After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 308

"It turned out to be Mr. Kong." Qin Yu said.

"This is Lao Cheng, and this is Lao Zhu." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Hello, three old gentlemen." Qin Yu asked the three very politely.

However, the three of them turned their nostrils to the sky and disdain to talk to each other.I sneered in my heart again and again, I don’t even know the basic etiquette among scholars, you are not worthy of being a scholar at all, we will ignore you if we talk to you, Cheng and Zhu are the noble status of the head of the family.

Qin Yu didn't take it seriously, thinking that it's not uncommon for some old people to have weird tempers nowadays.Thinking that they eat more salt than others eat rice, they look down on the juniors and rely on the old to sell the old.

What's more, the few of them have a high probability of disagreeing with me on some historical issues.

"These three are all history buffs just like us." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Recently, we have disagreements over some historical phenomena. No one can convince anyone, so I came here to ask you for advice."

"We still need to ask him for advice?" Hearing the word "ask for advice", Yan Shenggong laughed.

"The three of us ask for advice, I'm afraid he still can't afford it!" Cheng Leshan said.

"He is not worthy of asking us for advice." Zhu Yuandian said coldly.

"Why did you guys quarrel?" However, Qin Yu still didn't care, and asked 'Village Chief Huang'.

"We talked about the five arts of controlling the people." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take the attitude of the three of them seriously, and replied lightly.

"The art of controlling the people, this kind of profound knowledge, as a country bumpkin, I'm afraid he hasn't even heard of it?" Yan Shenggong said.

"Yes, the art of controlling the people belongs to the art of the emperor controlling the people. Only the noble royal family will know it, and only some great talents who can get in touch with the royal family can understand a little bit." Cheng Leshan said, "And he only He's just a humble man, an ignorant and ignorant country fool."

"Boy, if you don't understand, we can explain it to you for free." Zhu Yuandian said.

"Isn't it the ancient emperor's technique of fooling the people?" Qin Yu smiled. "Outside, anyone who has attended elementary school can understand the Five Techniques of Controlling the People. The analysis is clear and logical."

I secretly felt funny in my heart, these few history lovers have lived in remote places all their lives.I don't know which book I read about the art of controlling the people, and I thought it was some profound knowledge, which was out of the reach of ordinary people, so I became blindly arrogant, thinking that no one else understood it.

And the three history lovers quarreled with Lao Huang because of this.

Village head Huang spent a lot of time with him and accepted his new ideas more.It is inevitable that there will be differences in understanding with these three old scholars who have not been exposed to modern civilization.

Looking at the three of them, one could tell that they were very disdainful of their previous views.

In the end, Lao Huang couldn't persuade them, so he came to find himself for help.

Interesting, interesting!

All four are fun, history buffs.

"Primary school students?" The three old scholars didn't know what elementary school was.

"It means children under the age of ten." Qin Yu explained.

"You said that ten-year-old children outside know the five skills of controlling people?" Yan Shenggong's expression froze, "It's simply deceiving the world."

"You know, you should tell us about it." Cheng Leshan said.

"The so-called Five Arts of Controlling the People was proposed by Gongsun Yang to King Qin at the beginning, with the intention of maintaining the feudal rule of the Qin Dynasty." Qin Yudao, "The Five Arts of Controlling the People are divided into ignoring the weak, exhausting the people, humiliating the poor, and humiliating the poor. It doesn't work, kill!"

"These are all historical things, not advanced knowledge. They are intended to teach the feudal emperors to control the people under their rule. Cruel, cold-blooded, and belong to feudal dross."

"Feudal dross?" The three of them listened with cold expressions.

"By the way, you guys are arguing because of this?" Qin Yu said.

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The three of them all feel that as an emperor, they must know the five arts of controlling the people, so as to benefit the stability of the emperor's country."

"Then what do you think?" Qin Yu asked back.

"We were just a little bit unsure, so we came here to ask Mr. for advice." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We didn't approve of fooling the people at first, but what the three of them said was extremely reasonable, and we were powerless to refute it..."

"You can't even refute a foolish trick?" Qin Yu said, "I have taught you so much historical knowledge in vain these days."

"Old Huang, it seems that your ability to understand history is not enough!"

"Sir, that's the lesson." Zhu Yuanzhang said awkwardly.

"Bold, you actually use this tone to talk to the emperor... the village chief!?" Yan Shenggong scolded angrily when he heard the words.

"Cough cough!" During the process, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly coughed twice to remind, Yan Shenggong heard the words, immediately realized that he had said something wrong, and corrected it. "Village Chief Huang is the village chief we all respect, so don't be rude to him."

He and I are old friends, is it rude to say a few words about him?You are too broad!Qin Yu wanted to say something in his heart.However, out of respect for the old man, he did not refute.

Instead, he said: "Since Lao Huang can't refute you, let me try?"

"Three old gentlemen, what are your views on the Five Arts of Controlling the People?"

"Hmph!" Yan Shenggong snorted coldly when he heard the words, and said, "Of course I agree with it. As an emperor, he must know how to control the people."

"Why?" Qin Yu asked.

"As an emperor, if you don't know how to control the people, the world will be in chaos." Yan Shenggong said, ""Tao Te Ching" said: The ancient goodness is the way, not to understand the people, but to be stupid. The people are difficult to govern, because of their Zhiduo."

"Therefore, governing the country with wisdom is the thief of the country; not governing the country with wisdom is the blessing of the country."

"It means that from ancient times to the present, the emperor who governed the country well did not let the people open their minds, but to make them ignorant. The reason why the people are difficult to govern is because they are too smart. Therefore, governing the country by opening the people's minds will It is the blessing of the country to harm the country and govern the country in a way that makes the people ignorant."

"Tsk, tsk, even the words in the "Tao Te Ching" have been quoted. It seems that the level of Chinese studies of the three old gentlemen is still a bit high." Qin Yu heard the words.

Turning to Zhu Yuanzhang, he said, "Mr. Huang, I wronged you just now, and I apologize to you. From Mr. Kong's quotations this time, we can see that the three of them are indeed not so easy to deal with."

"You can't argue with them, no wonder you."

"Even in the Tao Te Ching, there are theories about fooling the people. This is really not something that elementary school students can refute, at least they have to go to junior high school."

"Hmph!" Zhu Yuandian snorted coldly, "Old man and others, there is no need for you, a nameless junior, to flatter you."

"I'm flattering?" Qin Yu smiled, "Actually, you haven't finished reading this chapter of the "Tao Te Ching", and there are two sentences after it: Knowing both of these is also the style. Often knowing the style, it is It is called Xuande, Xuande is deep, far away, contrary to things, and then even Dashun."

(End of this chapter)