Chapter 356 Luo Ling's Worries
Zhaocheng.
Such important news must of course be passed on to Zhaocheng. The Luo family members in Zhaocheng ran excitedly to tell Luo Ling the news.
"Master, the Spring and Autumn Annals was established as an official school of the Han court, and Qi Fa and Meng Ru were both listed as secondary schools for doctoral students. This group of Confucian scholars said they wanted to uphold the kingly way and bring peace to the world. I really want to see how far they can go!"
Luo Ling felt that his family's foundation had become stronger in recent days, but he was stunned for a long time when faced with this news.
Luo Ling was not particularly gifted in academics, but he was very good at power struggles and had a good understanding of reality. He might not be able to write the classics written by the sages, but he knew that these classics were too empty as soon as he read them.
Needless to say, the Mohist doctrine of universal love and non-aggression, and the Confucian doctrine of achieving peace and establishing the kingly way, are nothing more than the same approach used by the Luo State in the past.
Through the powerful ruler of Luogong, the wealth of the country was redistributed to ensure that there would be no extremely poor people. Then, through commercial taxes and so on, schools were built to open up the upward channel. Finally, after clearing out the barbarians around Luoguo, the population of the country was consciously controlled. This is how the country was able to survive for a thousand years.
Confucian scholars now say that although the world is rich now, it still has big problems. As the saying goes, "the rich are connected to each other through fields and lanes." Although the poor have not yet reached the point where they have no place to stand, this will happen sooner or later.
Because before, King Luo Wen had just suppressed the situation by force and defeated a wave of powerful people, but the real root cause of all the troubles, that is, land annexation, was not solved, which meant that it was only treating the symptoms and not the root cause.
The various philosophers were such smart people, how could they not see the harm of land annexation?
They even knew that most of the world's problems could be solved by nationalizing the land and then redistributing it.
The theory is beautiful, and even the reasons are relatively accurate, but in Luo Ling's opinion, the only problem is that it is unrealistic.
Whether in being a person or governing a country, one should do the right thing at the right time.
In real history, Emperor Wu of Han was an extremely powerful monarch with almost unlimited power. He could force all the middle-class merchants in the world to go bankrupt with just one order. However, he failed to thoroughly implement the land issue. The person who actually implemented it was Wang Mang, and then he disappeared.
Luo Ling felt a little uneasy. He didn't know where the world would go, but he knew that unrealistic reforms would only lead the world to the most chaotic ending.
Most importantly, he is not young anymore.
He is very old, and I don’t know how long he can protect the family.
If he died, the family's supernatural abilities would be greatly reduced.
Because he is the only one who is the human shadow of the Su King and the god of the world, and he can activate those powerful divine weapons at a very small cost.
Once he dies, future family heads may not be willing to expend the family's wealth to activate the divine weapon to maintain the family.
The magical artifacts such as the God of Four Seasons that can be used at will now may not be used for more than a hundred years.
The most terrifying thing is that the path taken by the Confucian scholars is likely to be supported by the descendants of the Luo family in future generations!
Looking at the family member who just came to deliver the letter, with excitement on his face, you can see how attractive the scene of Luo State in the past was to the clan members.
That is the immortal achievement created by our ancestors!
Even a half-human, half-god like Luo Ling sometimes wants to use divine weapons to achieve immortality, not to mention other people.
"The head of the family."
Seeing that Luo Ling hadn't spoken, the group of people who came to deliver the letter called out to him tentatively.
"A common problem among wise men is worrying about nothing!"
Luo Ling, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up and commented on himself, saying that it was a common problem among wise men to worry to this extent about things that might happen in the future.
Who knows, maybe the Confucianists would be rejected by the emperor not long after they came to power, and everything would return to Huang-Lao Taoism or Legalism?
"Write back to A Jing, and try to restrain the Confucian scholars, take them to see the people more often, and let them work in the fields. Don't think about running into a world of great harmony, that's unrealistic."
In the end, Luo Ling just asked someone to take this sentence back to Chang'an. As for the extent to which Luo Jing could control it, that was not something he could know.
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Dong'a Marquis Mansion.
Luo Jing received Luo Ling's letter. He could feel his uncle's concern from the words, which calmed his restless heart.
"There is no need to edit and excerpt this fu. I need to think carefully about whether to submit it."
Several women who were copying for Luo Jing stopped writing when they heard this and looked at him with confusion on their faces. They were all beautiful women, ranging in age from their twenties to their twenties. As Luo Jing had many concubines, except for the one sent by Zhao Cheng, there were no maids serving him. All the concubines did the work themselves, also for the purpose of being together day and night.
