Xuande

Chapter 774
The protagonists of this story are Zhou Wuwang and Jiang Taigong.

A pair of monarchs and ministers who were very famous in the imperial period and even in modern times.

The content of the story is that after King Wu of Zhou defeated Yin Shang and established his rule, he felt that he killed the king with his ministers. If someone in later generations did the same thing like him and ruined his world, what should he do?

So King Wu began to seek a long-term rule from Jiang Taigong.

Jiang Taigong smiled after hearing this, which means that it is very good for King Wu to have such worries, which means that his mentality has changed.

This is like when a hunter shoots his prey, he is afraid that the arrow will not penetrate deep enough, but after he gets the prey, he is worried that the wound on the prey will be too large and the fur will not be sold at a good price.

This is a very contradictory idea, but with this idea, it means that King Wu has changed his mentality, from a destroyer of order to a ruler who maintains order. Jiang Taigong is very happy about this.

So he advised King Wu.

What he means is that if you want to occupy the world for a long time, the guiding ideology is to cover people's eyes and ears, and then guide people to do some useless work, and then develop their comfortable habits, so that their clear thinking becomes Unexamined.

The specific method is to take off their helmets, put them on hats decorated with feathers, take away their swords, let them hold wat boards, set a three-year filial piety period, limit their births, and vigorously preach the ruling order and humility. Let them not have the heart to fight.

Give them more wine, meat, and music to make them eat, drink, listen, and have fun. Use ghosts and gods to make them fear the destiny, use red tape to make them lose their natural instincts, use heavy burials and long funerals to make them lose their property, and finally let them dig trenches and build buildings. Walls to consume their physical strength.

In this way, it will be able to occupy the world for a long time.

Liu Bei didn't know if there was really such a dialogue between Jiang Taigong and King Wu of Zhou, and he didn't know if the pair of monarchs and ministers really had a similar plan.

Anyway, what he knew was that Liu An's purpose in compiling this book was to oppose Liu Che's political reform. Of course, he failed in the end.

The background of this book is the era of Liu Che's reform. The Chang'an court changed its way of thinking about governing the country, abandoned Huang Lao's techniques, and adopted Confucian hegemony.

Under this background, Liu An organized his disciples to jointly compile "Huainanzi".

But in any case, regardless of the differences between the two ruling methods and ideas, the rulers of that era still had a very clear and consistent idea on how to consolidate their rule.

Clear thinking, guiding ideology and specific methodology.

It's just that no rulers have ever been able to truly occupy the world all the time, because they can never do one thing-they are never willing to give people enough wine, meat, and music to let them fall into a long-term intoxicated life.

If they can do this, the world may really last for a long time. If they can have wine and meat to eat and music to listen to every day, then even if the work is a little tiring, it is not unacceptable.

Maybe there will be many people who are willing to be deaf or blind with their eyes covered and their ears covered.

Anyway, life is only a few decades, can drink, eat meat and listen to music without being too tired, what's so bad about it?

But rulers can't, or simply don't want to.

The ruler only wants the people under his rule to waste their property and physical strength, but he is unwilling to give them enough rewards and spiritual enjoyment. Even the foolish techniques needed to maintain the system and governance have created a sense of pettiness. The words that meat eaters despise are true That's right.

It is because there are too many things that are necessary and necessary that history appears to be so chaotic.

Liu Bei cannot say that what Kuai Yue and others said is wrong, because what they think is really from the perspective of the ruler, and it is really for his own good and for the long-term rule of his Third Reich.

They are not fools or blind. They have obviously seen some uncontrollable social phenomena that will be brought about by Liu Bei's series of operations.

It's just that Liu Bei doesn't like this kind of statement.

Therefore, Liu Bei firmly rejected the opinions of Kuai Yue and others.

"What you said is not unreasonable, but compared with this kind of worry, the imperial court's needs are more urgent. The imperial court needs enough talents to complete governance and development. The big man still has too many wastelands that have not been developed. Too many populations to govern.

It is not enough to just rely on the original scholars. More people are needed. It is imperative to let go of the inheritance of classic articles. It is also imperative to use punctuation marks to eliminate the difficulty of reading sentences. This point, I The intention has been decided, no need to say more. "

Liu Bei Gangang was arbitrary and made up his mind, so that Kuai Yue and others could only bow their heads and accept the progress of this matter.

