Starting from the Qin Dynasty, Confucianism began to control the court and suppressed other schools of thought.
If it weren't for the fact that military generals are needed for war, and bad-tempered warriors control the military and are prone to killing people if they disagree, none of these Confucian civil servants would want to knight military generals.
As for farmers, craftsmen, and other schools of thought, they have always been suppressed by Confucianism.
Anyone who rises up will be ruthlessly suppressed.
Even though His Majesty has already acquiesced to this matter, the King of Jin has always insisted that these Confucian ministers still do not allow craftsmen to break the monopoly of these Confucian ministers and obtain titles.
Li Xuan has thought about these very clearly in the past few days.
However, since Li Xuan has decided to give those craftsmen a hope starting from the Tang Dynasty, he will never care about these officials of the aristocratic families.
Why should a group of sour scholars fight with him?
"The four common people, the scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, are the foundation of the country! The Confucian sages have made it so clear, why are you so arrogant? I even doubt whether you, the Confucian officials who claim to be the most noble of the Tang Dynasty, really understand
Have you read the book "Guanzi"?
Or maybe you have indeed seen it, but for your own selfish desires, you deliberately misinterpreted the meaning of the sages, which is so unfaithful, unjust and unfilial!"
Li Xuan directly started to point at each one and cursed angrily: "You, and you, look at how human-like you are, dressed so neatly, with glass glasses on your face, but you behave like this,
It's really shameful.
Today, I will give you a chance to defend yourself. Don’t let you say that I bullied you!"
Among the ministers named by Li Xuan, there was Duke Xiao Yu of the Song Dynasty.
Hearing Li Xuan scolding them in public, Xiao Yu's old face turned red with anger, and he opened his mouth and asked: "I dare to ask King Jin, there is no precedent for craftsmen to be knighted since ancient times, and the status of craftsmen is low..."
After hearing these two sentences, Li Xuan couldn't help it anymore.
"Shut up, you old man, don't be so messy.
I have already said that the four peoples, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, are the stone people of the country! Starting from the sages of the Spring and Autumn Period, these four people have average status and are all common people of the Tang Dynasty. It is really unnecessary for you to misinterpret the meaning of the sages for your own selfish desires.
Shameless!"
Hearing this, Xiao Yu shivered all over and almost went crazy with anger.
Who is causing such trouble?
He used to think that Cheng Zhijie was a bastard in the court. He couldn't stand up to them, the civil servants, so he made trouble every day, even spitting and fighting everywhere.
Unexpectedly, this Li Xuanba was even more shameless than that Cheng Heizi!
Li Xuan continued: "As for the fact that there is no precedent for craftsmen being knighted since ancient times, it is because the craftsmen in the past did not make such great contributions!"
"The King of Jin may not know that during the Han Dynasty, Marquis Cai was making paper..."
Xiao Yu was so angry that he said angrily.
However, after he was halfway through his words, he came to his senses and stopped talking.
Li Xuan, on the other hand, seemed to have remembered something and looked overjoyed.
"You old man is not too dark-hearted, but you can still think of Cai Hou. Cai Lun was born as a blacksmith, but because he was appreciated by the nobles, he entered the palace, made paper, and was made a marquis! Isn't this a precedent for craftsmen to be knighted?"
After saying that, Li Xuan raised his head again and looked at the civil servants of the aristocratic families in the hall, his face full of sarcasm.
"You still have the nerve to call yourself a Confucian scholar? Can you forget someone like Marquis Cai who has made great contributions to Confucian scholars? Or maybe your hearts are so dark that you look down on Cai Marquis' background as a blacksmith, so you deliberately
Don’t want to remember?”
Hearing this, all the ministers from the aristocratic families couldn't help but feel angry.
Indeed, as Li Xuan said, they also thought of Marquis Cai, but they all deliberately chose to forget. What they didn't expect was that old man Xiao Yu actually said it himself.
A minister from an aristocratic family hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin said, the reason why Caihou was granted the title of nobility was not due to his papermaking skills, but because Caihou was a Shang Fangling before. In addition, Empress Dowager Deng had thought of Caihou for many years.
Because of the meritorious service of the guard, Cai Hou was granted the title of Longtinghou!"
"Then Marquis Cai was also granted the title of Marquis because he was a blacksmith!"
Li Xuan sneered, "Don't tell lies to me!"
"Now that the issue of the low status of craftsmen has been resolved! Let's talk about it, what else is wrong with the merits of craftsmen?"
A group of ministers from aristocratic families: "..."
After a moment of silence, a minister from an aristocratic family stood up.
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, if you want to be granted a title, you must have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, either by opening up new territories or by having a high status, and those craftsmen..."
Li Xuan sneered again and asked directly: "What is your title?"
Hearing this, Lu Zongyun looked startled. After he came to his senses, he raised his hands and replied with a proud look on his face: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, I will serve as the son of Changping County!"
"County son?"
Li Xuan looked the man up and down and asked: "I didn't expect that you are actually a county prince. Tell me, what contribution did you make to the Tang Dynasty that you can be granted the title of county prince?"
"this?"
Hearing this, Lu Zongyun was startled, but facing Li Xuan's gaze, he could only reply slowly: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, this official is a civil servant. He was born in the Lu family. He was honored by His Majesty and was granted a title...
"
"Tsk!"
Li Xuan couldn't help but sneered, "So, you have done nothing to help the Tang Dynasty?"
Lu Zongyun said hurriedly: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, I will serve as a civil servant and be responsible for governing the world and educating the people..."
"Okay, shut up!"
Li Xuan's face turned cold, "Let you govern the world and educate the people? The people would have starved to death long ago, and the world would have been in chaos long ago!"
"Tell me, how many people have you taught to read? If you haven't taught them, how can you have the shame to say that you educate people?"
"Also, do you know how to farm? Do you know how to build roads, how to feed the people, and how to make them rich?"
"You, a rotten scholar, will only stand in the court all day long, fighting for power, opposing this, opposing that? Or maybe you will spend more money every day, waste some food, and become a scum in the court!"
"You are from the Lu family, and you can be knighted after you have read some books? You have not made any contribution to the Tang Dynasty, and you can be knighted? Then why do you have the face to ask for credit from those craftsmen?"
"As for respect for status? What does your Lu family respect?"
"Isn't it because your ancestors are more powerful and have saved some family property for you, so that you can spend as much as you like?"
"But, can you not need to eat, or can you not need to wear clothes? Or are you, the Lu family, different from others? Other people are born from the mother's belly and are made of flesh and blood, but you, the Lu family, are born from the sky.
It fell out of thin air and its body is made of mud?"
"You tell me that you have not achieved a single achievement, but you are still able to be knighted by the Tang Dynasty and supported by thousands of people. However, you still despise the humble status of those people who support you.
?”
"Where's your face?"
"Prince Jin, you..."
Lu Zongyun was immediately stunned by Li Xuan's scolding.
Likewise, all the officials in the Taiji Hall were also confused.
They are all people with respectable status. Even when they are extremely angry, when they curse someone, they always quote the scriptures and then curse politely.
Who would have thought that the King of Jin was like a street gangster, extremely vulgar!
However, Li Xuan didn't want to let go of these officials of the aristocratic family.