"Your Majesty will surely be pleased with this essay that I have submitted to you, praising the prosperity of the Han Dynasty. I am afraid that the bamboo forest outside Chang'an will be cut down again to make bamboo slips to record your essay."
A man who was looking at the petite and delicate woman said with a smile in a soft voice that she was the daughter of King Kuaiji and the princess of the Han Dynasty. She was not the only daughter of the royal family who married into the Dong'e Marquis's Mansion.
In the Dong'a Marquis Mansion, there are her other sisters within the five generations, as well as younger and older generations. After all, in a large family like the Liu royal family, seniority and age have never been linked.
She was one of Luo Jing's favorite concubines and had given birth to a son and two daughters, which was quite a lot among many concubines.
"My dear, what did Lord Zhao say?"
As soon as Luo Ling was mentioned, these women all sat up straight.
Regarding Luo Ling, except for the emperor Liu Heng and the queen mother, everyone else in the world called Luo Ling "Shang Jun" in formal occasions and "Da Jun" in private. This is the special status of Luo Ling.
Luo Jing pondered for a moment and then handed the letter in his hand to everyone to read. There was nothing wrong with the letter, and ordinary people could not read the worry in it. Only those who knew Luo Ling better could see it.
Sure enough, after reading it, the women all laughed and said, “It’s nothing, Lord Zhaogong is just reminding you to be more careful.
Isn’t this world at its peak?
Is the scene of this world any different from what you wrote in your fu?
I thought there wasn't.
You are reluctant to present this poem to Your Majesty, probably because you are worried that you are glorifying prosperity while the reality is a mess, but this world is inherently peaceful.
I think I should present it to Your Majesty, who is such a benevolent monarch.
If one sees this prosperous scene and sees that the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, he will surely work harder to govern the country. Isn't this what a wise official should do?
Please think about it, my dear. That’s all I have to say.”
Luo Jing looked at the third chapter of Tianhan, which she had written in an excited mood, and said, "You are truly a wise woman.
I am worrying too much about my husband.
I will continue to edit and proofread it as you said. I will present it to Your Majesty tomorrow.
As a minister, if I cannot solve the problems of the country and hesitate to move forward, that is wrong. I almost fell into such a vicious circle. "
Seeing that her persuasion was reasonable, the woman smiled and started copying again. The others looked at this scene with envy. To be favored by Luo Jing, she must have her own abilities.
The next day.
Luo Jing walked into the palace with a scroll of bamboo slips, feeling it was a little heavy. He thought to himself, "I wonder how the family's transformation of paper is going. If one day we can really change the current heavy bamboo slips, it will be a great deed."
In fact, in the world today, there is something similar to paper in later generations, but it is a kind of paper that is extremely expensive and inconvenient to use. It is also very brittle and easily damaged.
What has always needed to be recorded is knowledge, and knowledge is more valuable than gold, pearls and jade, so no one has ever used such rubbish.
Although bamboo slips have many shortcomings, as long as they are properly maintained, they can be kept for a long time. There are even bamboo slips from a thousand years ago in Zhaocheng.
Human beings are born to believe that immortal things are the most precious. This is how gold became a precious metal, and the same is true for bamboo slips. This kind of object that can last for a very long time, except for its high cost and inconvenience in carrying, is the most suitable for recording knowledge.
However, Luo wanted something that could spread knowledge more conveniently, which required a new material. After trying for a long time, paper appeared in Luo's eyes.
So Luo began to develop paper and invested a lot of money in it, but he kept failing and made no progress.
In the absence of a reference, this is the normal result of research. Even if a lot of manpower and material resources are invested, it is very possible that nothing is gained in the end after discovering that the direction is wrong.
In real history, although the aristocratic families of the Eastern Han Dynasty were a cancer entrenched in the country, this group of people really produced a lot of useful things, and achieved great results in astronomy, geography, mathematics, mechanics, etc., but they were all destroyed by the horrific apocalypse at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In this period when aristocratic families have not yet fully risen, only wealthy families like the Luo family and some of the Liu family princes with special interests have the time and energy to study this thankless task.
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There are two kinds of opinions circulating in the mainstream public opinion. One is the criticism of the powerful families in ancient times, believing that these people controlled the social upward channel and were completely hindering the progress of history. The other is the praise for the largest family, the Luo family. This is a very awkward ecology, but if we open the history book, we can get the answer to this question, that is, the Luo family has always been the leader of civilization. The Luo family has always been diligently spreading civilization to every corner of society, such as the invention of papermaking, etc. This is why he is praised. ——"Luo Culture"
(End of this chapter)
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