Father Han Gaozu

The inspection system started by Emperor Wu actually has its roots.

The review system comes from the recommendation system in the past. In the past, those nobles with reputation and status had the right to recommend the monarch. They could recommend talents they thought were talented to the monarch and their friends. Therefore, making friends with nobles is a The best way to lead to the powerful, Qin State is to limit the recommendation system, so the establishment of recommendation joint sitting, if the person who recommended him made a mistake, then the person who recommended him should bear the same crime as him, the famous one is like Fan Ju, because the recommendation People sin and get into trouble.

The Han Dynasty established a moral society, which attached great importance to the personal morality of officials. For the first time, the proportion of virtue in the recommendation exceeded talent.
And this point is a good opportunity for the rise of the Confucian School of Etiquette.

This is not to say that they are the most moral, but that they are the best at drawing up morals. What they say is moral, then what is moral, and the big man who governs the country with filial piety, of course, the greatest virtue among the people is filial piety .

Xiao Fen went crazy to oppose this decree. In the final analysis, it was a last resort. He had to oppose it. In these years, they have been influencing the big man step by step through their interpretation of rites and filial piety. The recommendation system, they firmly believe that they will soon reverse the whole society and make moral officials become the mainstream. In the future, if people want to become officials, the first step is to pass the supervision of their etiquette, which will push the etiquette to a What height?

Facts have proved that history has indeed developed in this way. The Confucian school of etiquette, or this family of etiquette, has reached a high degree of unity with the nobles who have the right to recommend. They provide these nobles with protection in terms of etiquette, and the nobles It is to use their etiquette to benefit themselves, pretending, and gaining fame. In the political soil after the Han Dynasty, ministers like the early Han Dynasty could no longer be tolerated. They turned into moral guards one after another. During the development of the Li family, the thought of the Li family became more radical.

Not to mention anything else, it's just an allusion about Guo Ju's buried son, which is really creepy.

24 filial piety...24 filial piety?

Later, they no longer limited to simple filial piety, they began to formulate a set of moral concepts, and put a set of luxurious moral robes on the whole of China. The biggest function of this robe is to restrain The person wearing it struggles tighter and tighter until the person inside is strangled to death.

This speed of development is not uncommon. During Emperor Wu's period, the juju system began to promote Xiaolian. As for who is Xiaolian, that is the family of rites themselves. Lian, don't live with my father."

Chao Cuo's decree interrupted this process. Funerals and rich burials are the first way for the Li family to select filial sons, and it is also a very important and fast way. Think about how long it takes to be filial to your parents, it is better to wait for them to die When you spend some money, you can still be an official, which is great.

It is under such circumstances that the Li family can establish a close relationship with the nobles and start to walk on a new path.

Seeing that the target is getting closer and closer, but the road is directly cut off by Chao Cuo, can they not be in a hurry?

Can they stand up?

It's in their best interest, so they want to do whatever it takes.

If this power is lost, they will no longer be qualified to establish cooperation with nobles in the future, and the entire school will have nothing to climb up.

However, at this moment, Xiao Fen's whole body was cold and his hands and feet were numb.

He had already been prepared to die. Facing a cruel official like Chao Cuo, he felt that he might be killed by a soldier who broke in at any time.

If he dies like this, then the Li family can continue to be strong, he will be a sage who sacrificed his life for righteousness, and Chao Cuo will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

He valued status, both in life and in death.

But the development of the matter was not as he expected, Fu Qiubo did not fight back, the emperor did not intervene, and Chao Cuo was uncharacteristically, not only did not make a move, but was even arrested by Tingwei...

The most terrible thing is the newspaper. It goes without saying which one is more influential, the palace newspaper of the temple or the Confucian palace newspaper.

Xiao Fen really did not expect that those people who were arrested were so evil.

Could it be that Chao Cuo had already thought of the current situation when he first arrested people?Or did they catch these people later to fight back? ?
Compared with Chao Cuo's farsightedness, he still believed that this was a temporary remedy.

