"Floatuchuber?"

Liu Ji was stunned when he heard this name, and then he clapped his hands and remembered: "Isn't this my brother Liu Jiao's master who worshipped in Ludi a few years ago!" ”

Liu Jiao is the child born to Liu Taigong's concubine, completely opposite to Liu Ji's personality, weak by nature, good at reading, and versatile, Liu Taigong also loves this son the most, and sent him to Ludi to study - Qin has not yet destroyed Chu In the past few years, Confucianism was still a very popular profession in Zou Lusi, anyway, it was better than Liu Ji's prodigal.

However, Liu Jiao didn't study for long before going home, and I heard him say that it was Fuqiu Bo who left Ludi to avoid Qin Zheng, and he never thought that he actually ran to Jiaodong......

Although Liu Ji has never liked Confucianism, and when he was in Peixian, he also liked to ponder poor Confucianism, and took his Confucian crown to pee in it, but the old man was his younger brother's division after all, so he asked Cao Shen more: "Cao Jun, what happened to the county guard that Fuchubo?" ”

Cao Shen had just come back from work, and happened to meet Liu Ji, who lived next door to him, and was playing sword throwing with several county gatekeepers. Liu Ji is now also "accepted as a guest" by Heifu, but Heifu doesn't seem to think about what to let him do, just entertain him with fish and wine.

These days, Xiao He and Cao Shen have their own errands, busy with everything, but Lao Liu is bored, but he doesn't dare to make a mistake - when he first came to Jiaodong, what Heifu said in the courtyard scared Liu Ji, this black guy seems to be a roundworm in his stomach, or rather, can he read the legendary mind?

Cao Shen also felt that the county guard seemed to value Liu Ji very much, so he endured his impatience and replied:

"What else? Fu Qiu Bo is a Qilu Confucian, that is, a famous scholar, it is said that he is also the prime minister's senior brother, he apologized for the disciples and pleaded, although the county guard did not agree, but did not embarrass Fu Qiu Bo, just let me temporarily detain the more than ten Confucian students. ”

Liu Ji has also heard about what happened in the township school, and he really wants to laugh off his big teeth, and want to use Wen Crepe to encourage the people of Jimo City to petition the government with them and resume private school? It's really too much ink.

After laughing, Liu Ji asked, "Will those sour Confucians be killed?" ”

Cao Shen said: "Whether it is life or death, it is all in the thought of the county guard." ”

Cao Shen, who had been in prison, knew that although Qin Law was strict, there was also a lot of room for maneuver when defining criminal responsibility.

The more than ten Confucian scholars who made trouble could be condemned as rioters and sentenced to the crime of abandoning the city, and those who were the leaders would even be razed by the three clans. It can be easily determined as gathering crowds to discuss and slander the government, and Lu Musheng and Shen Sheng, who are the leaders, were sentenced to a "Sikou", that is, exiled, and thrown to the small islands and salt farms off the coast of Jiaodong to serve hard labor. The rest of the people waited for a heavy fine and let their respective families take them back.

"The county guard took in the Confucians, and welcomed Fu Chubo into the county government, and now they are probably discussing in detail."

Cao Shen also spent a few years in the officialdom, and understood that the purpose of the county guard was not for the group of Confucian students, but for Fuchubo!

Previously, Fu Chubo refused to conquer, but now for the sake of his disciple's life, I'm afraid he can only agree, right? According to Xiao He's statement, if Fuchubo agrees to be the "three elders of the county" with a false title, and the head of the great Confucianism also bows his head, then most of the Confucian students in Jiaodong County can be recruited smoothly!

"Will Bushbur be soft?" Liu Ji expressed his suspicion that although most Confucian scholars were cowardly and incompetent, there were often a few hard bones in them.

"The county guard said he would agree."

Cao Shen said with a smile: "The county guard said, because Fu Chubo is a good teacher!" ”

……

In the county guard's mansion, Heifu asked people to prepare a feast, and invited Fuchubo to take a seat with a respectful attitude.

"Zhang Cang once told me that when he entered Lanling, Xunzi's disciples, with Fuchubo as the elder, took care of him a lot, I was friends with Zhang Cang, and I was a brother to Fuqiubo......

