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

Chapter 404 Prison Interrogation
Jin Rixi and Huo Guang have already begun to preside over the Dharma practice in full swing.

The core of the new law is to abandon a series of cumbersome laws and regulations such as Bi and Ling, and focus on revising the criminal law and civil law of the Han Dynasty.

Huo Guang has been responsible for presiding over the revision of South Vietnamese laws in southern Xinjiang in recent years. He has certain opinions on the law. He is responsible for revising the new laws. Jin Rixi has blocked Huo Guang from all interference from the outside world, and helped Huo Guang request some information from the Ministry of Punishment, etc. .

Early this morning.

Great court meeting.

Jin Rixi first reported on the progress of the new law. The progress was not too fast and was being advanced in an orderly manner.

There were fewer opponents in the court, and no one had different opinions on the new law.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty silenced all those who opposed it.

A director of the Ministry of Rites came out at this time, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I will impeach Taishi Company Ma Tan."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty glanced at the head of the Ministry of Rites in surprise, and asked in confusion: "What is impeachment for?"

It's nothing more than Sima Tan writing some words in historical materials that are not conducive to himself. He, the emperor, is not angry, so why are you still angry?

What Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't know was that Weining went to see Sima Tan yesterday. Sima Tan had deleted all his subjective criticisms, and now his words are no longer included in the historical materials.

The head of the Ministry of Rites said: "Sima's heart is worthy of death."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked with great interest: "What does it mean to have a heart that can be killed?"

The head of the Ministry of Rites clasped his fists and said: "Sima Tan's content of recorded historical materials is quite different from that of the saints. For example, when discussing the Dao, Huang Lao was first followed by the Six Classics; when the Xia Youxia was mentioned, he gave up being a virgin and became a traitor; when describing the trade of goods, he advocated snobbishness and shamed the poor, etc. The wait is endless.”

The officials frowned slightly, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't think anything of it.

The meaning of these words of Sima Tan is probably that they run counter to the traditional Confucian theory. When discussing the road to governing the country, he praises the skills of Huang Lao and does not give due attention to the Six Classics. When describing the knights, he ignores the dutiful scholars and praises the treacherous heroes. When evaluating economic activities, they praise wealth and luxury and express disdain for poverty.

This is naturally unforgivable to the group of officials who respect Confucianism.

But Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't think anything of it. Although he only respected Confucianism, the essence of governing the country was still the way of king and hegemony.

Of course, the head of the Ministry of Rites was not prepared to completely criticize Sima Tan with this incident, and continued: "Sima Tan discussed in the opening chapter of "Ben Ji" how the world was ceded to each other from the Yellow Emperor to Yao, Shun, and Yu.

"Aristocratic Family" does not describe the Qi family of Qi State, nor the Lu family of Lu State? Instead, Wu, a region south of the Yangtze River, was placed first because the founder of the Wu family once gave up the throne, and there was also a word "give" in it.

There are many outstanding figures in "Biography". The first chapter does not mention Confucius and Laozi, but Boyi and Shuqi, because the two brothers also gave up the throne to each other. "

This is what Yang Zhen, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, has studied long ago. His purpose is to control Sima Tan. If Sima Tan is obedient, he will not criticize him.

If he doesn't obey, let him die.

Obviously Sima Tan did not listen to them and tampered with his criticism of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty without authorization, which caused today's disaster.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard this, his eyes gradually narrowed, and his face became terrifyingly gloomy. He said indifferently: "Where is Sima Tan's compiled book?"

"Go find it for me!"

Not long after, a forbidden soldier came over holding a file.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty stood up, took Sima Tan's historical materials and read them carefully, and then kept throwing the historical materials behind him.

"go with!"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said with red eyes: "The Ministry of Punishment will put him in jail!"

"Let me investigate Sima Tan carefully! Find out what his intentions are!"

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After the court meeting dispersed, Sima Tan was imprisoned. Huo Guang immediately went to the East Palace to find Weining and said, "Your Highness, Sima Tan has been imprisoned by His Majesty."

"Save him quickly."

"If the great Han Dynasty loses this historian, I don't know who can write history in the future."

Huo Guang did not have selfish motives. Sima Tan recorded historical materials, which was a good start for the feudal dynasty. Now the historical materials have collapsed before they were recorded. Who will dare to compile historical materials in the future?
From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, no one spent half a lifetime compiling a general history like Sima Tan.

This historical data is of great significance. Huo Guang did not want Sima Tan to be killed.

Wei Ning looked at Huo Guang in confusion and said, "Wait a minute."

"You said Sima Tan was imprisoned? Why?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not angry because of Sima Tan's comments about him. If he didn't deal with Sima Tan, why would he deal with him?

Huo Guang told Weining what the head of the Ministry of Rites had said about impeaching Sima Tan today. Weining didn't react for a while and asked, "What's the problem?"

Huo Guang said: "Your Highness, I think he is advocating the abdication system!"

Wei Ning was stunned for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was really the case.

"Ben Ji" talks about how the world was ceded to each other from the Yellow Emperor to Yao, Shun and Yu, and it talks about one word "yield".

Why doesn't "Aristocratic Family" write about the Qi family in Qi State and the Lu family in Lu State? Instead, put the Jiangnan region of Wu State at the forefront? Because the founder of the Wu family once gave up the throne, there is also a word "give" in it.

There are many outstanding figures in "Biography". Why is it that the first chapter is not Confucius or Laozi, but Boyi and Shuqi? Because the two brothers also gave up the throne to each other, so the three genres have the same theme at the beginning. The word is "let".

No wonder Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so angry. In this family concept, the throne can only be passed on to his descendants. This is the bottom line that no one can challenge!

He didn't know whether Sima Tan really wrote the historical materials with this idea in mind, or if he had other hidden reasons, but in any case, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would definitely not let Sima Tan's "demon book" be published all over the world.

Now that Sima Tan was imprisoned, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty might have wanted to kill him.

Wei Ning pondered for a moment and said to Huo Guang: "I know, you can do your own thing."

"it is good!"

Wei Ning thought for a while, but he didn't go to the palace immediately to find Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He needed to confirm what Sima Tan's thoughts were first.

Not long after, Wei Ning arrived at the Criminal Department, and the Criminal Department would naturally not stop Wei Ning.

Wei Ning stood in front of the cell, looked at Sima Tan, was silent for a moment, and then said: "The director of the Ministry of Rites impeached you, what do you have to say?"

Sima Tan raised his eyes and glanced at Weining, then lowered his head silently.

Wei Ning was stunned for a moment and said, "So, you didn't do this unintentionally, but you did it on purpose?"

Sima Tan still didn't speak.

Wei Ning couldn't understand, he said: "Why?"

Sima Tan said: "Everyone has his own aspirations, I just want to ease my aspirations."

Wei Ning said: "So? Just by relying on your history books, can you change the current situation of the world? Can you change the foundation of the royal family's inheritance?"

Sima Tan Dayi Ling Ran said: "The right and wrong will be judged by future generations."

Wei Ning looked at him indifferently and sneered: "Okay, what a good person who will be judged by future generations. He has ambition!"

(End of this chapter)