My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 271 Fallacy (please support by giving and subscribing!)

Fusu couldn't help but ask, "According to you, after people satisfy their desire to eat and drink, they will consciously pursue rites?"

"If that's the case, then the richest country in the world must have the best etiquette."

Zhang Cang pricked up his ears and listened, and suddenly felt that his eyes were filled with green.

The prince's thoughts moved too fast. But it all sounds right.

Fusu looked at Zhang Cang. This pretty boy couldn't show any skills every day. He didn't know what the use of raising him was.

"And you still think that if people understand the etiquette, they can all settle down in their respective positions. According to your theory, when everyone understands the etiquette, the country can be stable?"

"But your views are not only inconsistent with reality, but also contradictory."

Fusu wanted to do something about ideological unification, and he wanted to try using Zhang Cang to see if it worked.

Zhang Cang is Xun Qing's disciple. Xun Kuang was once a well-known representative of Confucianism in the world, but Xun Kuang was a person who advocated acting within his capabilities and his views were more practical.

He insisted that human nature is inherently evil and needs etiquette and enlightenment. This coincides with Qin's philosophy of governing the country.

Therefore, his teachings were very popular among the scholars and officials of Qin State.

But in essence, Xun Qing actually sought a method between etiquette and law, advocating the use of inner saints and outer kings to govern the people.

Legal punishment and moral education should go hand in hand and work together.

But judging from the situation in Qin, it has completely gone off the track. In order to take the high road and develop the farming and warfare system, Qin only cared about the immediate practical benefits and did not care about anything else.

In the short term, harsh punishments will definitely have an effect.

But over time, the people of Qin slowly changed their value orientation.

The law has become the bottom line in their minds.

Gradually, people began to think, "It's not illegal anyway, so what's not to do?"

As time goes by, the morality of the masses begins to slip towards the final bottom line of the law.

Instead, the number of crimes increased.

Why is this happening?

Because the purpose of the law itself is to prevent moral decline, which is the last bottom line of morality. The emergence of law and morality is to organize the growth and expansion of the evil side among people.

An independent person has both evil and good sides.

Once there are problems with policy orientation and policy implementation, the evil of the group will be continuously amplified. There are more and more people committing crimes, the group of "bad guys" is growing day by day, and crime seems to be just that, not something to be ashamed of.

The shame in people's hearts is gone, which in turn affects the social order.

When things go to extremes, they must turn against each other. According to Qin's harsh punishment laws, it is simply an abuse of the law.

As time goes by, the law will become a very contemptible thing.

Because the law no longer protects their interests, but has become a means of exploiting them.

Zhang Cang's hunch was right, Fusu really wanted to use him to do something big.

However, this major event is too big for Qin and will be opposed by many vested interests.

Fusu wanted to see if Zhang Cang had the ability to help him complete this matter.

Famous figures in history often achieved their achievements due to current circumstances. Some people may not really be able to help Fusu. Like Zhang Cang, he obviously lacks exercise and is very weak in all aspects. But the good thing is that he is honest with others, somewhat upright, and has a good heart.

This kind of person will not treat the people harshly, nor will he turn his back on them.

Zhang Cang thought for a long time, "What the prince said is indeed true. But the reason why people are rich and fail to understand etiquette and integrity is because the people do not realize what etiquette is."

Fusu's face was filled with joy, "Censor, the etiquette you mentioned is probably still the etiquette from the time of Emperor Zhou, right?"

If Zhang Cang still had the Confucian approach or the Chu-Han Taoist approach in his mind, he would not be able to pass the test here in Fusu, let alone cause trouble in the court.

What Fu Su wants to save is the Qin State, and what is stable is the rule of the Qin Dynasty.

So far, except for the Confucianism and Xunzi theory that he anchored, other theories and ideas cannot be applied to Qin at all.

Zhang Cang replied seriously, "I once studied under Xunzi. My first teacher Xunqing told me that the core of governing a country lies in Longli."

"Anything you do must be based on etiquette, otherwise it will not be completed. If people are rude, there will be no life; if things are rude, they will not succeed; if the country is rude, there will be no peace."

