Chapter 44 Six, Dong Zhongshu's catastrophe

Ji An escaped Gongsunhong, but not necessarily the following scholar. This person is the long-lost Dong Zhongshu. How Dong Zhongshu got into trouble with Gong Sunhong is a long story.Dong Zhongshu not only got into trouble with Gongsunhong, but also got entangled with Gongsunhong's sworn enemy Zhufu Yan.These three people fight each other, regardless of you and me. In my opinion, the problem lies in their industry competition. How did Dong Zhongshu get rich?Treating "Spring and Autumn"; how did the master father Yan make his fortune?It is also the treatment of "Spring and Autumn"; what about Gongsun Hong?It also governs "Spring and Autumn".So, among the three, whose major is more powerful?Of course, the first belongs to Dong Zhongshu.

Dong Zhongshu worked hard for three years, and wrote the masterpiece "Spring and Autumn Fanlu".In today's terms, this is a doctoral monograph.Zhu Fuyan and Gongsun Hong did not see any monographs, but they were all papers, and their systems were scattered and out of shape.Only this Dong Zhongshu seems to have practiced the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, forming a school of his own, invincible in the world. However, any martial arts has loopholes.It was this "Chunqiu Fanlu" that made Dong Zhongshu almost die in the hands of Zhu Fuyan. The thing is like this: when Dong Zhongshu was treating "Spring and Autumn", he combined it with the theory of yin and yang, and invented a yin and yang prediction.Dong Zhongshu believes that all disasters and abnormalities in the world can be found in "Spring and Autumn".Therefore, when Dong Zhongshu was the prime minister of the princes and states in the local area, he implemented this theory with ease and was never suspected.

Dong Zhongshu was not suspected, that's because working in a small place, people have little knowledge.If you really go to a big place like Chang'an City, you may be exposed.Sure enough, something went wrong. One year, a fire broke out in the main halls of the Gaomiao in Liaodong and the Changling Gaoyuan. After Dong Zhongshu heard about it, he itched to look for the yin and yang arguments in "Spring and Autumn".As a result, I wrote a draft, but before I handed it in, the master father Yan came to steal it. Zhu Fuyan paid a private visit to Dong Zhongshu, but unexpectedly, Dong Zhongshu handed over the unpublished paper to Zhu Fuyan for review.After the master father Yan saw it, he laughed in his heart.He knew that now was the time to bring down this master of Confucian classics.

Therefore, Zhu Fuyan stole Dong Zhongshu's draft and handed it to Liu Che.Liu Che took a look and called another person to look at it. This person is Lu Bushu, Dong Zhongshu's proud disciple. Liu Che asked Lu Bushu, what do you think of this paper? Lu Bushu didn't know that this article was written by his master, so he blurted out a sentence: What kind of nonsense article is this, it's just nonsense. The master father smiled.Yes, it's just nonsense. Unforeseen events can happen, how can it be combined with "Spring and Autumn"? Liu Che became angry when he heard this.The legendary master of Confucian classics turned out to be a master of nonsense.Therefore, Liu Che issued an edict to capture Dong Zhongshu for me and behead him.

But Dong Zhongshu was not beheaded, and Liu Che pardoned him again. Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of grass rope.From then on, the sky will thunder and the earth will suffer severe drought, so let it go.Dong Zhongshu never dared to say that "Spring and Autumn" could predict disasters. The master father Yan didn't handle Dong Zhongshu, he was surprised.But it was even more unexpected that he was handled by Gong Sunhong.Dong Zhongshu was also surprised.Three died, one died, and two more.The remaining two began to fight. The reason why Gong Sunhong wanted to fight with Dong Zhongshu was not Gong Sunhong himself, but Old Dong.Gong Sunhong is self-aware of Lao Dong's academic level.It would be a shame to compete with it.The problem is, Dong Zhongshu couldn't sit still, and even took the initiative to find Gongsunhong to fight.

