Princess Consort of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 280 Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism

Funds can go in two ways. One is to keep the key army and play a role in the back to suppress people with too many ideas. The other is to use it to gain reputation. The Ministry of Culture is in charge of him for a day. No matter what he does, the funds are allocated by him Yes, he has a share of the credit, even most of it.

After all, there is nothing that can be done without money.

Xiaowen wrote a few more letters to Shen Sanwen. He has gradually gained a firm foothold in the army, and he has some younger brothers around him. taste.

He said in the letter that if he did not finish his studies, he would not go home.

Shen Sanwen only scolded the brat, he was too inconsiderate of his family.

The Turks are still self-governing, and Shen Sanwen also mentioned the forestation plan to Zhang Yang. In the vast territory of the Great Zhou, the Turks are definitely the most willing to implement it.If there are fertile aquatic plants, they can be self-reliant, without having to work hard to mine coal, refine it, and then transport it out in exchange for food.

Attached to the Great Zhou and became a part of the Great Zhou, so that they no longer have to worry about food and survival, but they all live in poverty.

There are also some people who have rebellious emotions, especially the privileged warrior class in the past. When they ruled silently, as long as they can win battles for them, they don’t have to worry about food. The weak and weak tribes around them are their leeks. Cut it.

However, with Maner as the leader of this Turkic Autonomous Prefecture, war and personal force are no longer advocated, and people who love peace in the tribe are in charge, and the praisers around the warriors turn to praise the people who are usually kind. Of course, Such praise is worthy of the current manager.They made every Turkic no longer hungry, and the food was truly distributed to everyone.

Even if they are not recognized in the village and cannot get food, they can still get food by their own labor.

There is no famine, no pressure to survive, everyone is using their own efforts in exchange for a better life, no longer longing for war.

The leaders of this autonomous prefecture are all young people who were down-and-out but pro-Zhou in the past, and each of them has been appointed by His Majesty the Great Zhou. In the short term, there will be no major changes in Turkic.

But in the long run, it still depends on the next generation of Turks.After all, Zhou and the Turks have been at war for a long time. It is inevitable that some families and individuals with old enemies think that this is the oppression and exploitation of the Turks by the Great Zhou. Even if they are self-governing, some people will miss the Turks in the past.Zhang Yang suggested many times to teach Chinese and Chinese characters in Turkic, but it was not recognized by the court due to the huge cost.

Da Zhou's interests in Turkic are only coal mines. In these people's minds, Turkic people are capricious people. Turkic people will rebel sooner or later. Da Zhou has no way to implement universal education, but it is too ridiculous to educate Turkic people. .

Shen Sanwen has no solution for the time being, everything needs money, and the expenditure of the Ministry of Culture can only be used in the most critical places. To live a good life, you must study hard and control the Turks with the help of your parents in the future. Otherwise, the Turks will only suffer when the Great Zhou fights with the Turks.

However, since Shen Sanwen forcefully explained God's will in the court hall, the afforestation plan was initially implemented very successfully.His Majesty wrote in his own handwriting, proclaiming to the whole country that God blesses him, and he has the law to eliminate disasters.

On the day when the edict was promulgated, the voices of praises from all over the world reached their peak. This is much more exciting than the useless auspiciousness from heaven. It is God’s approval of His Majesty. These people finally have expectations and can live a peaceful life. Worry less.

It is really He Qing Haiyan, admired by all people.

In this context, Shen Sanwen proposed the real education for all for the second time.

Literacy in the past three years was literacy in the true sense. As the foundation of Zhou people, they knew some Chinese characters, but now Shen Sanwen proposed five years of compulsory education. The fate that all people must accept is no different from military service.As a Zhou people, the state endows them with the right to education, and at the same time, they must make progress and learn the most basic principles.

A kind of cramming education, so that they can really understand some great principles, even if they are taught by society and family reality, at least, they once had a moment when justice and the glory of the motherland were the first priority, and in the future, even if they did something wrong No matter what happens, the country, society, and family will not be blamed.Someone once forced you to learn the truth, if you don't listen, only you can blame yourself.

early morning.

It is still Shen Sanwen's own strength to fight against almost the entire imperial court.Except for a few wily people with reservations, most people are against it.

Wu Zetian didn't quite agree with this.

Shen Sanwen only said, "Your Majesty, please allow education to become a form of civil service. All people must receive five years of education", but was stopped by the emperor.

Wu Zetian: "Chengsi, what do you think?"

