I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 367 I'm going to hold an exam
With a tone that seemed to be really puzzled, Liu Sheng uttered this critical question, and Liu Sheng looked very puzzled, as if he was waiting for Wei Wan's answer.

But in fact, both Wei Wan and Liu Sheng knew very well in their hearts: Liu Sheng was not 'asking', but questioning.

Liu Sheng is questioning Wei Wan, a Confucian scholar—although he is not a "great Confucianist" or a "famous scholar", but because of his high status, he has enough voice in Confucianism: Why are you Confucianists so uneasy? ?
As for the answer to that question, Liu Sheng certainly understands: Regarding the war in the north, southerners, especially those idle literati, must have opinions in their hearts.

——The battle is fought in the north, whether it is the martial arts after victory or the bed after defeat, it has nothing to do with the far south.

In the bloody feud with the Huns, the only thing the southerners can feel is the tax burden shared by the whole world by the war and the slave labor of the people.

Of course, the core issue still lies in: the root of the southern aristocracy is mainly in farming, not the martial arts of the northern aristocrats.

Since the Han Dynasty, there has been such a saying in the Han family;

——Make money from the end, keep it with the essence, use everything with military force, and hold it with words.

Translated into words that are easier for future generations to understand, the meaning of this famous saying is: make a fortune with the last industry (merchant), and protect your wealth with the industry (farming); get everything you want with martial arts, and use it Wen can maintain.

To put it more simply, the current universal values ​​are telling the world: you can’t get rich by farming, and you have to do business if you want to get rich;

However, the wealth generated from doing business must not be used to start a bigger business, but should be used to buy more acres and return to the root of "plowing".

If you want to get anything, the best way is to build martial arts among the ranks;

But the military merits gained during the military service cannot be maintained between the military ranks. After obtaining the martial arts merits, one must use literary talents to keep everything in exchange for the martial arts.

To sum up these remarks, it is nothing more than one sentence: get rich through business to farmers, and use martial arts to become rich.

But now, the speeches appearing in the south, especially in the Qilu area, are mainly because for the aristocratic groups in the south, getting rich through business is not worth losing face, and there is no way to get rich with military.

——To become rich through business, you naturally need to give up your agricultural registration and become a business one. Not to mention that it is detrimental to your dignity, and you can't tell when you will be moved to Guanzhong to guard the spirit of a deceased emperor and use your strong foundation weak end';
To be famous by martial arts is too far away from the north where you can make contributions. First, there is no opportunity, and second, there is no way.

Compared with the northerners who were wounded by the Huns who were riddled with holes and every family wore mourning, especially the people on the frontier of Yan and Dai, it is really difficult for the southerners to feel the pain of the Huns;
The same reasoning: Compared with the military nobles in the north who made contributions in the war and completed their class climb, the landlords and rich people in the south also couldn't benefit from the war.

There is no real pain of "broken homeland" and no tangible benefits of "making contributions". It is actually not unreasonable for the South to have an indifferent attitude towards the Huns.

However, after certain schools of thought, especially those represented by the Confucianism-Lu Ru lineage, secretly fueled the flames, the attitude of the South towards the Huns has begun to gradually evolve from the past "nothing to do with yourself" became an increasingly intense conflict.

——Why can northerners make contributions, but we southerners can only pay taxes?
Why let the northerners take all the benefits, and I, the southerners, are only responsible for paying the money?
If there hadn't been Confucianism helping to fuel the flames, Liu Sheng would have been able to accept such complaints from southerners.

But since Confucianism has already made a hindrance, Liu Sheng can't turn a blind eye...

"I heard that although Confucianism is a school, and scholars all regard Kong Zhongni as their ancestor, it is divided into many factions."

"Divided into several schools such as "Poetry" and "Book", they can barely understand;"

"But I'm really a little strange: how can even "Poetry" be divided into several genres such as Qi poetry, Chu poetry, Yan poetry, and Lu poetry?"

"If you really want to calculate it this way, the six halls of Confucianism are divided into regions, isn't it divided into dozens of schools?"

"There are so many schools of thought that each speak their own words, and each of them grasps a certain sentence of Kong Zhongni as the foundation of their own existence. What is it for?"

"Such a theory that cannot be unified within itself, has more than 20 main schools, and hundreds of ideas advocated, can it really guide people in the world to be good, and even lead to kings and kings?"

