Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty: Nine hundred and eight people on the street

Everyone in the world lives for fame and gain, and all people in the world are ants, but no one has ever wanted to stay alive forever. Therefore, letting a person give up the fame and fortune that they have had for a long time, and give up the sense of worship and superiority given by the world, sometimes even more painful than killing a person.

This is true for a single individual, let alone a wealthy family that has been worshipped by the world for hundreds of years, suddenly giving up the influence and fame and fortune of the wealthy family. For them, it is even a disaster There is no difference.

Since the Wei Wendi Emperor Cao Pi during the Three Kingdoms period adopted the advice of his courtier Chen Qun, he abandoned the inspection and examination system of the Han Dynasty and switched to the Jiu-pin Zhongzheng system, which has completely opened up to the wealthy family. The broad road to gain fame and fortune.

The accumulation of more than four hundred years of time is enough to make such a system deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, or to flow into the blood and the subconscious of the people, not to mention that this is the monopoly of the rich family for hundreds of years. System.

Because they know more than the rest of the world, what kind of huge benefits and prestige the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng system can bring to a big family, and even in some cases, the royal family is like a thread Like puppets, they use their thoughts to govern the country and treat the people of the world. ..

So during the implementation of the imperial examination system over the years, they are always looking forward to the collapse of the imperial examination system and the reintegration of the Jiu-pin Zhongzheng system into the orthodox court. For this reason, they have spent two to three generations of hard work. Against the court.

But with the resumes of court officials, it is increasingly written that it is from the imperial examination system, rather than the nine-rank Zhongzheng system. When this silent battle is about to result in their defeat , They had to break the boat and make the last dying struggle.

Li Hong understands that a system reform is far from being easily accomplished in a few years. After all, what you have to fight against and reform is a system that has already existed, developed, improved, and stabilized on the land of China. Years of the system.

According to the time of the dynasty change in history, this is already a long-lived dynasty and a half. In such a long time, a system has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even has become the ancestral law in the hearts of the people. , It must not be abandoned.

Like the education department of the previous life, sometimes another education reform occasionally appears, not only will it attract opposition from the class, but even the unknown people will be affected by temporary discomfort. The complaints were filled.

Time is the only criterion for testing truth. Li Hong was able to stand up against the wealthy family, five surnames and seven hopes with such determination and toughness, not because of his courage, but completely based on, for example, Everyone in Datang today has more than a thousand years of modern consciousness. He knows better than anyone that the imperial examination system will become the official selection system highly respected by every dynasty of the Chinese nation.

Furthermore, this is also the only one that evolved in the laws of nature when the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng system came to an end, and was the most correct official selection system suitable for the current Chinese nation.

He somewhat understood why Dragon Father and Dragon Ma, after leaving the platform, ignored the requests of the officials and gentry outside and went straight to the Luoyang Palace.

Because Li Zhi and Wu Mei have a more thorough understanding than Li Hong, who has been fighting against the gentry headed by Wuxing Qiwang, the firm attitude of the wealthy family and the Wuxing Qiwang for their fame and for losing fame and wealth. Pain and hysteria.

So when Li Hong was suspicious and still wondering why his father and mother were evading these five names and seven looks, wealthy families like snakes and beasts, he saw the heads of people crushed on the long street. .

To describe this piece of people on the street as the endless, Li Hong felt that something was not very appropriate, even he had never seen such a scene on the battlefield.

The dozens of Li Hong kneeling tremblingly in front could not be named at all, and even the seventy or eighty-year-olds who didn’t even know a few faces, all had sad faces, painful expressions, and even old tears. Kneeling on the street horizontally and horizontally, facing the direction where Li Hong and others came out, knocking their heads again and again, the crowd of Wuyang Wuyang burst into pain one after another in an instant.

Although I don’t understand what these tearful old people are saying with great heartache and grief, but watching them look at their sorrows, pleadings, and some people’s upright looks, Li Hong finally realized why the father and mother had to slip away through the side door just now.

Behind dozens of old people, there is a voice of scholars crying and crying for grievances. In the crowd of kneeling people who can't see the end, some scholars are bowing to him, and their mouths are also sorrowful. Some words, the scene looks rather sad, like a vegetable market swept by natural and man-made disasters, and there are sorrows and sighs everywhere.

But in Li Hong's view, the scene in front of him makes him have some drama! Because they were not neatly aligned, their hands raised above their heads, and then bowed down to the ground, Li Hong stood on the steps and looked at it. It always felt like a wave of people playing by the fans while watching football. Then a wave.

"Your Majesty, ministers and others petition for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty..."

"Your Majesty, the old minister risked his death to remonstrate, so abandon the Nine-Rank selection system, I am in danger..."

"Your Majesty, the great Jiangshan Sheji in the hands of the first emperor and Taizong cannot be destroyed."

