Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 151 Evolution from Taoism to Teaching

Under the operation of the officials brought by Yuan Xi from Jizhou, Beixincheng began to break away from the image of the previous grass-roots team, and began to go on the right track, taking the embryonic form of a county government.

In the first days, various departments were not familiar with it, and it seemed a little chaotic, but the people in Beixincheng cooperated surprisingly, which surprised the Jizhou officials who are used to the world.

You must know that the implementation of local government orders, especially those extremely sensitive matters such as servitude and land reclamation, without the cooperation of famous local gentry, will cause great resistance, and many things are often delayed for several years without any improvement.

However, the people in Beixin City had great trust in Yuan Xi, and actively participated in the labor labor such as opening up wasteland around Beixin City and digging rivers and canals that required the labor of the people, and soon large-scale land reclamation began.

Rongcheng and Fan Yang had been in business for a short time, and relatively few people responded. However, after Yuan Xi adopted another measure, more and more people helped the soldiers to farm the fields.

Settlement remuneration on the day.

Regardless of the opposition of some officials, Yuan Xi opened a private treasury for the people who participated in the land reclamation, in addition to taking care of two meals a day. They were paid an extra few pennies a day, and the settlement was settled on the same day. The people flocked after hearing about it.

Some officials persuaded that it is not a long-term solution to continue to make ends meet like this. I am afraid that after more than a year, the private treasury will be exhausted.

However, Yuan Xi had his own ideas. If he didn't invest in the initial stage of construction, the progress would be slowed down later on. Now everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as he gets on the right track and invests more, he can get more benefits later. .

What's more, as long as they survive the half year from the spring plowing, there is still a good chance to make a fortune later.

Take down Yi Jing!

There are millions of stones in the food alone, and I don't know how much other good things are. How much can be distributed at that time depends on the military exploits of each person on the battlefield.

However, the first thing he has to solve at the moment is the enemies who may come to harass the sneak attack.

He gathered Qu Yi, Zhao Yun, Tai Shi Ci, and now the three of them are defending one city, changing defense every once in a while, which is just enough.

He said, "For the next plan, I think so."

"Now the wasteland around the three cities has begun to be reclaimed, and there are two main problems we are facing."

"One is the need to build corresponding water conservancy facilities and dig ditches, but the weather is freezing right now, and river ditches are difficult to dig, but if spring plowing is missed, the crops will not be harvested well."

Qu Yi said: "I don't understand internal affairs, so you won't find a gentleman who is familiar with this way?"

Yuan Xi thought to himself, of course I know, the key is that there is no one in hand!

The knowledge of civil engineering in the previous life is almost completely useless in today's small-scale peasant economy. Only people of this era can improve the technology suitable for this era.

Yuan Xi is extremely hopeful now, if only there is a talent like Chen Deng who is proficient in agronomy by his side!
He said, "I have a way, and I won't look for you."

"I decided to let some sergeants go to repair the canal, and pay for it at the same time."

This is the practice of the recruitment system. If the labor service is not paid, the soldiers will be dissatisfied.

Zhao Yun said, "We don't have enough food and money."

Yuan Xi nodded and said: "So we need to find another way, how to make money, everyone should think about it first, and we can talk about it when we meet tomorrow."

"The second problem is the Huns, Gongsun Zan's army and Montenegro army who may come to harass at any time."

"Especially Yu Fuluo of the Southern Huns, who once attached to Dong Zhuo and was an enemy of his father, this Liangzi cannot be solved."

"The 500 soldiers brought, plus the original [-] people, exactly one thousand and five for one city, making one village."

"But the problem is that if they all go to farm, there will be no time for the enemy to deal with it."

"So I want to use the round warfare method. Each of the three will bring hundreds of veterans and elite soldiers, plus some recruits, to fight on a monthly basis, and the rest will farm. When the time is up, another batch of rounds will be fought."

After hearing this, Tai Shici agreed, "My lord knows how to fight, and bringing the old to the new can also be used for training soldiers."

"It's just that when we actually do it, we need to move according to the time. It seems that when I go back, I have to train the soldiers as soon as possible."

Qu Yi said: "Although the Southern Huns have been harassed by bandits these days, the number is not many, but sooner or later there will be a big wave."

"The good news is that Gongsun Zan and them won't deal with each other either. It's unlikely that the two sides will join forces."

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "Although we won't join forces, if we attack the three cities in turn or at the same time, our side will be stretched."

"Leaving aside the Xiongnu, Tian Yu's hundreds of white horse followers are also a great trouble."

Yuan Xi nodded and said: "So regardless of other things, Tian Yu is a troublesome person. Even if he can't be used by me, he can't be allowed to stay in Gongsun Zan's army."

"We need to find an opportunity to lure him out."

"It's up to you after that."

When the three of Zhao Yun left, they couldn't help shaking their heads. The three forces around Beixin City are all quite troublesome. The young master really found a good place.

However, it is precisely because of this that the people in Beixin City have been tortured all these years, so they are so grateful to Yuan Xi who protects them.

Now that Yuan Xi's reputation has spread throughout Zhuo County, the reason why the people of Fan Yang and Rongcheng have no great commotion is also affected by this.

Yuan Xi deeply felt the benefits of fame, as long as there is a wide reputation among the common people and fewer gentry supporters, it may not be impossible.

But relatively, word-of-mouth among the people is also extremely easy to be affected.

Such as the Yellow Turban Army.

Yuan Xi thought of that sentence, if you don't occupy the position, the enemy will occupy it.

He called Wu Zhao and Cao Xian, and said, "What do you think of Taoism?"

Seeing Wu Zhao signaling him to speak first, Cao Xian said after thinking for a while, "Many of the nobles in Yanzhou believed in the way of Huang Lao, and even sympathized with Huang Jin."