Dong Zhongshu believes that Gong Sunhong's academic level is far inferior to him.Why, he soared straight up and became a public minister; while he had struggled for many years, he was still running around in the vassal state? Dong Zhongshu often scolded Gong Sunhong for being unaware and shameless.Cursing and cursing, the cursing words reached Gongsun Hong's ears.Someone told Gong Sunhong that the old Dong scolded you for sycophancy and ignorance, what do you think? Gongsun Hong frowned, and his heart twitched.You were almost beaten to death by the master father Yan just now, you old Dong can't sit still now?If you want to fight with me, come on.

Gongsunhong wanted to kill Dong Zhongshu, but he still used the old method to kill with a knife.Although this move is ineffective against Ji An, it saves trouble and worry, so it is worth using again. If you want to borrow a knife, of course you have to borrow a ruthless knife.He chose a bad knife for Lao Dong.Historical experience has proved that no one has escaped catastrophe when this knife is used. This knife is Liu Duan, king of Jiaoxi. After all, Emperor Jing Liu Qizhen did not give birth to these sons in vain.Among his thirteen sons, there are quite a few ruthless ones with different styles.There was a Zhao Wang Liu Pengzu before, so it goes without saying.All the high-ranking officials of the Central Committee who were assigned to other places were planted in his hands.If it hadn't been for him to sue Zhufu Yan back, Gong Sunhong's last slap in the face would not have killed Zhu Fuyan at all.

This Liu Duan is no different from Liu Pengzu.If compared with Liu Fei, the King of Yi of Jiangdu who Dong Zhongshu served, it would be worse than worse. Liu Pengzu's darkness is because he is good at this technique.Liu Duanzhi's insidiousness seems to be related to psychopathy.The reason why Liu Duan's psychology is abnormal is that he has a physical problem that makes men shameful - impotence. According to Mr. Ban Gu's report, as long as Liu Duan gets close to women, he will often be sick for several months.As a vassal king, there are thousands of beauties, watching them like flowers and jade, thirsty and greedy, but untouchable, this feeling, I think Liu Duan must have the desire to die.

Liu Duan has the ownership and right to use the beauties in the harem, but he has no way to fulfill the right to develop them.Seeing a desolation of beautiful women, any man would feel heartbroken.For some reason, a man who is not afraid of death volunteered to develop the harem colony for Liu Duan. This man is Liu Duan's favourite.This gentleman can only commit crimes, but he can't wipe his own ass.It's okay to have an affair with a court lady, but she still has children, as if the harem is her own home. This is really outrageous.This not only despised Liu Duan's incompetence, but also regarded him as nothing in his eyes.So, Liu Duan immediately operated on and killed the prostitute Lang Guan, the child, and the child's mother.

Once a person is perverted, when there is no cure, there is only one pervert to the end.From then on, Liu Duan went on a road of no return to perverted murder.Anyone who is not pleasing to the eye will be killed as a beast.As a result, the reputation is getting worse and worse, so bad that no one in the central government knows it. At that time, the Sangong Jiuqing of the Han Dynasty heard that there was such a perverted man in the Liu family, and wrote letters to Liu Che many times, please kill him with family law.Liu Che thought he was born with the same roots, but did not approve.However, the relevant departments asked Liu Che again, since they didn't want to kill Liu Duan, at least they had to punish him.Otherwise, if you blindly encourage Liu Duan to go down, God knows what big troubles will happen one day.

