Fusu asked someone to bring a cup of tea to the ministers.
He took a brief sip, thought about it in his mind, and glanced at Li Si secretly. He was not in a hurry to express his true thoughts directly, but asked about another thing.
Fusu said: "What do you think of Confucianism?"
Hear the words.
Everyone's eyes were slightly raised, somewhat confused.
Li Si said coldly: "Insects, ants, snakes, rats, fallen leaves and branches."
"In the past, there was chaos in the world. All these were caused by Confucian scholars' chaos in government. Today, it has been decided that a law will be issued. The people should serve the farmers, industry, merchants, and travelers, and the scholars should learn some laws and regulations to eliminate prohibitions."
Said.
Li Si glanced at Fusu deeply.
There was a hint of worry in his eyes.
Li Si paused for a moment and continued: "Scholars should understand what they should do, avoid what they should not do, and be citizens of the country who serve the public and abide by the law. However, the Confucian scholars in the past did not follow the example of today's students and learned from the ancients. They thought that criticizing the current world was their best thing. Convincing people is a talent, but they don’t know the laws of the country.”
"In ancient times, the world was in disarray, and it was impossible to rule the world at once, so there were many princes. People who discussed it all worshiped the past and harmed the present, and made false claims to confuse the facts. Scholars studied in private schools, and the state's learning could not stand."
"Today in the Qin Dynasty, there is no distinction between black and white. However, in the past, private scholars still taught illegal knowledge. However, when government decrees were issued, people would criticize each other based on their learning."
"When you go in, you have a wrong mind, when you go out, you talk about it in the streets, you promote your own school to gain fame, you uphold heresies as a maverick, you incite others, and you spread slander. These evil practices have been popular in the past, and the national authority has been diffused. Last year, your majesty began The system of prohibiting people from discussing politics with each other in private and going to temples to discuss matters in public allowed the state to unify its powers."
"Confucianism."
"The world is full of silverfish and a bunch of black sheep!"
The spacious and bright hall was as quiet as a deep valley, with only Li Si's voice echoing in the hall.
Fusu smiled bitterly.
He knew that Li Si would be mistaken.
Li Si probably thought that he still had old feelings for Confucianism and wanted Confucianism to return to the court, so he deliberately reiterated the facts that had been recognized by the court in the past. This was neither a reminder nor a reminder to himself.
Fusu bowed respectfully and said: "Thank you, Prime Minister, for reminding me. However, Fusu is not thinking of Confucianism's past kindness. He just wants to ask the ministers a question in the name of Confucianism."
"Can Da Qin really eliminate Confucianism from the empire?"
There was silence for a moment.
Can?
I'm afraid not.
Li Si frowned and shook his head: "Confucianism has deep roots in the world. It will take a very long time to completely uproot it. But now with the expulsion of Confucian scholars from the court and the promulgation of the book-burning law, Confucianism has become more and more important in the world." Like a lost dog, I believe it won’t be long before Confucianism will no longer have a foothold in the Qin Dynasty.”
Fusu shook his head and continued: "What I'm asking is, can Confucianism be eradicated from the empire?"
Li Si hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "For now, it's difficult."
"Confucianism is extremely deceptive and inflammatory to the people at the bottom. In recent years, it has been linked with the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and worked together to eradicate Confucianism from the empire. It will not be possible in a short time."
"At the moment, the court can only contain it, but it cannot really put an end to it."
Listening to Li Si's answer, Fusu was noncommittal.
He said lightly: "I have some understanding of the situation of Confucianism, so there may be some differences with what the Prime Minister said. In my opinion, the reason why Confucianism is so difficult, apart from what the Prime Minister said, is that Confucianism treats the bottom class at all times. Erosion, since the Zhou royal family weakened, the emperor lost his official position, and after learning in the barbarians, the knowledge originally possessed by the royal families and princes of various countries was leaked and flowed to the local areas, which in turn created the prosperous age of hundreds of schools of thought in the previous one or two hundred years."
"However, in the hundreds of years of this era of great strife, many schools of thought have emerged, and many have declined, or even died outright. Only a few schools in the world have truly continued to develop."
"Among them are Confucianism, Legalism and Taoism."
"I don't know much about Taoism, so I won't comment much."
"Qin established the country based on law."
“Legalism thrived because it was rooted in Qin.”
"And what about Confucianism?"
"In the past, among the six kingdoms, was there even one family that took Confucianism as its academic discipline?"
"No."
"Then why can Confucianism continue to develop and grow? What is the reason?"
Fusu kept asking questions.