Seeing that Wei Wan was speechless for a long time, Liu Shengzi asked a few questions one after another, and then shook his head to himself.

And across from Liu Sheng diagonally, Wei Wan's already flushed face was filled with depression after hearing Liu Sheng's question.

——To Jun Yao and Shun!

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there have been different opinions from various schools of thought, each with its own reasoning.

Confucianism says, rule the world with propriety;

The Mohists say that the world is one;

Legalists said, reform the law and strengthen the country;

Farmers say that crops are the foundation of the country.

Just like in the eyes of a hundred people, there must be a hundred Hamlets: in the hearts of various schools of thought, each has its own pursuit and value of admiration.

But there is one point, which is the only "greatest common denominator" of all schools of thought.

——To Jun Yao and Shun.

——Assist the king to make him achieve a higher achievement than Yao and Shun, and make the world into a peaceful and prosperous age that is more desirable than Yao and Shun.

And today, as the supreme ruler of the known world, the 19-year-old Emperor Liu Sheng is asking Wei Wan very seriously: Is Kong Zhongni's theory really capable of "to the king, Yao and Shun"?

Wei Wan knew: Liu Sheng didn't want to give the answer by himself;

Liu Sheng must have his own answer.

But right now, what Liu Sheng needs is an attitude from Wei Wan.

It is necessary for Wei Wan to represent the Confucianism behind him, and give an attitude of 'If you don't have this ability, then Confucianism is willing to work hard to change'.

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"Chen, I don't know..."

Minister, I don't know.

To Liu Sheng's question "Can Confucianism be taught to the king, Yao and Shun", Wei Wan's answer is: I don't know.

It's not that Wei Wan doesn't know;

This is Wei Wan telling Liu Sheng tactfully: I don't care what I say.

And this answer undoubtedly made Liu Sheng very disappointed...

"Even the teacher, I don't know..."

"Even as a Confucian teacher, I don't know Kong Zhongni's theory. Is it possible to 'dedicate to Jun Yao and Shun'?"

"Since even the teacher doesn't have self-confidence, it should be impossible..."

A sigh of incomparable disappointment announced that Liu Sheng had given up a plan.

——A plan to transform Confucianism through the old prince Taifu and emperor Taifu Weiwan, making it more suitable for the times and the needs of the Han family today.

But this does not mean that Liu Sheng has given up the whole of Confucianism.

Liu Sheng just gave up a method;
But he didn't give up his goal.

Confucianism must change.

Confucianism, which controls more than half of the world's educated people and scholars, and holds the right to speak among the people, must and can only change...

"Among Wei Qihou's Jianyuan New Deal, there is one that actually moves me quite a bit."

"—recruit talents."

"Of course: if it is simply to issue an edict to let the sages of the world come to Chang'an spontaneously, I am afraid that it will not be able to convince the public."

"After all, recruiting talents is recruiting virtuous ministers who can assist me in governing the country, but there is no way to argue whether those who come in response to the imperial edict are 'virtuous' enough."

"So I plan to invite the Queen Mother to hold a literary examination in Chang'an in a few days."

"For this literary examination, all the people of the Han Dynasty, households with agricultural registrations, nobles and public servants, and those with family wealth of more than [-] yuan can participate."

"Those who finally pass the literary examination will be checked to see whether their family background is clean and their virtues are noble, and they will be appointed as officials with [-] to [-] shi as appropriate."

"I came here today because I actually want to ask the teacher's opinion and opinion on this matter."

"If the teacher thinks it's okay to do this, then I plan to let the teacher take responsibility for this literary test..."

Almost in the blink of an eye, Liu Sheng seemed to have adjusted from his previous disappointment with Wei Wan;
Expressing his desire to hold the exam in a casual and relaxed tone, Liu Sheng cast his expectant eyes on the restless teacher Wei Wan again.

And this time, Wei Wan did fall into long thoughts again as Liu Sheng expected...
"Wen Kao..."

"Your Majesty, do you want to take the exam?"

A slightly suspicious question was exchanged for Liu Sheng nodding his head with a smile, and Wei Wan took a deep breath and analyzed the pros and cons of this matter in detail for Liu Sheng with a strange face that couldn't tell whether it was worry or joy.

"Don't say it's against my Han family. Even if you look at the history and take the exams, it's really unprecedented."

