Chapter 876: Exile and Afterword
Liu Ying thought quietly, and she came to the conclusion without much thought that the two great scholars had made full preparations to make everything a reality. Even from her perspective, this draft was extremely effective.
“Hehehe…”
Chen Xi smiled, and his smile was very obvious.
"It seems that you all came prepared! I have to say that this draft is very complete."
Chen Xi exclaimed in admiration. Even from his perspective, he couldn't find many faults. Some of the faults were just his senses, which were just right for this era.
Di Renjie and Bao Zheng had also made designs in this regard, but their designs were very sloppy, or it could be said that they did not consider the issue of foreigners at all at that time, but only emphasized the standards for the naturalization and absorption of the Hu people.
Now, the combined efforts of more than a dozen great scholars have directly cut off the hope of the rise of various schools of thought. If they do not take action, it will be fine, but if they do, they will make a stunning debut.
It was also very practically connected to reality. When Japan was just conquered and needed to be rebuilt, the Confucian identity draft came into being. The right time, place and people were all in the hands of many great Confucian scholars.
For this reason, these great Confucian scholars were prepared that Chen Xi would once again start the Party Ban. Even if it meant death, they had to make this matter a reality. This was related to the future orthodox status of Confucianism and could be said to be the eternal foundation of Confucianism.
Only then did everyone in the court understand the whole story. A seemingly insignificant civil dispute actually involved the game between Confucianism and other schools of thought.
Before the various schools of thought even had the chance to start growing and becoming strong, Confucianism cut off their future development at the root and forcibly brought them under its wing.
"I would like to make a statement!" Chen Xi was too lazy to pretend anymore. Since you guys are playing like this, he would just reveal his cards and stop pretending.
"Approved!" Liu Ying straightened up. Chen Xi was very annoyed now, which made Liu Ying serious.
"The identity law can be adopted and implemented immediately, but the people of the Han Dynasty are not yet wise. I implore Your Highness to issue an order and have the great scholars spread the word to promote the implementation of this law within the country."
"The northern barbarians, the people of the western regions, the mountain people of Goryeo, and the islanders of Japan have not yet submitted to the king's rule. I beg Your Highness to send a great scholar to travel thousands of miles to educate them!"
Crazy! This was the first reaction of all the court officials after hearing this.
Chen Xi, this white ball, turned out to be even darker than Li Ru after being cut open.
Chen Xi's strike of the sword seemed to give Confucianism the freedom to educate the people, but in fact he was chopping off the future that Confucianism had just secured.
Indeed, theoretically speaking, after Confucianism has educated the people in these remote areas, the scope of Confucianism will indeed be unprecedented, establishing a Confucian cultural circle.
However, this group of great scholars were all exiled, or perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it exile.
Just like a fist, the five fingers were forcibly spread apart and began to exert force in five directions.
It seems beautiful, but it is limited by the number of great Confucian scholars.
The Central Plains almost became a blank land of wild growth and would quickly be covered by other schools of thought.
In the end, Confucianism occupied the innermost and outermost circles, but the various schools of thought occupied the middle ground.
By then, Confucianism will indeed be the leader, but it will be far from the supremacy they imagine. There may even be a situation of one superpower and many strong countries, and this superpower will not be much higher than other regions.
However, can the great scholars refuse?
No, because this was a warning given by Chen Xi and they had no right to refuse.
If they refuse now, Chen Xi will immediately withdraw his support for Confucianism and openly support various schools of thought.
At that time, Confucianism ’s opponents would no longer be the elites of the various schools of thought, but would face Chen Xi head-on.
In this era when Chen Xi is alone, no one would try to do such a stupid thing.
Because this is the rule of the game. Just as Chen Xi would not stop a draft that is beneficial to the country, Confucianism cannot refuse the responsibility that must be borne by education.
Once Confucianism refuses to fulfill its duty of educating people , it will lose the soil for its growth. Even if it can maintain its undefeated status in the present, it will lose its competitiveness in the future.
The core of Confucianism is "benevolence" and "propriety", but the soil on which Confucianism depends for its survival is indeed enlightenment or education.
The decisive blow!
Lu Zhi and Cai Yong's faces turned pale in an instant. They both saw Chen Xi's sinister intentions, but they could not find a reason to refuse.
