After a night of chaos, Liu Yan, who was extremely self-disciplined on the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, left Li Fengjiao's fragrant ring and jade pillow and came to the west room of Xuanshi Hall alone.
At the same time, five white-headed men with different personalities came here to wait with Liu Yan. Five elegant old men lined up, namely Prime Minister Lu Zheng and Yushi doctor Xie Ba , Wei Wei Chang Xia, Ting Wei Liu Zun and Liu Yan's second master, Shen Qiong.
Lu Zheng, Chang Xia, and Shen Qiong have been briefly introduced in the previous article. As for Xie Sa and Liu Zun, they can be regarded as two completely different people.
Let’s talk about the censor doctor Xie Pe first. Xie Pe's real name is Xie Jie, with the courtesy name Youru. He is the father of Xie An, the prince's side adviser, the head of the Xie family in Chen County, Xuchang, Quzhou, and a scholar in the realm of immortality. The Xie family was one of the eight established aristocratic families in Quzhou at that time. Before the Jiang family led by Jiang Cang and Jiang Feng had risen in Quzhou, the Xie family was prosperous in Quzhou.
The Xie family emerged in Cao Wei and is a typical representative of the clan politics of Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi. Compared with those big families who started their careers by martial arts, the Xie family has a strong literary style and profound heritage. As the head of the Xie clan, Xie Pe is even more knowledgeable, knowledgeable, and upright. His poetry is clear and graceful, and his calligraphy is spiritual. His official script is silkworm head and swallow tail, with flying strokes and graceful posture. With his good calligraphy, Xie Pe lives in the same place. Wang Xizhi, the descendant of Guangdao Mansion, was also called "King Xie". Liu Yan used Xie Pa as the imperial censor, which was a legitimate choice.
Tingwei Liu Zun's starting point is different from that of Xie Pa. He is the son of former general Liu Kun and a scholar in the world. He is a typical second-generation official.
Speaking of Liu Zun, we have to talk about his father Liu Kun first. Liu Kun was born in the Liu family of Zhongshan. He and Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei were both descendants of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty. They were full royal relatives.
Liu Kun was famous for his poetry and poetry. When he was young, he had a close personal relationship with Zu Ti, the former governor of the empire. They often slept in the same bed and quilt. The two of them heard the chicken dance when they were young, and developed the real skills to govern the world. When they grew up, they abandoned literature and embraced martial arts and became the late emperor's right-hand men.
In the battle of 295, Zu Ti was appointed as the governor of the Southern Conquest, and he led 16 Han armies to attack the Five Qiang and Yue Kingdoms in the southwest who had invaded the border with the Qin Dynasty. Liu Kun, as the rear general of the Southern Conquest Army, led three armed armies. , responsible for flank cover and reserve support tasks. At that time, in the southwest of the empire, the Liu clan kings were separatist, and bandits were everywhere. In order to ensure that the army had no worries, Liu Kun was ruthless, ready to fight against the enemy, and commanded the three armies. Zhou Fangyuan slaughtered everyone, including grass bandits, royal families, aristocratic families, gangs, and barbarians, as long as they dared to detect any trouble, they were immediately slaughtered. The powerful nobles of Yizhou at that time were all frightened when they heard Liu Kun's name. , when the people heard Liu Kun's name, they all clapped their hands and cheered, and wherever they passed, they were greeted by everyone.
Because of his decisiveness and ruthlessness, Liu Kun was privately called the "General of Urgent Forces" by the southwestern official circles.
And this move directly led to the fact that today, only Yizhou has no tycoon in Jiuzhou, and official orders are smooth. Liu Kun killed many people back then. Looking back now, it can be considered that he did a good thing by mistake, and the war Later, Liu Kunhuai took care of the emperor and finally retired as a general. He died in 318, which was twenty-three years ago, and his soul returned to Shuntai County in Yizhou.
The tiger father had no sons. Liu Kun's son Liu Zun, although he was quite exaggerated in his actions, he rarely failed in his ambition. He was talented in both political and political affairs and was good at getting along with others. He was already well-known during the late emperor's time. Liu Yan ascended the throne, and Liu Zun became Liu Yan's first supporters.