Li Si and others frowned, but did not speak.
I'm curious about Fusu's understanding of this.
Fusu said slowly: "The reason has actually been stated by the Prime Minister."
"National learning cannot be established."
"The state's learning cannot be established, but the desire of the grassroots for literacy and hyphenation will not weaken, and Confucianism has always respected education without distinction. Compared with the invisible thresholds of Legalism and Taoism, the threshold for Confucian admission is actually very low , so it is welcomed by local powerful people and some declining nobles, and they are also willing to give a few pieces of meat to let their children learn knowledge and master writing."
"In the process of learning characters and mastering knowledge, Confucian ideas are also spread subtly."
"For more than a hundred years, Confucianism has relied on the habit of taking root at the grassroots level. Although it has not been officially listed as a prominent school by various countries, it has actually become a prominent school, and all parts of the world have been influenced by Confucianism."
“Place is fundamental.”
"Legalism introduced the idea of taking officials as teachers and the law as teachings."
"How many people do you think can enter the school? How many ways are there for the people to learn laws and regulations? Prime Minister Li provided the court with a method, but this method was kept in a high cabinet, making it difficult for people to access it. "
"It is too difficult for Qin people to learn laws."
"I wonder why?"
"Shouldn't the laws be understood by everyone in Qin? Why did the court invisibly set such a high threshold? Are you worried that after the people at the bottom know the laws, it will affect the fairness in your handling of political affairs? Is it fair?”
"Why else?"
Everyone was silent.
Fusu did not say more about this and continued: "I believe that you all act impartially and abide by the law. Maybe there are some secrets that I don't know about, so Fusu won't say more about it."
"There are too few schools in Da Qin."
"And there are even fewer scholars who can enter the school to study."
"Furthermore, there are many things learned in the academy. In addition to the most basic literacy and hyphenation, they also need to learn military affairs, arithmetic, etc. Therefore, most of the officials trained by the Daqin Academy are capable of both literary and military skills, and they are also talented people who can stand alone. .”
"But as far as Fu Su knows, what is Da Qin really lacking right now is such a talented person?"
"no."
"He's a humble official."
"To be precise, it's those petty officials who fight for food."
"But how many opportunities did the lower-level officials of Da Qin have to come into contact with laws and regulations in the past? How many opportunities did they have to learn laws and regulations?"
"Looking at the hundreds of thousands of officials in the Qin Dynasty, there are probably only a handful of people who truly understand Qin's laws."
"And what they have been exposed to since childhood is not the law."
"It's Confucianism!!!"
"The Confucians of Qin despised each other, and the Confucians of Qin separated from each other."
"The reason why Guandong and Qin are incompatible is probably because of the subtle propaganda of Confucianism."
"Last year, His Majesty expelled Confucianism from the court, and Prime Minister Li directly wrote to burn some Confucian classics, and even issued a book-burning order. Perhaps he wanted to weaken the influence of Confucianism on the lower classes, but Guanzhong may be able to do it Yes, but what about Kanto?"
"And does this method really work?"
"In recent years, there have been several population migrations between Guanzhong and Guandong. The number of old Qin people in Guanzhong is actually not much greater than the number of new Qin people from Guandong. Moreover, most of the people left at home are old, weak, women and children. Under such circumstances, I am afraid that many old Qin people have gradually come under the influence of Confucianism.”
"Confucianism confuses law with literature."
"Since the population relocation between Guanzhong and Guandong, it has become more and more difficult to govern Guanzhong, and the legal system in Guanzhong has gradually collapsed. More and more people are even indifferent to the law. However, the imperial court has never really done anything wrong. What?"
"The root cause lies in the fluctuation of people's hearts."
“Confucianism is at work!”
"These Guandong people are heavily influenced by Confucianism, and they have also subtly influenced the old Qin people in Guanzhong, making them gradually distrust Qin's laws, and even feel a little harsh and cold. Therefore, if this situation is not reversed as soon as possible, It’s probably only a matter of time before the people of Old Qin and Great Qin are separated from each other.”
"So Fusu's solution to the army sergeants came from this."
“This was also inspired by Prime Minister Lee’s advice.”
“Start from the fundamentals, start from the bottom.”
"Succinctly."
"Admission!"
"Lower the admission qualifications for Qin people and lower the threshold for Qin people to accept decrees."
"In the past, only young people who entered the school had the opportunity to come into contact with the laws and regulations of the Qin Dynasty and learn the laws and regulations."
"This situation needs to change."
