"I hope that your Majesty will establish the Imperial Academy and appoint wise teachers to educate the world's scholars. He will test his talents through numerous examinations, and then he will be handsome and handsome." Dong Zhongshu Biography in the Han Dynasty
The emperor's carriage stopped in front of the gate of Mingguang Palace. He got out of the car, put his hands behind his back, and looked up at the high gates on the left and right sides, which looked like two mountains confronting each other. Although it has been eroded by wind and rain for three to four hundred years,
The tiles, beams and columns have long since disappeared without a trace, but the strong masonry and the solid foundation of loess can still recall how spectacular it was back then.
After seeing the abandoned Bailiang Terrace and Shanglin Garden, the emperor felt no other emotion about these relics of the previous dynasty except a sense of pity. He clasped his hands behind his back and walked slowly inside, looking at it carefully. It was similar to Weiyang.
The palace has a layout of front hall and back bedroom. Obviously, Emperor Xiaowu wanted the immortals to live here for a long time when he ordered the construction of this palace.
In the simple little hall built hastily on the platform, the emperor sat on it, looked at the crowd of people below, and said slowly: "Nowadays, there are swords and soldiers everywhere in the world, and justice and justice are delayed. This is why I often regret and sigh.
This is because the customs are not ancient. The so-called etiquette, government, punishment and military affairs are all important affairs of the country and cannot be neglected. They should be carried out in parallel. I think that the Mingguang Palace has been abandoned for many years. The place is quite spacious and has a ready-made platform, which can be used just right.
Build the Imperial Academy."
Guang Luxun Yang Biao immediately responded: "Since the imperial court moved westward, the ritual mausoleum has been replaced, and the singing of songs has not flourished. Confucius once sighed and said: If you don't teach what you learn, you will learn it if you don't teach it. If you don't teach it, you will forget what you know. What's more?
It has been so long since the classics were not handed down? Nowadays, scholars are gradually forgetting the learning of the saints and only hear the sound of fighting, which has led to the collapse of the world. It is indeed a pity. Your Majesty ordered the Imperial Academy to be built on the former site of Mingguang Palace. It can be said that you have made the best use of everything.
Otherwise, it would be a pity to see the palace in ruins."
Taixue was the highest-level educational institution in the Han Dynasty, with 30,000 Taixue students in its heyday. It not only cultivated outstanding talents for the court and promoted culture, it was also the forefront of public opinion for the court, and the public opinion position that the scholar group strived to seize.
Since Emperor Guangwu advocated Confucianism in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the study of Confucianism has flourished. Since Emperor Guangwu, successive emperors such as Xiaoming and Xiaozhang would come to personally lecture on Confucian classics and annotate classics, such as the famous White Tiger Tongyi, in order to grasp the ideology.
the highest right of interpretation.
With the highest power of interpretation, the emperor can firmly grasp the mainstream thoughts of society, control public opinion, and consolidate his power.
This idea was well implemented by the first three emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, due to other reasons such as the succession of the emperor's clan or their own limited knowledge, the tradition of emperors going to Taixue to lecture on scriptures gradually declined.
As a form, it no longer had the ability to dominate social ideology, so this power was quietly usurped by the gentry who inherited the classics.
Now that the Imperial College in Luoyang has long since disappeared, Dong Zhuo knew how powerful the Imperial College was, so after moving the capital, even though his closest friend Wang Yun tried to persuade him, he never relented. Until now, Guanzhong is at peace, and the emperor is obsessed with it.
Learning and intending to create eternal peace, the Confucian classics family headed by the Hongnong Yang family once again activated their minds and actively spoke out, trying to persuade the emperor to reopen the Imperial Academy.
Reopening the Imperial Academy is the common interest of all scholars. In the past few days, not only the Yang family of Hongnong and the Ma family of Fufeng, but also the Zhao brothers who had been clinging to the emperor were working on this matter. After many efforts, the matter finally came to fruition.
As a result, their proposal was highly valued by the emperor, and now it seems that the only remaining step is to select a location.
