Great Han Empire

Chapter 1025 The Banner of Heroes in Troubled Times Unrolled
Zhao Yun was silent for a long time, sighed, and walked into the study side by side with Li Wei.

"Brother Feiyan, even if he wants to leave, he should wait until His Majesty has built a platform in the Central Plains and has a firm foothold before leaving." Zhao Yun slowly sat behind the table, looked up at Li Wei and said, "Look, I am Shouldn't I write another memorial to the Eldest Princess, and ask her to give Brother Fei Yan some time on the grounds of her busy schedule and attacking Nanyang again?"

Li Wei thought for a while, then shook his head, "The minister that the eldest princess fears the most is Lord Taiwei. He used to be the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, and he has a high prestige among the generals of the Yellow Turban army. After the little emperor went south to the Central Plains, the eldest princess Repeatedly urging Lord Taiwei to go north to Jinyang is obviously worried that Lord Taiwei will take advantage of the opportunity of the general's illness and the turmoil in Chang'an to collude with the generals in the army, take the opportunity to hold the little emperor hostage, hold power, and bring disaster to the country. I want to procrastinate and see the situation on the Nanyang battlefield, but now the little emperor has decided to build a platform in the Central Plains. If he still delays, the eldest princess will definitely doubt his intentions. In the future, the eldest princess will definitely I want to kill him. He can't go away."

Zhao Yun didn't speak for a long time.

Now the generals of all the armies in the Central Plains are almost all of the Yellow Turban family, and the generals who came out of Youzhou with the generals in the past are basically in the northern border and the desert. Afraid of Zhang Yan.Zhang Yan's goal in life is very clear, which is to realize the peaceful world advocated in the "Taiping Jing", a fair and just, a prosperous world where the people live and work in peace and contentment. Regardless of whether this ideal can be realized, he and his brothers will fight for it. Whoever stands in the way must die.The reason why he came down from Taihang Mountain with the crime of treason on the back of the Taiping Road was because of Li Hong's promise. For more than 20 years, Li Hong has not violated his promise. Together with the people of Beijiang, he has tenaciously propped up the sky of Dahan, freed tens of millions of people from the threat of death, and gradually lived the stable life they dreamed of. Although the people are still poor, at least they can survive without worry.At this moment, if the general is dead, and if the community is in danger of collapse, Zhang Yan will take action without hesitation, and do his best to defend the community, protect the people, and preserve the achievements of more than 20 years of struggle.

The general is gone, no one in the world can suppress Zhang Yan, and no one has the strength to resist Zhang Yan, the eldest princess has no choice but to "invite" Zhang Yan to her side.Zhang Yan's power is too great, and she can't find an excuse to kill Zhang Yan and destroy the "Great Wall". It is also a piece of advice, but there are advantages and disadvantages. If the general’s illness is cured, Zhang Yan will live in Jinyang for a long time, and with the eldest princess who actually controls the power, Jinyang will immediately become the real power center of the big man, and the little emperor who is in charge will become If it is insignificant, then there will inevitably be confrontation between Jinyang and Tianzixingtai, and troubles will follow. As for the great cause of ZTE, I am afraid that it will also be teetering in this fierce power struggle.

Of course, the original intention of the eldest princess and the general must be to return the power to the little emperor, but the crux of the problem is, how many people in the world believe it?Such things abound in the past dynasties, who would believe that the general who has won the eldest princess will hand over the power in his hands?No one believes that conflicts will come, and conflicts will come. Someone will help the little emperor and force Jinyang to hand over power impatiently, and someone will deliberately set up all kinds of tricks to separate the relationship between the little emperor and Jinyang, and finally forced Jinyang was furious and took action to eliminate the adulterer.Well, the truth is revealed, the contradictions intensify, conflicts break out, and finally kill each other. In the end, both sides are completely defeated, and finally the country is defeated.

The more Zhao Yun thought about it, the more bored he became, and he couldn't help sighing, hesitant.

