The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 733 Bias
"General Qin followed Shengshang to fight in the south and north, and made great achievements. After leading the army alone, he first defeated more than 20 Turks in the northern part of the country, and now he defeated more than [-] enemies in the southern border. Such an unrivaled feat across the north and south, we Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, only Yang Su has been able to do it. The achievements of General Qin far surpassed that of Yang Su, and this is a rare handsome talent in this dynasty."

It was not Du Ruhui, nor Wei Zheng, nor Ling Jing who said this, it was Empress Da Xiao, and she said excitedly: "My lord, today is the first time my royal family has paid homage to Father Emperor in many years. The good news is coming, and it is mentioned in the good news that not long after our Tai Sui army withdrew, the mountain landslide immediately buried the rebels. This may be the protection of the father's spirit in heaven, so General Qin is not only a commander, but also a blessed general of our Tai Sui. It should be rewarded heavily.”

Everyone couldn't help looking at Yang Tong. Everyone understood what the Empress Dowager said, but it was unfair to the coach Zhang Zhenzhou to give all the credit to Qin Qiong.

However, it seems that Qin Qiong was responsible for the battle of Pingnan alone. This guy was so fierce that he took away all the glory of everyone.It’s definitely not enough to not reward, let’s reward, it seems that Qin Qiong has reached the top, how to reward? ?

"..." Yang Tong couldn't help looking at Emperor Wen's tombstone, and couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Although he knew why the mountain landslide, but as the Empress Dowager said, the mountain was not slippery sooner or later, but it happened after the Sui army retreated. Is it really God's will?Could it be that Emperor Wen is really blessing him?
After a long time, Yang Tong said with a smile: "Shubao's battle is really wonderful. He wiped out our greatest enemy in the Southern Sui Dynasty. No matter what, he should be rewarded." After thinking about it, he said: "From now on , the duke of the country is respected by his beauty, and the place name and the title of credit and prestige are tied for second place. From now on, Qin Qiong's title of Duke of Hu State will be changed to Duke of Ji State."

Everyone has no opinion, because the good name itself is extremely rare. In a sense, it surpasses the other two, but it has not formed a rule.

"Qin Qiong held the 'Shengwu Thirty Potential' Tianyong Sword, and I named him the 'Shengwu 36 Tiangang' Tianyong Guardian God. The Ministry of Rites passed on his achievements to the world to show his praise, and at the same time, it is also a way to inspire our great Sui Dynasty. Spirit."

"Shengwu 36 Tiangang" has already caused a lot of trouble. Among the civil servants, Yang Gongren is the most popular, followed by Wei Yunqi and Yang Shanhui, the "victorious" master; Qin Qiong is the most popular military commander, and the second is actually not Luo Shixin, but Yinmingyue and Shuitianji, who are a little red among the green bushes... But no matter whether they are civil or military, no one has been identified until today.Now that Qin Qiong has become the first Tiangang to be on the list, that is a great honor, and it is even more enviable than General Zuowei and Duke Yi.

"Here." Du Ruhui quickly responded.

"By the way, the portrait of Tiangang was hand-painted by myself." Yang Tong's sketching skills are not bad. If he draws it himself, the portrait must be more like himself than the traditional artistic conception painting.At this moment, Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, Ling Jing, Pei Xingyan, and Niu Jinda were all jealous.

Yang Tong looked at the majestic buildings at the foot of the mountain, and said, "Order the Ministry of Industry to build a 'Zhenguo Temple' at the foot of the mountain, specially to hang the portrait of Tiangang, and later...make a glazed statue."

"The Holy One is wise." Everyone understood what Yang Tong meant. The so-called Zhenguo Temple was actually the Zhenguo Temple.

In fact, Yang Tong really meant that.It is a million times better for future generations to worship the heroes of the country than to worship illusory gods and Buddhas.

"This time in the Battle of Pingnan, Zhang Zhenzhou, Fang Xuanling, Zuo Tiancheng, Feng Li, Xu Shiji and other generals also made outstanding contributions. When they return in triumph, I will reward them one by one." It's not that Yang Tong is partial, it's Qin Qiong. He is so good at fighting, not to mention this time, Lin Shihong's main force was also solved by him. After the Great Depression, he said that he was in the north and south, which is really true.Throughout the Sui Dynasty, it seems that only Yang Su reached the height of Qin Qiong.

Something happened here, and Yang Tong brought his family to pay homage to Yang Zhao, and then he and his wife and children paid homage to Wei Xuan, Yin Shishi, Gu Yi...

Looking at Yang Zheng who was following him, Yang Tong asked, "Zheng'er, what did you learn in the end?"

"Learned a lot."

"Really? Is there anything you don't understand?"

"Indeed." Yang Zheng nodded.

"Let's hear it." Yang Tong said with a smile: "Although my knowledge is not as good as many great Confucians; but when it comes to knowledge and vision, there are not many people who are better than me in the world."

"Mr. Yu taught some Confucianism not long ago, but I feel that Confucianism has many contradictions." As Yang Tong's key son, Yang Zheng has obviously learned a lot of knowledge despite his young age. With the intention of taking a test, he was suddenly in high spirits.

Yang Tong asked: "What do you think are contradictory?"

"For example, 'close relatives' and 'destroy relatives' are self-contradictory existences, which are really puzzling."

Yang Tong was speechless, Yu Shinan actually taught an older kid to 'destroy relatives with justice'?What is this old man going to do?
However, since his son asked the question, Yang Tong couldn't avoid answering it, but he couldn't explain the words "hiding relatives" and "destroying relatives with righteousness" even in the 21st century. How could he explain this?
After thinking about it for a while, he simply changed the concept and asked, "Then what do you think Confucianism is?"