"In the past, only families with doctor-level titles could afford a school child. In the future, this requirement will be greatly reduced. However, the school will be divided into two levels: junior high and high school. The upper class will remain as it is, while the conditions for the junior class will be reduced to Shangzao and Hairpin, but there are at least hundreds of thousands of people in Daqin who have reached the title of Shangzao, so the real admission standard is the threshold between Shangzao and Hairpin."
"Shangzao is only qualified, but if you want your children to enroll, you need to meet additional conditions."
"This will not only solve some of the merit and reward issues in the military, but also make the legal system deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and deepen the influence of Qin law in Guanzhong. At the same time, with the help of this method, we can also train many low-level officials in the Qin Dynasty. It can be said that it kills multiple birds with one stone."
"These Qin people's children will learn laws and regulations from now on, and practice laws and regulations."
"In this way, we can continue to erode the lower classes influenced by Confucianism, regain the imperial court's exclusive control over the lower classes, and then clean up the poison of Confucianism in the world step by step."
"Thus completely consolidating Qin's legal system!"
Fusu said very excitedly.
He is well aware of the impact of 'enrollment' on the world.
It not only affects Guanzhong, but also affects Guandong. With the stability of Guanzhong, this system is destined to be spread to Guandong. By then, Guandong will also have the opportunity to understand the true situation of Qin Law, and even the Qin people in Guandong will be qualified to learn and master it. As for Qin Law, under such circumstances, how could the Qin people in Guandong be so easily bewitched by Confucianism? Especially will they be easily persuaded by Confucians?
If the court does not occupy the bottom position, it will be occupied by others.
The court ignored it in the past.
But how can the court ignore it now?
Listening to Fusu's impassioned speech, all the courtiers were silent.
Lower the standards for literacy and hyphenation.
Further lower the threshold for learning laws and regulations.
But with so many people enrolling in school, the court would have to spend a lot more money. However, compared to Du He who was worried about money, others felt a little refreshed by Fu Su's suggestion.
Fusu's focus was not on the reward itself, but on other places.
For example, enter the children of these households in the capital of Guizhou.
This is actually something they didn't consider in the past.
Moreover, Fusu has made it very clear. Firstly, this move is to reduce the need for land and houses for military merit. Secondly, it is also to strengthen and deepen the promotion and publicity of local laws in Guanzhong. Thirdly, it also vigorously suppresses Confucianism’s influence on the lower class. permeation of.
And the elementary school room is different from the normal school room.
These people who came out of the elementary schools only knew some laws and some words, but that was all. If they were to be officials, they could still only start from the humblest level.
On the contrary, it provided many low-level officials to the court.
Da Qin is already short of officials. Although these officials normally do not meet the selection criteria for officials, compared to Guandong who know nothing about Qin laws, these officials who came out of elementary school at least understand Qin laws and know a few things. Qin law.
This is obviously more suitable than the officials in the past.
Many officials thought for a while and finally looked at Li Si.
Fusu had made it very clear just now that the reason why he came up with this solution was actually from the idea mentioned by Li Si. Therefore, Li Si had more say in Fusu's suggestions.
Everyone was waiting for Li Si to speak.
Li Si glanced around lightly, knowing clearly what these people were thinking.
Fusu's suggestion really surprised him.
Even a little unexpected.
He did mention in the past that "the study of the state cannot be established", but he did not go into details on this. He just wanted to use this to suppress Confucianism. However, Fusu drew inferences from one example and went one step further with his own ideas and proposed more practical methods.
This made Li Si feel deeply pleased.
And what Fusu said is not unreasonable. The reason why Confucianism can be so rampant is because they have always had influence on the bottom, so they dare to be so confident. If the court strengthens its control over the bottom, Confucianism will be completely destroyed, and the court will also be able to This will continue to consolidate Qin Fa's influence in the world.
Finally, the world is unified.
However, Li Si did not speak easily, but kept weighing it in his mind.
As the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, he had a great influence on the court and could easily affect the judgment of other courtiers. Therefore, his words and deeds must be carefully considered. After thinking for a while, Li Si nodded.
He approved of this solution.
I do think this is a feasible approach.
However, just when Li Si was about to speak, someone on the side spoke in advance.
"I disagree with His Highness's method."
These words were like a thunderbolt, instantly attracting everyone's attention. Everyone looked at the place where the voice came from, staring at the skinny and stern young man in astonishment.
Du He seemed oblivious to the strange sights around him.
He stood up straight away, bowed respectfully and said, "As a young master, I am in charge of the world's money and food. I have different opinions on His Highness's laws, but I really dare not agree easily."
"How dare you!"
(End of chapter)
