With the rejuvenation of Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo's skillful hands, Ying Shao's condition was gradually controlled, and he also woke up from his coma.

In order to cure his illness, Liu Wei already knew about the matter of giving gifts to Zhang Zhongjing Huatuo, and he was moved in his heart. Ancient emperors, how much can they deign for a courtier?

It's just that Ying Shao doesn't understand why the Son of Heaven recruited him to come to Beijing, and why he values him so much.

While he was lying on the hospital bed, there was a commotion outside, and then a teenager bypassed the screen and came to his bedside.

When he was dazed and seriously ill, the young man came to visit his bedside many times, and after Ying Shao was stunned for a moment, he immediately remembered the noble identity of the young man.

"Your Majesty."

Liu Wei took a few steps and pressed Ying Shao, who wanted to get up and salute, to the side of the bed.

"Zhongyuan (should be the word) don't have to be polite, it's good to rest!"

Seeing Liu Wei's pale face and weak body, but still caring about his face, Ying Shao was moved in his heart, and said with guilt: "Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, but he bothered to work hard for the foolish ministers, and the ministers are also guilty!" ”

Liu Wei smiled and sat on the edge of the bed, shook his head and said, "Zhong Yuan's words are wrong, I regard Zhong Yuan as the pillar of the empire and the minister of my humerus. If Zhongyuan loses, won't I break my arm painfully? ”

The person who is a confidant dies, Liu Wei's words came from the bottom of his heart, and Ying Shao's eyes were already moved, and he was silent.

A waiter brought medicinal soup and walked to the bedside, Liu Wei couldn't help but say that he took the soup can, ordered someone to help Ying Shao up, and fed Ying Shao to drink the medicine himself.

Panicked, Ying Shao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty can't." ”

Liu Wei refused by Ying Shao, and fed the medicinal soup to Ying Shao one by one.

Ying Shao was already moved, and secretly swore that no matter what happened to the Son of Heaven calling him to Beijing, he would go to the soup and die.

After feeding the medicinal soup, the two of them rested in silence for a while, and finally Ying Shao couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty must have a great trust in summoning Weichen into Beijing, and I hope Your Majesty will make it clear that the ministers will do their best for Your Majesty." ”

Liu Wei shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry, Zhong Yuan will recover first." ”

Ying Shao was anxious to do something for Liu Bian, in order to repay the kindness of the encounter, and regardless of his physical weakness, he struggled to sit up, and said to Liu Bian: "Although Weichen's body can't share his worries for His Majesty now, his mind is still clear, and he has nothing to do in bed anyway, so it is better for His Majesty to tell Weichen what he is going to do, and Weichen will plan carefully, and he can do better things for His Majesty after his health is better." ”

Seeing that Ying Shao was in a hurry, Liu Wei couldn't resist him, so he ordered someone to take a quilt and put it behind Ying Shao, and said to him helplessly: "I entrusted Zhongyuan with the matter of Guozuo's fate. ”

Ying Shao heard Liu Wei say this, and suddenly came to his senses, and said solemnly: "If Your Majesty has any orders, the minister will do his best to help Your Majesty." ”

Liu Wei nodded, and only said two words: "Repair the law." ”

The law of the Han Dynasty originated from the three chapters of the covenant between Liu Bang, the ancestor of the early Han Dynasty, and the people, and after the unification of the world, Xiao He, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, established the "Nine Chapters of Law" to rule the world. Later, there were 18 articles of the "Pang Zhang" of the "Pang Zhang" and the "Yue Gong Law" and "Chao Law" and other laws in the later period of Emperor Wu, which are collectively known as the "Eighteen Articles of Han Law".

From Liu Bang's three chapters to the eighteen chapters of the Han law, the characteristics of its laws are light laws, compared with the harshness of the Qin law, the Han law adopts the method of leniency to lead people, so that the people feel virtuous, and alleviate the sharp contradictions between the government and the people since the Qin Dynasty. During the period of Emperor Wu, he deposed the hundred schools of thought, respected Confucianism alone, and the law was mixed into a large number of Confucianism.

The laws of the Eastern Han Dynasty were inherited from the Western Han Dynasty and remained largely unchanged. It is only in recent years that there have been frequent wars and the deafness of those in power, which has led to the abolition of the law and the rampant of thieves. Now that Liu Wei Xinjun has ascended the throne, he has made great efforts to restore the majesty of the law, which does not surprise Ying Shao. However, looking at Liu Wei's resolute gaze, Ying Shao suddenly had a feeling that today's plan is probably not small.