"Zilong, look at Yancai's letter..." Li Wei shook Fu Gan's letter in his hand, "He has been away from Chang'an for a long time, and he is not clear about the situation here, so he asked you to try to prevent the Taiwei from coming Xingtai took office, what does this mean? It means that they don't trust the Taiwei at all."

"Your Majesty trusts Brother Feiyan very much." Zhao Yun said, "He made it very clear in the imperial decree that he asked Lord Taiwei to bring some Shangshutai officials to the Central Plains to help him fight the war, but now..."

"Master Taiwei dare not disobey the order of the eldest princess, but listening to the order of the eldest princess is tantamount to disobeying the imperial decree of the emperor. The ministers of Xingtai and the court can take the opportunity to impeach him and slander him in front of the emperor. Sir Taiwei is in a dilemma Ah." Li Wei felt the same, with a bit of bitterness on his face, "If he leaves, my strength will be weaker. Although I gave in earlier and no longer participated in the affairs of Li Shangshu, how can those opponents in the court be willing to let go? Such a good opportunity? It looks like I'm leaving too."

"Why, even I can't believe it now?" Zhao Yun raised his eyebrows slightly and laughed, "Brother Feiyan is gone, but brother Qizhi (Yang Feng) is still here."

"I can't trust Yang Feng." Li Wei said, "After Nanyang's fiasco, he hated me so much, I'd better be careful."

"The two of you turned your hands into clouds and your hands into rain. Not only did he lose more than 3 lives in vain, but he also made the matter of revenge come to naught. Of course he hates you." Zhao Yun said, "But this moment and that moment , In the matter of eradicating the traitor, you are still in agreement, he will not be against you."

"I won't stay in Chang'an anyway." Li Wei said with a smile, "When Luoyang was in turmoil, He Miao, Xu Xiang, and Fan Ling were attacked and killed by Yuan Shao, and their families were wiped out. This incident is still fresh in my memory, so I won't Repeat the same mistakes."

"If you want to leave, you can leave. You can't leave Chang'an until the powerful families and rich merchants ask for money and grain to assist the little emperor's southern expedition."

Li Wei nodded repeatedly with a smile, "Okay, okay... I hope Qu Zhong and Xu Ling can get rid of their crimes this time, and don't seek their own death again."

"The premise is that the general must be alive, otherwise these two people will come up with a countermeasure and betray us, and we will suffer." Zhao Yun sighed, "When Zitai (Tian Chou) discusses with them, I will Let Jun Yi (Zhang Yun) go to the Xingtai in person and discuss it with Master Jia Xu.”

"If I don't kill them all this time, I, Li Wei, will never enter Chang'an City." With murderous eyes in his eyes, Li Wei slapped the case table.

Zhao Yun looked at the angry Li Wei, hesitated for a while, and stopped talking.

"Let's discuss the details." Li Wei handed back the letter in his hand to Zhao Yun, "We won't meet again in the future."

"In the future, we will turn against each other, fight each other, and repay each other." After Zhao Yun took the letter, he patted Li Wei's arm lightly, "Brother, don't blame me for being too ruthless."

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Taiwei Zhang Yan left Chang'an and went north to Jinyang.

The ministers were very clear about Zhang Yan's situation, and his decision was expected by everyone. At the same time, his departure seemed to herald the end of an era.

The great general Li Hong fell ill, the eldest princess got married, the hussar general Xian Yufu died of illness, the chariot general Qu Yi died in battle, and the old ministers who worked so hard to revive the country also passed away one after another. Taifu Yang Biao and Taiwei Zhang Yan left one after another. The big man bid farewell to the era of the eldest princess and ushered in the era of emperor Liu Shuo.

When Zhang Yan arrived at the ten-mile long pavilion, he was stunned by the farewell crowd in front of him. He actually saw all the ministers and ministers in the court. Hundreds of officials stood on the long pavilion, and thousands of guards stood on both sides of the road. , the scene is very spectacular.

Zhang Yan's mood was very complicated. He felt like crying, not because of excitement, but because of pain.This trip northward to Jinyang was just a very ordinary journey northward according to imperial orders. It was neither a farewell to the court nor an expedition to the outside of the Great Wall. The ministers did not need to come to the Changting Pavilion to see them off.Is the era of the eldest princess really over?Is this the ceremony of the end of an era?

