My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 1028: The greatest cruelty is to be merciful without considering the consequences! Fusu debates with scholars!
Listening to Kong Yu's questions, Ying Fusu felt a little dazed.

As someone who was always kept by Ying Chengjiao's side, Ying Fusu knew better what kind of bloody storm had been unleashed in the old Qi land.

In just eight days, all eighty-one clans in the ancient Qi area were wiped out!
4,682 sons of the common people died in the conflict, and 25,791 sons of the common people were imprisoned in various prisons, preparing to return to Xianyang City with Ying Chengjiao to be punished.

During the arrest operation, the Ju, Chang and other ethnic groups also lost 2,191 lives!

This was only the loss of the common people's children; the number of servants from all ethnic groups who were captured and killed reached 60,000!
But this is not the end. As the Tang, Zhai and other ethnic groups actively report the illegal and disorderly acts of other ethnic groups, more people will be thrown into jail!

Kong Yu’s problem today is exactly the same as Ying Fusu’s problem yesterday.

Isn't it tyrannical that the punishment of killing is so severe?
Thinking back to Ying Chengjiao's answer yesterday, Ying Fusu did not answer but asked: "Confucius Yu, do you think Chai Qingshan should be killed or not?"

Kong Yu frowned slightly and said, "I have also seen Chai Qingshan's crimes, and they do not seem to be false."

"I think that Chai Qingshan is guilty and should be punished, but he should not be punished so severely, and his family should not be implicated."

"A gentleman's kindness is long-lasting, his hatred of evil is short-lived; his hatred of evil is limited to himself, and his kindness extends to his descendants."

"Chai Qingshan is indeed a gentleman. How can the evil of Chai Qingshan bring disaster to his descendants?"

"This is political chaos!"

Kong Yu was not only dissatisfied with Ying Chengjiao's actions, but also with the Qin Dynasty's system of collective responsibility.

The Qin Dynasty's system of collective responsibility and the system in which relatives did not have to be held responsible after reporting a crime were undoubtedly a huge challenge to the Confucian concept of 'protecting one's relatives'!

Ying Fusu was a little dazed. Yesterday, he questioned Ying Chengjiao in the same way.

Subconsciously, Ying Fusu asked again: "If Chai Qingshan had killed Confucius Yu's parents, what would Confucius Yu do?"

Kong Yu said without hesitation: "The Master said: If you sleep on straw and use dry wood as your pillow, and do not serve as an official, you will not share the world with me! If you meet me in the market, do not raise your arms to fight me!"

Confucius has long given a standard answer to this question.

When faced with the great hatred of murdering one's father and mother, children should use straw mats as beds and shields as pillows, and forget about becoming an official. Instead, they should think about revenge every day. If they meet the enemy on the road, they should copy whatever they can find and kill the enemy at all costs!

Ying Fusu asked three times: "If the descendants of Chai Qingshan were to stand in front of Chai Qingshan, what would Confucius do?"

Kong Yu still said without hesitation: "Kill them all!"

This is a feud that cannot be shared by the whole world. Whoever tries to stop me will be killed!
Ying Fusu nodded slightly, and asked in his heart: "If that is the case, what is wrong with my uncle not fighting in the city and the court on behalf of the children of the victims?"

Kong Yu looked at Ying Fusu in surprise and asked, "Why do you say that, sir?"

"If the people harmed King Zhuangxiang of Qin, then Lord Chang'an's revenge for his father would be a righteous battle."

"But the death of King Zhuangxiang of Qin had nothing to do with the common people. How does Chang'an Jun's slaughter of the common people have anything to do with the hatred of his parents?"

Your question is weird!

Ying Fusu said seriously: "After Qi surrendered to Qin, all the people of Qi paid taxes to Qin."

"Sun Bo and his sons all paid taxes to Qin. Qin accepted their taxes and money and promised to eliminate disasters and ensure their peace."

