Wentang

Chapter 695

"Who will uphold the dignity of the law?"

Yue Shan glanced around, and said: "Actually, I don't mean that everyone should have the answer in their hearts, military strategist."

Hearing this answer, many people showed such expressions.What to do in the face of violent resistance to the law?Use military strategists to suppress.

"But here comes the problem again. Since military strategists can uphold the dignity of the law, why do I say that the three families rule the world and not add the military strategists into it to become the four families govern the world?"

Many people nodded, and they also had the same question.But since Yue Shan said that, there must be a reason, and everyone pricked up their ears.

"Because morality and law are the products of human ideology. What is ideology? In layman's terms, it is a collection of ideas and concepts such as understanding and cognition of the world that we have gradually formed under the environment we live in."

"So these two things are ideal, they are used to prove the mind, and they will also change with the change of our Shenhuo environment."

"And different groups living in different environments will also form different moral and legal systems."

"The moral and legal system of my Chinese civilization was formed from the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Our ancestors overcame all kinds of difficulties to achieve today's Tang Dynasty. We are grateful to our ancestors for their sacrifices, so we repay them and worship them every year..."

"In the far west, there is a group of people whose civilization is completely opposite to ours. In ancient times, they called it Daqin. This group of people believes in monotheism, and they owe everything to God's gift."

"Some go so far as to think that their own birth was God's will, and that they were born with the help of their mother's womb."

"That's why they never give thanks to their ancestors and don't offer sacrifices to their ancestors. Offering sacrifices to their ancestors is blasphemy and they will be burned to death."

"Hum." The people off the field couldn't control their emotions any longer, and started discussing one after another.

This set of ideas really challenged their cognitive abilities, and they could hardly imagine that such a moral and legal system would appear.

"Mr. Yue, is what you said true? How could they have such rebellious thoughts?" Zhang Qi couldn't believe it.

"Everyone be quiet." Yue Shan yelled several times before everyone quieted down. He continued: "You are very surprised. You feel that they have forgotten their ancestors and cannot understand why such a custom has arisen."

"However, in their view, our behavior is also incomprehensible, and they will think that we are blasphemers and sinners."

"This is because of the different living environment and the education received, which form completely different ideas. This is the difference in ideology."

Seeing that everyone was about to start discussing again, he quickly waved his hands to stop, and continued: "I said this matter not to let everyone criticize them, it is meaningless. Because they can't see it at all, and even if they see it, they can't understand it."

"I said this just to tell you that morality and law are very idealistic things, and they are used to confirm the heart."

In fact, Yue Shan himself has fallen into a misunderstanding here, confusing morality with law.In the original history, Chinese thinkers including foreign Socrates, Plato and others made such mistakes.

In fact, the two are not the same, but they are too complementary to be easily misunderstood.

However, this does not affect the meaning of the three schools of governance, nor does it hinder the ultimate goal, which is to allow the three schools to merge.

As for whether mixing the two together will bring about any bad consequences, maybe there will be, but it will not cause irreparable consequences. The history of previous lives has proved this point.

This is simply a cognitive and conceptual confusion that does not affect practical applications.In the future, with the in-depth study of these things by later generations, one day the two will inevitably be re-distinguishable.

Yue Shan, who still didn't know that he had fallen into a misunderstanding, continued: "Now let's talk about why we didn't write the military family into it to become the four families of governance."

"It's not that I don't pay attention to military strategists. Without the protection of military strategists, we would not be able to defend everything we have created. Without the military strategists' expansion of territory, the land we live in may be less than one-tenth of what it is today."

"Furthermore, the military strategist itself is a very profound knowledge, and it is very important and dangerous. Sun Tzu has a saying: Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must be observed."

"It's about the life and death of the country. If one wrong step is taken, the country will die. Those who don't have enough research on it should not get involved. I don't know much about it, so I don't dare to speak nonsense."

"As for the knowledge of the three schools of Taoism, Confucianism and Legalism, I am arrogant and say that I still have some understanding, so I tried to express some of my own opinions. Even if there are mistakes, you can still correct them, and there is still a chance to correct them."

"The main reason is that morality and law are used to prove one's heart, but military strategists are not."

"If a country is compared to a person, Daoism, Confucianism, and Law are used to strengthen our hearts, and military strategists are used to strengthen our bodies. The three schools of thought rule the world and rule the world, so naturally military strategists cannot be added to it."

Everyone was a celebrity, and they immediately understood what Yue Shan wanted to express, and they all nodded in agreement.

In particular, they are still satisfied with Yue Shan's statement that the three schools of Taoism, Confucianism and Legalism prove that the mind and soldiers are strong and physically strong.For them, the heart is the most important thing.

Yue Shan could probably guess what they were thinking, but he didn't refute it.It cannot be said that their ideas are completely wrong, no matter how sharp the knife is, it depends on who holds the knife handle.