Zhang Yan held her long beard in her hand, looked at the silver strands in the beard, and sighed, "I'm old, I'm old..."

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The farewell ceremony was grand and lasted for more than an hour. It was not until near noon that Zhang Yan waved goodbye to everyone and got on his horse to leave.

Zhao Yun rode his horse and sent him off again, silently accompanying him.

"At first I wanted to persuade you, I hope you can help His Majesty." Zhao Yun said in a low voice, "Who knows..."

Zhang Yan shook her hands and smiled sadly, "I'm going to the Central Plains, who can stop me? I have to go to Jinyang. After I arrive in Jinyang, I can help the eldest princess effectively curb the expansion of Xingtai's power and ease the tension between Jinyang and Xingtai. conflicts between them. Jinyang and Xingtai must maintain a high degree of consistency in ZTE strategy. Only in this way can the handover of power be smooth, otherwise, conflicts will break out between the two sides sooner or later. If Jinyang and Xingtai are in step with each other, Changan will feel threatened. The crisis will break out soon, and you and Zhong Yuan (Li Wei) will soon find an opportunity to eradicate the rebellion and stabilize Chang'an."

Zhang Yan raised the horsewhip in his hand and pointed at his back, "You see, so many people want me to leave Chang'an, which shows that the people of Chang'an are afraid of Jinyang. In their view, as long as I leave, their lives will be at stake." With the guarantee, the threat they receive will be reduced, and they can do what they want without any scruple. I am very sad. The eldest princess, the general and our generation have fought for the big man for more than 20 years. On the road to ZTE, however, what have we gained? Don’t we save the country by doing this? Is it called saving the country only by doing what they think?”

Zhao Yun looked at Zhang Yan who was heartbroken, and wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say.

"The closer we get to the peace of the world, the more brutal the power struggle in the court, and the more intense the struggle between the various schools of Confucian classics. Why? The great cause of ZTE is just around the corner, but we feel more and more distant. It feels more and more hopeless, why is that?"

"Since Emperor Xiaowu's exclusive respect for Confucianism in this dynasty, the strategy of governing the country has undergone fundamental changes. Confucian scholars of all dynasties have accused this dynasty's national policy of 'confucianism outside and law inside'. In name, the court governs the world with etiquette and morality. Use laws and punishments to control the people. The contradictions in the court today are rooted in this."

"Confucianism insists on governing the country with propriety. Propriety is not only the criterion for the gentry, but also for the common people. Confucianism hopes that the common people can abide by etiquette just like the gentry. In a sense, Confucianism has raised the status of the common people."

"The Legalists insisted on ruling the country by law. The law is above everything else, and everyone is equal before the law. This practice of the Legalists did not raise the status of the common people, but lowered the status of the gentry. The Legalists relied on punishment and rewards. In order to rule the world, rituals are completely thrown aside."

"Therefore, Confucianism accused Legalism of meanness and rudeness, while Legalism accused Confucianism of daydreaming and impracticality."

"When we were in Jinyang, we put forward Xunzi's rule of law. Xunzi's theory is actually a compromise between Confucianism and Legalism. It is reflected in the strategy of governing the country. Doctrine is the core of state policy and academic thinking to educate the people, and the legalist principle is used to formulate and implement laws to control the people."

"However, after more than 20 years of war, the Great Han Dynasty has been waiting for prosperity, and has long lost the conditions to implement the rule of law. What the people need most now is not moral education, but survival, food and clothing, millet and silk cloth, so the prime minister A series of reforms were implemented, which quickly broke the balance of the core of the national policy, which led to more and more fierce academic disputes among the Han Dynasty, and more and more cruel power struggles in the court. This relationship is fundamental to the survival of the country If the sexual issues are not corrected in time, it will be difficult for ZTE’s great cause to continue and stably advance.”

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Zhang Yan's words gave Zhao Yun a sense of enlightenment.

