Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

The Dachaohui will last for seven days in total.

So there is no rush to deal with it.

In the middle of the court meeting, there was a short break, and Ying Zheng gave a banquet.

The waiters served food, and some musicians presented songs and dances for appreciation.

Many county guards have made up their minds to become officials in Xianyang...Look here, looking at the backcountry where they are...

Can't compare!

……

After the meal, the court will continue.

For several days in a row, the 46 county guards went into battle again and again, bringing out the problems under their own control, and the officials scrambled to provide solutions.

On the last day, everyone's faces were exhausted.

The same is true for Ying Zheng and Fu Su beside him.

This time it was Li Mu who came out.

Since Gao Jing implemented the New Deal and the separation of the military and the government, Li Mu was the only general who also served as the county guard.

Moreover, he was transferred from the prefect of Shangjun to the prefect of Jiuyuan County.

At this time Li Mu came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Taiyuan County under your jurisdiction is located in the north and borders the Xiongnu. The severe winter is approaching, and the Xiongnu often go south to plunder.

Although I sent troops to defeat it once, but now the Huns are showing signs of gathering again... and this time the scale is different from before.

I have transferred part of Jiuyuan's troops to Yuyang, but now Jiuyuan's troops are insufficient, I ask His Majesty the Emperor to send troops to support! "

Ying Zheng nodded, and said, "I have also discussed with Jing Chun. I am afraid that the Xiongnu may also have an act of unification. This matter needs to be cautious! What is the military's opinion?"

The generals looked at each other.

Wang Ben came out and said: "Your Majesty, if the Huns really want to unify, I suggest preemptive strikes!"

"No!"

Meng Tian came out and said: "The grassland is vast, and it's difficult to tell the direction. If you rush to send troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight!"

Li Si also came out and said: "Going to the grassland will only damage my elite warriors, but I won't get the corresponding reward... I think that it is enough to defend the city!"

Ying Zheng thought about it, and what the three of them said made sense, and finally looked at Gao Jing: "Jing Chun, what do you think?"

Gao Jing thought for a while and said, "Let's establish a mutual market."

Ying Zheng was stunned: "What is a "mutual market"?"

Gao Jing explained: "The reason why the Xiongnu went south to plunder is nothing more than the lack of food in winter... In this case, why don't we build a market at the border to provide food (Zhao Le Zhao) and let the Xiongnu exchange cattle, sheep, horses and other materials for fertile land?" ?

When Qi and Lu met each other, the state of Lu was rich in "Lu onyx", so Guan Zhong advised Duke Huan of Qi to make "Lu onyx" popular in Qi.

For a while, the supply of Lu onyx was in short supply, and the price naturally went up. The people of Lu found that the profit of weaving onyx was much more cost-effective than farming, so they voluntarily gave up agriculture, and a swarm of bees set off a wave of onyx weaving in Lu.

For a time, "every family's spinning machine was ringing, and every household was busy weaving", so that the land in Lu State was barren and no one cultivated it.

One year later, Qi State stopped buying Lu onyx, and Lu State had no food. In order to survive, it could only buy from Qi State at a high price, so that its national strength was greatly reduced, and it had to depend on Qi State.

This is the allusion of "Qi Wan Lu Jin"!

Why don't we follow Guan Zhong's example? "

Ying Zheng clapped his hands violently and shouted: "Cai!".

Chapter 230 Three

Little Sage Village.

Xunzi pushed a letter over and said, "This is a letter written to me by my junior brother, please read it."

Fu Nian, Yan Lu, and Zhang Liang saluted, and then Fu Nian took over and opened it.

It started with a very ordinary greeting, then Gao Jing talked about his recent situation, and Ying Zheng asked him about his views on Confucianism and some strategies for governing the country.

Seems like an ordinary letter.

But after the three of them read it, they all fell silent.

Xunzi asked lightly, "What did you see?"

Fu Nian sighed and said, "Emperor, seems to be dissatisfied with Confucianism?"

Xunzi rolled his eyelids: "Is that true? Your little uncle is now under one person and above tens of thousands. If the emperor is really dissatisfied with Confucianism, how can your little uncle be like this?"

Fu Nian thought for a while, then turned to ask: "Is Confucianism doing something that dissatisfied the emperor?"

Xunzi asked, "What do you think is the matter?"

The three were silent.

Xunzi sighed, and said, "You are the head of Confucianism, and the decision of the three of you is related to the future of Confucianism... Zifang, are you still worried about the 727 Yingchuan Rebellion?"

Zhang Liang saluted and said, "Zifang dare not."

Xunzi sighed, and said, "The younger brother wrote this letter to me because he is also a Confucianist... You must be clear, apart from those lowly Confucians, I am also a Confucianist, and my younger brother is also a Confucianist!"

As soon as "Bad Confucianism" came out, it was already obvious who Xunzi was talking about!