Liu Che thought about it too, so he cut off most of King Jiaoxi's land as a punishment. After cutting Jiaoxi, Liu Che felt good.Liu Duan's heart seemed to have been cut in half, and he felt upset all of a sudden.Since the whole world regards him as an alternative, let's be an alternative to the end.Liu Duan continued to fall in order to resist this fallen fate. Next, Liu Duan degenerated to an unbelievable level: he didn't care about the rotten grain; he didn't care about the collapse of the warehouse.What is even more unbelievable is that the officials of the kingdom were ordered not to collect rent from the peasant brothers.What's even more incredible is that all the guards of the princes were removed, and all the gates of the palace were blocked, leaving only a small door, so that it was convenient for him to disguise himself as a commoner and wander around. Liu Duanzhi's so-called wandering is not limited to ordinary people, markets, fields, mountains and rivers, and even travels to other vassal states.The Han Dynasty stipulated that princes and kings must stay in their own territory and cannot cross over to other countries.If there is such a hobby, it is regarded as an ominous sign. Seeing Liu Duan's depravity, Liu Che really doesn't care about it?In fact, he sent someone to take care of it.But the Prime Minister sent out couldn't control it at all.So, where have these statesmen gone? Let Liu Duanlai tell you that these prime ministers were either killed by him, or carried away with injuries. How did Liu Duan deal with these central commissioners? If Zhao Wang Liu Pengzu heard it, he would be ashamed.Liu Duan's method of killing the prime minister is as follows: Anyone who follows the law justly should file a complaint with the villain first, edit the crime, and punish him; With only these two tricks, none of the ministers sent by the Han Dynasty had a good life. Gong Sunhong decided to use Liu Duan to kill Dong Zhongshu because of Liu Duanzhi's expertise in manipulating people.So he asked Liu Che to play and said, "Your Majesty, brother Jiaoxi, has always been arrogant and unreasonable. You must send someone to take care of him."Looking up at the center, there is only one person who can take on this great task.This person is called Dong Zhongshu. Liu Che seemed to be very reasonable in what Gong Sunhong said.Before, Liu Che transferred Dong Zhongshu to manage Liu Fei, the king of Yi in Jiangdu.Everyone thought that Old Dong must have gone that time and never returned.Old Dong didn't know what method he used to teach Liu Fei to be very obedient.Since old Dong can handle Jiangdu Yi Wang Liu Fei, Liu Duan is not a problem, right?Liu Che decided to worship Lao Dong as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jiaoxi. According to rumors, Gongsun Hong finally let go and laughed three hundred times. However, Gong Sunhong laughed too early. Indeed, as Gongsunhong expected, after receiving the order from Emperor Liu Che, Old Dong was worried about his health.But after thinking about it, there is no better choice than going to work.So, Lao Dong went to Jiaoxi with a feeling of seeing death as home. But, guess how Liu Duan treated Old Dong?When he heard that old Dong Yuan was coming to take up his post, he unexpectedly dressed up differently, and with slogans such as welcome, he went out to greet old Dong like a dog. Surprise, really surprise. Can't dogs change eating shit?Why this time... Old Dong didn't dare to think deeply, let alone think further.He was so happy that tears followed his beard and were about to fly. In fact, Liu Duan is not setting up a trap, nor is he setting up a trap, let alone a show.He was really honest and enshrined Dong Zhongshu as a god. There is only one reason why Liu Duan is so devout to Lao Dong: Dong Zhongshu is too famous. People are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong.This statement should be divided into two parts, the latter sentence is basically correct, and the first sentence is basically not completely correct.Don't you see, in the 21st century today, people are famous, scolding all the people in the world, crying all the tears in the world, and taking off all the ugly cloth that can be taken off.For what, is to be famous.It is easy to be famous, and the profits come with the fame. The paparazzi will follow you, and the eyes of the whole world will follow you.Then, when everyone is tired of aesthetics, at this time you have already made a lot of money, and you can leave the stage to enjoy the happiness. Of course, not all celebrities can be admired by Liu Duan.A person who enjoys being a high-ranking official with two thousand shi, what is a celebrity?In fact, there is another important reason why Liu Duan treated Dong Zhongshu kindly: of all the wealthy people in the world, only Old Dong can be regarded as a true great Confucian. What is a great Confucianism?It can be seen from the words of Zhang Hengqu, a great Confucian in the Northern Song Dynasty: establish a heart for the world, establish a life for the living and the people, inherit the knowledge of the past saints, and create peace for all generations. In awe of great Confucianism, Liu Duan was conquered by Lao Dong.However, after working with Liu Duan for a period of time, Old Dong discovered that Liu Duan was just a vicious dog temporarily trapping the