When Xu Wei came to Longshan, he discovered that Xiangkai had already established an ancient-style academy here, and hundreds of people were studying the Taiping Jing with him!
It was not easy for Xu Wei to interrupt Xiangkai's lecture when he came to ask for help, so he found a remote place to sit down.
When Xu Wei came, Xiangkai explained the contents of the Taiping Jing to many disciples!
The "Taiping Jing" has extensive content, including astronomy and geography, yin and yang, five elements, ten branches, disasters, and gods omnipotent. Such ancient lectures gave Xu Wei a headache, and he could only listen to a general outline.
It probably refines the idea of the unity of man and nature, and adds some Yin-Yang and Five-element theories to outline an ideal social picture, but it is still the same as Huang Lao's "doing nothing and doing everything".
At the same time, it is mixed with primitive egalitarianism, such as sharing property and supporting oneself. At the same time, it also adds the concept of retribution for good and evil, pointing out that only when people believe in the revised Tao, can they eliminate disasters and become immortals, and put forward the self-cultivation of Taoists.
The technique can basically be determined by copying the contents of Confucian self-cultivation and the Buddhist concept of good and evil being rewarded that has not yet flourished.
Xu Wei was probably not interested when he heard that. The core of "doing nothing without doing anything" is the idea of small government, letting the government experience and not interfering in the affairs of the people. But Xu Wei knew that this idea was already backward. As a modern person, he naturally knew that
, the missing piece of rights will be supplemented by other forces.
When the Eastern Han Dynasty government played small government, the local powerful gentry would create a power vacuum that took over the court. In the Ming Dynasty, the court did not care about the countryside, so the landlords and gentry took over the power of the court and oppressed the people. Governance by inaction allowed the powerful to become bigger, and the strong became more powerful.
Strong and ultimately oppressed, ordinary people cannot survive.
What Xu Wei is playing is a big government. As long as it can be managed, it must control everything. It must restrict the powerful gentry and protect ordinary people. It can be said that the two sides have different paths and do not work together.
Therefore, Xiangkai's lectures had a very strong hypnotic effect on Xu Wei, and Xu Wei soon fell asleep.
By the time he woke up, Xiangkai's lecture had already ended.
Xiangkai himself was a little dissatisfied with Xu Wei's attitude. Since everyone went to Longshan to recruit him, he should respect himself a little bit.
Xu Wei also felt that he had gone too far, so he said with a silly smile: "What the master said was too profound. It's like listening to the heavenly book again, and I fell asleep without knowing it!"
In other words, you didn’t understand anything!
Xiangkai suppressed his anger and asked: "Qu Shuai is busy with work, how can he have time to come to Longshan!"
Xu Wei said: "Master, you are well-informed. It is said that you have even gone to Luoyang City to give lectures to the emperor. I would like to ask if you know anyone who raises pigeons!"
"Pigeon?"
Xu Weidao: "Now the Tengjia Army's territory is too big, and everyone has poor communication. I heard that there is such a thing as flying pigeons to deliver messages, so I want to raise a group of carrier pigeons!"
"Flying pigeons deliver messages!" Xiangkai has actually seen something like this happen, but the confidentiality of messages delivered in this way is too poor and has not become popular.
Xiangkai decided to tell the truth: "It is true that flying pigeons deliver messages, but there are many flaws. Pigeons are not birds of prey and have many natural enemies. If they can deliver messages in the city, they can easily be killed by natural enemies in the wild.
Moreover, letters are easy to lose or even be captured by the enemy. Pindao still suggested that Qu Shuai build more post stations and rush 800 miles. Even if he goes to Shuofang, it can be reached in four days at most. This is no better than a homing pigeon!"
Xu Weidao said: "It's okay. What I like is the efficiency of the carrier pigeons. It will probably take less than a day to fly to Shuofang County, and you can fly back and forth in two days. As for the natural enemies, it will be easy to deal with them. At worst, if I release 10 carrier pigeons at one time, the secret will be revealed.
It can be solved. At worst, the Yin Fu Jing is used to convey the message. Most people cannot decipher it, and such flying pigeons are only used as assistants. Therefore, the post system in Mayi is much better than that of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty can only reach 800 Liga at most.
It’s urgent, but in Mayi we can already rush it even though it’s thousands of miles away!”
Xiangkai said: "Then the old Taoist will write a letter to his old friends and ask them to send over some servants who know how to raise pigeons!"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Thank you so much, Master!"