Heifu sighed again: "Xunqing's knowledge includes nine streams and ten families, which are inclusive, and his disciples are also talented, and they are not confined to the words of one family. ”

"There is Prime Minister Li Cheng, the head of the hundred officials, the assistant of the Son of Heaven, and the world's punishment and grabbing. There is Han Zi, the culmination of a collection of legalists, who wrote books and said. There is Zhang Cang, who is well-read and strong, and is good at numbers; There is also a great Confucian like Fuchubo, who is famous in Qilu...... It's a pity that Heifu was born more than ten years late, otherwise, he would have gone to Lanling, and he didn't ask to enter the room, but only let me sit on the periphery and listen to Xunzi's class, and Heifu was also satisfied. ”

This is the truth, China's 2,000-year-old learning, Xun Xue, not convinced.

Heifu praised Xunmen, and the corners of Fuchubo's mouth moved, but he didn't speak.

He is in his sixties, as Xun Qing, he has been studying "Poetry" all his life, and his personality is gentle and gentle. Although he was reluctant to cooperate with the government before, he did not encourage his disciples to revolt, so Heifu could not make it difficult for him, and if he forced the old man to death, it would be detrimental to his future governance.

Xiao He, who was sitting with him on the side, saw that the atmosphere was awkward, and got up to toast to Fuqiubo: "Today, Fuqiubo is willing to say elegant words, for the three elders of the county, this is the blessing of the Moshi people." ”

Just like Cao Shen said, the sins of those young Confucian students can be light or heavy. For the sake of his disciples' lives, Fu Qiubo reluctantly agreed, willing to be the "three elders of the county" in exchange for the government's leniency of his disciples.

This is a fictitious position, nominally responsible for moral education, but in fact it has no real power, but is only a symbol.

Hef's purpose was just to choose a respected person to be his maintenance president. The Qin officials needed a banner to rein in the Confucian students of Jiaodong and bring them under the rule of the "County Sacrifice Wine", so that Heifu controlled education and public opinion.

After being silent for a long time, Fu Chubo finally spoke: "The county guard really thinks that this move can cure Jiaodong?" ”

This old man can obviously speak fluently!

Hefu gestured with his hand: "What does Floatuber have to say?" But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Fu Qiu Bo said: "I don't know if the county guard has heard of one thing, eight hundred years ago, Taigongwang and Bo Yu were sealed Qi and Lu respectively. In May, the country of Taigong reported to the government of Zhou. Zhou Gong asked, why is it so fast? Taigong said to him, I am simple and courteous, and I follow its customs, so I am sick. ”

"And Uncle Bird Zhilu, it took three years to report to Zhou Gong, Zhou Gong asked, why is it so slow? Uncle Bird said, I changed my customs, changed my etiquette, so it was late. ”

So Zhou Gongnai sighed, woohoo! Lu will be in the future, and everything will be done in the north! It is not easy to govern and the people are not close; Approachable to the people, the people will return. ”

He arched his hand at Heifu and said: "Sure enough, for hundreds of years in later generations, Qi is strong and reckless and weak, and the reason for this is that it starts with the difference between the politics of Taigong and Bo Bird, and this so-called rule is based on customs!" ”

"Now the county guard first arrived in Jiaodong, he wanted to change the old customs and words of Jiaodong, reform his private learning, cumbersome politics, and I am afraid that the county guard will take a long time, and the effect is very small, so to seek treatment, it is tantamount to the opposite direction!"

Heifu understood, although Fu Chubo bowed his head in order to save the lives of his disciples, he was still unconvinced in his heart, and felt that Heifu's move was a big mistake!

So he smiled: "Listen to the meaning of Fuchubo, vulgar and immutable? ”

"Yes!"

Fu Qiu Bo Zhen Zhen has words: "The "Royal System" has clouds, the wide valley and the river are different, and the people in the middle of the people's livelihood are different and vulgar, rigid and soft, light and heavy, and slow and fast. The five flavors are different, the equipment is different, and the clothes are different. Therefore, the saint is for the country, and it is not easy to cultivate his religion, and it is not easy for him to be vulgar, and it is not easy for him to be political......"

