Zhao Guanjia's voice echoed in the hall, as if God was angry.

The debate over new learning has entered its most critical moment.

Zhao Ning also truly saw how the vested interests of Confucianism who had the right to speak misinterpreted the thoughts of the sages.

This is the issue of ownership of the right of interpretation.

How important is this matter?

Can the Zhao Guan family just skip today's debate in the court and just pick up a knife and kill someone?

Really can't.

Immediately settle the world and rule the world with a pen. This has been the principle since ancient times.

The monarchs of the Five Dynasties all believed that they could conquer the world by gaining an army, but did not believe that ideas in the ideological field could stabilize the country. Therefore, 14 emperors were born in just 54 years.

The world cannot reach a consensus, even within a small country, it cannot reach an ideological consensus.

After Qin Shihuang established the Qin Dynasty, "the writings were written in the same text and the carriages were in the same track", which was actually laying the foundation for the promotion of a unified ideology.

The "Depose of Hundreds of Schools" campaign during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first time that an official unified ideology was formed.

No matter how much later generations scold Confucianism, in ancient times when productivity was limited, it was the order formed by Confucian ideology that maintained the unity of the empire.

If Zhao Ning, under the background of productivity in the 12th century, banned all Confucianism in a short period of time.

Just think about it, in some small villages in the south far away from the imperial capital, the people there suddenly think that clan and etiquette are fallacies. What will they do?

There must be ambitious people leaping on horses with swords in hand, and wars are raging everywhere, but the court does not have trains, missiles, or the Internet. By the time the court knows about the rebellion there, how many months will it be?

Will this be true elsewhere?

The world will directly return to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, with endless wars.

Therefore, it was never Confucianism who chose unification, but the unified empire chose Confucianism.

Confucianism helped the corners of the empire that were beyond the reach of imperial power and maintained the unity of the empire.

The fundamental reason why a large plain like Europe has become a cluster of small countries is because there is no unified ideology for many parties to reach a consensus, so countries have long criticized each other as heretics for what they understand.

It was not until the world entered the era of the Industrial Revolution that the empire maintained under Confucian ideology became incompatible with the great era.

Still the same sentence: You can destroy, but you must know how to rebuild, otherwise you will enter a chaotic world of division.

Xunzi's theory of Wei Qi Fei Qi is naturally correct. Everyone in the world has different personalities, physical strength, or preferences.

Some people like pastoral scenery, some love literature and art, and some are better at politics.

Heaven and earth have latitude and longitude, and all living beings have similarities and differences, just like the majesty of mountains and the length of rivers. This is the great road of nature.

However, in order to protect their own interests, some people prefer the Spring and Autumn Period in an attempt to block out the sky and the sun.

The court was completely silent, but the arrogance of many people was not suppressed. They stood there, ready to counterattack at any time. Such a rare opportunity would not give up until the new learning was killed.

"Since you are talking about Xunzi, I will talk to you about Xunzi today." Zhao Guanjia spoke.

Wang Shoude was overjoyed: Official, are you sure you want to talk to us?

When the others heard this, they were also ecstatic.

Officials, we rely on our pens and rhetoric to get to power. Are you going to argue with us about Xunzi?

Okay, okay! Come on, come on!

Wang Shoude said: "I would like to hear your Majesty's teachings!"

Li Chunyou also quickly followed up: "I would like to hear your Majesty's teachings!"

Others also followed suit and said: "I would like to hear His Majesty's holy teachings!"

Zhao Guanjia was the first to call his name: "Wang Qing."

Wang Shoude came out and said: "I am here."

"You just used Xunzi's words. Human beings are born with desires. If you don't have desires, you can't ask for them. If you ask for things without measurement and demarcation, you have to fight. Fighting will lead to chaos, and chaos will lead to poverty. The former kings hated the chaos, so they regulated etiquette and justice.

To divide them, to nourish people's desires and satisfy people's needs, so that desires will not be exhausted by things, and things will not succumb to desires. The two will sustain each other and grow, which is why etiquette arises."

Wang Shoude said: "Yes, this is what Xunzi said."

"Please tell me in detail, what did Xunzi mean when he said this?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, Xunzi said that everyone has desires. If desires are not satisfied, they will never give up pursuing desires. When everyone competes for desires in an unrestrained way, there will be

If there is chaos, there will be no road ahead."

Wang Shoude's tone was unhurried, quite emotional, and quite infectious, making people unable to help but look up to him.

"Therefore, the ancient sage kings established rituals to define the boundaries of people and tell everyone within the boundaries the limits of what they can pursue. For example, farmers only need to work harder and harder, and officials need to be loyal to the king and the country. In this way,

Everyone within each boundary works independently, and as long as they do not cross the boundary, there will be no fighting."

When Wang Shoude said this, the officials around him couldn't help but nod.

"Only when there is order between respect and inferiority can we cultivate virtue and clarify justice."

They were all thinking that the sages had clearly explained the way to govern the world. Today we want to see how Zhao Guanjia refutes the sages' theory.

If you can't refute and insist on breaking the rules, the world will be dissatisfied!

Finally, Wang Shoude said: "Follow etiquette, be faithful to clear principles, respect virtue and reward merit, and rule the world."

"Okay! Well said!" Zhao Guanjia's tone also softened, as if he was persuaded by Wang Shoude.

But at this time, when Gao Qiu in the crowd glanced at Wang Shoude, he seemed to have seen that Wang Shoude's head was missing.

Gao Qiu knew that the most terrifying thing about Zhao Guan's family was not killing people, but killing people's hearts.

This situation has attracted countless opponents, and then through Wang Shoude, the opponents' hearts have been killed, and their previous beliefs have been completely crushed.

"Strife leads to chaos, and chaos leads to poverty." Zhao Guanjia suddenly picked out this sentence and looked at Wang Shoude with a smile, "Please explain this sentence to me again."

Wang Shoude said: "What Xunzi means is not to compete too much. Competition will cause chaos. Once the situation is chaotic, the road ahead will be chaotic and unclear."

Zhao Guanjia's eyes fell on Li Chunyou: "Li Qing, what do you think?"

"I agree with what Wang Shilang said."

Zhao Guanjia's eyes fell on Gu Changzhi again, and Gu Changzhi said: "What Wang Shilang said is absolutely true. The wind of fighting will not stop, the world will be uneasy, and the country will not be in peace."

Other ministers also said: "What Mr. Wang said is absolutely true."

The prince on one side wanted to speak, but Zhao Guanjia did not give him a chance to speak. Instead, he continued: "Human beings are born with desires, and officials also have desires. How can we prevent officials from fighting with each other?"

Wang Shoude added: "The Master said that to restrain oneself and restore etiquette is benevolence. If one restrains oneself and returns to etiquette, the world will be benevolent. Officials should restrain themselves and return to etiquette. This is benevolence."

"Well said! What do you think?"

"I second the proposal!"
Chapter completed!