The Three Kingdoms: A vicious plan was offered, and Liu Bei was stunned!

Chapter 426: Madam Tao discusses the country with her family, Fu Shou admits defeat
Fu Shou looked at Madam Tao with a serious expression. He had been studying since he was a child and there were many books of various kinds at home. It could be said that he was full of knowledge.

It was only because the world was in chaos that the Han Dynasty was no longer viable.

Otherwise, given his status, he would have been an official long ago, and he would not be a small official in any case.

A mere woman probably doesn't know how powerful she is.

Just because you read a few books, you think you are very powerful and don't take the old aristocrats seriously.

Madam Tao smiled slightly, not caring at all. She had just been deliberately provoking Fu Shou. Such old nobles could not stand the provocation.

Fu Shou thought for a moment and bowed to Madam Tao. Since we are discussing the right and wrong of knowledge, scholars should still be polite.

But his look is very rude, so don't be so.

Mrs. Tao also clasped her hands and bowed gently to Fu Shou.

Fu Shou asked, "Madam Tao, do you look down on old nobles like me?"

"nature."

Fu Shou smiled and said, "But as far as I know, your Tao family is also a noble family. With hundreds of years of inheritance, you should be an old noble family. If you look down on the old noble family, aren't you looking down on yourself?"

That's it?

Madam Tao smiled slightly: "That's true. In fact, it's not just me who looks down on my family. The elders in my family also look down on the former Tao family."

Are you people from Tao sick?
Fu Shou couldn't believe it and thought that Madam Tao was talking nonsense.

Madam Tao said, "Before coming to Jiangling, the Tao family made their living by planting mulberry trees and weaving cloth. For hundreds of years, they have never changed and do not know how to change. They are just like you old officials of the Han Dynasty today. You do not know how to adapt and do not understand the principles of changes in the world."

Fu Shou cupped his hands and said, "I am willing to listen to your Tao's reasoning. Speak."

Madam Tao said, "The world is changing, and so is reason. From the Three Sovereigns and Five Dynasties to the Han Dynasty today, the emperors have changed, and the world is changing. So is reason. When our ancestors were young, we had no etiquette, but later the saints taught us etiquette, and people learned about shame and became civilized. This is also a change."

Fu Shou nodded, feeling it was just average, nothing special.

It's not that easy to convince himself. In order to convince himself, he was also thinking about how to refute Madam Tao.

In just a moment, all the sentences from the saints' books he had read appeared in his mind, and soon he had a rebuttal argument.
I can refute Madam Tao from different angles and make her feel more proud.

Madam Tao said, "The Tao family has been planting mulberry trees and weaving for hundreds of years, but they have never become rich. After arriving in Jiangling, they changed their ways. Is it because they followed the way of change? The Tao family is different now. If the Tao family is like this, the world should be like this too."

Fu Shou said quickly: "How can the affairs of the Tao family be discussed by the whole world!"

Don't think of taking advantage of this, I am listening, Fu Shou said with a smile: "To judge the world by the family, to judge the big by the small is not comprehensive, it can't be done this way.'

"If the family is not prosperous, how can the country be prosperous?" Mrs. Tao said with a smile: "If one family is prosperous, then thousands of families will be prosperous, then how can the whole world not be prosperous?"

That makes some sense.

Fu Shou felt a little surprised. Talking about the country in terms of family, this...why had he never thought of it before.

Madam Tao said: "The Tao family is now rich, not because the Tao family can grow mulberry trees and weave. The Tao family now owns tens of thousands of acres of mulberry trees, and they have cooperated with you. The mountains and forests of Jingzhou are all planted with mulberry trees, and tens of thousands of people are planting mulberry trees. This is not the credit of the Tao family, but because they obeyed the arrangements of the General Military Office and abided by the laws of Jiangling."

"So the rise and fall of a country depends on laws, not individuals. Laws should benefit everyone, not a few. The collapse of the Han Dynasty today is due to the lack of laws. Jiangling was once the world of the Han Dynasty, and the nine provinces of the world belonged to the Han Dynasty. It is still the same world, but Jiangling is no longer the Jiangling of the past. Why?" "It is because of the laws. The laws of the Han Dynasty have long collapsed. The people are not protected. The gentry use the laws as a tool to oppress the people. The chaos in the world started with you old gentry. You were born into wealthy families, with no shortage of food and clothing, carriages and horses, and servants. You can read since childhood, and you are divided into different classes. You interact with each other based on family background. You are noble but don’t know why you are noble. You wantonly break the laws, which leads to chaos in the world."

"nonsense!"

Fu Shou was not convinced. How could the blame for the chaos in the world be placed on the nobles? "Madam Tao, I don't agree with that. What does the chaos in the world have to do with the nobles? It's the fault of the eunuchs."

"Aren't you nobles the foundation of the country? Why don't you kill them if they cause trouble?" Lady Tao said with a smile, "The Ten Eunuchs are in power, but I know that many nobles have taken the initiative to bribe them in order to get official positions. Don't you know those people?"

"This……"

"Since you think it is the foundation of the world, why don't you put order out of chaos?"

"Because those people are His Majesty's men!" Fu Shou was embarrassed by the question, and she suddenly had an idea to put the blame on the emperor.

Madam Tao smiled and said, "Well, since they are His Majesty's men, His Majesty can kill them if you can't. Why don't you nobles let His Majesty kill them?"

"Your Majesty does not want to!"

"Why don't you do what Huo Guang did!"

Fu Shou was shocked. He was naturally familiar with the fact that Huo Guang had deposed the emperor. It was because of Huo Guang that Liu Bingji was able to become Emperor Xuan of Han, making the Han Dynasty extremely powerful.

Fu Shou said hurriedly: "How can this be done? Your Majesty has done nothing wrong, but you want to abolish him. Is this what a minister should do? We, the ministers of the noble family, are loyal to Your Majesty..."

I can’t go on. Wasn’t Huo Guang disloyal to the emperor? But he did it anyway.

Madam Tao smiled and said, "You can't continue. My master said that Huo Guang's ability does not lie in his talent, but in his ability to judge people, dare to do things, and be the first in the world. This is a true scholar. When the country is in chaos, he dares to be the first in the world, regardless of his reputation. How can you, the nobles, compare with him? You don't know how the world changes. You are greedy and the people are poor because of the oppression of the nobles. The old nobles only know how to read and enjoy the world, and don't care about the suffering of the people. The chaos in the world is not because of the emperor, but because the nobles are unwilling to share power with the people, and they encroach on the benefits that belong to the people."

After saying that, Madam Tao took a sip of tea and said, "Mr. Fu, go ahead and refute me. I'm talking about the country based on the family. How are you going to deal with me?"

Fu Shou felt a little confused. She felt like she had a lot to say, but she couldn't express it!

I don’t think this situation was mentioned in any of the books I’ve read!

Is the country in chaos because of the gentry?
He was unwilling to admit it, but when he thought about it carefully, what Madam Tao said made sense.

Cao Cao was a member of a noble family, Liu Bei was also a member of a noble family, as was Sun Quan, and so on. All the princes in the world were members of a noble family.

It seems that officials in the world really have nothing to do with the people.

The promotion and recommendation of officials had nothing to do with the common people, but during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, even common people could be recommended to become officials if they had talent.

Now, the Han...

Fu Shou wiped the cold air. He didn't want to admit it, but he felt that what the other party said might be right.

I couldn't win the argument, I thought the woman was just being unreasonable, but I didn't expect she was so knowledgeable.

Fu Shou stood up and bowed to Madam Tao, admitting defeat: "Thank you for your advice. You have impressed me."

(End of this chapter)