Double Daqin contrast, without contrast, there is no harm

Chapter 60: Practice can produce true knowledge, Xunzi epiphany!.

“Student Yan Lu, meet Mr. Su Han!”

“The decrees advocated by my husband, whether it is extensive education, light conscription, and thin taxation, are in line with my Confucian philosophy, why should Han Fei, who is strict in punishment and clear law, instead of my master brother Fu Nian who is based on benevolence and righteousness, be the servant in charge of the teaching of the academy?”

About ten years old, Yan Lu, who was slightly green, performed a standard etiquette towards Su Han and asked. The people of the hundred families all looked at each other, and after the famous masters who had just relied on the white horse and non-horse for decades were easily defended by Su Han and Han Fei, the disciples of each family’s original contempt were declared to disappear in their hearts, and they hesitated and did not dare to step forward.

After all, although the famous artist has obtained Su Han’s guidance, after the surface is pierced, he must bow his head and be a person for at least a period of time and pay for his former arrogance.

And now, Confucianism, which is recognized as the head of a hundred schools, has jumped out directly, which really makes everyone look complicated: if Confucianism is still defeated, the rest of the doctrines are only more difficult to win, and today’s Hundred Schools of Thought has become Su Han’s personal show.

Although no one dared to openly disagree with Su Han’s talent, but they came to ask for officials, and they were all refuted by Su Han, wouldn’t they want to return again?

But if Confucianism really wants to win, with the many protégés and influence of Confucianism, the Qin State is afraid that it will not become the next Qi State, and there is still no room for other doctrines.

But if you really have to choose, most people still hope that Su Han can win, even many people within Confucianism.

“Little brother Yan Lu asked well!”

“In fact, in my personal opinion, all theories today have a misunderstanding, or limitation!”

“Take the indoctrination and frivolous conscription just mentioned as an example, in fact, it is not unique to Confucianism, and Legalism is not as terrible as the little brother imagined, and it also has a partial and virtuous side!”

“Long before the birth of Confucianism, Qi Xiang Guanzhong, who was praised many times by Confucius in the Analects, proposed it

“Cangxi knows etiquette, food and clothing know honor and disgrace”

is also the source of the basis for Daqin’s benevolent administration today.”

“To put it bluntly, it is necessary to eat and wear warmth before the people can advocate education, and to do this, it is necessary to reduce the burden on the people, that is, to pay taxes!”

“And Guan Zhong is a recognized representative of the Legalist of all the sons and hundreds of families!”

The Mo family’s “love and mutual benefit” also requires that kings and officials must put the people on an equal footing, consider their livelihoods and interests, and also extend the concept of reducing the burden on the people! ”

It can be said that benevolence and love for the people are not unique to Confucianism, but a noble goal that many doctrines are pursuing! What we should compare is who can implement benevolence better and who can benefit more people! ”

Su Han replied with a smile.

“Well said!”

“It’s not just Confucianism, our peasant family’s goal is also to hope that the people can harvest more and pay less taxes, isn’t it benevolent government?”

“Taoist Huang Laozhi said, also advocating rest and recuperation, lenient punishment and simplified administration, and the use of punishment and morality, how did it become unique to his Confucianism?”

“In the past, Confucius also studied under my Taoist ancestor Sheng Laozi, can the entire Confucian proposition be regarded as my Taoist?”

“We novelists are attacked by Confucianism every day, but don’t the various novels and stories compiled also educate the people?”

“What Mr. Su said is too good, anyone can say Renzheng, the key is to see who can do it!”

“Like the sophistry of famous masters, the so-called embodiment of benevolence and righteousness of Confucianism is also the hypocrisy they put on themselves!”

As soon as Su Han’s words fell, there was a cheer and approval from the people of the hundred families.

“In terms of implementation, everyone in the land of Qilu admires the sages, and has not raised taxes for a hundred years, can’t it also prove the benevolence and righteousness of my Confucianism?”

