Hearing the old man's name, several Confucian scholars hurriedly bowed down.

Although they are not the same school, but in the face of other schools of scholars, respect is still necessary, especially for the Confucians, except for a certain school, most of the time they are reasonable, but also polite, if the person who abuses them is not Han Fei but Gongsun Long, maybe they will not do it, because they have to respect the elderly, to cherish the young, to be kind to others, generous, this is what Confucius taught them.

Confucius left a lot of morality to his descendants, compared to the concept of governance, how to behave seems to be the most talked about by Confucius, in many of Confucius's thoughts, the proportion of moral thought is very high, so most of the disciples of Confucianism are kind, generous, uphold justice, and will angrily draw the sword to the enemy, but this gradually changes the taste, the more it goes on, the more so.

I didn't learn Confucius's self-discipline, but I learned Confucius's arrogance, I didn't learn Confucius's morality, but I learned to be flexible... Confucius can maintain his arrogance because he can be self-disciplined, and he looks at those selfish villains with disdain, because of his own morality, he knows when to bow his head appropriately and when not to.

Zou Yan chatted with these people with a smile for a while, and learned that Ma Fujun was not here, and the old man was also a little depressed, but when he heard that there was a Han Fei here, his interest came, and he said goodbye to these young Confucian scholars with a smile, and the carriage drove to Mafu Township.

The Confucian scholars lowered their heads, no longer had the arrogance when they came, they were all thinking, thinking about Han Fei's remarks, although this remark made them extremely angry, but they were still thinking seriously, and some Confucians suddenly said: "If you want to regulate everyone with the morality of a saint, this is obviously impossible, even in the period of Yao Shunyu, the existence of villains cannot be avoided." ”

Why do you say that? Do you agree with Han Fei's remarks? ”

"It's not like that, I still think that only a society where everyone has morality and everyone is kind is the most perfect, but can we really achieve the world we are pursuing?" , the Confucian who was vomited blood by Han Feiqi, he called Zi Xiu, these dozen or so people all belong to Zizhang Zhiru. That is, the cheap Confucians who were scolded by Xunzi, their pioneer was Confucius's disciple Zhuan Sun Shi, whose character was Zhang.

In the Analects, most of the inquiries were asked by Confucius, and he seemed to like to ask questions, which made Confucius a little dissatisfied, saying that his thinking was too extreme, and Zizhang Zhiru was also the most today, they pursued strict self-tolerance and forgiveness, and excessively pursued the moral world that Confucius said, which made Xunzi very dissatisfied with them, saying that they imitated Yao Shun's appearance all day long, but they didn't learn anything inside.

Zixiu suddenly said: "Confucius said: The world is a family, each raises his own parents, each loves his son, strives to make a living for himself, uses the rules and regulations, ethics and morality to clarify the relationship between the monarch and the minister, promotes the relationship between the father and the son, makes the brothers harmonious, makes the husband and wife no longer quarrel, let people have land to cultivate, and set up walls to protect themselves... Perhaps, the kind of society that the sages spoke of is what can be pursued at present. ”

"You?!" Several Confucian scholars around him looked at him in surprise, their eyes were full of incomprehension and anger, Zi Xiu said seriously: "Although there are many Confucians in our faction, there are no people who can speak for us, and there are no sages who are famous in the world. ”

"It's like if you want to eat the fruit, you have to cultivate the fruit tree with your heart, if you just think about the delicious fruit all day long, but don't plant the fruit tree, can you get the fruit?"

"You're not right!" , Confucianism suddenly quarreled between them, what made Zi Xiu happy was that it was not that no one supported him, this group of Confucians was divided into two factions, arguing and rushing to the Qi country, and those who supported Zi Xiu took out the "Quanma Fushu" out of nowhere, and began to compare their own ideals and find a suitable system to learn from.

And at this time, Zou Yan's carriage had just arrived here, Zou Yan stepped out of the carriage, and the people gathered here were still talking about Fang Cai's debate, no one noticed the old man, only Gongsun Long, who was chatting with Han Fei, saw him, he looked at the old man, the old man couldn't even walk by himself, and needed someone to support him, but his eyes were not a little cloudy, and he was in good spirits, he got out of the carriage, and his eyes were fixed on Han Fei.

