Lu Dynasty

Chapter 295 Persuasion
Guo Jia and Jia Xu agreed with my idea. In fact, every emperor in China wants to build a country that lasts forever, but unfortunately they are limited by land and vision.Among the emperors of all dynasties in China, the most wicked one is the pair of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Dong Zhongshu.They can be said to be the chief culprit for causing the Chinese people to narrow their vision.

In the early Han Dynasty, although Liu Bang used Confucian scholars, he also used other academics.Later, although his descendants used Huang Lao's inaction to govern the country, they did not exclude other academics.Only when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came, he made a plan to depose a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone!As a result, the Confucian family dominated.You know, only competition can make progress.Confucianism has become a long-term monopoly in China. Whoever wants to profit from it can achieve his goal as long as he turns himself into a great Confucian and then misinterprets Confucius' words.

Just like Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi, the Neo-Confucianism they put forward cannot even be implemented by themselves, but they ask others to do it. Isn't this nonsense?For example, the great Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty, like Guan Ning and Bing Yuan, always used their own behavior as the norm and encouraged people around them to abide by it.Comparing the two, you can see the difference.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if Confucianism dominates. If the country is governed by Confucius’ thoughts, although there will not be much progress, at least there will be no regression.Confucius paid attention to benevolent government and enlightenment, and his central idea was to improve people's moral quality.However, Dong Zhongshu, the so-called great Confucianist of Confucianism, tampered with Confucius' thoughts beyond recognition.In order to cater to the thoughts of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he engaged in the induction between heaven and man, and the granting of imperial power by gods.Taking Confucius' thoughts and words out of context made Confucianism more and more narrow-minded, and even Zhu Xi, a great talent who preserves the principles of nature and eliminates human desires, made Confucianism inflexible and obsolete.

Now it is the end of the Han Dynasty. Although Confucianism has been carried out in the Han Dynasty for nearly 400 years, it has not really affected many people.Because things like books are considered luxuries among ordinary people, let alone Confucian classics.Those who were really influenced by Confucianism the most were those aristocratic families.I don't let those aristocratic families participate in education, let some real great Confucians like Guan Ning and Bing Yuan enlighten the people's wisdom and educate the people, and use scientific methods to explain various phenomena.Just like in modern times, if you dragged a person on the road and told about ghosts and gods, would anyone believe you?I'm afraid only those aunts, aunts, and grandmas in remote rural areas will care about you!

Guo Jia and Jia Xu decided to support my idea, but although they are smart, they still have the limitations of the times.Seeing that I disdain Confucianism, Guo Jia asked, "If my lord governs the country, which theory should I use?"

"Why do we have to use the words of one family to govern the country?" I said strangely: "I will give you a sixteen-character policy: Confucianism on the outside and law on the inside, a hundred schools of thought contend. Take the essence and discard the dross!"

Jia Xu said: "That would be a mess. Some theories are fundamentally in conflict."

"Even Confucianism has internal conflicts. Why is it so strange that there are some conflicts among other theories? As the saying goes: If you don't say what you say, you can't understand it, and if you don't distinguish the reason, you can't understand it! If there is a conflict, it depends on who is right, and whoever is right." I He said with a smile: "To use another sentence I said: Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. The big man is too big, and many policies are benevolent in the south, but tyrannical in the north! We must adapt to local conditions and seek truth from facts! Everything From the perspective of the common people, we must do good and practical things for the common people, so as to ensure the long-term stability of our dynasty. We must not put ourselves at the highest place like the emperors of the past, and shouting at the height every day is unbearable."

"Oranges grown in Huainan are tangerines, and oranges grown in Huaibei are oranges!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "But my lord, if you do all of this, you will definitely be criticized, and your resistance will be great. After all The big man is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and now is not the time to overthrow it."

"Don't you think I don't know? Of course I won't do it. Now I have a vanguard of reform under my command. I just don't know if he is willing to do it. After I ask him, I will decide how to proceed. As long as he Agree, then no one can criticize you and me!" I laughed.

Guo Jia asked suspiciously: "Who is the lord talking about? Why don't I remember that the lord has such a great talent?"

"Secret!" I laughed and said, "Since you all understand my thoughts, go down and prepare for the intelligence department first! I will inform you when the time is right!" Guo Jia and Jia Xu bowed and withdrew .

After Guo Jia and the others left, I rode my horse to Wubao.When I came to Wupu, I didn't go to see Cai Yan and the others first, but went to the hut where Liu Bian lived.

Seeing me, Liu Bian smiled and said, "Congratulations to Big Brother Lu, I'm a shady person now, I really can't appear in front of people, I hope Big Brother Lu won't blame me for not being able to congratulate Big Brother in time!"

"Bian'er, are you going to spend your whole life going out of sight like this?" I stared at Liu Bian and asked.

Liu Bian said: "Brother Lu, I also want to come out and do something! I have learned a lot with a few gentlemen, but no matter which princes, who dares to use the former emperor, the current King Hongnong, was killed by Dong Zhuo. !"

"I dare to use it! I just don't know if you dare to do it!" I laughed and said, "I have a big thing that only you can do, but I'm worried that you can't do it, why don't you call Queen Mother He to discuss it! Liu Bian nodded and called Queen Mother He in.

Empress Dowager He came in and asked, "What does General Lu need my family to do? As long as it prevents him from sinking like this, he can do anything."

I smiled and said, "Bian'er, do you know where Liu Xie is now?"

"I heard from several gentlemen that he was picked up by Cao!" Liu Bian said.

I asked again: "Then do you know what happened to him?"

"It's just a puppet!" Liu Bian said, "But he's used to being a puppet. He was a puppet when Dong Zhuo was around, but he was still a puppet when Li Jue and Guo Si were there. Now that he's in Cao Na, isn't he a puppet? Really? A fool!"

"Do you know why I chose to save you and give up on Liu Xie?" Now Liu Bian didn't know, I smiled and said, "Because of two points, one is that you have self-knowledge, and the other is that you have no ambition! Liu Xie His ambition is to get rid of his own brother, I will not show mercy to such a person!"

Liu Bian smiled and said, "Brother Lu, just tell me what you want me to do? As long as it is your order, I will do it!"

"Be an emperor!" I laughed and said, "I don't know if you have the confidence to do well?"

"Do...be the emperor?" Now even the Empress Dowager He was surprised, and Liu Bian asked, "Do you want to be the puppet emperor?"

I smiled and said, "It's a puppet. I won't be in charge of the army anyway, but you have to come out to handle government affairs. In name, I am your subordinate, but in fact, you are my subordinate! Even if I become emperor in the future, it will be nothing more than a The two of us just exchanged places in name."

Liu Bian said with a smile: "Brother Lu, why bother to put in so much effort, you just proclaim yourself emperor, in terms of your ability, it will be sooner or later to unify the world!"

(End of this chapter)