Chapter 14 Three, finally, mad

It is impossible for Liu Che not to change.Because, this doctor censor is just straight.He is also a scholar who does not think about making progress. No doubt, from Nanyang (now Nanyang, Henan).When Zhibuyi first debuted, he was a Lang official and served as Emperor Wen.In the early Han Dynasty, there were three ways to become an official: one was to be a Lang Guan (court guard officer) first; the other was to be an "officer" in the feudal government or county government.The so-called "officials" are grassroots cadres.If you perform well, you can be recommended to the central government; the third is to be a staff member or "officer" first in the central government's ministerial-level cadres (three officials and nine ministers). Similarly, if you perform well, you can recommend to the central government.

The above three ways, of course, is the first way to get promoted the fastest.The reason is obvious. Because Lang Guan directly serves the emperor, it is easy to be familiar. As long as he is named by the emperor, it is difficult for you not to be promoted.Therefore, Lang Guan became the most desirable occupation for politicians at that time. Envy is right.Because to be a Langguan, one must first have economic strength.According to the regulations at the time, as long as you can hand over 100,000 yuan, you can enter the palace and become a Langguan. However, don't think that you will be done after paying 100,000 yuan.At that time, there was a rule in the Han Dynasty. If you want to be a Langguan, you must bring your own beautiful clothes, chariots and horses, and the royal family will not give you a penny.There is no way, I often walk around in front of the emperor, I can't dress too poorly, and the grade of carriages and horses can't be too low.So, if your family is not rich, then don't think about it.

If you count money, the merchants at that time had plenty of money. Today in the 21st century, don't think that businessmen are so arrogant.In fact, two thousand years ago, they were really poor and only had money left.If you want status, you don't have status, if you want fame, you don't have status.The country also stipulates that businessmen cannot engage in politics. Therefore, a businessman's life is about earning money, counting it, and then spending it.Other than that, nothing much to go on. So, there was such a situation at that time: rich businessmen, the government did not allow them to enter politics; poor scholars wanted to be officials but had no money.Therefore, there are very few people who can become Lang Guan.

Over time, problems arose.First of all, in the imperial palace, there are not many Langguans; secondly, the conditions are harsh, and there are fewer people who are Langguans, and the palace will lose a sum of income.Later, Liu Qi finally came up with a solution: lower the threshold. This threshold, of course, is not for businessmen.Liu Qi reduced the 100,000 yuan to 40,000 yuan in order to satisfy the official addiction of some poor intellectuals and their ideals and aspirations to be proud of running errands for the emperor.Except for businessmen and people with bad moral character, as long as you can hand over 40,000 yuan, the palace will open its doors to you at any time.

anyway.Zhibuji was later able to join the Yushi doctor, and the process was roughly as follows: first became a Lang official, and then was promoted to Taizhong doctor; when Liu Bi rebelled, Zhibuji sent troops as an official of two thousand shi.Because of his meritorious service in vindicating the rebellion of Wu and Chu, he was worshiped as a doctor of imperial history and named as a Marquis at the same time. During the reign of Wenjing, it seemed that one kind of character was indispensable if one wanted to climb up the ladder.This character is exactly what Liu Heng said about Wei Wan: an elder.

The so-called elders are kind and honest.There is no doubt that Zhibuyi belongs to the elders. It is not doubtful that the reason why he got this reputation is due to a misunderstanding.When he was still a Lang Guan, he lived in a collective dormitory.Once, the same dormitory, Ichiro Guan, mistakenly took home the gold of another Ichiro Guan.As a result, after Lang Guan who lost the gold came back, he suspected that Zhibuyi had stolen it.Zhi Buyi didn’t protest, bought a new piece of gold and gave it to the other party, and apologized: I’m sorry, I did take the gold for use.Give it back to you now.

However, Lang Guan, who took the gold from others by mistake, returned soon.As soon as he came back, he returned the gold to the family, but the family found out that he had wronged him. Being low-key and willing to take the blame for others is one of the hallmarks of elders.At the same time, this is also advocated by Lao Tzu. Zhi Buyi is not only honest and low-key, but also very handsome.In the early Han Dynasty, it was not the first one who was handsome and straight.Chen Ping was the first one to be slandered as a robbery sister-in-law because of her good looks, and Zhibu is probably the second one.