Academic disputes and power disputes are ultimately conflicts of interests, but if the conflict of interests is too fierce, it means that there is a problem with the national policy, and it will definitely not be solved by forced suppression by torture and cruel laws. Making the conflict more and more intensified will only make the situation in the country worse and worse.

Zhang Yan analyzed the reasons for the intensification of conflicts from the perspective of etiquette and law, the core idea of ​​the national policy. The reason why the court struggle is now fierce is not because the prime minister insisted on establishing the country by law and reforming the system by law. The idea of ​​governing the country with virtue and reforming the system with rites is wrong, but Confucianism does not adapt to the times. Confucianism cannot revitalize the current battered society, and cannot meet the needs of the people who are currently struggling with life and death.Today's great Han wants to rejuvenate, and if today's great Han wants to let the people recuperate, they need a kind of academic thought that can adapt to it and complement each other.

"When Emperor Gaozu conquered the world, when he arrived in Guanzhong, he made the "Three Chapters of the Law". The murderer died, the wounded and the thief were punished. They hoped that the court would abolish the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, and Emperor Gaozu did it. He inherited the Qin Dynasty's policy of benefiting the people and abolished all the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty. As a result, there was the rule of Wenjing. During the year, the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe and prosperous.”

"When Emperor Gaozu founded the country, the Han Dynasty was in ruins, the people's livelihood was in decline, and the country was unstable. Many urgent problems needed to be solved. At this time, the Confucianism, which took moral cultivation as its own task, and the old Taoism, which advocated nature and was passive, were unable to solve these problems. Therefore, the Taoist Huang-Lao School with the main content of combining civil and martial arts, using both punishment and morality, using the law as a talisman, ignoring corvees and paying less taxes, resting with the people, being respectful, thrifty and inaction, and respecting women with dignity and softness, came into being in time."

"In the era of Emperor Xiaowu, the Han Dynasty needed to attack the Xiongnu in the north, to expand its borders, and to adapt to it. Therefore, Confucianism came into the room."

"The times have changed, the needs of the emperor, the court and the people have changed, and academic thinking has to change and develop. The 400-year history of this dynasty has provided us with many vivid examples. As future generations, we must not only learn from history , but also to learn from it and avoid detours, so as to ensure a better survival of the community and the people.”

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Zhao Yun already understood the real purpose of Zhang Yan's trip to Jinyang.

At this moment, there are famous Taoist masters such as Xiang Kai, Ms. Lu, Wang Zhen, etc. in Jinyang. Xu Shao, Wang Jian, Hua Tuo, Zhang Ji, etc. Yang Yang proposed to promote the Taoist Huang-Lao theory, which is bound to be responded to.

With the establishment of the Tianzixingtai and the beginning of the Nanyang War, the power struggle in the court has become more and more fierce, and the development of the situation has become more and more difficult to control. In order to alleviate the crisis as much as possible, the eldest princess in the power vortex is very likely to agree to Zhang Yan. With the pleas of Taoist masters, the imperial court widely promoted Huang Lao's learning, thereby attacking and restricting Confucianism, and then affecting national policies to fundamentally protect the New Deal, and gave up safeguarding the interests of powerful families, and instead joined hands with the reform forces such as the prime minister Severely attack the powerful family and completely eliminate the control and influence of the powerful family on the government.

After all, Zhang Yan was born in Taoism, and he has a deep-rooted dissatisfaction with Confucianism. The "people-oriented, rescue the poor" and other governance concepts in the "Taiping Jing" have had a great influence on him. When it comes to his own ideals, he will revisit the Taoist Huang-Lao theory. However, the Taoist Huang-Lao theory has declined since Emperor Xiaowu. It rose for a while, but Emperor Guangwu finally chose Confucianism.After a long period of time, can Taoism's Huang-Lao School rise again?This seems a bit too wishful thinking.

Zhao Yun expressed his doubts, "Brother Feiyan, don't mention the "Taiping Jing", so as not to cause trouble. As for Huang Lao's study, it would be inappropriate to mention it now."

