongyang to write to Emperor Wu immediately, saying that Huo Guang He killed Shangguan Jie, as well as King Liu Dan of Yan and Princess Eyi.

Then Liu Fuling also made it clear that this matter was true, and then Liu Heng had someone call Huo Guang. They, the former emperors of the Han Dynasty, first revealed their identities in front of everyone, and then Liu Heng put the plate of horseshoe gold on the table. When it was in Huo Guang's hands, he told him that the big man thanked him for everything he had done, but now some people say that Huo Guangkeng killed Shangguan Jie, King Yan and Princess Gai.

As soon as Huo Guang said this, his face changed, he would not insult each other, this is asking him to commit suicide.

Not to humiliate each other is a Han tradition proposed by Jia Yi that is to be observed from the emperor down to the generals and lords. It is said that the princes with more than two thousand shi, as long as they do not commit treason and other crimes, can be given to the prince. A decent ending for the general, that is, to die without bloodshed.

When it has become a common practice for a general to commit suicide, no matter whether he is wronged or not, he will choose to commit suicide.

Even if you don't commit suicide, you will be despised and lose your dignity and integrity as a general.At the same time, the princes who felt that they had lost their dignity and "face" would meet together and force them to commit suicide.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Bo Zhao, the chariot and cavalry general, was the first public minister to enjoy the treatment of "not insulting each other".

But now Emperor Han Wen said that someone accused him of a crime and asked Huo Guang to go to court, which means that you should die, and if you don't die, someone will help you.

(End of this chapter)