After Luo Youdu said goodbye to his son, he took a bath, had breakfast, and sat in the seat above tens of thousands of people.
Accepting the obeisance of the civil and military officials of the court, Luo Youdu glanced across the crowd and paused briefly on an old man.
Compared with the lifeless Wuchen group, everyone on the civilian side is full of energy and high in fighting spirit.
There are indeed signs of a certain civil-military imbalance.
But this is something that you can't do anything about. There are specialties in the art.
We rely on generals to march and fight, and to protect our country and our country, but to govern the world, we have to let the literati do it.
This is not to say that military generals are incapable of governing the world, but how many people are truly talented in both civil and military affairs?
At the beginning, Luo Youdu grasped the balance between civil and military affairs in the temple fairly well.
The balance between the civil and military forces in the Luo Yu court was not out of balance. Part of it was naturally due to Luo Youdu's ability to weigh the pros and cons, and part of the reason was that the civil servants in the Central Plains had been stepped on by the military officials for most of their lives. They were relatively easy to be satisfied and did not step on the heads of the military officials.
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But as the territory of the Luo Yu court became wider and wider, the exhausted court needed more and more civil servants to govern the country. At the same time, a large number of talents from Jiangnan, Wuyue, and Bashu poured in...
Jiangnan, Wuyue, and Bashu are not as good as the Central Plains.
The Central Plains was dominated by warriors, and the relatively stable south was still dominated by literati.
In particular, Li Jing and Meng Chang were both arty people who liked to use literati with outstanding literary talents. Zhuge Kongming and the Five Ghosts of Jiangnan were all good at reciting poems and composing poems.
The result is obvious. Both Zhuge Liang and Chen Jue, the little prince who fought within each other, made outstanding contributions to the unification of the Central Plains.
Of course, apart from these villains, there are still a group of buried talents in Jiangnan, Wuyue, and Bashu.
For example, Han Xizai, Xu Xuan, Xu Kai, You Jianyan, Bao Xiurang, Shen Huzi, and Shen Nian are all rare talents.
When this group of people entered the temple, they inevitably brought some of the Jiangnan customs into the temple, and also gave the Wenchen Group a shot in the arm.
In order to prevent the civil servants from completely overwhelming the military ministers, Luo Youdu used the move of the capital to create conflicts between the Central Plains faction and the southern faction, dividing their forces so that one side would not dominate.
This move has also achieved considerable results.
It's just that in terms of political struggle, military ministers are really inferior to civil servants.
Regardless of the conflict between the Central Plains faction and the Southern faction, as long as civilian interests are involved, the two factions can put aside their conflicts as soon as possible and deal with the outside world in unison.
On the contrary, among military ministers, even big problems can make them red-faced, and for the sake of saving face, they can even quarrel until they die.
In the feudal era, it was not unreasonable for civil servants to have the right to speak.
Song Bai was a small figure in the temple, but as a rising star in the scholarly world, he had become the leader of the new generation in the literary world.
If something happens to him, it will be a catastrophe for Shilin.
Shilin is precisely the backing of civil servants and a talent reserve base.
Luo Youdu did not wait for His Highness's civil and military officials to come out to discuss matters. Instead, he looked at the old man among the civil servants and said with a smile: "Zhang Shangshu, long time no see. You are the leader of Confucianism. I happened to be reading Confucius and Mencius recently, and there was a sentence that I didn't understand.
, I hope Zhang Shangshu can help me clear up my doubts."
The old man's surname is Zhang Mingzhao, which is not the Zhang Zhao of the Three Kingdoms period. His real name was Zhang Zhaoyuan, and his courtesy name was Qianfu. He changed his name to Zhang Zhao to avoid the taboo of Liu Zhiyuan, the founder of the Later Han Dynasty.
He was recognized as a great scholar in the world, and his reputation was as good as that of Dou Yujun.
Dou Yujun focused on teaching and educating people, while Zhang Zhaozhong focused on schooling and expounding the Six Classics.
Most of the Six Classics circulating today are versions edited by him.