Thinking of this, Ying Shao cautiously asked, "What kind of Fa does Your Majesty want to cultivate?" ”

Liu Wei smiled slightly, and glanced back - the yellow gate and the guards behind him all retreated in a funny way, leaving only the chief guard Zhang Tao and Hu Che'er to protect them.

Liu Wei turned back to Shao and said: "The second emperor of Huan Ling neglected his government, which made the law deserted and thieves swarmed. During this period, although there were petty intentions, the politicians were mediocre and incompetent, and corrupt officials and cruel officials were rampant, which made the officials force the people to rebel. Now that Yanhan has entered the autumn of troubled times, he should govern the country with heavy rules. I want to compile a law, which can govern the power of the Son of Heaven and the people of Li, so that the people of Li will abide by the law and know the etiquette, and those in high positions cannot act arbitrarily. ”

Then Liu Wei told Ying Shao the general direction of what kind of law to revis, although he avoided some details of the future reform, but Rao still shocked Ying Shao.

Originally, he thought that this young man's plan was not small, but he didn't expect it to be so shocking. Just because he directly criticized the unrighteousness of the second emperor Huan Ling at the beginning, it was already against the morality and ethics of the Confucian son who did not say anything about his father, which made Ying Shao's back break out in a cold sweat.

And Liu Wei made a long speech, the general meaning of which Ying Shao already understood that he was preparing to rule the country by law, abandoning the Confucian moral thought of governing the country since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Not to mention how much resistance the whole world will face, Ying Shao himself was also born in Confucian society and grew up under the banner of the Code of Ethics, so it is inevitable that he will also have a little resistance to Liu Wei's legal reform.

Moreover, the reformers in the past have not ended well: Chao mistakenly persuaded Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to cut the fan, but he was used as a scapegoat and cut it in half; Although Shang Ying's transformation was successful, he still ended up with five horses splitting his body in the end.

Therefore, although Ying Shao was grateful to Liu Bian, he was still a little hesitant about Liu Bian's legal reform, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he bowed his head and remained silent.

Liu Wei also knew in his heart that it was impossible for Ying Shao to nod and agree to such a major event immediately, but the big plan in Liu Wei's heart had never been told to the second person other than Wei Yi and Jiang Qi, although he did not tell the detailed plan, but he still said the general direction of the future reform.

Liu Wei was anxious, but he still made a calm look on his face, and gently called Huangmen to come in with a cup of tea, and sat while drinking tea leisurely, while waiting for Ying Shao's reply.

After a long time, Ying Shaocai raised his head and asked with a hesitant expression: "Most of the ancient changes are like walking on thin ice, and the slightest carelessness will cause chaos, how will Your Majesty deal with it then?" ”

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth!" Liu Wei replied briefly.

Ying Shao didn't expect Liu Wei to say so simply, and the expression on his face couldn't help but be a little disappointed, feeling that Liu Wei seemed to have underestimated what happened after the change, and some of them acted rashly just with their youthful spirit.

Ying Shao's expression Liu Wei saw it in his eyes, but some details of the future reform could not be explained for the time being, so he had to explain to Shao: "The country has been weak so far, and it is on the verge of falling apart at a dangerous moment. How can I have the face to see my ancestors and ancestors under my nine springs? Although the change will inevitably hurt some vested interests, if I am prepared to unite those who benefit from the change, even if there is some small trouble, it will be a problem of scabies! ”

"Even if the final change fails, and the country is defeated and dies, it is better than living and watching the people of Li suffer from upside down. In the future, my generation will be able to occupy a place! In the end, Liu Wei also took out a stunt and drew a big cake to Ying Shao.

Ying Shao's words are also boiling, although Chao was wrong, Shang Ying and they changed the law and died, but their reputation is widely spread, compared to personal temporary honor and disgrace, Liu Fang Baishi, the big cake painted by Liu Bian, still made Ying Shao start to be excited.

However, Ying Shao was not completely hot-headed and immediately agreed, but thought about it and raised another question: "My Han Dynasty has respected Confucianism since Emperor Wu and ruled the world with virtue. If Your Majesty abandons Confucianism and obeys the law, I am afraid that the people will only fear the prestige of the country, but not the virtue of the country, and the rebellion of the former Qin will not be far away! ”

Ying Shao is not wrong, the Qin Dynasty is because it pays too much attention to the discipline of the law, and ignores the education of morality, "Historical Records" once said: Qin law is as many as a cow's hair, fine as silk, everywhere restricts the people, every move is controlled by law. Under the harsh legal system, the contradictions between the government and the people intensified, which eventually led to the rise of the people and the death of the second Qin Dynasty.

