Chapter 173 Confucian Temple
Ever since Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, sacrificed pigs, cows, and sheep to Confucius, the world has officially confirmed that Confucianism of Confucianism is Chinese learning, and officially affirmed the status of Confucius as the "teacher of the emperor".

From then to now, worshiping Confucius in the world is no longer a new thing. From the central government to the local government, as long as there are a few scholars and one or two Jinshi, most of the prefectures and counties have built Confucian temples. During the Zhenzong Dynasty, there were more than 360 temples in the world...

As for this, the number of Liaoxia and other countries is still not counted.

Naturally, the name varies from place to place, Confucius Temple, Zhisheng Temple, Xianshi Temple... But the most commonly used name is the officially recognized "Confucian Temple".

This temple of Confucianism is so prosperous that there is no other temple in the world that can match it. This is actually normal. After all, when you enter other temples, you are mostly seeking wealth, luck, and marriage. You have to worship the right god and worship the right Bodhisattva. just do.

The Confucian Temple is different, it takes care of everything; as long as you become an official, you will have everything you expect to have. here.

As for the worshipers in the temple, except for Confucius, no matter what ten philosophers and 72 sages are, they are all from Confucianism. It is not impossible for other people to enter, unless you are a great Confucian, a recognized great Confucian, such as Lu Zhi, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty , or Zuo Qiuming, who wrote "Spring and Autumn", or Gongsun Chou, who often asked Mencius such and such questions a lot, causing his conversations with Mencius to be recorded. Have the qualifications to enter the Confucian Temple.

Today, in front of the Minzi Temple, one of the ten philosophers of the Confucian Temple, Zhao Guan’s family loudly clamored to invite people into the temple. The number of people here has always been increasing, he is probably crazy!
A lunatic is not scary, what is scary is that this lunatic has the power to guide all living beings!
And looking at the emperor's appearance, it is self-evident who the sage he wants to use for the operation... Besides Min Zi, the spiritual pillar of Suzhou, who else can it be!

As soon as Liu Bang finished speaking, he stopped. He seemed to be drinking tea, but his eyes didn't rest, he scanned around randomly, and saw all the expressions of the people who came today.

Huang Yanjie was indeed very caring, and he almost changed Liu Bang's stereotype of eunuchs with his own strength. Whenever the emperor's eyes fell on someone, the old eunuch immediately understood, and then began to whisper in a low voice. introduced.

"Official family, that is the patriarch of the Min family. There is a Min Xian village fifty miles away from here. It is said that all of them are descendants of Min Zi."

"That person is Fang Yuanwai from Suzhou. I heard that his family relies on raising foxes. His family's leather business has been going all the way to the Kingdom of Jin."

"That is the local head of the Xiang clan, who is said to be a descendant of King Xiang..."

After saying this, Liu Bang frowned:
"Xiang Yu? Does he have descendants?"

The old eunuch had done a night of homework beforehand, and he knew very well about people with dignity, so he replied confidently at this time:

"It's really impossible to find out, but the place where King Xiang committed suicide seems to be nearby... This lineage probably appeared in the Jin Dynasty. Hundreds of years have passed, even if it is fake, it is already true. .”

Liu Bang thought for a while with his head down, and finally said with certainty:
"That's not the case. Xiang Yu died in Lingbi. Most of the family pretended to remember wrongly and came to Suzhou, which is more than a hundred miles away."

"Besides, when that kid died, those who followed him were only a few riders. How could there be any descendants left behind? If he had descendants, would I not know?"

Huang Yanjie's cheeky smile squeezed into a chrysanthemum: "Great officials, even know these things so clearly."

Putting his heart back into his stomach, Liu Bang felt a little taken aback, this is not the year of Hanchu, even if he is really a descendant of Xiang Yu, what does it matter?

Thinking of this, his eyes began to scan again, and after he scanned one, Huang Yanjie introduced one, and after a while, he knew something in his heart.

The old eunuch was very caring, and he really managed to deal with it freely. If he didn't know, he might think he was the local official in charge of household registration!

Just when Huang Yanjie was happy that he had finished an errand, he saw that the emperor's eyes stopped on the right side. He looked along and couldn't help but sighed a little.

