The afternoon sun sprinkled on the palace wall in front of the Lantai Palace, the scorching sun, and the pavement in the roasting hall were hot.

Liu Jin walked up to Zhang Yue in a trance, and sat down on the stone steps on the shady side of the palace wall, as if asking Zhang Yue, and seemed to be asking himself: "Is the Legalist really evil?" ”

Zhang Yue looked at Liu Jin's expression and knew that he had been brainwashed by the three elders of the Legalist family.

The brainwashing power of Legalism is actually not weaker than that of Confucianism at all - in fact, all the schools of thought are good at brainwashing.

Otherwise, there would be no such thing as a hundred schools of thought contending.

Zhang Yue walked up to Liu Jin's side, sat down side by side, and asked with a smile, "Does Your Highness think that there is good and evil in the sword?" ”

"Huh?" Liu Jin listened, thought for a while, and said, "There shouldn't be any......

Zhang Yue quietly leaned closer and said to Liu Jin: "What His Highness said is exactly ...... The sword itself is just a dead thing, and there is no distinction between good and evil, gentlemen and people, holding swords and bows, preparing for the fierce beasts, guarding Sangzi with foreign enemies, and villains and thieves holding swords and crossbows, but they can kill innocents and maim loyal and good ......"

"Therefore, the minister thinks that the righteousness and evil of the sword lie in the hand of the person who holds it......"

"In the same way, why should Your Highness bother with the good and evil of the Legalists?"

"Is that so?" Liu Jin lowered his head and whispered.

Today, his three views and thoughts have once again been violently impacted.

In the Lantai Palace, three elderly book-bearers of the imperial history will bring the changes and reasons and processes of the Han family's system and laws to him one by one.

From Xiao Xiangguo's formulation of the Han law on the basis of the Qin Dynasty's legal scriptures, to the present, the process of changing and influencing the law for a hundred years.

One case at a time, one story at a time.

From the three chapters of the covenant between Gaozu and Guanzhong's father, to Emperor Taizong's removal of the crime of slander, the abolition of corporal punishment, and his grandfather, who used Confucianism to carry out the Spring and Autumn Prison Sentence.

And there is a central idea that has been carried out throughout the 100-year change of the law.

This is the punishment without rank!

It doesn't matter if you are a prince or a prince, as long as you break the law, the punishment is equal to that of the common people.

Therefore, Zhou Bo sighed that 'I know the value of the jailer today', and Han Anguo also has an allusion to the resurrection.

And these are very different from what Liu Jin has received in the past and what he knows.

In the past, he only knew that Legalism was sinful.

The people of the Legalists are all cool officials.

But now, he wasn't sure.

Because, those cool officials he knew and spurned in the past were actually resolutely implementing the spirit of the Han family's ancestral system and laws.

They kill, but they also save people.

Righteousness is the government, the most love to repair water conservancy, Xianxuan is in charge, and he likes to create channels.

They killed countless people, but they gave their land and property to the poor.

Even Yang Ke, who he used to think was a bad government, thought it was a heinous villain.

But invisibly, millions of people have been saved.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been implicated in the policy.

Almost ploughed the rich businessmen and tycoons of the country.

The result, however, has been to regain access to land for millions of landless poor and to balance national revenues.

Liu Jin now doesn't know how to judge and treat the Legalists.

Now, after listening to Zhang Yue's words, he has an understanding.

Touching the saber at his waist, Liu Jin suddenly remembered.

In that year, when King Wuqiu Shou was an official in the court, Prime Minister Pingjin offered Gongsun Hong to follow the example of Qin Shi Huang and implement a ban on weapons throughout the world.

As a result, he was scolded back by King Wuqiu Shou.

This matter has a far-reaching impact, and King Wuqiu Shou became famous in a fight.

"The sage system of five soldiers, so it is just a matter of prohibiting violence and punishing evil......" Reading the famous words of King Wuqiu Shou in his heart, Liu Jin suddenly thought of a thing - the sages of the hundred schools of thought created their own doctrines, and devoted their lives to preach them, what is it for?

