Xiao Yi shook his head, his expression suddenly serious.
"You asked Gu three sincere questions at the beginning, and Gu Ye answered you sincerely. But now, you may not be sincere."
"Your Highness, the reason why Bai Shen said that we should emphasize civilized governance is because no matter how big the country is, if it is warlike, it will perish; no matter how strong the army is, if it forgets its customs, it will be in danger!"
Gaiwenda spoke again, seemingly bypassing Xiao Yi's three questions. He just stood there with a calm tone and continued to debate with the prince Xiao Yi.
"Your Highness, aren't Xixia, Meng Yuan, Jin, and Beiyan all warlike, which caused disputes and faced the disaster of national subjugation?"
"Now that Daqian has no external enemies or internal troubles, it is time to rejuvenate the country with civilized governance and peacefully manage the people with benevolent governance. Confucianism has been passed down since the Han Dynasty and has been educating the people and training officials for the dynasty. Why must it be abandoned? The foundation of the prosperity of the dynasty, but abandoning the near and pursuing the distant, and promoting new learning?"
“The study of things and principles should originally belong to the branch of Confucianism, and tracing back to its origins is also consistent with Confucian concepts.”
"But His Highness Bai Shenguan is in power and does not seem to want to rejuvenate the country with Confucianism."
"What's the point?"
Xiao Yi laughed when he heard this: "I won't argue with you about this topic anymore. If we continue to argue, it will be nothing more than you saying that you value literature over martial arts, and that you are a sage and a king... There will be no result. ...You might as well speak frankly, what exactly do you mean by Wenzhi? What exactly is Wenzhi?"
to be honest.
Gavinda just wants to have a prince and scholar-bureaucrats to rule the world together.
Come on, one that emphasizes literature over martial arts.
This idea actually has some benefits for the current stage.
In the previous life, the Song Dynasty did this because the vassal towns were divided in the late Tang Dynasty. The warriors gathered their own troops and attacked each other.
In order to suppress the growth of the warriors, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty released his military power over a glass of wine and valued civil servants over military officers. He wanted to use the scholar-bureaucrat class to suppress the generals, so that even if they had military power, they could no longer become vassal towns.
At the same time, the Song Dynasty was founded. To be honest, the position was not right.
At this time, it is natural to win over scholars.
Why?
If you don't think of a way to win over scholars.
Just their mouths could kill the second generation of the Song Dynasty.
More importantly, behind the separatist rule of vassal towns, there is the prosperity of aristocratic families and the world of scholar-bureaucrats.
If the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty did not recognize their status, the Song Dynasty would be in chaos.
However... the consequences of emphasizing civility over military affairs were very great, and a confrontation between civil and military forces was formed from then on.
It's completely a self-inflicted conflict.
It gave the enemy an opportunity to develop, an opportunity to grow, and an opportunity to invade the Central Plains again.
historical development.
The rise of the dynasty.
One of the most important conflicts is actually the conflict between the barbarians of the North and the Central Plains dynasty.
No matter how chaotic the Han Dynasty was, people like Gongsun Zan, Ma Teng, and Cao Cao could still pacify the barbarians in the north.
The internal strife of the Jin Dynasty led to the resurgence of barbarians in the north.
Only then did Wu Huanhua come into being.
After the Tang Dynasty, barbarians also went south, but they were blocked by the vassal towns.
After the Song Dynasty, the emphasis on culture over military affairs allowed the barbarians in the north to completely grow and learn the culture of the Central Plains, thereby knowing etiquette, development, and technology.
The Song Dynasty perished due to the invasion of foreign enemies.
The Ming Dynasty also fell due to the invasion of foreign enemies.
It can even be said that the Qing Dynasty perished due to the invasion of foreign enemies.
Therefore, the biggest hidden danger of the Central Plains Dynasty is still in the north, but it is also included.
Xiao Yi couldn't let Gai Wenda's civil policy be implemented, but he couldn't just refuse it.
He may now represent the world's literati.
So.
Let him talk about how to be a civilized person.
Then use his martial arts to defeat him.
Let him know, let the world know, what is true civil rule!
Gavinda naturally didn't know what kind of person he was facing, let alone that if he thought he was about to win, he was actually digging a hole for himself.
He looked calm and said: "First, please withdraw the stamp tax, stop increasing taxes in the southeast, and increase taxes in Jingxiang. Don't increase the burden on the people because of the advantages of the southeast."
"Not long before Bai died, I heard that His Highness was inspecting temples and Taoist temples. I heard that there were already many people. I also asked Your Highness to remember that they are all Buddhists and Taoists. A little forgiveness and a lenient treatment... can make them repent and reform. People are good.”
"There is a saying in Buddhism: Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately. The sage has a saying: A prodigal son will not be replaced by a thousand pieces of gold when he turns back."
"The culprits should be severely punished to serve as a warning to others."
"Killing too much is not what a benevolent king would do."
After saying these words, the six ministers and the ministers of the nine temples shook their heads secretly. They lost their initial expectations for this great scholar in the world and were completely disappointed.
Where is Wenzhi here?
This is obviously to intercede for Buddhism and Taoism.
It is really not sincere for a great Confucian to plead for Buddhism and Taoism at such an important time.
"Then what?"
Xiao Yi asked directly: "Are we going to let the children of the aristocratic families go, let go the robbers and thieves, and then have a general amnesty?"
Gavinda didn't hesitate at all and replied: "Your Highness, a Northern Expedition, hundreds of thousands of people have died, but now they have to be inspected every year, beheaded in public every year, ransacked their homes and been exiled. How many officials are directly carrying their heads?" Are you an official? How many people avoid them when they see the censors and guards? They are like hawks and dogs, they are the most cruel officials in the dynasty."
"In the past few years, too many people have died."
"If this continues, people will definitely be in panic. As soon as the censors and guards move, they all know that another home will be ransacked, and another person will be beheaded in public."
"Is Your Highness going to kill all the scholars in the world?"
quiet.
It was so quiet that I even forgot to breathe.
Over there, several of the six ministers and ministers of the nine temples had already opened their eyes angrily at Gavinda.
Fang Xuan and Lu Ming closed their eyes and were very calm.
They naturally know what kind of existence their two official offices have become now, but they also know better that they have never killed recklessly.
In order to prevent them from framing Zhongliang, His Highness has always formed supervision from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Political Affairs Hall.
Every time a person is killed, there must be a pile of files, including the criminal's confession, witness, physical evidence, reports to Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and their review results and other procedures.
It doesn’t mean that if you want to kill someone, just kill that person directly. If you want to kill someone, just take someone to catch him and behead him directly.
The two of them also know very well what it has been like to be in power and in power over the past few years.
It can be said.
Many times, the evil deeds committed by the chief villains in a place can refresh the understanding of the supervisory censors and royal guards.
It is difficult for them to imagine that a person's evil can reach that level.
