Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 680 He's still a child! !

The commotion caused by Taixue soon set off a frenzy in Chang'an.

Inside Houde Hall, Liu Chang and Liu An were sitting facing each other, and there were no outsiders. Lu Lu stood outside the door and did not allow others to approach.

"Father, I've already found out everything. That man didn't lie. Gao Sheng was forced to death by Zhang Hua and his gang. When they were in class together, Shen Peigong praised Gao Sheng's article, and then he reprimanded Zhang Hua. He imitated his classmates, don't waste time, because of this incident, Zhang Lu hated Gao Sheng, and led many friends to humiliate Gao Sheng in various ways, isolate him, Gao Sheng couldn't bear the humiliation, and finally committed suicide."

"I also found that this kind of thing is not an exception. The diligent students I ordered to recruit suffered a lot of criticism in the Taixue, and they couldn't even sit in the front during class. They couldn't even sit in the front row when they debated in the Taixue on weekdays. Sit down, and you can’t speak rashly. It’s too much!!”

"These noble children simply regard these hard-working students as their own servants! There are also many masters who force them to write articles for themselves, give up their authorship rights, and occupy their achievements. I have rectified this phenomenon, but there is not much result. Several people are willing to testify that there is a situation of humiliation and killing, while the rest dare not testify at all. Don't be afraid of this. My son made another big mistake."

Liu An's face was a little dark, "I originally wanted to support these low-level scholars. On the one hand, I wanted to select talents for the country, and on the other hand, I also wanted to prevent the rich from monopolizing the officials. unfair treatment."

"Oh, you're right."

"Their reaction just proves that your approach is right. These wealthy children are only two or three generations old. They have already forgotten their roots. They think they are extraordinary. They boast and have no talent. If such a group of people monopolize Guanjue, come to take up the official position of a big man. Is there any way out for a big man? The master father Yan is right, the hidden danger of the powerful family is far better than the strong. Humans, what’s the point? Now that you’re riding on those people’s heads and dominating them, in 200 years, maybe you’ll be pulling arrows on those people’s heads?”

Liu An paused, "Father is right, I noticed this when I was assisting Prime Minister Zhang with his affairs."

"At that time, Zhang Xiang dealt with the list of promotion and appointment and dismissal. I found that most of them were acquaintances. Even if they were not familiar with each other, they were related to acquaintances. I was quite happy at first. The tiger father had male sons. I thought that they all inherited the lintel and inherited the father and grandfather. But when I really got to know these people, I realized that they have no talents at all, but rely on their titles to hold important positions, and even those credits are untenable. They lie a lot and cover each other , Colluding up and down, flattering each other... At that time, Erchen started to wake up."

"Why did the Qin State want to be stronger than other countries? It was because of their meritocracy. As long as they could kill people and make meritorious deeds, no matter what their status was, they could be promoted. However, the promotion of today's big men has a kind of "father is for you" It is a terrible thing for merchants to monopolize goods, let alone monopolize officials and nobles. The cultivated land and wealth they occupy are even more frightening than the powerful, such as Chao Cuo The ministers can't deal with the rich, because their cultivated land is rewarded by the temple, not illegally obtained."

"Since then, I have been trying to find ways to promote low-level scholars."

"I don't just promote a few low-level scholars and let them deal with the current wealthy families. What I want to do is to give the bottom-level people a path to the upper-level, because I know that these wealthy families today were also born in poverty in the past. Now It is unavoidable that the poor students in the school will become a new rich family if they gain power in the future. All I can do is to open up a certain path. Just like the assessment I did, the result of the assessment is not that Gongsun Hong was promoted. It is not for the virtuous people who come from poor backgrounds, but for people like Gong Sunhong to have a way to go up.”

"Tai Xue is the most important cultural center of the Han Dynasty. In the official assessments held in various places every year, in all important departments, the Tai Xue students occupy an absolute advantage. The newly promoted officials in important positions in the previous year, a total of There are more than 500 people, and more than [-] of them are from Taixue. In addition to officials, there are many masters, and more and more masters come from poor backgrounds. They are also thinking about how to get through this road."

"I set up Qinsheng on purpose. I originally wanted to make this road more spacious. I didn't expect it to cause such a tragedy."

This was probably the first time that Liu An told Liu Chang about his deepest thoughts.

Liu Chang pondered for a long time, looking at his useless son, "It's a good idea."

"That's why you have done so many things in these years? Local schools have been set up to train the three elders, and they want women to participate, banning the classification, and the weird settings of the assessment."

"Is such that."

Liu Chang suddenly laughed, without the anger just now.

"I thought you were just eager to prove yourself in front of me, and then started all kinds of nonsense, trying to get my attention. Now it seems that I was wrong."

Liu An was startled, and shook his head hastily, "Don't dare, my son's rough handling of things has caused such a disaster."

"Okay, don't be so scared, you are now a father, can I beat you in a fit of anger?"

