Yuan Tiangang is famous, and Yuan Ziyan's status has also risen, and when she arrived in the palace as a guest, she was warmly welcomed by the women of the Yang family. Yang Yu and Yang Chanshi were also called back from the Tsinghua Academy, there was no way, there were too many women in the family, and there were two brothers on one side, and Yang Tong would not be too lonely.

Looking at Yuan Ziyan looking at the four little guys with a formal face, and then listening to her say something rich and unspeakable, Yang Tong looked crooked: Lao Tzu is the emperor, do the four little babies dare to be unspeakably expensive?

This is too, Yang Tong is too lazy to watch it. It's also happy to see the four daughters-in-law, otherwise you have to debunk the trick of this magic stick,

What made him a little comfortable was that Pei Qinghua did not attend, and talked about Taoist things with Yang Yu and Yang Zen Master beside him.

There are many schools of Taoism, maybe a Taoist temple is a faction, and they have great internal disputes, unlike Buddhism, which has few schools, can form a whole and work together to build together.

Take Yuan Tiangang's faction as an example, it is completely different from the tens of thousands of Taoist disciples imagined by Yang Tong, in addition to their father and daughter, there are only more than 300 clan disciples, they are in Bashu, where there are many Taoist sects, they are suppressed so much that it is difficult to survive, such a little strength, the influence is pitiful, and they can't give the princes from all walks of life a little real thing, no one wants to bird them, if it weren't for Yuan Tiangang's big name, I'm afraid it would be difficult to even see the princes.

"Brother ...... Emperor" After hearing Yang Tong's conditions for Yuan Ziyan, Zen Master Yang looked at Yang Tong with some hesitation.

This kind of small banquet takes a round-table dinner, each person has a set of dishes in front, similar to a buffet, Yang Yu and Yang Zen Master sit next to Yang Dong respectively, Yang Zen Master used to be too daring, and he is not very adaptable, but now he is slowly getting used to it.

"Something to say." Yang Tong drank all the wine in the cup, put down the empty cup, looked at Zen Master Yang, and encouraged him in a harmonious voice: "The family doesn't talk about the two families, and if you have something to say, you can say it directly." ”

"There is a master in the school palace who said: Everything should be taught rather than forcibly restricted, but the Legalists are forcibly restraining people's behavior, and the imperial brother not only promotes the legal system, but also admires the Taoism of inaction, isn't it a contradiction?" Yang Yu looked at Yang Tong suspiciously.

"What do you think of yourself?" Yang Tong did not answer, but asked Yang Yu rhetorically.

Because of the rebellion of his father's family, Yang Chan Master was very inferior, and his courage was also very small, if he hadn't drunk some wine, he didn't dare to ask, seeing Yang Tong's view, he hesitated for a long time before saying: "I thought that the emperor's brother ruled the country according to law is very reasonable, but what the master said is good." Here's how I see it. ”

"I didn't say he was wrong."

Yang Tong said: "In fact, not only Taoism, but also Confucianism, Legalism, Moism, Buddhism, medicine and other hundred schools of thought, there are a lot of content to teach people to be good, and in terms of personal cultivation, they are not wrong at all. But not in the country. ”

When it came to matters involving the state, everyone also listened carefully, and when Yang Tong said this, Yuan Ziyan couldn't help but ask, "Why is this?" ”

"The country has a population of tens of millions, you can't expect everyone to have the same cultivation and ethics, nor can you expect everyone to be cautious in words and deeds, among tens of millions of people, it is impossible for everyone to be a righteous gentleman and a moral saint, at least I am not a righteous gentleman and a moral saint."

Then, under Yang Tong's darkened face, Yang Yu and the little princess nodded approvingly.

"Whether it's Taoism, Confucianism, or other schools, the core idea is indeed teaching people to be good, but have you ever thought about how to govern the country with these doctrines?" Yang Tong looked at Yang Yu.

