Since Liu Bing succeeded to the throne, he has ordered the recruitment of talented people more than once, asking county and state officials to recommend talents with outstanding talents and honest moral character in the county and country.
"Please leave!"
A high-pitched voice sounded with disdain, and a black-faced scribe said: "The kingdom is too small to accommodate evil talents like you."
The young man's clothes were a little messy, his hair was hanging loose, and even a little dirty. He was very embarrassed. He said with grief and anger: "Is this what the king meant? I don't believe it. It must be you, a traitor, who is here." Therein lies slander."
The black-faced scribe sneered: "You fool, look at the classics of knowledge you have mastered. In today's world, who dares to accept you?
Don't blame us. If you do, blame your teachers and sages for not accumulating virtue for you. "
These words awakened the young man, and he left here feeling a little lost.
…
"Your scholarship quota is gone, and Xiaolian is even more impossible. The county governors and princes who are familiar with you are not willing to recommend it."
"Why? Aren't these people still friends with you a few years ago?"
"Because Sang Hong's sheep were cooked and killed, because some people didn't like us, and because we became the chief culprits of the world's troubles."
"The imperial court did not issue a decree not to allow us to become officials. On the contrary, the Han laws clearly stipulated that someone from each family must be an official. This is a violation of the Han laws."
The imperial court violated Han law, which is a paradox.
The law is made by the king, and the law is under the king. This is the purpose of Legalism.
Now the king wants the law to die, and the law has to die.
This is what is called self-destruction.
The only way to resist is to follow Confucianism, first label the king as unrighteous, and then attack him, just like what the Jingnan princes did.
But wouldn’t that be an admission that the law is wrong under the king?
Neither of them spoke.
…
In a slightly dim room, several middle-aged men wearing scribes' crowns and robes were sitting on their knees. These people are now the main leaders of the Legalists of the Three Jin Dynasties.
"Your Majesty asked all the counties in the world to recommend a virtuous and upright person. The Confucian school received 70%, and the other schools received 30%."
"There is no county guard or prince in our branch who is willing to recommend us."
"The princes are also unwilling to promote talents for us, and some scholars who had previously been in and out of the shogunate were dismissed."
The faces of everyone in the room were a little gloomy, "The disasters of the violent Qin Dynasty and the misfortunes of the cruel emperors, the people of the world blame them on us, and they are afraid to avoid them."
Someone sighed and said: "Emperor Ru was executed by the princes of Jingnan, and all the ministers who followed him were killed or exiled. Only Sang Hongyang was cooked and killed.
"The first crime is against the emperor, and the second crime is against Hongyang."
This is really an indelible stain. With such a reputation, where should we go from here? "
After experiencing Sang Hongyang's incident, the other schools will naturally add insult to injury, and the school disputes are life-and-death. Now the Legalists of the Three Jin Dynasties are like filth. All the princes in the world are avoiding it, and even Emperor Liu Bing has not dared to use it.
As long as the emperor wants to use the legalists of the Three Jin Dynasties, he can directly say "Your Majesty uses the Qin method to imitate the past of the violent Qin and the emperor?"
A scribe with a rather resolute face said: "Legalism is a great way of governing the world. Since Emperor Xiaowen respected Confucianism, every school has relied on the grace of the court to survive.
Only we, the Legalists, can always stand firm and fight against Confucianism, because we, the Legalists, can assist the king, can stabilize the country, and can keep simplicity in the heart of the emperor. "
These words reached the hearts of everyone, and they all agreed: "Yes, those Confucian scholars can only talk nonsense and talk nonsense about rebuilding Zhou Luo and prospering the kingship."
At this time, a voice suddenly sounded, "The Confucian school is boasting that the world has conquered seven or eight schools, and is almost annexing all the schools. We have made great achievements in the world, but there is no one left, and our reputation is infamous."
Luo Wen Xiaowen used Huang Lao and Confucianism to create a way to govern the world, and used it to tyrannize the emperor and bring disaster to the people. How can he explain this to the world? "
Lies won't hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife!
These two sentences made everyone unable to hold their nerves, and their faces fell down almost instantly, and they forced themselves to defend themselves: "Those were all done by individuals, how can you blame me, the Legalist?
I, the sage Guanzi of the Legalist School, is listed in the temple of all disciples. Isn’t this proof? "
Everyone looked at him with an inexplicable meaning, no matter what that has to do with us, he is the sage of Qifa, admit it, admit it.
The old man sitting at the head stopped everyone and sighed: "What's the point of saying these words at this time?
Are you just going to watch our Legal family disappear?
Is there really no merit in our legalism?
If this is the case, why didn't King Zhaosheng directly destroy our Legalist family when he first practiced the law in Zhaocheng?
Do you think King Zhaosheng is soft-hearted?
Do you think King Zhaosheng can’t do it?
That's really ridiculous.
It is because we, the Legalists, must have value in this world, so we can get the mercy of King Zhaosheng and allow us to exist! "
Everyone was silent. Suddenly someone walked in and bowed: "Mr. Chen, Liu Xiang and Liu Zizheng are back."
Liu Zizheng!
