After everything was resolved, Great Qin also entered the depths of winter, and the world became quiet.
In mid-January, I took Tao Yao and Li Shiyun to live in Ganquan Palace for a period of time. I concentrated on improving the teaching materials of various county academies and the Great Qin Military Palace, and added many techniques and ideas from later generations. New students were already studying there. Students are admitted gradually before and after the Dachaohui, and new ways of thinking must be instilled in them as soon as possible.
In the front hall of Ganquan, Shusun Tong and a group of Confucian doctors were sitting in rows at the bottom.
Seeing that everyone was here, I said slowly: "Everyone, I have called you here to reorganize the Confucian classics and make them compulsory courses for each county academy!"
Everyone looked happy, is my Confucian finally coming to the fore?
Shu Suntong was the most excited and said happily: "Your Majesty, we have already prepared it, but I don't know what your Majesty's requirements are for the teaching materials?"
I nodded and explained the purpose of reusing Confucianism: "The reason why I have made Confucian classics a required course is for two purposes. One is to serve the people. There are many religions outside the Qin Dynasty, such as the sacrifices of the Qin Dynasty. Gods are born in the world, but their religion is a bit extreme, such as asking the head of Guizhou to dedicate all his wealth to the religion, inciting his followers to kidnap the court and launch war against the pagans, etc. If one day these religions are introduced to the Qin Dynasty, I am afraid that the head of Guizhou will be Being deceived."
A doctor asked curiously: "Consecrate all your wealth to religion? Your Majesty, may I ask what form it takes? There seems to be nothing wrong with using one's own life for righteousness?"
I sneered and said lightly: "You have never been exposed to those religions, so you don't know how ignorant they can make the people. To give the simplest example, there was once a country that enacted two preferential treatment laws because of its fanatical belief in a certain religion. Fa: The religion’s property is tax-free and its missionaries are not employed, resulting in millions of believers and tens of millions of acres of land. What do you think will happen?”
Shusun Tong guessed right and said in surprise: "Isn't this a strategy to subjugate the country? According to His Majesty, to reach the point of fanaticism, at least half of the people must believe in the religion. In this way, wouldn't all the wealth in the world be concentrated in this religion? In the hands? Hasn’t this religion become the real controller of the country?”
I spread my hands and said helplessly: "The authorities are confused. That country just didn't see this. In other words, when the emperor understood this, he was unable to control it. The people either became believers who did not pay taxes, or they would rather starve to death." Those clay statues of gods were covered with gold powder. At that time, there was a lot of wealth in the world, and the sect had a monopoly of seven or eight! In the end, it could only be solved by violent means."
A certain religion was introduced to China just after the Silk Road and between the two Han Dynasties. Now that the Silk Road has been opened in advance, a certain religion may be spread to China in advance. At present, the people in Daqin are generally not highly educated, and the possibility of being preached is very high. I I don’t want to follow the example of the Three Martial Arts Sect and destroy the religion.
Shu Suntong and others realized the seriousness of the problem and said: "Your Majesty's concerns are not unreasonable. The foundation of salvation lies in rectifying names, the foundation of rectifying names lies in rectifying people, the key to rectifying people lies in rectifying oneself, and the way to rectify oneself lies in self-cultivation. Confucianism This can help the leader of Qin and Guizhou cultivate his moral integrity and be wise, so that he will not be easily deceived by those religions!"
I nodded and agreed: "Yes, this is exactly what I think. Besides, Confucianism may not be able to become Confucianism."
"Uh..." Shusuntong was a little confused and asked, "What do you mean by your Majesty's words?"
I explained: "The 'teaching' of Confucianism refers to teaching, which is to spread one's own thoughts, while religion is to believe in gods. In this case, why not enshrine the Confucian sages in temples and let the head of Guizhou believe in these real people, Isn’t it better than believing in those illusory gods that no one has ever seen? The Qin Dynasty now implements the imperial examination system. As long as people who want to pass the imperial examination and become officials will not sincerely believe in Confucius? They will naturally check their words and deeds according to Confucian ideas."
Shusun Tong was a little confused for a while. After all, he had never been exposed to real religion, and he didn't know what the effect would be of carrying Confucius into the temple.
Seeing that they were a little confused, I chuckled and said, "There is no need to worry about this. Although I have such an idea in my mind, it is definitely not that easy to implement. Confucianism is classified as one of the two subjects of the Hundred Schools, but studying the orthodox subjects mainly involves studying Confucian classics. , it will naturally come true when there are more Confucian officials in the future.”
Naturally, the establishment of a Confucian temple cannot be pushed forward. Otherwise, while encouraging a hundred schools of thought to contend, and at the same time establishing a temple for Confucianism, I am afraid that the Qin Dynasty will immediately be divided, and it will be a real division...
A few people nodded and no longer struggled. A doctor asked: "May I ask Your Majesty, what is the explanation for the second one?"
I suppressed my smile and said with a serious face: "The second thing is to be the king!" In "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Beishan", "Under the sky, could it be the king's soil? On the shore of the soil, could it be the king's ministers", I don't know how it was How many people use it to express the idea of loyalty to the emperor that the world is the emperor's private property, but intentionally or unintentionally ignore the following sentence, 'Everyone is not equal, but I am the only one who is worthy'. What do you think of this?"
Someone raised their hands and said: "Your Majesty, I think the 'king' here is not just an emperor in the literal sense. It is more appropriate to interpret it as 'country'. The whole world is the land of the country, and the people in the world are all ministers of the country." …”
I didn't dare to say the next words, so I added them completely: "So the emperor represents the country and not an individual!"
I looked at everyone and said without hesitation: "The emperor cannot guarantee that his descendants will be wise kings. If the emperor thinks that the world is his private property from birth, then he may win the hearts of all people with the heart of one person! Confucianism Respecting Yao, Shun, and Yu did not focus on status, but on the people. From this point of view, it was beneficial to ordinary people. At the very least, it ensured that the emperor viewed the world from the perspective of a manager, and to a certain extent, suppressed the entire world. The idea that the world is the emperor’s private property can help the emperor understand his responsibilities and handle political affairs with all his heart!”
Confucianism during the Qin Dynasty has not yet undergone demonic reform. If they can continue to play their people-oriented role, of course they must be reused. Their ideas are similar to the responsibilities of heads of state in later generations, which fully illustrates the ideological development of the Chinese people before the Qin and Han Dynasties. Advancedness.
Besides, I came from time-travel and have no obsession with passing on my bloodline to all generations. The historical law that the world must be divided after a long period of time cannot be reversed. As long as the Chinese people live well, it doesn't matter whoever becomes the emperor.
However, everyone obviously did not expect that I would speak so frankly. They looked at each other. Shusun Tong stood up and bowed solemnly, saying solemnly: "Your Majesty's words are worthy of a saint! Why should I, the Qin Dynasty, not be alone in the world?"
A group of Confucian scholars also stood up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty's sage's words will last for thousands of years in the Qin Dynasty!"
In the following days, I continued to focus on rejuvenating the country through science and education. It was a pleasure to study in a warm palace in the snow-capped mountains, not to mention having a beautiful woman as my companion...