"Being a human being, whether it is a small matter, or running a country, it is impossible without etiquette. This is most applicable when it comes to dealing with others."

"Food, drink, clothing, living quarters, movement and stillness all follow propriety and are harmonious. Failure to follow propriety will lead to problems and diseases. Appearance, attitude, advancement and retreat, and behavior will all follow propriety and will be elegant. Failure to follow propriety will lead to being secluded, unconventional, and mediocre." wild."

"Whenever you use your emotions, will, and thoughts, if you follow the etiquette, you will be thorough in everything; if you don't follow the etiquette, you will be disorganized and undisciplined;"

"In terms of eating, dressing, living, and behavior, if you follow the etiquette, you will be harmonious and rhythmic. If you don't follow the etiquette, you will violate taboos and get sick."

"In terms of appearance, attitude, advancement and retreat, and walking, if you follow the etiquette, you will be gentle and elegant. If you don't follow the etiquette, you will be arrogant, evil, and rough like the world."

"These things of dealing with others may seem very small, but Mount Tai does not give way to the soil, so it can become big. People can live in peace for a long time if they practice etiquette in their daily lives, accumulate over time, recommend others by themselves, be gentle without being unreasonable, and be unreasonable with love. Together."

"So my master believed that if people do not follow propriety, they cannot survive, if they do not follow propriety, they cannot succeed, and if a country does not follow propriety, there will be no peace."

(Actually, this etiquette is the modern sophistication of people. I feel that it has been abused by people and has become a derogatory term.)
Zhang Cang added, "Although my master believed that human nature is inherently evil, he always insisted on using etiquette to govern the country."

Fusu then asked: "It's called ruling the country by etiquette, but actually it means ruling the country by virtue, right? I didn't expect that after a hundred years of war, Confucianism has always been so vague and boundless. Even the famous Xun Qing is still so unrealistic." .”

When Zhang Cang heard this, a fire surged in his heart, and he almost breathed out of his nostrils on the spot.

"Prince, the core of Confucianism is etiquette. According to what the prince said, if something is really useless, it will be eliminated by the world."

"If Confucianism had no core, it would naturally not survive today. But in today's declining world, Confucianism and Mohism have become prominent schools of the day."

"The reason why our ancestors believed that the country should be governed by etiquette is because our understanding of the origin of etiquette is different from the world's understanding of the origin of etiquette."

"The ancient master once asked: Where did the rituals come from? He said: Human beings are born with desires. If you don't get what you want, you can't stop asking for it; if you ask for it without measuring and demarcating it, you have to fight; fighting leads to chaos, and chaos leads to poverty. The former king hated chaos. Therefore, etiquette and righteousness are formulated and divided to nourish people's desires and make people's demands so that desires will not be exhausted by things, and things will not yield to desires. The two sustain and grow, which is the origin of etiquette."

"Human beings are born with desires; if you want something but can't get it, you have to pursue it; if you pursue it blindly without a standard limit, you have to fight for it; when there is competition, there will be chaos, and when there is chaos, you will be in trouble. .”

"The ancient sage kings hated the chaos, so they established etiquette and justice to determine people's status, so as to regulate people's desires and satisfy people's requirements, so that people's desires will never be unsatisfied due to material reasons. Materials It will never be exhausted because of people's desires, so that both materials and desires will grow while restricting each other. This is the origin of etiquette."

Fusu smiled, he finally heard something interesting.

But what's the use? It will definitely not work if Qin Fa continues to develop like this. However, everyone in the world is in confusion, there is no unified thought, and the concept of unity is not recognized by everyone. What is the use of just proposing rituals.

"Then according to Xun Qing, etiquette can originally govern the world. Is it all because the king doesn't know how to use it?"

Fusu felt chills all over when he thought of Song Xianggong.

Zhang Cang leaned down and said, "No. Prince. You are wrong."

(This aspect of thinking is really troublesome to write. No wonder emperors and generals in history rarely succeeded in governing people's hearts.)
(End of this chapter)