Zhang Yue said that conquering Meng Huo's mind is a martial art, and governing Shu by judging the situation is a political achievement.
Among them, Zhuge Liang's governance of Shu is particularly commendable. Therefore, in the Three Kingdoms games of all dynasties, Zhuge Liang's politics are close to 100.
Zhang Yue expected that Sansu and his son would object to this answer.
Don't think that all Shu people are fans of Zhuge Kongming. In fact, both Sansu and his son criticized Kongming.
For example, Su Xun quoted Guan Zhong's words in "The Book of Quan", "If you attack a strong point, you will be strong; if you take advantage of a flaw, you will be strong; if you attack a strong point, you will be strong; if you take advantage of a flaw, you will be strong; if you take advantage of a flaw, you will be flawless."
In ancient times, those who conquered the world always tried to defend it first. Zhuge Kongming abandoned Jingzhou and took Western Shu. I know that he was incapable of doing anything.
Su Xun believed that Zhuge Liang wanted to destroy the weak Soochow first instead of competing with the powerful Cao Wei. This was Kong Ming's mistake.
Su Shi criticized him even more harshly. When Liu Biao was mourning, the late emperor was in Jingzhou, and Kong Ming wanted to attack and kill his orphan, but the late emperor couldn't bear it. Afterwards, Liu Zhang went to Shu because of his rebellious nature. Within a few months, he choked him and slapped his back.
And the country that was captured is so different from Cao Cao!
In the end, Su Shi concluded that those who use benevolence, righteousness, deceit and strength to conquer the world are the reasons why Kong Ming lost.
Su Che was much more tactful than his father and brother, saying that Zhuge Kongming had the talent to govern the country, but he was not a general when faced with numerous conquests.
Even if Kongming governed the country, it was okay, but forget about military strategy. It would be enough to leave the conquest of Wei to a general, so why go into battle personally?
Sure enough, Su Xun asked Zhang Yue: "Liu Yan governed Shu with strictness, and Liu Zhang governed Shu with leniency. Both of them are lenient and strict. If they govern the country in terms of leniency and fierceness, they are just using techniques but not the way."
.There is a saying in the Book of Shu that 'the law of punishment is severe and harsh, and the people are tortured and tortured, making a gentleman and a villain sigh with resentment'. How can we explain it?"
Zhang Yuexin said that Su Xun really didn't like Zhuge Liang as the history books said. Is he trying to argue with himself?
In fact, this statement can be answered like this: "The punishments are severe and harsh, and the people are exploited, and the gentlemen and the villains grow up with resentment." This comes from the Five Things of Tiaoliang, which Pei Songzhi has already refuted.
Zhang Yue can just quote Pei Songzhi.
Now facing Su Xun's words, Zhang Yue thought to himself, in this world, if there is bright pink, there will be bright black. In later generations, some people advocated removing the teacher's model from the text, so as not to cultivate students' foolish and loyal spirit.
Zhang Yue didn't even know what to say.
Su Che frowned secretly on the side. His view of Zhuge Liang was quite different from that of his father and brother, and he still recognized Zhuge Liang's ability to govern the country.
Now that Su Zhe saw that his father was debating, as if he wanted to argue with Zhang Yue, he couldn't help but worry secretly, fearing that the two of them would get into a real fight over this.
Ouyang Xiu and Zeng Gong also stood by and watched to see how Zhang Yue responded.
But when he saw Zhang Yue, he smiled and said, "What Su Gong said is absolutely true. Tolerance and fierceness are just skills, not Tao. If you only seek skills to govern a country, you will stop at skills."
After hearing this, everyone became frightened.
Ouyang Xiu smiled slightly. It was irrational to argue with the elders. It would be wise for Zhang Yue to take a step back.
Su Xun heard Zhang Yue's unfinished meaning and asked, "Where is that way?"
Everyone thought that Zhang Yue did not dare to debate and was about to change the subject, but they saw Zhang Yue saying: "Mr. Su, I have learned a lot from reading Zhou Rites recently. The sages respected Zhou Rites in governing the world, but they never talked about the way to balance mercy and violence. Wang Mang reformed the system
It is also said that he admired the Zhou rites but forced everyone in the world to rebel against them. Why?"
"Why?"
Zhang Yue said: "I secretly think that there is skill but no way. The ruler must have the meaning of "Guanju" and "Linzhi", and then he can implement the laws of Zhou officials. "Guanju" and "Linzhi" come from "The Book of Songs·Guo"
"Feng" is the principle by which I, the Confucian scholar, cultivates virtue in his family and then finally turns it into a benevolent custom in the world."
