Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 496
Sun Xiangfu himself agrees with certain aspects of Confucianism. It can establish moral and behavioral standards in people's minds, which is necessary for society to maintain harmony and stability.

However, he does not think that Confucianism can be used to govern the country, and he does not agree to only use Confucianism to govern the country. Therefore, he has to find a way to prevent future generations from using distorted Confucianism to govern the country.

It's just that he hasn't thought of a way to prevent it yet, and he just wants to find some inspiration from Yu Shinan.

"Is it suitable? There is no other more suitable one now, is there?"

After being stunned for a moment by Sun Xiangfu's question, Yu Shinan finally gave Sun Xiangfu this answer.

Indeed!
For now, Confucianism is the most suitable for governing the country. At least its core values ​​are more systematic, harmonious, and perfect than Legalism, Taoism, and other schools. Even if there are all kinds of bad aspects, in The feudal dynasty is also the best choice for the monarch.

Unless, you can break the feudal system.

This idea just flashed through Sun Xiangfu's mind, and never appeared again.

He was very sure that he could not do rebellious things by himself.

Moreover, it is basically impossible for him to succeed. Therefore, since Datang is destined to be dominated by Confucianism, then let yourself change its characteristics.

After paying respects to Yu Shinan and leaving, when Sun Xiangfu returned to the front hall again, the food and wine had already been served. The Yu Mansion is considered rich and powerful now, and even a lot of cauliflower was served to greet the guests, and there were also many kinds of northern mountain delicacies. , Southern seafood on the table, it can be said to be very rich.

After Sun Xiangfu took his seat, the father-in-law Yu Chang took the initiative to invite wine. After a drink, the singing and dancing began. This is a must-have event for large banquets in this period. Generally, after the singing and dancing are over, there will be games such as drinking orders. After the drinking order is over, the guests are usually five or six points drunk, and it's time to chat and talk about things.

Sun Xiangfu's status is unusual. Many people who have been supported by him, and those who want to be supported by him, all have the intention to make friends and maintain relationships. Before the singing and dancing are over, many old acquaintances who have become scholars have respected him more than ten times Wine, however, is tasted lightly every time. At this moment, in his heart, he is thinking about how to change the attributes of Confucianism, and he needs to keep his mind clear.

After everyone was five or six points drunk, Yu Chang began to ask those Confucian scholars who were sitting in the lower seats and had not yet entered official positions to come forward and introduce themselves. , except that they are young, most of them are not the eldest sons of the family, some of them are even concubines.

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Xiangfu understood in his heart that the eldest son of a noble official is basically destined to have a title or a status of grace after birth. Why should he go to school so seriously and find a way to become an official? Only these youngest sons, youngest sons, or concubine sons have such a need. For the eldest sons like Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin, apart from studying in the Royal Academy for a few years, they basically don't study later.

"Student Zhou Wuxue, have you met Sun Shangshu?"

Although Sun Xiangfu has been Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture for more than a year, he has a higher-ranking position as the Governor of Anbei, so everyone is used to calling him Governor Sun, and Sun Xiangfu is used to it, and suddenly Sun Xiangfu was a little surprised to be called Sun Shangshu.

He looked at this young man who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and saw that this young man was tall, with a dark complexion and regular facial features. He looked like a warrior wearing a scholar's robe, so he scratched and asked with interest, "Others call me Dudu Sun, why do you call me Shangshu Sun?"

Seeing Sun Xiangfu's question, Zhou Wuxue seemed to be prepared to answer, "Students think that we in the Tang Dynasty should not have the position of Governor of Anbei University."

"Why?"

"The weight is more important than the side, and the long-term will inevitably cause trouble."

Hearing these eight words of Zhou Wuxue, Sun Xiangfu was overjoyed. This young man has a long-term vision, although he is young. He and Feng Zhidai saw this problem a few years ago, and now he is also Seeing it, he asked again, "Which family are you?"

"The student is a son of the Zhou family in Runan. Because his father died early, he was brought up by his uncle. He was recommended to study in Hongwen Hall two years ago."

The Zhou family in Runan, with four generations and four lords, is a great family, and they are generals, a head higher than Hou Junji's family. The current head of the family is General Zuo Tunwei, Duke of Qiao Zhou Shaofan .

"It turned out to be the queen of the gate, no wonder he was born so strong, usually, he must have not lost his martial arts!"

"It made Sun Shangshu laugh."

"It's a good thing to be able to write and be able to do martial arts. What's so ridiculous, but what you said just now is that 'the weight is more important than the side, and troubles will inevitably arise for a long time'. Classmates, let's see if you have real talents."

When Sun Xiangfu said this, he raised his voice a little bit and said to everyone, "The weight is on the side, and troubles will arise for a long time. How can we solve it?"

As soon as he asked this question, it was equivalent to announcing that today's entertainment activities were over, and the next thing to do was to get down to business. If these students answered well, they would naturally be favored by him, and their careers would be no problem.