Wu Chengsi is really innocent, now the Ministry of Culture is no longer a small official position, coveted by others, Wu Yanxiu is not willing to offend him when he works under Shen Sanwen, but His Majesty can never afford to offend him, just look at the favored son-in-law His Majesty knew His Majesty's attitude as soon as he was interrupted.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and confront Shen Sanwen in a dilemma, "Confucianism believes that the people can let them do what they want, but they can't let them know. There is a saying in Taoism that governance can be achieved by doing nothing, and the people are self-reliant. Chickens and dogs hear about each other, old age and death do not communicate with each other. Buddha said , all living beings are suffering, letting go is freedom. My son-in-law, why bother to be obsessed with this."

Wu Zetian snorted coldly, although she was not very satisfied with the level of opposition that he didn't even put forward his own point of view, but the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism did not support enlightening the wisdom of the people, so she wanted to ask Shen Sanwen what reason there was.Confucianism, Taoism and law are the most prominent schools in the world, and scholars choose one to follow. Why is he confronting scholars all over the world?

Shen Sanwen was very happy to hear this, but fortunately Wu Chengsi had no education, these three allusions are often known to people without knowing why, and they misunderstood the meaning of the sages, so he just explained one or two of them.

"Confucius said that he thrives on poetry, builds on reason, and succeeds in music. The people can learn from it, but they can't. Poetry, rites, and music are the basis for educating all people, enabling them to have a sense of social responsibility and know the truth. Therefore, we must pay attention to it. Only when they have mastered these three things can they exercise power freely without harming others, the country, or society. If the people cannot grasp the etiquette and the principles contained in it, To let them know, to let them understand.

Does Wu Shangshu think that Confucius taught without discrimination, had three thousand disciples, 72 sages, and was the sage of all generations? He is an ignorant person who regards all people as fools.If he really advocated the policy of ignoring the people, why did he set up a precedent for private teaching, recruiting disciples widely, regardless of high or low, wouldn't it be better to only accept the descendants of the princes and generals as disciples? "

Wu Chengsi: "."

Anyway, the person who wrote the book, he can't say.I don't want to say that Confucius' disciples came to deal with him. Most of the officials in this court were scholars selected by the imperial examination, so he kept silent.

"The son-in-law is very eloquent, so it is really unreasonable to misinterpret the words of the saint."

Shen San asked: "What does the saint mean?"

"Confucian saints advocated self-denial and restoration of rituals throughout their lives, and established a society based on rituals. The so-called Dao is based on government, and it is punished, and the people are free from shame; The people can be made, but they can't be learned from it. If the people are easy to be incited, then they can't let their freedom go, they must be guided.

Nowadays, government leadership is enough to govern, and there is no need to insist on learning literature.

Practicing calligraphy is already costly. If learning Chinese is not a financial burden for the Zhou Dynasty, it will make it difficult for the people to survive.Furthermore, five years is too short to be effective. Knowing but not knowing, understanding some principles, and lacking independent thinking ability and corresponding cultivation, is the easiest to be instigated, which is not a blessing in the world. "

Shen Sanwen had to agree, it was indeed very reasonable, if he knew the truth but didn’t understand it comprehensively, and he had learned etiquette but only imposed it on others, then he was a real keyboard man. , just makes some sense.

Education is only the initial enlightenment of people's wisdom, so that people can have a more colorful life. Even if they can't experience it personally, they can understand different lives. From then on, whether to choose mediocrity or make achievements is not a matter of the country.

Therefore, the educational literature he advocated is prepared for those who are tough and able to break through obstacles and temptations, not those who are not well-versed in etiquette but show off their literary talent and cause trouble everywhere.

He is willing to provide this opportunity to the world.

Shen Sanwen retorted, "Your punctuation also makes sense, but we are not discussing punctuation.

How do you understand this sentence, the reason why a gentleman is different from others is because of his intentions.A gentleman puts benevolence in his heart and propriety in his heart.A benevolent person loves others, and a polite person respects others.People who love others will always love them; those who respect others will always respect them.

Confucius traveled around the world in order to recruit disciples and promote benevolent government, but he stagnated because of the negligence of the monarchs of various countries, but he did not teach because the other 920 disciples were not wise enough. Stupid, cultivated and uncultivated? "

"Confucius is a sage, and naturally he can do what others can't, but we must take these things into consideration when governing the country."

Shen San asked: "In other words, Confucius' policy of governing the country was wrong, and you are right."