The family of Li who values ​​filial piety the most wants to rescue some unfilial people. This is simply a big joke. The reputation of the whole school has suffered a huge blow. The spearhead is aimed at Chao Cuo, Chao Cuo's reputation is extremely bad, and there are so many ministers who hate him in the court, so it should be able to play some role, right?

However, before he could contact those people, Chao Cuo was arrested.

They just spoke to impeach, not to tell Chao Cuo.

But Wei Ting obviously didn't think so... The current situation is very difficult to choose.

In order to discredit Chao Cuo, they put countless charges on Chao Cuo's head, but who is Chao Cuo?There are countless people in the world who hate him, but none of them can show evidence to kill him. This person has almost no selfish desires, doesn't like money, doesn't like land, doesn't like beauties, his whole mind is on state affairs, and he has no friends , the living place is given by the emperor... Want to find his black material? ? ?
Now, these smears are starting to backfire.

According to the law of the big man, what crime they accused Chao Cuo of, if Chao Cuo was not, then they would deal with the crime they proposed.

All his followers have become appellants. If he loses the case, he and all his followers will sit back and kill the clan! ! !

Xuan Moru was still waiting for his answer.

He smiled very gently, but it seemed as if he aimed a sharp knife at Xiao Fen's heart.

If the lawsuit is withdrawn, then their reputation will be ruined. A group of filial piety schools who want to rescue the rebellious, a group of schools who dare not die to smear Sangong, will be ruined even with his personal reputation and the entire school.

If the lawsuit is not withdrawn, there is almost no chance of winning, and once the lawsuit is lost, they will all be punished by the clan, the entire clan... In that case, the entire school will die here, and there will be no descendants left...

Xiao Fen only felt buzzing in his head, he really wanted to draw out his sword and give himself a blow.

If you die now, will you be able to keep the school?Can you keep your clan?

Xiao Fen was extremely entangled in his heart, he stared straight at Xuan Moru, unable to say anything, those clamoring people on weekdays seemed to be holding their breath at this moment, trembling slightly, some people finally couldn't help it , stepped forward and said: "After all, it is a confrontation with Sangong..."

"Shut up! Don't you think the laws of the big man are unfair? Will they favor the Sangong?! Are you going to tell the Tingwei now?!"

Xuan Moru looked at the man suddenly, and the man trembled again.

"Don't dare."

But someone still came out, "Duke Xiao, withdraw...you can't win."

This time, Xuan Moru didn't interrupt him again, just smiled.

Those who opened their mouths may not be afraid of death, but they just don't want to hurt their clan. After all, they still have family members. If they bring their family members to die together...then they don't dare to imagine it at all.

The second person who spoke firmly grabbed Xiao Fen's hand, "I am willing to go on the road with you, but I am just my parents, I really don't want them to suffer because of me..."

Xiao Fen seemed to have found something, raised his head again, and said sadly: "If the lawsuit is lost, many parents will suffer because of their children. How could I do such an unfilial thing? I... withdraw the lawsuit."

Xiao Fen gave up telling Chao Cuo. At that moment, all the Confucian scholars gathered lowered their heads in despair, they were finished.

The whole school is over, and the withdrawal of the lawsuit means that they were talking nonsense before, Chao Cuo didn't make it up, they really wanted to save those disobedient people... They will become street rats that everyone shouts and beat, just like after the fall of Qin Like the Legalists.

Xiao Fen took a deep breath, and glanced at his saber.

Die well! ! !

Just when he was about to reach out, Xuan Moru grabbed his arm.

he was surprised

Looking at Xuan Moru, he said angrily: "I have withdrawn the lawsuit on behalf of the school, and we have not formally appealed to Ting Wei, what else do you want to do?!"

Xuan Moru laughed out loud, unscrupulously.

"You have withdrawn the lawsuit, but Chao Cuo hasn't withdrawn the lawsuit yet... He told you to frame, smear, and slander Sangong... Since you withdraw the lawsuit, the false accusation can be banned, but slander and slander Sangong can't be banned... If you want to die, then We have to wait until the lawsuit is over."

