[Vol. 1] Section 106: Jianyuan Conscription Order

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In the scene of bidding farewell to Liu Qi, we saw the sad scene of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man again.

Empress Dowager Dou and his son have a lot of mutual incomprehension in this life, but at this moment of eternal separation, the saddest cry is this white-haired old lady, at this moment, she is not the queen mother, she is just a mother, a poor mother who has lost her son forever.

The young Liu Che stood next to his grandmother, looking at his grandmother's heartbroken appearance, he couldn't bear it at all, but he couldn't find the right words to comfort.

Sometimes, cathartic tears are more powerful than any words.

The people lying in the coffin were also his closest relatives. Liu Che could feel that most of the reason why his father was able to leave with a smile was himself. That smile contains anticipation and trust.

In 141 BC, Liu Qi was sent away, and the sixteen-year-old boy Liu Che succeeded to the throne as emperor, and a magnificent era began.

If you want to talk about the Han Wu era, you have to start with the era name.

The art of the era name can be called an invention in the political history of our country, and his inventor is Liu Che, what is the use of this thing?

As the name suggests, the era name is a name given to the year. Liu Che created the era name in 113 B.C., and his original intention was not only to imprint the era strongly, but also to avoid the simple dating methods of his fathers. In the past, the emperor or temple number, the so-called temple number, refers to the spiritual position in the temple, such as Taizu, Gaozu, Taizong, and the emperor name can be understood as a nickname, which can be regarded as a summary of the emperor's life, such as Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing.

From this point of view, the emperor name and the temple name can only be agreed upon after the emperor dies.

Therefore, in the historiography materials, you can see this kind of chronology at any turn, and it is not surprising, because once it is indicated that a certain emperor and a certain year, it is roughly clear what era it is.

Is there a problem?

Of course, there is a problem, imagine if you are a person in the era of Emperor Wen, you want to write a letter to others, and write a large article with enthusiasm, and finally need to indicate the time, in the era of the era name, this is not a problem at all, but there is no era name, then you have to make a difficulty, you can't pay Taizong a certain year, the pen falls like this, I believe that your head will have to fall soon after. The emperor didn't have braids for his old man, so you gave him a temple number, and in the end, not only did the temple number not hold, but you had to enter the temple yourself.

So what to do, you can't call it by its first name! Obviously, it is a serious crime not to call him by his first name, and not to shy away from it.

However, the wisdom of the masses is limitless. Educated people may use the sexagenary branch, or a certain year of the Han Dynasty, and if they are not educated, they simply don't write, and the person who receives the letter will figure it out by himself.

From this point of view, it is really troublesome not to have a year name.

During the time of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, for convenience, Liu Heng used the former Yuan and the Later Yuan to come to the era. And by the time of Emperor Jing, he used the former Yuan, the Middle Yuan, and the Later Yuan to era.

Now, Liu Che thinks that he regularly participates in physical exercise, is strong and strong, and should have no problem living to the age of seventy or eighty in one breath. It is far from enough to use only the front, middle and back, and this method of chronology cannot reflect the major events of the country and his mood, which is really not true.

Liu Che created the era name in 113 BC, that is, the twenty-ninth year after his accession to the throne, and traced the era name back to the beginning of his accession to the throne, that is to say, he ascended the throne in 141 BC, and the first year of his accession to the throne could not be changed, so the second year (140 BC) was the first year of the founding of the Yuan.

His pioneering work has been perpetuated, and the era name has been given a more complex meaning, representing a legitimate regime and an era. In history, the subjugated regime was required to "Feng Zhengshuo", which refers to the name of the era.

Liu Che's pioneering work in the era name proves a major characteristic of his character, seeking change.

He has been seeking change all his life, and in the eyes of those who attack him, seeking change can be understood as tossing, tossing and tossing, and finally tossing all his family resources. Of course, in the eyes of those who praise him, change can be understood as making a difference, and the result of making a difference is the creation of an empire that is more powerful than ever.

In the first year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty (140 BC), the second year of Liu Che's accession to the throne, the seventeen-year-old Liu Che couldn't wait to issue an edict.

This edict is about talent.

He ordered that officials at all levels, princes, and clans must recommend to the court those who are upright and virtuous, and who dare to give direct advice.

An edict aroused great enthusiasm from all strata of society, and the whole country suddenly mobilized urgently, and in order to cater to the decree of the new emperor, a steady stream of people with a little fame and literary talent from all over the country were sent to Chang'an City.

