I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 143

In the empty main hall, there are two desks, divided into the main and second seats.

On the table, there are some exquisite lacquer cups, and a servant next to them is pouring freshly brewed strong tea for Liu Jian and Liu Yu respectively.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the real tea ceremony had not yet been formed, and it was not fashionable. Only some people liked this kind of thing, and the way of drinking it was very different from that of later generations. It was mostly boiled like porridge, and seasoned with oil and salt. .

Liu Jian is naturally accustomed to the drinking method of later generations. He used his own clay pot to soak new tea and boiling water. The tea has a clear and pure fragrance, which is the real fragrance of plants and trees.

Liu Yu ranks among the top family members and celebrities, so it is natural to show some hard goods to treat him.

Liu Yu took a sip, tasted it for a long time, and said, "This is the first time I drink tea without seasoning."

Liu Jian smiled: "Drinking wine needs to be hearty, while drinking tea should be elegant. Tea is born from the aura of heaven and earth. Drinking it with heart can make people sober and peaceful, cleanse the heart and lungs, and wash away the dust. Adding a lot of spices to cover the dusty aroma of the tea itself, which consumes materials and is not easy to drink, is actually useless.”

Liu Yu took another sip, squinted his eyes and thought about it for a while, then frowned and said: "Sure enough, there is a unique fragrance, and people who are not noble and pure can't realize this way."

After finishing speaking, Liu Yu slowly put down the teacup in his hand, and said: "Deran is a pastor, and he is a superior official of a certain official, but a certain person came here today to pay homage to the government in his personal capacity, not as an official. Regents."

Liu Jian raised the teacup with a smile and said, "This is the best. I have admired brother Bo'an's name for a long time. It is a great honor to meet you today."

In the clan at the end of the Han Dynasty, Liu Hong, Liu Yu, Liu Biao, Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, etc. belonged to the same generation, and Liu Yan was a generation higher than them. Therefore, although Liu Yu was much older than Liu Jian, they still needed to be brothers to each other. call it.

"Deran's reputation was not obvious in the past, but in just a few years, he has already surpassed all sages. Regardless of whether he governs literature or martial arts, he is among the best. Now he has saved the Anping Kingdom and Anping King in front of His Majesty. His sage name It is widely distributed in Hebei, but I don’t understand, with Deran’s current virtuous name, he has never heard of Deran’s governance of the scriptures? Why?”

Liu Jian smiled faintly: "Looking for chapters and extracting sentences is not my specialty. Since I was young, I like the way of military strategists and strategies, and I like to discuss military strategies. As for the matter of governing classics... it is really not my specialty, so I should leave it to someone like you." An outstanding person like my father-in-law can do it, and I won't follow."

Liu Yu stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "Listening to my brother's words, I don't seem to like excerpts sentence by sentence. Yes, only the classics, how can the country prosper? , Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and his like all have the talent to help the universe, and many of them have cured books in their lives... My brother's words are true."

Liu Jian said with a smile: "It's still Liu Jian's shallow knowledge."

Liu Yudao: "I wrote to Liu Junlang in the past, and I heard that Junlang said that Deran has the ability to plan. When we meet today, I want to discuss military strategy and local politics with Deran. I hope I will not refuse."

"Haha, my brother was born in Bianjun, so I dare not take this praise, but since my brother has said this, although my brother is not talented, I dare not take my brother's interest."

Liu Yu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Since Emperor Guangwu rejuvenated the Han Dynasty, there was no prime minister, the inner court was strengthened, the power of the three princes was reduced, and the inner court was strengthened. Logically speaking, the imperial power should have become stronger, but after a hundred years, the local chaos The trend is gradually rising, the head of Guizhou is gifted day by day, Li Shu is turned into a refugee, outside the court and the public, ancient and modern literati are fighting for the orthodox, in the court, the party is instigated, the broken arm relieves the pain, the conflict between your majesty and the courtiers is growing, what does Deran think? Tricks?"

Liu Jian held the teacup with a strange expression on his face.

I said Brother Liu Yu.

Where are you talking about military strategy and local politics with me?

You are clearly talking to me, the most fundamental flaw of the Han Dynasty!

How do you ask me to answer when we meet for the first time?
Holding the teacup, Liu Jian said, "Liu Jian is short-sighted. What brother Bo'an said is something that His Majesty and the sages of the clan think about day and night. It is something that several generations of wise emperors have been unable to do. How can I understand it?" ?”

Liu Yuyan said: "Hehe, could it be that Deran can't trust me? You know, among the clan and ministers, except Liu Junlang, the person His Majesty trusts the most is either you or me. If you and I can't be honest with each other, the Han Dynasty But what hope is there?"

Liu Jian still didn't answer, just thinking about it in his heart.

