In September of the third year of Emperor Jingdi, the emperor issued an edict to set up a new subject in the special Taixue, which is called "criminal name science". Based on "Han Feizi" and supplemented by "Ram Spring and Autumn", he tries to reconstruct and improve the theory of the rule of law that combines law, art, and potential.

Law refers to the sound legal system, power refers to the power of the monarch, to monopolize the military and political power, and art refers to the strategy and means of controlling the ministers, mastering the first, and implementing the law. The main thing is to detect and prevent rebellion and maintain the status of the monarch.

Due to the openness of the academic style in the early Han Dynasty, Taixue's introduction to the study of criminal names based on Han Feifa's family did not cause an excessive backlash from conservative forces, after all, "Han Feizi" was one of the five bibles of Taoism advocated by the Huang Lao School, and was originally highly sought after by the ruling class in the early Han Dynasty.

In fact, since Gaozu Liu Bang has fallen, including Emperor Wen Liu Heng, Emperor Jing Liu Qi and Jia Yi, Chao Cuo and other important ministers, all of whom are loyal supporters of the Legalist school. Even the conservative benchmark Empress Dowager Dou did not raise objections to the new establishment of the criminal name school in Taixue.

On the contrary, many Confucians from the government and the opposition were like mourners, and they only felt disappointed. In their eyes, although the Ram School belongs to Confucianism, it has always advocated the art of "subtle words and great righteousness", and will only arbitrarily comment on or even misinterpret Confucius's original benevolent and magnanimous theories according to their own needs, which is the most rebellious school in Confucianism.

Now the Confucians see that the Ram School is not only valued by the imperial court, but also willing to be the Legalist, and has a great tendency to integrate into the study of Huang Lao. For many corrupt Confucians who have always been proud of Confucianism and Confucius is the only saint, this move of the Ram School is tantamount to deceiving teachers and destroying their ancestors......

Even within the Ram School, there has been a great deal of **. The pragmatists, led by Dong Zhongshu, have long insisted on belittling the doctrine of Taoism in an attempt to reverse the idea of the upper echelons of the ruling class advocating the study of Huang Lao. Now, in the face of the evil behavior of the theoretical faction headed by Hu Wusheng to "defect and defect to the enemy," he is extremely disdainful and indignant.

However, Emperor Jing and the crown prince Liu Che faced such a situation, and they were not angry but happy. Especially for Liu Che, it is extremely rewarding to make Confucianism, which originally seemed to be monolithic, produce a huge internal **.

The theory of Confucianism is the most suitable carrier for the Chinese nation to condense the national spirit and inherit the national culture, but it is also a theoretical system that is very prone to conceit. In Confucianism, two extremely contradictory systems, open and closed, have always been entangled with each other. It is regrettable that in the previous life, as the Chinese nation maintained a strong and prosperous situation for more than 2,000 years, the Confucian school gradually emptied everything, despised any weaker ethnic groups and cultures, and even led to being controlled by "barbarians" several times, but never woke up, which is really sad and lamentable.

What Liu Che is doing now is to break through the extreme conceit of Confucianism, so that they can admit that Confucianism is just the more academic school among the hundreds of princes, and take the initiative to integrate into the magnificent and best Chinese culture. Until the contemporary Confucians really wake up and change their ways, Liu Che will not try to elevate the status of Confucianism. In history, the lesson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to respect Confucianism was too profound, which made Liu Che extremely jealous of the stubborn Confucians.

As the helmsman of the Han Empire, Emperor Jing Liu Qi was extremely appreciative of the "curve fusion" theory proposed by the crown prince Liu Che. After all, the theory of great unification and centralization advocated by Confucianism has long made him salivate. It's just that he is afraid of the backlash of conservative forces and out of his own instinctive defensive psychology against Confucianism, he has only been slowly trying to gradually improve the status of Confucianism in the imperial court.

