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

Chapter 309
"You should know Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms period. Liu Bei's name is Xuande. His character is derived from this sentence in the Tao Te Ching. It is often known that it is called Xuande. Xuande is deep, and then even Dashun."

"It can be seen from his writing that he respects the art of controlling the people very much."

"But what about Liu Bei's ending? After he established the Shuhan, he died within 50 years, and he didn't even manage to unify the Central Plains."

"You don't need to talk about it." Yansheng said fairly, "Even the "Tao Te Ching" says that goodness is the way, not to enlighten the people, but to fool them. How dare you say that the "Tao Te Ching" is wrong? "

"Lao Tzu is a famous thinker, philosopher, writer and historian in history, and the founder of Taoism, but he is not a politician. He has never been an official in his life, nor has he had successful experience in governing states and counties."

"That is to say, some of the theories of governing the country in the "Tao Te Ching" cannot be regarded as holy scriptures."

"If you are a cultivator, you can cultivate immortals well. What are you talking about governing the country?"

"Bold! How dare you question me?" Yan Shenggong said angrily.

Doubt Lao Tzu?Qin Yu was extremely depressed, and he had taken advantage of him imperceptibly, but he couldn't refute it.

He said lightly, "For the ancient sages, we must adopt a critical inheritance method."

"You can't blindly worship, and you can't blindly slander."

"Take the essence and discard the dross."

"Okay, since you said that Laozi's theory of governing the country is not worth learning, let's talk about the hadith of Confucius." Cheng Leshan said, "The master said: The people can be taught, but not taught."

"Even Confucius said that to let the common people follow the path set by the emperor, there is no need to let them know the reason. How do you argue?"

"Confucius can also be regarded as a teacher of all ages in terms of teaching and educating people." Qin Yu said lightly, "But he didn't know how to govern the country. He wanted to be a high-ranking official all his life, but it is a pity that the princes at that time did not People are willing to use him."

"Confucius also served as a small official for several terms, but he didn't even do his job well."

"Therefore, his theory of governing the country cannot be regarded as a sacred scripture."

"I said the same thing to Confucius. If you want to teach, you should teach well. What are you talking about governing the country?"

"How dare you be rude to Kong Sheng?" Yan Shenggong said angrily, "You are too bold and reckless, you let Laozi to cultivate immortals and don't care about governing the country, let Kong Sheng teach well, and don't talk about governing the country! Extremely arrogant!"

"What an arrogant kid!" Cheng Leshan scolded.

"Since you think that Lao Tzu and Confucius can't talk about governing the country, Gongsun Yang can always do it?" At this time, Zhu Yuandian said, "Gongsun Yang is the prime minister of Qin. King Qin used his strategy of governing the country and finally became the overlord of the world. Therefore, the six countries were unified. The five arts of controlling the people were proposed by Gongsun Yang, and they have helped Qin to unify the world."

"However, Qin State perished in less than two generations." Qin Yu said flatly.

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty exclusively respected Confucianism and used it to control the people and achieve hegemony." Yansheng said fairly.

"The Han Dynasty has fallen." Qin Yu said.

"Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period controlled the people to the limit, and there were no traitors rebelling inside!" Zhu Yuandian said.

"Cao Wei is dead." Qin Yu said, "Not only did he die, but it also caused the Wuhu to move into the Central Plains, and the Han family almost died out."

"The Great Song Dynasty created Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, making the Great Song Dynasty the most prosperous dynasty, and its name will last forever." Cheng Leshan said.

"The Song Dynasty is dead." Qin Yu said lightly, "Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was created by the Song Dynasty. However, the Song Dynasty not only had the shame of Jingkang, the emperor was reduced to slaves, and the empress and princess were ravaged by others. The Battle of Yashan almost wiped out Yanhuang .”

"You..." The three trembled with anger when they heard this.

No matter which dynasty they said used the art of controlling the people, Qin Yu would only answer them that that dynasty was dead.

"Ah!" Qin Yu finally sighed, "China's thousands of years of feudal dynasty history have used bloody lessons to teach future generations of emperors a truth, that is, the art of fooling the people cannot be used."

"However, not many emperors are willing to learn the lessons of history."

"The only lesson we can learn from history is that we never learn from history."

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"The feudal dynasties of China, Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming, all the emperors respected the art of controlling the people. However, in the end, all dynasties eventually perished."

"Even Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was working on a system of 33 taels of silver to control the people. However, it was Qianlong who brought the Qing Dynasty downhill from its most prosperous era."

"Aren't there enough historical lessons like this?"

"However, there are still some emperors who still think that the five arts of controlling the people are some kind of superior emperor's art, and they still want to use it to harm the people."

"However, in reality, the Five Arts of Controlling the People are rubbish."

Zhu Yuandian, Yan Shenggong, and Cheng Leshan were so angry that they could not speak.

"Since Mr. Qin said that the art of controlling the people is rubbish, why did the emperors of all dynasties use it?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help asking, "There must be a deeper reason for this."

"Because of their selfishness, they want their own country to be passed down from generation to generation. It is true that they want to pass on their own country, but they are using the wrong method. Qin Yudao,

"The art of fooling the people is not the correct way to let the dynasty pass on forever."

"Secondly, it is because of their inner fear. After they sat on the Ninth Five-Year King, they are always worried that the people will stand up and resist them. The more the emperor is weak in governing the country, the more worried he is, and the more he wants to fool the people. .”

"Third, it is because of the problem of vision and the limitations of history that they cannot see the mistakes of fooling the people."

"Then why did all the sages in the Spring and Autumn Period, such as Laozi, Confucius, Gongsun Yang, etc., agree to fool the people?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"Because none of them were born in the common class." Qin Yu said, "Confucius, Laozi, and Gongsun Yang were all nobles at that time. It has nothing to do with them how the people living at the bottom live."

"Well, even Lao Tzu, Confucius, and Gongsun Yang dared to slander collectively." Yan Shenggong said coldly, "You are the most rebellious person I have ever seen."

"This is not to slander, but to seek truth from facts." Qin Yu said lightly, "The fact is that none of the people in the Spring and Autumn Period are poor."

"Confucius' achievements in education and Laozi's achievements in philosophy are not questioned, and they deserve to be called saints. But their theories of governing the country are open to question."

"Of course, it is also an expedient measure for them to add some governance strategies to their classics to cater to the feudal nobles at that time. Otherwise, their ideas may not be passed down to future generations."

(End of this chapter)