Heifu groaned slightly, and suddenly asked: "I heard that Xunzi once entered Qin Guanzheng, and Fuqiu Bo can go with him?" ”

"At that time, I was at home to serve my mother's funeral, and I never entered Qin."

Fu Chubo's face didn't feel that it was a big loss to not enter Qin.

Heifu said: "Then Fuqiu Bo should know, Xunzi's evaluation of Qin?" ”

Of course, Fu Qiubo remembered that it was not long after Xunzi returned from Qin, and he discussed with his disciples, why Qin was able to have four victories, strong troops in the sea, and prestige of the princes?

At that time, Li Si, who was enrolled in school at about the same time as him, got up and said: "Master, Qin's victory is because he abandons benevolence and righteousness, and can act cheaply, and everything is based on strengthening the country and the army!" ”

Xunzi reprimanded Li Si's opinion, and he believed that one of the reasons why Qin was able to win in the fourth generation was that the people were simple and honest. Xunzi praised the simplicity and fear of the law of the Qin people, the frugality and loyalty of the Qin officials, the no-comparison of scholars and doctors, and the administrative efficiency of the imperial court.

Well, the only fly in the ointment is "no Confucianism", which can strengthen the country and conquer the world, but it is difficult to last.

Although this is completely different from the "Tiger and Wolf Qin" in the impression of Fuchubo and other Qilu people, after all, it is the words of the master, and there must be a reason, and Fuchubo will not admit it.

After he finished speaking, Heifu laughed: "Fu Qiubo knows that if Xunzi entered the customs a hundred years earlier, the Qin he saw was completely different!" ”

"More than 100 years ago, the Qin people did not learn to be rude and happy, but they had the teachings of Rong Zhai, father and son were indistinguishable, they lived in the same room, they liked private fights, they often gathered people as thieves, and they didn't know what the law was."

"The officials of Qin, most of them are the children of the old clan, they are more than brave, the quality of the literature is insufficient, many people, they can't even write their own names, how to govern the people?"

"Doctor Qin Zhishi, who is also a vegetarian meal, forms a party for personal gain, and the old clan tail is too big to fall, and he has killed the monarch several times."

"The court of Qin is also the least efficient in the world, and it still follows the system of Qin Mugong, with repeated defeats externally and poverty internally!"

Hefu counted them one by one, and said:

"However, the law of filial piety and business martingale, changing customs, ten years later, Qin Mindao is not forgotten, there are no thieves in the mountains, and the family is sufficient. The people are brave in public war, cowardly in private fighting, and the countryside is governed. After a Jiazi, the people are prosperous, the country is rich and strong, the people are happy to use it, the princes are subdued, and the teachers of Chu and Wei are lifted. A hundred years of governance, then a sea, the world! ”

After saying that, Heifu stretched out his hand towards Fu Chubo: "Fuchubo, this is the effect of the Qin State changing customs and customs!" ”

Fu Chubo held back for a long time and defended: "Otherwise, the abolition of the teaching of etiquette and righteousness, and the number of punishments, this is a corruption and ......."

Heifu understood Fuchuber's view that Confucianism believed that it was necessary to adopt a cautious attitude when changing customs, and in order to avoid social unrest, the traditional customs formed in various places should be respected, whether good or bad, and became part of what they called the "ancient system".

But the Legalists don't care about this, their perspective is more focused on the overall prosperity and strength of the country and the victory of the war! Therefore, I like to use administrative orders and legal provisions to promote the change of customs and transform society.

In the final analysis, the so-called old customs are the organization and mode of production of the "clan" as a unit. Vulgarity means change, and it is bound to be resisted, but only by destroying the habits of old customs can new things emerge and promote overall social change.

So Heifu pressed step by step: "This is called the ancient customs? According to Fu Chubo, customs are immutable, so should the custom of the Qin people like to fight privately and like to gather people as thieves? ”

"Should the custom of living together in a narrow room with the whole family and being lazy and poor together be retained?"