"Your Majesty, the ministers want to see the Qingming, the people's prosperity, and well-being, but your majesty cannot disregard the suffering of the people in the world because of personal preference..."

Occasionally the words in Li Hong’s ears made Li Hong couldn’t help but look at the old tears, the sparse gray beard, and even the dirty dust on the ground, his nose and tears. He told him his life's wishes, as if Datang's national strength is strong and the people are rich, and they are far from their ideals.

Especially their sorrowful and compassionate image, as if Li Hong were an executioner, as if the people of Datang are still living in dire straits, suffering from the suffering of hunger and cold.

The current Luoyang Mansion Yin Li Zhaode looked at the scene in front of him embarrassedly, and after Li Hong, he repeatedly pleaded with a group of other officials in Luoyang, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, such a scene is really the fault of the minister. There was a crime of lax supervision, which leaked your majesty’s return date. The minister was even more of a crime of ineffective supervision, so that they were gathered here, your majesty, the minister will now order people to drive them away..."

"No need, let me go now. Doesn't it make the people of the world laugh at me and dare not face the joint invitation of the scholar-officials of the world? Does it make the people of the world think that I don't value scholars and scholars? By the way, I remember you seem to be It comes from the Li family in Longxi, what other way do you have to do with the current situation besides driving away?" Li Hong smiled and waved his hand, then turned his head slightly, looking at Li Zhaode who was three steps behind him.

"In response to your Majesty, the ministers dare not agree with them." Li Zhaode saluted.

"Why?" Li Hong raised his eyebrows, then looked around, still wailing, not feeling the crowd, and asked lightly.

"His Majesty, in the past, Chen Qun, the official official of the Wei Kingdom, set up the nine-rank selection method to prevent the clan from doing politics, and at the same time show goodwill to the scholars of the world and various famous families. The original intention was that they could govern the country with the royal family. It was not for the fame, fortune and prestige of a clan and clan to make suggestions for the royal family, so as to recommend more famous and talented scholars to serve the country and benefit the people. Moreover, although the minister came from the Li family in Longxi, But the minister did not recommend him to be an official, but was admitted to the official post by the Ming Jing a discipline." Li Zhaode looked at the black and heavy under the steps, and he was a little worried in his heart. He didn't know if his father was also in the invitation crowd. in.

If the father is also there, if your Majesty let himself handle this matter impartially, how should he deal with his old father? Is it true that you will fall into that loyalty and filial piety, and make a tangled choice.

"Fame and fortune and prestige? Yeah..." Li Hong sighed with his hands in his arms, and continued: "This is like something that has become accustomed to people and feels natural. It suddenly becomes strange, because It’s hard to accept, so I want to argue with each other."

Li Hong looked at Li Zhaode, including some other officials behind him who had tried their best to listen to what he said, and continued: "How do you compare it, it's like a wise man and an idiot together. They are always smart people. Bullying this fool, so it is considered a matter of course, as time goes by, people not only take it for granted, but even a natural rule. For example, it is taken from the fool’s house today. Take one thing, tell a couple of lies tomorrow, and then take another thing from the fool’s house, or pretend to do something that seems to be beneficial to the fool, and then let the fool think of himself as a good person, even Compliment him in front of others and reward him. But one day, the fool suddenly woke up and felt that he should give him what he could control and distribute ~IndoMTL.com~ to share with more people, but this time ...... This group of people who have always bullied fools are unwilling. They think how fools can be like this. It should be our people who share these benefits. Why do you violate the guidelines and share your benefits with other irrelevant People? This is absolutely impossible, you must change it!"

"Your Majesty, the minister... the minister is ashamed..."

"Such a metaphor is indeed a bit wrong, but the words are rough and not rough. The royal family is like that fool. Although it enjoys the same fame and prestige, it is more important that the royal family enjoys these at the same time. Undertaking the verbal and written criticism in the course of history, undertaking the heavy responsibility of being like that fool, who was written as a fool in history books, did not know reform, did not know how to work, and did not have the courage to confront the wise man with the courage. But after the confrontation is Victory is defeat, no one of us knows. But... we must unswervingly believe in ourselves and believe that reform can make Datang stronger. We must move forward without looking back and abandon the chaff of culture, not only for the royal family. To learn to be smart and not be bullied by others, even the tens of thousands of poor scholars in the world must also learn to be smart, and learn to believe that they have talents who can govern the country and the country. For some famous sages , We can hold a state of reverence and reverence, but it does not mean that everything about them is right. After all... there is no perfect person in this world."

Li Hong's voice is not very loud, but the Longwei he has cultivated over the years still makes him look so savvy and domineering when he speaks.

So following Li Hong’s words, on the streets that were originally wailing, especially the dozens of famous old people closest to Li Hong and others, they had already stopped crying, instead they were dumbfounded. Listen to Li Hong talking.