Before Liu Bi's rebellion, he never doubted that whenever he went to court, he was always pointed at by others, and some colleagues even shouted in front of everyone: It's not your fault for being handsome, but why did you steal your sister-in-law? ? The so-called stealing a sister-in-law means having an affair with a sister-in-law.It is immoral for a big man to blow a loudspeaker to expose other people's wounds in public.However, what is even more wicked of him is that he never suspects that Mrs. Stealing is actually made up by him. If it's someone else, don't worry about him, just pick up the stool and smash it first.However, Zhi Buyi didn't blush, his heart didn't beat, and his neck wasn't as thick as others.He just said lightly: Sorry, I have no brother.

If there is no brother in the family, how can there be a sister-in-law? If there is no sister-in-law, how can there be the theory of stealing a sister-in-law? An unwarranted crime was dispelled by a breezy sentence like this.The name of the unsuspecting elder is really not just blown out. However, sometimes the elderly can't be eaten, and low-key can't always avoid being stabbed.After Liu Che dismissed Wei Wan, he also dismissed Zhi Buyi from his post.His reason is: there are so many wronged prisoners in the prison, and you, as the imperial doctor, must take the blame for this. After decades of hard work, he didn't even say a word to the emperor.

This is a political game, and it is too cruel.But think about it, isn't it always an unquestionable specialty to take the blame for others?In this case, then back it.As the saying goes, once the emperor and the courtiers, perhaps, it is time to give way to young people. After clearing up Zhibuyi, Liu Che summoned Dou Ying and Tian Fu, and said, "I have two vacancies here, one is Doctor Yushi, and the other is Lang Zhongling. You can look for me and recommend two good comrades to come here." Take these two jobs. Dou Ying and Tian Fu immediately thought of two people: Zhao Wan and Wang Zang.