Liu Che proposed to set up a criminal name school in Taixue first, in order to try to combine the ideas of Confucianism and law, which couldn't help but make Emperor Jing's eyes light up, and he seemed to see a good way to graft the fresh branch of Confucianism with Huang Lao's learning as the foundation.

For the feudal society where the imperial power is supreme, under the condition that His Majesty the Emperor vigorously promotes it, and several major factions in the court do not overreact, it is natural that the government decrees are smooth and the work efficiency is extremely high.

Hu Wusheng, the grandmaster of the Ram School, was promoted to the rank of Doctor Servant, ranking first among doctors, and his status was second only to Taixue Sacrifice Wine Weijuan, which was equivalent to the later Vice Minister of Education and the chief academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Its ** Zichuan Gongsun Hong, Lanling Chu Da, Dongping Yinggong, Guangchuan Duan Zhong, Wen Zhi Lu Bushu are one step to the sky, all of them were recorded from a cloth cloth to a doctor of Taixue, called the Ram Five Scholars. The strength of the Ram Theory School in the entire education system of the Han Dynasty surpassed the Ram Practical School in one fell swoop, and even surpassed many Confucian schools of thought, becoming the most popular Confucian school today.

It can be said that Hu Wusheng was the first Confucian scholar to be truly reused in the early Han Dynasty, and he can be described as the bull's ear of Confucianism.

Han Gaozu once quoted his uncle and grandson Tong to formulate court rituals, and tasted elegant delicacies for the first time, but because he was busy suppressing the rebellion, he did not have time to promote Confucianism. When filial piety was high, "the ministers were all heroes of force", and scholars were not allowed to share the soup. At the time of Wenjing, celebrities and scholars were quite promising doctors. But Emperor Wen is good at punishment, and Emperor Jing is not Confucian, the so-called "so the doctors have officials to be asked, and there are no enterers". They are only staffed and paid, and none of them are valued. Coupled with the Empress Dowager Dou and Huang Lao's skills, Dr. Zhu is not only difficult to be fortunate in Confucianism, but also has the risk of violating taboos.

Now that Hu Wusheng has become a real powerful figure, he suddenly made the eyes of many Confucian scholars who secretly hated being born at the wrong time shine, and they seemed to see a way out and found a way to enter the body. Especially when Hu Wusheng relied on the emperor's edict to send people everywhere to seek talents, a large number of Confucians, who had already desperately returned to seclusion and lived in the township, applied for recruitment one after another, and enriched the system of the Ram School in Taixue.

As the crown prince's concubine, Wei Juan naturally understood the original intention of the emperor and the crown prince, not only did not interfere with Hu Wusheng in the slightest, but tried his best to solve problems for him, and even specially approved the positions of more than ten doctors, so that Hu Wusheng could recruit talents.

Hu Wusheng was grateful to Wei Juan, so he naturally came to the door to thank him, and implored Wei Juan, who was a veteran of the Three Dynasties, to teach him a little about being an official.

Wei Juan faced Hu Wusheng, who was full of sincerity, and couldn't help but humbly say: "Hu Gong praised it, although he has been an official for decades and has been in a prominent position for many years, he has neither the merits of picking up the missing and making up for the shortcomings, let alone the achievements of promoting the good and eliminating the disadvantages, but he is just silent and keeps the way." ”

Hu Wusheng was stunned when he heard this, and questioned slightly: "The lower officials often hear that Duke Wei is lenient and benevolent, and his subordinates will be condemned by His Majesty if they make mistakes, and Duke Yuan often suffers on behalf of others; Meritorious service in battles with generals is often attributed to others. Therefore, Yuan Gong can not only be trusted by His Majesty, but also supported by his subordinate officials. ”

Wei Juan smiled faintly: "This official uses the technique of restraining and entrapment on subordinates or people of the same level, but Xiao Dao'er." If Hu Gong hopes to live up to the grace of God and apply what he has learned, then he should have the courage to change and innovate, forge ahead, and not do the things of protecting oneself with wisdom or selling one's reputation. ”