Therefore, after the promulgation of the edict, Liu Bei ordered Zheng Xuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Education, to hold a discussion meeting on the Five Classics to discuss the articles of the Five Classics, list all the differences between the classics in the modern text and the classics in the ancient text, and then find the most reasonable statement.

It is most suitable for Zheng Xuan to do this job. He has annotated articles on both modern classics and ancient classics, and has a very thorough understanding of both modern classics and ancient classics. He is the most acceptable to everyone of.

Zheng Xuan didn't refuse, or he was very interested in this job, so he accepted the order decisively, with great enthusiasm for this matter.

However, while accepting this appointment, Zheng Xuan also made a statement to Liu Bei and mentioned one thing.

Thoroughly rectify the "Han Law" and use the "Han Law" to decide everything.

He advocated the complete abolition of the Spring and Autumn Judgment, let professional law researchers decide what the law needs to decide, and let the "Han Law" play the leading role in all things that need to be decided, instead of letting the Spring and Autumn Period play the leading role .

In the past, Zheng Xuan still had concerns, but now, he has no worries.

He made a public statement as the Minister of the Ministry of Education, mentioned this matter, mentioned a series of absurd and sad things brought about by the Spring and Autumn Judgment, and thought that this kind of thing could not continue.

Laws are supposed to be just, at least on the surface.

Nor can people explain the law casually. Professionals must be allowed to explain the law. The age when anyone can intervene is too amateurish.

Liu Bei seemed to be very satisfied with this, so he personally passed Zheng Xuan's opinion and decided to separate the Spring and Autumn Period from the sequence of legal decisions.

He stipulated that the judgment of cases from now on must be based on the "Han Law" as the only basis, and the stories of ancient people recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period can no longer be used as the basis for resolution.

The Spring and Autumn Judgment ends here.

At the same time, he also asked all the relevant personnel of the Third Department of Law to participate in this matter to study the "Han Law", and then take the "Han Law" examination. Only after passing the examination can they be allowed to continue to hold positions , If you fail the exam, you can change jobs.

This matter also had a great impact on the Luoyang court. Although the opposition was weak, some people pointed out that this was an ancestral rule that had been implemented for hundreds of years. If it was changed suddenly, it might cause some bad things.

In this regard, Liu Bei's answer is more straightforward.

He looked indifferent, and even reached out to pick his ears.

"Ancestors have rules? Which ancestor? Why don't I remember that Emperor Gao said this?"

These words choked to death the officials who wanted to raise objections, because Liu Bang did not do this, and the emperors of the Han Dynasty had only one common ancestor.

Liu Bang.

What, you said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is also my ancestor?
But Liu Bang is the great ancestor of the Eight Classics.

When the school of ancient literature faced the coercion of the school of modern literature, it tried to use Zhou Gong to suppress Confucius, and to shine on older sages. Come to suppress other ancestors, so that others have nothing to say.

So this matter was also enforced by Liu Bei.

From now on, the officials of the Third Division of Judiciary must go to the Law School outside Luoyang City to hold a special class and take turns to study the "Han Law". In the future, new officials will also have a study class and a final exam.

Only those who pass the exam can get a job, and those who fail the exam can never get a job!
Liu Bei also pointed out that even if you are employed, you should not slack off in your studies. You must learn and improve the Han Law at all times. Even if you want to be promoted in the future, you must take the promotion test. Let's see what this guy thinks about the "Han Law" In the end there is no real mastery.

The occurrence of this incident really made the officials feel depressed and speechless.

They are not too students, why do they always have to take exams?
But Liu Bei also has something to say.

My army, strong, right?
Fighting invincible hands all over the world, with hands in pockets, no one knows what an opponent is.

Why so strong?

Officers have to take a promotion test every time they are promoted!
Not only military exploits are required, but also cultural literacy, the common development of morality, intelligence, physique, art and labor, the ability to fight, and sufficient professionalism. Otherwise, how could they be so good at fighting?
What is an elite?

This special brew is elite!

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It is precisely because of the successful experience of the army that you guys think you can escape?
It just so happened that Liu Bei said that the official elimination system should be implemented, so Liu Bei simply included the official professional skills test into the evaluation criteria of the elimination system, not to mention the more abstract political achievements, but the more intuitive professional skills are tested. .

