Counting the two generals, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei, Li Nan found that he seemed to have collected a lot of famous generals in the Southern Song Dynasty.

But this is also normal, after all, when the countries of the world are weak, any ambitious person who wants to show his talents, then can only choose the empire.

Li Nan condescendingly glanced at the ministers in the palace, and only when the atmosphere was a little uneasy did he speak: "Recently, I have been recuperating in the palace in peace, but I have heard some strange rumors from the government and the opposition and the people. Zhuqing, I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

Hearing His Majesty the Emperor say such words, the military generals in the Jinluan Palace suddenly looked left and right.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" At this moment, a person came out of the class to play.

This person came out of the queue of civil ministers, and he is also an important minister of the cabinet, Minister of Transportation Zong Ze.

Since Zong Ze returned to the empire, he has really done a lot of practical things over the years, and the transportation and water conservancy matters in the north and south are all supervised by him, which can be described as conscientious and hard-working.

In terms of his own work, Zong Ze has absolutely no problems, but after all, he is different from Tyrion and Cress, he is not a follower of Li Nan, and he also has his own thoughts and circles.

Recently, the Confucian scholars in the empire have been led by Zong Ze, and they are extremely dissatisfied with the phenomenon of His Majesty the Emperor appointing Legalists on a large scale.

Li Nan had known about this from Varys's mouth for a long time, and even he, the emperor, could not brutally suppress this kind of doctrine and partisanship.

As the saying goes, it is better to be blocked, and there have been party disputes in all dynasties, so Li Nan simply gave their Confucian people a chance to speak today, and planned to solve the matter in the court.

Seeing Li Nan waving his hand to signal himself to speak, Zong Ze was not ambiguous, and immediately said what was in his heart.

"In troubled times, your majesty was in the midst of strife and war when the country was founded, perhaps this is why he trusts the Legalists so much. However, although the minister is a Confucian, he also knows something about Legalism.

Legalism governs the country, and the rule of law is to govern the country through regulations, ancestral teachings, and laws. Emphasizing "don't be close to each other, don't be noble and low, and break off the law", the most successful example is the pre-Qin.

Legalism does have many advantages, such as the rule of law helps to manage the country, the rule of law makes the country orderly, the rewards and punishments are clear, it helps to unite domestic forces, and the rule of law is quite effective in troubled times.

The Qin Dynasty was in the Warring States period, and although it received the help of the Legalists, it exaggerated the role of law somewhat.

Blindly emphasizing the rule of law and "using punishment to punish the country", without attaching importance to the role of morality, will make the people of the empire pursue interests, and there is no moral standard to speak of.

In the long run, the empire will continue to formulate laws to induce the people with interests and honors, but this has caused many problems, if the empire is as wise and natural as His Majesty, it will inevitably be able to correctly guide the direction of the development of the empire, the prosperity of the country; Otherwise, the country will decline! ”

Since ancient times, the Chinese scholars have a remarkable characteristic, that is, for the sake of their own beliefs, or for what they think is right, they have no words that they dare not say, and they are proud of not being afraid of life and death.

There are a lot of rebellious words in Zong Ze's words, if he encounters an emperor with a bad temper, I am afraid that it will be the rhythm of being executed in court, and at the end he will be removed from his official position and sent to prison.

Li Nan naturally would not cure Zong Ze's sin because of his words, and Zong Ze and others opposed their use of Legalist ideology to govern the country, which also had a certain amount of truth.

After all, it is not the same as it used to be, and the empire has long since come out of the difficult situation of being surrounded by enemies on all sides, although there are still some problems, but it can be regarded as the peace of the country and the people.

From the perspective of later generations, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the rule of law was used to consolidate the rule, calm the turmoil, and maintain social stability, and then we could not continue to do so, and we should change our thinking, improve social harmony, and promote social progress.

History has shown that there are pros and cons to both ways of governing the country.

The strength of Legalism lies in strengthening the country, and judging military merits by the number of enemies killed is a typical example of ability, regardless of seniority. Standing wood to win trust, upward and downward effect, emphasis on practice, light preaching.

These are the essence of Legalism, but also the inherent deficiencies of Confucianism, and these are very important in ancient times, or now, are very important.

Does preaching work, or is it more convincing to lead by example? The rapid demise of the Qin state did not negate the Legalists, because the Qin Dynasty was powerful precisely because of the Legalists.

The criminal law of the Legalists is harsh, and it can be seen from the rapid demise of the Qin State that the Legalists are not suitable for governing the country, but it is also necessary to see the strengths of the Legalists.

But Confucianism actually has the same problem as Legalism.

Etiquette is greater than the rule of law, resisting harsh laws, wanting to rely on the rule of virtue to govern the country, hoping to cultivate the people into imaginary people with high moral character.

Rigid thinking, conservative moderation, too much emphasis on benevolence, lack of martial spirit to open up territory, and crack down on novel ideas that deviate from Confucian norms.

"Don't look at indecent things, don't listen to indecent people, don't say indecent things, don't move indecent things." Resist things that do not conform to Confucian etiquette and morality, and belittle workers, peasants, traders, and manual laborers, such as "everything is inferior, but only reading is high".

After thinking for a moment, Li Nan said to Zong Ze: "Speaking of which, I am also the first time to be the king of a country, and I have no experience, so everything is moving forward in exploration.

In fact, there is no conclusive conclusion about what kind of ideology the country should use to govern it. I reused the Legalist people, and it was true that the Legalist ideology was more suitable for the empire at that time. And as you said, the situation is different now, and the empire needs to change, and we can think about it in the long run. ”

Hearing that His Majesty the Emperor had opened Chrysostom and actually gave such an astonishing reply, Zong Ze and other Confucian disciples in the court were immediately overjoyed, and they thanked him again and again and retreated.

After temporarily pacifying the courtiers of the Confucian school, Li Nan's face turned cold, and he said unhappily: "I can tolerate what kind of thinking should be used to govern the country, but there are some things that I can't bear!" ”

Hearing this, the ministers in the palace also guessed something, and the people involved in this matter were also a little frightened in their hearts.

"I now have four princes, and in my heart, they don't care who their biological mother is, but there is no difference, and I don't want anyone to get involved in the affairs of my harem for their own interests!"

Speaking of this, Li Nan got up and stood up, pointed to the west and said arrogantly: "There are still large territories waiting for the empire to occupy, and there are more than these four sons. ”

Li Nan stepped down from the high platform, slowly walked in front of the two groups of courtiers, and said to them: "Instead of worrying about the merits of the dragon, you should think about how to govern the empire and how to strive for the merit of expanding the territory, instead of studying my family affairs. ”

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