Liu Wei is a person who has crossed over, and naturally understands these truths better than the people of this era. Therefore, it is not that there are no measures to deal with Ying Shao's worries, and he smiled lightly and explained to him: "I rule the country by law, not to abolish Confucianism, let alone do the thing of burning books and pit Confucianism. The future empire will be equal to law and Confucianism, with Confucianism to teach the virtues of the people, and to regulate the courtesy of the people. The law is the surface, Confucianism is the inside, the outer law is the inner Confucian, and the outer square is the inner circle. My law is not to punish the people, but to regulate the etiquette of the people and make their lives better. ”

When Ying Shao heard that Liu Wei did not completely abolish Confucianism and the tyranny of the former Qin, his heart was a little wider, and he began to have confidence in the future cultivation of the law, and said: "Your Majesty will seek the welfare of the people of the world, and the ministers will not be willing to be left behind, I am willing to drive for Your Majesty, and die without regret!" ”

Liu Wei shook Ying Shao's hand heavily. said excitedly: "The matter of the law will depend on the Qing family in the future!" ”

In May of the second year of Guangxi, Liu Wei issued an edict to recruit Taishan Taishou Yingshao as the middle of the imperial history, responsible for picketing hundreds of officials. He also built a law school near Mingtang to recruit legal talents and study the law revision of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Wei's drastic moves in the court attracted great attention from the courtiers, especially his gradual deviation from Confucian norms, which deeply disturbed them. The group of sergeants and doctors began to fight back against Liu's actions.

Yuan Kui has always been the leader of the scholar group, and Yuan Kui is not only a prince, but also has the power to record Shangshu, so the ministers publicly recommended Yuan Kui to write and speak. However, Yuan Kui didn't want to do this alone, so he wanted to contact several other ministers to act together.

At this time, among the six major ministers of the court, Liu Yu resigned, and Ma Riyan resigned and went into hiding, although he was persuaded by Yuan Kui to go out of the mountain, but Liu Wei did not let him re-enter the court, but gave him a position of Hongnong Taishou to send him far away. As for Lu Zhi being completely Liu Wei's own person, Yuan Kui simply ignored him and went directly to the mansion of Taibao Yang Biao.

However, what Yuan Kui didn't expect was that he had a closed door in Yang Biao's mansion. The servant told him that Yang Biao was seriously ill and did not see any guests, and that he was thrown out without even sitting on a hot chair.

Out of Yang Biao's mansion, Yuan Kui was very angry. Yang Biao got sick at this time neither early nor later, obviously wanting to hide as a shrinking turtle. What he had in mind Yuan Kui naturally understood very well that although the Yang family represented by Yang Biao and his Yuan family were also wealthy families, and many family members had also served as the third prince of the imperial court, the Yuan family had cultivated a large number of protégés since Yuan Kui's grandfather Yuan Jing, while the Yang family had always been in the name of lonely loyalty, and there were few henchmen in the court, so until now, the Yuan family's power in the court has always pressed the Yang family.

Yang Biao avoided Yuan Kui at the moment, and what he fought was to let Yuan Kui and Liu Wei fight, and hide behind his back to make a profit.

Yuan Kui couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart when he thought of this, and said to himself: "The vertical is short-sighted! What you are thinking about at the moment is to replace our Yuan clan, but you have never thought that the little emperor's plan will wipe out my generation? ”

Yang Biao's non-cooperation made Yuan Kui angry and angry and go home. As for Huang Wan, he didn't go at all, Huang Wan was framed as a party member and imprisoned for more than 20 years, thanks to the Taiwei at the time, Yang Biao's father Yang Cili Baocai became an official again, so Huang Wan is completely from the Yang family, and it is estimated that it is a waste of time to find him.

Without these strong reinforcements, Yuan Kui had no choice but to go into battle shirtless. gathered a group of party members in the DPRK and began to challenge Liu Wei.

They did not care about Ying Shao's promotion to the rank of Emperor in the Imperial History, but wrote to Liu Wei one after another about the construction of the law school, the content of which was nothing more than to persuade Liu Wei not to repeat the mistakes of the former Qin Dynasty, and to take Confucianism as the foundation.

