Chapter 24 Shocking remarks

Cen Wenben was very pleased. Although Li Zhen was excellent before, especially in terms of his vision, his vision was so profound that it was unprecedented. There were probably no visitors behind him. It was difficult for those countries to be underdeveloped.

But Li Zhen is not without shortcomings, that is, he values ​​friendship too much. This is unqualified for a king. The monarch cannot trust anyone, and he cannot pour his feelings into anyone, including his son. This is what Li Shimin did very well. He seems to have unlimited support for Li Zhen and let Li Zhen control the command of hundreds of thousands of troops. However, if he does not have anyone to be placed by Li Zhen, Cen Wenben did not believe it.

However, Li Zhen could not do this. He believed unconditionally to his confidant ministers, and even more so to kill the donkey for those who are good to him. This is very bad. The reason why the king is ruthless is to build a line of defense in his heart so that his kingly heart cannot be lacking. The Buddha's fullness is very easy for the enemy to take advantage of.

Now it seems that Li Zhen has realized his shortcomings, and has taken action to correct them slowly. Once he corrects his flaws and combines them with his advanced vision... no one knows where his limit lies.

Cen Wenben didn't know how far the Tang Dynasty would go under the leadership of Li Zhen, but it is expected that once Li Zhen became an emperor, he would definitely become an eternal sage king who far surpassed Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and even more than his father. The territory of the Tang Dynasty would also be far superior to that of the Great Han Dynasty and was unparalleled in the world.

"Where are the aristocratic families and Confucians?" Frustrated with the messy thoughts in his heart, Cen Wenben continued to ask: "The aristocratic families and Confucians frame Your Highness in every way. Now they have all declined. Is Your Highness going to take advantage of the victory?"

"If you want aristocratic family, forget it." Li Zhen shook his head and said, "I don't mean to kill all the families. Although the aristocratic family is not good, one thing cannot be denied, that is, the aristocratic family has been passed down for thousands of years and has a profound foundation, which also represents the most essence of my Yanhuang culture. If I destroy them, it will be cutting off the roots of my Chinese culture. It is easy to cut off the roots, but I don't know how many years it will take to restore it again.

Of course, I am not a good person. If a family wants to survive, they must agree to this king’s condition.”

"What conditions?" Cen Wenben asked subconsciously.

"Splitting the family."

"Split up?" Cen Wenben was stunned and then exclaimed: "It's amazing. People have selfish personalities. Before, they were one, so they would naturally consider the big family. But if they were separated, the big family would be divided into dozens or even hundreds of families, and each family has the idea of ​​each family.

In this way, even if the aristocratic families want to merge in the future, they will not be able to go together.

And now it is a good time to use this trick. As long as we have a tough attitude, with the current decline of the aristocratic family, they will not refuse to listen."

"Hmph, as long as the family is divided, the aristocratic family will no longer exist. Are you still letting us pinch the round and roll it flat?" Li Zhen also smiled and said, "In another ten years, people will no longer have the concept of aristocratic family. From then on, the Tang Dynasty will be at least half of the peace."

"Your Highness is wise." Cen Wenben was really convinced this time.

"What should Confucianism do?"

"Confucianism... don't mention it." Speaking of Confucianism, Li Zhen's expression changed and he became angry: "The concept of Confucianism will no longer be included in the future..."

If the aristocratic families are causing trouble for themselves because they have moved their cheese and Buddhism is causing trouble for themselves because they are Taoist disciples, then it is really unreasonable for Confucians to cause trouble for themselves.

I have never attacked Confucianism in public. Although my behavior is indeed not consistent with Confucian doctrine, if I succeed to the throne in the future, it may affect the dominance of Confucianism, but it is only possible. Because of this, Confucianism comes to cause trouble for itself, and is also in harmony with the aristocratic family and wants its own life. Your reaction is a bit too radical, right?

Besides, learn civil and military skills, goods and imperial families - No matter how good Confucianism is, it is just a minister. No matter how bad it is, it is still a king. Now the ministers actually interfere with the monarch's actions for their own selfish interests, and even want to kill the monarch. This can already backfire the master's school. What's the use of coming? It's better to push it directly to the monarch.

"What does your highness mean?" Cen Wenben was shocked: "Is your highness ready to depose Confucianism? Your Highness cannot. Although Confucianism has all kinds of wrongs, they are just like the aristocratic families and are all the masters of Chinese civilization. If they abolish them, it may be of no use to my Tang Dynasty."

"I didn't say I wanted to abolish Confucianism." Seeing this, Li Zhen said slowly: "Of course I will not abolish Confucianism. What I think is to abolish all the classics derived from Confucianism now, restore the purest Confucianism in the Spring and Autumn Period, and then lead hundreds of schools to the court to compete with Confucianism."

"This... Your Highness can't be." Cen Wenben became even more shocked and quickly advised: "In the past, Emperor Wu of Han changed his courage to dismiss the remaining hundreds of schools of thought, leaving only Confucianism. Although Confucianism has problems of one kind or another, one thing cannot be denied. Compared with other schools of thought, the doctrine of Confucianism is the most suitable school for controlling the world."

Li Zhen bluntly exclaimed: "That's because Emperor Wu of Han is too lazy, or he is too courageous."

"Your Highness, be careful of your words." Cen Wenben was shocked and looked around. Seeing that no one heard it, he whispered: "Your Highness, why do you dare to say anything? Emperor Wu of Han doesn't have the courage? If he doesn't have the courage, how could he send troops to the Huns and seal the wolf's servant?"

"Of course I know that he is very courageous in war, but he is just a little more powerful in war. If you really want to talk about the ability to govern the country... "Wow, Li Zhen said nothing, "Don't say I look down on him. Emperor Wu of Han's ability to govern the country is probably less than the top ten among all the emperors in China."

The main reason why Emperor Wu of Han was able to rank alongside Qin Shihuang and Li Shimin was that he destroyed the Huns and felt that they had gone Europe. However, this battle completely wiped out the treasury of the Han Dynasty and completely destroyed the families saved by his grandfather and his father. During the Wenjing period, the court advocated Huang-Lao's governance techniques, adopted the policy of "light taxes and levies" and "rest with the people", and attached importance to "using virtue to transform the people". At that time, the society was relatively stable, and Huang-Lao's theory quickly made the people rich.

Therefore, by the late period of Emperor Jing, the country's granary became full, and the large amount of copper coins in the treasury were not used for many years, so that the rope that ran through the money was rotten and the amount of money was so scattered that it was impossible to calculate. It can be seen how rich the treasury was at that time.
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