Liu Jin's education made him know that Confucianism originated from the warlock of the Zong Zhou Dynasty and was a title for a clerical official.

Confucius once said to Zigong: You are a gentleman and a Confucian, and you are not a villain.

Legalism is also closely related to Confucianism.

The first batch of Legalist giants basically listened to lectures under Mr. Zixia.

Such as Li Kui and Wu Qi.

However, the source of Legalism is the ideas left by sages such as Zichan and Guan Zhong.

The ideas of the Huang Lao School are directly derived from the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and after the refinement and sublimation of Lao Tzu, they were finally formed.

Even the Mohists, who are now despised and slandered by Confucianism, actually have a close relationship with Confucianism.

As far as Liu Jin knows, Mr. Mo Zhai, the first generation of the Mo family, was a Confucian scholar at the beginning......

And the other sons also have a very close relationship with each other.

In fact, after the ideological confrontation and contention of the Warring States, the hundred schools of thought are actually already you and me, and I have you.

In Confucianism, you can find the ideas of Legalism, the Huang Lao School and even the Mohists.

In the Legalist doctrine, we can also see some obvious Confucian ideas.

In other words......

"Three generations of different laws, the five emperors do not return to each other, but different paths to the same end......" Liu Jin read the words that his grandfather had taught him, and a bright light flashed in his eyes.

He got up and bowed to Zhang Yue and said, "The servant is really a lonely's mentor and friend!" ”

"Lonely Think......

"There is no right or wrong ...... in ideology and doctrine"

"As long as it is used in the right place, it will benefit the common people, otherwise, it will surely cause endless disasters!"

Zhang Yue hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Highness's words are serious, the minister is just doing his duty......"

Liu Jin can think like this, Zhang Yue is full of a sense of achievement.

Liu Jin looked at Zhang Yue, and suddenly asked: "Lone is looking forward to it now, and the future of Shizhong will govern Xinfeng......

There was a hint of anticipation in his eyes: "That must be an experience that opened Gu's eyes again......"

Liu Jin now can't wait to see the changes in Xinfeng County under his rule in the future.

"I will not disappoint Your Highness and Your Majesty!" Zhang Yue patted his chest and made a guarantee.

As a traverser and a person who has worked in an agency, Zhang Yue really knows too much about how to brush up on political achievements.

To put it mildly, in this era, everyone else combined may not be as good as Zhang Yue.

"By the way, Your Highness......" Zhang Yue said suddenly: "Fang Cai, the minister has made his own opinion, and has already agreed to let Zhang Shangshu and Tyrant Zhongcheng join the plan of 'Han Dynasty Unification of the Four Seas' and the Geographical Chronicles of the World......"

"Isn't that why Lone and Qing are here?" Liu Jin nodded his head in approval.

In the past, he might have rejected the addition of Storm.

But now, after the baptism of the three old imperial historians and the enlightenment of Fang Cai, he has awakened to a truth - Confucianism and law are tools.

It is not themselves who determine its very nature.

It's the people who use the tools.

The Legalists can produce Zhao Gao and Li Si, but they have also produced virtuous ministers like Ximen Leopard and Li Bing.

And Confucianism ......

In the mouths of the three old imperial historians, Liu Jin learned a bloody truth - when Qin II was in power, there were more Confucian scholars than Legalists around him.

This is a conclusive historical record, recorded in black and white.

"The minister also invited An Guo, the son of the late Junji general Zhao Gongponu, and promised to visit His Royal Highness in person another day......" Zhang Yue raised his head slightly, looked at Liu Jin and said: "Please forgive Your Highness for the crime of making his own claims......"

Liu Jin listened to it and said with a smile: "Since the lonely and imperial grandfather have entrusted the important affairs to the servants, then everything will be decided by the servants!" ”

In Liu Jin's heart now, Zhang Yue is no longer just a courtier and a friend.

He is also the best assistant for him to realize his ambitions and ideals in the future.

Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, Liu Jin still has this kind of mind and strength.