"Your Majesty, we impeach Young Master Hao for disrupting the imperial court and committing illegal acts!"
Several veterans of the empire stood up angrily.
At this time, the old Prime Minister Wang Wan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up and shouted: "Stop!"
"Old Prime Minister, you..."
The veterans of the empire looked at Wang Wan in astonishment.
"Hmph!" Wang Wan snorted coldly and said, "I think back on when our Great Qin was founded, our talents were withering, and the six countries regarded our Great Qin as a tiger's den and a wolf's den!"
"Later, King Shang's reforms made our Qin country gradually strong and prosperous. Only then did the wise ministers of the six countries rush to our Qin country!"
"In the more than a hundred years of development of our Qin State, we have never neglected the enemy because of his enemies!"
"Nowadays, most of the people in the Great Qin Court are the people from the Six Kingdoms who were promoted in the beginning, but as soon as Young Master Hao's remarks came out, he was slandered and insulted by everyone!"
"How ridiculous is this?"
"good!"
Fusu stood up and scolded in a cold voice: "If my father is partial to others, what will happen to you? Logically speaking, all the princes in the dynasty should be from my old Qin!"
As soon as these words came out, the veterans who stood up to impeach Zhao Hao broke out in cold sweat.
They subconsciously looked at Li Si, only to find that Li Si was silent.
Looking at Yao Jia, Wang Ben and others, the same is true.
Are we wrong?
According to Gongzi Hao, this is to subvert the court!
Why doesn't anyone support us?
Just when several veterans of the empire were at a loss, Ying Zheng's voice suddenly sounded: "The theory of rivers is really extraordinary, and the debate of purity and turbidity is a classic. Young Master Hao, that's good!"
Hearing this, everyone's faces were filled with shock.
I wonder if His Majesty really wants to use Confucianism? !
If so.....
Thinking of that unimaginable scene, everyone looked at the doctors in the Doctor's Palace.
Doctors Zhou Qingchen, Kong Yu and other doctors clenched their sleeves and murmured to themselves: "We have waited for more than two hundred years, can we finally enter the court of a great country?"
We are going to do what Confucius and Mencius did not do back then.
But Zhao Hao smiled and said: "Father, my son hasn't finished speaking yet!"
"Hahaha!" Ying Zheng raised his head and laughed, then put his hands behind his back and said, "My son, let me tell you!"
"Back to my father, my son once said that Confucianism and Legalism are inconsistent because of different ideas, but both Confucianism and Legalism serve the emperor, so the emperor can promote the harmony of Confucianism and Legalism!" Zhao Hao said with a smile.
"You mean to ask me to give the order to forcefully knead it?"
Ying Zheng frowned, obviously disapproving of this approach.
Zhao Hao shook his head and said seriously: "Confucianism emphasizes the solidification of classes, which is the key to stabilizing the country. Legalists oppose class solidification and believe that the rule of law can stabilize people's livelihood and enrich the country and strengthen the military. However, I feel that something is missing!"
"One thing is missing?"
"Yes, that is Quan!"
Zhao Hao nodded, looked around at the crowd and said:
"Princes, generals and ministers, scholars, peasants, industrialists and merchants, rich and powerful, poor and humble, these are the classes."
"Princes, generals, ministers, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants all decide the law. This is fair."
"Princes, generals and ministers, scholars, peasants, industry and merchants all have their own material desires. This is their right."
"That's why."
"People are in their position, which is called human position. Human positions have dignity and inferiority."
"People are in their own character, which is called personality. Personality has equality."
"People have their own rights, which are called human rights. Human rights include freedom."
"The sages of Confucianism taught the world to understand dignity and inferiority, and to abide by rules; the sages of Legalism taught the world to understand rewards and punishments, and to know equality."
"What about the emperor?"
“Empower human rights, share power!”
"That's why."
“Everyone is rich or poor, everyone is equal under the law, and everyone is born free.”
"boom!"
The whole place was in an uproar again.
It was chaos, chaos, everything was chaos, and the situation was out of control again.
Fusu and Wang Wan also looked at Zhao Hao with different eyes.
Good guy!
Is he going to become a sage? !
Just when the situation was getting out of hand, Ying Zheng suddenly shouted coldly: "Quiet!"