beast's heart.He can't guarantee that the dog will get sick again one day, the relatives will deny it, and it will bite everyone. Old Dong's worry was not without reason.The so-called great Confucianism is also a mortal.Having been with Liu Duan for such a long time, if the mystery of the great Confucianism is broken, one day Liu Duan will be tired of aesthetics, who can guarantee that Liu Duan will not kill him? So what to do?Could it be that he just waited helplessly for the time bomb to blow himself up to pieces? Soon, Dong Zhongshu found a way to retreat bravely: resign due to illness. After Lao Dong's report was typed up, Liu Che also approved it shortly after. In my opinion, this is the most beautiful move that Lao Dong made in his life.Because, after experiencing many political struggles, he finally understood two words: let go. Recalling the past, Jia Yi was well-known and won the emperor's favor, but was rejected by his competitors and could not be accommodated in Chang'an.So I had to run to Changsha, and I hurt my body with speeches and testimonials.Later, I sat in the front seat with the emperor, discussing ghosts and gods, and talking about fate.I thought that the haze would clear up and we could see the sun and the moon again.Unexpectedly, Deng Tong participated in the book behind his back, and had to be demoted from Chang'an to take care of Liu Yi, King Huai of Liang. What's more, Liu Yi fell off the horse and died. Jia Yi felt guilty and blamed himself, and died of depression from then on. People who come here say that being with a king is like being with a tiger.The princes and kings are not tigers, they can be regarded as vicious dogs or white-eyed wolves, and staying with this beast for a long time is not a wise way to protect themselves.Since you can't afford it, you can always hide it. If you want to hide, you must know how to let go.Let go of your official career and choose another way out.If, just if, Jia Yi put down his officialdom and concentrated on writing books, would he have died of depression? Human beings are like animals.Birds fly in the sky, fish swim in the water, and beasts walk on the earth. Every kind of person has his specialties, his hobbies, and his natural habits. Old Dong is not a political animal, he only belongs to academics.So he can only choose academics and let go of the burden of officialdom.Facts have also fully proved that this is a correct choice and a wise choice. Dong Zhongshu's choice to withdraw from officialdom was beyond Gongsunhong's political guess.Gong Sunhong didn't expect that instead of forcing his colleagues to death, he forced Old Dong on a more brilliant academic path. The so-called no official is light.Old Dong resigned from office and went back to seclusion. From then on, he stopped dealing with official affairs and never cared about politics.However, Old Dong didn't care about politics, but politics came to him. At that time, whenever the central government had important matters, it always sent someone to the old Dong's house to inquire.Among the many central officials, Zhang Tang likes to go to Lao Dong's house the most. In politics, Zhang Tang and Gong Sunhong are in the same group.But the attitude towards Lao Dong is completely opposite.Gong Sunhong wants to punish Old Dong to death, but Zhang Tang likes to praise Old Dong. The reason why Zhang Tang likes Old Dong is because he is a fan of Old Dong.In other words, Lao Dong is an academic idol that Zhang Tang sincerely admires. Being questioned by politics is not all a bad thing.Dong Zhongshu devoted himself to research and introduced a series of ideas, which were basically adopted by the state leaders.What is even more frightening is that these academic thoughts of Lao Dong not only supported many great Confucian scholars in later generations, but also profoundly influenced China thousands of years later. In order to deepen my understanding of Dong Zhongshu's academic thoughts, I will present two main ones: The first is to uphold Confucianism and suppress hundreds of schools of thought; The second is to set up school officials, promote talents in all states and counties, and promote filial piety and honesty. The second clause is basically accepted.However, for the first article, Old Dong has been scolded for more than a thousand years.The late master Bo Yang believed that Chinese thought was lively and dynamic before the Han Dynasty.However, since Lao Dong implemented the policy of suppressing a hundred schools of thought, Chinese culture has been killed by sauces, and year after year, it has become the legendary sauce jar culture.Some even said that the old director's dismissal of a hundred schools of thought made intellectuals more and more rigid. I have reservations about the above criticisms.Liang Qichao said that when studying historical figures, it is impossible to jump out of the era in which they lived.All heroes are nothing but the pride of the times.Great figures in history have always been heroes made by the times, but less heroes are made by the times. In the final analysis, Dong Zhongshu's thought is just a product of the times.He is just a child of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty needs him to strengthen the soul and spiritual pillar of the country. In fact, he did. For this alone, Old Dong should be worthy of the world.