Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1387 Learning from the Legalists

What are you kidding?Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "dismissed all schools of thought and respected only Confucianism", Confucianism has developed for thousands of years and has penetrated into all aspects of society, whether it is the emperor holding the universe, the important ministers above the court, or the traffickers among the market. The pawns are all disciples of Confucianism.

Confucianism is the foundation of society, the relationship between clans, the foundation of empires, and the latitude and longitude of the world.

What kind of lunatic wants to go against the entire Confucianism?
That's not a mantis holding a cart, but a mayfly shaking a tree...

Fang Jun stared at Yuming with a blank expression: "Don't talk nonsense, do you know that if you say this, you will die? I just want to do what I can for the common people to make their lives better. Even better, someone doesn't want to be Shang Yang, let alone Wang Mang."

Shang Yang did indeed lay the foundation for the strong Qin to sweep Liuhe and unify the world, but if he opposes all the vested interests, he will die and be ripped apart by a car, and the whole clan will be exterminated.

But Wang Mang, the recognized "most suspected traverser", was even more miserable. After his death, his head hung in Wan City, and dozens of soldiers fought to kill and split his body.Even the common people rushed forward when they heard that Wang Mang's head was in Wanshi, "raise and attack him together, or cut his tongue"...

The head of this king was collected by the royal families of successive dynasties until Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty, when the arsenal in Luoyang was caught in a fire, it was burned and turned into ashes.

Fang Jun wants to do something to change the inherent social structure, develop natural science, make the Tang Dynasty more powerful, and make people's lives richer.But he will never sacrifice himself or his family for a certain ideal of "greatness and righteousness".

He is not a great man, he was not in his previous life, and he will not be in this life.

He is not Fan Zhongyan, who "worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joy later", Wang Anshi, who "cultivates himself and conducts himself cleanly, and his words must be followed by Shengmo", and he is not "the sun and the moon are both bright, and all nations look up to the great son of heaven; hills and mountains are mountains." , Zhang Juzheng, the Sifang Song Taiyue Xianggong...

He is just Fang Jun, a petty bureaucrat in his previous life, and a dandy in this life, with a bit of idealism and ability, that is, he hopes for a strong country and loves his wife and children.

After all, even if his rebirth gave him knowledge and vision beyond a thousand years, he is still just an ordinary person.

Holding the tea bowl in his hands, Yuming became even more confused: "Then what are you going to do?"

Fang Jun said indifferently: "It's just a matter of developing natural science. After knowing things, you will know them. If you know them, you will be sincere. If you are sincere, you will be sincere. If you have a sincere heart, you will cultivate yourself. If you cultivate your body, you will have a family. If you have a family, you will govern the country. Ping, these are the words of a sage. But look at the officials in front of you. They have been familiar with a collection of classics and history since childhood, and they are full of knowledge. However, how many officials from the Ministry of Industry know how to build and repair, and how many officials from the Ministry of Households know how to count? Layman How can it be possible to do a good job by guiding experts? It is absolutely unacceptable for a piece of "The Analects of Confucius" to rule the world."

The phrase "Half of "The Analects of Confucius" governs the world" refers to Zhao Pu, which has not yet appeared at this time. The original intention is not to be ironic, but to say that Zhao Pu, a vulgar man, has only read one "The Analects of Confucius" and has not yet understood it, but he can still understand it. Jiang Zai is pretty good...

Yuming heard it for the first time, but he was deeply impressed.In particular, the sentence "a layman guides an expert" hits the nail on the head.

However, Confucianism occupies all official resources. Although not all officials are Confucian children, as long as they are scholars, they must read Confucian classics, such as "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Yili", "Book of Music", "Book of Changes", "Spring and Autumn", "The Analects of Confucius", "Book of Rites", "Zuo Zhuan"...

How many people will read "Tao Te Ching", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and "Zhou Bi Suan Jing"?
It's not that no one reads it, but it's useless to read it...

What he didn't know was that after the rise of the imperial examinations controlled by Confucianism in history, it became the dominant one, and all the classics of hundreds of schools were discarded. Although they were not charged with "heretics", they gradually fell into dust.

Yuming said in surprise, "Although what you said is very reasonable, don't you still want to fight against Confucianism?"

Fang Jun quickly shook his head: "Why? In the future, when the college is completed, even if subjects such as military science, engineering, mathematics, astronomy, etc. are set up, the overall program will still be Confucianism as the core and various natural disciplines as supplements. The leadership of Confucianism must not shake."