"Chai Qingshan killed Sun Bo, Qin should avenge Sun Bo's death and avenge Sun Bo's son's parents."

"There are many people like Sun Bo's son whose parents were killed by Chai Qingshan!"

"Qin used his parents' revenge to fight against Chai Qingshan, what's wrong with that?!"

Kong Yu was stunned.

When I debated with you about how to run a country, we were talking about the world.

Look at what you are talking about? Parents' revenge, the way of the knight-errant! The difference in perspective is too great!
Kong Yu refuted repeatedly: "Absurd!"

"What you said is the meaning of knights receiving wealth and eliminating disasters. However, how can the imperial court act like the chivalrous knights?"

Ying Fusu asked in return: "Isn't the court righteous? The court is also made up of people."

"The righteousness of the court is naturally derived from the righteousness of man."

"The knights-errant have small righteousness, and the imperial court has great righteousness."

"Even knights know how to take money from people and help them avoid disasters, but the government collects taxes from the people but does not know how to protect the people's peace?"

"The great righteousness of the country is not as good as the small righteousness of the knights!"

"Righteousness is the foundation of being a human being, and it is also one of the foundations of governing the world!"

Kong Yu never tried to personify the state, nor did he ever consider that the state and the people could have an employment relationship rather than a ruling relationship.

For a moment, Kong Yu could not refute Ying Fusu's words, so he could only ask: "Benevolence and righteousness are the foundation of a well-governed world."

"Sir, do you think that Lord Chang'an's actions can be considered benevolent?"

Ying Fusu looked reminiscent and said, "I also asked my uncle yesterday."

"To create such a large number of people killed, isn't this tyranny? This is inhumane!"

"My uncle said: Only through struggle can we seek peace, and only through killing can we seek benevolence and righteousness. If you let Chai Lue go because of your kindness, it will not allow the victims to rest in peace, nor will it be enough to make Chai Lue and other pests afraid of the law. As a result, Chai Lue and other pests will continue to harm the people. For the people who will be harmed by Chai Lue in the future, is this kindness? This is cruelty!"

"My uncle told me: being kind without considering the consequences is the greatest cruelty!"

Kong Yu frowned and fell into deep thought. Chunyu Yue could not help but speak: "Mencius said: Everyone has a heart of compassion, a heart of shame and disgust, a heart of respect, and a heart of right and wrong."

"To educate and dispel the dust in people's hearts and awaken their inherent goodness is the way to educate and dispel it."

"To be merciful without considering the consequences is cruel, but to kill someone without educating them is even more cruel!"

Confucius did not have a clear judgment on whether human nature is good or evil, but Mencius clearly believed that human nature is good.

Therefore, in Chunyu Yue's view, everyone has original kindness in their heart, and as long as they are educated, they can become good people again.

Ying Fusu looked at Chunyu Yue sincerely and asked, "I would like to ask for your uncle's help on behalf of the Master."

"All prisoners who are to be killed should be handed over to the Master for instruction and punishment."

"However, if any of the civilian prisoners violate the law again in the future, their crimes will be punished by the Master."

"Master, are you willing?"

Ying Fusu was serious about this question.

As long as Chunyu Yue agreed to this matter, Ying Fusu would really go to ask Ying Chengjiao for Chunyu Yue.

However, facing Ying Fusu's sincere and earnest gaze, Chunyu Yue remained silent.

After a few breaths, Chun Yuyue sighed softly with a slightly difficult voice: "As a teacher, I am not able to educate so many criminals, and I dare not say that I can definitely teach them to be good and never do evil again."

If it were a year ago, Chunyu Yue might have really accepted this task and would not be afraid even if he was implicated and killed later.

But looking at the current Ying Fusu, Chunyu Yue began to have serious self-doubts about his ability to teach his disciples.

Many great Confucian scholars joined forces to educate Ying Fusu, but they failed to keep a close eye on him and let Ying Fusu grow up astray. How could Chunyu Yue dare to say that he could teach tens of thousands of criminals to be good by himself?