What they didn't expect was that although they were angry in the early court, Liu Wei still patiently listened to their recitals, and expressed a high degree of praise and humble acceptance to Wu Qiong and others who were outspoken above. He also issued an edict to open up his speech, and said that he would never sin people with his words. After doing a lot of things, he also created the image of a Ming Jun who is obedient and admonishing.

Liu Wei did this, so that the scholars who were about to roll up their sleeves and do a big job felt as if they had punched the cotton. At first, they were complacent and thought that the little emperor was afraid of them, but they soon saw Liu Wei's shameless side.

However, the law school still continued to be established, and began to recruit talented people from all over the world to teach, and also began to sort out some Legalist books of the pre-Qin Dynasty and the "Nine Chapters of Law" and other Han laws as teaching materials.

The scholars were angry, and Yuan Kui took the lead in writing to Liu Biao again to ask for the suspension of the construction of the law school.

The emperor didn't want to be embarrassed, and the ministers didn't do anything.

In the face of Liu Wei's brazenness, the scholars and doctors were helpless. Yuan Kui, who was unwilling to fail, found He Hao, a native of Nanyang, and asked him to mobilize public opinion among the scholars of Luoyang, and instigated the scholars of Luoyang to write to Liu Wei to prevent the establishment of the law school, creating a situation of turbulent public sentiment.

He Hao is also a contemporary celebrity and has a talent for knowing people. When Xun Yu was young, He Hao exclaimed as "Wang Zuozhicai" when he saw him. When I first saw Cao Cao, I also thought that he was a person who stabilized the Han family. When he was young, he was famous in Taixue, and he was mostly friends with party members Chen Fan and Li Ying, and he was interested in current politics. After the "disaster of the party", he was wanted by the government because of the eunuch's false accusation, and fled to another country incognito. Yuan Shao admired his reputation and befriended him more, and he also sneaked back to Luoyang many times to consult with Yuan Shao to help those party members wanted by the imperial court evade pursuit.

After Liu Wei succeeded to the throne, although the "party shackles" had not yet been lifted, the oppression of the party members had stopped, and the political atmosphere in Luoyang became relaxed.

It was precisely because of He Hao's influence among the scholars in Luoyang that Yuan Kui arranged for him to encourage the scholars of Luoyang to oppose the establishment of the law school.

However, just as He Hao had stirred up a bit of a stir, the Luoyang Times, a media outlet controlled by Liu Bian, immediately began to fight back, first publishing a front-page editorial discussing the relationship between the state and the law, and the importance of the law to a strong country.

Nowadays, "Luoyang Times" has become a must-have reading material among Luoyang scholars, and as soon as the editorial article came out, it immediately generated a huge discussion in Shizijian. In the face of the Han Empire, which has entered the turbulent autumn, some people of insight are also jumping out of the Confucian thinking circle and thinking about other ways to save the country.

Liu Wei and Ying Shao also published some articles in the "Luoyang Times" in due course to talk about the benefits of the law to the national order, which resonated with many scholars who thought about other ways to save the country, and of course, many more people still expressed their opposition.

Some people also tried to submit articles to the "Luoyang Times" to express their opinions, but they did not expect that the "Luoyang Times" not only adopted his article, but also sent him a manuscript fee. This caused more scholars to submit articles, and the "Luoyang Times" selected the best articles for publication regardless of whether they agreed or disagreed, and the two sides launched a fierce debate in the "Luoyang Times".

The more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes, and this political debate is not a bad thing, but it has a high ice-breaking significance. It broke the monopoly of Confucianism since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and people began to think about things other than Confucianism little by little. Although most people still adhere to Confucianism unswervingly, as long as there are different voices continuing to argue, the Han nation will enter another era of thought since the Spring and Autumn Period.

After the front-page editorial, the Luoyang Times also ran an explosive scandal about Ho.

It turned out that He Hao couldn't bear to be lonely in exile, so he hooked up with a married woman in Luoyang. Every time I sneaked back to Luoyang, in addition to discussing with Yuan Shao about rescuing the victims, I was fooling around with this woman.

This woman's husband is a poor family, and his health is not good, and the dissatisfied woman naturally hooks up with He Hao to commit adultery, which is originally only a romantic affair, and the atmosphere of the Han Dynasty is not as conservative as in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and after the woman's husband died, the woman remarried someone else, and the relationship between the two people was broken.

