Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 591 An Undeniable Attraction

Luo Youdu looked at Zhang Zhao, who was dripping profusely with sweat, and his expression was rare, not smiling, but solemn.

"His Majesty!"

Looking at the solemn king, Zhang Zhao felt a little thumping in his heart, but then a flash of fortitude flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Of course it counts, but the situation a thousand years ago is different from now...the standards of scholar-bureaucrats are also different."

Luo Youdu said coldly, "What's the difference between what Zhang Qing said? Who will decide the difference? Or do you say who is a scholar-bureaucrat and who is a scholar-bureaucrat? Whoever says no is whoever is not?"

Zhang Zhao turned pale and shook his body. He didn't answer Luo Youdu's words directly, but stayed for a long while, with unbelievable eyes, tremblingly bowed and said, "How can your majesty treat the old minister like this? The old minister is quite old." Now, half of my body has been buried in the ground, and I have absolutely no selfish intentions, I only hope that Your Majesty's country will last forever."

He couldn't help but burst into tears as he spoke.

He felt wronged and greatly wronged.

As a person who started from the later Tang Dynasty and experienced more than half of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, he is deeply aware of the dangers of martial arts.

They have been suppressed too deeply, so they don't trust the loyalty of generals at all.

With Luo Youdu here, everything is easy to talk about, just in case, like Guo Rong, something goes wrong and a young prince is left behind.

Wouldn't the turmoil that lasted nearly a hundred years start all over again?
Even if Luo Youdu has the ability to suppress generals, what about the future?

People are mortal. Can the future emperor be able to suppress the arrogant soldiers?
Military generals and reckless men are all unfaithful and unrighteous people. On the contrary, they are literati, deeply influenced by the thought of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.In terms of loyalty, he is far better than a reckless general.

Drawing lessons from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Zhang Zhao maintained the rising circle of scholar-bureaucrats and promoted the status of civil servants, not for himself as the leader of the Confucian scholars, but for the future of the imperial court and good governance that would benefit thousands of years.

Luo Youdu actually questioned their purpose and doubted their selfishness...

Zhang Zhao, in his old age, actually burst into tears in this temple.

When Luo Youdu saw this, his heart softened.

In fact, he could feel that a large number of people in the court really cared about him, the emperor, and Luo Yu's court.

They really want Luo Yu's court to be good, and they really want to help them achieve great things and create brilliance, so that each other will prosper and both will be prosperous, and both will be harmed.

They looked at the lessons learned from the past, and the tragic situation of the Central Plains land being ravaged by Wufu appeared in their minds.

If it weren't for a group of warriors attacking each other, selfish and betraying China's interests.Why did the Khitan barbarians go to Bianjing and be the emperor of the Central Plains for several years?

They really thought their choice was right.

This group of people felt that Luo Youdu's trust in many generals had a high chance of causing history to repeat itself and making the other party overwhelmed.

Improving the status of scholar-bureaucrats and civil servants can prevent generals from rebelling well.

Among the civil servants standing on this temple, no one who has experienced the chaos of the Five Dynasties is willing to believe in generals.

This prejudice has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow after decades of development in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

So Zhang Zhao's attitude is not one person, but a group of people.

But as the leader, Zhang Zhao bears the brunt.

Luo Youdu's heart softened, but his attitude didn't change at all. He still said decisively: "The situation a thousand years ago was different from what it is now. I agree with this sentence. After all, Confucius was a person who lived a thousand years ago. Considering the national conditions, many viewpoints are reasonable. It is suitable for the present. Right and wrong, right and wrong, should be decided by the court. I understand Zhang Qing's loyalty, and I also understand Zhang Qing's concerns. But I think the most unacceptable thing in the world is to overcorrect."

Luo Youdu's biggest advantage is that he can look to the future. Compared with the contemporary people who cross the river by feeling the stones, he can clearly know which way is right and which way is wrong; is a shortcut.

Luo Youdu personally believes that the destruction of civil and military balance and the rise of the scholar-bureaucrat group will have great harm to the overall progress of the Central Plains Dynasty.

In the final analysis, it is the overcorrection of the Zhao and Song Dynasties to the military generals of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms in the late Tang Dynasty.

But there is one thing to say, without the perspective of God, many decisions made by the Zhao Song Dynasty are in line with the current national conditions.

Whether it was Zhao Kuangyin or later Zhao Kuangyi, as an era of martial arts dictatorship who had experienced the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, they were well aware of the threat of martial arts.

The Zhao family's own country was won by relying on military power, how could they not block this road?
Even Luo Youdu himself continued to confiscate the power of generals and Jiedushi after he succeeded to the throne to ensure his own safety.

The original intention of many systems is good, but it will deteriorate when it really involves interests.

Zhao Kuangyin exalted the literati to suppress the warriors, and gave the privilege of "not killing those who wrote the letter to talk about things", and it turned out that "the emperor hangs down and rules the world with the scholar-bureaucrats."

In the end, a group of scholar-bureaucrats were fattened up.

In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor Chui Gong ruled the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, and then evolved into the emperor Chui Gong, the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world, and the emperor was directly removed.Half of the history of the Ming Dynasty is about the emperor fighting with his ministers.

Military generals dominate the world, and literati dominate the world, and the emperor is just a display.

Even if the original intention is good, Luo Youdu will not allow history to repeat itself, saying word by word: "I want to recruit famous people from all over the world, and rewrite the five classics handouts..."

Zhang Zhao's face was even more pale. He edited the "Five Classics" that is popular today, and he and the so-called scholar-bureaucrats who supported him hold the right to interpret this aspect.

Luo Youdu wanted to take back the right to explain.

Zhang Zhao was about to speak, but he heard in his ears: "I have been reading ancient books recently, and found that due to the war, many classics have either been lost or are on the verge of being lost. I want to compile a collection of my Chinese classics. The great book shows the prestige of the country. For the benefit of all generations, since the book contract, all the books of the classics and history collections, as for astronomy, topography, yin and yang, medicine and divination, monk Taoism, and skills, are all-encompassing and inclusive."

As soon as he said this, the officials in the hall were instantly moved.

This is a great thing to go down in history.

Zhang Zhao also secretly wiped away his tears, and looked at Luo Youdu pitifully at the leader.

In fact, Confucianism today is not the Confucianism created by Confucius.

Confucianism has integrated the interests of all parties in the development of thousands of years. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism, it has been mixed with messy things.This was true for the gentry in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the powerful families in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, even the scholar-bureaucrat group in the Song Dynasty, and the civil official group in the Ming Dynasty.

Instead of allowing great Confucians to add their own private goods, it is better to take the power of interpretation into the state.Let the Confucianism in the four directions be rebuilt with the support of the imperial court to benefit the development of the country.

Confucianism is an all-encompassing knowledge. In the Confucianism of later generations, we can see the thoughts of many schools of thought, which is also the result of cultural integration.

If only the handouts on the re-revision of the Five Classics are taken out alone, it is estimated that there will be no real influential Confucian support.

However, when the compilation is similar to the "Yongle Dadian", which can be passed down for thousands of years, the meaning is different.

A naked, irresistible offer.

(End of this chapter)