Dong Zhongshu's 'Tai Academy' project has finally stopped.

The lack of money and food is one thing, but more importantly, the group of craftsmen he hired at a high price began to make trouble inexplicably, asking Dong Zhongshu to process money for them, otherwise, they all had to leave.

Dong Zhongshu's dozens of disciples were overwhelmed, and they couldn't help but rush between their words.

Unexpectedly, those people didn't even settle their previous wages, and all of them left directly.

Kneeling in the attic, looking at the mess of the construction site and the discarded wood, stone, axes, saws, chisels, etc., the great scholar stood up angrily.

Then, he sat down and fell down......

……

"The craftsman is walking away, and he doesn't even want his wages?"

An hour later, Dong Zhongshu, who was full of despair, came to Yang Chuan's house and explained the reason for the matter in detail, looking very tired.

Yang Chuan sat in a wheelchair, pondered for a long time, and said, "If someone doesn't want you Dong Zhongshu to build the Tai Academy, what is the reason?" ”

Dong Zhongshu sighed and said: "Actually, the reason is very simple, that is, the current employment system of the imperial court takes the inspection system as the main criterion for selecting officials.

This kind of system that relies on the recommendation of wealthy families to become officials can actually be regarded as blocking the way of ascent for the children of the poor family and the common people, and making many talented people anonymous and stumbling for life; Therefore, the old man advised the emperor that the imperial court should host the Tai Academy as the main way to examine and select officials in the future......"

Yang Chuan understood.

After all, court disputes can't get around 'power' and 'profit', and you can't get around the life and death between those with vested interests and those who come after you.

This level of struggle, on the surface, seems to be calm, who is particularly smiling, waiting for your back to stick a knife, I guess I don't know who is the black hand.

The class struggle is just a basic exercise.

Yang Chuan pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Even if Gongsun Hong, Er Kuan and others are dissatisfied with Ling, Sang Hongyang and other officials from the poor family of scholars and merchants, they have no reason to spoil your business?" ”

Dong Zhongshu shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "The old man is also very puzzled." ”

Yang Chuan looked at Dong Zhongshu, who was full of dejection, but he was also a little happy in his heart.

This old thief, pretending to be confused, pretending to be quite similar?

After all, the practice of one or two thousand years in later generations has proved that leaving a way to live and ascend for the scholars and ordinary people is the trend of the times after all, at least in the current Han Empire, it can only be said that there are benefits and no harm.

Dong Zhongshu is really a leader in Confucianism, and he is clearly running for the Han Dynasty and seeking an upward channel for the poor scholars and the children of the common people......

There's nothing wrong with that.

There is something wrong with Dong Zhongshu, an old thief, in the 'Three Strategies of Heaven and Man' proposed to Emperor Liu Che, Hongguoguo's proposal that 'all families other than Confucianism are not allowed to lift', trying to create a standard of using Confucianism to win scholars.

In other words, once this system is established, except for Confucian scholars, scholars of other schools will not be able to enter the ranks, but can only be infinitely marginalized, and in the end, they can only gradually die out in the long river of history.

How can this work?

Yang Chuan didn't know much about the pros and cons of Confucianism in later generations, but he insisted on one principle, that is, you can't let a small number of people eat fat and let the vast majority go hungry...... Right?

Yang Chuan is a cook, he can't comprehend higher-level things, he stubbornly believes that whether you are Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Yin and Yang, Bing or something, as long as it exists, it should have its merits.

Isn't it fragrant to eliminate the dross, choose its essence, and use it for the Han Empire?

Of course, Yang Chuan hated some gods and gods and crooked things from the bottom of his bones, and he didn't allow them to develop at all......

"Dong Gong, if it's just a trivial matter like money, grain, and craftsmen, my Yang family can find a way to fund one or two," Yang Chuan said very seriously: "However, I definitely can't fight with the old thieves of the imperial court." ”

"The open and secret battles in the court, the old man has his own opinions," Dong Zhongshu heard a little meaning from Yang Chuan's mouth, his face gradually softened, and he said coldly: "Gongsun Hong, Er Kuan, Sang Hong Yang and the princes and kings of various places, others are afraid of them, but the old man is not afraid."

The old man wants to see, who dares to leave a stink for 10,000 years! ”

Yang Chuan laughed and said, "That's right, who dares to provoke you Dong Gong, you write an article to scold him to death!" ”

"No, writing an article to scold people is a very boring thing," Dong Zhongshu's 'heroic spirit' seemed to be stimulated, and he said coldly: "The sore spots and weaknesses of those wealthy families and princes surnamed Liu are not their faces;

For those people, the dough is not valuable, just like the reputation of your Yang Chuan and Pingyang Hou Cao Xiang, which is very bad and rotten in the area of Chang'an City, but as long as you go out for a walk, take a look, and find a few deflated people who can bully and beat them up, the reputation of the two of you will naturally come back.

