Yao Xing breathed a long sigh of relief: "It turns out that the conflict between Mr. and Liu Yu is not that he doesn't give you an official title, but because he is an enemy of the entire scholar class. But I think people like Liu Muzhi and Xu Xianzhi who are from the noble family are not Are you happy to cooperate with him? Even big families such as the Xie family and the Yu family are following him now. Aren't they more qualified than you to represent the noble family?"
Tao Yuanming sneered: "Liu Muzhi and Xu Xianzhi have long been a disgrace to scholars. For the sake of their own glory and wealth, they did not hesitate to seek refuge with warriors. Liu Yu even did more than you barbarian kings. At least, you can establish an empire in the Central Plains." The barbarian monarch knew how to respect the virtuous and the nobles, and he knew how to respect the nobles, but Liu Yu wanted to destroy the entire class of scholars, so that the separation between the common people and the cold would no longer exist."
Yao Xing frowned: "I heard that Liu Yu was going to restore the previous military merit system of the Qin and Han Dynasties. There was no official title without a title, and no title without merit. Is this what you are talking about replacing the nobles with warriors from poor families?"
Tao Yuanming gritted his teeth: "Even the Qin State at that time also valued the gentry. Foreign talents, as long as they were scholars, had culture and knowledge, they could directly get officials from the lords. Shang Yang himself was a foreign talent. If Liu Yu was just a If you do this, the warriors will have to perform meritorious service and go through life and death. In the end, the credit may not be great. The power of the country is still in the hands of the nobles, and the warriors are just the minions of the hawks and dogs in the world, so there is no need to worry too much."
"But what Liu Yu wanted to do was much more extreme than this. He actually wanted to use the rubbing technique of the Southern Dynasty to produce thousands of volumes of classics in large quantities, and finally everyone would have one copy. In this way, Those farmers, fishermen, and mountain people who collect wood and wood will all be able to read and write. The cultural advantage that the gentry was based on will be gone. Within a few decades, we gentry will really be able to read and write. Become a dispensable group of people, so this is something we scholars can never agree to!"
Yao Xing opened his eyes wide: "What, is there any way for him to directly copy books into thousands of copies? What kind of magical method is this? If there was such a method, it would be necessary to use so many literati to go all day long. Copy scriptures?"
Tao Yuanming sneered and said: "His magic method uses the southern rubbing technique, which is not too unusual, but he can make the words in those articles into modules and then arrange them into the whole page. In this way, he can Ink can be used to make rubbings in large quantities. Originally, if this was only spread among the nobles, it would be fine. However, Liu Yu deliberately distributed these books to common people. If everyone could read and write, everyone would want to rely on them. Now that the official is in power, who else is willing to farm, fish, and harvest, and who is willing to do the hard work? Shang Yang's reform at that time only allowed the civilians and even slaves of the Qin people, who were already fierce and aggressive, to obtain farmland through military merit. Opportunity, but I dare not offend all the scholars. Liu Yu wanted to stop the advancement of scholars all over the world, just to gain a good reputation among the common people. He not only wanted to be an emperor, but also wanted to be a saint. , for this reason, he will not hesitate to destroy the way of scholars and common people for thousands of years!"
Yao Xing laughed: "If Liu Yu was a barbarian king, no one would oppose him, because in the eyes of us prairie people, power dominates. Even a temporary slave has the possibility of becoming a master. In this world, How can the path of strength and weakness remain unchanged for a long time?”
Tao Yuanming shook his head: "You Hu people don't have the traditions and rules of the Central Plains. While you dominate by force, you are also the leader of the tribe. The chiefs have an absolute advantage. The number of wives and concubines is much higher than that of the ordinary tribesmen. During the war, the defeated tribe often turned its entire clan into slaves. The men were either killed or made slaves, while the women became the wives and concubines of the victorious tribe, especially those of the tribal leaders, who gave birth to children for them. Therefore, tribal leaders often had many children and grandchildren. , if you continue to divide families and form new tribes, over time, the tribes with one family and one surname will spread out and become stronger and stronger. This principle is the same as in the Central Plains."
"It's just that we people in the Central Plains have always paid attention to benevolence, justice, rules, and peace. We should not kill everyone. Therefore, we need to maintain the inheritance of this tradition. From the Spring and Autumn Period, only the descendants of nobles and princes have Only people have the power to read and master the six arts. This is a huge difference from the head of Guizhou. Even if the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, as long as this culture is still there, there is still the possibility of turning over. Although the Qin and Han Dynasties implemented the military merit system, they still did not allow it. Among the scholars who are truly in power, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism, which was actually to maintain the inheritance of this Taoist tradition that prioritized scholars. This is the real core rule of our Central Plains, and even if foreigners take over, they must abide by it."
Yao Xing nodded: "Indeed, when the late emperor was still here, he mentioned many times that if he wanted to stay in the Central Plains, the military power should be in the hands of our Yao tribe's own people, but to govern the country, we must use Han talents, and they are We must respect the scholars, respect the virtuous and love the scholars. Over the years, I have felt this more and more. Your Han aristocratic families and noble clans have been passed down for hundreds, even thousands of years. They have a huge foundation and cannot be easily shaken. , especially with the county magistrate as a kin, often the whole village and township is one family. Without their support and effectiveness, I'm afraid we won't be able to gain a foothold here. Liu Yu wants the Yi Ding Revolution to change these thousands of years. tradition, he really lost his head.”
Tao Yuanming sighed: "If Liu Yu just wants to replace the Sima family and establish a new dynasty, I am not unable to support it. In this kind of dynasties, there have been new military elites and dynasties have changed. It is not uncommon, especially in these troubled times, but He wants to change the rules of the world and let those lowly common people ride on the heads of the scholars. This is a contempt and betrayal of our thousands of years of rules. All the scholars who join in the same deeds with him are not worthy of wearing such Confucian clothes anymore. This This is the reason why I want to oppose him. Even if your Majesty conquers the world, he will respect the nobles, so it is worth my help!"
Yao Xing smiled slightly: "But Mr. just said that he is not willing to come here to serve me. If you want to oppose Liu Yu, do you still want to continue to support the Sima clan? An idiot emperor who can't even speak is like a walking corpse. I’m afraid no one can abandon Liu Yu for this person.”
Tao Yuanming sneered: "It doesn't matter who the emperor is. Both Sima Dezong and Sima Zhong were just puppets. The real power in the world is the aristocratic families of Jin and the scholar group they represent." , although it seems that the Xie family is supporting Liu Yu now, they are only cooperating on the surface. Once Liu Yu really starts to popularize education and literacy among the people, it will revolutionize the lives of all the aristocratic families in the world, and the Xie family will definitely be the one who resists the most fiercely. . And what they need is just like the one who supported Sima Rui back then, a big flag of the Sima clan! I brought you this big flag!"