Zhao Wan, from Daijun (now Yu County, Hebei Province); Wang Zang, from Lanling (now Lanling Town, southwest of Cangshan County, Shandong Province); both of them had worshiped Shen Gongxue, a Confucian master in Lu State.Therefore, Dou Ying and Tian Fu immediately nominated Liu Che. Soon, Liu Che approved.He worshiped Zhao Wan as Yushi doctor, and promoted Wang Zang as Lang Zhongling. Official culture has always been peculiar. On the road to the top of the pyramid, those who are steady and steady, even if they can't start well and end well, can more or less be able to protect themselves wisely and retreat.For example, Wei Wan and Zhi Buyi. And those who climb to the top by helicopter tend to climb faster and fall faster; the higher they climb, the worse the fall will be.Such as Zhao Wan and Wang Zang in front of me. Zhao and Wang, we know nothing about them except that they are disciples of Master Shen Gong.What kind of feeling would it be for a person with a pale political record to suddenly rise to a high position? I think there are only two feelings for Wang Zhao and his senior brothers.That is: pride and fear. What is proud of them is that they learn from their teachers, and at the right time, they made a fortune.The fear is, how can such a high position be maintained for a long time and firmly? If you want to work for a long time, of course you must win the favor of the emperor; if you want to win Liu Che's trust, you must first show your hands.As the saying goes, there are three fires for a new official to take office.Whether the exposure is good or not depends on whether the first few fires are burning hot or not. In fact, several fires between Zhao and Wang were very prosperous.However, they burned themselves.So, Zhao Wan's first fire, what is she trying to do? In fact, Zhao Wan's name is to make a name for herself. Please note that this bright hall is not that famous hall.The so-called bright hall is to build a large building specially for the emperor.This building is not used for vacation, nor is it used for drinking and singing, but it is a place specially used to meet princes and carry out important sacrificial activities, so as to show off the majesty of the emperor. The construction of Mingtang is the product of Confucianism's vigorous praise of establishing the authority of the Son of Heaven.If it is said that Dong Zhongshu's Three Strategies for Heaven and Man provided Liu Che with an ideological basis for respecting the world, then the Mingtang proposed by Zhao Wan is a concrete manifestation of Dong Zhongshu's thoughts. Liu Che first came out of the arena, showing his sharpness, but the foundation has yet to be firmly established.He needs this so-called bright hall too much, which can establish the prestige of the young emperor for him.For Liu Che, Zhao Wan's fire really burned well and wonderfully. This is simply dedicating special love to a special Liu Che. Since there is a bright hall, there must be a host.Zhao Wan has already decided on a candidate for Liu Che, and this person is none other than his teacher and Confucian master, Duke Shen from Lu.At that time, people also called him Shen Peigong. At that time, several national treasures who were famous for studying the Five Classics of Confucianism were: Jinan Fusheng, who was famous for studying "Shangshu".At the beginning, the central government sent Chao Cuo to study in Qi State, and he studied Fu Sheng's knowledge; Qi Ren Yuan Gu Sheng was famous for his research.Equally famous is what I just said, Mr. Shen Peigong.All three of them are over eighty years old.Today, they are all equivalent to the academic status of Mr. Ji Xianlin, a master of Chinese studies. Before the Wu-Chu Rebellion, Shen Peigong once served Chu Wang Liu Wu.But Liu Wu was not easy to learn, and he often made Shen Pei a stranger a few kilometers away, so Shen Gong had to take the initiative to quit get out of class and return to Lu State to teach as a career. Facts have proved that if you don't listen to the teacher's teachings, you will suffer after all.During the Wu-Chu Rebellion, Liu Wu and Liu Bi rebelled together, and Liu Bi abandoned him at the critical moment, so the King of Chu had to commit suicide and ended up in ruins. Having said that, not only the above three were national treasures at that time.The reason why I focus on these three is that they are not only knowledgeable and famous, but also their disciples have done a great job. Shen Peigong, the two proud disciples, if seniority is to be ranked, Zhao Wan should call Wang Zang a senior brother.The reason is simple, Wang Zang apprenticed earlier than Zhao Wan.When Zhao Wan and Wang Zang asked Liu Che to ask Shen Gong to come out of the mountain to preside over the Ming Hall, Liu Che agreed. However, they made another request to Liu Che: Can you prepare some generous gifts for our mentor? Liu Che: How generous is this generous gift? Zhao Wan: The thicker the better! Liu Che: Why? Zhao Wan: Your Majesty does not know.When Duke Shen served the King of Chu, he was humiliated and humiliated.So, since then, he has made a poisonous oath: In this life, he will retreat to family education and never leave the mountain! Liu Che: Oh, if this is the case, why invite him out of the mountain? Zhao Wan: It is the first of the Five Classics. Shen Gong is not only famous for his poetics, but also unrivaled in the world for his strategies for resolving chaos and rejuvenating the world.You said, if you don’t invite him out of the mountain, who should you invite? Liu Che nodded: Can you please move him? Zhao Wan: Of course I won’t move.However, if it is your request, then he