The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 410 Teaching
Yuan Tiangang's reputation is great, and Yuan Ziyan's status has also risen. She came to the palace as a guest and was warmly received by the ladies of the Yang family.Yang You and Zen Master Yang were also called back from the Tsinghua Academy. There was no way, there were too many women in the family, and there were two brothers on one side, so Yang Tong would not be too lonely.

Seeing Yuan Ziyan showing the four little guys a formal look, and listening to her solemnly saying something rich and unspeakable, Yang Yu's face was distorted: I am the emperor, how dare the four little ones be expensive? Unspeakable?

This is so ridiculous that Yang Tong didn't even bother to read it.I am also happy to see the four daughters-in-law, otherwise I have to expose this magic trick,
What made him a little more comfortable was that Pei Qinghua did not attend, and talked about Taoism with Yang You and Zen Master Yang beside him.

There are many schools of Taoism, maybe a Taoist temple is a faction, and they have great internal disputes, unlike Buddhism, which has few schools, can form a whole and work together to build.

Take Yuan Tiangang's sect as an example, it is completely different from the tens of thousands of Taoist disciples Yang Tong imagined. Apart from their father and daughter, there are only more than 300 ethnic disciples. Difficult, with such a little strength, the influence is pitifully small, and it can't give the princes anything real, and no one wants to bully them. If it weren't for Yuan Tiangang's reputation, it might be difficult to even meet the princes.

"Brother Emperor..." After hearing Yang Tong's offer to Yuan Ziyan, Zen Master Yang looked at Yang Tong with some hesitation.

This kind of small banquet adopts a round table dinner, and each person has a set of dishes in front of them, similar to a buffet. Yang You and Yang Zen Master are sitting next to Yang Tong. got used to.

"Speak up if you have something to say." Yang Tong drank the wine in his glass, put down the empty glass, looked at Chan Master Yang, and encouraged him in a harmonious voice: "One family doesn't talk about two families, just talk about what you have to say."

"There is a master in the Academy who said: everything should be educated rather than restricted by force, but Legalism is forcibly restricting people's behavior. Brother Huang not only promotes the legal system, but also admires Taoism that governs by doing nothing. Isn't it contradictory?" Chan Master Yang wondered looked at Yang Tong.

"What do you think?" Yang Tong didn't answer, but asked Chan Master Yang instead.

Because of the rebellion of his father's family, Chan Master Yang was very inferior and very timid. He would not have dared to ask questions if he hadn't had a drink. Seeing Yang Tong's view, he hesitated for a while before saying: "I think it is very important for the emperor to rule the country according to the law. Reasonable, but the master is right. That is my opinion."

"I didn't say he was wrong."

Yang Tong said: "In fact, not only Taoism, Confucianism, Legalism, Mohistism, Buddhism, medical school and other theories, all have a lot of content to teach people to be good. In terms of personal cultivation, they are not wrong at all. . But it won’t work if you put it in the country.”

When it came to matters related to the country, everyone also listened carefully. After hearing what Yang Tong said, Yuan Ziyan couldn't help asking: "Why?"

"There are tens of millions of people in a country. You can't expect everyone to have the same self-cultivation and integrity, and you can't expect everyone to be cautious in words and deeds. Among the tens of millions of people, it is impossible for everyone to be a gentleman, a moral saint, at least I am not an upright gentleman, a moral sage.”

Then, under Yang Tong's dark complexion, Yang You and the little princess nodded in approval.

"Whether it is Taoism, Confucianism or other schools of thought, the core idea is indeed to teach people to be kind, but Zen master, have you ever thought about what it would be like to use these theories to govern the country?" Yang Tong looked at Yang You.

Chan Master Yang shook his head blankly, he never thought so far.

"Take the example of the Buddhists who uphold the adhering to put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately! The criminals they took in may really have a heart of repentance. But once this example opens, it will make everyone feel lucky. They think that they don't care about the crime. No matter how many sins you have committed, as long as you convert to Buddhism, you can escape legal sanctions. I work hard to improve the law to dispel this fluke idea, so that they know that as long as people make mistakes, no matter whether you sincerely correct them or not, you must accept them. Corresponding punishments have curbed the breeding of people's evil thoughts."

Yuan Ziyan smiled slightly, and gave Yang Tong a piece of autumn spinach, which shocked him so much that he quickly looked away.

The heavens can learn from it, he didn't mean to pick up girls, but the Buddhist school is too typical, so I use it as an example.

Zen Master Yang suddenly said: "Brother Huang made the abolition of the clause of amnesty the world an iron law, is it also cutting off everyone's luck?"

"That's right." Yang Tong dipped the wine with chopsticks, drew a line on the table, looked at Zen Master Yang and said, "The law is this line, you can call it the bottom line, the moral bottom line, the warning line, this line The line is telling people: what is wrong, what is right, what can be done and what cannot be done! With its existence, human greed can be curbed. Perfect and strict laws can not only be vigilant , Punishment, and in many cases can turn wicked people into good people.”

Having said that, Yang Tong opened a few gaps in this line: "Once there is a compromise with the Buddhist school that upholds the principle of 'put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately', and once there is any amnesty for the world, there will be a gap in the law and let people know , as long as he passes here, he can avoid death, punishment, and punishment! The more gaps there are, the bottom line will gradually become a dead letter. Even a good person can pass through these gaps when he sees countless people doing bad things around him. If the gap is free from guilt, then he must also want to go for a walk, and he will not be able to turn back. What we have to do is to constantly strengthen and improve this warning line, and constantly fill in these loopholes and gaps. Let people dare not touch this line. Then on the basis of this bottom line, schools of thought such as Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, and Buddhism can develop freely. Only in this way will there be more righteous gentlemen and moral saints.”

"So the legal system of compulsory restriction is not contradictory to the rule of virtue that gently educates people. In fact, most of the well-educated people who are good at thinking understand these principles. It is just that some scholars deliberately belittle the legal system for personal gain or their own status. , deliberately provoked disputes. From this point alone, the people who said this are immoral. Even if they are not, they have limited knowledge. Because they deliberately do not recognize the role of the law, they are immoral; It shows that his talent and knowledge are not qualified for this level of teacher, so far as his knowledge is concerned, he can only be a county school or elementary school teacher."

Yang You, Zen Master Yang, and the little princess all nodded. Although they couldn't understand everything, what Yang Tong said was easier to understand than what the masters said.Even Yuan Ziyan suddenly became enlightened and inspired.

Seeing the scene of harmonious co-existence and respectful brothers and sisters, Empress Xiao was so happy that her eyes turned red. The younger brothers were willing to learn, and the elder brother taught seriously.

Everyone thinks that Yang Tong's teaching method is very unique. He did not use the authority of the emperor, elder brother, "teacher" and so on to forcefully instill his own ideas on others, and he did not force others to do so, but through this kind of guidance and demonstration It seems unconventional and deviant to communicate, but what Yang Tong said is the fundamental reason why Yang Tong can become more prosperous and powerful under Yang Tong's rule, but not everyone is qualified to let Yang Tong Explain it patiently.

Of course, Yang Tong didn't have so much time, he had too many things to consider.No, before the meal was finished, people summoned Shangshu Sheng Sanpu Shejiu Shangshu and Dali Temple Minister to go to Chaoyang Hall to discuss matters.

(End of this chapter)