Chapter 114 Leader of the Young Faction (For the Alliance Leader, Immortal Qitian
Emperor Zhang of Han Dynasty Liu Jin was a very skillful person.
He promoted the Baihuguan Conference purely from the perspective of consolidating the ruling interests and personal interests of the Han Empire. In exchange for benefits, he reached a compromise with the Modern Literature School and asked the Modern Literature School to give up its corresponding insistence and fully cooperate with the imperial power.
Consolidate.
This point is represented by [Three Cardinal Guides and Six Disciplines].
The Jinwen school accepted his conditions and fundamentally established the supremacy of imperial power, making it a power that no one could question, thereby establishing a relatively strict social hierarchy system.
Subsequently, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty inherited Liu Xiu's approach, and in response to the anti-theological ideological trend in society at that time, he attempted to officialize the Chenwei doctrine in a more orthodox name, bringing together imperial power and theology, and binding them more firmly, allowing anti-theology to
Thoughts are aimless.
This made the theological path of Confucianism that started from Dong Zhongshu become more and more unstoppable, and it went further and further down the path of idealism and superstition. Finally, after the White Tiger Conference, it achieved a complete theological nature.
As for this point, because it was abandoned as a victim by Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, ancient Chinese classics did not suffer too many restrictions in this regard.
Whether it's about prophecies or theology, ancient Chinese classics have been more or less affected, but ancient Chinese classics don't have such a clear direction.
At least on the surface, Liu Bei could not oppose imperial power and mysterious binding. He could not openly question the status and authority of the emperor, but in terms of ideological trends, he could do something.
Therefore, at this superstructure design conference, he asked the Ancient Literature School to adhere to the original concepts of Confucius and take the path that best suited the temperament of the Ancient Literature School.
Retro.
The core guiding ideology of the Ancient Literature School is also very simple, just one sentence.
Respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them.
I won’t say whether they exist, nor will I explore this issue, but I ask everyone to stay away from them, don’t mention them, and try not to provoke them in daily life and political activities, let alone let some mysterious and mysterious things affect your daily life.
administrative.
Stick to two degrees.
Respect, distance.
Sacrifice, we sacrifice as usual, pray, we pray as usual.
But when it comes to national politics, it is better to stay away from them. The most important point is - stop arbitrarily belittling ministers because of some natural and man-made disasters. This is meaningless and very stupid behavior.
"The laws of nature are always constant, and they did not survive because of Yao, nor did they perish because of Jie. Was it because the ancients did something right that a wise man like Shang Tang appeared? Is it because the ancients did something wrong that a foolish king like Xia Jie appeared? What if?
If this is the case, they existed in an era, so did the people of that era do something wrong or did they do the right thing?"
Liu Bei shook his head and said: "I am very disgusted with this statement. Natural disasters can be predicted, so how can it be determined by a person's evil deeds? If something happens, investigate and find out whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, and then investigate
If you have a secretary, that’s enough.”
Regarding Liu Bei's view, the big guys of the ancient literature school looked at each other, and then looked at Lu Zhi together.
They dare not resist Liu Bei's wishes now, but they are obviously aware that Liu Bei's idea is very different from the mainstream reality.
Xunzi's academic thoughts have long been marginalized by the mainstream of Confucianism.
Because he was born in the Zixia School after the Confucian split, that is, the Xihe School. Although he himself did not like Zixia, in terms of overall style and thinking, he was a proper successor to the Zixia School and started it himself.
The brilliance of the Legalist school is typical of the integrity of the body and the mouth.
At that time, everyone was engaged in materialism. If you were the only one to engage in materialism, if you were not marginalized, who would be marginalized?
The ruler needs someone to explain to him why he is a ruler, and further solve why only he and his descendants can be rulers. This is a proposition composition, and the best way to solve the problem is occultism and superstition.
If a ruler is materialistic, he will not be able to establish a stable family inheritance and explain why his family can rule from generation to generation unless all generations of descendants are awesome and coaxing.
