Chapter 265 Argument at the Birthday Banquet (Part 2)
The two ministers were frustrated, so the two husband-in-laws had no choice but to take action in person. However, it was not enough to reveal one's identity to suppress Gao Pragmatic. They had to come up with some rhetoric. However, the problem was here, the two ministers were frustrated.
Although it is true, in fact, I have already used all the commonly used rhetoric. I have just talked about the theory of harming the people and the theory of being useless.
In this case, what trump card do the two husbands have?
Wang Xijue, who had just been replaced as the Grand Scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, was sitting at the table, but his upper body was turned around, and he smiled at Gao Pragmatic on the table of ministers: "Xi Jue has heard for a long time that Grand Situ is eloquent, and he coughed.
Pearl, unexpectedly I am lucky enough to see it today, it turns out that it has the legacy of Zhuge Wuhou.
However, Da Situ must have known that Laozi once said in the "Tao De Jing": "The words of faith are not beautiful, and the words of good words are not believed. A good person does not argue, and a person who debates is not good. A knowledgeable person is not knowledgeable, and a knowledgeable person does not know." Confucius also said in "The Analects of Confucius"
"Li Ren" said: "A gentleman wants to be slow in speech but quick in deeds", and in "The Analects of Confucius·Xueer" it is said: "A gentleman has no food to eat and no need to live in peace, he is quick to do things but cautious in words".
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Gao Pragmatic smiled faintly, slightly cupped his hands towards Wang Xijue, and said: "What Jing Shigong taught me is this. However, the matter just discussed is related to the imperial government. Although Pragmatic has little virtue and talent, he does not dare to use his personal reputation to overwhelm the world.
political strategy.
I am a pragmatic student, and I have always emphasized that what I do must be beneficial to the world, and I must avoid being corrupted by ants, rats, and foxes. Therefore, when discussing politics, I have never dared to be pragmatic. Furthermore, as the saying goes, the lamp cannot be turned on unless it is turned on.
If reasoning is useless, we will study for ten years and write thousands of articles. Why do we come here?"
Wang Xijue was shocked in his heart and thought to himself: He is really good at eloquence! I tried to trick him like a gentleman, but he refused to be fooled at all. What he meant was that because he was loyal to the court and the great politics of the world, even if he gave up this
The way of a gentleman is not hesitant.
Gao Pragmatic's answer is indeed a bit telling, because for ordinary scholars, the primary concern is not whether they are considered "capable ministers", but whether they are considered "gentlemen". In the minds of most scholars in the world at this time
, a person should first be a gentleman, and then strive to be a capable minister.
Wang Xijue and others belong to the Xin School of thought. Even the traditional Neo-Confucian school, which is usually the neutral school, in fact, most people also hold this attitude. Only some people in the Practical School have objections to this - such as Gao
Pragmatism has now clearly expressed this idea.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic's expression is not actually "Even if I am not a gentleman, but I can at least be a capable minister." What he expresses is "If I have to make a choice, then in order to become a capable minister, I would rather not be a gentleman."
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These two meanings seem to be similar, but in fact there is a sequence, cause and effect, and trade-offs involved, and the meanings are actually quite different.
Wang Xijue chuckled and said: "The Great Situ was established in the early 19th century. He is very knowledgeable and fast in thinking. With this knowledge, he can think and argue without anyone else. However, governing a big country is like cooking a small dish, and politicians have always been afraid of worrying about it.
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There are many things in the world that may originally be good things, and many policies may be good governance. However, once it is done too hastily and large-scale policies are implemented together, it may be counterproductive.
Just like this, the imperial court was eager to save money and food to prepare for the attack on Chahar, which resulted in the Northwestern Rebellion. Last year, Da Situ took over the world's financial power and transferred it to the Ministry of Household Office, and established two new departments and thirteen divisions. This is a great government. This is a great government.
Whether it is effective and whether there are any other unexpected variables all require time and long-term observation. We cannot just say that last year’s revenue and expenditure exceeded the past and we can definitely say that it must be good governance..."
"Whether governance is beneficial and whether there are disadvantages in the benefits, it does take time to prove. On this point, Jing Shigong completely agrees with Jing Shigong's theory." Gao Jingshi nodded and said: "But Mencius said: 'If you love someone, you will not be close to them.
It is contrary to benevolence; to treat others without curing them is to be contrary to their wisdom; to be courteous to others is not to respond, but to be respectful - those who fail to do what they do will seek others from themselves, and if they are upright, the world will return to them.
Last year's move by the Ministry of Household Affairs to seize the world's wealth and power was just to cause the chaos in the northwest, and it was "just asking for help from others." Seeing the rabbit and ignoring the dog, mending the situation after the sheep's death has already caused the disaster in the past, but it can also make up for the future disaster.
As for what Jing Shigong said about today's political concerns, although we should be pragmatic and self-reflective, these "major policies" are originally interlocking and interdependent policies. The previous policies are coming out, and the subsequent policies should follow suit. Otherwise,
If you look forward and backward, you may miss the opportunity. If you want to do it again in the future, but the conditions are no longer available, wouldn’t it be too late to regret it?”
