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Chapter 277 Wei Xuancheng

I didn’t think about using this online name first: Let me go, you mean these awesome characters are all related?
Jiangnan is already in mist: That’s because you haven’t seen Su Shi’s relationship chart. It’s really messy and gaudy, and it’s uncomfortable to look at!
Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book: I agree! And Li Bai’s relationship chart is also very messy!

My charming and short-lived ancestor: Yes, that is to say, I didn’t believe that Su Shi and Li Qingzhao were related at first
I can't sleep at night (Guan): I didn't believe it when I was in high school, but ever since I joined the industry, I've found that all kinds of characters are in a mess
I didn’t think about using this as my online name first: indeed! I never knew relationships could be so messy!
Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book: Yes! And to be honest, royal relatives and nobles are really worthless after a few hundred years!
I can’t sleep at night (Guan): Agreed! Take Liu Bei for example, who can be sure whether he is of Liu family blood?
Wudu refused: Second the proposal! And there is Liu Yu in the back. Who can be sure that they are Liu Bang's children and grandchildren?

Pay attention, this woman’s name is Xiaomei: Agreed!

Kick the lame man's good leg wildly: Yes, this is not outrageous. I remember a Huns man also shouted that he was the descendant of Liu Bang!

The pig came to the bowl quickly: Hahahahaha, I remember this! I thought it was outrageous at the time!
汉朝
Liu Bang looked at the comment area with black lines on his face.

That is to say, why do so many people say that he is their descendant?

Does he have so much blood?

Why didn't he know?
Liu Bang knew that his good son had given birth to many cubs, but it wasn't so outrageous, right?

Why do so many people say that he is their son or grandson?
Are they so popular in the Han Dynasty?
When Liu Bang thought of this, he felt inexplicably better.

Well, it’s not a loss after all.

Su Yue clicked on the computer and said, "Okay, now let's take a look at the next Prince Teacher!"

Wei Xuancheng, courtesy name Shaoweng, was a minister of the Western Han Dynasty.

A native of Zouxian County, Lu State (now Zoucheng City, SD Province), he was the son of Wei Xian, the prime minister of Zoulu, a great scholar.

During the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, he moved with his father to Pingling County, Guanzhong, and later settled in Duling County (now southeast of XA City, Shaanxi Province).

He is a little eager to learn, a humble chivalrous man, and especially respects the poor and humble.

He was appointed as a man by his father and often served as a rider.

He was also promoted to the rank of Ming Dynasty, given the title of admonition to the officials, and moved to the capital of Dahe.

When his father Xian died, Xuancheng pretended to be crazy and gave up his title to his brother. The court held a high meeting and paid homage to the governor of Henan.

In the early Yongguang period of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty (43 BC), he became the Shaofu and moved to the position of Prince Taifu.

In Yongguang, the imperial censor was moved to the position of prime minister, and he was granted the title of Marquis of his native country.

Zou Luwei's proverb goes: "It is better to teach your children a lesson than to leave a fortune full of gold." Xuancheng served as Prime Minister for seven years. He was not as upright and prudent as his father, but his literary talents exceeded him. After his death, his posthumous title was Gonghou.

Major achievements
He inherited his father's business when he was young and was proficient in Confucian classics.

He was particularly humble and respectful in front of scholars. When he went out and met people he knew on foot, he would always ask those following him to get off the car and drive the people he knew off.

He had more respect for poor and low-status people.

Because his good reputation spread day by day, and because he was familiar with Confucian classics, he was promoted from Chang Shiqi to the admonishment official, and was changed to the captain of Dahe County (which governs the east of Dongping County, SD Province today).

At the beginning, Wei Xuancheng's second brother Wei Hong was appointed as Taichang Cheng, responsible for the ancestral temple sacrifices and the management of various tombs. His affairs were complicated and he made many mistakes.

Since the eldest brother Wei Fangshan died young, his father believed that Wei Hong should be allowed to resign on his own in order to be the heir to his title. However, Wei Hong refused to resign with the intention of being the heir to the title. When Wei Xian became seriously ill, Wei Hong was finally convicted and imprisoned for the ancestral temple incident.

