The protagonists of this story are King Wu of Zhou and Taigong Jiang.

A pair of monarchs and ministers who were very famous in the imperial period and even in modern times.

The content of the story is about King Wu of Zhou after defeating Yin Shang and establishing his rule, he felt that he had killed the king with his ministers, and if someone in later generations did the same thing and ruined his world, what should he do?

So King Wu began to seek a way to rule for a long time from Jiang Taigong.

Jiang Taigong smiled after hearing this, that is, it is very good that King Wu can have such worries, which shows that his mentality has changed.

It's like when a hunter shoots his prey, he is afraid that the arrow will not penetrate deep enough, but after obtaining the prey, he is worried that the wound on the prey will be too big and the fur will not sell for a good price.

This is a very contradictory idea, but with this idea, it means that King Wu has changed his mentality from a destroyer of order to a ruler who maintains order, and Jiang Taigong is very happy about this.

So he gave advice to King Wu.

What he means is that if you want to occupy the world for a long time, the guiding ideology is to blindfold people, cover people's ears, and then guide people to do some useless work, and then develop their comfortable habits, so that their clear minds become muddy.

The way to do this is to take off their helmets, put on them hats decorated with feathers, take away their swords, make them hold wat boards, establish a three-year period of filial piety, limit their fertility, and vigorously preach the ruling order and humble concessions, so that they will not have the heart to fight.

It is also necessary to give more wine, meat, and music to make them eat, drink, listen and have fun, use ghosts and gods to make them fear the destiny of heaven, use red tape to make them lose their natural nature, use thick burials and long-term mourning to make them lose their property, and finally let them dig trenches and build city walls to consume their physical strength.

In this way, you can occupy the world for a long time.

Liu Bei didn't know if there was really such a conversation between Jiang Taigong and King Wu of Zhou, and he didn't know if the pair really had a similar plan.

Anyway, what he knew was that Liu An's purpose in compiling this book was to oppose Liu Che's political reforms, and of course, in the end, he did not succeed.

The background of this book is the era of great changes when Liu Che changed the law, the Chang'an court changed its thinking of governing the country, abandoned Huang Lao's technique, and adopted Confucian hegemony, many people felt panicked about this, and Liu An stood on the opposite side of Liu Che.

In this context, Liu An organized his subordinates to jointly compile "Huainanzi".

But in any case, regardless of the differences between the two methods and ideas of governance, the rulers of that era still had a very clear and consistent idea of how to consolidate their rule.

The idea is clear, and the guiding ideology and specific methodology are available.

It's just that no ruler has ever been able to really dominate the world all the time, because there is one thing they can never do - they have never been willing to give people enough wine, meat, and music to let them fall into a long and intoxicated life.

If they can do this, the world may really last a long time, if they can have wine and meat to eat and music to listen to every day, then even if they are tired from work, it is not unacceptable.

Maybe there will really be a lot of people who are willing to be deaf and blind who are blindfolded and cover their ears.

Anyway, life is just a few decades in the world, and you can drink wine, eat meat and listen to music, and you are not too tired, so what's the difference?

But the rulers couldn't, or simply didn't want to.

The ruler only wants the people under his rule to lose property and physical strength, but he is unwilling to give them sufficient remuneration and spiritual enjoyment.

It is precisely because there are so many things that need to be wanted and demanded that history seems so chaotic.

Liu Bei can't say that Kuai Yue and the others are wrong, because what they think is really from the perspective of the ruler, really for his good, and for the long-term rule of his Third Empire.

They are not stupid or blind, they obviously see some uncontrollable social phenomena that Liu Bei's series of operations will bring.

It's just that Liu Bei doesn't like this statement.

Therefore, Liu Bei resolutely denied the opinions of Kuai Yue and others.

What you said is not unreasonable, but compared with this concern, the needs of the imperial court are more urgent, and the imperial court needs enough talents to complete governance and development, and there are still too many wastelands in the Han Dynasty that have not been developed, and there are still too many people to be governed.

It is imperative to let go of the inheritance of classic articles, and it is imperative to use punctuation to eliminate the difficulty of sentence reading. ”

Liu Bei Qiangang was arbitrary and made up his mind, so that Kuai Yue and the others could only bow their heads and accept the progress of this matter.