Yan Lu’s face turned red, and he insisted on speaking, despite the eyes of Fu Nian on the side.

“The merits of Confucianism, no one can deny, so that they have today’s prominent status!”

“But under the brilliance of this surface, is there something that has deteriorated?”

“For example, although there are many Confucian students in the world, but mainly the children of powerful people, the proportion of students from cold schools is getting smaller and smaller, and Confucius’s teachings are not very consistent?”

“It’s really good that the Qi Kingdom hasn’t raised taxes for a hundred years, but let’s not mention that a hundred years ago, the Jixia Academy Palace was dominated by Taoist Huang Lao,”

“Even now, although the taxes have not increased on the surface, can the exorbitant taxes that the powerful people collect privately from the people also use the influence of Confucianism to persuade and punish?”

Su Han spoke.

“This…”

Yan Lu’s face became more and more red, when he used to rely on the nameless sword master for his life, he also experienced the hardship of the people that Su Han said, it is not unclear that after entering Confucianism, because of the rapid progress of learning, he was praised by countless senior brothers and elders, Yan Lu gradually forgot his original intention, and was directly pierced by Su Han as a Confucian guardian himself.

“What Mr. Su said, Fu Nian is taught, and after returning to Qi Di, he will definitely try his best to persuade King Qi!”

Fu Nian bowed respectfully, and then threw out a new question: “Shouldn’t the harshness of the law advocated by the legalists make the people suffer from torture, shouldn’t it be changed to moral indoctrination?” ”

“Everyone in the world has high morality, which is indeed an extremely beautiful pursuit, but does the head of Fu Nian really think that in this world, can this be done in a short period of time?”

“Within Confucianism, which advocates morality, there are not sages for everyone, and there are countless evildoers who have been convicted by people from all over the world with all kinds of evidence!”

“Confucianism cannot be virtuous internally, so how can we ensure that everyone in the world can do so?”

“Taking Xianyang Prison as an example, even if those criminals who have done a lot of evil are really influenced by morality later, do the sins they committed before and the harm they caused to innocent people not exist?”

“If the illegal deeds are not effectively punished, and the wicked have no reverence in their hearts, is it not connivance for the wicked to commit evil?”

“The punishment of criminal law is actually the protection of law-abiding people!”

“If you don’t break the law, no matter how strict the criminal law is, what impact will it have on you?”

“Of course, due to power and insight, some laws that are too harsh also need to be repaired or canceled, and corresponding compensation must be given to innocent people who have been wrongly injured because of this!”

“But this is all an internal adjustment of the rule of law, and it does not mean that there is a problem with the rule of law!”

“In Su Han’s personal opinion, rule by virtue should be the ideal and the rule of law should be the means!”

“To put it more bluntly, the former Confucian ancestor Confucius, after becoming the Grand Master of the Kingdom of Lu, killed Shao Zheng and exposed his body for three days, isn’t this a harsh punishment in your mouth?”

Su Han said in a deep voice, in the later generations of the popularization of compulsory education, there are countless criminals, and it is simply whimsical to play pure virtue rule in Qin Shi.

For the set advocated by Confucianism, similar to the concept of “putting down the butcher knife and becoming a Buddha” in later generations, Su Han even scoffed!

“Thank you Mr. Su for teaching!”

“In the past, the ancestors proposed “benevolence, righteousness, and propriety” and Mencius extended it to “benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom”, all in the hope that more people in the world can be educated, people-oriented, and make the world’s disputes less! ”

“But as Mr. said, people’s hearts are inherently evil, and time is still mostly ignorant and reckless, so the rule of virtue and the rule of law must also be combined, just as the royal way and the domineering can complement each other!”

Xunzi got up and saluted.

“Xun Fuzi’s insight is indeed higher than the rest of the people!”

“But I have some different views on human nature being inherently evil or human nature being intrinsically good.”