The family asked Wei Xian who should inherit the title, but Wei Xian was angry and refused to say anything because Wei Hong did not act according to his intentions. At this time, Wei Xian's disciples and clan members discussed together and asked Wei Xuancheng to be the heir to the title under the pretext of Wei Xian's will.

Wei Xuancheng heard the bad news of his father's death and heard that he would inherit the title. However, he knew that this was not his father's original intention, so he pretended to be crazy, talked nonsense, and refused to obey his orders because of his illness.

Wei Xuancheng has always been very famous, and most of the scholar-bureaucrats saw that he was pretending to be ill and wanted to give up his title to his elder brother.

As a result, relevant people wrote letters to severely criticize him, and some of his friends wrote to the emperor saying not to wrong him.

The prime minister and the imperial censor impeached him for pretending to be ill.

Things are getting serious. Emperor Xuan issued an edict saying that he should not be impeached and summoned him to see me.

Wei Xuancheng had no choice but to inherit his father's title.

Emperor Xuan appreciated his integrity and appointed him as the prefect of Henan County (governing the northeast of present-day LY City, HEN Province), and appointed his brother Wei Hong as the prefect of Donghai County (governing the north of Tancheng County, today's SD Province).

A few years later, Wei Xuancheng was recruited to serve as Weiyang Palace Guardsman and was changed to Taichang.

Later, he was implicated because of his close friendship with Yang Yun, the former Pingtong Marquis.

After Yang Yun was killed, although he was removed from his official position, his title of lord was still there.

Once, when he was accompanying the Huidi Temple as a marquis, the road was slippery due to rain in the early morning, so he rode there without driving a four-horse chariot. He was considered guilty, and his feudal state was removed and he was demoted to Guannei Marquis.

He was extremely hurt by this and felt that he could not help his ancestors.

Later, in order to educate his second son Liu Qin, King of Huaiyang, Emperor Xuan recruited Wei Xuancheng and appointed him as the lieutenant of Huaiyang.

At that time, Liu Qin was young and had not yet gone to the feudal state, so Wei Xuancheng accepted the imperial edict and attended the Shiqu Pavilion meeting.

The Shiquge Conference was an academic conference convened by Emperor Xuan himself.

Since Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, Confucianism has become the dominant ideology.

In order to further unify Confucianism and strengthen ideological rule, Emperor Xuan issued an edict to let Wei Xuancheng, Prince Taifu Xiao Wangzhi, Liu Xiang, Xue Guangde, Shi Yu, Liang Qiulin, Lin Zun, Zhou Kan, Zhang Shanluo and other people who were proficient in the "Five Classics" The famous Confucian scholar lectured on the similarities and differences of the "Five Classics" in the Shiqu Pavilion north of Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City.

It will be judged and decided by Emperor Xuan himself. The memorials of Shiquge's lectures were collected and compiled into "Shiqu Memorials", with a total of 155 chapters.

After this meeting, "Liangqiu" was added to "Yi", "Big and Small Xiahou" was added to "Book", and "Gu Liang" was added to "Spring and Autumn" among the doctoral candidates.

This is of great significance in the history of the development of Confucianism.

This is the matter of three years of manna.

In the first year of Huanglong (49 BC), Emperor Xuan died and Liu Shi ascended the throne as Emperor Yuan.

Emperor Yuan appointed Wei Xuan as Shaofu, and was promoted to Prince Taifu, and finally to Yushi Dafu, ranking among the three Dukes.

In the spring of the second year of Yongguang (42 BC), he succeeded Yu Dingguo as prime minister.

Ten years after he was demoted, he finally inherited the position of prime minister once held by his father Wei Xian and restored the feudal state of Fuyang Marquis, which was a glorious moment.

Since both father and son were proficient in Confucianism and became officials and prime ministers, a proverb circulated in the Zoulu area said: "It is better to pass on a Confucian classic to your descendants than to leave a box full of gold to your descendants."