Han Fei followed Gongsun Long's gaze and saw this Zou Yan.

Han Fei stepped forward and met the elder, only then did he ask him about his intentions and whether he needed help, Zou Yan squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "I came to find Ma Fujun, I heard that Ma Fujun has his own views on the change of dynasty, astronomy, geography, I want to discuss this knowledge with him...", Han Fei heard that he was another one who came to find fault, and immediately became a little cold.

"My teacher is busy building a canal to help the victims, so please come back another day," he said. ”

"No, I'll be waiting for him right here."

Gongsun Long came over at this time, and after meeting with this person, he asked with a smile, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"I'm Zou Yan." , The old man said his identity again, Gongsun Long's eyes widened, Zou Yan is a Qi person, he served King Yan Zhao at the beginning, and Le Yi is a colleague, King Yan Zhao heard that he was coming, and took a broom to clean the ground for him, for fear that he would be stained with dust, he is such a famous person, not only older than Gongsun Long, but also more famous than him, Gongsun Long said goodbye, and also said his identity.

The old man glanced at him, and then nodded with some disdain.

Han Fei naturally heard of him, so he took him to the school, walking on the road, Zou Yan asked when Zhao Kuo would come back, Han Fei said unhappily: "If you are in a hurry to debate, there is a Mr. Gongsun Long here, you can debate with him." Gongsun Long quickly thought about how to deal with Zou Yan later, and the competitiveness in his heart was also aroused, staring at Zou Yan's face.

"I don't debate with him." , Zou Yan said seriously.

Han Fei was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Why is this?" Are you worried that you can't argue with him? Gongsun Long was also a little curious, looking at Zou Yan in confusion, it stands to reason that an academic like Zou Yan should not be afraid to debate with himself.

Zou Yan said seriously: "The so-called debate should distinguish different types, do not want to infringe, arrange different concepts, and not confuse each other. Express your intentions and general concepts, express your opinions, and let others understand, rather than being confused. ”

"In this way, the winner of the debate can stand his ground, and the unsuccessful can get the truth he seeks, and such a debate can be conducted."

"If we use red tape as a proof, use clever words to slander each other, and use flowery words to change concepts from the stolen ones, and attract others to make them lose the point, we will undermine the fundamental principle of learning. That kind of entanglement, aggressiveness, and always asking others to admit defeat before they are willing to shut up, is harmful to the demeanor of a gentleman, and I, Zou Yan, will never participate. ”

When Han Fei heard this, he couldn't help but say: "What you said is so right...", and then, he realized that Gongsun Long was also here, so he stopped talking, and the disciples around him talked wantonly, obviously they all agreed with Zou Yan's words, this time, Gongsun Long's face was red, but he fell to the point of being a Confucian scholar, he wanted to refute, but found that no matter what he said, it would become a defense against the gentleman's demeanor in Zou Yan's mouth.

Gongsun Long covered his face with his sleeves, hurriedly left here, and refused to walk by Zou Yan's side again, Zou Yan didn't say anything about Gongsun Long's departure, just looked at Han Fei beside him with a smile, and asked: "What do you think is the reason for the change of dynasty?" ”

"There is no permanent strength or permanent weakness in the country. When the law enforcers are strong, the country is strong, and if the law enforcers are weak, the country is weak. If the system is not permanently advanced, those who do not change the system because of the changes of the times will perish, and those who can adapt to the times and constantly make adjustments can be strong. Han Fei replied seriously.

Zou Yan did not directly refute Han Fei, on the contrary, he nodded.

When he entered the study room, Zou Yan also sat in the place where the disciples were listening, Han Fei sat in front of him, the disciples sat around, looking at the old man seriously, and several disciples brought by Zou Yan were also standing behind him, looking at these people in front of him, Zou Yan said to Han Fei: "All the changes in the world are regular, from nature to human society, there are laws to follow, do you know this?" ”

Han Fei shook his head, unmoved, judging from his appearance, he was a firm and ruthless law enforcer, and he would not listen to such ridiculous remarks, he only looked at reality.