"If you don't make changes, you will be poor and weak, and eventually decline, is it the doomed fate of a country?"

For a while, Fu Chubo was dumbfounded by Heifu's questioning, and under the living and successful example of the Qin State, changing customs seemed to really have great effect.

But deep down in Lao Ru's heart, he still couldn't accept it, so he could only stubbornly say:

"China's Rongdi, the people of the five directions, all have sexuality, and they cannot be changed, and what applies to Qin may not necessarily apply to Qi ......"

Heifu smiled: "Qin Mo Chengshang said to me, Mozi once said that the world is together. ”

"Doctor Uncle Sun Tong once said to me, Mencius once said: The world is set to be one!"

"Zhang Cang told me again that Xunzi once said: In one day, wealth and all things, support the people for a long time, and benefit the world!"

"Looking at it this way, in one day, should it be the consensus of Mozhi, Meng Ru, and Xunxue?"

No matter how fierce the struggle of the various schools of thought was, they all realized in the bitter war that only reunification was the best way to solve all this.

But they have empty ideas, but they can't make practical results, because the only one who can get down in one day is the way of soldiers! Only a military power built by Legalism!

"Six contract winds, the unification of Kyushu Tongco, this is obviously the common ideal of all the sons and hundreds of schools, but when it is their turn, why should they be stubborn and unwilling to make changes? Could it be that the unified concept of each family is just talking about it, but it doesn't want to put it into practice? ”

For a while, Fu Qiubo was speechless, and Xiao He, who was listening, also recovered from the shock, and glanced at Heifu in surprise, he couldn't see that the county guard was eloquent!

That's right, changing customs will indeed lose a lot, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, the writing, history, and customs of the six countries, but this is the price of unification......

Because they are losers, they lose the opportunity to choose, and they can only bear the rules imposed by Qin!

Either choose to accept it, or break out and break this shackle with violence!

But no matter what, once the gears of unification start, they can't stop! Whether it is pain or discomfort, personal emotions are insignificant under this general trend......

Seeing that Fuchub had nothing to say, Heifu sat down again and said with a smile:

"However, Fu Chubo is not wrong, the place is different, and it is of course not feasible to completely copy the Qin customs. Therefore, I decided that in addition to changing customs, I will also retain some of the old customs of Jiaodong. ”

Fu Chubo raised his head in surprise, but saw Heifu stretch out two fingers: "First, private learning will not be completely banned, but it will be governed by sacrificial wine and taught in Qin characters." ”

"Second, the township school used for political discussions in Mocheng can also be retained!"

This made Fu Chubo shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Really?" ”

"Absolutely."

Heifu stopped Xiao He, who wanted to dissuade him, and said: "Chen Ping told me that hundreds of years ago, Zheng Zichan did not destroy the township school, and also said that what he did was good, I would do it, and what he was evil, I would change it, and it was my teacher." In that case, why should the township school be abolished? ”

"It's just...... The scholars will no longer have the right to beat the drum. On the first and fifteenth day of each month, the county guards will personally beat the drums of the township schools, gather the people, issue government decrees, and listen to the opinions of scholars and nobles. ”

The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, this truth Heifu understands, since this is the case, you might as well surround the three and leave a window for intellectuals to vent, as for listening or not listening, this is his business.

In this way, the township school has become a window for dialogue between the government and the Jimo people, and the people do not trust their officials, and the officials do not know the situation of their people, which may be improved.

Just do it, Heifu said with a smile: "Tomorrow is January 15, after the morning eclipse, the drum of the township school will sound again, and the official will announce three things." ”

"First, the matter of the three elders of Fuqiu Bo County."

"Second, the punishment of Confucian students."

"Third! It is to call on Jiaodong Confucian scholars to enter the public school, on the first day of February, there will be a Qin Yan, Qin character exam, those with excellent results, the government will give fifty taels of gold, and their names will be dyed with red lacquer and made of wood, hanging in the township school, so that the people of Jimo know! ”

The way of Heifu, different from the Qi of the past, is also different from the Qin in Guanzhong, when the sun rises tomorrow morning, a kind of Confucianism and merger system with Jiaodong characteristics will be born!