After the words fell, the whole place was silent.
Then, he looked at Zhao Hao: "Keep talking!"
"Go back to Father."
Zhao Hao cupped his hands and said, "What I mean is to acknowledge the existence of classes, but people have the right to change and the opportunity to gain power."
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"Father, just think about it, why did the remnants of the Six Kingdoms rebel against Qin?"
"Because they were reduced from nobles to commoners, they were unwilling to do so, and they were cut off from the path of advancement. They were unable to gain power and enjoy class privileges. If they had some ability, they would consider rebelling against Qin!"
"This is one of the individual needs that Legalism cannot solve!"
Hearing this, a glint flashed in Ying Zheng's eyes, and he asked in a deep voice: "What is the ascending channel you are talking about?"
"Opportunity to serve as an official in the court!"
"Join the court as an official?"
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment and said with some confusion: "Didn't our Great Qin have a way to promote Ze to become an official? How come the path to advancement was cut off?"
Zhao Hao smiled and shook his head and said: "Da Qin does have a way to ascend, but father, don't forget, to push people forward is to use officials to push people, and to use the law as a guide!"
"Why did Da Qin appoint old officials from the Six Kingdoms? It was because Da Qin had too few local officials!
Why too few? Qin's laws are vast, how difficult is it to apply what you have learned? Moreover, not all official positions require someone to understand the law, just professional people doing professional things! "
Furthermore, if we don’t use Confucianism to brainwash people, quickly harvest talents, and have talented people and strangers emerge in large numbers, how can Great Qin still be stable? "
Hearing this, Ying Zheng couldn't help but fall into silence.
After a long while, he looked at Zhao Hao with a complicated expression: "What good idea do you have?"
Zhao Hao cupped his hands and said, "I have just said that recognizing the existence of classes is the way of governing the people in Confucianism, so that the people of the world can be respectful and orderly, loyal to the emperor and patriotic;
If we continue to implement the legalist approach, everyone is equal under the law;
Finally, we will give you an opportunity to become an official, such as taking part in the official examination. Everyone can sign up, and admission will be based on merit! "
After saying this, Ying Zheng couldn't help but shrink his pupils and looked at Zhao Hao with a surprised expression.
Zhao Hao smiled meaningfully and said: "It seems that my father has already understood that Confucianism is a common practice and power is shared. In less than three years, the remaining remnants of the Six Kingdoms will rebel against Qin and no one will care about them!"
"In a few years, our Great Qin will be able to cultivate enough talents. By then, everyone will be loyal to the emperor and love Qin. Who will remember the Six Kingdoms and who will be against Qin?"
"What's more, our Da Qin's farming and warfare system is no longer suitable for the times, and a new upward path is imperative!"
"There is a literary test for literature, and a martial arts test for martial arts. Isn't it wonderful?"
"this....."
Ying Zheng was completely shocked by Zhao Hao's words.
In fact, these practices are also a summary of history.
For example, the inspection system of the Han Dynasty was to divide powerful people from various places and allow them to enter the central government and share power.
For another example, the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang Dynasties directly pushed power sharing to its peak.
If the Qin Dynasty had an imperial examination system, would the remnants of the Six Kingdoms still rebel?
Most likely not.
Because gaining power through the imperial examination is much cheaper than rebelling.
After pondering for a long time, Ying Zheng glanced at the group of Confucian doctors and said with some confusion: "Why do you have to choose Confucianism?"
Zhao Hao chuckled and said: "Actually, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the present, Confucianism has been changing. The reason is that it is very compatible. For example, we can see the prototype of some concepts in Taoism and Yin and Yang schools."
"Then, precisely because of this compatibility, we can, like the way of the emperor, gather the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought and unify New Confucianism that is in line with the interests of the imperial power!"
When Ying Zheng heard Zhao Hao talking about unification, his eyes widened: "What is New Confucianism?"
"Gongzi Hao, we respect your ideas, but can you respect our opinions?"
Before Zhao Hao could answer Ying Zheng, he heard Zhou Qingchen's voice suddenly.
I wipe it!
I almost forgot, those guys are here too!
This is like talking about how to have an affair in front of other people's husbands!
It’s so embarrassing!
