Little Detective of the Tang Dynasty: What to do if you are beheaded at the beginning?

In the afternoon, Song Zhen was summoned to Ziwei City.

Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang were waiting for him in the imperial study.

"I heard in Chang'an that the group of scholars criticized your music as Hu music. What do you think?"

Song Zhen said calmly: "Hu music? What is Hu and what is Han?"

"If we simply divide it by region, during the Han Dynasty, part of Hebei Road belonged to the Xiongnu. The Cui family of Boling and the Cui family of Qinghe made their fortune here. Can't we say that they are also Hu people?"

"Well said!" Li Zhi clapped his hands happily.

Song Zhen continued, "It is even more unreasonable to distinguish between the Hu and Han simply by their lifestyle."

"In the ordinary people's inherent thinking, the Hu people are nomadic people, but the people of Northern Yan, can you say that they are not Han people? And the Bohai Kingdom, a barbarian outside the Great Wall, is an agricultural regime. Can you say that they are not Hu people?"

"Some people will say that clothing is the standard. Then I would like to ask him, when you come to a place where it is freezing cold, do you dare not wear fur but only silk?"

"Then if we distinguish by culture, whether to respect Confucianism is the standard, can we definitely distinguish between the Hu and Han?"

Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang were looking at Song Zhen, waiting for his answer.

"No, such a standard is actually one-sided. There are many minority regimes that also believe in Confucius. Are they Han Chinese? I guess the Five Surnames and Seven Families will definitely jump out and scold, how is it possible?"

"The Hu-Han issue is like when I ask someone whether they are male or female, I hope to hear the answer, either male or female, but someone suddenly jumps out and says, this is neither male nor female?"

Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang were both amused by Song Zhen's metaphor.

"I think that whether it is the Hanization of the Hu people or the Huization of the Han people, the question itself is just a rogue."

"What era is it? Why are there still people who are obsessed with race?"

Li Zhi asked curiously: "I want to hear, if someone really wants to divide the Hu and Han, what would you do?"

Song Zhen blinked and said: "It's very simple. The so-called difference between the Hu and Han is essentially an extension of the political concept."

"In this case, then follow the Qin system. Those who are registered as equal citizens are considered Han, and those who are not registered as equal citizens are considered Hu."

"As long as this person survives within the territory of the Tang Dynasty, he is a Tang person, not a simple Hu or Han person."

"Well said!" Li Zhi smiled. This answer touched his heart.

What is the difference between the Hu and Han now? The only difference is whether you belong to the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang asked Song Zhen many more questions, and Song Zhen answered them one by one.

Of course, Song Zhen is not teaching Li Zhi how to be an emperor. Why does he need you to teach him? I'm afraid it's not because he thinks his life is too long, right?

Rather, it's a collision of ideas between the ancients and modern people 1,400 years later.

Song Zhen naturally wouldn't bring up the postmodern ideas, which were unrealistic in the Tang Dynasty.

After a long time, Li Zhi sighed, "This is the first time I've discovered that you have quite a lot of ideas."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliments."

"You have made great contributions in this Duan Zhengxuan case, but I didn't give you any rewards." After saying that, Li Zhi narrowed his eyes.

"I have no objection to all your Majesty's arrangements."

Li Zhi was very satisfied with Song Zhen's answer, and it was obvious that Song Zhen really had no objection.

"The former Jiaofang Envoy Lu Leyi colluded with the enemy, and now he is vacant. Do you think you can do it?"

Song Zhen smiled and said, "Who else in the world is more qualified than me to be the Jiaofang Envoy?"

Li Zhi was stunned. Good guy, can't you see that you are quite arrogant?

But I like it!

"Okay! Then I will let you take the position of Jiaofangshi, and coordinate the Jiaofang in the palace in the future!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Song Zhen was secretly delighted. Not bad. He was promoted from the eighth-rank Bingzhou Panzuo to the fifth-rank Jiaofangshi.

"Of course, this Jiaofangshi is not so easy to be. I want you to write a song for me!"

"Okay."

"Remember, it must be at the same level as Tian Khan's "Floating Light."

"I will definitely live up to your expectations." Song Zhen bowed.

"Very good, go down."

Song Zhen walked a few steps, and he suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Your Majesty, can the folk Huichunfang and Pingkangfang still perform my works?"

"What do you think?"

"I know." Song Zhen lowered his head and turned around.

Li Zhi stopped him and laughed, "Shouzheng, did you misunderstand my meaning?"

"Hmm?"

"I want you to continue to promote new music! Let the people of the world enjoy it with you."

Song Zhen's face lit up. Remember, this is what you said, don't regret it later.

"By the way, Your Majesty, I was here some time ago."I have asked the female entertainers in Pingkangfang to rehearse a play called "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai". I wonder if Your Majesty is interested?"

Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang looked at each other. He could see that Wu Meiniang wanted to go.

As a wife-loving maniac, how could he refuse?

"When will the performance be?"

"Tomorrow."

Li Zhi calculated the time and nodded: "No problem, I and the Queen will go to Pingkangfang to support your performance as a Jiaofang envoy."

After Song Zhen left the imperial study, Li Zhi's face suddenly turned cold.

"The riots in Luoyang are more serious than those in Chang'an. Why has no one reported it for so long?"

Wu Meiniang's eyes turned, and she seized the opportunity: "Your Majesty, I think someone should be covering up."

"Who could it be?"

"Who is in charge of public security in Luoyang City?"

"Are you talking about Jingzhao Yin? "

"That's right, isn't Li Xianbin from the Longxi Li family? It's not surprising that he can do such a thing."

Li Zhi's face became darker. OK, it was premeditated, right?

It's time to settle accounts!

Not only the Jingzhao Yin of Luozhou needs to be settled, but also the Jingzhao Yin of Chang'an!

Even the governors of other places, as long as there is a case of gathering to make trouble in their jurisdiction, and they conceal and report it, they will all be demoted and exiled!

If I don't show my power, you think I'm a sick cat, right?

These days, Li Zhi received the investigation results that there were a total of 53 states in the Tang Dynasty where scholars made trouble, but only 21 states reported it.

In other words, the local officials in other states are almost all people of the Five Surnames and Seven Famous Cities.

It can be seen that their infiltration is so deep that it has already penetrated into the bone marrow.

To weaken the Five Surnames and Seven Famous Cities, the first step is to weaken them

Li Zhi was just worried about not having a legitimate reason to weaken it, and now you have sent a pillow to him.

The order shocked the entire court.

It seems that the Five Surnames and Seven Families have really made too much trouble this time, and the saint is angry.

The ecstatic ones are naturally the other nobles and the children of poor families.

When someone steps down, someone else will take the stage.

Moreover, the number of people demoted this time is too large, more than 200 people.

At the same time, the Five Surnames and Seven Families held a meeting in the Bo Ling Cui family mansion. This time, all the people who came were the elders.

The elder of the Qinghe Cui family angrily knocked the floor with his cane.

"I've said it before, don't believe that Lu Wei, don't let this person get involved, and don't have any contact with the five branches of the Northern Ancestor."

"Now it's good, you see?"

"Now in our clan, many clan members who have studied hard for ten years and finally entered the imperial examination have been implicated and dismissed, and they are asking me for an explanation. "

"Tell me, how should I respond to them?"

The elders all lowered their heads and fell into deep thought.

However, they did not know that a more violent revenge was still to come.

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