During that time, on the major roads of Chang'an City, there was a scene that was rare in the past, and the passenger flow soared. People who came and went talked and laughed, sometimes singing, sometimes whispering, whether they were riding fast horses or riding ox carts, and there were piles of books pinned to their bodies.

This phenomenon is similar to the entrance examination in Beijing in the future, except that at that time it was called recruitment.

The conscription system is different from the imperial examination system, the former has no permanent system, and whether it is held or not depends on whether the Son of Heaven wants to recruit new employees. The imperial examination system is customized, held every other year, and the old is exchanged for the new.

Therefore, it was also to collect talents, but the masses of the Han Dynasty were eye-opening.

Chang'an City gathered a large number of literati and scholars within a few days, which not only stimulated Chang'an consumption, but also made many illiterate people see the power of Sven.

Although the people who are all over the streets are annoying, the bosses who open their doors to do business in the streets and alleys, regardless of whether they open shops, set up stalls, sell steamed buns, and sell vegetables, after earning money, they can still be respected by the literati, how to say it is also a happy thing!

However, so many literati made the ministers in charge of recruitment worried.

With so many literati, even if the new emperor looks at each person and says a word, he has to go without eating, drinking, or sleeping for a month.

That's not going to work.

Out of consideration for the emperor's physical and mental health, the ministers decided to screen it first. So, after several screenings, only more than 100 people remained.

The rest of the people were given the opportunity to meet with Liu Che, a process that could be called a question in more official terms.

Liu Che summoned more than 100 people one by one, personally discussed the way of governing the country with them, and after the oral kung fu test, each of them had to write an article to show the kung fu on the pen.

As a result, another batch of people who are shallow in their studies and who come in through the door and trust relationships have been eliminated.

Although Liu Che is young, with his extraordinary intelligence and diligence, he is already familiar with various subsets of scriptures, even if he can't say how deep he is.

Therefore, it is extremely difficult to get past in front of Liu Che, and most of the people who participated in the consultation used facts to prove that they pinned their hopes on being confused, and the result could only be a mess for themselves.

Liu Che quickly got the reward, and still got the gold he wanted from a pile of sand, Dong Zhongshu, Gongsun Hong, Yan Zhu and others.

Let's first get to know Dong Zhongshu, the godfather of the ideological world.

Dong Zhongshu, a native of Guangchuan County (now Jing County, Hebei Province), was a doctor at the time of Emperor Jing, because he studied Confucianism, he did not mix well, he could only continue to concentrate on learning, and his knowledge became more and more sophisticated, and in the eyes of many students, he seemed to be a generation of grandmasters.

The conscription order in the first year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty gave him an opportunity, and he did not hesitate to answer the call, participate in the consultation, and write articles that surprised Liu Che.

Dong Zhongshu's strange essay is not in the writing, but in the thought, that is, from this article, the two masters of Confucius and Meng Lao can be regarded as daughters-in-law and have come out of the way.

Dong Zhongshu has published three articles in a row, the first of which discusses the "relationship between heaven and man", so it is called "three strategies of heaven and man", the article argues:

1. Heaven and man are mutually induced, and the power of the monarch is imparted by heaven.

2. To promote Confucius, the ancestor of Confucianism, and all other chaotic sects were deposed.

3. Ideological unity should be strengthened and the monarch's power should be strengthened.

4. Establish Taixue, reform the talent promotion system, and oppose the selection system.

It can be said that Dong Zhongshu's three strategies of heaven and man are tied to Liu Che's heartstrings, and what Liu Che wants in his heart is to realize this ideal of governing the country.

Although Liu Che admired Dong Zhongshu's talent and learning, he did not dare to rashly let him serve in the imperial court, and Dong Zhongshu was sent to Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, to serve as the minister of state.

Liu Che's praise of Dong Zhongshu made another person a little embarrassed, this person was Prime Minister Wei Juan.

Wei Juan was the crown prince, and he once taught Liu Che some Confucian knowledge, but from his appointment as the imperial historian to the prime minister, Wei Juan pursued the same set of Huang Lao's governance. Now, as soon as the former students ascend the throne, they praise a Confucian master, and vice versa, they are whipping him.

In order not to be robbed of the limelight by Dong Zhongshu, Prime Minister Wei Juan abandoned the habit of doing more than less, and lost no time in making a move.

As a result, this sutra was adopted, and he himself suffered.