Xiao Fen reacted immediately, he was furious, his eyes widened, staring at Xuan Moru in front of him, the hand pointing at him began to tremble.

"you you!!"

"take away!!!"

Xuan Moru gave an order, and the soldiers immediately began to drag these people away. At this moment, they are no longer the plaintiffs, but the defendants...

Seeing those dispirited Confucian scholars being taken away by soldiers, Xuan Moru shook his head disdainfully, "If you have the time to study rites, why don't you study law? Stupid."

The soldiers wanted to arrest a lot of people, not only those in Taixue, but also those outside, Xuan Moru also got busy, but he was still very happy, this was a great achievement, looking at those people before The Confucian scholars who were not long ago are now being taken away in a daze. Many imperial students from other schools are watching around, but they have no sympathy for these Confucian scholars in their hearts. Instead, they applaud secretly. , but in fact, each party has its own understanding of filial piety. These people actually want to save a group of rebellious people? ?And face to say filial piety? ?

Someone even spat in their direction.

Shameless especially!
The reputation of their whole school has sunk to rock bottom.Xuan Moru was about to leave, but someone stopped him. The person who stopped him was also a Confucian scholar, but Xuan Moru's attitude has improved a lot.

"Mr. Shen Pei!"

The person who stopped him was Shen Pei. Shen Pei frowned, looked at those who were taken away, and asked, "What crime are these people going to be convicted of?"

"It's hard to say...According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, it is a felony to discredit one person and let more than three people know about it. You will be sentenced to five years of corvee...The greater the impact, the more serious the sentence, and the punishment for discrediting the ministers of the court... They are slandering the three princes of the current dynasty, and they are making the world know...to this extent...the abandonment of the city may be due to the virtues of their ancestors...and they are all rumormongers who spread the rumors intentionally, not unintentional spectators...it's hard to say, it's still necessary When looking at the lawsuit...however, they took the initiative to withdraw the lawsuit, which saved the three clans, otherwise, according to their false accusation, I am afraid that the five patriarchs will be folded in..."

"They deserve what they deserve. I know you are a great sage, so don't be too..."

Shen Pei shook his head, "It's okay, it's okay, I stopped you not to interfere with the affairs of the temple, I just want to consult..."

"Oh, please tell me."

"Even now that they have been arrested, can I still sue them?"

"what??"

Xuan Moru's eyes widened, "What did you say?"

"My teacher is already 86 years old, but I was humiliated by them at this age. I originally wanted to kill them, but my teacher forbade me to do so... When you said just now, I suddenly realized that they also You have slandered my teacher! Although my teacher is no better than the Sangong, he is also an official, and they are making a fuss, making it known to everyone in the world... Do you think I can appeal now?"

Xuan Moru was stunned for a moment, then nodded and explained: "Of course... don't say that you are just taken away for judgment, even after the judgment is over, you can still appeal. Tingwei will return the name of Duke Fuqiu and punish him for several crimes." ...However, I advise you not to do so."

Shen Pei was furious, "My teacher tried every means to protect them, and they will repay their kindness. Why can't I appeal? As a court official, why are you like this?"

Xuan Moru smiled awkwardly, and explained: "I mean, someone has already appealed...then that includes Duke Fuqiu's case, you don't need to appeal..."

"Who is it?"

Xuan Moru looked around, then whispered:
"Fuqiu

The man whom the public has always praised..."

Shen Pei was shocked, "But why did he..."

"They scolded Mr. Fuqiu, and even brought that one into it... That one didn't know why, but he wrote a letter directly to Tingwei... That's right, it really was a letter... Tingwei was terrified, and knelt down and listened to him Tell me...this one is really...whatever you want to do. …

Shen Pei laughed, "It seems that His Majesty not only wants to govern the female thieves, but also to make Ting Wei deeply rooted in the hearts of the people..."

"No, then why didn't you tell Xiao Sheng just now?"

"I'm afraid he'll bite his tongue in fright..."

Chao Cuo is a Sangong, so if he wants to deal with his case, he can only choose one person from Sankilometer.

