As soon as Liu Che finished speaking, several princes jumped out to flatter him: "Your Majesty has received destiny and has received great benefits from all over the world. This minister has seen it and the whole world has heard it! I am so stupid that I only respectfully accept the holy teaching!"

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Without even looking at it, these princes are Liu Che's most loyal henchmen today.

Marquis of Wuyang was born in Fanshi, Marquis of Fuyang Chen Jia, Marquis of Zhongshui Lu Qingjian, and Marquis of Song Dynasty Xu Jiu.

These people are almost competing with the Taohou family to see who is the number one loser and toady in the Old Liu family.

This trend has been happening since last year.

At the beginning, it was Chen Jiadai, the Marquis of Fuyang, who took the lead.

After Cheng Jia succeeded in interceding with the people of Fan City, he immediately became Liu Che's big fan.

Every time he went to court, Liu Che would not finish his words as soon as he opened his mouth.

He immediately jumped out and flattered me.

Even if Liu Che farts, it will smell good to him.

Then, people from Houfan City in Wuyang quickly followed up and sang harmony with Chen Jia, playing a double act.

The people of Fan City even publicly declared: His Majesty has been granted divine mandate by heaven and he practices the way of a holy king. His ministers and people only respectfully accept the imperial edicts and orders in order to repay the emperor's kindness.

At the beginning, public opinion and literati even criticized them.

It is said that they do not have the appearance of scholar-bureaucrats and they only know how to flatter others and seek employment, so they are almost classified as treacherous and sycophantic.

In the past, once such public opinions and discussions took shape, it was almost impossible for those who were attacked to have a good reputation among the people.

When faced with such verbal and written criticism, few princes and ministers could withstand it.

Therefore, Chen Jia and the people from Fan City were trembling with fear at first and were scared to death.

But what happened next made both of their eyes pop out.

After being discussed and criticized by others, their popularity and reputation among the people not only did not deteriorate, but actually improved.

No rotten eggs were thrown at their doorstep.

On the contrary, he was gradually regarded as a loyal minister, She Ji Hu Gu.

The thinking of the common people is very simple. After the emperor has been proved to have divine destiny, those who oppose the emperor are of course going against God. Those who go against God must be bad guys.

On the contrary, they are loyal ministers and righteous men.

Moreover, a person from Fan City, Wuyanghou, can be pardoned for such a serious crime, and the special grace can be used to atone in gold.

If you are not grateful and do things for the emperor with all your heart, you can only be called an ungrateful person.

Chen Jia, a native of Fan City, was surprised to find that flattering could improve his reputation. He was even praised as a loyal person!

What else are you thinking about?

Just pat the horse to death and kneel down to lick it.

Then, Xu Jiu, Marquis of Song Dynasty, Lu Qingjian, Marquis of Zhongshui, and others joined the ranks of flatterers one after another.

What's even more subtle is that when other people discovered this situation, they were also eager to give it a try.

In China, there is always no shortage of smart people, and there is no shortage of people who can make a fool of the rulers.

So, following these noble princes, a group of Confucian scholars came out to flatter them.

"Your Majesty respects the teachings of "Poems" and "Books". He has shown the way of the previous kings, and I would like to congratulate the world..."

At this time, Confucianism is the school of thought with the strongest and clearest stance on Chinese nationalism.

The revanchism of the Gongyang faction is even widely accepted across the country!

but

Liu Che raised his eyes and was shocked to find that these Confucian scholars seemed to be Wang Zang, Zhao Wan and their senior brothers.

Wang and Zhao were taught by Lu Shen Gong, the most famous scholar in Confucianism today.

His status within Confucianism is relatively high.

In terms of reputation alone, he is not inferior to Dong Zhongshu and Hu Wusheng.

But the problem is...

"You are Lu Ru..." Liu Che shook his head in his heart, once again having a new understanding of the lower limit of Confucianism.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that Lu Ru, especially Zhao Wan and Wang Zang, are famous gossip experts and the founders of the Donglin Party.