Therefore, after the promulgation of the edict, Liu Bei ordered Zheng Xuan, the secretary of the school, to lead a discussion meeting of the Five Classics to discuss the articles of the Five Classics, list all the differences between the modern classics and the ancient classics, and then find the most reasonable explanation.

It is most appropriate for Zheng Xuan to do this work, he has read all the articles of modern classics and ancient classics, and he has a very thorough understanding of modern classics and ancient classics, and he is the most acceptable to everyone to do this work.

Zheng Xuan did not shirk, or he was very interested in this work, so he decisively accepted this order, and had great enthusiasm for this matter.

However, at the same time as taking over this appointment, Zheng Xuan also mentioned one thing to Liu Bei.

Thoroughly correct the "Han Law" and decide everything with the "Han Law".

He advocated the complete abolition of the Spring and Autumn Prison Break, allowing professional law researchers to decide what the law needed to decide, and letting the Han Law play the leading role in everything that needed to be decided, rather than letting the Spring and Autumn Period play the leading role.

In the past, Zheng Xuan still had some concerns, but now, he has no worries.

He publicly mentioned this incident in his capacity as the secretary of the school, mentioning a series of absurd and tragic things brought about by the Spring and Autumn Prison Break, believing that this kind of thing could not continue.

The law should be strict and just, at least on the surface.

You can't just let people explain the law, you have to let professional people explain the law, and the Spring and Autumn Period, where anyone can intervene, is too amateurish.

Liu Bei seemed to be quite satisfied with this, so he personally passed Zheng Xuan's opinion and decided to separate the Spring and Autumn Period from the sequence of legal decisions.

He stipulated that from now on, the decision of the case must be based on the "Han Law" as the only basis, and the stories of the ancients recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period can no longer be used as the basis for resolution.

This is the end of the Spring and Autumn Prison Break.

At the same time, he also demanded that all the relevant personnel of the three legal divisions involved in this matter must all study the "Han Law", and then they must also take the "Han Law" exam, and only after passing the exam can they be allowed to continue to hold positions, and if they fail to pass the exam, they can be transferred.

This matter is also a matter that has a great impact on the Luoyang court, although the opposition is weak, but some people also propose that this is an ancestral rule, which has been implemented for hundreds of years, and if it changes suddenly, I am afraid it will cause some bad things.

In this regard, Liu Bei's answer was more straightforward.

He looked indifferent, and even reached out and picked his ears.

"Ancestral rules? Which ancestor? Why don't I remember Emperor Gao saying this? ”

These words choked the officials who wanted to object, because Liu Bang really didn't do this, and the emperors of the Han Dynasty had only one common ancestor.

Liu.

What, you said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also my ancestor?

But Liu Bang is the great ancestor of the Eight Classics.

When the ancient literature school faced the coercion of the modern literature school, it tried to use Zhou Gong to suppress Confucius, look forward to the more ancient sages, pull the banner to make tiger skins, and make it impressive.

So this matter was also forced to be implemented by Liu Bei.

From now on, the officials of the Third Department of Justice must go to the Law School outside Luoyang City to hold a special class and take turns to study the "Han Law".

Only if you pass the exam can you get on the job, if you don't pass the exam, you don't want to work!

Liu Bei also proposed that even if he joins the company, he can't slack off in learning, and the learning and promotion of Hanlu must be carried out at all times, even if he wants to be promoted in the future, he must take the promotion test to see if this guy has a real understanding of "Hanlu".

This incident really made the officials feel depressed and speechless.

They are not too students, so why do they always have to take exams?

But Liu Bei also has something to say.

My army, strong, right?

Fight invincible opponents all over the world, with your hands in your pockets, and you don't know what an opponent is.

Why is it so strong?

Officers have to take a promotion exam every time they are promoted!

Not only must they have military achievements, but also cultural literacy, they must develop together in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, art and labor, and they must be able to fight wars and have enough professional qualities, otherwise how can they be so awesome and capable of fighting?

What is elite?

This special brew is the elite!

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It's because of the successful experience of the army that you guys think you can escape?

