Chapter 608: The Prince's Disciple
"What do they want to do!? Don't they take us seriously at all?"
To say that Donggong's Zhaowen has the greatest influence, it naturally belongs to several major aristocratic families in Luoyang. When they heard about this series of operations carried out by the Donggong Mansion, they all became nervous for a moment.
If there is one thing that the great clans of Guandong cannot accept, it is Chang'an's Confucian unification policy.
They want to forcefully unify the annotations of Confucianism and Classics, and any Confucian annotations must be in accordance with theirs.
Not only that, they also stated that in the future, whether they were promoting filial piety or integrity or talents, their sophisticated knowledge must be based on the imperial Confucian annotations. If you refuse to study the official Confucian annotations issued by the imperial court, you will have no choice but to be removed from the list of scholars.
The people who were hit hardest by this policy were naturally the scholars of the Kanto family. This means that all their hard work in studying Confucian classics for more than ten years has been wasted. Years of hard work have been in vain, and everything has to start over.
Such a great influence is no less than that of Qin Shihuang's book Tongwen. The public anger caused by this was not just tens of thousands of people?
However, under Ma Su's intimidation, the entire Kansai clan basically acquiesced to this matter. And because Confucianism was compiled by the Kansai clan, they could more or less see their own family traditions in it, so it was acceptable.
But the Kanto clan couldn't accept it at all. This would cost the lives of their clan members. This is why when the Hanoi noble families nodded, they were as sad as if they had killed their whole family.
However, in the eyes of the Kanto clan, this thing was only compiled in Chang'an last year. No matter what, you have to wait for several years before starting to promote it to Kanto, right? So they still had a bit of luck in their hearts.
It was not until the announcement of Zhaowen that the Kanto clan finally realized the reality!
The people in Kansai have no intention of giving you a chance to react. They have only taken Luoyang for four months and they are hurriedly giving lectures.
Although this time it was just preparations for the opening of schools and recruitment of officials, the impact on them was not that serious. But this signal still made them tremble with fear and made them extremely nervous for a while.
"They are going too far! They are going to destroy Confucianism in the world!" A great Confucian said angrily.
"The words of the ancient sages, even Dong Zhongshu in the past did not dare to say that the explanations were all correct! I didn't expect that a group of Kansai warriors would dare to speak so shamelessly. It is really a disaster for the country!" Another young Confucian scholar beat his chest and said sadly.
For a time, all the students in Guandong expressed their dissatisfaction and wanted to fight Ma Su, who was in charge of this matter. Even Hongnong and the Yang family received a lot of scolding, and a large number of Guandong's wealthy families hated the Yang family.
However, soon under the guidance of thoughtful people, a voice emerged among the Confucian scholars.
The emperor of Chang'an and the prince of Luoyang are both sages, and they also hope that the country will be well. It's just that the emperor was deceived by a group of incompetent Confucian scholars from Kansai, so he made such a stupid move.
So how can the emperor understand that this is a traitor?
Just tell the prince the orthodoxy of Confucianism when he is giving lectures. It would be best to make the prince realize his lost ways, put an end to the dregs of Kansai, and instead accept the orthodoxy of Kanto Confucianism.
As this voice spread from ten to ten, more and more Confucian scholars in Luoyang began to wait for the prince to give lectures.
Outside Luoyang, many small landowners and children from poor families in Sizhou also began to flock to Luoyang. For people like them who don't have any local power, the prince's lecture is their biggest chance to stand up.
Luoyang, an undercurrent is beginning to surge...
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At this time, Donggong Mansion
"Hey... Xiangfu, do you really want me to attend this lecture?" Liu Xuan felt great pressure from the lecture and was extremely nervous for a while.
Lectures were not uncommon in the Han Dynasty, and many celebrities gave lectures. But without exception, these people are all famous Confucians, and their Confucianism is at the top of the country.
And what about Liu Xuan? He is still just a student. Although he has learned Confucianism well, he is limited to his peers. This makes him go on stage to give lectures. Doesn’t this make him master the class?
"Don't be nervous, Your Highness, I will ask Qin Mi and all the great scholars to come with you for this lecture." Ma Su could feel the nervousness of his apprentice, but he just smiled and consoled him.
"You only need to teach according to the usual rules. Don't worry about making mistakes. Qin Mi and others will correct it for you and keep the lecture going smoothly."
"Does it have to be me?" Liu Xuan was still very nervous and asked cautiously.
"There is no need to discuss, Your Highness must come." Ma Di spread his hands and said helplessly.
To be honest, Ma Di wanted Liu Chan to come in person for this kind of large-scale lecture to the whole country. It's just that the imperial court had no plans to move the capital to Luoyang after all, and Liu Chan couldn't come to Luoyang.
So there was no choice but to drag the prince into the mascot.
"Your Highness, there is no need to be nervous. This matter is the key to whether the Han Dynasty can unify Guandong." Ma Di followed the instructions and explained to Liu Xuan in detail.
"You have to know that the teacher-student relationship is extremely strong in any era. As your Highness gives lectures in person, those who come to study Confucianism can be considered your disciples."
"At that time, they can all call themselves disciples of the prince, and when you become the emperor, they will even call themselves disciples of the emperor, and they will be honored!"
"If the imperial court has the loyalty of tens of thousands of the emperor's disciples in Guandong, can Guandong still be in chaos? This is for the sake of the Han Dynasty, so Your Highness should bear with it."
In fact, Ma Su has no innovative ability, but he knows how to copy history books. It must be beneficial for the emperor's disciples to appear in history and for the emperor to be bound to Confucianism.
Historically, this kind of large-scale emperor personally lectured, and the emperor's disciples appeared in the era of Xiao Yan, the Bodhisattva of the Southern Dynasties. Relying on the emperor (in his early years), who was a master of Confucianism himself, the unification of imperial power and Confucianism was initially completed.
When Confucianism was unified, we had to wait until the Tang Dynasty was unified.
But obviously Ma Su doesn't have that much time, and he hopes to start all this process as soon as possible. Even if it’s just the beginning, that’s a huge improvement!
Therefore, Ma Su prepared this lecture in Luoyang. He just wants to rely on his intimidation power in Guandong to forcefully implement the unification of Confucianism!
As for how many powerful families this will cause, and whether it will trigger resistance from the entire Guandong powerful...
Ma Su: Is there such a good thing?
All in all, for Ma Su, he was not worried at all about the troubles caused by the nobles in Guandong.
If that doesn't work, Ma Su wouldn't mind staging a Heyin Revolution in Sizhou to change the situation in Luoyang, the eastern capital!