"There was also a reason for the dynasty to uphold Taoism and depose Confucianism. In addition to cultivating with the people, Huang Lao's learning was also an excuse for heroes, relatives, and county kings to prevent the emperor from interfering in the affairs of the county. The state policy of inaction is to a certain extent It caused serious consequences such as the dispersion of power, the tyranny of the princes, and the restraint of imperial power, which eventually led to the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms. The Taoist Huang-Lao theory is not conducive to the centralization of power by the emperor and the unification of the country. been criticized."

"In the reign of Emperor Xiaowu, the imperial court reused Confucian scholars and dismissed Huang Lao Xingming as the name of hundreds of schools, but Confucianism still could not compete with Taoism. Although Emperor Xiaowu was inclined to Confucianism at that time, he felt that Taoism was ineffective. There are also merits; he also agrees with Confucian extravagance, but he can't get rid of the shackles of Taoism's simplicity, respect and thrift; in addition, he also admires Cheng and Kang's punishment methods, but he feels that the country cannot be governed without punishment. Emperor Xiaowu In order to centralize power, it is necessary to respect Confucianism and overthrow Taoism, but Taoism Huang Lao’s theory is superior to Confucianism in many ways. Brand-new Confucianism. Therefore, Dong Zhongshu, a great Confucian of a generation, came out at the right time. With the help of "Spring and Autumn Gongyang", he openly supported Taoism and entered Confucianism. Confucianism, the essence of Taoist Huang-Lao learning then became the flesh and blood of Neo-Confucianism, and Huang-Lao learning has since declined.”

"Brother Feiyan, this is also an important reason why Emperor Guangwu chose Confucianism during the Zhongxing period. How can you persuade the eldest princess and the court to re-promote Huang Lao's learning?"

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Zhang Yan was silent for a while, then said slowly: "I never said that I would promote Huang Lao's study, but you are right about one thing, I want to emulate the great Confucianist Dong Zhongshu, vigorously promote Confucianism, and then achieve the goal of both Confucianism and Taoism Purpose."

"Actually, the orthodox status of Confucianism in this dynasty has been severely criticized by the great Confucian Wang Chong. Although it can still maintain its status as an official school for the time being, its foundation has actually begun to shake."

"Since this dynasty deposed a hundred schools of thought to respect Confucianism, the Confucian scholars have catered to the king's needs in order to enter the official career, and they have supplemented the scriptures, making false statements, and the technique of prophecy is very popular. The great Confucian king couldn't bear it. He roared angrily, A piece of "Lunheng" exposes the lies of Confucian biographies, breaks the mystery of Confucian classics, and at the same time pulls the two saints Confucius and Mencius back from the sky to the world."

"What theory did Master Wang Chong use to shake the foundation of Confucian classics? Taoism."

"Since then, many Confucian scholars in this dynasty, including many famous Confucians, such as Zhang Heng, Master Ma Rong, etc., including your father-in-law, Master Cai Yong, although they mainly study scriptures, it is inevitable under the situation of the decline of Confucianism. You have to embark on the road of dual cultivation of Confucianism and Taoism, and the integration of Confucianism and Taoism. Master Ma Rong is the master of this dynasty who integrates the elders of Confucianism and Taoism."

"Cultivating both Confucianism and Taoism is tantamount to promoting the Taoist Huang-Lao theory. In this way, the many advantages of Huang-Lao's study in governing the country, such as the combination of civil and martial arts, the use of punishment and morality, resting with the people, respectful thrift and inaction, and the strategies of respecting women and respecting women will also be It can gradually become popular among the people, and the resistance to the implementation and implementation of the New Deal will become smaller and smaller, and the many shortcomings of Confucianism will be made up for, thus effectively promoting the sustainable and stable development of ZTE’s great cause.”

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Zhao Yun looked at Zhang Yan with admiration, and bowed in salute, "I wish you success soon, and I will wait for your good news in Chang'an."

Zhang Yan looked up at the sky and sighed softly, "As long as the great general survives, as long as the little emperor grows up quickly, the big man will eventually become strong."

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