If he let go, with a bang, Wu Dynasty and this country would be gone one by one. In the room, Ning Yi made a "bang" gesture, and Li Pin frowned: "How could it be like this?"
Ning Yi was silent for a while: "Brother Li, have you ever thought about why Confucianism has been repeating the idea of businessmen pursuing profit for thousands of years?"
"Isn't it natural for saints to advocate virtue and oppose selfish behavior?"
"Part of it is true." Ning Yi nodded. "But the other part is that the knowledge of merchants is not conducive to governance. Three words: it is difficult to manage. It doesn't matter if you farm in a mountain village for your whole life. According to the rules of your ancestors.
You have been there in various ways, got married, had children, died and were buried in the mountains. But one day you entered the county town and saw those green flowers. Another day you entered the provincial capital and saw more things that you couldn't react to.
It seems that when you see that dress, if you want it, just think of a way... How greedy...
Ning Yi smiled: "Of course in most cases you will work honestly to earn the money to buy clothes, but once you have a desire, you will always take advantage of the opportunity. Brother Li, what do you think is a
Is it easier to manage an honest farmer who has been facing the earth and his back to the sky all his life, or is it easier to manage a person who already has desires in his heart? I have tens of millions of people, Brother Li, how many of our rule of law can really be controlled? How many of them are there?
Is this how people actually live their whole lives peacefully? How much more desire will there be if business develops further?"
"This is actually a very interesting system. Since the beginning of the philosophers, there has been a debate between the rule of law and the rule of virtue." The rule of law should prevail, but it has always been the case in Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Two Jins, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, and Tang Dynasties.
...If you come here slowly, you will find one thing: how many butterflies could be controlled by the rule of law in the past, in fact, most of them depended on self-consciousness. The people's customs are simple and simple. In small villages, it is enough to have their own set of rules. If we change the current rule of law,
Jiangning was released to the Qin Dynasty. Brother Li, how long do you think, with the laws and methods at that time, we could manage this place peacefully? Maybe the Qin Dynasty was very strict, but there were too many smart people in Jiangning, and there were too many loopholes to exploit.
too much……"
"Confucianism is a great thing. It has developed over thousands of years." Brother Li, the benefits of merchants were not discovered until the Wu Dynasty. If merchants were let go, the benefits that would come rolling in would definitely be known to someone who was not a genius.
The examples of Tao Zhugong are all there. But the underlying reason why the whole world has suppressed business for thousands of years is "They have seen the consequences. The ability of the rule of law...cannot keep up.", "The same is true for our dynasty, ideological."
Ning Yi nodded his head, "The more desires people have, the more unpredictable their behavior becomes, the more they are tempted," and the more they pursue profits and take advantage of any opportunities. Our government does not suppress business, which has its benefits, but civil servants are greedy for money and military officers are greedy.
"Fear of Death" The people are poor and weak, and the officers and soldiers are getting by. How could it be that this sweetness is not some of the consequences? In fact... it must be at least part of the reason."
Li Pin stared and stood there in a daze. At this time, he didn't even bother to ask about the meaning of "ideology". The part he could understand was enough to shock him, and he spent a long time.
Just now he said: "Li Heng's words are referring to the businessman's pursuit of profit, which is the main culprit for the weakness of our Wu Dynasty?"
"No." Ning Yi drank the tea, "That's absolutely not the case. This is a kind of development. I have the background. The rule of law is also developing along with the development of businessmen. This is a process of mutual promotion.
It can be said that many things have not been coordinated and kept up, which is very troublesome and too complicated... To solve the problems of the Wu Dynasty today, "then focus on businessmen, currency, etc., and hope that the country will intervene in the economy" to double the annual income.
It is impossible to make the country rich and the people strong and then solve all problems.
You can't just stick to it after you taste the sweetness in business. If it continues to develop, the entire balance will only become more tilted. This is too abnormal, and something will happen sooner or later..."
Ning Yi shook his head, and Li Pin thought for a long time: "So, Li Heng thinks where should we focus on if we want to find the key?", "If we really want to do it," I don't know, but if it's just a joke,
If you are irresponsible, hehe..." Ning Yi smiled, "Why not start with Confucianism?"
"Does the Confucian establishment of constancy refer to today's redundant staff?" Li Pinxiang started to laugh. "I used to talk to people, and I also said that the root of the problem in our dynasty may be that there are too many student officials.
It’s a big problem, but if we want to solve this matter, I’m afraid it will be more difficult than business affairs…”
"What if I say..., not too much, but too little?"
"ah?"
Li Pin blinked, looking confused. Ning Yi turned his head and gestured in the direction of the classroom.
"Brother Li thinks, what can those students do in the future after studying?"
"With Li Heng's teachings, I not only teach them knowledge, but also teach them how to see things and make decisions. Several of them will become good officials in the future, and they should be indisputable."
Li Pin said it seriously. Ning Yi couldn't help laughing as he sat there, drank the tea, and clapped his hands. Li Pin wondered: "I don't know what Li Heng thought," what can they do?"
"Here, Su Wenyi can probably be a junior official today." His grades are not good, but his personality is the most out-of-the-box. "He is good at socializing with people. I actually teach the rest of them as shopkeepers or clerks. Of course, after studying
"Since you have the opportunity to be an official, you can go and try it. After all, the benefits of being an official are good..." Ning Yi counted on his fingers: "Zheng Dai, Lu Su, job money." Spring and winter clothes, from people's clothing and food,
Tea and wine, cooking materials, fuel charcoal, and livestock feed. Once you become an official in these years, the state will cover all the expenses for food, clothing, housing, transportation, and family members. The state will also distribute fertile land. The work is easy, and the punishment is not as good as the scholar-officials.
