Chapter 0483: Xiliang Xing II

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Hanxing City is the Hanyang City that was slaughtered by the Qiang people at that time, after the slaughter of the Qiang people, the dead and wounded were exhausted, in order to revive the glory of this place, Peng Yu not only divided the surrounding cities into the land of Hanxing, but also renamed Hanyang as Hanxing City.

It means the city of revival after the catastrophe.

And the Taishou of Hanxing City is naturally Fu Gan, he is the son of Fu Xie, the Taishou Fu Xie who was martyred in Hanyang that day, in order to commend Fu Xie's merits, Peng Yu let Fu Gan serve as the Taishou of Hanxing.

After Fu Gan's hard work, Hanxing City has already come out of the pain of being slaughtered, and now, the development of Hanxing can be described as changing with each passing day.

The original inhabitants of the city were slaughtered, resulting in the whole city being Yellow Turban captives and outcasts, which also made the city have no resistance to the promotion of Peng Yu's political system, especially the Tuntian matter, which is close to the national movement, so Peng Yu deliberately chose here to conduct an academic discussion on "rites".

Peng Yu's purpose is to take the opportunity of "discussing etiquette" to let Liu Wei see with his own eyes how a ruined city can rise again in a short period of time, and to impress Liu Wei with his political system, which lacks theoretical support but has practical effects, in front of Liu Bian's eyes.

During this period, Peng Yu's "Xiliang Official Newspaper" made a big fuss about it and publicized it widely, and not long after, under the bombardment of the "newspaper", the entire Xiliang knew that Hanxing was going to hold this grand event.

In this way, in the Han Xing, there is an endless stream of officials, nobles, and wise men from all over the country, and in Peng Yu's words, this is called "the celebrities of the entire Xiliang cultural circle have arrived." ”

In this way, the event will soon begin.

Before the start, Peng Yu even threatened that only people should be persuaded by reason, and they should not be oppressed by force, so the name of this grand event is called "On Etiquette".

At the beginning of the ceremony, Peng Yu and Liu Weishang still cared about their identities, but they just let the mouthpiece endorse, and they did not participate in it.

Peng Yu's mouthpiece is naturally Gu Yong's henchman, and Liu Wei's mouthpiece made Peng Yu grit his teeth a little, he turned out to be Xun Yu's master!

In this way, this grand event was started by Gu Yong and Xun Yu first.

Both of them are talented scholars, rich in learning, and born in Confucianism, and they are more cooperative, so the two of them talk about each other, and they talk about "rites", so that the people who come to listen to "rites" are like a spring breeze, and from time to time they talk about the classics can also make everyone applaud loudly.

In fact, Peng Yu really has no interest in "li" in his heart, for Peng Yu, "li" is just a means to divide people into three, six, nine and so on, and maintain the rule of the empire.

To put it bluntly, it is a tool to maintain the rule of the empire, and it is an unequal tool, the so-called princes who violate the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime, it is just a joke, so Peng Yu sneered at the "ceremony" in his heart, but he didn't show it directly.

Moreover, in the debate with Liu Bian, Peng Yu could not convince the other party The important point is that Peng Yu lacks understanding of "etiquette", because Peng Yu does not understand, or does not understand deeply, so he cannot organize effective speech to persuade Liu Bian, which is also an important reason why Peng Yu organized this "Discussion of Etiquette", Peng Yu is using this to make up for himself.

At first, because Gu Yong and Xun Yu said all the truths, Peng Yu was still a little drowsy when he heard it, and he was still not interested in what "etiquette" was.

But as Gu Yong and Xun Yu talked more and more deeply, they were no longer just talking about etiquette, but also about the entire political system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Peng Yu actually listened to it with relish.

Not only that, but it also gave Peng Yu a feeling of sudden enlightenment!

For example, the words of the two of them that "you can't be courteous to a commoner, and you can't be a doctor" made Peng Yu's eyes light up.

Originally, this sentence made Peng Yu very unhappy.

Because the meaning of this sentence is "the common man is not qualified to be courteous, and the doctor has the privilege of not being punished."

In other words, "Etiquette does not need to reach the level of ordinary people, because they are the bottom of the rule, and they do not need to understand etiquette, and the punishment cannot go up to the level of doctors, because he is a noble status!" ”

He fully exposed the unequal system of "rites", so Peng Yu has always been a little dismissive of Confucianism, but in this era, he has to follow the perfunctory and singing harmony.

But after Peng Yu listened to the conversation between the two, he had a new understanding of "etiquette".

It turns out that "if you can't be courteous to a person, you can't punish a doctor" is by no means what Peng Yu understands, although he is a product of human rule, he also has a profound connotation.

To put it simply, the meaning of not being able to pay tribute to the common people is that these ordinary people have already lived a very hard life, and it is not easy for them to support themselves, where do they have the time, energy, and money to learn all kinds of etiquette?

Since they can't learn etiquette, they naturally don't understand etiquette, or they don't know much about etiquette, so how can they use etiquette to regulate their behavior?

Therefore, they don't need to be restrained by "courtesy", you just need to tell them what they can't do, if you want to commit a crime, then use the clearly prescribed punishment of "killing to pay for your life, paying off debts" and so on.

And it is better to understand if the punishment is not to be a doctor.

Not being able to punish doctors does not mean that these "doctors" do not need to be punished when they commit crimes, but that since these people learn etiquette and naturally understand etiquette, then they have a sense of shame, so they are gentlemen.

If they have sinned, that is, they have been rude, and because they are gentlemen, they do not need to use simple and harsh punishments to deal with them, as long as they know the fact of rudeness or rudeness, it is enough, they will reflect on themselves, they will ask for their own guilt, and if they have committed a great sin, they will also choose to judge themselves instead of avoiding punishment.

This is the connotation of not being a doctor.

Therefore, the so-called "courtesy is not inferior to the commoner, and punishment is not to be punished by the doctor" is to formulate different behavioral norms according to different people to restrain their behavior, and he has the meaning of "rule by virtue and education".

For another example, the talk about "rule by man" and "rule by virtue" also made Peng Yumao pause.

What is the rule of man?

Peng Yu has always thought that the meaning of the rule of man is the rule of the king, that is, the person in power has the final say, he is the center of everything, and all people must obey the will of this "person" for political rule.

But in fact, this "rule of man" is not the "rule of man", but a kind of "rule of the virtuous", which means that people with both ability and political integrity can govern the country.

What is the rule of virtue?

The rule of virtue is to educate people with moral influence, so that their hearts are good, so that they know that they are honest and have no evil hearts.

Therefore, the meaning of Confucian rule by virtue is a way to educate and influence people's hearts through morality.

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So when Peng Yu listened to Gu Yong and Xun Yu's discussion, he finally had a preliminary understanding of the political system of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

To put it simply, the political system of the Eastern Han Dynasty gave Peng Yu the feeling that it was a way of comprehensively governing the country and handling social relations with "morality" to influence his heart, "etiquette" to educate his appearance, "punishment" to restrain his behavior, and "rule by man" to lead.

In other words, only by letting people who understand, respect, and abide by etiquette to rule by man can the upper strata of society achieve the ultimate goal of ruling the world by virtue and make this dynasty and this society more beautiful.

Peng Yu was not only a little surprised, but also a little shocked, and couldn't help but start to reflect on his own political system, is it necessarily better than this political system that has been passed down for thousands of years?