Hu Wusheng pondered, and after pondering for a while, he said tentatively: "With Your Majesty's love, the next official can show his ambitions in the year of the sixtieth year, and he will repay the grace of the saint." It's just that I was suddenly promoted to a high position, but I was afraid that I would not be able to do the essentials, and I misinterpreted His Majesty's original intention, and asked Wei Gong to teach me. ”

Wei Juan is not easy to refuse, but he is afraid that the words will be taboo and spread to the ears of conservatives, which will violate his prudent duty as an official, so he has to consider the words and words, and said slowly: "Hu Gong doesn't need to be too eager, just carefully combine the knowledge of the criminal name in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Ram and Han Feizi, seek common ground and make differences, and be sure to unify them." It's just to remember that you need to take Han Feizi as the foundation and the ram Spring and Autumn as the assistant, distinguish the difference between primary and secondary, and don't want to be in a different position, so as not to go astray. ”

Hu Wusheng nodded helplessly, but he secretly slandered himself in his heart. Wei Xuan's words are tantamount to saying that the emperor's edict has been clearly written, and Hu Wusheng does not dare to privately try to shake the dominant position of Legalism in the study of criminal names.

Wei Juan probably felt that he was a little **, and just remembered the instructions of the crown prince Liu Che, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "If Hu Gongshang is puzzled, you can go and ask Gaozu Gongsun Hong." As far as I know, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once had a relationship with him, and sat down to talk about it, and praised him. ”

"Is that really the case? The apprentice never mentioned it to the lower officials. Hu Wusheng was stunned when he heard this, and in addition to doubts, he was also a little displeased, obviously feeling that he had been deceived and lost face.

Wei Juan is very good at observing words and feelings, and knows that His Royal Highness does value Gongsun Hong very much. Therefore, he didn't want Hu Wusheng to ask him about his guilt after he went back, so he couldn't help but explain: "Hu Gong don't blame Gaozu, as far as I know, His Royal Highness was on patrol in Weifu at the beginning, and he didn't reveal his true identity, and Gongsun Hong is still in the dark now." ”

Hu Wusheng's face was a little pale, and he discussed with Wei Juan some trivial matters to be solved by the establishment of the new criminal department, and then got up and said goodbye.

After Hu Wusheng returned to the new mansion in Beique Jiadi, which was given by the emperor, he hurriedly ordered someone to go to Taixue to find Gongsun Hong and inquire about the matter in detail.

Gongsun Hong faced the teacher's inquiry, but he was confused. After Hu Wusheng calmed down and slowly recounted the matter clearly, Gongsun Hong patted his head and said in astonishment: "A certain little friend is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" ”

When Hu Wusheng saw this, he knew that there was indeed something to do, and when he looked at the hindsight in front of him, his face was full of astonishment and fear, and he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "Since you have thought about it, don't you say in detail that Yu is a teacher?" ”

Gongsun Hong calmed down the excitement in his heart a little, and tried his best to recall it carefully, before he truthfully recounted the situation and the conversation between the two.

Hu Wusheng listened, the expression on his face changed instantly, and he sighed after a long time: "In this way, the teacher is now valued by the Son of Heaven, all because of your merits." ”

Gongsun Hong hurriedly bowed down and said, "Where did the teacher say this?" If it weren't for the teacher's admonition, how could the disciple speak and stand? Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hears some good words from my ram faction from the apprentice, it is the knowledge taught by the teacher to the apprentice, and the apprentice does not dare to take credit! ”

Hu Wusheng deserved to be a generation of Confucian masters, and he recovered his mind in an instant, waved his hand and smiled: "What are you panicking about? Is it a teacher who is jealous of the virtuous and envious, and can't see that ** is better than the blue? One day, if you are really as His Royal Highness said, you can go to the altar to worship the prime minister, glorify the teacher, even if you have been a teacher for a hundred years, you will definitely smile at Jiuquan! ”

Gongsun Hong was silent, and his heart was already clear. (To be continued.) )