"Tai Xue cannot be ruled out. On the way back, Lu Lu said to me that he hoped that I would set up another school and let the poor students move there to form two Tai Xue, one nobleman and one commoner, to compete with each other and ease the conflict. I think it’s a good idea, what do you think?”

Liu An looked a little hesitant, "Father, what is the best way to do this? Isn't this exacerbating the conflict? Forcing them to confront each other? If this is really done, within a hundred years, it will be because of the two Taixue's reasons. How can this be done when the world is in chaos?"

Liu Chang laughed again.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"The current problem is not simply bullying, but involves the confrontation between the powerful and the common people. The powerful are becoming more and more dissatisfied with my policies. This is their power. No king can underestimate their power, they are the most important way to govern the country, without them, even a king will become a lonely family, and the world cannot tolerate it."

"Therefore, I believe that things must be done, but not in a hurry, but in a slow manner. First of all, we should promote legislation to alleviate the bullying phenomenon in Taixue, and use this as an excuse to attract everyone's attention and increase the enthusiasm of diligent students in private. scale, build more bookshops and schools, increase the strength of poor scholars, and at the same time reform the assessment, add more roads for poor people, break the monopoly of the rich and powerful in many ways, so that they can achieve different levels within ten years. The state of being bullied will reach the point where it can be contended within 50 years, within a hundred years."

"Okay. No need to say any more."

Liu Chang interrupted Liu An's long speech.

"I understand what you mean. It's a temporary retreat, and the big things are made small, and the small things are made small. Is that what you mean?"

Liu An hurriedly lowered his head, he didn't dare to say something clearly.

"I'm not dead, why are you so timid? With me here, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that they will unite against us? Heh, you think Naigong's army is a vegetarian??"

Liu Chang said seriously: "I have already made a decision. The first step is to investigate the Taixue, blast out those guys who fish in troubled waters in the Taixue to put money on their faces, and then deal with Zhang Hua severely. Turn Taixue into a place that promotes talents, regardless of background, ban those messy boy boys, Xiaolianlang and other things, and stop letting the rich and powerful send their naughty children to study, and exchange each other in the name of filial piety. Send people who can't afford it to study. They don't come to study anyway."

Liu An's complexion changed drastically.

"Father!! No!!"

"It's not that I deliberately oppose my father, it's just that these Taixue students are all important ministers today, and even the descendants of some wealthy families. They came to Taixue not to study, and we let them come to Taixue, not to let them study "Father, there are only two of us here now, so if I have something to say, I'll just say it straight, please don't blame me!"

"Let those rich and powerful people come to Taixue to study, after all, it is just to win their support, unite with them, and govern the big Han together. The powerful family is different from the powerful. The powerful can be killed by any county magistrate. It is an offense. There is no problem with the powerful people in the world, but this wealthy family is different. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, even those like Chao Cuo Liu Jing, can also be regarded as wealthy families. Isn’t Liu Jing’s child also in Taixue? If you take the initiative to expel these people, then the situation will be different. All the ministers of the temple will join forces, and they are as strong as Father, can they fight against it?"

"Father, I'm not disrespectful to you. I'm just worried that this will cause more trouble. Such a policy is too urgent. To deal with this matter, we still need to be cautious."

Seeing that Liu An's face was flushed anxiously, and he could hardly speak, Liu Chang's expression softened a little.

"I understand your idea."

"It's certainly good to go slowly."

"However, that is for others, but Nai Gong is different."

"Naigong wants to deal with them, and they dare not object to anything else. Even if I order the execution of the city people now, I don't believe he will resent me for it."

Liu An looked at Liu Chang blankly, his heart was full of bitterness, "Father must be like this?"

"Hahaha, since I was a child, I haven't given up on the things Naigong wanted to do, but I'm still very happy, just because of what you said, in my eyes, you have always been the one because you were robbed of your flesh." And crying child, I just woke up to what you said today, and you have grown up. With your own ideas and your own judgment on the situation, I don’t have to worry about you imitating me anymore, you have found their own path."

"That's right, anyway, I'm not worried that after you inherit the throne in the future, you will make life difficult for the Han people. Although you can't reach my level, you can still be regarded as a conservative king with some accomplishments. Maybe in the future, those rotten people In my mouth, your achievements will be higher than mine!"

Liu Chang stroked his beard, and said seriously: "I didn't do it on a whim."

"It's only two or three generations now, and there is a lot to do. If you follow what you said, don't forget that the power of the common people will increase, won't the powerful ones not? After a hundred years, I am afraid that the concepts of the upper and lower levels will have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Well, when it comes time to say that your ancestors were butchers, they can find 1 reasons to object, and they may even make up a background for my father, that old fool, saying that he is not a pavilion chief, but a The gods have descended to earth, or how powerful the ancestors are. For some things, it’s better to strike at them while they are not deeply rooted.