The Taizu once said that if you get out of the stick... the party must command... ahem, I understand.

"Well said." Zhang Qi couldn't help clapping his hands and sighed, and bowed to Yue Shan again: "Mr. Xie's teaching made me enlightened."

"Mr. Zhang is polite." Yue Shan said politely.

Most of the hour passed in the blink of an eye, Yue Shan answered a few more questions, and finally couldn't hold on anymore.

It's not that I couldn't answer the questions when I was asked, but that I couldn't hold on physically and my voice was at its limit.

There is no trumpet at the moment, and the voice is purely yelled, and most people really can't hold it after a few hours.That is to say, he often gives lectures in the academy, and he has been accustomed to this method and has barely persisted until now.

But at this moment, I really can't hold it anymore.

But the celebrity sitting under the stage was in a state of excitement, they didn't expect so much at all, and they were still actively asking questions.

It was Wang Ji who discovered his anomaly and quickly stepped forward to save the situation.

"Everyone, Yue Hou has been speaking for three hours, he is too tired and needs to rest, everyone needs time to sort out all the knowledge they have heard today.

"Why don't we stop here today and discuss the doubts another day, or let Yue Hou talk again on another day?"

Only then did everyone come to their senses, and seeing Yue Shan who was obviously tired, they were filled with guilt.Not knowing who took the lead, everyone stood up and bowed to Yue Shan to thank him for his lecture.

Yue Shan didn't dare to ask too much, and bowed in return.

This is the end of this public lecture.

"Come and eat something to fill your hunger first. I've already asked someone to cook for you, and I'll deliver it right away." Wang Ji said in the office, holding a plate of snacks.

Yue Shan was not polite, he picked up a piece eagerly, put it into his mouth, chewed it for a few times, then swallowed it hastily, and then felt a comfortable feeling in his empty stomach.

After eating a few pieces in a row, he stopped, and there was still a strong sense of hunger in his stomach, and he knew what was going on.

It takes about 10 minutes for the stomach to transmit the feeling of fullness back to the brain, especially for people with strong hunger, this process may be slower.

This is also the reason why so many people starve to death for a long time.

In fact, his stomach was not so empty after eating these pastries.It’s okay to continue eating, but cakes are cakes after all, so it’s better to have dinner later.

"Aren't you eating?" Wang Ji asked concerned.

"Forget it, just put a cushion on it, let's wait for dinner." Yue Shan said weakly.This is because I am tired and don't want to speak loudly.

"Alright." Wang Ji nodded, and then he became excited: "Today's speech was so successful, I was fascinated by it. I didn't expect you to think about so many things when you wrote the book. I feel that you put today's Write down all the things you talk about, and you can even make a book.”

Yue Shan half-slumped on the chair and said: "Forget it, the core content of today's talk is in the Three Schools of Governance. There is no need to add some bits and pieces to it."

"Let's leave it to others. I believe that many people should be inspired to write some good articles and even books."

Wang Ji said with admiration: "This is what I admire most about you. You are willing to help others and never cherish yourself."

Yue Shan said: "A single branch is not spring, but a garden full of purples and reds. Xinxue cannot grow with just one or two people, it needs more people to participate."

Wang Ji's eyes lit up, and he murmured: "A single plant is not spring, but a garden full of purple and red. Well, these words are true and well-known. Being able to say these words shows how broad your heart is."

"Okay, let's stop flattering each other, blushing." Yue Shan said.

"There's nothing embarrassing about telling the truth." Wang Ji said so, but the next sentence changed the subject:
"What you said today will be spread quickly. With the support of so many famous people, the influence of the Three Schools will be further expanded, and my new learning will also benefit from it."

"Today, all the celebrities from the surrounding areas of Gyeonggi Province are here, and more famous celebrities are on their way. You should rest well these two days, and we will give a speech in a few days."

"Actually, I want you to imitate Confucius and take the initiative to travel around to spread the theory. If this is the case, my new learning will completely overwhelm the ancient school."

Yue Shan shook his head and said: "Haste makes waste. Our new school has been born for a short time, and our thinking is not perfect. A large part of the reason why there are so many famous people who are unwilling to support us is that our thinking still exists. Flaws, not enough to convince them.”

"The process of arguing with the ancient school is also an opportunity for us to improve ourselves. You see, now that there are three schools of thought, not only the ideas of the new school are more perfect, but also attracted a large number of neutral and even ancient school celebrities to vote."

"In the long run, we will win in the end, without destabilizing the country."

Wang Ji nodded excitedly, but said: "All right, all right, no matter what you say, you are right."

Yueshan's open class was very successful.

How successful was it? After the more than [-] attendees went back, they immediately used their own methods to tell familiar people about their gains and excitement, and called their friends to come and listen to the lecture.

After they digested and assimilated what they had heard, they began to take the initiative to promote the thought of ruling the world by the Three Families on Yue Shan's behalf.Of course, what they said was not exactly the same as what Yue Shan said.

