Apart from the changes in the core political concepts, there were not many changes in other parts of the previous conventions at the Jiade Hall meeting.
For example, on the issue of the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Sixth Discipline, the Jiade Hall Conference held a discussion and declaration, and made some fine-tuning of some of the statements, but it did not touch on the fundamentals. Instead, it recognized that this set of policies was adopted from the central government to the local governments, and from the emperor to the emperor. The etiquette system of common people.
There are also a series of contents related to people's politics and life, such as the family system, the marriage system, the concubine system, and the concubine system. The Jiade Hall meeting further emphasized and certified it, without making any changes.
This set of basic concepts that actually formed society in the Han Dynasty and was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people was not questioned by the Jiade Hall Conference. For most officials with a more conservative attitude, this was a gratifying thing for them.
Being conservative is the philosophy of most people. Change is the pursuit of a small number of people.
Originally, some members of the neutral faction and external voices were worried that Liu Bei would use his power to change the logic of social operation in the Han Dynasty on a large scale at the Jiade Hall meeting, which would cause some social turmoil and unrest.
But he did not. In addition to proposing changes in prophecy superstition, in most cases, Liu Bei showed a conservative political tendency.
This tendency makes most people feel relaxed and relieved.
On other levels, the most important thing is that the Jiade Hall meeting did not question a series of issues about the emperor. Instead, it promoted the status of the emperor, further recognized the sacred nature of the emperor, and established the basic rules for the emperor to replace heaven.
But this push also made the emperor himself further and further away from daily administrative matters in a sense.
Because the Emperor is the embodiment of Heaven's will, he naturally possesses supreme status and power. Heaven is the topmost existence of the political logic of the Han Dynasty, absolutely correct and absolutely authoritative. As the embodiment of its will, the Emperor naturally does not need to bear any responsibility.
Of course, at the operational level, few people dare to let the emperor take responsibility.
In fact, before and after the Jiade Hall meeting, the political operation logic of the entire imperial court had been changed by Liu Bei to "If you want to ascend to a high position, you must bear its weight".
The court needs someone to take responsibility, someone needs to be responsible, and those who hold power need to take responsibility on behalf of ghosts and gods. Then, conversely, it can be inferred that people who do not need to take responsibility have no actual power.
This is not an argument, this is "protection".
No one felt that this resolution was wrong at the time. Instead, they felt that it was a manifestation of the [New Deal of the Ancient Literature School] that was different from the old system of the Modern Literature School, and it was a symbol of a better and better future.
The model of the Modern Literature School has been proven to be a failure and has aroused public outrage. It cannot be sustained. If it continues, it will be tantamount to denying the foundation of the Ancient Literature School's governance.
So there is nothing wrong with the Ancient Literature School making some targeted changes. Anyway, just give it a try if you don't know whether it is correct or not.
But in a deeper sense, few people immediately realized that the emperor was secretly pushed away from the actual responsible and governing position during this link.
The most important conclusion of the Jiade Hall meeting is that the emperor is moving away from common affairs and getting closer to the high "Heaven".
Therefore, in actual conditions, the political structure and power structure of the Eastern Han Dynasty were getting further and further away from the [Holy Emperor Model] envisioned by Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty.
Although most people only felt the strong conservative tendency of this meeting, this Jiade Hall Meeting did in a sense bring an end to the sacred Eastern Han Dynasty that Emperor Han Zhang successfully built.
Driven by Liu Bei, the Luoyang court changed direction starting from the Jiade Hall meeting, and slowly changed its path from the pace of "deifying Confucian classics" to leading everything. In fact, it ended the process of "sacralizing Confucian classics".
Driven by Liu Bei, the Luoyang court embarked on a secular political path, although at the time, few people saw the uncertainty of this path.
Generally speaking, the atmosphere of the Jiade Palace meeting is relatively friendly and harmonious, because everyone has actually solved almost all the problems that need to be solved. Those that can be brought to the table have been solved, and those that cannot be brought to the table... They were all buried in graves.