has no reason not to leave the mountain. Liu Che smiled.OK, I'll do as you say. In autumn, Liu Che prepared a bunch of rich gifts, and set up a chariot with four horses to welcome Shen Gong.It must be explained that the so-called four-horse car is a good car with four horses.Although the people of the Han Dynasty were fighting who had more BMWs, most of the carriages were dominated by one horse.And being able to sit in a car with four horses is no less than today's Lincoln special extended car. Sure enough, when Liu Che's Lincoln special extended car drove to the state of Lu, Shen Gong agreed to go out of the mountain. However, when Zhao Wan and the others worked so hard to drag such a living treasure back to Chang'an, unexpectedly, they found something unexpected happened to this living treasure. The thing is like this: when Liu Che saw Shen Peigong, he opened his mouth and asked about the countermeasures for the chaos.However, Shen Gong sent Liu Che away in less than three sentences. Shen Gong's words are: Do you want to govern the country?it's actually really easy.As long as you talk less and do more. There are only two words to describe Liu Che's expression, surprise.Is it worth your two words to prepare a lot of generous gifts and Lincoln special extended car?Look at Dong Zhongshu, a young man who speaks freely and eloquently. He utters the three strategies of heaven and man, which can shock the world and weep ghosts and gods.Although you are an old man, can you give me some specific pointers? However, Shen Gong's answer was: still the above sentence.If you want to listen to it for a while, then I can tell you, no. Really gone.After Shen Gong finished speaking, he shut up and said nothing more.Liu Che, who was surprised, turned inexplicably depressed.Turning around again is the embarrassment that cannot be ended. Liu Che was embarrassed, and so was Zhao Wan.He didn't talk like this when he went to Shen Gong's house to learn from his teacher.He really didn't know what was going on with Shen Gong. Could it be the legendary Alzheimer's disease? It is said that learning Confucianism is good at diction, how come there is an old antique that looks like Taoism.But everyone is here, even if Shen Gong suffers from Alzheimer's disease, he has to stay first. Liu Che sighed in his heart, it is really easy to ask God, but difficult to send God away.He had no choice but to vacate a place and enshrine Duke Shen temporarily.This position is a mid-level state official, Taizhong doctor. The second year of Emperor Wu (139 BC), October, winter.This is an inauspicious new year. At the beginning of the new year, Zhao Wan started the second fire: to establish Liu Che's true authority, so that he would not have to report to the East Palace for major events. East Palace, also known as Changle Palace, is located in the east of Weiyang Palace, referred to as East Palace.Liu Che lived in Weiyang Palace, and Empress Dowager Dou lived in Changle Palace.Not reporting to the East Palace refers to the Queen Mother Dou. At this time, Empress Dowager Dou was blind, but her ears were very sharp.When Queen Mother Dou heard Zhao Wan's words, she immediately jumped up. Yes, I'm old and blind, but I'm still alive, aren't I? Since it is alive, it has its own value and power to live.You group of so-called Confucianists, I don’t hum if you get rid of Wei Wan;I don't hum, I know you are young and want to give you room to do things.However, giving you space does not mean that you will be allowed to climb up to Tai Sui to break ground. Empress Dowager Dou finally found out that Zhao Wan's real purpose in building Mingtang: to build Mingtang, to respect the emperor, and not to report important events to Dong Guan, isn't it just to kick me, an old woman, away early? It turned out that all these conspiracies were aimed at me.Okay, since I want to play, I'll play with you to the end. Empress Dowager Dou was so angry that she began to deploy a counterattack. Who nominated Zhao Wan and Wang Zang?Dou Ying and Tian Fu.If you want to fight, of course you have to catch them all. Empress Dowager Dou decided to severely punish Dou Ying and Tian Fu's two relatives.As for Zhao Wan and Wang Zang, the fate of the former cool officials Zhidu is their mirror. Empress Dowager Dou's trick to attack Zhao Wan is still the same trick she used to deal with the cruel official Zhidu: secretly collect criminal evidence.Then, hand over the evidence to the emperor for handling.This time, like last time, no one knows what kind of criminal evidence Empress Dowager Dou found. Now, Liu Che was really helpless.He had no choice but to pretend to obey orders and file the case, hand it over to the relevant departments for trial, and at the same time cancel the plan to build Mingtang.However, before the trial of Zhao Wan's case, news came that Zhao Wan and Wang Zang had committed suicide. Immediately afterwards, Empress Dowager Dou made another move, forcing Liu Che to resign from the positions of two relatives.Liu Che had no choice but to bow his head and admit his mistake, dismissing both the prime minister and the Taiwei.There is another Shen Gong.Shen Gong is in his early 80s this year. If such an old man wants to kill him, he might as well send him back and wait for death. However, before Empress Dowager Dou spoke, Shen Gong said he was sick and resigned and went home. Liu Che finally tasted the power of Queen Dowager Dou. Young people, who want to do things, can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.Passion alone is not enough to accomplish great things.I think this should be Liu Che's first political lesson in life.