In the previous life, the performance of these people during the Jianyuan New Deal impressed Liu Che deeply.

In Liu Che's opinion, these guys probably have no other advantages besides talking about power and making money.

In fact, at least 70% of the responsibility for the failure of the Jianyuan New Deal in the previous life was because these guys were unscrupulous in order to make money and seize power.

They say: A gentleman is known for his righteousness, and a villain is known for his benefit.

Privately, he worked hard to make money for his family.

As a result, the Empress Dowager Dou caught him in the act and hit Emperor Wu's vital part with one blow.

When Liu Che looked at it, he almost thought he had discovered the founder of the Donglin Party.

Therefore, Liu Che never really bought in to these guys' flattery, and even deliberately ignored their flattery many times, pretending not to notice.

But the Luru people seem to have masochistic tendencies?

The more you whip, the more they kneel and lick you.

Just like when Qin Shihuang burned books and harassed scholars, Liu Bang peed in their hats.

The worse the emperor treats them, the more shameless they become.

Now, this is almost the same situation.

Liu Che's attitude towards Lu and Ru's family is getting worse day by day.

Not long ago, an order was even issued requiring all the direct descendants of Confucius and the son of the enshrined king Kong Teng, as well as the whole family of Kong Zhong, to be moved to North Korea.

However, the Lu Ru people seem to have the spirit of "Your Majesty has abused me thousands of times, and I treat Your Majesty like my first love."

His thick skin and low moral integrity make Liu Che speechless.

However, Liu Che did not want such a group of talkative experts and gentlemen governing the country at all.

Therefore, their charming eyes are thrown to the blind man.

Liu Che didn't even look at them, and turned his attention to Brother Dong Zhongshu not far away.

Compared with the changes in Lu Ru, the recent behavior of the Gongyang Sect has made Liu Che more concerned.

With the revival of Mohism, the Confucian scholars of the Gongyang School have recently begun to play retro.

They picked up the tricks of Qin Confucianism, which had long been discontinued, and had a great time playing with the Legalists.

The two even sang duets in the court and among the people.

Legalists say: the five virtues and five virtues are loyalty, trustworthiness and respect, honesty and integrity, and handling matters appropriately.

The Gongyang faction followed behind and sang hymns loudly, using their own thoughts to explain the five virtues and five demerits, saying: 'Being a king is a saint, being a minister is loyal, being a father is loving, and being a son is filial.

The king is holy and the ministers are loyal. The father is kind and the son is filial, and the world is governed.'

If it is just like this, it is at best an old trick of integrating Confucianism and Legalism. A hundred years ago, during the Qin Dynasty, when Lu Buwei was in power, Confucianism had already played this trick.

The key to the problem is that the Gongyang School, and even Mohist ideas, have secretly taken them, stuffed them into their own theories, and treated them as dry goods.

As for Huang-Lao's thoughts and the theories of Zajia, it is even more difficult to escape their vicious hands.

For example, Mo Zhai wrote the Six Problems, "Laozi" C Theory, and part of the Shang Junshu.

They have all been reshaped and added to their own narratives.

Of course. These guys don't dare to do anything too blatant.

Therefore, they claimed that these were inspired by the sages’ subtle words and great ideas after studying the Spring and Autumn Period, and they referred to some records in Zuo Zhuan, so they ‘produced the sages’ subtle words and great ideas and tried to discuss them in today’s world’.

Okay. All the small words and great righteousness have come out.

The Gongyang faction finally took this crucial step under pressure.

Stimulated by competition, they once again initiated the legalization of Confucianism.

Why again?

Because they did this once during the reign of Qin Shihuang.

However, the sudden death of the Qin Empire made all these efforts in vain. (Note 1)

This interested Liu Che very much.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest.

In nature, in order to continue and survive, life has exerted its abilities and evolved with all its strength.

From the original single-celled animals, we have evolved into the rich and colorful ecological structures on the earth today, and even absolute bugs like humans have appeared.
To be continued...