Ying Fusu also sighed: "If even the Master is incapable of teaching them to be good, how can anyone in my Great Qin teach them to be good?"

"What the Master said may be right, but my Great Qin does not have the ability or the talents to remove the dust from their hearts and awaken their hearts to goodness."

"If our Great Qin has this capability in the future, I will definitely advise my father to implement this strategy as soon as possible."

"But now, in order to avoid being unkind due to kindness, I think your uncle's move is a last resort!"

In the side hall, Ying Chengjiao sat casually on the soft couch, listening to the voices from across the wall and nodding repeatedly.

Qi Diaoli smiled and whispered, "No wonder the Lord of Chang'an dared to let Master Fusu fight against the scholars alone."

"Master Fusu has only been with Lord Chang'an for a few months, but he already has some of Lord Chang'an's demeanor!"

Ying Chengjiao said casually: "What the scholars asked are all questions that Fusu once asked me."

"Now Fusu is just repeating what I said, what's the problem?"

Having said that, Ying Chengjiao couldn't help but smile.

The questions asked by the scholars did not go beyond the scope of Ying Fusu's questions, and Ying Chengjiao did give his explanations to these questions.

However, the details and angles asked by the scholars were very different from those asked by Ying Fusu.

However, Ying Fusu gave reasonable responses and explanations that did not deviate from the main idea.

This is enough to show that Ying Fusu not only listened to Ying Chengjiao's answer, but also took Ying Fusu's answer to heart, and even integrated it, making those ideas his own.

Which teacher doesn’t like a good student who is serious, smart and able to apply what he has learned to other situations?
Taking a sip of wine happily, Ying Chengjiao listened happily to Ying Fusu's debate with a group of scholars, including Chunyu Yue and Yuan Shou, two of Ying Fusu's teachers, who were not at a disadvantage.

"Now, during the imperial examination, Chang'an Jun asked the examinees whether they should rule Qin by fiefdom or by counties. Has Chang'an Jun not concealed his intention to help the King of Qin rule the world by counties? In ancient times, the world was ruled by fiefdom, and the four seas were peaceful. Now Qin wants to rule the world by counties. Isn't this a move that will lead to the destruction of the country?"

Hearing this question, Ying Chengjiao finally put down the wine cup in his hand and said calmly: "It's time for me to come out and greet the scholars."

This question is beyond the scope!

Ying Chengjiao has not yet given Ying Fusu systematic instruction on this issue, and now is not a good time to make clear the future governance ideas of the Qin Dynasty.

It is time for Ying Chengjiao to step forward and continue his debate with the scholars!
But just as Ying Chengjiao started, he heard Ying Fusu's childish but firm voice: "I don't know what my uncle is thinking, nor do I know what my father wants."

"I know that in ancient times, the world was ruled by feudal fiefdoms, but the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties all perished! There was no peace in the world!"

"The county-level rule may not be a good idea, but it is not a move that will lead to the destruction of the country. Instead, it will help our Great Qin find a way to survive!"

A flash of surprise flashed across Ying Chengjiao's eyes.

Did I hear that correctly?

Although Ying Fusu did not explicitly support the county system without his own teaching, he regarded the county system as a positive exploration?
Is this person really Prince Ying Fusu of the Qin Dynasty?
There was an uproar in the main hall of the palace: "What nonsense is this!"

"You have been well-read since childhood, how could you have such thoughts?"

"Governing the world by enfeoffment is the wisdom of the ancient times, and it is also the etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty. How can it be wrong? Master Fusu's words are really foolish!"

Upon hearing this, Ying Chengjiao's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly pushed open the palace door. He looked around the room with a cold and sharp gaze, and spoke in a calm voice:
"A group of scholars bully a child."

"You are all in good spirits!"

(End of this chapter)