One thousand one hundred and seventy-sixth Confucianism and ink reconciliation
"Unification..." Liu Che looked at a booklet in front of him, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
This is the latest work by Hu Wusheng that Gongsun Hong just sent. It is very wonderfully written. It quotes many supporting evidences from "Gongyang Chunqiu", while trying to flatter Liu Che and the Han Dynasty, while constantly extending the importance of unification.
only……
"If I agree with your Confucian view, the Legalists, the Huang Lao School, and the Mohists will all come to me to fight for their lives..." Liu Che sighed and put down the booklet.
Hu Wusheng must have known this, so he did not publish his work publicly.
In fact, the idea of grand unification, or the theory of grand unification, is not unique to one family or one sect.
In fact, all schools of thought and thought all have unified thoughts, theories, and calls and demands for unified thought.
It's just that the focus is different.
Just like the Gongyang sect, the unified legal principles they want come from the "Spring and Autumn Annals of Gongyang": What can I say about Wang Zhengyue? Great unification!
In history, after Dong Zhongshu proposed the theory of grand unification, some people immediately concluded: The reason for the great unification in the Spring and Autumn Period is that all the people share the same wind, and all nine states share the same common ground!
Later generations also extended it: the king was ordered to control the first month to unify the world, and all things were worshiped as a starting point, so it was said that there was a great unification.
The smell of cultural imperialism is domineering and leaking out.
This established an order that spanned two thousand years.
But is this all there is to unification?
Wrong, wrong, wrong!
Great unification is not the exclusive preserve of Confucianism.
It can even be said that the Great Unification was the product of Confucianism plagiarizing the ideas of its arch-rival Mo Zhai, then modifying them and adding some private goods.
What did Mo Zhai say?
Whatever is above must be what it is, and what is not must be what it is... All the people in the world are the same as the Son of Heaven. (Mozi. Shangtong)
Mencius picked it up, wiped the dust, and changed it a little, and it became that the king is benevolent and his ministers are righteous, the king and the people are happy together, and the world is determined to be "one"! This is how it is said that there are no two days in the sky and no two masters in the earth.
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But in fact, Mozi copied it from someone else.
This other person is Guan Zhong.
Guan Zhong was the first person to truly elaborate and put forward relevant unified thoughts and theories.
As the saying goes: the Lord respects the subordinates, the superiors are powerful and the subordinates are respectful, and the people on the road are obeyed, and the rule is perfect.
On this basis, Guan Zhong further put forward his own idea: If there are two sons in the world, the world cannot be governed. If there are two monarchs in a country, a country cannot be governed. If a family has two fathers, a family cannot be governed. The husband's order is not high enough.
, Don’t be expert and don’t listen. The people of Yao and Shun were not born to rule, and the people of Jie and Zhou were not born to be in chaos, so the rule of chaos comes first.
And also proposed specific implementation steps.
This is Qin Shihuang’s policy of writing in the same text and driving in the same track!
Yes, hundreds of years before Qin Shihuang, Guan Zhong had already seen the future development trend in advance, and clearly required that books should be written in the same text, chariots should be on the same track, weapons should be made in the same way, and measurements should be mixed!
Therefore, from this aspect, in fact, hundreds of schools of thought copied a lot.
But can the things done by scholars be called plagiarism?
It should be used as a reference and carried forward!
Therefore, Lu Buwei also shamelessly combined the ideas of Confucianism and Mohism and declared: The king adheres to one, and rectifies all things, one is to rule, and the other is to chaos.
When Xunzi saw it, he said, "Hey, if you all copy it, I will copy it too."
Thus, there is a great unification characteristic of Xunzi: Heaven and earth give birth to the gentleman, and the gentleman governs the heaven and the earth. The gentleman is the sympathizer of heaven and earth, the source of all things, and the parent of the people.
As a latecomer, the Gongyang faction obviously has a great advantage.
The sages before us have already paved the way.
They only need to follow what has been practiced and is recognized by everyone in the world, and extend and develop their own theories.
Whether it is Dong Zhongshu in history or Hu Wusheng at this moment, they have done very well.
Link up the past and carry forward the future.
only……
It’s of no use!
Because Liu Che would not be stupid enough to take sides in an ideological and academic debate!
Is it useless for you Gongyang faction to say that you are invincible?
Proving that you are invincible is the key!
Want to change the world? Then your faction should have a prime minister.
The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty had immense power. Apart from the power of the king, the Prime Minister had nothing to fear.
In the Han Dynasty system, the prime minister was the ruler who shared the country with the emperor.
He is the person at the top of the pyramid.
As long as someone from any school of thought becomes the prime minister, they can definitely promote their own ideas and thoughts and practice them one by one.
Even if the emperor Liu Che didn't like it, there was actually nothing he could do to stop it.
Of course, the current Han Dynasty prime minister cannot be appointed unless he is a prince.
So it's quite difficult.
However, nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there are people who are willing.
In history, didn't Gongsun Hong break the tradition that no one could become prime minister unless he was a prince, and created the system of enfeoffing princes first before becoming prime minister?
Therefore, Liu Che just flipped through what Hu Wusheng wrote, then clicked on the pamphlet, and said to Gongsun Hong: "Hu Wusheng's writing seems to be in the style of Xun Qing, and it is in line with Lu Buwei's theory. It is very novel, Qing."
Go and tell Hu Hu: I highly appreciate him and just encourage him..."
As for what makes you impressed or moved as soon as you read a book?
This kind of thing is impossible for any mature political figure.
What's more, the amount of information Liu Che now has is the most among the emperors of the Han Dynasty!
Over the years, he continued to organize the court and government to publish, edit and complete the works of various schools and branches of various schools of thought.
This allowed Liu Che to actually directly master a large amount of basic common sense.
I also have some understanding of various schools of thought.
In fact.
Today, the mutual integration, reference and further development momentum among various schools of thought are already obvious.
There is a large amount of copying of articles in the world. Confucianism copies things from Huang Lao, Legalism and even Mohism, and the other three schools copy things from each other. It has gradually become a common practice.
This is a very good phenomenon.
Because the last time various schools of thought copied each other like this was in the middle and late Warring States Period.
Confucianism entered the Qin Dynasty and merged with Legalism, and the Huang-Lao School took shape, while Mohism coexisted with Legalism.
That great change gave birth to the Xunzi school of Confucianism, Han Feizi's thought of Legalism, and Shenzi and Tianbing of the Huanglao school. At the same time, there were also miscellaneous schools who wanted to conform to Confucianism and legalism and merged with Huanglao, as well as those who fantasized about becoming immortals and wanting to become immortals.
The Lao-Zhuang school of escapism.
As for society, it is the unstoppable trend of world unification, and the economies and people's livelihood of various countries, especially the production technology, have made great leaps.
Iron gradually replaced bronze.
These are the hundreds of schools of thought in competition.
Today, similar momentum has emerged again.
The evidence is in Liu Che's hands, except for the "Great Unification" written by Hu Wusheng of the Gongyang faction.
There are also more than a dozen works from other schools of thought.
Everyone is using the banner of "please correct me", but in fact they are all testing.
Test what?
The emperor’s likes and dislikes!
Don't think that the scholar-officials don't know how to flatter you. If you flatter the scholar-officials seriously, the so-called treacherous jesters are not worth mentioning.
In comparison, Liu Che cares more about the performance of the current public opinion circle.
"Captain Lord, since Huzi advocates for great unification, please lead by example and lead the world!" Liu Che looked at Gongsun Hong with a smile and said: "I want to develop hundreds of industries and make the world's literati and officials lead the people to change.
If you talk about great unification, please ask Hu Hu to practice it!"
What is great unity?
Each school has its own expression, but there is one thing that all schools of thought have in common.
This is to safeguard the emperor's authority.
All ritual conquests come from the emperor!
Especially Confucianism, especially Gongyang Sect.
One of the core statements of his unification is to respect the king, repel the barbarians, and restore the monarchy!
Let the world be united under one emperor, one system, and one track.
Since your Gongyang faction has said so, Liu Che will naturally be rude!
Gongsun Hong, on the other hand, replied without much hesitation: "Promise! I will tell the teacher what your majesty taught you. I believe that the teacher will not disappoint your majesty!"
This time it was Liu Che's turn to be shocked.
But it wasn't the Gongyang School's expression that shocked him.
In fact, after both Hu Wusheng and Dong Zhongshu publicly stood up to criticize the Lao-Zhuang School's mechanical heart and mechanical ornamentation ideas, and at the same time directed their firepower at the founder of the Lu-Ru faction, Gongyang Sect is now on the same level as in history.
The former Ram Pie looks increasingly different.
Moreover, the Gongyang School also began to gradually break away from casual talks and high lectures.
Both Dong Zhongshu and Hu Wusheng encouraged and promoted their disciples to enter official careers.
Hu Wusheng even once publicly stated: The Spring and Autumn Period has taught me, and I have acted with the subtle words of the Spring and Autumn Period and the great righteousness. The second and third sons should join the world and practice the Tao. Even if they are a rose husband, they are practicing the Tao for the ancestors!
Dong Zhongshu was not willing to lag behind.
His disciples and disciples have basically passed the examination and entered the grassroots level.
Almost all of his great disciples, Chu Da, Yin Zhong and others, have gone to other places.
Especially Chu Da, he even took the initiative to sign up and apply, requesting to go to the southeastern Wu and Chu lands to cut down mountains and destroy temples.
only……
This time, Liu Che was still a little confused by the changes in the Gongyang Sect.
Although Dong Zhongshu and Hu Wusheng teamed up to overthrow the Lu Confucian sect, they branded the mechanical ornaments as heresy.