There is no other reason. The implementation of the draft cannot be separated from the promotion of Confucianism. The plan was proposed by them themselves. If they refuse, then what they have worked so hard to create will become empty talk, and then someone will rush to do it.
The world will continue to function without anyone, and even Confucianism is no exception.
"Permission granted!"
After a brief thought, Liu Ying issued a Confucian verdict.
Even if the Confucianists' calculations went with the flow, they still fell on her head, so she naturally wanted to retaliate.
"Meeting adjourned!" After saying that, Liu Ying waved her phoenix robe lightly, turned around and left.
"Puff!~" Cai Yong was so angry that his heart was filled with depression. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted on the spot.
Chen Xi smiled bitterly and sent someone to send Cai Yong to the hospital to be treated by Hua Tuo. A court meeting almost angered his father-in-law to death. If he returned, he might suffer inhuman treatment. This really brought unrest to the family.
Lu Zhi looked at Chen Xi with empty eyes. The light in his eyes had disappeared. This made him feel more uncomfortable than if Chen Xi had killed him.
He was a great scholar all his life, but in his old age he was suppressed by someone else. This kind of experience cannot be said to be bad, but it is definitely not good either.
"This is unlike you. Why are you so angry this time?" Lu Zhi looked at Chen Xi passing by, his eyes regaining their luster, and asked anxiously.
"You've crossed the line! Lu has probably forgotten that he is still a general, right?"
Chen Xi shook his head. Lu Zhi was a serious Confucian general, but he forgot that he was also a general and only remembered that he was a great Confucian scholar.
Lu Zhi suddenly realized, smiled bitterly and shook his head. He understood what Chen Xi said, and that was why he found it absurd. He had fought in wars and read books for half his life, but at this moment he had forgotten the promises he had made.
The people have never been a tool for seeking benefits. On the contrary, they should seek to benefit the people, which is putting the cart before the horse.
If Confucianism can gain the spontaneous support of the people, then no matter how many other schools of thought there are, they will be in vain. On the contrary, even if they occupy high righteousness but are useless to the people, it is reasonable for them to decline even if they have no competitors.
That night, Chen Xi stood at the door of his house, hesitating to push it open.
The law is not as powerful as human feelings. He felt good about killing his own relative for the sake of justice this time, but it was also a reality that his father-in-law was so angry that he fell ill. At this time, it was really difficult for him to face Cai Wenji.
"Come in, why are you standing there!" Cai Wenji opened the door and looked at Chen Xi expressionlessly, with traces of tears on her face.
Being caught between her father and her husband, she was extremely embarrassed, even though she was a talented woman.
"Why didn't you go home to take care of it..." Chen Xi wanted to slap himself when he said this. He was just bringing up something that was irrelevant.
"This is my home. If not here, where else can I go!" Cai Wenji said calmly, "Father is just angry and it's nothing serious. Besides, Zhenji is taking care of him."
"Sorry!" Even though Chen Xi had a thousand years of wisdom, he was speechless at this moment.
"Everything is for the greater prosperity of the Han Empire!"
Cai Yong's vomiting blood and falling ill meant that the incident was irreversible.
Many great scholars left Luoyang and were sent to various places. Lu Zhi also resigned from his position as the head of the school and embarked on the journey to the west.
For these great scholars, this journey may really be a lifetime one.
It was also because they had done a burst of physical fitness training before, otherwise the travel alone would be enough to sentence most of them to death.
But the situation is not much better now. It is still unknown whether I can return to the Central Plains in my lifetime.
However, many great Confucian scholars and their accompanying children had no complaints. Han Confucianism had not yet rotted away. When they were needed to stand up, these Confucian scholars stood up without hesitation and left their homes, just to realize the true inheritance of Confucianism.
"Alas, Confucianism is Confucianism after all. I've given you this opportunity. If you still can't seize it this time, then it's really the choice of the times."
Chen Xi looked at the resignation letters submitted by the great scholars and shook his head silently.
Only seven or eight out of ten of the essence of Confucianism were left, and the remaining great Confucian scholars and disciples had to continue their work, leaving .
If the various schools of thought still fail to live up to their expectations, then even gods cannot save them.
Three great Confucian scholars remained in Luoyang, namely Wang Lang, Cai Yong and Zheng Xuan, while the rest of the great Confucian scholars all left.
Chen Xi hired Zheng Xuan as the vice president of the college, and then handed over the task of implementing the Luoyang draft to Wang Lang. As for Cai Yong, he was still responsible for the renovation and management of the library.