You are a judicial official who is not even proficient in "Han Law", and holds a copy of "Zuoshi Chunqiu" every day to pretend to be a wolf with a big tail. What kind of judicial officer do I want you to be?

disuse!

After Liu Beiming issued an edict to the Eight Departments of Tongchuan to implement this matter, it immediately caused a little panic among the officials of the Third Judicial Department and some other departments.

Not to mention that law requires professional skills, agriculture also requires professional skills, and engineering also requires professional skills. If the matter of the judicial department becomes a reality, then they have reason to believe that as long as Liu Bei thinks, he can give you a professional skills test. .

When the officials were gloomy, Liu Bei was very happy.

He would vaguely think of a sentence he heard in school when he was very young in his previous life - quiz kao kao, the teacher's magic weapon, fenfenfen, the student's lifeblood.

He used to feel very powerless because of this, and he succumbed to the power of the exam and couldn't extricate himself, but now he turned the offensive, no one could test him, but he could test everyone.

Pleasure.

He now feels that there are so many insects in the Han court, not only because of social and class issues, but because of various reasons. Many factors together have created the situation where insects are all over the world.

Some problems cannot be solved for a while, but some problems can be solved immediately.

Liu Bei couldn't kill all the insects immediately, but he could let everyone go to the exam together.

There are so many insects, it must be because there is too little learning content!There are too few professional exams!
If they can all pass several professional skill tests, it will not only pick out the bastards, but also greatly improve the professionalism of the officials.

It is true that examinations cannot select moral gentlemen, but examinations can improve their professional qualities.

This is very important for Liu Bei now.

So since the students and the soldiers who fought in the war had to face the hell of the exam, the wind of the exam finally blew into the Luoyang court. It was just a breeze before, but now the strength of the wind has increased significantly.

The officials of the Third Division of Judiciary, who were the first to suffer, were blindsided by blowing.

Many of them asked the people around them overnight if they had a model copy of the "Han Law", and they could lend them a copy and take it back to recite and study.

But should I say it or not, this process is still quite painful. Many of the officials of the Third Division of Judiciary were recruited from the shelves at the beginning, and they have limited understanding of the Han Law. Now it is really difficult for them to prepare for the exam. .

It is said that after hearing the news, many of the students in the Taixue burst into laughter, feeling that those who are officials will finally feel their pain.

But soon some wiser students put forward a key point——

What are you happy about?We are working so hard on the exam now, isn't it because we don't have to take such a painful exam when we become an official?

As a result, officials now have to take exams. Is this a good thing for us?
I thought it would be easier to become an official, but in the end, I have to face various professional exams, and if I fail the exams, I can't be promoted or even continue to be an official...

So the Tai students began to feel gloomy again, feeling that they would never escape the exam hell in this life.

However, Liu Bei did not strengthen the pressure on officials in all aspects, but did not provide them with even a little help.

He helped, still a very, very big help.

He ordered the printing office to urgently print [-] volumes of bound volumes of "Han Law" and send them to the Third Division of Judiciary, so that the third division would share one share and take them back for everyone to read and study.

They also said that they don't need to rush to copy by hand, of course they can copy if they want to, but more thread-bound copies of "Han Law" will be distributed soon.

It is a high-probability event to have one book in hand, but it just takes a little time.

They will soon be able to take a huge and thick "Han Law" back to recite and study day and night, and then completely change into the shape of "Han Law".

The officials of the Third Division and other court officials who heard the news were very shocked by this situation, and they all went to the Third Division of Judiciary to watch the legendary thread-bound "Han Law".

It was quite a big book, it was bigger than their faces when held up, and it was very thick. They opened it and looked left and right, and they found that not only was every book of the "Han Law" exactly the same, but the fonts were also exactly the same. There are also small symbols used to break sentences.

Is this the legendary punctuation mark?
And these books all look exactly the same, so they are not hand-copied, but are they using the legendary printing technique?
At this time, Liu Bei disclosed the existence of printing to the court.

He announced to the public that with the printing technology, people no longer need to copy books by hand. As long as there is enough time, 100 million books can be printed, and each book is exactly the same without any difference.

Everyone can study with confidence.

(End of this chapter)