To punish crimes, if you make no big mistakes after three years of grinding and hoeing, who doesn’t want to be an official? One by one, one by one...
Li Pin was silent for a long time: "Li Heng actually said that these students can only be shopkeepers?"
"It's not that they can only be, but that they are suitable to be. Most of their characters are dull and honest. It is difficult to be an official. The most important thing in being an official is to judge the situation and interact with people." If you have the ability and ambition, you can be a good official.
Officials. Those who are virtuous and knowledgeable in dealing with advances and retreats, have the ability and ambition, and the ability to weigh and discern can be good officials, but most of them are not good at it. These things are not simple."
Ning Yi shook his head: "Enriching the people and strengthening the army, the next step is to recruit scholars. The way to recruit scholars can be solved by dedicating only one person to the other. Why can't we open some professional schools? If you have skills, you don't need to learn carpentry. You can arrange for people to learn carpentry.
You can arrange people to learn iron smelting, arrange people to learn to be cooks, arrange people to learn management, that is, be a shopkeeper. The most important thing is to arrange people to learn military strategy, arrange people to learn water conservancy, arrange people to learn mining..." Li Pin was obviously confused,
I don’t quite agree with this: “Who would want to learn these things if they could afford to study?”, “That’s the problem. It’s great to be an official. Those who have the opportunity to study are rushing to become officials. The book says
There is a golden house in the book of Qian Zhongsu, but... why are there so many redundant people today? In ancient times, only a small group of people had the opportunity to study, and not many people were literate. The knowledge must be passed on, and the country needs them.
In governance, a lot of gold is easy to come by, but a scholar is hard to find. Therefore, this scholar only exists in the highest group, because there is not much in himself.
too busy……"
"But what about now? Thousands of years have passed, and things are developing. For example, there are many things in the world waiting for people to do. "One thing is the most important, and we should do this first." So we have always advocated it. But now, Dexin, do
There are already more people involved in this matter. I don’t mean Confucianism, but officials. Why can’t some of them be set aside to do other things? After reading, they will think about things. Now the flood is so bad
, if there are dedicated people to study water conservancy and compile a set of theories, "future generations will continue to study and study. If these people do not study other things, they will only study water conservancy. Confucianism is only about cultivating one's moral character." Will floods still happen every year now?
"Dedicated personnel can improve the efficiency of everything and avoid many detours. For example, in the past, mothers taught their daughters how to weave cloth, and those peasant women got a machine at home and slowly weaved, some fast and some slow." The quality is uneven, but now
Every cloth shop has a workshop and hires female workers to work in it. Some people teach them how to use the machine and what tips can make it faster. Others are thinking about how to modify the loom. One person can play the role of several people before, and the quality
Unification, the efficiency will be increased several times. If the efficiency of anything can be increased several times, what will the current Wu Dynasty look like? Wouldn't it be easy to strengthen the army? "
"Of course, this is just a joke. The difficulties are so great that you can't imagine. You say there are more Confucian scholars, but I say there are fewer people who can read." If there are really dedicated people, there are too few. As you said, "At home,
People who have the ability to go to school will not learn the knowledge of these merchants and craftsmen, and Confucianism will not do such a thing as letting go of their status. However, since it is already "saturated", if the Wu Dynasty really wants to move forward
"One step" may only be considered from here, for example, "gradually heighten public opinion, first carry out urgent projects such as general strategy and water conservancy, resist external pressure, and ensure people's livelihood. When everyone is not so miserable, more
When people can study, then consider dedicating special personnel to them. This is not like those rigid strategies of strengthening the army. Once their status rises, "naturally there will be people who know how to think about it and do it." Now other things have no status. Of course, everyone
We can only study..." It was quiet inside and outside the room. Li Pin lowered his head and thought hard. The siblings squatting outside the room were holding their chins in distress. Ning Yi took the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Confucianism is a great system. In addition to self-cultivation," it is also a knowledge about managing people and weighing the relationships between people. It has hundreds of thousands of students and so many officials. On an invisible level, tens of millions of disciples across the country
The people are all under its balance and control. Especially in our dynasty, the redundant population has obviously exceeded the impact of various Buddhist and Taoist doctrines. The rules of the game it came up with after a slight change not only made this super large number
The interest ties between officials can be balanced and continue to grow, allowing many students to rush towards it one after another. After ten years of hard work, they become famous all over the world. It is an almost perfect balance..."
He took a deep breath of tea and said, "I admire this kind of knowledge very much. Regardless of its merits and demerits, it can be called art if it can record the things that some people have lived in a certain place in some form. Confucianism is definitely one of the most important things in ancient and modern times.
The greatest and most exquisite thing in art, such a large piece of land, so many people "unify them under the rules of a game in such an extreme and harmonious way, thousands of years of wisdom, mountains and mountains..."
"
He raised his glass and touched it on Li Pin's tea cup: "It's the right time, you and I, let's have a taste.
The aroma of tea had actually faded away, and Li Pin was still thinking about it. At this time, he stood up, took two steps back, and bowed deeply. Ning Yi had no choice but to stand up.
"There are many things Li Heng said that I haven't figured out yet, but as far as I have figured it out, Li Heng is already far better than me. I should pay my respects to this matter."
"It's just a joke." Ning Yi returned the salute, and then smiled, "If this dynasty does not punish crimes with words, you and I are insignificant at this time, and we don't dare to tell you, it's just a joke, let's just chat..."