After Zhuge Jin used his reputation to sway Mi Heng, he appropriately directed the focus of the dispute between the two parties to the word "virtue".
Ridiculing Mi Heng for not even knowing what "virtue" means in "a place where the virtuous live".
This is of course meaningful.
Zhuge Jin knew very well that although he inherited the classics knowledge of his physical body, he also had the logical speculation and political philosophy insights of later generations. But if you really want to openly debate the rights and wrongs of Confucian classics with others, you may not be able to absolutely crush Ni Heng.
As a famous troll in the Three Kingdoms, Mi Heng must have considerable skills, otherwise he would not have given Cao Cao a headache. He would not dare to touch him and would only dare to take him to Liu Biao.
In this case, how could Zhuge Jin fight an uncertain battle?
Therefore, when Zhuge Jin opened his mouth, he thought of a strategy: he wanted to guide the debate question between the two sides to a point where the Confucian scholars of the Han Dynasty would definitely answer it wrong, and the Confucian scholars of later generations would definitely answer it correctly.
In other words, this question must have been answered incorrectly by Gongsun Hong and Dong Zhongshu, the Confucian masters of the Han Dynasty, and the entire Han Dynasty Confucian scholars ignored this mistake because they respected their masters.
But later, with the advancement of history and Confucianism, by the Tang and Song Dynasties, later generations had discovered this problem, and by the time of Han Yu, Sima Guang, Zhu Xi, and Lu Jiuyuan, it had been gradually corrected.
In this way, no matter how much you think you are talented, he will never say anything that clearly surpasses or denies Gongsun Hong and Dong Zhongshu, right? In this way, Zhuge Jin could use more than a thousand years of political and philosophical progress in later generations to defeat the opponent.
Since it was Mi Heng who first mentioned the imperial court's "immorality", Zhuge Jin grasped what the "virtue" of "the virtuous people should live in" meant, and pursued him to the end.
One blow determines the outcome.
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Mi Heng was really taken aback. He was scolded by the other party as not being able to explain clearly what "virtue" means "the virtuous people in the world will live in". This is absolutely intolerable and must be refuted.
If he doesn't even answer such a basic question, he will have no shame in calling himself a Confucian.
So after careful consideration, he decided to answer word for word using the standard official meaning of Gongsun Hong and Dong Zhongshu:
"The world belongs to the people of the world, and only the virtuous live in it. The virtue here naturally unifies the world and saves the people of the world from the killings of civil war. In the past five hundred years of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, the people of China were killing each other every day. .
Although Qin Shihuang was a tyrant, he was able to conquer the world because of his virtue and ended the disputes in the Warring States Period. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world lost its deer and fell apart. Emperor Gao reunited and unified, so his virtue lasted for hundreds of years——
This theory was demonstrated as early as Gongyang, and was later supplemented by Dong Zhongshu in Chunqiu Fanlu. What else can be argued about? Could it be that you are a fool and have never read "The Legend of Gongyang" and "Spring and Autumn Fanlu"? It's really a pity that I should answer to such ignorant people! "
Zhuge Jin listened very carefully, confirmed that the other party had indeed been tricked, and copied all the relevant explanations recognized by Han Confucian scholars, and he knew that he was safe:
"Who said that 'Gongyang Zhuan' has such a definition of 'virtue'? What you just quoted is clearly annotation left by Gongsun Hong when he studied "Gongyang Zhuan" during the reign of Emperor Xiaowu. It is Gongsun Hong's personal interpretation. This was not the original intention of Gongyang Gao during the Warring States Period.
Although this interpretation is not entirely wrong, it is obviously confusing and confusing. Let me ask you, when "Gongsun Hongshu" annotated "The Virtue of Unifying the World" for "Gongyang Zhuan", did he quote Mencius' views on "The Virtue of One World" in "Mencius. King Hui of Liang I" ? "
Mi Heng was stunned, always feeling that there was a conspiracy, but the answer to this question was very clear, and he could only answer immediately: "Of course there is."
"Mencius" does not have a very high status among Han Confucians. It is only one of the Thirteen Classics. However, Gongsun Hong and Dong Zhongshu still quoted Mencius when they were demonstrating the "virtue" of "the virtuous people should live there". This fact cannot be denied.
Zhuge Jin continued his trap: "When Mencius saw King Hui of Liang, he asked calmly: Is the evil in the world determined? He replied: It is determined as one.