Then Xu Weidao said: "I see that there are many disciples here, Master. If they are willing, they can join our Tengjia Army. Now our Tengjia Army has occupied the entire Bingzhou, and we are still trying to find ways to resettle millions of victims. There is a lack of talents everywhere. It can be said that
If you are thirsty for talents, the master's disciples can do some practical things when they join the Tengjia Army. This is not much better than empty talk on Longshan Mountain. After all, practice is the best way to test the concept of governing a country. The Confucian scholars of the Han Dynasty are
What we have done is so bad that now the entire Han people are in dire straits and are in the apocalypse!"
"If Qu Shuai wants to recruit them, go ahead. If they can succeed, I, the teacher, will also be happy!" Xiangkai was convinced. He was willing to recruit his unworthy disciples and turned a blind eye to himself. I, Xiangkai, am
Famous people in the world, when you come to Longshan, you should not respectfully invite yourself to Jinyang City! This is not like being hungry for talents!
When his good friend Zhao Qi was about to leave the mountain, the general He Jin personally came to visit him three times in a row before inviting him to the general's mansion as his long history. Zhao Qi felt that his sincerity was so sincere that it became his long history. And since then
After Zhao Qi arrived at the General's Mansion, the General's Mansion was suddenly crowded with famous people from all over the world coming to join him.
He Jin, the butcher, had already written the answer, but Lei Gong, a reckless man, couldn't even copy it, and he almost made Xiangkai angry to death.
But he wanted Xiangkai to take the initiative to join Xu Wei, but he couldn't save his face, so he took the initiative to come to Xu Wei's house. In terms of strength, he was far inferior to his old friend Zhao Qi.
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Xiangkai thought for a moment and asked, "What does Qu Shuai think of Huang Lao's words?"
Xu Weidao: "The core of Huang Lao's emphasis on "doing nothing without doing anything" is small government. If you can, just ignore it. But I, the Tengjia Army, emphasize on big government, and I will take care of everything I can. To put it bluntly, I, the Tengjia Army, want to take charge.
The sky governs the earth below, and the air is in the middle! Therefore, different ways do not work together.
When Xiangkai heard that Xu Wei had denied his lifelong philosophy of governing the country, he became angry and said: "Qu Shuai really thinks that he is a god, so he can control everything! The people's resentment is not all on the Tengjia Army, so you Tengjia Army
How can it last long!”
But Xu Wei ridiculed: "The current Han Dynasty court seems to be ruling by inaction, but is it effective? As long as there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people will still attribute all this to His Majesty. The reduction in food production should be blamed on the Emperor for disrespecting God. He himself
Even if you are bullied by corrupt officials, you still want the emperor to kiss the villain Yuan Xianchen. Now that the Yellow River is flooded, the people can no longer survive. It is even more to blame that the emperor did not provide relief to them. The hungry people will rise up in rebellion and overthrow you.
The foolish emperor!"
"In the Han Dynasty, the emperor's power was infinite, and the emperor's responsibility was also infinite! If the people did not go as they wished, they could blame the emperor! Under such circumstances, setting up a small government would only mean cutting off one's own limbs to make way for others.
You feel uncomfortable! You see, now that the Yellow River is flooded, why don’t you blame the emperor if everyone rebels? No one said that this is a natural disaster, and it is none of your Majesty’s and the court’s business. Everyone is hiding in their homes and waiting to die quietly!"
Xiangkai was speechless. This was really the case in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, in order to evade responsibility, the emperor created a person to take the blame, which was the Taiwei, the leader of the three princes. If any disaster occurred in the Han Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties would sacrifice the Taiwei to heaven first.
If it's not enough to sacrifice another Situ, and if it's not enough to sacrifice another Sikong, there are so many of the Three Dukes and Nine Qings of the Han Dynasty, and there is still no shortage of people to offer sacrifices to heaven!
After a long time, Xiangkai said: "This is just the words of a foolish man and a foolish woman. I have been in and out of the palace, and I have also met the late emperor. The emperors of the Han Dynasty did not have such great power, otherwise the late emperor would not have only relied on eunuchs to kill Liang Ji!"
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"What's the use of saying this? These powerful ministers just stole the emperor's rights. In essence, they are also part of the imperial power. And this is not something you want to think, nor is it something the world's nobles think, but the people of the world.
I think that as long as the people of the world think that their suffering is related to the emperor, he will not be able to escape this responsibility!"
"So to create a small government is to give up the rights in your hands and throw these rights to the local wealthy gentry and powerful gentry. And the bad things caused by these powerful gentry and powerful gentry will all be attributed to the emperor, even if
It’s a change of dynasty, yes, it’s also unlucky for members of the royal family, and these powerful nobles, nobles, gentry, and powerful men can still join the new dynasty if they change their minds. In this case, why should they give up their rights! This is not to take the blame for the powerful nobles, nobles, nobles, nobles, and powerful men in the world!”