Regardless of whether they were sitting at the cabinet or at the minister's table, they couldn't help but feel secretly excited when they saw Wang Xijue and Gao Pangshi, the two university hegemons, starting to fight with each other citing classics. Speaking of which, everyone was a top student, and above these two seats, the one with the worst test scores that year was
Zhou Yong was also born in the same place as a Jinshi.
According to the imperial examination, which is held every three years and only takes about 300 people at a time, Tongjinshi only selects the top 100 talents in the country every year on average. How can their knowledge be so bad? Not to mention the others, they are basically the top two.
By birth, even Shen Shixing and Shen Yuanfu were simply the number one scholar.
Martial arts practitioners have the opportunity to fight against evenly matched opponents. Almost all of them are very excited and gearing up to have a good fight. Aren't they scholars? It's just a move or a word. As an expert, you can observe and learn from the master.
Level battles were originally something to be thankful for.
What's more, generally speaking, when you reach the level of Pavilion Elder and Ministry Hall, unless you are in front of the emperor, you will rarely "fight" in person, so naturally it is even more important not to miss it.
However, although the spectators were happy, the participants were not necessarily happy. Wang Xijue, for example, was a little bothered by pragmatic coping methods at this time.
Don't think that they are both citing scriptures or that they are debating on the same channel. In fact, this is not the case. Both sides are actually setting traps for each other. Wang Xijue's quotation of scriptures is to draw Gao Pragmatism into his home court of Wang Gelao, and vice versa.
Gao Pragmatic's citation of scriptures was actually an attempt to draw Wang Xijue into his home court of Gaobu Tang.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! What's the home court? Wang Xijue's home court is called "Gentleman's Morality", and Gao Xijue's home court is called "The World is for the Community".
For example, just now Gao pragmatically applied Mencius's "turn on others when you are not able to do something" to describe his move to serve as the Minister of Household Affairs and consolidate the world's financial power after the Northwest Rebellion. In fact, he made it clear that "I only have public morality in my eyes and no selfishness"
Morality', any private morality that comes to me will serve public morality."
Why does it mean this? Let’s first look at the original meaning of the sentence he quoted from Mencius.
Mencius said: "If you love others but don't get closeness from others, then you should ask whether your kindness is enough; if you can't manage others well, then you should ask if there is something wrong with your management skills; if you treat others politely but get no
If others are polite to you, then you should ask yourself whether your own politeness is adequate - if your behavior does not achieve the expected results, you should check yourself in turn. If your behavior is correct, people in the world will naturally obey you."
In fact, Gao Pragmatic did not finish quoting, and there is a short sentence at the end, which is ""The Book of Songs" says: 'Always speak in accordance with your destiny, and ask for more blessings.'" The approximate meaning is: "The Book of Songs says: 'Always think about whether your actions are good or not.
In line with the laws of nature, in order to pursue a beautiful and happy life'."
The original meaning of this passage actually refers to interpersonal communication, which Mencius often discussed. For example, in "Gongsun Chou", Mencius said: "A benevolent person is like an archer: the archer corrects himself and then strikes; if he misses the mark, he will win without complaining."
If you don't care about yourself, you are just seeking others from yourself." The meaning is the same.
In essence, these words are based on personal qualities. Their main purpose is to advocate strict self-discipline, be lenient towards others, and make more self-criticism in everything. This is what Confucius said in "The Analects of Wei Linggong": "Be generous to oneself and belittle responsibility."
When it comes to others, I am far more resentful."
But the sentence itself can also be sublimated. For example, from the perspective of governing the country's politics, the meaning of Mencius's words can be sublimated into rectifying oneself in order to rectify others. As Confucius said in "The Analects of Confucius Zilu", "If one is righteous in one's body, he will not let others be righteous."
But he does it; his body is not upright, and he does not obey orders."
Confucian politics has always emphasized starting from oneself and things around you, so it is often closely linked to personal quality, and self-criticism is one of its methods. The relevant discussion can be said in "The Analects" and "Mencius"
There are too many to mention.
It is the same principle as "Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others". "Those who love others will always be respected by others" and "people will insult themselves and others will insult them; their homes will be destroyed by themselves and others will destroy them".
However, emphasizing personal integrity is the home field of the "moral practical science" of the Xinxue School, and high-pragmatic practical science is the practical science of state governance. He must control the topic on state governance to be considered the home field.
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic did not wait for Wang Xijue to make a move, but turned his back on the guest. He first used a "sage's words" about personal ethics to sublimate state governance, and moved the battlefield in advance.
In this way, Wang Xijue would either have to directly compete with Gao Pragmatically on the details of state governance, or he would have to find a way to move the battlefield back again - but Gao Pragmatically's behavior of shifting the battlefield in advance already shows that Gao Pragmatically moved the battlefield in advance.
Pragmatically knew that talking about personal integrity was Wangge Lao's predetermined method, so Gao Butang made it clear that he did not intend to accept this trick: If we have the ability, we will discuss the matter, and don't play this roundabout trick with me.