Anyway, this person, when he is shameless, it doesn't matter if he scolds or not, you say that's the truth, right? ”

Yang Chuan scolded with a smile: "Okay, you Dong Gong, why did you even roll up and scold me!" ”

Dong Zhongshu's face did not have the slightest smile, and said expressionlessly: "Those nobles only care about two things. ”

Yang Chuan smiled and asked, "Which two?" ”

Dong Zhongshu took a deep breath, held seven or eight breaths, and then spit out, and said indifferently: "The first thing that the powerful family cares about is naturally power and profit; The second thing is its system.

If someone wants to fight with me Dong Zhongshu in the matter of Tai Academy, then I'm sorry, the old man will definitely teach him to pay a painful price, and his reputation will be ruined and left behind for 10,000 years! ”

Yang Chuan's heart jumped, he glanced out of the door in a blink of an eye, and said in a low voice: "Dong Gong, please be careful." ”

Dong Zhongshu nodded slightly, and said: "Don't worry, although I, Dong Zhongshu, am a scholar and have no power to tear the bear and tear the tiger with my hands, but with a character like Zhang Tang, the old man can kill seven or eight with one hand." ”

After speaking, the old thief stood up, moved his muscles, smiled, strode out, and walked away......

Looking at Dong Zhongshu's back, Yang Chuan was silent for a long time before he spoke: "You three little guys, have you heard enough?" ”

There was a sound of 'rustling' in the mezzanine floor of the attic, but it was Liu Man, Naren Tuoya, and Zhang Anshi who probed their brains out.

"I've seen the teacher."

"I've seen Brother Yang Chuan."

"I've seen Yang Chuan Xiaolangjun ......"

The three of them looked at Yang Chuan's face was not very good, and they were all a little apprehensive, and they honestly stood with their hands down, which made Yang Chuan couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, okay, look at the three of you, what are you doing when you're eavesdropping?" Yang Chuan waved his hand and said, "Today's events can't be mentioned to anyone, have you written them down?" ”

The three of them hurriedly nodded: "Hmm! ”

Yang Chuan exhaled, looking at the white winter sun outside the door, and as far as the eye could see outside the window, the tall and strong crooked neck old elm trees, and his mood gradually calmed down.

Dong Zhongshu's words concealed the murderous intention, but he actually had the idea of dying and breaking the net, which made him have to rethink some of the back-up actions and preparations he had made before.

This Dong Zhongshu, cough!

It's really difficult, not only hob meat, but now it seems that he is still a person who kills chickens and dogs, once he is in a hurry, he can really make a crazy move of 'rather jade broken than for the tile'.

It is conceivable that in the matter of Tai Academy, whoever really fights with this old thief will probably regret it.

Every time you slaughter more dogs, most of them are readers.

This Dong Zhongshu not only dares to kill chickens and dogs, but is also a scholar, which may be some of the differences between the scholars of the Han Empire and the readers of later generations, right?

"Teacher, Dong Zhongshu wants to borrow the money, grain, servants and craftsmen from our Zhuangzi?" Zhang Anshi asked suddenly.

Yang Chuan nodded and sighed: "Look, what a terrible thing it is to associate with Confucian scholars. ”

Zhang Anshi thought for a while and said: "Actually, there is nothing to be afraid of, sulfur and quicklime are two ores with violent temperaments, and they will hurt people if they are not careful, but teacher, let's mix enough water into it, and after boiling it over high fire, isn't it just an excellent pesticide?" ”

Yang Chuan looked at Zhang Anshi and asked deliberately: "Then tell me, how to deal with this matter?" ”

Zhang Anshi smiled, two shallow dimples appeared at the corners of his mouth, and said harmlessly: "Help him build the Tai Academy, and then, mix in more than a dozen or dozens of studies other than Confucianism, so that Dong Zhongshu will have a hard time;

Even if he wanted to practice his domineering behavior of deposing the hundred schools and respecting Confucianism in the Tai Academy, wouldn't there be other scholars to play and fight with him? Regardless of other schools for the time being, just a few big scholars and schools within their Confucianism are estimated to be enough for him Dong Zhongshu to have a headache.

As for the teacher's knowledge, it is all arithmetic trails anyway, which look inconspicuous and develop obscenely. ”

Zhang Anshi's thinking is very clear, that is, to mix sand in the Tai Academy, so that Dong Zhongshu will suffer a dumb loss, and he can't say anything about his partial life.

Yang Chuan looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile, showing a hint of appreciation for the first time, and said with a smile: "Anshi, what you said is a good method, if you don't pay attention to it, it can work completely, and the effect will be very good;

I once told you that the so-called court, the so-called rivers and lakes, is not about fighting and killing, but more about human feelings, and there is nothing wrong with this sentence.

But.