Who can do it? Those who don't like killing can do it. Who can match it? There’s no one in the world who doesn’t agree with me…”
Zhuge Jin first briefly quoted a few controversial scriptures, and then went straight to the point: "It can be seen that in Mencius' original intention, the kind of virtuous government that can make 'all the people in the world agree' is not 'one under heaven' itself, but 'to determine the world.'" .
King Hui of Liang and Mencius initially sought to "define the world," and Mencius' answer of "one world" was only a means to stabilize the world. Means and ends must be clearly distinguished and cannot be confused!
When you can control the world, then everyone in the world will naturally agree with you, and everyone in the world will be willing to accept the ruler who will bring them a stable life. This is the "virtue" of "the virtuous people in the world will live there"!
And what is Dingtianxia? It means that compared to the five hundred years of chaos in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the people of the world will serve less as soldiers, fight less, do less corvee work, and pay less for food, so that the people of the world will have less internal friction and live a good life. This is called "restoring the world"!
Unifying the world was only a prerequisite for the realization of "preventing civil war in China", because knowledgeable people at that time knew that as long as there was no unification, the civil war would never end. But just doing this is not enough.
If Qin wants to be virtuous, its rulers should see that the policies they implement are just for the sake of the world. Once this is done, the corvee should be lightened and the taxes should be lightened, so that the people actually pay less for food, serve less, and serve as soldiers than during the Warring States Period. If after this is over, the proportion of military service and the proportion of taxes are still as high as they were in the chaotic era, then it will be "only one but not determined", and the fundamentals will be sacrificed for the weak.
Therefore, Qin Shihuang may have completed "One World", but the virtue of "Determining the World" was not truly realized until the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of this dynasty, when he formally imposed a tax of 15 per cent, abolished corporal punishment, and reduced corvee military service from the level of national law. .
You corrupt scholars misinterpret the sages and falsely claim to be virtuous, but you can't even distinguish between goals and means. It's really ridiculous!
You need to eat to survive, but eating is only one of the means to survive, not the purpose of living! If you live just to eat, how different are you from clothes hangers, rice bags, wine barrels and meat bags! "
Zhuge Jin's words were as clear-eyed as Mencius's, and his refutation was so overwhelming that Mi Heng couldn't resist.
However, Zhuge Jin's words are based on the ancient sages. Even if the status of the entire book "Mencius" is not high now, the few sentences in "The King of Liang Hui" are indeed the "Biography of Gongyang" and "The Spring and Autumn Annals". Fan Lu himself quoted it, and Han Confucians cannot deny it.
Moreover, Zhuge Jin's argument was full of progressive humanistic care and was a truth recognized by later generations. He just presented it more than a thousand years in advance to show off.
In the upgraded values of Confucianism in later generations, unifying the world is still important, but it must be clearly understood that unifying the world is a means to stabilize the world. The core "morality" is to benefit the people and reduce their burdens.
After a short period of reunification, the people's burden will not be reduced or the people will receive benefits until the regime's demise.
The money, food and manpower saved by not fighting the civil war were not spent on the people, but were used to better support the independent husband. Then this does not fall into the category of "having virtue and then losing virtue", but rather "having no virtue from the beginning."
The money, food and labor saved after the end of the civil war can be regarded as the "beginning of virtue" from the moment it is spent on the people.
The people are the masters of history and the driving force behind history.
The reason why later generations have such progressive ideas is because at the end of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, as well as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, there were too many regimes that "though unified for a short period of time, did not bring benefits to the people."
The long-term unified dynasties of later generations must be distinguished from these short-lived dynasties. Generations of people with lofty ideals began to think about this issue.
From Han Yu to Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, to Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan, although these people may not all have good character, they have demonstrated this philosophical issue clearly in the process of elevating the status of "Mencius" and emphasizing people-oriented thinking from generation to generation.
Zhuge Jin is now using the collective wisdom of Confucianism for more than a thousand years to point out the mistakes of the ancients of "loose logic and confusion of means and ends". How can he not win?
At this moment, he was not fighting alone. He was possessed by Han Yu, Sima Guang, Zhu Xi, and Lu Jiuyuan at the same time.
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Mi Heng was repeatedly refuted, and completely fell into doubt and great loss in life.
