Although Ma Rixi did not receive any intelligence information during the transition between the Second Empire and the Third Reich and was not considered a member of the inner circle, he was still the boss of Yushitai.
Now the Yushitai's establishment is larger and its power is more secure, but Ma Rixi also has more things to do.
Because he specifically opposed officials, Ma Rixi's reputation had not improved for a long time.
But he doesn't care. Now the emperor is Liu Bei, and his safety has been guaranteed. Others can say whatever they like, whether they call themselves a "goshawk" or a "cruel official". As long as Liu Bei is satisfied, everything is fine.
said.
The only person who can decide his fate is Liu Bei.
Moreover, Liu Bei was not like Emperor Guangwu who would give up on Dong Xuan. Liu Bei always loved and cared for his own people, and was willing to take the blame for his own people, take care of his subordinates, and do things for him, so that his safety would be guaranteed.
So Ma Rihui was firing on all cylinders, and the young censors at the Yushitai were running around, shouting wildly, and scolding the local governors when they saw things that did not comply with the regulations. Many of the local governors lost their face and were embarrassed when they scolded them.
There is no way.
At present, Ma Rixi is promoting the construction of the local Yushitai branch, and some of his subordinates are eyeing the illegal behavior of several county officials in Hedong County and Hanoi County, and are preparing to impeach them.
Because those people were from Liangzhou Prefecture School, Ma Rixi also planned to follow up further to see what was going on.
When he was about to leave for Hedong County, Liu Bei sent someone to look for him. He was a little strange, but he went over immediately.
Soon, he saw Liu Bei in Liu Bei's study, which made him feel a little strange.
Previously, due to his busy official duties, Liu Bei always met people in the side hall of Chongde Hall where he was doing business. He rarely met people in his study. Could it be that he wanted to talk about some important topic?
"Mr. Magong, I'm calling you here this time. I have something I want to discuss with you."
"Your Majesty, please speak."
Ma Rixi started to beat her heart, always feeling that Liu Bei was going to say something very inappropriate.
Then he realized that this matter was not a matter of seriousness, but that kind of... that kind of feeling that could easily lead to cardiopulmonary arrest.
Liu Bei said something.
"I feel that there is no need for the Wenyue family to continue to exist. What do you think?"
Ma Rixi almost died on the spot when he heard this. He thought that Liu Bei knew that Ma had done something outrageous, so he wanted to kill Ma.
"Your Majesty! Although the Ma family is relatively luxurious in life and not as simple as your Majesty, the Ma family has really not committed a crime! I strictly restrain the Ma family and do not allow them to break any laws! The Ma family has definitely not broken any laws.
His Majesty!"
As Ma Rixi spoke, he knelt on the ground, touching his head to the ground, and begged Liu Bei for mercy in the most humble way?
Liu Bei looked dumbfounded across from him.
"Mr. Ma, you...I didn't say that Mr. Ma broke the law."
"ah?"
Ma Rixi raised his head in surprise and looked at Liu Bei in shock.
Liu Bei smiled awkwardly and said: "Ma Gong, what I mean is that the three remaining families had better get rid of their identity as the Wenyue family, completely return the Confucian classics to the court, and stop doing family inheritance and family learning.
, disciple or something like that.”
It turns out it wasn’t my life.
That's okay... what a piece of shit!
this……
Don’t want to read the family anymore?
Is this any different from taking my life?
Ma Rixi immediately thought that one of the reasons why he could ensure safety in such a dangerous situation was because of his identity as the head of the Wenyue family. Because of this identity, many people were afraid to target him, but if this identity was gone...
…
Doesn't he only have Liu Bei who can protect him?
What on earth is Liu Bei going to do?
"Your Majesty, why...why is this?"
Liu Bei walked up to Ma Rixi, helped him up, sat down with him, and patted him on the shoulder.
"Mr. Ma, don't be in a hurry. Let's talk slowly. Let's clarify the matter of the Wenyue family first. We all know that the Wenyue family did not exist at the beginning. This happened only after Emperor Xiaozhang. And the root cause is
, it was still caused by the fact that the emperor was young and could not control his power.
Emperor Xiaozhang wanted the Holy Emperor to control political and academic power at the same time, which was good, but the requirements for the emperor were very high. If the emperor himself could not meet this requirement, naturally he would not be able to control this fiery power.