Everyone present knew that he was a relative of the Liu family and was once a disciple of Duke Jie. He was very talented, well versed in laws and regulations, and organized in doing things. He was a disciple trained by the Legalists, and he was originally the leader of the new generation of Legalists.
But after Duke Jie died at the hands of Liu Dan, people who left Legalism and Confucianism mixed together, and even became a civil servant under the military tent of the Jingnan princes.
One of the most outstanding disciples of his family actually joined his opponent's sect. Even a school like Legalism, which doesn't care much about the inheritance of masters and disciples, and even attacks each other, feels shameful and feels like being stepped on by the Confucian sect. Shame.
Liu Xiang walked into the room, saluted, and then said directly: "What you just said was heard outside."
When Liu Xiang said this, everyone looked a little ugly. As the saying goes, a family's scandal should not be made public, but now it was really embarrassing.
Liu Xiang said with emotion: "What Mr. Chen said just now is good. King Zhaosheng did not destroy Legalism back then. It must be that Legalism must have merits. Why should you belittle yourselves?
I have been thinking about why Legalist disciples, although they clearly have talents for managing the world, always help an independent man achieve his goals and bring harm to the common people.
Why can Confucianism always stand at the highest point of morality? Even though all the dirty work is attributed to the punishment of officials, the king still respects the great Confucian sages? "
Everyone wanted to scold Liu Xiang and ask him to leave, but what Liu Xiang said happened to be what they were confused about, so they all endured it and wanted to hear what research Liu Xiang had done over the years.
Liu Xiang said with light in his eyes: "Over the years, I have been friends with Confucian disciples, communicated with disciples of Lao Zhuang Dao, debated with Mohist disciples, and after learning from everyone's strengths, I came to a conclusion.
The sins in the Legalist classics are that "there is no one above all" and "there is evil but no good".
I once communicated with disciples of Mencius about why Mencius took it as his duty to kill monopolies. Disciples of Mencius said that the king is the most important in the world. If the king does good, he will benefit the world. If the king does harm, he will bring disaster to the people. Killing monopolies is not to threaten him at all times. Emperor, but let the king not be unscrupulous.
The law comes from the king, but there is another way in this world that is superior to the emperor!
That is the human heart of the world.
This is the principle that the people are more important than the king!
Just these four words.
I, the Legalist, will never be able to defeat Mencius! "
Hearing this, several members of the Legal family could no longer bear it and yelled: "It's simply a fallacy. Everything in the world comes from the king. Without the restraint of the king, how can the powerful treat the people obediently?
Without the restraint of the king, would those evil officials use the law fairly to treat the common people and powerful people who are enforcing the law?
How can the king accomplish these things if he does not have enough power and holiness?
No one should challenge the authority of the king, especially the Battle of Jingnan, which is an act of rebellion!
Look at the Jingnan princes. Are they still in Chang'an City now?
If the Jingnan princes were really doing the right thing, then why did the emperor drive all the Jingnan princes back to Guandong? "
Liu Xiang looked at the few people coldly, watching them yelling at him, and listened quietly. The voices of the few people became lower and lower. They looked at each other for a few times, and then asked in confusion: "Why don't you refute?"
Liu Xiang sneered and said, "Is there anything worth refuting? What you guys said is good. Isn't this the path that single husbands are gradually embarking on?
The more you talk, the more I feel that there is something wrong with the core ideas of Legalism!
Mencius is the Confucian school that most rejects Legalism. Other schools may even learn some of Legalism's ideas, but Mencius greatly rejects Legalism.
Do you know what those Mencius students said about Legalism? "
As he spoke, he looked around at the crowd and said with a sneer: "Legalists treat officials and common people equally. Legalists have always been strong and not afraid of the powerful. Do you think Meng Ru is praising you?"
Ah.
Legalism is completely obedient to the king from its ideological roots. The bottom line of Legalism is gradually lowered with the heavy pressure of the king!
Those Confucians who integrated Legalist thought have gone astray.
Confucianism and legalism, that is Legalism, not Confucianism!
Once Confucian disciples are contaminated with Legalist ideas, they will eventually become cynics who obey the king!
A great talent like Sang Hongyang, for the sake of glory and wealth, succumbed to an independent husband like Liu Dan. No one in the court pointed out Liu Dan's fault in person, and no one dared to directly rebuke him as an independent husband.
Water and fire are incompatible, and the way of superiority and the way of gentleness cannot coexist at the same time.
This is the thought of Mencius. "
The whole hall is silent!
Cynic!
This is a scolding of those Confucians who were in cahoots with Liu Dan, and it was also a scolding of the Legalists. In Meng Ru's words, the Legalist idea of supremacy became the source of all evil, and he was afraid to avoid it.
"absurd!"
"absurd!"
Being pointed at their noses and scolded like this, several people were so angry that they couldn't even speak completely, but they didn't know how to refute.
Looking at the sages of the Three Jin Dynasty Legalists, they have never criticized the king, and they are truly the first-class obedient ministers in the world.
"Do you still want to hear that there is evil but no good?"
Question:
Confucianism after Rupi Dharma Gu.
Which one has more Confucianism or Legalism?
(End of chapter)
