Two Legalist scholars came to Lanzhou Yamen to visit Du Ning.
The visitors were guests, so Du Ning temporarily put down a pile of unprocessed official documents and received the two scholars.
"Han Youren, a student of Jingguo, pays homage to Mr. Yunqi."
"Li Qingyuan, a student of Tang Dynasty, met Mr. Du."
The two Legalist scholars bowed to Du Ning one after another, showing respect from the bottom of their hearts.
At this moment, Du Ning is not only the state pastor of Lanzhou, with an official position in the Holy Academy, but also a solid Confucian and Taoist scholar. He is also a human scholar who has been canonized by the Holy Academy.
"You two are free of charge, please take a seat!"
Du Ning raised his hand and motioned for the two of them to sit down.
"Thank you, Mr. Du."
"Thank you Mr. Du."
After they thanked each other, they took their seats at the guest seats.
Du Ning glanced at the two scholars. They both had Confucianism, Taoism, and Hanlin cultivation, and they were both very young. Han Youren, the oldest Jingguo student, was only in his early twenties.
These are all scholars who specialize in Legalism, have potential and have achieved some success.
Originally, Du Ning had some conflicts and misunderstandings with many Legalist scholars, but Du Ning could feel that these Legalist scholars did not have any ill intentions towards him.
"Two literary friends traveled thousands of miles to come to Lanzhou to visit Du. Du is very happy. Although you two are visiting Lanzhou, you can always come to me if you have any questions." Du Ning said with a smile.
Han Youren said: "Your Majesty Wenjun, I came here today to ask you something."
"What is it? If Du can do anything, he will do his best to help you." Du Ning said.
"We hope to learn from you as our teacher and learn the new laws you implement." Han Youren said seriously.
"What?"
Du Ning's face changed slightly. A scholar specializing in Legalism actually wanted to worship him as his teacher and learn the new laws he promoted. This is really like the sun rising from the west.
You must know that after Du Ning took office in Lanzhou, many Legalist scholars were particularly opposed to Du Ning's "New Chinese Law" and even believed that the "New Chinese Law" promoted by Du Ning was subverting the order of the human race.
While Du Ning was implementing new laws in Lanzhou, he was also under a lot of pressure.
Perhaps scholars from various countries saw that Du Ning had made remarkable achievements and made great changes in Lanzhou's governance, which made scholars from various countries change their views on the "New Code of China" and gradually accepted and respected the "New Code of China". Otherwise, otherwise
, it is impossible for these Legalist scholars to have the idea of taking Du Ning as their teacher.
Seeing Du Ning's incredulous expression, the two scholars had expected it. It was only natural that Du Ning should be so surprised.
"You are all scholars who specialize in Legalism. You should know more about Legalism than I do." Du Ning said seriously.
"Du Jun is so polite. Only after I put down my prejudices, read your "New Laws of China" carefully, and read the cases you tried in "Zuguo Wenbao", did the students know what kind of 'law' is
We legalists should learn more about the 'law'. We have always thought that legalists like us all practice 'stopping punishment with punishment' and use torture to deter the people. However, the result is counterproductive and we have not truly achieved the highest level of 'stopping punishment'.
On the contrary, we pay more and more attention to punishment and think that the existence of punishment is reasonable, so that it is used by scholars from aristocratic families and becomes a tool for scholars from aristocratic families to do evil. We Legalists are ashamed of the common people."
When Han Youren said this, he looked a little ashamed.
Du Ning showed a little bit of relief. The fact that Han Youren was able to say these words showed his sincerity.
Li Qingyuan said: "We Legalists have always regarded 'stopping executions' as our highest goal. We have worked hard for hundreds of years without success, but you have done it. The first major thing you did after taking office is
You burned all the instruments of torture in front of scholars from all over the world. Now there is no torture in the yamen of Lanzhou City, but it is more stable under your governance. It is your "New Law of China" that allows the people to stand upright.
You are the one who reasoned with scholars from aristocratic families. It was also your "New Law of China" that allowed people who had done many evil things to receive the punishment they deserve. You injected new ideas of the holy way into our Legalists. It was you who made us Legalists gradually wake up.
Your "New Law of China" is the law that is most suitable for our human race. We should follow your footsteps and create a new world for the human race."
"Li Hanlin deserves the award," Du Ning said modestly.
"To be honest, my students have always been stuck in Confucianism and Taoism, and it was difficult for them to make progress as a Jinshi. I was originally very opposed to your implementation of new laws in Lanzhou, but after I read your "New Laws of China", I suddenly realized that our law
The idea of family is too stubborn and is no longer suitable for the current era. The idea of 'punishment with punishment' advocated by our Legalists has become a tool for all families to do evil. Only by breaking the shackles that have remained unchanged for hundreds of years can the etiquette and law of the human race be able to
There is hope for progress.”
Li Qingyuan said seriously: "In a sense, Du Jun is the real Legalist scholar, because we Legalists have been using punishment to harm the innocent and weak, and you are using punishment to support the innocent and weak, allowing those evildoers to gain
It is due retribution. It is precisely because of this awakening that I decided to modify Du Jun's Legalist thoughts, so that I became firm in literature and successfully promoted to the Imperial Academy. Therefore, students, I would like to ask you to accept us as your disciples. We are willing to follow you.
I will follow your example and create a new legalist thought of the holy way."
Du Ning was even more surprised. He did not expect that a Legalist scholar would be promoted from a Confucian and Taoist scholar to a Confucian and Taoist Hanlin scholar because of his "New Laws of China".
It seems that with the changes in Lanzhou, more Legalist scholars are beginning to accept the concepts of "New Laws of China".
Du Ning was very pleased, as this meant that his efforts had finally paid off.
"I am also willing to follow Du Jun and learn from Du Jun's holy thoughts, and I also ask Du Jun to help me." Han Youren said.
"You really decided to worship me as your teacher and study "New Laws of China"? You are Legalist scholars, so aren't you afraid of being abused by some scholars in the literary world?"
Du Ning asked seriously, two Legalist scholars would definitely cause a sensation in the literary world of various countries if they put their name to it.
Li Qingyuan said: "We have already considered this. Du Jun's Legalist thoughts are the thoughts closest to the Legalist Holy Way. So what if we have to endure some infamy in order to pursue this kind of thoughts?"
Han Youren also immediately said: "Brother Li Xian is right. As a literary monarch of the human race, you are not afraid of infamy in the literary world, so what should we be afraid of? One day, scholars from all over the world will understand your painstaking efforts."
Then the two of them bowed together and said in unison: "Please Mr. Du, accept us as your disciples."