Qin Yuedang Kong

Chapter 97: Chapter 97: Discussion with Li Si
"Prime Minister, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Fu Su asked.

"My son, the old minister thought that letting Confucian scholars help govern the country would do more harm than good. The son made a decision in the court that day, and I could only support him with all my strength. In fact, I still have some objections to Confucian scholars governing the country. I think the first emperor made the 'burning I also agree with the policy of “stood Confucianism with books”, and I really don’t understand that you are promoting the Taixue and letting Confucian scholars participate in the governance of the country, so I ask you to clarify a thing or two.”

"Since Shang Yang's Reform, our Great Qin has always focused on farming and warfare, and the first emperor took the theory of Legalism as the basis for our Great Qin's laws. In fact, it is not the case. Law, Mohism, Confucianism, and soldiers are not static. Which theory is used for politics is the most important thing." It depends on the strength of my Great Qin, now that my Great Qin has wiped out the six countries, it is a bit out of date to use legalist theory to govern the country, and the system of 'Military Merit Award' is the same."

Only then did Li Si understand Fusu's intention, but he still had doubts.

"Young master, the old minister understands what you mean, now which family should I, Daqin, govern?"

"I thought that the choice of Confucian students in Taixue should not be limited to the talents of one family. Law, Mohism, Confucianism, soldiers and other schools of thought can all be disciples of Taixue. The words of hundreds of schools have their own advantages and disadvantages. It’s short, let the words of a hundred schools of thought attack each other and prove each other, in order to come up with a university question that is inclusive of a hundred schools of thought, this is my goal.”

(At the end of the Qin Dynasty, all scholars were called Confucian scholars, and did not specifically refer to Confucian disciples.)
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che obeyed Dong Zhongshu's words, dismissed all schools of thought, and only respected Confucianism.Although this move provided convenience for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to govern the country, it deeply imprinted servility in the soul of the nation, and even castrated the blood and martial spirit of the nation. If you want to say the credit of Confucianism, it cannot be avoided. 5000 years The reason why civilization has not been broken, Confucianism is indispensable.

Fusu thought that in addition to Shangshan Sihao and Ying Yao, he also planned to invite great sages who are proficient in other schools of thought to teach in Taixue, and let them debate scriptures and discuss Taoism in Taixue, forming a An all-inclusive, non-slavish and perfect doctrine laid the cultural roots for the Great Qin Dynasty and even later generations. Fusu would not tell Li Si about these things.

Although Fusu said a lot, he still didn't hit the crux of Li Si's coming to him, and he still didn't give a clear solution to the trouble of the soldiers.

"My lord, I understand what you mean, how can I appease the anger of the soldiers?" Li Si asked eagerly, saying that no matter how far-reaching the plan was, the quarrel among the soldiers is the most urgent right now. This matter is Fusu's primary problem to solve.

"Prime Minister, if my Great Qin implements the two systems of 'Military Merit Conferment' and 'Tai Xue Recommendation' at the same time, and the military and Confucian scholars are divided into half and half, will the current matter be resolved?"

Li Si didn't expect that Fusu would come up with such a solution, which not only satisfied the wishes of Confucian scholars, but also solved the problem of conferring titles and appointing officials to soldiers in the army, but it was not easy to implement.

"My lord, although this matter is feasible, it is not easy! People in the army and Confucian scholars have always been at odds, and I am afraid that if they work together in politics, there will be rifts."

"People in the army lack political skills, and Confucian scholars are too cowardly. It is a good thing to put the two together. There will be some discord at the beginning. In the long run, it is not a bad thing." Fu Su made it clear to Li Si expressed his attitude.

The literati are not ashamed of military strategy, and the warriors disdain the way of benevolence and righteousness.Confucius once said: "A soldier's weapon is a weapon, and a sage uses it as a last resort." It can be seen that Confucianism does not like to attack, which is actually a malpractice caused by Confucianism.It is not impossible to govern the country with benevolence, righteousness and morality, but this benevolence, righteousness and morality also need to be protected by force, benevolence and justice are only under the vanguard of soldiers, and the holy religion needs to be maintained by troops.

It's not that Fusu didn't like the words of Confucius and Mencius, but that Confucius and Mencius' way of governing the country was too idealistic and divorced from reality.

It is impossible to put people in the army and Confucian scholars together, and it is impossible not to have any suspicions. If you choose to escape for the sake of temporary comfort, then the disadvantages of civil and martial arts will become more and more serious.

The dispute between Confucian scholars and the army is the source of the disparity between civil and military in later generations. This time Fusu did not let the Confucian family monopolize the Imperial Academy, but just wanted to get rid of the masculinity of the military school and the Legalist school and the slavishness of Confucianism.

Putting civil and military people together, perhaps he would be troubled by the conflict between the army and Confucian scholars during the period when he was in power, but he never thought of avoiding it. If he avoided it, future generations would have to face this problem, and they The conflict between them will become more serious. It is not something he can accomplish in this dynasty to integrate the ranks and Confucian scholars and understand each other, but he is willing to do his best to resolve this matter.

After hearing Fusu's opinion, Li Si didn't say anything, but turned around and left Shanglin Garden, because he believed in Fusu's arrangement, and believed that Fusu's vision was farther than his own.

(End of this chapter)