It's not that they falsified or falsified, but that different people will have different understandings of the same truth.

After listening to Yue Shan's explanation, they will confirm it with what they have learned before, and then it will become a truth that they can understand and recognize.By the time they relayed these things to the third person, it was already different from what Yue Shan said.

But no matter how they add private goods, the core idea is the same, otherwise Yue Shan will definitely cry.

Yue Shan didn't know that a large part of the reason why his rule of the three families was accepted so quickly was because he helped the predecessors.

Later generations believe that the Sui and Tang Dynasties did not make any substantive breakthroughs in academics, but it should not be considered that they did nothing because many literati among them have been seeking breakthroughs in thought.

Among them, the most people seek the road of confluence of ideas from various schools.For example, Wang Ji's older brother Wang Tong, who was one of the best Confucian scholars in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, has been seeking the convergence of the three schools all his life.

It's just that his so-called "three schools" are Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, while Yueshan's is Taoism, Confucianism and Legalism.

In the Tang Dynasty, this kind of exploration and pursuit has never stopped, but it has never been able to enter.It was not until the period of Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan that he finally found the right path based on the accumulation of his predecessors.

The birth and dissemination of a new idea is always accompanied by controversy, but the ideas of Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan were accepted by the people at the fastest speed.

why?Everyone has pursued for 200 years and finally saw the hope of a breakthrough. This is the rain that comes after a long drought, so how could it not be supported. .

However, Han and Liu spent their whole lives just prying open the door, and then stopped researching because there was no successor, and soon Datang perished.

In the Song Dynasty, the literati at that time finally made a substantial breakthrough on the basis of their ideas.It should be said that the Sui and Tang Dynasties have been exploring and accumulating, and it blossomed in the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Yueshan's combination of the three schools of governance, Taoism, Confucianism and Legalism is in line with the exploration direction of the literati in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

As long as the ideas he puts forward are really perfect enough and suitable for the current era, he will immediately become everyone's guide.

That's why the rule of the three schools caused such a big commotion and was accepted so easily.

This kind of influence far exceeds the trend of new learning caused by Yue Shan's writing of "The Analects of Confucius and Justice".

It's not that "The Analects of Confucius" is not new enough to make breakthroughs, but that it only belongs to the internal affairs of Confucianism.A more accurate term for the so-called New Learning should be New Confucianism.

Unfortunately, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Confucianism was the younger brother, so it doesn’t matter if you make breakthroughs in Confucianism, I don’t care.

But the convergence of Taoism, Confucianism and Law is different. It is the direction everyone is pursuing, and it also involves Taoism, the first prominent school, and Legalism, which is not very eye-catching but has survived tenaciously.Everyone's attitude suddenly changed.

This is also the real reason why Zhang Qi and other famous figures of the ancient school changed their banners immediately after reading this book.

With the spread of these more than 500 celebrities, this kind of influence is getting bigger and bigger.

What followed was that countless celebrities from all over the world flocked here, and Weishui Academy received several or even a dozen famous celebrities every day.

Fortunately, Wang Ji's face was big enough, most of the people were received by him, which saved Yue Shan a lot of trouble, otherwise, just receiving these visiting scholars every day would exhaust him to death.

However, he is not idle either. He usually reads at home and reads other scholars' interpretations of the Three Schools of Governance, in order to enrich himself, so as not to be speechless when asked by others.

Every three to five days, Wang Ji would come over and ask him to hold an open class if he got enough number of hundred and ten.

Every time a class is attended, the conference room is full of people, not only newcomers come to attend the class, but those who have listened to it several times will also come to listen to it when they have the opportunity.

The reason is that Yue Shan often has new ideas when he is studying at home, and every time he talks, there will be more or less new things.

Even if there is nothing new, those people are willing to listen to it several times.More importantly, the questioning session after class can solve many problems they can't figure out.

In this way, the academic turmoil caused by the rule of the three schools gradually subsided after three or four months.The visitors gradually dispersed, and Yue Shan could finally rest for a while.

But that doesn't mean things are over.On the contrary, as those who came to Beijing and China for advice returned to their hometowns, the idea of ​​the rule of the three families officially spread to various places, and its influence has just begun.

In the following period of time, I don't know how many books appeared on the "Confluence of Taoism, Confucianism and Law", Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, Taoism, Confucianism, Law and Buddhism.

Some of these books have more mature ideas and more feasible theories, while others have huge flaws.But whether mature or immature, these ideas have provided experience for others.

The appearance of these books in turn enriched the confluence theory proposed by Yue Shan's "Three Schools Governing the World" and the ideological system it created.It laid a solid foundation for the later convergence of a hundred schools of thought.

Of course, these are all later things, so I won't list them one by one.

Besides, Yue Shan originally wanted to take a good rest for a while, but within a few days, Li Shimin summoned him back to Yong'an Palace with an oral order.

(End of this chapter)