In the ancient officialdom, cliques, gangs, and circles always manifested themselves in different forms. If you stand in line and follow the team, your official career will become smoother. At first, Liu Yan had no real power, and Liu Zun was also suppressed in various ways. The wall fell and everyone recommended him. , the opponents of his father Liu Kun even used hard and soft tactics on him, which restricted his life and work in every possible way. He was mediocre in the first half of his life. Later, the situation gradually improved, and Liu Zun finally ranked among the Twelve Ministers when he was over fifty years old.
The five white heads in front of Liu Yan are all treasures, worth half of the Han Dynasty.
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The five people were officials in the same dynasty, so they knew each other well. Before Liu Yan arrived, the five people were laughing and joking at the door of the west room. Seeing Liu Yan coming, the five people immediately stopped smiling and treated Liu Yan with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister.
"There is no need to salute. Dear elders, on the occasion of the New Year, I disturbed the family reunion and summoned five of you to discuss state affairs. I apologize! I apologize!"
After the wedding was decided, Liu Yan felt refreshed and returned the gift to the five people with a happy face.
Shen Qiong, who wore a scholar's robe and a quaint temperament, gave Liu Yan a haha and said with a smile, "It is our duty to support the great fortune and work hard for the Wang family. Your Majesty, do you think it is useless for me to wait for these old bones?" Already?"
"Haha! Second Master, look at what you said, if the empire didn't have you guys, I really don't know what kind of chaos it would be like. It's cold outside, come on, come on, come on, let's go inside and talk." After that, Liu Yan He took the initiative to hold Shen Qiong's right elbow, and then glanced at the other four veterans, and they entered the room together.
The west room of Xuanshi Hall seems ordinary, but in fact it has a lot of mystery.
Shen Qiong came from Wudang Mountain. When Liu Yan built the Xuanshi Palace, in order to protect Liu Yan's safety, Shen Qiong specially informed his two junior brothers who lived in seclusion in Wudang Mountain to rush to Chang'an. Dun and Liujia Qimen, the three of them worked together to use heavenly secrets, non-creation, and large formations to form the sky full of stars, which became the foundation of the west room of Xuanshi Hall. Shen Qiong said boldly that with this house, Tongxuan No one below the realm can hurt the emperor.
Therefore, Liu Yan attached great importance to the west side room of Xuanshi Palace. This room was not allowed to be entered except by close and important officials.
Among the five people who came, there were some who entered first, and some who entered for the first time. They were familiar with the road before, and those who entered for the first time were not frightened. But no matter how many times they entered, the first time they entered the west room, Everyone will be shocked by the stars moving with time and the precise and accurate territory of the Han Dynasty in the sky.
Liu Yan never lets people start a fire in the west room. Today, in order to protect the health of the five people, he specially ordered people to set the table and warm the tea. He spread two thick layers of rabbit blankets on the floor and burned the earth dragon until it was boiling hot. , the house is filled with heat, and the five elders sit under the stars, overlooking the mountains and rivers. It is quite a mysterious artistic conception of lying down at night after heavy snowfall, painting a boat and listening to the rain.
"The elders who are invited to come here today are not discussing family or imperial personnel matters." After the greetings, Liu Yan got straight to the point and said in an understatement, "My father once told me, 'Yao took people by appearance, Shun took people by sex, and King Wen You take people to save them, but now people must take people to control them."
The five of them are all ministers who have experienced many ups and downs in the officialdom. As soon as Liu Yan said this, although he had not yet talked about the main topic, he had already guessed: Today, the emperor will probably have to make some fuss about selecting and employing people.
Seeing the calmness of these people, Liu Yan chuckled in his heart: These old foxes must be exposed by me.
"In order to strengthen the centralization of power, Emperor Wu deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism. Although the imperial power was powerful, it restricted thinking and hindered development. Today, it seems that the deposing of hundreds of schools of thought did more harm than good." Liu Yan pursed his lips. After taking a sip of tea, he said calmly, "A man is calm and careless. He uses the sky as his cover, the earth as his support, the four seasons as his horse, and the yin and yang as his ruler. He rides on the clouds and the sky, and is with the Creator. If you really are the Son of Heaven, , the world will return to its heart. Since this great policy of governing the country is no longer in line with the national conditions, shall we? Hey, shall we make some changes?"
