The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 230 Resistance from the powerful

What he saw along the way really shocked Zheng Xi.

Although she was mentally prepared, she still couldn't help but be shocked when she saw how powerful the big man was.

However, it also confirmed the significance of Zhengxi's personal visit to Dahan this time.

She just wants to learn the advanced technology of the Han Dynasty and introduce it to southern Xinjiang.

Whether it is the social and economic system, the development history of the Han people, the establishment of official positions, etc., we must study them one by one.

After staying at Honglu Temple, Zhengxi arranged a task and asked Namgyi to buy books at a high price. He could buy any books and buy as many books as he wanted.

Then we will focus on understanding Dahan’s wine, salt, agricultural equipment, commercial goods, etc.

Namji nodded in agreement.

Zhengxi himself walked around Honglu Temple, found two minor officials, invited them to sit down in the middle hall, stuffed some pearls, and then asked the big man about his official position.

She is an ambitious commander. She does not want the tribes of South Vietnam to remain so backward. She wants to achieve progress. There is a path to becoming a powerful country in front of her, so why not learn from it?

This kind of thing happened not only in the small tribes in southern Xinjiang, but most obviously in a small country in the Liaodong Peninsula. They borrowed it so much that later generations could no longer distinguish their own position, and always thought that many things belonged to them.

……

Zhenbeihou Mansion.

Hongluqing Li Xi found Wei Ning. Li Xi was also a direct descendant of Wei Qing and a member of the Wei family.

He told Weining everything about receiving the Luoyue people today and asked, "Master Marquis, when do you plan to go see them?"

Wei Ning said: "Wait for two days. The information from Sima Mansion has not come yet. I will briefly understand the development history and strength of the Luoyue people before going to meet them."

"it is good!"

Li Xi nodded. During the conversation, Zhao Ce told Wei Ning that Lu Chongguo was here.

Li Xi consciously clasped his fists and said hello to Lu Chongguo before leaving.

Wei Ning looked at Lu Chongguo with some confusion and said, "What's wrong with Mr. Lu?"

"Is there something wrong with the printing press?"

Lu Chongguo shook his head hastily: "No, it's very good, it's really a divine weapon!"

“Many books have been published in a short period of time.”

"What is so beneficial to the country and the people...has run into trouble."

Weining: "?"

"what happened?"

Lu Chongguo said helplessly: "There were many voices in the imperial court, and many memorials flew into Weiyang Palace, begging Your Majesty not to promote selling books at low prices, including many Confucian scholars in Shandong, who are all opposed to the promotion of selling books at low prices."

"His Majesty is very angry."

Wei Ning was silent for a while and asked, "What are the reasons they gave?"

Lu Chongguo said: "They say that books were written by sages with great painstaking efforts. If they are sold at a low price, it would be disrespectful to the sages."

Wei Ning: "Shit!"

To put it bluntly, these powerful people are still afraid that there are too many competitors and they have lost the channel to provide talents to the court.

Among them, the most fierce opponent was Lu Siming, the remonstrating official.

Lu Chongguo introduced to Weining in detail that Dr. Lu was a Confucian and his ancestors were disciples of Confucius.

The admonishment officer is not an official with real power, but he can present important national affairs in the imperial court.

"Tomorrow there will be a court meeting, and His Majesty will allow you to enter the palace."

"I think His Majesty most likely wants to suppress the remarks of people like you. I wonder if the Marquis has any countermeasures?"

Lu Chongguo's underlying meaning is that if there is no countermeasure, there is still one afternoon today to discuss with His Majesty.

Wei Ning thought for a moment and said, "I understand."

"Thank you, Mr. Lu."

Lu Chongguo nodded and said, "Well, I won't disturb Lord Wei anymore." After Lu Chongguo left, Wei Ning fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a while, he came up with a countermeasure, which was not difficult at all.

The excuses these people came up with were too weak. The imperial court suddenly wanted to withdraw from books on a large scale, which made them panic. They were afraid that their political resources would be plundered and their vested interests would be damaged, so they had to find ways to prevent books from being sold on a large scale in the Han Dynasty.

Weining is quite helpless. Many policies seem to benefit all generations, but they always make him laugh or cry. Sometimes, if the country is not good, it is not just foreigners, but also a group of worms within.

Think about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He really had headaches every day if he wanted to govern such a huge country.

The promotion of curved shaft plows and looms did not have so many difficulties, because they benefited the powerful.

The curved shaft plow can increase the area of ​​cultivated land, and the loom can increase the number of silk cloth. In the final analysis, the rich and powerful can benefit from it, but printing cannot.

……

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, Weining came to the court early.

The Great Court will officially begin.

Zhuang Qingzhai first summarized some major national events, and Weining immediately came out.

All the officials turned their attention to Weining. Every time he appeared here, it meant that something was going to happen.

Regarding the invention and promotion of the printing press, many people in the DPRK and China knew about it, and groups represented by Lu Siming were fiercely opposed.

The printing press was introduced by Weining, and today he is bound to have a verbal battle with the Confucians.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty looked at Wei Ning calmly and asked, "Do you have something to report?"

Wei Ning took the initiative and said: "Your Majesty, I beg you to kill Lu Siming, the remonstrating official."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of all the officials suddenly changed.

Lu Siming stood up angrily and accused Wei Ning: "Master Wei! What do you mean?"

Wei Ning said: "Literally."

"You want to kill me?"

Wei Ning: "Yeah."

Lu Siming lost her temper: "Why?"

Wei Ning said: "You are committing traitor to the country and hindering its development."

Lu Siming said calmly: "I am just telling the truth. All the classics and articles were written by the sages with painstaking efforts, but now the imperial court wants to sell the articles of the sages at a low price. This is inappropriate."

Wei Ning asked: "Then why do the sages you call writing books? What's the significance?"

"Published for future generations to know."

Wei Ning asked again: "Don't you say that there is no distinction between teachers and students? Now why can you see and acquire this knowledge, but others can't?"

"Or do you mean that from now on, learning and knowledge can only be in your hands, and the poor are not worthy of it?"

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  This was a heart-wrenching statement. Lu Siming quickly said: "How could I mean this?"

Wei Ning said: "Then why can't we promote books? Isn't this a great kindness from the imperial court to the people of the world?"

“Isn’t this a huge benefit to the country’s development?”

"Why do you want to stop Dahan's development? What peace of mind do you have?"

Even Kong Anguo and Weining could argue with him. Weining had not put him in the eyes of a Confucian who was no match for Confucius.

His excuses were so lame that he didn't need Weining. I'm afraid anyone else could have made him speechless.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty just wanted Wei Ning to appear in front of the court officials.

So he didn't call Weining into the palace at all, because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had confidence in Weining.

"The sages you talk about, when they wrote articles, didn't they want to educate the people on etiquette? Why did Confucius travel around the world to preach? Didn't he hope that people all over the world would understand etiquette?"

"Isn't this your move to deceive the master and destroy the ancestor?"

Lu Siming's face turned red and said: "I, you, you are talking nonsense!"

(End of this chapter)