"Teach that noble family a lesson. Civil disputes are civil disputes, but everyone knows that they have evil ambitions. Although Cao Sikong is willing to act as a guarantor, a small punishment and a big warning must be carried out."
After dealing with the Confucianists, Chen Xi did not forget to give the aristocratic families a warning. Although it was a civil dispute on the surface, everyone knew the twists and turns behind it. Even if Cao Cao acted as a guarantor, a warning had to be given, which would be enough to deter others.
Competition is allowed, but such malicious competition is never allowed.
"How do we publicize this matter?"
Chen Xi and Guo Hao, who were rarely seen, both stayed in the Government Affairs Office. Guo Jia handed a stack of papers to Chen Xi. On it was the first draft of a newspaper drafted by Chen Lin. The matters involved were too big, so he took it to the Government Affairs Office for review.
The development of newspapers also benefited from the latest inventions of the Mohists. After mimeographing, beeswax, ink, and a series of technologies were discovered, they quickly became popular among the people of the Han Dynasty.
They can be roughly divided into three categories: official newspapers that publish national affairs, trivial gossip newspapers, and various magical novel newspapers.
In short, since this thing was opened, it has grown like mushrooms after a rain, and this kind of thing has appeared all over the country. Of course, most of them will fail soon, but there will always be people who will continue to do it.
After all, compared to the Han Dynasty, which lacked spiritual culture, this thing was really one of the few spiritual foods.
Especially the gossip newspapers and fiction newspapers, they are really the foundation of the newspaper. Novelists would spend almost all their fortunes to publish newspapers, and there would be some pornographic palace novels in them.
The government turns a blind eye to this stuff. As long as no one promotes reactionary ideas on these things, they don't care about anything else.
As for those who dared to promote those things, the iron fist of the imperialist dictatorship of the Han Dynasty was completely different from socialism, and the level of violence was enough to kill nine generations of a clan.
Thanks to the widespread dissemination of newspapers, official newspapers became a channel for the Han people to understand the power of the Han Dynasty, and also deepened the national cohesion and pride of the Han Dynasty to a great extent.
The official newspaper is different from other newspapers. It is directly linked to the government. If you mess around with it, you will be beheaded. This thing can't stand any messing around. Every publication needs to be reviewed by the civil officials of the Government Affairs Office.
After all, this thing is made by historians, and most of them record serious facts. If you collect all the newspapers, you can directly bind them into a non-standard history book to fully understand what happened over the years.
After all, from south to north, the Han Dynasty was either on the way to war or in the process of going to war, and most of the victories were great.
This expedition was thousands of miles away and still achieved great victory. The people of the Han Dynasty had a better understanding of the power of the Han Dynasty. In addition, Chen Xi managed the four seasons well internally, and the people had food and drink. After their lives became prosperous, they had free time to pay attention to such things. Then they suddenly discovered that the country was so strong.
Although the people of the Han Dynasty have always felt that they are strong, they have never had any reference. This was finally reflected in the successive destruction of countries.
In fact, the people of the Han Dynasty themselves did not know how much this expedition meant to them, but with the expedition, their lives were getting better and better. After the two were linked, the martial spirit of the Han Dynasty could not be stopped at all.
"Alas, ignore the reasons and let's make Confucianism famous!" Chen Xi did not block the road. He still understood the principle of giving a sweet date after a slap in the face.
Directly let the official newspaper publicize subjective initiative, ignore the reasons behind it, and publicize a wave of identity draft so that the people can have more understanding of the identity draft.
As soon as the official newspaper was published, countless foreigners cried for joy. It was really difficult for them to make a living in the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty had gold everywhere and the welfare benefits were so good, but they were aimed at the Han people.
If they don't use the name of Han people to do business, they really don't dare to do it. After all, they are strictly speaking illegal households and slaves, and sometimes they can only swallow their anger when they are troubled.
But once the identity bill was released, their rights and interests were basically protected, or at least improved a lot.
At the same time, it also further enhanced the pride of the Han people, as a Han household registration was worth a fortune.
For some nobles of small countries, they were willing to give up everything and come to the Han Dynasty to become small merchants.
For a time, the Han Dynasty's trend almost blew towards Kushan and Parthia.
Compared with the Han Dynasty, these two countries were really spending more than they earned and even had problems with famine.