Without saying it clearly, it is already clear that the emperor in front of him wants to inherit the ambitions of Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu, restore the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and create an unprecedented foundation. This feeling of waiting for no time is poured out from the lines without reservation. And out.
And his real purpose today was to discuss with several ministers the reform and establishment of Confucianism.
Forty-six years ago during the Qin-Han War, Emperor Shenwu was extremely angry with the pedantry of Confucianism. He had already made plans to change the "Confucianism was exclusive to the court" in his later years, but he couldn't wait for it. Emperor Shenwu's plan advanced, and the emperor drove west.
And his legacy was inherited by Liu Yan without reservation.
Now that the imperial court in Gyeonggi has been settled, and local families have retreated to protect themselves, Liu Yan feels that the opportunity has come to bring up old matters again.
He demanded innovation and change, embraced all rivers, recruited talents, swept away the malaise of the imperial court, formed a good situation where a hundred schools of thought contended, and then created another prosperous empire.
Today's old events were brought up again, and Liu Yan's heart was surging, but the five of them were not surprised. In these years, Liu Yan, while in power, had pretentiously and unintentionally begun to cultivate hundreds of forces. Within the empire, Luojia Temple, Jiebinglin , Pingrong, Tingxuetai, the three military strategists, the Taoists headed by Wudang, Luofu, Taixu, and Zhengyi sects, the Buddhists headed by Baima, Hanfeng, Jinchan, and Jiafu temples, and the Tianji Pavilion headed by The Yin-Yang family, the Zajia family headed by Qiguang Daofu, the Mohist family headed by Momen, the famous families headed by Xingmingshanzhuang, the Legalist family of Wuyi Mountain, the Strategist Family of Liangxinbao, the farmers of Silkworm Gate, etc. Hundreds of sects scattered throughout the empire have more or less the shadow of Liu Yan.
In fact, the pattern of a hundred schools of thought contending has already been formed in the world. As long as one person gently breaks the window paper, the talents of hundreds of schools of thought will flow into the temple like a torrential river.
People always have selfish motives, even officials are no exception. There are only a few official positions in the imperial court. After talented people from various schools of thought enter the temple, their status will be severely impacted. This is not a situation they want to see. Therefore, even though Liu Yan has repeatedly mentioned this matter over the years, it has been almost People always use the excuse that the time has not come yet to put off things.
Today, I think a few people will do the same.
Lu Zheng was the head of the civil servants and Liu Yan's teacher, so he should be the first to speak. When he saw him calmly calm, he floated leisurely and said softly, "Your Majesty, I thought that the remaining troubles in the temple had not been eliminated and local forces were rampant. The divisions were redrawn in the first two years. The prefectures and counties have completed the construction of two large canals in the past two years, and this year they have implemented the strategy of leveling the fields. Your Majesty has been so virtuous and far-reaching that his achievements have been recorded in the annals of history. This barbarian must be eaten one bite at a time. Otherwise, we can wait. several years?"
Liu Yan pursed his lips slightly, glared at Lu Zheng like a child, and then turned his attention to the official roly-poly Chang Xia. Chang Xia didn't agree with Liu Yan's move. She wanted to get along with him and put his majesty away from the idea, so he laughed and said, "I admire your majesty's enterprising spirit. However, changing the dynasty will shake the foundation of the country. This move can only be carried out in the prosperous and peaceful years. But now..., haha, I still feel that it is too early. If His Majesty mentions this matter ten years later, I will definitely help you!"
Good guy, Chang Xia just pushed this matter to ten years later!
Liu Yan puffed his beard and glared, and was about to open his mouth to argue when he heard Shen Qiong raise her eyebrows and call softly, "Your Majesty, we have a guest!"
Then, the old man with yellow and dry skin flew out of the house.
Some people died, but not completely...