But I didn't think that the things of the past were dug up now, and it was changed to say that it was He Hao**, and the woman's husband was He Hao's righteous brother, and He Hao was completely "lewd sister-in-law" by doing this. What's more serious is that the newspaper also broke the news that He Hao disregarded his father who died of illness and did not keep filial piety in order to commit adultery with that woman.

In the Han Dynasty, where filial piety was the highest virtue, this kind of thing was completely unforgivable. As soon as the incident was exposed, some people blocked the door of He Hao's house, jumping to his feet and scolding He Hao for being a scumbag and an unfilial and unrighteous person.

Someone started, and naturally there were people who were also indignant to join in, and for a while, the crowd in front of He Hao's house was excited, and the scolding continued.

He Haomen didn't dare to go out, and he was extremely depressed when he was scolded at home. He didn't understand why things were the way they were. It's true that he had an affair with that woman, but that's also something you love me, so why do you say it? And the woman's husband himself had only met a few times, and at most he was a nodding acquaintance, how could he talk about a righteous brotherhood. As for saying that he didn't keep filial piety, he did have a few times with the woman in the year of his father's death, but that was before his father died of illness, and he rushed back to keep filial piety immediately after his father's death.

In the face of the "Luoyang Times" article that distorted the facts, He Hao's aggrieved fate had nowhere to extend. had the heart to speak out to defend himself, but how could his personal voice be as powerful as the press and media, and in the end, He Hao, who was forced to helplessly, had no choice but to embark on a wise but unwilling path - suing for law.

He Hao reported to the official that the Luoyang Times had framed his innocence and damaged his reputation, and demanded that the government bring him to justice. After learning of this information, the "Luoyang Times" immediately counterattacked, sarcastically saying to He Hao: "A hypocrite who is full of benevolence and morality finally has to solve the problem through the law." Then he expounded a lot of the benefits of the law to maintain social order, and said that Zhenjin was not afraid of fire and was willing to fight the lawsuit with He Hao to the end.

But before the lawsuit began, a dramatic event occurred. The woman who had an affair with He Hao appeared in Luoyang and accused He Hao ** herself in tears. And she began to disobey, and then He Hao threatened her husband's life, and said that she had the power to protect her in Luoyang City, and the woman had to obey in humiliation for the safety of her husband. In the end, the woman also vaguely hinted that her husband's death was also abnormal, and that it was probably related to the dark forces behind Ho Hao.

The appearance of that woman made the lawsuit no longer necessary, and with someone to prove He Hao's crime, it was also implemented. The spearhead of public opinion was instantly pointed at He Hao, and those who originally stood on the same front with him and argued for him also began to stay away from him, for fear of being pulled into the relationship between the dark forces behind He Hao.

A series of incidents made He Hao finally unable to stand the situation pointed out by this thousand people, and hanged himself a few days later. However, even after his death, he did not stop, and the "Luoyang Times" accused him of suicide because he was afraid of criminal responsibility, cut himself off from the people, and died innocently.

The scandal had already diluted opposition to the establishment of a law school at the outset, and more discussion after his death was about the collision of Confucianism and Legalism.

To tell the truth, He Hao is not a big traitor, he once helped the party escape the persecution and pursuit of the eunuchs, and he also did good things. It's just that in the end, he became a victim of Liu Wei's struggle with the Shidafu group.

By the way, the woman who came forward to report Ho's moral behavior is now helpless because her current husband died two years ago. Therefore, Chen Haonan, the owner of Diaoyutai Restaurant, made a righteous act and gave 50 gold to the woman to let her spend the rest of her life in peace.

The whole thing does not need to be investigated to know that it was planned by Liu Wei, and the "Luoyang Times" is completely controlled by him, and those who first stood at the door of He Hao's house to scold are also members of the Coordination Agency, including the woman who stood up to frame He Hao, and Hong Xingshe also came forward to buy it.

Yuan Kui tried in vain to exert pressure on Liu Wei through public opinion, but he didn't expect that in the end, he would lose his wife and lose his army. For the first time, he saw the power of the press and the power of the press, and also learned about the methods of the little emperor today, which was not only brazen, but also despicable and insidious.

Yuan Kui had no choice but to stop fighting, saying that he was ill.

Yuan Kui didn't come, and Liu Wei was happy and pure. Every day, I just follow Lu Zhi and Yang Biao to learn how to deal with government affairs.

It's just that a few days later, another more troublesome thing ran out.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)