I also saw that the emperor not only did not move, but even seemed to be in a trance, not to mention the hand holding the tea bowl was frozen in mid-air, and he even forgot to blink his eyes... Seeing that someone had noticed, many people were looking at the emperor. Look, for a moment, everyone's eyes fell on the right side of the crowd.

"Official, official..."

He called softly twice, but the emperor didn't even give him the slightest response. Huang Yanjie was thinking about what to do, but he didn't dare to pat the emperor on the shoulder, and was sweating profusely when he saw the emperor Finally came back to God.

When the old eunuch looked to the right side again, it turned out that someone was blocking the official's view. He patted his chest thankfully, and couldn't help but thank the person in his heart——

Zhang Taiwei is really a noble man!
Zhang Jun was originally in charge of guarding outside. After all, the emperor called so many people here. Who knows if there are any messy things mixed in. If it wasn't for the news from the barracks, he would not be willing to squeeze in. After all, these scholars He has never been interested in things.

"Official!"

Maybe it was because I slept well last night, maybe it was a knot in my heart that was untied, anyway, after Wanyan suddenly died, this person was like a fool, he was full of anger when he said something, and he didn't pay attention Seeing the expression of the emperor wanting to slap him with his hands, he walked up to the emperor, bowed down and said:

"The scholar ran away."

Liu Bang calmed down and did not answer him, but arranged for Huang Yanjie first:
"That girl, do you know where she came from?"

Huang Yanjie shook his head, he only paid attention to the person worthy of attention, a woman, who was indeed not in his work plan.

Zhang Taiwei looked back: "Which little lady is the official looking at?!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the scene immediately, whispers were endless, and the girl standing on the right side, who had sucked Liu Bang's soul, also panicked immediately, if not for the people standing behind her, She must have turned around and left now, but now she just blushed and lowered her head.

What Zhang Jun likes most is the things between men and women, whether it is a handsome scholar or a pretty prostitute, whether it is a man or a fairy, whether it is underground or on the bed, not to mention that this is the emperor and a woman, he Immediately, he became interested, and just turned around to ask the emperor to understand that he could do this job for Zhao Guan's family, but he felt a hit on the head, knocking him in place.

"You son of a bitch, if you dare to speak too much, I will castrate you!"

Liu Bang said to Huang Yanjie again: "Go and pay attention, and invite her to drink tea later."

The old eunuch took the order, leaving only Zhang Jun, who was aggrieved, standing in front of the emperor.

"You better distinguish the occasion when you speak! You are so unruly at such an age, you really are an old wretch!"

"That's what the officials taught me."

"Which scholar ran away?"

"It's the scholar who doesn't eat or drink."

"Which scholar doesn't eat or drink?"

Zhang Jun paused: "It's the scholar who said you were a fool."

"Oh," Liu Bang finally remembered, "Yu Yunwen, just run away, you have your own way of life, don't ask people to chase you."

Zhang Jun retreated obediently to the side, and didn't dare to say any more; seeing that Huang Yanjie had already led people there, Liu Bang put the tea bowl aside, and then started talking about business.

"Who is eligible to enter this Confucian Temple and enjoy the eternal incense? This matter is not a decision I made at will, but how many emperors have died throughout the ages, how many masters this country has changed, even the emperor can Change, these saints in the temple can naturally be changed."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help cursing, because he was cheated by that boy Shu Suntong.

At that time, the world was decided. He ordered Xiao He to order laws, Han Xin to apply military laws, Zhang Cang to formulate regulations, uncles and grandsons to regulate etiquette, and Lu Jia to create new words.At that time, Shusuntong said it nicely, everything is for your sake, and everything within the rules is to make the people of the world submit to your family's rule forever, and it must be their Confucianism to rule the world.

If it weren't for him being as clever as a reed, Liu Bang would not be willing to sacrifice to Confucius. To be honest, he would rather sacrifice to Qin Shihuang.

Now it seems that Confucianism is indeed suitable for governing the country. Those who are so suitable will almost climb to shit on the imperial power. You are far and wide,

As long as it is close to the point, I will learn this set.

This is basically the same as what Shu Suntong said at the time, but the biggest difference is that the beneficiaries became him and his Confucianism, not the emperor, let alone the Liu family.It's just that the deal is done now, even if he digs Shusun Tong out of the soil, nothing will change, and to some extent, he just didn't make his words clear, and he didn't tell lies.