So Mr. Wang Ge was very annoyed. It was almost impossible to bring the battlefield back when the other party already knew his methods. As Shen Yuanfu said before the Longevity Festival, Gao Pragmatism is definitely not a fledgling officialdom.
It seems that this guy has been an official for twenty years, and he has already had "central experience". He is definitely the type who stands tall and sees far.
Therefore, if Wang Ge Lao continues to bring the battlefield back to personal ethics, Gao Butang will definitely return to state governance without hesitation. In this case, both sides will almost be able to talk to each other.
It may seem like a fierce argument in the end, but in fact, after the conversation is over, you will find that the two people actually said nothing.
Not saying anything means that Wang Xijue failed, because Gao Pragmatic was actually the one who made the first move - "Innovation Station Shu" was his move. You Wang Ge Lao didn't spray out "Innovation Station Shu", of course
It's impossible to count you as winning.
As a top student in his early years, Shen Yuanfu also had rich experience in officialdom. Naturally, he immediately saw the way to it. He knew that if he continued like this, he would definitely not be able to explain why, and he would have to change his mind.
The problem at hand is that Gao is pragmatic and does not talk about personal ethics. He only talks about governing the country and is only willing to discuss the matter.
In fact, Shen Shixing had already experienced the ability of high and pragmatic governance - he had seen it countless times - and it was really not easy to fight with him about governance and discussing matters with him.
It is a pity that this battle cannot be fought without fighting, because the Xin School cannot allow the practices mentioned in "Innovation Station Shu" to proceed smoothly under the promotion of high pragmatism.
Why? Did "Innovation Station Shu" do great harm to the Heart School?
That's not the case. In essence, some of the restructuring methods mentioned by Gao Jingshi in "Reformation Station Shu" are self-defeating, which is a bit like cutting meat to feed the tiger, but the Xin School did not suffer much loss - after all, logistics
This area was originally the strength of the Jinghua Department, and the financial backers behind the Xin School had very little involvement in this industry.
What do the Xin School's sponsors mainly do? Farming, sericulture, textiles, Huaiyan salt, sea trade, etc. Among them, sea trade is the only aspect that creates a strong confrontation with Jinghua.
But theoretically speaking, the so-called confrontation with Jinghua in the maritime trade area is better said to be competition, and this competition is basically fair competition - because Jinghua does not bully the weak, relying on its strong armed strength at sea to prevent Jiangnan maritime merchants from going
Do business wherever you go.
Jinghua just collected a protection fee, and the protection fee was not collected by force. You don’t have to pay it, but it’s just that there are no colleagues from Jinghua’s fleet in the sea, and Jinghua’s sword flag is not allowed to fly - that means that if you encounter
If you become a pirate, you will be lucky, so in fact, the vast majority of Jiangnan merchants are willing to pay this amount of money.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But why do Jiangnan maritime merchants still regard Jinghua as their biggest enemy? Because they really can't compete.
First of all, Jinghua has crushed Jiangnan maritime merchants in all aspects from shipbuilding level to trade scale; secondly, in terms of goods themselves, Jinghua owns a number of monopolistic commodities, not to mention its purchase of goods in Jiangnan for "foreign trade exports"
Its capabilities are no worse than those of Jiangnan Shipping - because firstly, Jinghua has the advantage in logistics and can transport the goods by itself. Secondly, the market size is larger and the sales volume is more guaranteed.
If you were a big silk merchant or cotton merchant, you would definitely be happy to give the goods to Jinghua, not only saving time and effort, but also enjoying the profits so much.
In this case, why did Shen Shixing still oppose "Revolutionary Station Shu"? There are two reasons.
First, Jinghua abandoned its martial arts skills and took a dent in its own logistics capabilities. In Shen Shixing's view, this must be a fraud. Or if it is not a fraud, then at least there must be other back-ups.
What kind of back-up? Shen Shixing thought about it and thought that Gao Pragmatic would not really cut off his own logistics, because Jinghua's logistics was not done by Jinghua alone. There were many people who "helped" Jinghua. These people
The interests are too high to be ignored pragmatically.
So, after discarding the transactions in the "Innovation Station", how to use this power? It is nothing more than continuing to expand sea trade and strengthening this logistics power to purchase various goods in the Jiangnan area.
This is fatal, which means that the local supply chains of the Jiangnan chaebols will be strongly squeezed by the Jinghua Clan, and the two sides may have a decisive battle over the supply of Jiangnan goods.
What is the strength of Jinghua? Anyway, Shen Shixing will never underestimate him. He would rather choose to snipe "Innovation Station Shu" from the court level, rather than see Jinghua abandoning his martial arts on the surface, but abandoning the Jiangnan school of thought.
The old nest stirs up trouble.
Therefore, Shen Shixing had to speak.
I saw Shen Yuanfu laughing loudly, waving his hands and saying: "Da Situ said, 'The front affairs will come out immediately, and the back affairs should follow suit. Otherwise, if you look forward and backward, you may miss the opportunity.' This is true. However, Da Situ has been busy with things recently, I'm afraid
I still don’t know the news that Jinyiwei just sent from Chahar a few days ago - I’m afraid I really have to miss this opportunity.”
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