"This sentence has to be pushed to the subtle point. It must be accumulated from the humble mat in the boudoir to the fumigation. There is no one in the world who cannot be transformed by it, and then it can carry out the laws of the Zhou officials. Wang Mang owes this."
Zhang Yue finished talking about the Tao of Heart, "If you want to discuss Tao with me, let's discuss Tao. This is the purpose of Neo-Confucianism later on. If you can refute it, I will write my name upside down."
Su Xun thought for a moment and said with emotion: "This is the way to cultivate one's moral integrity, harmonize one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world!"
Seeing that his argumentative father did not object to Zhang Yue, Su Zhe couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "Sanlang first entered Taixue and wrote the Great Principles of Taixue, in which he elaborated on the study of understanding the body and applying it. The understanding of body can be called the theory of mind, and the application of it can be called the theory of traces. Can it be verified by using it?"
Su Shi listened and asked: "I still want to ask for advice, what is talking about the heart and the traces?"
Zhang Yue felt very happy and said: "I don't dare to take it seriously. For example, filial piety, filial piety to parents comes from nature. If we only talk about filial piety and not filial piety, but only talk about filial piety, the actor who plays a filial son on stage will be the most filial son in the world."
At this point, Zhang Yue said seriously: "So whether it is lenient or strict, in the final analysis, it is a matter of deeds. It is a technique, not a Tao. The most important thing is the heart. Whether it is lenient or strict, governing the country must proceed from the heart."
"Liu Yan was strict in his administration of Shu, and his intention was to rebel against the Han and establish himself. Liu Zhang was lenient in his administration of Shu, but he did so because of his weakness and as a last resort to defend his position. This means that both lenient and strict were wrong. On the other hand, after Kong Ming's death, he could not survive.
Eight hundred trees, the field is only fifteen hectares, I carry my food and clothing with me, I rely on the officials, and I don’t care about life. There is no silk left inside, and there is no money outside. This is the heart."
"Strictness is both a technique and a deed, and one does not care about one's heart when it comes to deeds. That's why there is a saying that 'the punishments are harsh and harsh, and the people are cut off, and the gentlemen and villains grow up to feel resentment and sigh'."
After these words, everyone showed admiration, Su Zhe was especially moved.
When changing clothes during the banquet, Ouyang Xiu smiled at Zeng Gong and said: "Zhang Duzhi is like a young phoenix, and one day he will be better than his old voice!"
Hearing this, Zeng Gong's expression became complicated again.
Everyone continued to write poems.
The poems written by everyone at the banquet that day were all written into a collection of poems. Ouyang Xiu published it, and it became popular in Bianjing and even became expensive in Luoyang.
After all, San Su, Ouyang Xiu, and Zeng Gong were all the most famous literary men in the world. Ouyang Xiu was not only a great master in the literary world, but also an examiner for several imperial examinations.
For Ouyang Xiu and others, having a collection of poems like this once more or less will only slightly increase their reputation.
But for Zhang Yue and Zeng Zai, their names also spread with the collection of poems.
In particular, the heart-attack couplet written by Zhuge Kongming was praised by many people and considered to be critical of the current situation.
As the collection of poems spread, the scholars in Bianjing, and even the usually aloof and dignified officials, deeply regretted that they could not attend this meeting and missed this opportunity to become famous.
After Zeng Gong went out, he said to Zeng Zai: "The knowledge in Zhang Du's heart can be learned. You are his classmate, so don't miss it."
At this moment, inside the Han Mansion.
Han Qi was reading this collection of poems given to him by Ouyang Xiu.
Han Qi himself did not like to elaborate when writing poems, and he did not like the poems of gifted scholars on weekdays. However, because Ouyang Xiu, San Su, and Zeng Gong were very famous, he also appreciated them.
When he saw Zhang Yue's name, Han Qi thought of the young man he had met in Taixue.
The young man's eyes left an impression on him, so he still remembers it.
Han Qi chuckled when he read Zhang Yue's first poem. After flipping through more than a dozen pages, he shook his head when he saw Zhang Yue's poem again. It's not that Zhang Yue's poems are not good, but that he can't be compared with others in the collection.
But when Han Qi flipped through to Zhang Yue's heart-wrenching couplet, he was stunned for a moment. He spread the collection of poems on the table and said to this page: "I underestimate this guy."