Xiangkai was unconvinced and said: "Could it be that Huang Lao's rule had no advantages at all? Why did the Former Han Dynasty recover so quickly under Huang Lao's rule!"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "That's because the First Emperor unified the six kingdoms and destroyed most of the nobles that had been passed down for thousands of years since the Warring States Period. The conflict between Chu and Han completely destroyed the nobles who escaped the First Emperor's destruction. These two wars were like two wars.
Sweep the broom and sweep the aristocratic system that has existed for thousands of years out of the land of the Han Dynasty. The top nobles have disappeared, and these ferocious beasts that exploited the people are gone. Only then can the people recover so quickly. So no matter what theory it is,
The renaissance of the Han Dynasty could have been achieved in the early decades of the Han Dynasty, but Huang Lao just took advantage of the times."
"But after the Han Dynasty spent the first few decades, the new nobles, powerful and powerful, began to occupy the local areas in large numbers. They hindered the development of the Han Dynasty's political power and harmed the local people, but the local officials could not control it.
With these powerful men, Huang Lao's rule became out of date and was finally abandoned by Emperor Wu. Otherwise, given Emperor Wu's talent and strategy, if Huang Lao could really enhance the strength of the Han Dynasty, how could Emperor Wu abandon Huang Lao!"
Xu Wei continued: "Master, your "Taiping Jing" seems to have more content than the original Huang Lao, and it should be suitable for this era, but in fact, what is added is the dregs of some gods and eccentricities. Huang Lao's knowledge is in the master
Not only is there no change in the hand, it is more pragmatic, but the change makes it more talkative.
But if this world wants to develop, it depends on people who do practical things. Talking can only ruin things. The master has studied the "Taiping Jing" so much, but you have neither become an official nor helped the people of the world to do anything real!
The truth that Master has summed up without actually governing the world is just a fantasy!"
"On the contrary, I still admire the great virtuous teacher more. Although he is a failure, he has actually helped the people in Jizhou for more than ten years, and at the same time he has put in practice to solve the people's difficulties. Although he failed, he still
After all, the great and wise teacher has practiced it! He found a way out of failure and summed up some failed experiences.
It’s just a pity that you, masters, did not think about improving the Taiping Jing based on the failure experience of the great sage and good teacher, and wasted the experience brought by the lives of the great sage and good teacher and millions of people!”
Xiang Kai was unconvinced and said: "Who said we didn't draw conclusions? It's because we saw the great virtuous master's millions of Yellow Turbans rebelled and were still wiped out by the Han, so we found that it was too difficult to defeat the Han directly on the battlefield.
The strength of the Yellow Turban Army cannot overthrow the Han Dynasty. That's why we gave up the path of rebellion.
Instead, I thought of using a coup to remove Emperor Ling from the throne and replace him with an emperor who was willing to implement Huang Lao's theory, but it failed! Why do you say that only the great sages and good teachers have practiced it, and I have not!"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Master, you said this is a coup! Even if Emperor Ling is really removed from the throne by you, replacing the emperor with another emperor will not change the current Han Dynasty, let alone implement the so-called Huang Dynasty.
Lao governs the world. Even if this emperor learns from Huang Lao’s knowledge!”
"Impossible!" Xiangkai didn't believe it!
But Xu Wei said: "I just want to say one thing. Now the civil and military studies in the Manchu Dynasty are all Confucian classics. They will just watch you take their place. That's why I said that even if you succeed in the coup, what you have established
The emperor will not accept concessions, but will quickly choose an emperor who suits them and exterminate all of you rebellious people! Master, you should feel lucky. If you really kill the Ling Emperor, it is your destiny to die in a dog-like situation. Master will not
Maybe I can teach my disciples on Longshan Mountain now that I have so much free time."
"They promised me, how could they go back on their word! And our decades of friendship, how could they kill me!" Xiangkai still couldn't believe it. Their decades of friendship could be so vulnerable!
Xu Weidao: "Okay! Even if the emperor wants to use Huang Lao to govern the country as you wish, how many disciples do you have? How many celebrities in the world are learning from Huang Lao? There are more than 20,000 officials in the Han Dynasty. If you add in the petty officials,
I'm afraid there are more than hundreds of thousands of people, and how many do you have?"
Xiangkai was completely speechless now. He really hadn't thought of this.
The people in the world who have studied Huang Lao's knowledge cannot even surpass a thousand people. It is impossible to fight against Confucianism. Not to mention all the celebrities in the world, they are bullying you!
Let's just say that there are more than 30,000 imperial students in Luoyang City. How can Xiangkai compete with such a huge group of Confucian scholars?
So this kind of dreamer is the worst thing to do. The so-called plans they make are not practical at all and are full of loopholes!