Of course, if Zhao Kuo was here, he would definitely be shocked, because this remark sounded somewhat familiar.

Zou Yan said seriously: "In order to understand this law, I watched the celestial phenomena and carefully explored the geography, and I finally understood the laws of heaven and earth, everything in this world is operated according to the laws of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth... When the Yellow Emperor was at the beginning, there were big earthworms in the sky, and the Yellow Emperor said that this represented the vigorous atmosphere, so the Yellow Emperor advocated yellow. ”

"When Dayu, the grass and trees do not wither in winter, Dayu said: This is a strong wood! When it came to Shang Tang, the reflection of the sword appeared in the water, and Shang Tang said: Jin Qi is sheng! During the time of King Wen of Zhou, a bird with flames burning all over his body appeared, and King Wen said: "The fire is strong!" ”

"So all things are mutually reinforcing, am I not right?"

Everyone immediately talked about it, and there was an incomparably loud noise, but Han Fei shook his head and said: "The Yellow Emperor fought bravely, Dayu governed the water, Shang Tang treated the princes gently, and King Wen received the support of the people, this is the reason why they can become strong, and this has nothing to do with the five elements." ”

"You have to admit that this kind of law exists, it must exist, even if what I say is wrong, it doesn't mean that the law I study does not exist!"

Han Fei stood up angrily and said loudly: "I said it wrong, there are not only five kinds of moths in the world, but also one kind of moth, they can't help the king govern the world, they can't teach the people how to abide by the law, but they use a kind of ghost and god doctrine to confuse the king, advocate dynasty change, and encourage traitors to rebel, you are this sixth kind of moth!" Zou Yan suddenly laughed.

"May I ask what are the five of my kind?"

.......

Zhao Kuo rolled up his trouser legs, supported Zhan, several people walked in the mud, Zheng Guo walked in the forefront, he carefully looked at the disaster situation here, and checked the nearby channels, he lived here again, all day long on the bamboo slips written something, Zhao Kuo secretly glanced at it, but found that it was all kinds of graphics, as well as some calculations, Zhao Kuo immediately stopped looking, and had a headache to see.

After Zheng Guo looked here, he went to check the channels dug by Ximen Leopard, which also suffered disasters, and after reading these, he was busy for several days, and then said to Zhao Kuo seriously: "I understand the reason, the location of these channels is correct, only a few small mistakes, and they can be changed, but the problem is that the structure is not rigorous, there are mud and stones on both sides of the channel, but the bottom layer is not..."

"This channel, three sides should be stabilized by stones...", Zheng Guo said seriously, Zhan nodded from time to time, Zhao Kuo was at a loss, is there still a stone here? ? When Zheng Guo drew his plan in detail, including setting up eleven new small channels, and calculating the materials and manpower that he might have to consume, Zhao Kuo was completely confused.

Don't mention the raw materials, it's the 300,000 people that Zheng Guo wants, where can he find it? ?

Zhao Kuo said with some embarrassment: "You know the affairs of Zhao State, in these years, although the people of Zhao State are richer than the dynasty, but there is not enough food in the treasury, nor do you have as many raw materials as you need, and it is impossible for Zhao State to mobilize 300,000 people to build channels here... Please be considerate, reduce manpower slightly, reduce some raw materials, and make appropriate adjustments, do you think it is okay? ”

Zheng Guo said angrily: "The matter of the channel is a very important thing, after the completion of the channel, it can benefit the nearby people for hundreds of years, but if there is negligence, it will definitely cause disasters and harm the people, I built the channel to help others, but not to hurt others, please don't say this, use hundreds of thousands of people to build a fertile land that can benefit millions of people, isn't it cost-effective?" ”

Zhao Kuo was stunned, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It's not that I don't want to, it's that Zhao Guo doesn't have such strength..."

"In this case, I'll take you to Yu Qing and discuss this matter with him. Please rest assured, I will personally participate in the construction, and I will also use my wealth to help build... We must accomplish this matter, and we must not let the people on both sides of the river continue to suffer such disasters! ”