We all know what happened next. The previous emperors could not live long, or even reach adulthood. In this way, more than a hundred years were wasted. The court only focused on fighting for power. Eunuchs and relatives came to power one after another, fighting for power to the death. This accidentally ignored academics.
Already.
The imperial court no longer cares about academics, and naturally only private individuals can take charge of it. In this way, only the great Confucian scholars can have the final say on what classic articles say. Emperors change from generation to generation. Year by year, the families that control academics gradually
This formed a family with disciples and former officials all over the world. Do you think this process is correct?"
Ma Rixi swallowed.
"What your Majesty said is absolutely correct."
"So, this power originally belonged to the imperial court, but the emperors of the past dynasties could not control it, so it was given to the Wenyue family. From this, the Weyue family has achieved the success of the Wenyue family. Until now, the people of the world have even become accustomed to it.
This was an unimaginable situation at the time.
National academics are not controlled by the imperial court, not by Taixue, but by various families. Whatever the sages say does not count, the emperor does not count, what Taixue says does not matter, it has to be said by these families. Ma Gong, you can
Don’t you think there’s something wrong here?”
Liu Bei said seductively: "No matter how much you say, a country's academics cannot be left to a limited number of families to have the final say, right? They have the final say, so whether the world belongs to the Liu family, or to the Yuan family, the Yang family, and the Xun family
Tianxia? Are you right?"
"What your Majesty said... is absolutely correct..."
Ma Rixi couldn't figure out what Liu Bei was thinking, so he could only transform into a repeater and repeat his previous answers.
"So I say that the Wenyue family should cease to exist, do you think that's right?"
"What your Majesty said is... correct..."
Ma Rixi raised his head and looked at Liu Bei in surprise.
Liu Bei looked straight at Ma Rixi with a gentle smile.
"What Mr. Ma said is very much in line with my wishes."
"Um...Your Majesty...this..."
"Why, Mr. Ma, do you think what I said is wrong?"
"No...that's not what I meant, but..."
"Isn't that okay?"
Liu Bei put away his smile, stood up, walked back to his seat, and then sat upright with a serious look on his face.
"Ma Gong, the academics studied by the scholars of a country, the national academics, cannot be limited to the opinions of one family and one surname. He must be open and not restrictive. He will create one, two or three authorities at every turn, which will only suffocate the academic world.
, die, and then be abandoned.
If it is the truth, then there is no need to worry about any problems. The truth always becomes clearer with more debate. The more people argue, the more people can believe in the truth, be convinced of the truth, and respect the truth. If someone doubts it, it doesn't matter.
, it’s okay to argue, but if you don’t allow others to argue, that would be wrong.”
Ma Rixi opened his mouth, not knowing how to express the complicated emotions in his heart.
He felt that what Liu Bei said was reasonable, but he always felt that such words should not be said by someone like Liu Bei.
He is the emperor and the emperor. Shouldn't he be thinking about how to confirm, stabilize or even annihilate an idea?
I have been arguing back and forth, but what problems are really going to arise for the defense?
Taking a step back, you are a well-known debater in Luoyang, but your position will always be passed on. Can your son also inherit your ability and become a new generation of debaters?
Ma Rixi really couldn't understand it now.
But he felt that he needed to remind Liu Bei of this point.
"Your Majesty, you... I deeply believe everything you said. The saint's truth is indeed not afraid of people questioning it, but I am afraid that some people, such as Shao Zhengmao, will seriously hurt the saint with fallacies and heresies, shake people's hearts, and even
To confuse people's hearts.
Just like the Taiping Road before, it was also a group of thieves who used fallacies to confuse people's hearts and set off a large-scale rebellion. The last Yellow Turban Army was only wiped out a few months ago. Therefore, Your Majesty, please know that there are still many stupid people in the world, and
There are few saints."
Liu Bei nodded.
"Of course this is the case. Of course, fallacies and heresies cannot be accepted. We need to distinguish this, but we can't just because there may be fallacies and heresies that people don't even have the possibility to speak? The more Yue families there are, the more people can speak.
The less you eat, the more you stop eating because of choking. I don’t like this situation.”
Ma Rixi pursed his lips.
"But your family, the Liu family of Zhuo County, they..."
"As long as I speak, they dare not be disobedient. I have brought all this to them, so I can naturally take it back. They will not have anyone to object."
