The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 391 The collision of ideas

Although the number of Legalist disciples present was much smaller than that of Confucian disciples.

But it is like the servant Jia Xu, the minister of the Ministry of punishment Di Renjie, the minister of the Ministry of punishment Tang Zheng, the Qingzheng of Dali Temple, the right prime minister Fang Xuanling and so on.

They are not worried at all.

Because their monarch of the Tang Dynasty was actually an advocate of Legalism.

But at best, it is just a layer of Confucianism on the basis of "ruling the country according to law."

Of course, even so, Changsun Wuji still believed that it would be no problem for his Confucianism to win the four "major" places.

But the most fundamental issue is the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism.

In other words, which academic school is the first major? This is the real question!

For now, Changsun Wuji is really not sure about his Confucianism defeating the Legalism.

On the contrary, the idea of ​​unification of the junior next to him is even better.

Compared with traditional Confucian thought, this kind of thought is more likely to defeat Legalism.

At this time, Li Gang, the Minister of Rites, who presided over this grand event, finally appeared.

After recounting many of the demands of the debate, he finally showed his true colors.

——He walked to the side of the Confucian disciples in a grand manner, which made many Confucian disciples present feel happy and relieved a lot of their worries about the ensuing discussion.

The Minister of Rites of the current dynasty was also a disciple of Confucianism, which was undoubtedly a strong support for Confucianism!

The discussion meeting began soon.

It's said to be a discussion, but it's actually a round of assessment.

The assessment method is very simple, that is, representatives of a certain school of thought state their thoughts in public.

Then it is up to people from other schools of thought to point out the loopholes.

As long as you can convince everyone, or most people, you can be listed as a candidate.

This method is very fair and cannot be faked in public.

The order in which the representatives of the various schools of thought appear on the stage is based on the order of drawing lots, which is also fair.

The Mo family got the first draw.

The representative of the Mohist family is Xu Mo, the director of the Metallurgical Bureau and a Mohist giant.

It is worth mentioning that the Minister of Industry of the Tang Dynasty was also sitting at the gathering place of Mohist disciples today.

In fact, many officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Metallurgical Bureau were sitting there.

"The Minister of Industry actually supports Mohist academics?"

Changsun Wuji, Jia Xu and other court officials were very puzzled by this.

It is understandable that most officials of the Metallurgical Bureau support the Mohist theory. After all, the Metallurgical Bureau implements Mohism.

But it is a bit strange that officials from the Ministry of Industry are also like this.

But to be precise, the Minister of Industry of the Tang Dynasty was not a disciple of Mohism.

But he strongly agrees with the Mohist view of focusing on skills.

Therefore, it can barely be regarded as the Mohist school.

Skills, simply put, are craftsmanship, such as making, forging, construction, etc., can all be included in this category.

In this era, craftsmen were not valued at all.

Confucianism even once said that the skills that Mohists focused on were "strange skills and obscene skills." One can imagine the status of craftsmen in the past.

Of course, in today's Tang Dynasty, craftsmen such as the Ministry of Industry, the Metallurgical Bureau, and the Mohist Family can be said to have already been proud and proud.

On the one hand, His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to craftsmanship and technology. On the other hand, the Tang Dynasty can be so prosperous now, and this kind of miraculous skill can be said to be the greatest contribution.

Now, the Mohists have reached an agreement with officials and craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and the Smelting Bureau that the status quo must be maintained.

Craftsmen must not be looked down upon as they have been in the past.

Therefore, on this basis, Meng Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, led many officials of the Ministry of Industry, as well as some officials of the Metallurgical Bureau, to support Mohist thought.

This made the Mohist school's momentum suddenly increase a lot, and its potential power and influence was no less than that of Confucianism and Legalism.

The thoughts of Xu Mo, a giant of Mohism, are divided into two parts.

The first part naturally advocates "skills" and believes that "skills" are beneficial to the country and should not be underestimated.

In this regard, he criticized Confucianism by criticizing Sang and Huai, because Confucianism has always looked down on such "wonderful and obscene skills".

However, it was this technology that they looked down upon that made Datang so powerful.

Therefore, it was inevitable that Xu Ruo, the great son of Wei Mo, was attacked by many Confucian disciples present.

Unfortunately, the Mo family was very confident this time, when Xu Mo sneered and ridiculed the Confucian disciples:

"It is the strange and obscene skills that you look down upon that have brought blessings to millions of people in the Tang Dynasty!"

After one sentence, the Confucian disciples were all speechless.

Although they are unwilling to do so, Confucian disciples must admit this statement.

The strange and obscene skills that they looked down upon in the past were really a large part of the reason that helped the Tang Dynasty become strong.

And this is a point that their Confucianism cannot reach.

Seeing that the Confucian disciples were speechless, Xu Mo did not forget to elaborate on the second part of his thoughts.

The core ideas of Jimoism are non-aggression and universal love.

But this allowed those suffocating Confucian disciples to find a way to attack and annihilate them.

"Mr. Xu, your Mohist family advocates Jane Eyre and equality, so do you dare to say that His Majesty the Emperor can be equal to the common people?"

Du Ruhui asked after smiling slightly.

"I"

Xu Mo was speechless when he heard the words.

Indeed, among the sage kings of the Tang Dynasty, who dares to say that the farmers working in the farmland can be equal to them?

Although this holy king himself advocated that "heavenly people break the law and commit the same sins as the common people", this does not mean that anyone can compare with him.

This is disrespectful.

With this fatal weakness, the Mo family was quickly defeated.

Of course, despite being beaten down, there is still no problem being included in the list.

After all, the first part of Mohism's idea of ​​"strengthening the country through craftsmanship" has already met Li Chengdao's requirements.

It is worth mentioning that when many Confucian disciples attacked and annihilated the Mohist giant Xu Mo, Changsun Wuji did not say a word.

This made Ji Qili very curious.

You know, if Confucianism and Legalism are competitors, then Confucianism and Mohism are natural enemies, and it is almost impossible to coexist.

But little did he know that Changsun Wuji just felt that it wasn't time to play yet.

His real opponent is Jia Xu, and Xu Mo is not worthy of playing against him.

(End of this chapter)