But he really didn't know how to refute it, because he quoted the standard answers of Gongsun Hong and Dong Zhongshu.
Even if the answer to this question is wrong, it’s not his fault! It started from Gongsun Hong and Dong Zhongshu, and it has been wrong for three hundred years!
In the past three hundred years, no Han Confucian pointed out this mistake. Today, he continues to make mistakes due to the inertia of his thinking. Isn't it right?
But why can the guy opposite him lift such a big table in one fell swoop?
He Youheng asked himself about the crazy people in the world, but he was not crazy enough to dare to point out Dong Zhongshu's mistakes.
The guy opposite is definitely crazier than him!
That was to tie Mi Heng, Gongsun Hong and Dong Zhongshu together with ropes and then hang them.
The other spectators in the Yizhou County Residence Wine House were completely stunned for the first time.
They all know that this Mi Heng has been hated by people and dogs for several months. He always looks for opportunities to argue and quarrel with others to increase his reputation.
It just so happened that this man was very eloquent and could talk out lies. In the past few months, everyone had been following him.
People with too high status don't bother to slander him, but no one with a lower status can slander him.
At this moment, the unknown young man from out of town actually defeated Mi Heng!
Moreover, what he said was very profound, and at first glance, he seemed to be the kind of person who could irritate people from an academic source.
The high building has a commanding position, but no one can control it.
How could those onlookers who usually hate Mi Heng not like him?
When Zhuge Jin was just halfway through squirting, the other sleeping scholars in the mansion were called down by their companions and crowded into the wine room. They ordered a pot of wine and listened to Zhuge Jin squirt Ni Heng.
Later, the business in the wine house was so good that most people in the county residence came, and there were no tables to sit at, so they had to stand and listen.
The wine shop owner was too embarrassed to require people to buy wine before entering.
When it was all over, the county hotel was packed to the brim and there were people at the door.
Fortunately, Mi Heng was not alone when he came to Xudu. He was surrounded by several attendants and acquaintances.
Just now I saw him being sprayed so badly that someone had already reported it.
The Yizhou County residence is not far from the Jiuqing Mansion, otherwise it would not become a distribution center for people seeking official positions.
So after a while, someone from Jiangzuo Dajiang Yamen called Mi Heng's close friend Kong Rong to come to the rescue.
After Kong Rong arrived at the scene, he became a peacemaker. Seeing that the academic dispute between the two sides was already over, he asked Zhuge Jin to put it down.
Zhuge Jin also knew that Kong Rong had a good relationship with Liu Bei, and he had finished all the slander he needed, so he took the opportunity to give Kong Rong a face, but at the same time reminded Kong Rong in public:
"After Confucius was a saint, his reputation for knowing etiquette was spread all over the world, and I admire him. But Confucius seems not to be familiar with the method of scheduling and coordination. Today, I saw that when the palace was being built, the civil transportation was so wasteful of manpower."
When Zhuge Jin visited the palace construction site in the morning, he noticed that there were big problems with construction scheduling and low efficiency. He didn't even have the labor-saving thinking in the later Song Dynasty text "Three battles to achieve relief in one fell swoop".
If he could just give it a little push, there would definitely be a lot of room for improvement.
But it turns out that Zhuge Jin didn't want to give advice in private, as that would be of no benefit to him.
But in a public place like this where people seeking officials gather, the situation is completely different.
He had the opportunity to show off his talents in public, and Kong Rong could not ignore his contribution.
In this way, if things are done well in the future, it will definitely reach the ears of Xun Yu and Cao Cao. Of course, Zhuge Jin is not here to please Xun Yu and Cao Cao, but to save money and effort in building the palace, he is also taking care of the people who are oppressed by the corvee. .
Secondly, Zhuge Jin knew that this would be beneficial to his Zhuge family and Liu Bei who wanted official positions and the righteousness of the court.
In this case, just make a name for yourself in public temporarily and leave after reaping the benefits. Don't wait for Cao Cao to keep him as a capital official. (Even if Cao Cao stays, he can still find excuses to refuse conquest, such as in the name of filial piety and need to go somewhere to save his uncle)
Kong Rong originally came to make money for his friends, but he never expected that he would get into trouble. In front of hundreds of onlookers, someone pointed out the inefficiency of the resource allocation of the project he was responsible for.
But in full view of the public, he had no choice but to accept the advice with an open mind and listen to the other person's opinions.
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