In such a prosperous age of Confucianism, the primary and secondary must be distinguished. If Confucianism believes that the so-called natural disciplines in the academy will affect the absolute leadership of Confucianism, then Confucianism all over the world will definitely attack it.Without the support of Confucianism, no matter how huge the college is, it is just a fortress on the beach, and it will fall apart in a tide...

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"This kid wants to imitate the legalists!"

In the Hall of Liangyi, His Majesty Li Er looked at the Yuming family in front of him, and explained Fang Jun's purpose with one word.

Yuming knelt on the mat, nodded with a smile.

His Majesty Li Er shook his head and said with a broken smile: "That kid is a sneaky one. Didn't he get angry when he used the old patriarch like this?"

"Being used by others shows that there is still value in using it. It is a happy thing. If this old bone is useless and is ignored and discarded as a shoe, that is the time to be sad. Old people are not talented. To be able to be seen by a handsome young man like Fang Erlang, and to be used with all his heart, not only is he not annoyed, but he is very gratified."

Yuming said with a smile all over his face.

His Majesty Li Er laughed loudly, admiring Yuming's willingness to be "used".

Fang Jun's words were spoken through Yu Ming's family, which can indeed reduce the impact to a minimum, and also make it possible for Confucianism to backlash, and it will not hurt him.

Why not go against Confucianism?
It's just deception.

The sentence "One "Analects of Confucius" governs the world" is Chi Guoguo's irony, which means that Confucian children can only practice practicality, and the four books and five classics of the classics and history sub-collections are well-spoken, but they have no real professional ability.

"A layman guides an expert" is really incisive!

Whoever expresses such a concept will be concerned by Confucianism.If the Confucianism dismisses this, it’s fine, but if the Confucianism reacts violently, then this person will become the target of public criticism, and he will be slaughtered as a "heretic". .

However, the Yuming family is not in this category...

The Yuming clan has been passed down for thousands of years, with a detached status, and the pursuit of the way of heaven and man, Confucianism has nothing to do with him.

However, according to Fang Jun's description, the construction process of the entire college is a process of applying countless physical limits, which can give Yuming family too many opportunities to explore the "way of heaven and man", how could Yuming family miss it?

Not only can't miss it, but is willing to be used.

The words were passed on to His Majesty Li Er through the Yuming family, and he was picked clean. Fang Jun, this kid, is very...

"In the eyes of the old patriarch, how much of Fang Jun's thoughts are worth?" His Majesty Li Er waved his hand, ordered Wang De who was standing on one side to fill Yuming's tea, and asked.

Yu Ming gave Wang De a slight salute, and asked back: "Your Majesty is asking about the percentage of the academy, or Fang Jun's imitation of the Legalists' idea of ​​attaching natural sciences to Confucianism?"

His Majesty Li Er said: "Of course it is the latter. As for whether the academy can be built... Fang Jun's other skills may be common, but his ability to collect money is still very good. It is huge, and there must be a way to raise it if you think about it. It is just that if you want to build a college, money alone is not enough. Without the support of Confucianism, it will definitely not be built. Will Confucianism be like tacitly acquiescing Legalism? ' is attached to Confucianism, acquiescing or even supporting natural sciences?"

The world respects Confucianism, and Confucianism is the foundation of the emperor's notice, but the emperors and Confucian scholars of all dynasties have realized that relying solely on Confucianism is not good for governing the country.

Confucianism develops the people-oriented and benevolent political ideology system with the concept of public opinion as the sky, and morality as the sky, emphasizing "establishing the emperor for the people", "the people are the foundation of the state", "the people are more important than the emperor", "benevolent and loving for the people", etc. Important political principles, showing the important position of the people in the country's political system.It is hoped that the political power of the monarch can be limited through the political principle of people-oriented, and finally the "public opinion" can be complied with and expressed.

It even inherited the idea of ​​"equaling the sky with virtue" in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and proposed that the monarch should follow the three generations of "sage kings" and let the emperors and scholars become "gentlemen".In short, this requires the ruling class to consciously pursue the moral ideal personality of sages and gentlemen from top to bottom, and finally realize the national governance goals of "respecting the sky and protecting the people" and "benevolent and loving the people".

However, the ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny. It is obviously too idealistic for a society to completely regard morality as its code of conduct, and it is completely unfeasible.

Therefore, when Confucianism realized its own problems, Legalism had to make compromises in the general trend of Confucianism dominating the world. The two came into contact with each other, and instantly hooked up...

　Going out to do errands today, the next chapter will be very late, so don’t wait, read it tomorrow.

　　
　
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