Zen Master Yang shook his head blankly, he hadn't thought so far.

"Let's take the Buddhist family that upholds the principle of putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha on the spot! The murderers they sheltered may have been genuinely remorseful. But as soon as this example is opened, everyone will have a sense of luck, and they think that no matter how great the sin they have committed, as long as they take refuge in Buddhism, they can escape the law. And I tried to improve the law in order to dispel this kind of fluke thought, so that they would know that if a person makes a mistake, whether you really change it or not, you must be punished accordingly, so as to curb the breeding of evil thoughts. ”

Yuan Ziyan smiled slightly, and gave Yang Tong an autumn spinach, which made him excited, and hurriedly looked away.

The sky can be seen, he doesn't mean to pick up girls, but Buddhism is too typical, so take it as an example.

Zen Master Yang suddenly said: "Brother Huang set the clause of abolishing the amnesty of the world as an iron law, is it also cutting off everyone's luck?" ”

"Exactly." Yang Tong used chopsticks to dimmer the wine, drew a line on the table, looked at Yang Zen Master and said: "The law is this line, you can call it the bottom line, the moral bottom line, the warning line, this line is telling people: what is wrong, what is right, what can be done, what can not be done!" With its presence, human greed can be curbed. And perfect and severe laws can not only play a role in vigilance and punishment, but also turn wicked people into good people in many cases. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Tong wiped a few holes on this line: "Once you compromise with the Buddhists who uphold the principle of 'putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha on the spot', and once you make any more amnesty to the world, there will be a gap in the law, so that people know that as long as they pass through here, they can be exempted from death, punishment, and punishment!" The more such gaps, the more the bottom line will gradually become a dead letter. Even if he is a good person, when he sees countless people around him doing bad things, but can pass through these gaps to become a bad person without being punished, then he must want to go for a while, and he can't go back as he walks. What we need to do is to continue to strengthen and improve this warning line, and constantly fill in these loopholes and gaps, so that people dare not touch this line. Then, on the basis of this bottom, Confucianism, Taoism, Mo, Buddhism and other schools can play freely. Only in this way will there be more righteous gentlemen and moral saints. ”

Therefore, there is no contradiction between the legal system of forcible restraint and the rule of virtue of gentle education, and in fact, the vast majority of well-educated people who are good at thinking understand these truths. It's just that some scholars deliberately belittle the legal system and deliberately stir up disputes for the sake of their own personal interests or their own status. In this regard alone, the person who says this is inherently lacking in morality, and even if he does not lack virtue, he has limited knowledge. Because they deliberately do not recognize the role of the law, they lack morality; If he can't see through it, it means that his talent and knowledge are not qualified to be a teacher at this level, and in terms of his knowledge, he can only be a county school or a Mongolian teacher."

Yang Yu, Zen Master Yang, and the little princess all nodded, although they couldn't understand everything, what Yang Tong said was easier to understand than what the masters said. Even Yuan Ziyan was suddenly enlightened and inspired.

Empress Xiao looked at the scene of harmonious coexistence, brothers, friends and brothers, and was so happy that her eyes were red, her younger brothers were willing to learn, and her brother taught seriously, which was better than anything else, and it was also the real family she longed for.

Everyone thinks that Yang Tong's teaching method is very unique, he did not use the emperor, brother, 'teacher' and other authority, forcibly instilled his own concepts to others, and did not force others to do how, but through this way of guidance and argumentation to communicate, it seems to be unconventional deviation, but what Yang Tong said is the fundamental reason why Yang Tong can become more and more prosperous and powerful under his rule, but not everyone is qualified to let Yang Tong explain so patiently.

Of course, Yang Tong didn't have so much time, and he had too many things to think about. No, before the meal was eaten, he asked people to summon the three servants of Shangshu Province to shoot Jiu Shangshu and Dali Siqing to prepare to go to Chaoyang Hall to discuss matters.

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