Today, I would like to tell you the three of you another sentence, that is, class struggles have always been life-and-death, and there is no successful change in this world without bloodshed.

Dong Zhongshu is a very powerful character, once he grasps the right to speak in the court, he will definitely be ruthless to people of other genres, and he will definitely put him to death, and make him stink for 10,000 years, and he will never be able to live forever.

So, what to do? ”

Yang Chuan did not say a specific solution, but conveniently assigned it as 'homework', allowing the three of them to think about it slowly and to answer.

Confucian scholars believed that the role of a teacher was to 'teach and solve doubts', but Yang Chuan did not agree with this.

He stubbornly believes that the biggest role of a really good teacher is not to impart knowledge points, nor to explain 'supporting exercises', but to let students discover more 'confusion' while 'preaching and teaching'.

He smiled warmly, picked up the wild chrysanthemum tea in his hand, and drank it slowly, his face was very calm and open-minded.

Liu Man and Naren Toya thought about it sideways, as if they understood something, but they seemed to be even more confused.

Well, let's go back and give them a few more application questions.

Zhang Anshi frowned and lowered his head in contemplation.

"Teacher, I know how to do it."

After more than a dozen breaths, Zhang Anshi suddenly raised his head, his eyes were sharp, and he said with a resolute face: "If we can't solve the problem, then solve the person who has the problem!" ”

'Poof'.

Yang Chuan couldn't help laughing, and the tea in his mouth squirted out violently, wetting his clothes, choking him so much that he couldn't hold back his tears.

Zhang Anshi's cowardice is really a talent......

……

Dong Zhongshu went to Chang'an City, cried in Weiyang Palace, and brought back a holy decree from Liu Che.

This time, Liu Che's words were very clear, appointing Yang Chuan as the Taixue Sacrificial Wine, presiding over government affairs, and being responsible for the 'miscellaneous affairs' such as the preparation of money and grain and the setting of disciplines in the Taixue Academy, and appointing Cao Xiang and Dong Zhongshu as doctors of Taixue.

The title has not changed, but the official rank has taken a big step forward: the rank ratio is two thousand stones.

Of course, this is useless, anyway, the preparation of the Tai Academy, the money and food required are not calculated, it is almost an astronomical amount, and the annual salary is 2,000 stone corn and silk silk.

The only advantage is that when I see Gongsun Ao in the future, I don't need to give a salute......

Of course, in the long run, the impact of this matter will be extremely far-reaching, because Yang Chuan found a very interesting detail, that is, Dong Zhongshu, who is the founder of the 'Tai Academy', still has an official rank of 1,800 stones, but the original 'doctor' has been changed to a more resounding title: Doctor Taixue.

In this way, the emperor was actually very jealous of Dong Zhongshu, on the one hand, he wanted to use his 'depose a hundred schools of thought and Confucianism' to achieve the 'ideological unification' of the Han Empire, but on the other hand, he was extremely resistant to the 'induction of heaven and man'.

For Liu Che's secret psychology, Yang Chuan is also very jealous.

The emperor is a creature that is difficult to deal with with common sense, and this time he can generously give Yang Chuan a 'Taixue sacrificial wine' with a rank of two thousand stones, fundamentally speaking, it is to use 'Yang's arithmetic' to suppress Dong Zhongshu's Confucianism;

What about next time?

Is it going to jump out of a person again and become a pawn for Liu Che to suppress him Yang Chuan?

Of course, on the whole, Liu Che's determination and attitude to sweep away the twilight of the court are still very commendable, and they must be praised by hand......

"Unexpectedly, I, Dong Zhongshu, cried a lot, but I did a good thing for you Yang Chuan," Dong Zhongshu swept away his depression, looking in a good mood, a roast leg of lamb was quickly chewed and swallowed by him, and his hands were stained with mutton fat.

"That's a good thing?" Yang Chuan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Does Dong Gong know what the two official positions I am holding now are for?"

The Marquis of the Yulin Army's No. A field battalion, responsible for raising money, food, horses, and weapons, is just improving, and he has let Gongsun Hong and Sang Hong Yang a few old thieves have a hand, and they see that a lot of materials are going to be returned to the Northern Army;

Now it's okay, there is another nameless Taixue sacrificial wine, don't you want me to work hard to raise money for your Dong Gong? ”

Dong Zhongshu twisted his beard and smiled: "Those who can work harder." ”

Yang Chuan sighed and said, "Dong Gong, when the manpower was exhausted, I originally wanted to fund you with some craftsmen and servants, but now it's okay, I have to help you raise money and food, alas, it's difficult!" ”

In order to make his expression more pathetic, Yang Chuan picked up a bowl of wine and drank it all.

Dong Zhongshu looked at Yang Chuan and said indifferently: "Don't worry, you help the old man prepare to build the Tai Academy, and the old man will repay each other and solve the food and grain of the field camp, how about it?" ”

(End of chapter)