“In fact, when people are just born, they should be like this blank piece of paper in my hand, and what kind of patterns and words will appear depends on the teaching and indoctrination of the day after tomorrow.”

“And reality, in fact, is also true!”

“Confucius praised Guan Zhong, the first master of the Legalists, and there was a son in the [Analects]: Huan Gong Jiuhe princes, not with military vehicles, Guan Zhong’s power. As it gets! As it gets! ”

“Confucius’s apprentice Xia also taught Wei Wenhou, Wu Qi, Li Wei and other Legalist apprentices, as well as Shang Jun, the Legalist apprentice!”

“Xun Fuzi once evaluated Zi Xia as a pariah Confucian, but Fuzi’s apprentices Han Fei and Li Si are also representatives of the Legalists, which shows that Confucianism, in fact, does not need to be distinguished in so much detail many times, but can complement each other!”

Xunzi’s face was also embarrassed, Su Han used all the words and facts of the Confucian sages and himself, which could be described as attacking the shield of the other with the spear of the other, so that Xunzi could not refute at all.

Honestly, Xunzi was actually quite proud that Han Fei could get such a stage in the Qin Kingdom and do his best to educate millions of people.

As for history, although Xunzi did not like it, he also felt that Li Si paid too much attention to power tactics and had some improper mental skills, not that Li Si was wrong to study legalism.

At a deeper level, Xunzi actually felt that the combination of Confucianism and Legalism would also be of great help to make Confucianism a true doctrine of governing the world.

“Please Mr. Su to enlighten!”

After hesitating for a moment, Xunzi still dropped his face and sincerely bowed to Su Han.

“Xun Fuzi is polite!”

Su Han replied slightly, sure enough, and the pool of stagnant water after the deposition of the hundred families, the Confucianism at this moment is still much better.

“Actually, I just have a lot of whimsy, and I just look at the angle of the problem and what you don’t want to!”

“To be specific, when analyzing problems, I not only communicate more, but also like concrete practice!”

9898 In terms of the popularization of education that is being promoted in Daqin, we have encountered many problems that we did not expect: for example, the textbooks selected at the beginning were too profound, and the enlightened students did not progress quickly, so they added the symbols of broken sentences, and pinyin for better differentiation; Some farmers feel that although their children study well, they have one less labor force at home, and they can’t cope when the farm is busy, so we set up a busy agricultural holiday according to the different climates in different places;

“For some people who have outdated concepts and feel that reading is useless, we teach while giving corresponding rewards and punishments to urge their children to teach!”

Su Han said in a deep voice.

“Eli tempted him to read by the law?”

Xunzi frowned and said, “Although Mr. Su’s intention is good, it seems to have fallen behind!” ”

“In fact, high morality is more for people who have a certain pursuit, for ordinary people, or their own little things, you have to make them enlightened all of a sudden, the difficulty is too great!”

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“One of the things to get them excited is to show them how good reading can be and how it can be achieved.”

“As long as parents can realize that their children have a better way out after studying, and can see with their own eyes that the rest of them have indeed changed their destinies, even if life is a little harder, most parents will be willing.”

“For a small number of short-sighted and selfish parents, if they allow their children to stay away from school, it will not only violate the current year of education popularization, but also do not enlighten their children, and they are likely to repeat their mistakes due to their family concepts!”

“Of course, this punishment will not be very serious, and the main purpose is to ensure that everything should be learned!”

Su Han smiled and said, “And regarding the view of interests, I think it should also be changed!” ”

“Please sir, elaborate!”

Xunzi’s brows furrowed more and more, but he couldn’t find enough arguments to refute for a while, so he simply continued to ask.

“Quite simply, interests and the most obvious representative of money, the accompanying businessmen, although despised by many people as cheap business, are actually indispensable to the national economy and people’s livelihood!”

“Taking Guan Zhong as an example, it is also essential to be able to revitalize the Qi country, vigorously develop commerce, and provide sufficient commercial income.”