It just so happened that Liu Bei said that he wanted to implement the official elimination system, and Liu Bei simply included the official's professional skills test into the assessment criteria of the elimination system.

This judicial official can't even be proficient in "Han Law", and he holds a copy of "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" every day and pretends to be a big-tailed wolf over there, what kind of judge do I want you to be?

Eliminate!

After this matter was executed by Liu Beiming's edict to the Eighth Department, it immediately caused a small panic among officials in the Third Department of Justice and some other departments.

Not to mention that the law requires professional skills, agriculture also requires professional skills, and engineering also requires professional skills.

When the officials were gloomy, Liu Bei was very happy.

He vaguely remembered a sentence he heard in school when he was very young in his previous life - the exam, the teacher's magic weapon, the lifeblood of the student.

He once felt very powerless because of this, and he succumbed to the power of the exam and couldn't extricate himself, but now that he is on the offensive, no one can test him, but he can test everyone.

Pleasure.

He now feels that there are so many insects in the Han court, not only because of social problems and class problems, but also because of various reasons, and many factors have created a situation where insects are all over the world.

Some problems can't be solved for a while, but some problems can still be solved immediately.

Liu Bei couldn't kill all the insects at once, but he could let everyone go to the exam together.

There are so many insects, it must be because there is too little learning content! There are too few professional exams!

If they can all go through several professional skills tests, it will not only be able to single out the bastards, but also greatly improve the professionalism of the official ranks.

It is true that exams do not select moral gentlemen, but exams can improve their professional qualities.

This point is very important to Liu Bei now.

As a result, the students and soldiers who fought in the war needed to face the hell of the exam, and this wind of the exam finally blew into the Yuyang Imperial Court, which was originally just a breeze, but now the strength of the wind has increased significantly.

The officials of the three judicial divisions, who were the first to suffer, were blown away from opening their eyes.

Many of them asked the people around them overnight if there was a model of the "Han Law", and they could lend them a copy of it and take it back to memorize and study.

But whether to say it or not, this process is still quite painful, many of the officials of the three judicial departments of this group were brought up by the ducks at the beginning, and they have limited understanding of Chinese law, and now it is indeed very difficult to let them prepare for the exam.

And it is said that after learning the news, many of the Taixue students in Taixue burst into laughter, feeling that those who were officials would finally feel their pain.

But soon a more sensible student came up with a key point -

Rejoice what? We are working so hard for the exam now, isn't it still so that we can not have such a painful exam in the future?

As a result, those who are officials now also have to take exams, is this a good thing for us?

I thought it would be easier to become an official, but as a result, I had to face various professional exams when I became an official, and if I couldn't pass the exam, I couldn't be promoted, and I couldn't even continue to be an official......

As a result, the students began to be gloomy again, feeling that they would never be able to escape the hell of the exam in their lives.

However, Liu Bei did not strengthen the pressure on the officials in an all-round way, and did not provide them with even the slightest help.

He helped, still very, very much.

He ordered the printing office to urgently print 300 copies of the "Han Law" and send it to the Third Department of Justice, so that the three departments could divide it and take it back for everyone to read and study.

He also said that they didn't need to copy it by hand in a hurry, of course, they could copy it if they wanted, but soon more wirebound copies of "Han Law" would be distributed.

It is a high probability event to have a copy of the book, but it takes a little time.

They will soon be able to take a huge and thick copy of the "Han Law" back to recite and study day and night, and then completely change into the shape of the "Han Law".

The officials of the Third Division and other court officials who heard the news were very shocked by this situation, and they went to the Third Department of Justice to watch this legendary line-bound version of the "Han Law".

It's a big book, it's much bigger than their faces, and it's very thick, and when they open it and look left and right, they find that this "Han Law" is not only exactly the same in every book, but also has the same glyphs, and even has small symbols used to break sentences.

Is this the legendary punctuation?

And the books all look exactly the same, so they are not copied by hand, but use the legendary printing press?

It was at this time that Liu Bei disclosed the existence of printing to the imperial court.

He announced that with the printing press, everyone no longer had to copy books by hand, and that as long as there was enough time, a million books could be printed, and each book would be exactly the same, and there would be no difference.

You can learn with confidence.

(End of chapter)