"The study of state governance." Yang Zheng replied.

"The study of governing the country?" Yang Tong scoffed, "Have you read The Analects?"

Yang Zheng nodded and said: "My child has already read it through, and its meaning is very simple, just like the "Three Character Classic" written by the father, it is to teach children the principles of life."

"Then let me ask you, which sentence in "The Analects" teaches you how to govern the country?" Yang Tong asked again.

Yang Zheng thought for a long time, and said uncertainly, "It seems not."

"As you said, "The Analects of Confucius" records the sentiments of Confucius. He taught people how to behave and be a good person. And people often behave first before doing things. This is indeed true, because the code of conduct for people is to let you Knowing what things can be done and what things cannot be done is to enable a person to judge right from wrong. However, a person who knows how to behave may not be able to do things or know how to do things... Take Xue Daoheng, a famous poet and great scholar, as an example. His popularity and character are impeccable, but he handles a little thing in a mess, let alone governing the country!"

"This..." Yang Zheng asked in a low voice, "Didn't it mean that he offended the first emperor?"

"It's nonsense." Yang Tong shook his head and said, "When the late emperor was still in Yangzhou as the king of Jin, Xue Daoheng offended the late emperor more than once, but the late emperor cherished his talent and was always close to him. Xue Daoheng ordered him to go to Lingnan to take office, meaning to put on a casual appearance, and then transferred him back to Beijing as a secretary and supervisor. After one year, he resigned. But this old guy is not at all restless, he writes poems to satirize this and that when he has nothing to do, offending almost everyone, and almost becoming a street mouse that everyone shouts to kill. The late emperor was still reluctant to let him write an article to praise him , as long as it is written, then the late emperor can use this as a name to praise him fiercely, so that others will not kill him. But he played an "Ode to Emperor Gaozu Wen" to praise Emperor Wen There is nothing in the sky and nothing on earth, but the words are similar to "Fish and Algae", which is to miss King Wu's satire on King Zhou You! Then, everyone seized on this point and wanted him to die. When 99 out of [-] people wanted to When he died, there was nothing the late emperor could do."

"Is this what the father said about being a man and not being able to do things?"

"Yes, in fact, if we really want to investigate, he can't even be a human being, otherwise he wouldn't be screaming and beating." At this point, Yang Tong said: "Let's assume he can be a human being, but he really If this kind of person becomes a county magistrate, he will probably offend his colleagues badly, everyone will dislike each other, and even the affairs of the entire county will not be able to operate normally, let me ask, can such a person govern the country?"

"This... I don't know..." Yang Zheng was too young to answer this question.

"In short, Confucianism such as the Four Books and Five Classics are the principles of life, but there is no way to do things. If you were a county magistrate, how would you govern a county?"

"Minify the canonical punishment, clearly observe the subtleties, punish the evil and promote the good, encourage farming, and educate the people..." Yang Tong talked a lot.

Yang Tong asked with a smile, "Then which of the things you said is related to Confucianism?"

"Educate the common people!" Yang Zheng has learned a lot. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that what has something to do with Confucianism is to educate the common people.

"If the people's family is starving to death, can they accept your education?"

"This family must be looking for something to eat, and they don't have time to listen to me." Yang Zheng said.

"now it's right."

"Isn't Confucianism useless at all?"

"Of course not. It teaches you to honor your parents, love your country, and love your people... These are the principles of life. Why are they useless?"

"..." Yang Zheng's expression was full.

"A lot of knowledge is not understandable at your age. It's not that you are stupid, but that you are too young." Yang Tong laughed: "Back to your first question, what you said about 'righteousness and extinction' is not Confucianism, It is the words of Legalism, where they conflict with Confucianism, they can be separated. One is the rule of virtue and the other is the rule of law. If the people live well, they need farmers, ink workers, and merchants; if they want peace in the world, they need laws to restrain people's behavior; if they want people to be healthy, they need doctors to treat their illnesses; If you want to know whether it will rain tomorrow, you need a Taoist school, a Yin-Yang school... you can't just rely on a certain school's theory, otherwise the world will be in chaos!"

"What about the Buddhist family?"

"Buddhist? Useless."

"Buddhism guides people to be good."

"Plagiarism of Confucianism."

"Buddhist people don't want to be competitive."

"Plagiarism from Taoism."

"Buddhist..."

"Plagiarism..."

Finally, Yang Zheng said, "Isn't that a robber?"

"What you said really didn't wrong the Buddhist family." Yang Tong praised: "It used the banner of filial piety to seize people's hard-earned money and land, and used the banner of 'put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha' to cover murderers. Under the banner of "Buddha's predestined relationship", people's children are tricked into becoming bald men, and under the banner of "insufficient practice and insincere heart", little bald men and ordinary people who are not Buddhas are deceived..."

"It's disgusting." Yang Zheng said with disgust on his face, "Then what will it do?"

"It will cheat money."

"No wonder Father wants to ban bald guys..." Yang Zheng was filled with anger, his eyes spewing fire: "It's really hateful."

"Husband, isn't it good for you?" Wei Fengwu looked at the father and son amusedly.

"that is the truth."

"Anyway, there are hundreds of families..."

"Is it qualified?" Yang Tong shook his head and said, "There were hundreds of families in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods. At that time, I didn't know where this crooked sect was. After entering the Central Plains, I only stole this house and that house, and made up pieces together. into what it is now."

"Prejudice." Wei Fengwu didn't bother to talk to him.

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Perhaps, Yang Tong's prejudice aroused the Buddha's anger. Just when he was talking about Buddhism, a letter eagle from Xihai County flew to Daxing City, and Tubo, who respected Buddhism as the state religion, set foot on the snowy land. The plateau is heading north.

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