"When they talk about it, they often compare Taoism and Confucianism to measure the pros and cons. Some words are actually quite disrespectful."

Yuan Xi was quite surprised: "Do not believe in Confucianism or Daoism, are there many gentry like this?"

Cao Xian thought for a while, "There are quite a few impressions of concubines, at least three or four out of ten."

Yuan Xi said: "Do you think this is caused by the great chaos in the world, the decline of the Han court, or has it already happened?"

After hearing this, Cao Xian wondered: "Young Master, this question is too difficult, I'm just a child."

This made both Yuan Xi and Wu Zhao laugh, and Wu Zhao turned to Yuan Xi and said with a smile, "Let me say it."

Yuan Xi, however, saw Cao Xian stick out his tongue at himself with a smirk while Wu Zhao turned his head, and licked the corner of his mouth, almost losing his composure on the spot.

Wu Zhao didn't notice it, but said: "This matter is very complicated to talk about."

"My father studied Confucian classics, but found some truths in it that are not easy to explain to outsiders."

"If Taoism has evolved from the Taoism of the ancient schools of thought to a sect, in fact Confucianism has also undergone similar changes."

This was the first time Yuan Xi heard of such a statement, and immediately said: "I would like to hear the details."

Wu Zhao said: "Since the Han Dynasty and Wu Dynasty, the practice of dismissing hundreds of schools and respecting Confucianism alone is the interaction between heaven and man proposed by the great Confucian Dong Zhongshu. It is different from Confucius' pre-Qin Confucianism, and even runs counter to it."

"Zi does not talk about strange powers and gods, but the induction between heaven and man is based on the way of humans, gods and ghosts."

These words were like a thunderbolt, which suddenly widened Yuan Xi's vision, and he understood many reasons that were vague and unenlightened before.

The sanctity of imperial power.

Although Qin Shihuang unified the world, he did not stabilize the world. Although there are many reasons for this, he actually did not control the nominal thing like the destiny.

Confucianism in the pre-Qin period advocated the rule of virtue and morality, but it could not give a good explanation for the emperor's order from heaven.

So after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, starting from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the theory of prophecy and weft became popular, and it reached its peak in Liu Xiushi.

The theory of divinity and latitude adds the sanctity of religion by attributing Confucius' words and deeds to the prophecy of heaven, which can predict the future.

Dong Zhongshu was inspired by it and put forward the theory of interaction between heaven and man.

In all fairness, this is a kind of helpless act of compromise, because the emperor has a sky above him, and there is no doubt that there is an extra shackle.

Therefore, Dong Zhongshu's three strategies of heaven and man are also restricting the imperial power, because according to this statement, all human visions such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, and insect disasters are warnings from heaven to the emperor. If the emperor's rule is stable, there will also be so-called auspicious.

This heaven is to the imperial power, just like a father is to a child, and Dong Zhongshu himself also does the work of praying for rain, just like an ancient wizard who worshiped the sky, which makes people feel like returning to the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

It is hard to say how many things Dong Zhongshu mixed into it, but what is certain is that combined with the later actions of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu’s Confucianism is completely different from the core of Pre-Qin Confucianism, and many religious factors have been added.

The symbol of the formal formation of Taoism is the Five Bucket of Rice Road established by Tianshi Zhang Daoling in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

This is hundreds of years away from Dong Zhongshu's Confucianism, and the birth process is very similar to the reason. It draws on the evolution from Confucianism to Confucianism, integrates God's will, ghosts and gods into itself, and combines the Buddhist teaching model, so Taoism was born.

Wu Zhao talked about the causal relationship between Confucianism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in a clear and eloquent manner. Even Cao Xian was amazed and nodded repeatedly.

Wu Zhao finally said: "It is precisely because of Dong Zhongshu's proposal of the relationship between heaven and man and the deification of Confucius that Confucianism has become Confucianism, which has added supreme authority to the imperial power, but also brought a chain that cannot be broken."

"Heaven is always above people, and the emperor is always ordered by heaven, and is controlled by ghosts and gods, the incarnation of heaven, so the imperial power must worship ghosts and gods."

"Taoism took advantage of the void, occupied the position of ghosts and gods, and shook the imperial power. This is one of the important reasons for the Yellow Turban Rebellion."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said, "Is this what Cai Zhonglang thought? It's really amazing."

Wu Zhao's face turned red: "No, how can my father say such a rebellious thing so bluntly? Many parts of it were thought up by my concubine after following the son."

"Do you still remember when the concubine and the son first met, they said that the Han system is not necessarily correct?"

"It was this sentence that alerted the concubine, so that the concubine began to think about the irrationality, and put forward a different idea from my father."

Yuan Xi thought that the world is really amazing. Confucianism gave birth to Taoism, but a word he had inadvertently gave birth to Wu Zhaoxin's idea.

He said: "The gentry respects Confucianism, and the common people believe in Confucianism. If I want to win the hearts of the people, I must use Taoism to build momentum."

"Word-of-mouth from the people in Beixincheng spread to Zhuo County and even Youzhou, but it was still too slow, and it was easily distorted by rumors."

Wu Zhao nodded and said, "I know what the young master wants to do. Digging the foundation of Confucianism is taboo, but it is still possible to dig the corner of Taoism and let him use it instead."

"From now on, the identity of Mr. Walking in Taoism will be spread. As long as it continues and matches your achievements, you will be able to occupy a place in Taoism."

"Young master has a good idea. Cao Mengde did the same. If you want to fight against him, you can only fight poison with fire."

Yuan Xi nodded his head. Although spreading rumors is somewhat dishonorable, who didn't make a fortune by spreading rumors at the beginning?

(End of this chapter)