Wei Wei Zhao Wen followed closely behind him and said in response: "Your Majesty, with the gift of life, will face the crisis, the soldiers and the people will look up to him, and he will build a prosperous country. It is sincerely suitable to build a school to promote the six arts and train the young to make progress. The Tao of civil and military affairs fell and was revived, showing the court's respect for Taoism and promoting learning, and His Majesty's intention of cultivating scholars and developing talents."
Among those who came with the emperor to the old site of Mingguang Palace this time, in addition to the attendants who were bound to accompany him when traveling, Huangmen Shilang, and the guard in charge of security, Guang Luxun, Taichang Zhongfu was also among them.
Zhong Fu is from Luoyang, Henan, and is a descendant of Zhong Shanfu. His father is Xiaoshun, and his son Zhong Hao, a famous minister of Emperor Xiaohuan, was the one who went to the camp with Cai Yong to recruit Li Jue and other Liangzhou generals. Having accomplished great feats, he transferred the cultivator Pushe who paid homage to him.
As one of the few high-ranking officials in the imperial court who came from Guandong, Zhongfu himself was quite famous. He once served as Sikong for Xun Shuang, but was later dismissed due to the earthquake and was changed to Taichang.
In addition to being responsible for offering sacrifices to the state, ancestral temples, and court rituals, Taichang was also in charge of the Imperial Academy, as well as the assessment and recommendation of Ph.D.s and Ph.D. disciples. Therefore, Taichang was also an important institution for cultivating and promoting talents who were proficient in Confucian classics to serve as officials.
It's just that since he left Taixue, Taichang has lost the function of evaluating doctors and promoting officials, and has become an official position with a clear name but no real power.
Under such circumstances, Zhong Fu naturally did not want to be marginalized in his position as too often, so whether it was for the gentry group he represented behind him or for his personal power, he would try his best to promote the reconstruction of Taixue. Only in this way, he Only then will the power at hand increase, and the Kanto scholars can use this to regain their strength, get a big piece of cake for themselves in Taixue, and occupy some positions of public opinion.
There were Jiu Qing, whom the two emperors Yang Biao and Zhao Wen had trusted, speaking in front of them. Zhong Fu also took the initiative to stand up and said: "Yu Wu Qian died and the three Miao transformed, Lu Xi built the Pan Palace and Huai Yi The hegemons of Ping and Huan Wen both taught first and then fought. If your majesty follows the previous code, revives the teachings, and makes the world's top men, merged into Taixue, and appointed as the great Confucian leader, within a few years you will be able to achieve harmony between the emperor and his ministers. Solid, the world can be decided with ease."
Looking at the extravagant talk below, the emperor sneered in his heart. How could he not know that these people were just trying to put false names on his head and wear high hats?
Taixue must be built, as this is an inevitable trend of social development.
Just how to run the school after reconstruction, what form it should take, and what kind of books should be read. Three or four hundred years after the founding of Taixue, there should be changes.
More than a hundred years ago, Taixue was a tool used by the emperor to guide social consciousness. More than a hundred years later, Taixue has become a public opinion position for the gentry to squeeze the imperial power and promote their own political opinions.
The great Confucian who came from a noble family took over the responsibilities that the three emperors of Guangwu's ancestors and grandsons had finally seized from him in Taixue, and had the highest power to interpret ideology. Since then, Taixue students, whether they were from powerful or poor families, have been artificially exploited. They rose up to form a clear stream, create public opinion, and criticize powerful ministers. As a result, the power of scholars gradually grew in the late Han Dynasty. Emperors Xiaohuan and Xiaoling had several party bans and the appointment of eunuchs. Not only was it difficult to ban them, but the more they were banned, the stronger they became.
In the eyes of the emperor who possesses the soul of future generations, Confucian classics is also an official ideology and is like the doctrine of contemporary China. Only the top leader has the power of interpretivism.
Therefore, the emperor must fight for this supreme right of interpretation no matter what!