Zizhang's lineage of Confucianism is what Xunzi called "low Confucianism"!

The establishment of Mohist theory was related to Zizhang Zhiru, and now Zizhang Zhiru is an official in Qin State, and the leader...Chun Yuyue!

……

Xianyang.

Gao Jing took Fusu and walked towards the bank of the Weishui River, while walking, he said, "Master, have you been walking very close to Mr. Chunyuyue lately?"

Fusu didn't hide anything, and said: "Yes sir, doctor Chunyuyue often tells Fusu the most important principles of Confucianism."

Gao Jing thought for a while, and said, "When Li Mu arrived in Xianyang with the report of defeating the Huns, the emperor held a banquet to celebrate. During the banquet, Chun Yuyue mentioned the enfeoffment system and belittled the prefecture and county system... What do you think?"

Fusu thought for a while, and said: "Each has its own advantages...but now it seems that under Mr. (bhdj)'s new policy, counties and counties are better than enfeoffment."

"Chunyu Yue's lineage of Confucianists advocates imitating the ancients."

Gao Jing said seriously: "Of course, there is nothing wrong with imitating the ancients and following the ancients. Taking history as a mirror, we can know the ups and downs, but we can't blindly follow the ancients!

Confucianism still has the spirit of "dare to be the first in the world"...

Of course, whether it is "Fagu" or "be the first in the world", it can only be a "fight" between courtiers, and the one who is superior can only be a referee, and cannot end in person!

That's why I don't let you learn Confucianism! "

Fusu thought about it, and said: "Fusu understands."

While talking, the two had arrived in front of the Baijia School Palace located on the banks of the Weishui River.

The academy was full of voices, a hundred schools of thought contending, and it was a lively scene.

Gao Jing took Fusu all the way to the "Taoist" branch of the academy.

The branch of Taoism is located in a remote part of the school, and because of "indisputable" reasons, the funds are limited, and there is only one professor in the school, and three or five students who are interested in learning Taoism.

The teacher looked at the book by himself, and the students also quietly studied by themselves.

"He is Bai Yunzi of the Taoist sect. Although he is a human sect, he has also dabbled in the philosophy of Tianzong."

Gao Jing explained in a low voice at the door: "Taoism pays attention to "morality", Confucianism pays attention to "benevolence and virtue", and virtue is the "reason" or "Tao" that exists in the world.

Taoism seeks this "reason" itself, but Confucianism hopes to frame this "reason", or use propriety, or benevolence, or righteousness, or wisdom, or faith...

Compared with Confucianism, you should get in touch with Taoism more! "

Fu Su was taken aback: "Sir, what do you mean, Taoism is closer to the essence?"

Gao Jing shook his head and said, "The way of Taoism lies in all kinds of things, but the way of Confucianism lies in the world!

If "virtue" is water, what Taoism pursues is the essence of water. "The highest goodness is like water. Water is good to all things without competing with it. No one in the world can compete with it. It is what everyone hates, so it is almost inferior to Tao."

Confucianism, on the other hand, hopes that the world will be orderly, and needs to put water into containers, hoping to make water into the shape you need!

The focus of the two parties is different.

The son is the superior, he should learn the Tao.

Only those in the middle position like courtiers can learn Confucianism... the low-ranking ones, the way of farming and ink! "

Fusu pondered, and murmured: "The high-ranking ones learn Taoism, the middle-ranking ones learn Confucianism, and the low-ranking ones learn agricultural ink..."

Gao Jing smiled and nodded to Bai Yunzi in the room.

Bai Yunzi smiled and cupped his hands.

Gao Jing turned and left.

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Xianyang Palace.

Ying Zheng looked at Gao Jing and said, "Why do you think of letting Fu Su learn Taoism?"

Gao Jing thought for a while and said, "Confucianism is too chaotic, it's not suitable for superiors."

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Jing Chun never thought about rectifying Confucianism?"

"No need!"

Gao Jing shook his head and said: "I respect knowledge very much. Knowledge that is useless now may be of great use in the future... If knowledge succumbs to power, then such knowledge will lose its true color."

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, and said, "So whether it's the Mo family or the peasant family, you didn't directly intervene?"

"The big waves wash away the sand, and when the sand is gone, you will see real gold!"

Gao Jing said solemnly: "Theories and concepts that are not timely will eventually be eliminated, but in this process, I don't want powerful intervention!

Of course, this is just my own idea... at least I will not interfere.

Just like Confucianism's benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith are all used to demand oneself, not others.

Therefore, the minister has no control over what the emperor does! "

Ying Zheng pointed at Gao Jing, smiled, did not continue this topic, and said instead: "Li Si said that civil wars happen from time to time, and anti-people carry weapons to disrupt the world, so he advised to confiscate the world's weapons, To secure people's livelihood."