"—During Zong Zhou, a person with enough virtue could become an official;"

"In the pre-Qin period, by virtue of the meritorious service established among the ranks, that is, the head of the enemy, you can get the corresponding title and official position."

"As for my Han family, since Emperor Taizu Gao established Han Guozuo until now, all the selection of scholars is nothing more than investigation..."

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"Of course: the methods of Zhou and Qin are still used in our Han family."

"—The meritorious officials who have achieved military feats will be knighted and placed in competent positions;"

"—A person whose virtue is high enough can also be praised as filial, honest, virtuous and upright simply because of his virtue."

"But no matter whether it is based on martial arts, or being promoted as filial piety, virtuous and upright because of virtue, there is no way around the word 'ju'."

"That is to say, there must be two thousand stones recommended by the county guard, and his virtue will be inspected by the imperial historian."

"As for the literary test, in my impression, it seems that it will only appear when the teacher asks questions to test whether the student has learned something."

"It's really a little bit..."

While speaking full of worry, Wei Wan couldn't help but let out another long sigh, and stopped the conversation just in time.

After a while, he began to ask the doubts in his heart one by one.

"The literary examination mentioned by Your Majesty, if the minister's expectation is correct, it must be based on allusions from a hundred schools of thought and the deeds of sages."

"Then dare to ask Your Majesty: Among the allusions from a hundred schools, which family has the highest weight, and which family's sages are the most important in the deeds of the sages?"

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"If you only take a simple literary test, it may be difficult to know the virtues of the candidates."

"Then I would like to ask Your Majesty: How should we examine the virtues of scholars?"

"Will the imperial censors be sent to collect wind and censors, or should they still follow the practice of 'must be recommended by two thousand stones before they can be appointed'?"

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"Moreover: His Majesty said that the scholars who pass the literary examination will be appointed as officials with [-] to [-] shi."

"A hundred stones to four hundred stones are roughly the local county government offices, small officials who assist the county magistrate in governing the people."

"But counties are different from county to county."

"—Counties in Guandong are different from counties in Guanzhong, and County A and County B in Guanzhong are also different."

"That being the case, how does His Majesty decide who should go to the counties in Guandong, who should go to the counties in Guanzhong, who should go to the remote counties in Guanzhong, and who should go to big counties like Xinfeng and Lantian?"

···
"There are also the sons and daughters of the nobles of the court and the civil and military officials. If your majesty does not take care of them, I am afraid that in the future, this literary examination will become an 'evil policy' that will be attacked by the court and the public."

"How about this, Your Majesty..."

For a series of questions raised by Wei Wan, Liu Sheng gave careful answers.

For example, Liu Sheng clearly told Wei Wan about the content of the literary examination: it will not focus on allusions and deeds of sages, but will focus on more practical and realistic examination questions.

Such as arithmetic, dictation, etc.

As for virtue, it is natural that the imperial historian will check it, and the internal historian will cooperate.

——The Han family was almost the era with the most complete household registration system in the history of the Chinese feudal era.

In this era when the emperor promised rewards and titles at every turn, Liu Sheng can confidently say: There are absolutely no hidden households in the Han Dynasty of my old Liu family!
However, under such a sound household registration system, it is not difficult to lose one person's details.

After giving the answers to Wei Wan's questions in order, Liu Sheng cast his expectant eyes on the teacher Wei Wan again.

Liu Sheng is still waiting.

Waiting for Wei Wan to bring up the concern that he raised after washing Wei Wan.

It's a pity that until the end, Wei Wan didn't let Liu Sheng's disappointment lessen in the slightest.

To be precise: After a while today, Liu Sheng has been completely disappointed with Wei Wan...
"Since the teacher has no objection, let's do it first."

"It's getting late, and I won't bother the teacher's peace."

When saying goodbye for the last time, Liu Sheng's tone of voice had obvious indifference.

But Wei Wan still just got up with a gloomy face, and bowed goodbye to Liu Sheng.

Walking outside the gate of the Hou Mansion, he turned around and looked at Wei Wan who came out to see him off respectfully. Liu Sheng's deep eyes only stayed on Wei Wan's weird face that hesitated to speak for a long time.

That is, when the atmosphere was weird, a burst of smoke from the north of the Great Wall plunged the entire Chang'an City into complete silence...

——The flames of war ignite.

And the wolf smoke in the north, for today's Han family, only represents the only possibility.

"Huns······"

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