As for the royal family, there is currently only a young emperor Liu Xie and an empress dowager who only wants to live a comfortable life.
Needless to say, Liu Bei's service to the Empress Dowager was really good. He not only sent money and gifts, but also various folk entertainment and fun things, and also gave food and drinks.
In particular, the fried food menu he developed himself was also sent to Empress Dowager Dong.
He sent the chef in his house who was the best at making these dishes, and arranged fried chicken legs, fried chicken steaks, etc. for the old lady, which gave the Empress Dowager Dong, who had eaten palace dishes for most of her life, a completely different feeling.
That is to say, the technical point of the iron pot has not been lighted up yet, otherwise Liu Bei would have to arrange the eight major cuisines for the old lady, so that she would think about what she can eat today when she opens her eyes every day, and nothing else.
Isn’t this comfortable life equivalent to heaven?
In this case, there was nothing much to say about the Jiade Hall meeting. The royal family fully accepted the results of the Jiade Hall meeting and was willing to cooperate with Liu Bei and the Ancient Literature School to implement a new set of governance measures.
And this initial execution started from Taixue.
In order to completely eliminate the imprint of the Modern Literature School, the Ancient Literature School spared no effort. They moved all the classics and works related to the Modern Literature School from Taixue, and invited all the academic monographs of the Ancient Literature School to Taixue.
From then on, the teaching content in Taixue had nothing to do with Jinwen classics. Everyone was a good disciple of the ancient literature school.
All the things related to the Jinwen School that were moved away from Taixue were accepted by Liu Bei. Liu Bei also moved these things to a small courtyard outside Luoyang City and gave them to the engraving masters to engrave and copy them, preparing to keep backup copies. , for storage.
No one knows whether these things will disappear in the years to come, but as imprints of the civilization that once existed, Liu Bei hopes that these things can be left to future generations, so that future generations can know the imprint of civilization and how it progressed. evolved step by step.
All the doctors of the Jinwen School were dismissed, and the relevant disciples and students were also driven away, losing the qualification to stay in Taixue. The major families of the Ancient Literature School, under the auspices of Liu Bei and Lu Zhi, selected their own Doctor of the Pentateuch.
Then, all students in Taixue can choose to follow doctoral studies according to their own pursuits, study ancient Chinese classics, abandon the previous modern classics, and fully embrace the new era.
Then, Liu Bei conveyed an order to the governors of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty to set up state schools in the state offices to recruit students from each state who were interested in studying.
Taixue will select outstanding Confucian teachers to teach in various states, and then there will be selections every three years. The outstanding candidates can be selected to enter Taixue for further study. After another three years of study, selection will be carried out within Taixue.
The teaching materials based on the selection and the questions in the examination are all related to ancient Chinese classics and have nothing to do with modern classics.
Liu Bei's intention was to use this method to eliminate the influence of the Modern Classics School from the local area as soon as possible, so that people would know the benefits of studying ancient classics, and thus actively abandon the Modern Classics and dig out the roots of the Modern Classics School.
It is not enough to do it only in Luoyang, it must also be done locally, lest there are still some remnants of the Jinwen school in the local area who continue to cause trouble.
His suggestion was recognized at the Jiade Hall meeting. Everyone agreed that the governors of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty need to set up state schools in the state offices and absorb outstanding students from all the states to study in the state schools. They will then be personally dispatched by Luoyang Taixue. Excellent ancient classics teachers went to teach in order to control the education system and ensure the "purity" of Han academic thought.
Many people actually don't have much interest in education, but once the interests of the school and their own interests are involved, they become very supportive of it.
At the same time, at Liu Bei's suggestion, the Luoyang court once again issued a "re-employment" order to Zheng Xuan, hoping that Zheng Xuan could respond to everyone's needs and return to Luoyang Taixue to become the Taixue Jijiu, specifically responsible for the Taixue. education construction work.
The personnel arrangements were almost completed, and Liu Bei announced that he would expand the Imperial Academy.
Some people died, but not completely...