"." (It makes sense, but I'm speechless.)
Shen Sanwen continued to take advantage of the victory and pursued, "Now Your Majesty opened the Great Zhou Kingdom, recalled the sages, put the people first, worked diligently and loved the people, and was overjoyed to find a plan to relieve disasters. In addition to the Turkic disaster, he still implemented a benevolent government, not because of palaces, auspiciousness, He delights in fancy clothes and beautiful ornaments, and only cares about the people of the world, comparable to the sage Confucius.

All people in the world are His Majesty's subjects, and it is the sacred heart to educate all people. If you cannot teach and cultivate the self-cultivation of all people, Your Majesty will blame yourself more than anyone else. Now that I am in a thousand difficulties, it is very difficult for you to solve your majesty's worries, but you saint apprentices have learned from it What's the intention of blocking it.

One is not loyal to the emperor, the other is disrespectful to the sages, benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, the way of the monarch and ministers, I don't know how you learn it. "

The court was silent for a moment, and was stunned by his words. Opposing education for all was actually disloyal and unrighteous, and there was no way to refute it.Are you saying that the sage Confucius did not intend to educate all peoples without discrimination, or that the sage Confucius was wrong?After leaving this court, these colleagues will be ashamed to be with you.

As for the fact that His Majesty is not willing to educate the people, even if he knows it well, His Majesty loves money, and the treasury funds are limited, so no one dares to say it. Can you say this?
Aren't you afraid of being served by a tiger's head?
As for His Majesty the Emperor on the high seat, it's hard to say anything at this time, Shen Sanwen put a high hat on him, saying that she is a holy monarch, does she have to refute to herself, no, I am not?
Naturally, it is useful to educate the people. At least there are more sensible people, and it will be easier to do things. But where does the money come from?
If a farmer wants to train a scholar, at least three generations of savings are needed, and there must be no natural disasters, no corrupt officials, and no siblings. This is too difficult.Wu Zetian suddenly felt that her previous ambition, to feed the people of the world, was a bit small. What kind of ambition is it to let the people of the world read books?It’s almost catching up with Master Xuanzang’s phrase “If the hell is not empty, you will not become a Buddha”.

Thinking of this, Wu Zetian suddenly wanted to give it a try.In one's lifetime, if all the people can be literate and read books, this is a great achievement that surpasses the martial arts of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the literary rule of Emperor Taizong of Tang!
Shen Sanwen looked at the dazed emperor on the stage, thinking that his words were not satisfactory enough, so he added, "Your Majesty, for the sake of eating for all the people in the world, can send down talents without sticking to one pattern. All the people in the world read the book, even if they save money, they don't care.

With such a holy king, how can we not work hard to educate all people and let them bathe in His Majesty's holy light. "

The ministers are embarrassed to keep silent, this is really beautiful, they should also cheer.

So the hall knelt down again, "Your Majesty is a wise, wise emperor through the ages, and all the ministers pay homage to you."

Wu Zetian stopped his previous thoughts, oops, this is too difficult, I’m afraid it’s impossible to cut down on food and clothing, and I’m afraid the wages are not enough to pay, “Even life.”

His Majesty the Emperor really wanted to walk into Shen Sanwen and yell next to his ear, where does the money come from! ! !

Therefore, Wu Zetian also added a sentence, "All your lovers have the heart to help the world and save the people, and you should do your best for this."

What effort?Everyone's hearts sank, His Majesty was saving money, what about them?Do you have to voluntarily give up salary or benefits?

Why are you so sad.

This is not a good thing.

Then, another person said, "I think the son-in-law's remarks are questionable. Although your majesty has the heart to love the people like a son, not all the principles of Confucianism are suitable for governing the country. Too much respect for etiquette may not be beneficial to the country, such as Da Zhou and Tubo , Princess Wencheng entered Tubo, Tubo was able to learn weaving, planting, and casting, but they aimed the sharpest sword they cast at Dazhou.

Besides, compared with the previous Turks, Da Zhou treated him with benevolence, helped him avenge the blood of the family, retreated from the powerful enemies, and repaid the internal security and political turmoil with resentment.

This is all ironclad evidence.

According to Lao Tzu, govern by doing nothing, let nature take its course, everyone can live in abundance, peace, tranquility and contentment, and enjoy themselves with or without contact. This is the science of governing the world.

If you study literature, it is inevitable that there will be various differences.For example, there are three different ways of punctuating sentences: Wu Shangshu, Shen Consort, and Master Zhang. This is a disagreement, and any disagreement will break this state of tranquility and contentment. People’s exchanges will no longer bring happiness, but It's painful. "

Shen Sanwen was surprised, this opponent's skill level was a bit high.

(End of this chapter)