"Hey, that's all. I don't think that the person Yun Chang admires is so suspicious. I really don't want to come this time! Farewell!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Yu got up, bowed his hands to Liu Jian, and was about to leave.

But when he just walked to the door, he suddenly heard Liu Jian's voice behind him:

"Without him, although the imperial power is concentrated in Luoyang, the power of the kings is weak, but the wealth and land are growing day by day, and the number of people in hiding is getting heavier. They all come from the gentry, and those who can govern the country are limited, and they have been here for many years."

When Liu Yu heard this, he stopped suddenly!
"That's a good word! Exactly!"

He turned his head to look at Liu Jian: "As Deran said, I also think the same way for my brother. It's just that when we encounter difficulties, as the clan, how should we solve this matter?"

Liu Jian stood up and said: "Although the officials of the clan are few and in decline, they are all dignified and loyal officials! Inside and outside the court, regardless of the ancient and modern texts, they are all fighting for orthodoxy. He is more powerful than modern literature, and he does not claim to be his own, and will surpass it sooner or later. However, no matter ancient or modern literary scholars, the reason why they can restrain your majesty is because they monopolize knowledge, official career, and those who can govern the country. Short and shallow, but also know that there is only one way to break the game.”

"Which way?"

"Reduce costs and learn widely."

After hearing this, Liu Yu looked at Liu Jian curiously: "Isn't my great man's current momentum to start a school not enough? Among the imperial schools, there are more and more people staying in the capital all the year round. Isn't this considered starting a school?"

Liu Jian shook his head and said: "I am not referring to the establishment of a school like this. Among the ten students of today's imperial court, ten of them are from the family of officials. They can be said to be passed down from generation to generation. , will always come from those families, and those who are ignorant and ignorant will always be ignorant and ignorant."

"The cost of studying is very high. The value of a volume of scriptures can hardly be measured by money, and it is difficult to spread to the public. In addition to wanting to correct the scriptures, your Majesty used to practice the Xiping Stone Classics. Another reason is also to broaden the wisdom of the people and make them Everyone in the world can come to Luoyang to copy the scriptures to learn, but to come to Luoyang to seek scholars, after all, it is the people of those big clans! After all, the cost of coming to Luoyang once is extremely high."

"I have a population of 5000 million, and more than nine out of ten are illiterate. Those who are knowledgeable and understand the scriptures can be entrusted with the important task of governing the country, but there are hundreds of thousands of people whose heads can govern the country. Gentlemen of all ages!"

"It doesn't need to be too much. If there are more than 1000 million people who can read and write in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and those who have the means to study, whether they are from poor families or among the people, just add another 100 million people, and the disaster will be solved!"

Liu Yu stared blankly at Liu Jian, and didn't speak for a while.

To be honest, Liu Jian's remarks are very correct, he pointed the finger at the root of the matter.

The power of the elites in the Han Dynasty lies in the monopoly of knowledge. The reason why the nobles can control the government and threaten the imperial power is that no one is involved with them!

Whether you study ancient Chinese or modern Chinese, those who are knowledgeable and able to govern the country will always be those people, and only they can be used to govern the country.

And their ability to govern the country means that they can control power and obtain wealth resources. With wealth resources and monopoly, they can let future generations continue to monopolize.

Liu Hong enforced the party ban, banned these educated people in a group, and prevented them from becoming officials, but in the end the country became more and more chaotic, because without them to govern the country, it really can't work!

Because although there are many people left besides them, they are not up to the level of governing the country in terms of knowledge, so they are useless!

Don't look at the fact that the big Han has a population of 5000 million, but there are [-] big and hundreds of people who are afraid that they can only recognize limited characters, let alone govern the country.

Those who have the knowledge of governing the country really only have such a small rub.

However, it is just such a small rub, which is both hateful and helpless. They have monopolized [-]% of the country's resources by virtue of their knowledge, so that the emperor does not want to use them but must still use them.

After 2000, those countries with high-end technology in the world can still rely on technological blockade to absorb global resources.

It's because no one can roll with them.

If someone can get involved, whether it is the high-end technology of later generations, or these so-called "highly educated celebrities", they will all be priced at the price of cabbage, worthless cabbage price!
Use you if you want to use it, don't use it if you don't want to use it, if you get stabbed, sorry, you can change at any time!

There is nothing else, but there are people!

Just imagine that Jinwen dominated the court in the past, but with the gradual implementation of the ancient scriptures, Jinwen can't stand it anymore, but fundamentally speaking, the innermost member family in the ancient and modern literature is still a wave.

The family that monopolizes the Five Classics, because the ancient and modern texts orthodox self-introduction a little bit, almost shattered the status of Jinwen in the court, not to mention letting other people participate in the scrolling.

Involution is necessary for the destruction of monopoly.

Even so, in Liu Yu's view, the implementation of this matter is still like a fantasy.

　The second one is in the afternoon

　　
　
(End of this chapter)