To apply to Daqin, it is to promote education, which costs a lot of money, and in just three months, tens of millions of money have been invested: in addition to education, Daqin is building water conservancy and dredging roads, which also costs a lot; Ordinary princes, to compensate for this, the only way to compensate for this is to increase taxes, exploit the people, and turn into tyranny. The only way to change this is to start with the source of taxes.

The farmers themselves are already relatively difficult, and the tax increase will only make their life more difficult, which is a typical exhaustion, and the amount is far less than what Daqin needs today.

If you want to make your income skyrocket, you can only start with the most profitable business, that is, use commercial taxes to supplement the lack of agricultural taxes.

In this way, the business that was originally regarded by everyone as the lowest level of agriculture, industry and commerce has instead become the strength to support the state’s taxation, and the support for reducing and reducing agricultural endowments.

“As for those profiteers who are unkind to the rich, see profit and forget righteousness, and forcibly plunder it, they also have their own laws to punish!”

“Specific to the individual, I, Su Han, also started by business, and with Liuli’s huge profits, I can support a huge Sucheng education, as well as the needs of many disaster victims!”

Su Han’s gaze swept over the audience and said, “Do you still think that business is a stinky way of low drama?” ”

Xunzi and others were completely stunned, since ancient times, businessmen have been rejected by most people, except for some merchants who are really mercenary, treacherous and cunning, more are actually out of jealousy.

To put it bluntly, everyone has worked hard for so many years, and as a result, the family can’t see a few savings, but the businessman can easily wear a fine dress, how can he not be red-eyed?

But no one thought that in fact, the wanton behavior of merchants, to some extent, was precisely because of the inadequacy of moral rule and needed to be restrained by law.

“Thank you Mr. Su for speaking up for me and other businessmen!”

A woman in her early twenties, dressed in a long dark silk dress, born with a beautiful and incomprehensible birth, saluted, and said respectfully: “Ba Qing, the heir of the Ji Ran family, meet Mr. Su!” ”

“Miss Qing is polite!”

Su Han smiled and saluted back, and his heart suddenly cleared, no wonder he can become a guest of honor in the future, Ba cleared his talent and family power, it turned out to be a disciple of Cai Ze, and Lu Buwei can be regarded as having the same friendship.

This time, in the commercial tax rectification promoted by Su Han in Daqin, Ba Qing also responded positively and cooperated, and also took the initiative to donate funds to build more schools in Bashu, and Su Han still appreciated such a virtuous businessman.

Glancing at the people of the hundred families who were still stunned and thinking, Su Han spoke again: “There is a saying in my hometown, called existence is reasonable, and each family of doctrines can multiply so far, it must have its own merits!” ”

“If you want to go further, in Su Han’s personal humble opinion, it is not to stop at empty talk, but to strive to achieve the unity of knowledge and action, that is, practice produces true knowledge!”

“Taking Xun Fuzi and Confucianism as an example, the ideas put forward must not only be recognized by the disciples, but also have a solid verification.”

As long as in the actual experience, can you find the shortcomings of your theory, improve a little bit, and go towards the path of sages to apply to humanitarian luck, that is, only those who truly make great contributions to the people of the world, so that they can really get benefits and have a better life, can they get feedback on humanitarian luck.

“In the past, Confucius also traveled around the world, and only through continuous experience did he perfect Confucianism, and only after quelling many wars and educating countless people did he become a recognized sage!”

Su Han said with a solemn expression: “Just saying and not doing, it will always be just a castle in the air, just do not summarize, do not improve, and can not make real progress!” ”

“Knowledge and action are one!”

“It turns out that the old man’s stoppage is precisely because of himself!”

Xunzi pondered for a long time, his face suddenly showed a hint of epiphany, and the momentum of the whole person suddenly skyrocketed! Under Su Han’s pointing, Xunzi had an epiphany!.