But now, Liu Bei's thoughts are actually pointed directly at Xunzi, and there is even a vague tendency to move closer to Legalism. This can solve the former problem, but not the latter problem.
This situation is not very beautiful.
So Lu Zhi coughed a few times and looked at Liu Bei.
"Ah, it's not that your suggestion is not good, but looking at the current situation, if we adopt such a strategy, not to mention whether it can be recognized in the court, how will the world view the Ancient Literature School? We are disciples of Confucius.
You are not a disciple of Xunzi."
"Teacher, of course I know."
Liu Bei said with a smile: "But since we have replaced the Jinwen School, we must do something different from the Jinwen School. Otherwise, what is the difference from the Jinwen School? If there is no change and everything is copied, one hundred years later,
A new school of ancient literature will be born and replace us."
this……
Everyone looked at each other and looked at Liu Bei with a smile on his face. No one was speechless.
To put it bluntly, what they really want to do is to become the "Jinwen School".
But Liu Bei said that there will be a new [Ancient Literature School] to replace them, and the time will only be one hundred years.
This can't be tolerated.
For the benefit of the school and the benefit of their own family, they must find out what Liu Bei, who can in a sense lead the direction of the court's policy, thinks about.
Cai Yong, who had not yet gone to perform his duties, sat at the front and asked Liu Bei questions.
"How do you want to make changes?"
Liu Bei looked at Cai Yong and said slowly: "Cai Gong, we must distinguish ourselves from the Modern Literature School, and we must correct the wrong practices of the Modern Literature School. If not, we will collapse faster than the Modern Literature School. We
What we need to do is to make people all over the world agree that it is natural for us to replace the Jinwen School.
If after we replace the Modern Literature School, the Han Dynasty does not become better, but becomes worse, then how will the people in the world view the Ancient Literature School? What shame do we have to allow the Han Dynasty to continue to use ancient Chinese classics to govern the country? Until then
, the resurgence of Jinwen school is unknown..."
Liu Bei's meaningful words made everyone agree and nod.
They knew very well that when they replaced the Jinwen School, their main attack was the poor performance of the Jinwen School, so the people of the world would agree that the Han Dynasty would be better after replacing them. This was the original reason for their rise to power.
Now the eyes of the whole world are staring at them. If the big man cannot become better and something bad happens instead, then won’t the foundation of their ascendancy to the ancient literature school be unstable?
This is not possible.
Seeing everyone nodding their heads with solemn expressions on their faces, Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction.
"We have indeed obtained the approval of the imperial court and can replace the Jinwen School, but we have not yet obtained the approval of the people of the world. We must be a little different so that the people of the world can see the difference."
Lu Zhi did not object to this, but he had doubts.
", your idea is good, but the Jinwen school has dominated the Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years, and many things have deeply affected the entire Han Dynasty. Sudden changes, not to mention that we are not used to it, and everyone in the world is not used to it. This is not a good thing."
"So, there is no need to be so anxious, but we must have a program. What to do and how to operate must be discussed in advance, otherwise we will be caught off guard."
Liu Bei nodded and said: "At the imperial court, teachers and disciples can work together to promote it, and there shouldn't be any big changes. So before that, the Ancient Literature School must reach an internal consensus."
Lu Zhi agreed.
"The failure of the Modern Literature School to reach an internal consensus was the reason for their demise. The Ancient Literature School's ability to reach consensus was the reason for its success. However, deliberation is deliberation, and we must not take too big steps."
"Disciple knows."
Liu Bei nodded slowly and explained some of his opinions.
Through the study of Baihu Tongyi, Liu Bei generally understood the final mature state of the Eastern Han Dynasty empire's governance system.
To put it simply, it is theological governance, which uses some Confucian methods of doing things and combines them with mysterious and mysterious prophecies to turn the essentials of Confucian classics into unquestionable dogma.
In order to stabilize the status of the rulers of the Eastern Han Dynasty.