"Then Lu..."
"I will tell the teacher personally."
Liu Bei stared at Ma Rixi: "Ma Gong, you are an elder I respect. For the long-term plan of the country, giving up your personal interests should be the right choice. I believe you are not the kind of person who cares about your personal interests.
?"
"I……"
Ma Rixi suddenly felt a little difficult to breathe.
Liu Bei's way of asking questions with predetermined answers, he really didn't know how to answer. It seemed that there was no other correct answer except the prescribed answer.
He really wants to say that he is not actually that selfless. He really wants to say that he still cares about his family and he wants the family to develop smoothly.
If he were the former Emperor of the Han Dynasty, he might have a choice, but facing an Emperor of the Han Dynasty like Liu Bei, he really doesn't know what other options he has.
Under Liu Bei's gaze, Ma Rixi gave in.
"If this is your expectation, then Ma... will definitely live up to your expectations."
"good!"
Liu Bei was overjoyed and said: "In this case, the position of Magong, the imperial censor, will be as solid as gold. Ma Gong, no matter what you do, your backer is me. I am the emperor. Whoever doesn't have the foresight to go against the emperor?"
, you can let him know what it means when the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will float!"
Ma Rixi swallowed again, took a deep breath, and saluted Liu Bei respectfully.
"My lord, I obey the order!"
After leaving Liu Bei's study, Ma Rixi walked quickly for several steps. It could even be said that he rushed out of the palace at a trot. When no one was around, he took a few breaths and soothed his frightened little heart.
He didn't know why, but he always felt that Liu Bei was becoming more and more intimidating.
If being an emperor can make people feel so intimidating, then when facing Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling before, Ma Rixi did not have such a feeling that he did not dare to raise any objections.
Now, facing this former junior and former humble gentleman, Ma Rixi couldn't even finish what he wanted to say.
But these are no longer important.
The status of the Wenyue family that Ma had finally gained was gone in just a few years.
Ma Rixi was a little frustrated.
But I have to say that the Wenyue family is really good, but if Liu Bei is offended for this, the Ma family will be doomed.
While Liu Bei was talking and laughing, the Zheng family and the Jia family were wiped out and physically eliminated. The Zheng family and the Jia family were no weaker than the Ma family, but they had no strength to struggle in front of Liu Bei.
If Ma offended Liu Bei, his fate would be miserable, but if he obeyed Liu Bei, Liu Bei would definitely compensate him.
This compensation is to use the position of imperial censor to arbitrarily toss the power of corrupt officials...
Although it is refreshing, it may not be a good thing for a family that still wants to continue to mix in the officialdom.
Ma Rixi let out a long sigh.
There is no choice, he has no choice, or in other words, starting from this moment, and every moment in the future, everyone except Liu Bei has no choice.
An unprecedentedly powerful emperor appeared, and having given him a lot of help during his growth, did he really do the right thing?
Forget it, these are meaningless anymore.
Because Liu Bei is obviously not a normal person.
He doesn't even care about his family, he doesn't even want the glory of his family, so what else is there to say?
The possibility of Lu Zhi agreeing to him is extremely high, not to mention his own family. If the only three Weyue families in the world give up the inheritance rights of classics and return them to the imperial court, the Weyue family will really cease to exist from now on.
.
Thinking about it now, Ma Rixi still feels as if he is a lifetime ago.
How long has it been?
About ten years ago, there were still a lot of clans in the world, and the family inheritance was extremely powerful. The Jinwen School’s terrifying Five Classics and Fourteen Family Laws, as many as dozens of clans were rampant in the world.
, the family's learning flourished, and the Jinwen school seemed to have reached its peak.
Whatever they say is what they say, and they can do almost anything they want to do. The channels for officials in the world to rise are under their control, and the eunuchs can't shake their strong foundation even if they grind their teeth.
No matter how much the party controls and how much they kill, their status is still impregnable.
But how long had passed, more than ten years later, those arrogant disciples and former officials all over the world were wiped out one by one.
As of now, there are only the last three Yue families left in the entire world.
The others were all gone, and the reason why they were gone was because they were killed by Liu Bei.
This Liu Bei can be called a powerful killer!
Ma Rixi shook his head repeatedly.
Thinking like this, walking like this, and walking like this, he suddenly stopped.