At this time, a student named Wang Tong from the south of the Yangtze River came forward and replied, "You know that troubles are easy to happen, so you should prevent them early. It is a very good way for the imperial court to move the border people to Guanzhong. There is not enough population. Officials in the border towns, no matter how powerful they are, will not affect the center of the imperial court. However, the land in Guanzhong is narrow, and it will not be enough for a long time. People in industry and commerce are under too much competitive pressure, and it is difficult to find employment."

It's just that as soon as the two opened their mouths, Sun Xiangfu knew the level of the students taught by Yu Shinan. Although they were all Confucian scholars, they were not necessarily corrupt Confucians. At least, they still had some political insights.

In fact, the reason for the proliferation of corrupt Confucianism is mainly because the later Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism imprisoned people's thinking. When this kind of deformed thought, which evolved the characteristics of Confucianism, became the mainstream of Confucianism, the situation was completely different.

The overall situation of Confucianism in the early Tang Dynasty was not bad. After reading some annotations by Yu Shinan, Sun Xiangfu changed some of Sun Xiangfu’s views on Confucianism in this period, and Sun Xiangfu also gained some new grasp of promoting it to change its attributes .

However, what Wang Tong said just now is just what the court is already doing. Being able to tell it can only prove to him that he has some understanding of the court's thoughts on governing the country. But it depends on what his own thoughts are in his mind.

I saw that he walked into the field without pausing, and continued, "What is the edge? The edge of today can be called the edge of tomorrow? Where is the boundary of this world? No one knows.

Therefore, the students thought that without knowing where the border is, the first thing the imperial court should do is to increase the power of the central government. 100 million people, 1000 million troops, ten times the number, so that there will be no situation where the weight is more important than the side and threatens the center. "

When Wang Tong said this, many students nodded in agreement. Centralization of power can prevent local forces from rebelling in border towns. The imperial army was all placed in the capital, allowing the emperor to maintain an absolute military advantage over the local border towns.

However, these Confucian scholars did not come from later generations, so they did not know the possible consequences of lax military preparations in the local border towns.What's more, it doesn't take long for the reason why An Yi's soldiers' combat effectiveness will decline very quickly. After one or two generations, the entire country's military equipment will become vulnerable to a single blow.

Because, in ancient times, wars were mainly based on cold weapons and face-to-face fighting. Those soldiers who grew up in a comfortable life did not even have the experience of fighting, let alone the experience of fighting for life and death with others. Basically, as long as Jianguo Once all the veterans in the early days are dead, the combat power of the Guochao army will quickly degrade below the passing line.

Moreover, the comfortable life will make those soldiers more and more afraid of death and less and less willing to work for the country. In the case of the Jurchens and even the Japanese pirates with poor equipment, it is not because of insufficient economic strength, advanced weapons and equipment, or insufficient population base. It is purely because the common people lack the courage and spirit to fight with others.

In the words of some history lovers in later generations, if the Chinese nation in the Song and Ming Dynasties had not lost the martial ethos of the Han and Tang Dynasties, where would it be the turn of those ethnic minorities to come out and clamor, let alone the appearance of foreign powers.

When a Confucian scholar governs a country, he must pay attention to power and waste military equipment. This is the problem Sun Xiangfu sees.

Wang Tong's speech did not end here. Obviously, he has devoted a lot of time to studying the country's politics, and said, "Now our Tang Dynasty has a strong military force, and we have successively wiped out the evil neighbors around us. Compared with the heyday of the previous Han Dynasty, the difference is not far away. However, the Han Dynasty used strong troops to rule the barbarians. Benevolent government..."

Sun Xiangfu did not pay much attention to the things that Confucian scholars must say. By now, he already knew the depth of Wang Tong. People in this period were limited by the insufficient amount of knowledge accumulated in history, so they could only use some lessons from the Qin and Han dynasties. , to analyze the current situation, it is already rare to be able to reach Wang Tong's situation, but his gaze was on Zhou Wuxue who first raised this question.

Seeing his indifferent expression, as if he was patiently waiting for Wang Tong to finish speaking, Sun Xiangfu knew that he might have a different opinion in his heart. Datang, the current enlightenment for the Han people has not been completely pushed away!To really achieve what Wang Tong said is still a long-term, somewhat unrealistic.

After Wang Tong's long speech was finished, Sun Xiangfu spoke a few words of praise in a more polite manner, and said to everyone with a smile, "Others, do you have any opinions of your own? You can come out and speak freely."

Seeing that Wang Tong was affirmed by Sun Xiangfu, the others were no longer reserved, and began to make various supplements on the aspects that Wang Tong did not mention.

It is said that foreign nationals in border towns should not excessively participate in the military.

It is said that the border people should be quickly promoted to change their customs and customs, so that they can be on par with the Han people.

It is also said that the people who moved to the Han people enriched the border towns, and the ethnic minorities and Hu tribes who moved to the border towns enriched the customs.

There is almost nothing new. It is some methods that the princes of the court have thought of for a long time. It was not until everyone said that it was almost done. The center is in the border town, so there will be no troubles in the border town."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu looked at Zhou Wuxue in a little surprise. The meaning of his words can be summed up in a famous saying in later generations, which is "the emperor guards the gate of the country."

(End of this chapter)