"Have you heard that Lu Yan presided over the first national examination of the Qin State. Those who pass the examination can directly go to Xianyang to become officials."
"With the examination system, schools were built before, and now this examination has been established, so wouldn't the scholars of the Qin State... Well, Qin State is so lucky to have Lu Yan."
"It's ridiculous. There are scholars in the Qin State? They are just a group of untouchables who know how to read the word "dou". How can these people achieve anything good in the exam?"
"Yes, Lu Yan is a hypocrite, and his behavior will never be considered elegant."
"..."
"Tch, he was born into a position of great power, but he was driven out like a rat by Lu Yan and the Qin State."
"That's right. In the past, ordinary men in the Qin Kingdom fought with their lives to change their lives on the battlefield, but now they have a way out through studying. Alas, for those of us, forget it, let's not talk about it."
Throughout the pre-Qin era, there was almost no talent selection system that could be called a system.
A person who is conceited about his talent does not have much choice if he wants his talent to be reused.
The most effective thing is for a king to issue something like a recruitment order, and then rush to seek refuge.
Either you can go to a relatively famous nobleman and work as a retainer under him to get your reputation out first. Once your reputation is high, you will have the opportunity to become an official.
As for the more so-called talents, they are born with talents and do not need to be selected.
Before the Qin State, the system of selecting officials based on military merit was implemented. The army was so powerful in combat that it was called the country of tigers and wolves in the East.
Nowadays, taking examinations to obtain official positions has become a system. Many scholars who have difficulty in getting ahead in the East, no matter how much they dislike Qin, they begin to feel itchy in their hearts.
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In Songhai, in the Little Saint's Villa, a vast expanse of smoke illuminated people's clothes. Fu Nian and Yan Lu were sitting opposite each other in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, sipping tea.
"Elder brother, have you thought about what to do next?"
Yan Lu held the tea in both hands and looked down at his face reflected in the tea. He looked somewhat well-behaved.
Previously, other Confucian factions came to press and wanted to expel Lu Yan from Xiaoshengxian Village. Fu Nian removed Lu Yan in a way that did not damage the reputation of Xiaoshengxian Village and did not cause any bloodshed.
Because he fired Lu Yan, Xiaoshengxian Village is now in a good situation in Qi State and has not been suppressed by the Three Kingdoms Alliance.
Although it seems now that the status of the Confucian Little Sage Village is still transcendent, Yan Lu knows that the senior brother's philosophy is to support the emergence of a unified country like Qin, restore order in the world, and return the people to peace.
But the current situation...
Fu Nian did not answer Yan Lu's question, but made an inexplicable comment: "Rites and justice are the beginning of governance. Laws are the beginning of governance. The Central Academy is the power of education, the way of legal system, and the combination of etiquette and law. Lu Yan will
Uncle Xun’s ideas have been implemented very well.”
Xunzi's thoughts on governing the country include long rituals, emphasis on laws, governance with both rituals and laws, and the use of kings and hegemons.
This etiquette does not refer to the ritual and music system of the Zhou Dynasty, but a harmonious social custom, which needs to be achieved through the teaching methods of etiquette and justice.
The law requires no explanation.
Whether in terms of theory or practical opinions, Lu Yan was undoubtedly Xunzi's best student.
Comparing Han Fei, Lu Yan at the beginning of time travel may have had respect for Han Feizi from later generations of students; but later Lu Yan, Han Feizi, who has clearly defined his own path, I am also Lu Yanzi, and I will not be lenient if he blocks my way.
Fu Nian wanted to expel Lu Yan at that time, and he had already thought about the possibility of falling out with Master Xun. As a result, no one expected that Xunzi had already intended to expel Lu Yan.
Some time had passed since the incident, and Fu Nian thought it was because Han Fei died at the hands of Lu Yan that Xunzi expelled Lu Yan.
But now that the news of the examination held by the Central Academy of Qin came, he immediately understood that everything Lu Yan had done in Qin so far was developed from Xunzi's thoughts on governing the country.
Including the treasonous idea of dividing heaven and man into subject and object, it is also a step forward from Xunzi's idea of dividing heaven and man.
Han Fei, that undistinguished student, took the initiative to go to Handan and planned to kill Lu Yan, the most proud student, but was killed by Lu Yan. As a teacher, how could Xunzi be willing to expel Lu Yan?
The more Fu Nian thought about it, the less he understood it.
He would think about this, mainly because Xiaoshengxian Village removed Lu Yan, which made everyone in Qin jealous. Based on Lu Yan's reputation in Qin, if Xiaoshengxian Village took refuge there, he would probably be drowned in saliva.
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In the short term, Xiaoshengxianzhuang will still be on the ship of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but since he is destined to support Qin, he has to find a way to solve Lu Yan's matter.
Yan Lu understood this dilemma. It was designed by Lu Yan and formed after Fu Nian responded. If Fu Nian failed to deal with it, the current situation of Confucianism might be even more miserable.
Yan Lu was silent for a long time, then took a sip of tea and said, "Brother Lu Yan is indeed the only outstanding talent Lu has ever seen in his life."
Fu Nian closed his eyes slightly and took a sip of tea. When he put down the tea set and opened his eyes again, he suddenly said: "Do you think that after Confucianism entered the Qin Dynasty, it would be possible to occupy a place in the Central Academy."
The dream of making Confucianism stronger will never be realized relying on the operation model of Xiaoshengxianzhuang.
But the Central Academy designed by Lu Yan is very suitable for Confucianism. It can set the talent selection standards for the entire country and maximize its influence on the entire world. There is no better design than the Central Academy.
Yan Lu frowned. He heard that the examination standards that Lu Yan had always set were not very friendly to Confucians, and many Confucian students had suffered in the past.
It can be seen that the talents that Qin State urgently needs are not talents educated by Confucianists. If Confucians are to be admitted to the Central Academy, the storm will be huge.
"Senior Brother, you think it's too far." Yan Lu expressed his disapproval tactfully.
However, he did not expect that Fu Nian's ideas and propositions were also very suitable for a unified empire.
Moreover, if Fu Nian is really allowed to lead Confucianism into the Central Academy, the first thing Lu Yan will do after his comeback will be to kill Fu Nian and destroy Confucianism.
Fu Nian's thoughts, in the original play, are concentrated in his argument with Zhang Liang about dealing with the Mohist rebellion.
Among them, Fu Nian has shown an "advanced" Confucian philosophy.
Confucianism at this time had the saying "the king is the king, the ministers are the ministers, the father is the son, the father is the son." It means that the king should behave like a king, and the ministers should behave like ministers, and the father and the son are the same. If everyone does what they should do, then the world will be healthy
good.
What is emphasized here is a social order, where everyone abides by their respective roles. Even if you are a king, you must be a good king. You have obligations and standards.
In later generations, the "Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Rules" have been alienated. The king is the guideline for the ministers, and the father is the guideline for the son. And its proposer, Dong Zhongshu, also elevated this guideline to something like the laws of the universe like the way of heaven.
There is even a sentence later: If the king wants his ministers to die, the ministers have to die. If the father wants his son to die, the son has to die.
Lord and Father, at the time of Confucius, still had obligations and standards. In later generations, there was only oppression of the subordinates, and what obligations and standards were gone.
Fu Nian supports the emergence of a unified country and the reorganization of social order, because in a world of great order, the world will not be chaotic and people's lives will be stable.
Therefore, in Fu Nian's eyes, the Mohists in the original drama were rebels as they fought against the First Emperor and exceeded the boundaries of subjects.