Under the general environment of the party's scourge, the dispute between modern and ancient literature actually belongs to the internal contradiction of the scholar class, and the eunuch dictatorship is the main contradiction of the current Luoyang court.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the dispute between modern and ancient literature could be regarded as the main conflict in the court. However, times have changed, and today is different from the past, and everything has become different from that time.
Reminiscent of Lu Zhi's previous statement "The Water is Too Deep" and the current attitude of top-notch families such as the Yuan family towards him, Liu Bei easily came to this conclusion.
But regarding the Yuan family, Liu Bei concluded that the reason why these guys acted secretly had a deeper conspiracy.
Since the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor and imperial power have been two separate concepts. Eunuchs can control imperial power, and relatives can also control imperial power. As long as they are strong, anyone can control imperial power.
In this case...
I, the Yuan family, have the highest surname in the world, the fourth generation and the three nobles, and have been a wealthy family for many generations. I am noble and noble. Why can't I ask for the top of power?
But if we want to aspire to the top of power, relying solely on the Yuan family and their disciples and former officials is still somewhat insufficient.
People who respect the Yuan family are all over the world, but the world is so big, how come the Yuan family is the only one with this power?
If Yuan thought that he could control the Han Dynasty by himself, he would be looking down on the people of the world.
In order to control the imperial power, the eunuchs controlled the Hongdu sect and used the Hongdu sect to expand their power and squeeze the living space of scholar politics.
In order to control the imperial power, the relatives not only made good use of their own family members, but also cooperated with the scholars in a certain sense in exchange for their support.
If scholars wanted to control the imperial power, they would also need to cooperate with representatives of more power groups in exchange for mutual understanding.
Perhaps, the Yuan family is already laying the groundwork for the new Han Dynasty system that Yuan will rule in the future.
In this way, Yuan Shao's active invitation at this moment has a somewhat different meaning.
With such thoughts in mind, Liu Bei thought about his various behaviors after coming to Luoyang, and realized that he was already a celebrity in a sense.
Standing in front of you is——
A descendant of the Han Dynasty clan and Prince Jing of Zhongshan, he is a rising star of the Ancient Classics School, a debate master of the Ancient Classics School, a direct disciple of Lu Zhi, the leader of the Ancient Classics School, and the future heir to the mantle!
Liu Xuande!
Such an identity has obviously surpassed Liu Bei's original background. No one cares about his poor background as a mat weaver and shoe seller, but what they care more about is his current status in the Ancient Classics School.
As the most important disciple of the big brother Lu Zhi, especially after he established his character as a poet, he not only made achievements in serious academic aspects, but also led the trend of Luoyang in his hobbies, which will inevitably attract a large number of people. eyeball.
It is natural for a person like Yuan Shao who wants to cause trouble to notice Liu Bei.
And from this incident, Liu Bei also noticed some things that were meaningful to him...
After breakfast the next morning, Liu Bei was studying military literature in his study and reading the reading notes Lu Zhi had prepared for him. At around four quarters of the hour, a servant at home sent a greeting card, saying that the man who came last night had arrived again. .
There is no doubt that it is Cao Cao.
So Liu Bei put on his clothes for going out, straightened his clothes, and went out.
At the door, Cao Cao stood outside the carriage and looked at him with a smile. When he saw him coming, he performed a simple courtesy as a greeting.
"Liu Jun, did you sleep well last night?"
"Of course, if you sleep until dawn, you will feel refreshed in the morning."
Liu Bei smiled and returned the gift.
Cao Cao laughed.
"Liu Jun is indeed extraordinary. Benchu asked me to invite many scholars. When they heard that Benchu wanted to meet them, everyone was so excited that they couldn't sleep at all. Their spirits were not very good the next day. Xuande is the only one who can be so calm."
"Oh? It seems that Yuan Jun has some ideas."
"It's just a little test. There are so many people who want to see the original."
"Yeah?"
Liu Bei smiled and nodded, and then followed Cao Cao into the carriage.
Sitting in the carriage, Cao Cao praised the poems "written" by Liu Bei and asked him for advice on the creation of five-character poems and seven-character poems.
"Xuande's five-character poems and seven-character poems are really famous in Luoyang. Many people imitate them, but they can't write Xuande's artistic conception at all. It's really admirable."
Liu Bei thought that of course this was the case. There were tens of thousands of poems in the Tang and Song dynasties, but only a few carefully selected ones were familiar to later generations. How could they not be awesome?
But if he really wanted to talk about the key points of creating five-character poems and seven-character poems, Liu Bei could only tell Cao Cao that this is a matter of talent, and the wonderful use of words lies in one heart.
Does the wonder of application lie in one intention?
What a mysterious statement.
No wonder Liu Bei, with his humble background, was valued by big men like Lu Zhi and accepted as his direct disciple. His knowledge was far superior to that of countless noble family members.
There are so many talented people in the world.
Cao Cao sighed very much.
So Cao Cao became serious and saluted Liu Bei to show that he had been taught.
Liu Bei smiled and waved his hand.
what is this?
The goods in my head are far less than these.
Along the way, Liu Bei and Cao Cao started with poetry, chatting and laughing, and were very happy.
The more they talked, the more Cao Cao became fond of Liu Bei.
It would be better to say that he has had an inexplicable liking for Liu Bei since yesterday.
Because Liu Bei did not have any prejudice against his family background like other people he met for the first time, nor was he like other scholars - the way other scholars looked at him always made him feel instinctively uncomfortable.
Cao Cao, who was born in a eunuch family, resented others using his family background as an excuse, but most scholars viewed it this way.
I thought that Liu Bei, as a scholar, would care more or less, but I didn't expect that Liu Bei didn't care at all.
Perhaps this has something to do with Liu Bei coming from a poor background and not being so particular.
However, now that the party's ban is getting worse, more and more people dare not be rude to him in public, but in private, how could Cao Cao not know how many people are insulting him?
Party imprisonment is a very cruel political method. Scholars who do not deal with the eunuchs and are attacked by the eunuchs are called "party members" by the eunuchs. Party imprisonment means to accuse the party members and imprison them in their hometown, and do not allow them to leave their hometown. He is not allowed to be an official.
No matter how high an official you were before, as long as you offend the eunuchs and don't deal with the eunuchs, there is no need to say that you will be directly labeled as a party member and your political career will be reduced to zero.
Not only themselves, but some unlucky ones, even their relatives and friends will be implicated, and they will be deprived of official positions, and the entire family will be dealt a blow to the dimensionality reduction.
Life is reopened.
In this matter, whether one is a party member or not does not have much to do with the Modern Literature School and the Ancient Literature School. Many people in the Modern Literature School were harmed by the Party’s supervision, and some people in the Ancient Literature School were also attacked by the Party’s supervision.
The key is not who you are. Only by taking refuge with the eunuchs, or at least not openly opposing the eunuchs, can such a person not be defined as a party member and continue to be an official. After all, the emperor also needs scholars to help him govern the country. .
In Liu Bei's view, this may not be a kind of PUA.
In this way, scholars who are willing to cooperate are selected and appointed, given power, and their reputations are suppressed, so that they will be socialized in the circle of scholars and have to rely on the emperor and eunuchs to gain a foothold.
The intentions are not sinister.
This was a group of eunuchs manipulating imperial power to carry out a downgrade attack on the entire scholar population. As a result, the scholars suffered heavy losses and the anti-eunuch forces were severely hit.
This also directly affected the political stability of the Eastern Han Dynasty, bringing the already difficult-to-return Eastern Han Dynasty to the point of dying.
It's really not a good thing.
And this is something Liu Bei wanted to understand last night.