In addition, he is also a veteran of many dynasties, having lived through the Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou, and Yu dynasties. Two years ago, he became an official as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and was idle at home.
Even if an old minister with Zhang Zhao's status becomes an official, he can attend court meetings and meet the emperor if necessary.
Zhang Zhao heard Luo Youdu take the lead in asking, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, please speak."
Luo Youdu said: "You can't punish a doctor, so how can you explain this?"
Zhang Zhao's expression changed slightly. This question was the core moral issue he was planning to persuade Luo Youdu to have today.
In his opinion, it is true that Song Bai made mistakes. He could be punished for his mistakes, but he could not be humiliated.
Scholar-officials value face most, reputation is more important than life, how can they be insulted so easily?
Zhang Zhao said truthfully: "This statement comes from the Book of Rites and Quli. Kong Yingda, a great scholar in the early Tang Dynasty, said that if the punishment is not good enough for the doctor, the rule of five punishments and three thousand punishments will not be used for the purpose of the doctor committing a crime. Therefore, if this is the case, the doctor must use it."
If virtue is reversed and its punishment is set, it means that the ruler does not know the virtuous. Zhang Yiyun: It is said that the crimes committed are not in the three thousand and two thousand and five hundred subjects of Xia, and the wise are not allowed to break the law. It does not mean that they are not punished.
Ye. If he is guilty, then eight discussions will be held to discuss the severity of the crime."
"It is also recorded in "Confucius' Family Sayings" that Ran You, a student of Confucius, once asked Confucius for advice. If an official commits a crime, does he need to be punished?"
"Confucius Shengyan: A gentleman should control his mind with etiquette and give him a sense of integrity. If a scholar-official commits a crime that violates disciplines, there is no need to directly convict him of the crime to avoid the shame of being unknown. For this reason, if a scholar-official commits a crime, it should be within the scope of the five punishments.
There is no need to send officials to tie him up and detain him, and make him feel ashamed to plead guilty; if a scholar-official is guilty of a crime worthy of death, there is no need to send officials to impose the death penalty on him, and make him kneel down and commit suicide to show your majesty's benevolence."
He is worthy of being a great Confucian who has read many poems and books. He quotes scriptures and speaks eloquently.
Many civil servants could not help but nod their heads after hearing this.
Luo Youdu had some enlightenment and said: "I see..." He paused and said: "Now I have another question, what do you mean by a scholar-official? What is a scholar-official? In other words, how to define the category of a scholar-official? I have a question.
For example, Xian Zhen of the Jin State, Sun Wu of the Qi State, Sima Ranju, Tian Dan, Sun Bin, Leyi of the Yan State, and Wu Qi of the Wei State, are they considered scholar-bureaucrats?"
Zhang Zhao's face instantly turned pale.
There were constant whispers in the hall.
Luo Youdu narrowed his eyes slightly.
What is a scholar-official?
Scholars generally refer to talents and all talents.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the heroes were divided and wars were frequent. The famous and wealthy princes and nobles in various countries, such as Lord Chun Shen and Lord Mengchang, all regarded "raising scholars" as a fashion.
Talented people can be called scholars.
Doctor is an official position. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the distinction between civil and military officials was not as clear as it is now.
The earliest explanation of scholar-bureaucrats is that talented officials are not divided into civil and military officials, and it does not only refer to civil servants.
You can't punish a doctor.
What it really means is that the criminal law cannot humiliate officials who have done meritorious service to the country.
If someone has made great contributions to the country, but has violated the law, in recognition of his merits, his face must not be tattooed, and officials who have made great contributions to the country must not be humiliated by any means. However, the punishment that should be received must be endured, and
No distinction is made between civil and military officials.
It is a group of literati who have the right to speak. For their own benefit, they deliberately read wrong scriptures and misinterpret the meaning of the ancients.
The word "junior scholar-official" originally referred to both civil and military officials, but it evolved to refer only to civil servants. Through various means, scholar-officials were given a lofty status, to the point of being superior to others.
This kind of method of distorting ancient meanings was used by literati in the Song and Ming dynasties in various ways.