Zhang Buyi was outside, and Zhang Cang was involved in Fuqiubo, another key figure in handling the case, so...

When the tied up Xiao Fen knelt on the ground and raised his head, he saw the Taiwei with an uncertain expression.

Chao Cuo also knelt and sat not far away, Chao Cuo didn't look angry at all, he looked at Xiao Sheng with great interest, and then gave him a kind smile.

Compared with Chao Cuo's comfort, Han Xin, who was sitting in the upper seat, looked very angry.

He gritted his teeth and looked at the guy in front of him. If it wasn't for the emperor's order, he would have sentenced them all to the Five Clans without waiting for the interrogation to begin!
Xiao Fen looked at the Taiwei, and his heart suddenly became colder.

He originally thought that there was a gap between Han Xin and Chao Cuo, and Han Xin's filial piety, so he really wanted to get this help. In his plan, as long as Han Xin can nod, his position as the leader is certain... Who knows, The Taiwei's attitude was not what he thought, he was so angry.

This time, because there were a lot of people being interrogated, the interrogation was conducted directly in Tingwei's courtyard, and there were still many people who came to listen in the distance, and there were also many ministers who came to supervise, anyway, there were really a lot of people.

After the official hearing, Xuan Moru talked about the case, and then Chao Cuo told his grievances and the other party's crimes.

The officials quickly recorded, and then interrogated Xiao Fen, asking Xiao Fen to explain his words and deeds. Should he directly plead guilty or continue to confront?
Xiao Fen couldn't believe Ting Wei and his group at the moment. Xuan Moru had already tricked him once, so he chose to continue the confrontation. He blamed this behavior on academic debates, thinking that it was just the knowledge between Confucianism and Legalism The dispute does not involve the person himself. For example, Fu Qiubo once wrote an article to reprimand a hundred schools of thought, which is the same reason.

This judgment, anyway, will not end easily, and may last for a long time.

Tingwei officials believe that academic debate is allowed, this is voluntary, and it is carried out without appealing to the temple. When Fuqiubo insulted Baijia, if one of the Baijia appealed, then Fuqiubo would He was summoned, and now that Chao Cuo has come to appeal, it cannot be regarded as an academic debate... Besides, the academic debate is aimed at learning, and it can even be about private morality, but Xiao Fen's statement is based on a crime, so it can no longer be regarded as an academic debate. It's an academic debate...

Confucian scholars were pulled up one after another and interrogated again and again.

This is the first time Han Xin came to interrogate others. In the past, others came to interrogate him.

Seeing the people arguing and constantly flipping through the law, Han Xin even felt that this feeling was not bad... He gradually entered the role and began to gradually control the power of the trial. Xiao Fen could not produce evidence to prove that what he said was right. It made him more and more anxious, and several Confucian scholars have already directly confessed their guilt, Ting Wei's interrogation is also becoming more and more harsh, but Xiao Fen can't say anything at this moment, it is difficult to refute, seeing that more than 60 people have already taken the initiative After pleading guilty, Xiao Fen couldn't sit still.

He found that in the face of this law, his argument was useless. They didn't look at the argument, they didn't see how emotional he said, they only cared about the evidence.

Of course the temple’s mansion newspaper was following up on this matter. The moment Xiao Fen took the initiative to withdraw the lawsuit, the reputation of the entire Li sect collapsed. This was their voluntary admission of their crimes. Those disobedient people... People all over the world began to cast aside, and even the entire Confucianism suffered a blow, and their reputation in Taixue also plummeted. Huang Lao once again sat firmly

lost his position as the big brother, and the rising Confucianism was knocked to the ground with a stick.

The mood of these Confucianists is getting worse and worse, but Han Xin is in a much better mood at the moment.

He sat on the top seat and read aloud.

"Guilty!! Take it away!!"

"Pass down a sinner!"

The only thing that reassures Xiao Fen is that the crime of defamation is not as terrible as sitting on the back seat. Even if he is convicted, it will not be too serious... right?