It's even possible that he didn't even think of it himself.

"How to change? Confucius said that if three people walk together, there must be a teacher. It means that no one is perfect. No matter how good you are, you will always be inferior to others."

"He said it like this, we naturally choose virtuous people to enter... Naturally, it's not that the people inside are not virtuous, but there may be more virtuous people who are more suitable than them."

"Then, I'll mention three people first, everyone, let's see who to replace, tell them all, it's all right, I'm calling you here today to brainstorm."

As he spoke, his left and right eyes began to glance around again:

"Zhang Zifang!"

As soon as these words came out, there was some commotion immediately.

This is also in his expectation, after all, it is easy for people to maintain the status quo, but it is difficult for people to accept new things after all.

"You," he said, pointing to an older man in the crowd, "that old man who is five feet and half an inch away, come out!"

This person is a local teacher, a native of Suzhou, and it is said that he is a disciple of a famous family, but later he failed to pass the Jinshi examination, so he came back and opened a school.

Although the old man didn't like the emperor, but Ding Confucian Temple is a big event after all. If he doesn't do it well, his name will be added to the history books. For a person like him, there is no doubt that Big opportunity.

What's more, no matter how much you don't like it, he is also the emperor, so he can't let him talk too much about what he wants to do.

At this time, he stood up and saluted the emperor. There was nothing wrong with the old man's posture:

"Your Majesty, I don't know why you called Xiaomin?"

Liu Bang picked up the tea bowl again, and after leaving Lin'an, he could no longer drink the bitter Dali tea, but the tea from the Lianghuai side had a special flavor, very fresh and tender.

"You seem to have some complaints about Zhang Zifang's entry into the Confucian Temple. Just now, your expression is the worst. What, do you think he is unworthy?"

Listening to the emperor's words, the old man didn't have the slightest respect in his words, and then remembered all the rumors about this official Zhao's family. At this moment, his heart beat faster immediately, and he bowed again and again:

"The official family has learned that Zifang Gong is the first prime minister in the ages, how dare the students dare to blaspheme!"

"Then why do you put on an unhappy expression?"

The old man swallowed his throat, and said:
"Could it be that the officials have forgotten that Duke Zifang is already the deputy priest of King Wucheng... Now that he has entered the Temple of Martial Arts, how can he enter the Temple of Confucianism?"

"Although Zifanggong has a great talent, it is more obvious in his strategy and fighting in his martial arts, and his articles have not been seen... and Zifanggong has devoted himself to Taoism in his later years, so it is not suitable, otherwise , Zhuge Wuhou can not do it?"

Liu Bang touched his chin, looking thoughtful:

"That's right!"

Seeing the emperor like this, the old man was very happy. He could imagine that when people discussed this matter in the future, they would say that they resisted the emperor's opinion and blocked Zhang Liang from the Confucian Temple to protect the The authority, purity and sanctity of the Confucian Temple.

Consider it a great achievement!
But what the emperor said next almost made him fall to the ground.

"Zhuge Liang is fine too, I almost forgot about him... Fortunately, you reminded me, I deserve a reward, I deserve a reward!"

"Since this person has made an opinion, let's listen to it. Zhang Liang and Zhuge Liang will share the two temples of culture and martial arts from today on!"

While speaking, he asked Zhang Jun in a low voice:
"What is Wumiao? Why hasn't anyone mentioned it?"

Zhang Taiwei only knew that this place existed, and would go to sacrifice it occasionally, but he couldn't remember what kind of people were there.

So I just shook my head: "The minister is not very clear."

"En", Liu Bang nodded, seeing that the old man still wanted to talk, he didn't give him this chance, but quickly threw out his other two candidates.

"Add Xiao He and Han Xin, who agrees and who opposes?"

The old teacher who was teaching almost vomited blood. He failed to persuade the emperor, but instead added Zhuge Liang.

If people talk about it in the future, he will be in big trouble!

So he hurriedly stood up and said, "Xiaomin has something to say, and Xiaomin has something to say!"

Liu Bang waved his hand, and Yang Yizhong, who had been waiting by the side, stepped forward and put his arm around the old man's shoulders:

"No, you didn't."

The commander in front of the palace looked at him and said expressionlessly.

(End of this chapter)

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