"Including what you said about a woman who went to school and became an official. If you bring it up again in a hundred years, I'm afraid that all the officials will be killed in front of you."

"Some diseases, the longer they are delayed, the more difficult it is to cure."

Liu Chang spoke slowly, and Liu An suddenly woke up. He seemed to understand something. My father always acts vigorously and swiftly, and everyone knows that he is eager for quick success. Even Liu An felt that his father cared too much about merit. , The things he has done for meritorious deeds are simply outrageous, and he wished to finish thousands of years of things in one day, but at this moment, Liu An suddenly realized that Father seemed to have his own ideas, but outsiders could not Just understand.

The father and son had a rare opportunity to be honest.

Liu An scratched his head, "Father, although what you said is very reasonable, what are you going to do next? You arrested Father Zhong, aunt and aunt must have arrived at Changle Palace at this moment, Marquis Wuyang is still in Chang'an, he must It's also at the gate of the palace. There's also that picture, hey, although my aunt is not his own mother, she raised him. I'm afraid she will come later. These people are close relatives and elders. How to do it??"

"Hmph, what are you afraid of, can they still be above the king?"

Liu Chang was very disdainful.

"You are not afraid. Close the door and let no one in. No one can do anything about you, but what about me?? You asked me to take charge of this matter. When I go out, I am afraid that I will be surrounded by the elders ,What should I do??"

"It's fine if they're all of the same generation, but those are my elders, do I really want to execute them as you said?"

Liu Chang was very displeased, "I praised you just now, why are you starting to be stupid again now? Are you afraid of what they will do, I'm not dead yet, don't be timid!!"

Liu An really has 1 slots in his heart that he wants to vomit. Is this a question of timidity? ?

No one else said it, but Aunt Liu Le, she caught herself and let her go, what can she do? ?Tell her that her father is the emperor? ?Force her to go to prison? ?execute her? ?I am not crazy! ! !

But Liu Chang obviously didn't intend to advise Liu An.

He said seriously again: "Anyway, these people cannot be released easily. Wang Gao, an old man, only cares about learning and doesn't care about students. Such a person is not worthy of staying in Taixue. Let him go to Xiaguo! As for the city people, this I stare at those academic battles all day long, and now I drink with my friends every day. I don’t do business, and I can’t be released easily. Remove his title and let him go to Beiting Kingdom to let him go! As for Zhang Lu, this fellow For me, You Zi, who actually did such an outrageous thing, forced to kill his classmate, how can he forgive him? Put to death!!"

"By the way, there is one more thing. I want to join the rich family, but you can't join them. You are not qualified enough. So, after going out of this door, you are against me joining the rich family. Do you understand what I mean? When the time comes, You just need to oppose me, don’t be afraid of being punished, and gather those people to your side early.”

"You mean like Duke Lu?"

"Cough, it's good to be in a hurry, let's deal with it!!"

Liu An pursed his lips, and asked cautiously: "Then if it's my aunt?"

"How did I give birth to you idiot, come closer, I will teach you how to do it."

Liu Chang asked Liu An to approach him and whispered in his ear.

When Liu An walked out of Houde Hall, Lu Lu grabbed Liu An's hand suddenly.

"An, how did His Majesty deal with those people? To execute the city people?"

Lu Lu looked really worried.

Liu An thought for a while, without hiding anything, and said directly: "Father said that he would dismiss Zhongfu and go to Beiting Kingdom, Wang Gao was exiled to Xia Kingdom, Zhang Huo might be executed, and Pingyang Marquis Cao Qi, Father asked him to go to Longxi to serve in corvée."

Lu Lu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's okay, the city people didn't refuse to accept it on purpose. There was an accident at the Taixue earlier, and Wang Gao forced many people away. He is busy making arrangements for this matter. He is really wronged. Go to Beiting The country is also good."

Lu Lu suddenly realized, "What happened to Cao Qi?? He also participated??"

"Oh, I don't know either. My father probably knew that he was in the Taixue by name, but he didn't go there. Anyway, my father was furious and ordered him to go to Longxi to serve two years of corvee."

"That's right, let me tell you, my aunt is at the Queen's side right now, you have to be careful"

"I see, Father has already explained."

"Mother!!!"

When Liu An crashed into the Shrine, Empress Lu was stunned. She gave Liu An a look, "Why are you starting to learn from your father?"

"I'm old, but I can't stand being frightened like you!"

"Sit down."

Liu An sat obediently by the side, lowered his head, and just sighed.

Seeing Liu An's appearance, Empress Lu patted him on the forehead, "Don't imitate your father here! That bastard thing is really good, don't teach it, just teach this kind of thing. Tell me, there is What's the matter? Just say it straight, if you dare to cry to me like your father, I'll kick you out right now!"

Liu An straightened up immediately, "Did you know what happened in Taixue, big mother?"

"I know a little. But not in detail."

"I'll tell you!"

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