Thus, he secured his position as the number one leader of Confucianism.
However, to be honest, their changes should not be so drastic!
unless……
Liu Che suddenly smiled in the direction of Shanglinyuan.
After waving Gongsun Hong off, Liu Che immediately told his left and right: "Go and pass on my order. Send Yang Yi, the chief of Mount Moyuan, to me!"
An hour later, Liu Che sent Yang Yi away.
He couldn't help it anymore and burst out laughing.
"Confucianism, Confucianism, you are worthy of being the ruler who has ruled the world for two thousand years!"
Compared with other schools of thought, Confucianism may have many, many problems.
However, Confucianism has an advantage that other factions do not have.
This advantage means that no matter what the circumstances, Confucianism will never perish!
This is being flexible!
Didn’t you see that even two thousand years later, there is still a so-called New Confucianism, claiming to link Confucian culture with the core values of socialism, and even claiming that this is the same strain?
Do you think they are shameless?
Big mistake.
In fact, this is the real Confucianism, the real survival expert.
From beginning to end, starting from Confucius, Confucianism has been developing in a process of change and evolution.
I recall that in those days, Confucius treated Ding Gong as a distant man, Ai Gong as a critic of ministers, and Jing Gong as a frugal person.
Changed positions three times in a row...
This is a decision made in order to survive, develop and grow.
Although Confucius failed and traveled around the world, he was not taken seriously.
But his disciples took over the banner of Confucius and continued to develop and evolve.
They are the school of thought with the strongest learning ability and the strongest adaptability among hundreds of schools of thought.
A school that can even kneel down the Yi Di chief will naturally not care about moral integrity or principles.
I think back then, Mencius entered the Jixia Academy of Qi State, and through studying and imitating the Huang-Lao School, the Simeng School was developed.
Xunzi entered the Qin Dynasty and observed the Qin Dynasty.
Hence, the Xunzi school of thought came into being.
Today, Gongyang is in Han, under the current situation.
They chose to join forces with the Mo family...
It’s incredible!
It’s completely beyond expectations!
Even the embroidered clothes guard never noticed this!
It's not that the embroidery guards are incompetent, it's that normal people simply can't imagine that the Gongyang sect would actually choose to reconcile with the disciples and disciples of their ancestor's mortal enemy.
This is simply incredible!
No one can imagine such a situation!
After hundreds of years of confrontation and smearing between Confucianism and Mohism, they actually chose reconciliation?
This is equivalent to Nixon's visit to China and Goto's plan to dissolve the Soviet Communist Party.
No one dared to imagine such a scene before it happened.
The same is true for Liu Che now.
Confucianism and Mohism reconciled. At the very least, the Gongyang faction chose to reconcile with the Mohists.
This will definitely trigger a magnitude 18 earthquake in the Han Dynasty academic world!
Confucianism and Mohism have reconciled, what else is impossible to happen in this world?
However, if you think about it carefully, the reconciliation between Confucianism and Mohism may seem unimaginable, but in fact, it is the best outcome for both of them.
The Gongyang faction attracts attention and lacks an upward communication channel, let alone the trust of the highest level.
This is very detrimental to the long-term development of the Gongyang faction.
Although the Mo family has Liu Che's trust, they can only be trapped in the seven or eight counties radiated by Mo Yuan and Mo Society. It is even more difficult to expand and penetrate.
Landlords, scholar-bureaucrats and powerful people were extremely wary of the Mohists' actions.
Now, except for those speculators and the nobles who want to rely on the Mohist family's military exploits, everyone else is extremely hostile to the Mohist family.
Especially in Guandong, the Mo family is almost being regarded as the world's number one villain and the embodiment of all evil.
If the Mohists want to continue to develop and grow, they need a reliable and capable ally who can explain and speak for them. They do not seek to sing praises for themselves, but only seek to truthfully tell the people of the world the thoughts and demands of the Mohists.
Thus, Gongyang School and Mohism had a basis for cooperation.
Finally, the most important point is that although Confucianism and Mohism have been hostile to each other for hundreds of years, they are the people who understand and are most familiar with each other among hundreds of schools of thought.
After all, the person who knows you best is not necessarily your friend, but must be your enemy!
Because if the enemy wants to attack you, he must find your loopholes and shortcomings!
Confucianism and Mohism are such a pair of enemies who have been in love and fighting each other for hundreds of years.
But they are also the two most complementary schools of thought.
The reconciliation between Confucianism and Mohism will make this Shiquge meeting full of highlights.
Liu Che can't wait to see the Shiquge meeting and the embarrassed expressions of other giants when they discover this fact!
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Prestige job number: I want to leave Jingke, please pay attention~
In addition, the reconciliation between Confucianism and Mohism mentioned in this chapter is actually just the protagonist’s own opinion~
Well, I will talk about this issue in the future, but I am afraid that some people will misunderstand it ~ (To be continued.)
