CHAPTER XXXIX
Outer dynasties have existed since ancient times, and the three-dynasty system is the fullest embodiment. The Outer Dynasty, the Zheng Dynasty, and the Yan Dynasty were actually a system in which the people, the nobles, and the king discussed state affairs. If this is the Zhou system, not the Chu system, but the Chu system also has a big collection, and when the big collection is made, the armor soldiers of all clans gather together for field hunting, and at this time they also have to discuss major events.
It's just that the further back you go, the more the place of discussion retreats, first the number of times you open the outer dynasty is getting less and less, and then even the main court is just a formality. The monarch looked at the court in the morning, but he just went through the motions and announced the king's order, and it was not a major matter, even if a major event was discussed, it was also discussed and determined in the Xianyan Dynasty before. What's even more outrageous is that in some countries, even the Yan Dynasty has gradually become a formality, and the place where state affairs are really decided is in the back bed, and the queen, concubines, relatives, and eunuchs appear one by one, from the king saying a few is a few, to the eunuch saying that the deer is a horse.
This is how the political system has evolved, and at present it is not that we must do everything possible to retro the system, and that it is ignorant to retro the system for the sake of the ancient system, but to revive the Zheng Dynasty, and the establishment of foreign dynasties only plays a supervisory role, and does not have the power to deliberate, only the power to give feedback to certain resolutions of the Zheng Dynasty.
There was an ancient system to follow and a precedent to follow, Xiong Jing insisted on it, and the ministers had to finally agree to set up a foreign court. As soon as the matter of the foreign court is discussed, the following things will be very easy. The most difficult thing is the teacher school, and the policy of emphasizing culture and education is the policy of restoring the country of various countries, and now that it has been abolished, the policy of emphasizing culture and education will naturally have to be adjusted. Emphasizing the adjustment of the policy of culture and education, the teachers and schools will naturally have to adjust it, but they have their own opinions on this matter.
Cheng Jie and others did not oppose the politics of culture and education, they only dared to provoke people like Kong Qian and Meng Zhao to stir up rebellion; Song Yu still has the same meaning as before, chaos cannot be opened, and if you open your mind, you will die; Nao Cun, Zhao Huang and others habitually supported Xiong Jing, but Xiong Jing was also a little hesitant about cultural and educational matters.
Since we are no longer ready to allow countries to return to their countries, we should not promote any national spirit, and since we do not advocate national spirit, there is no need for universal education and brainwashing. However, at the beginning of the restoration of the country, it is difficult to say that it will be suspended, and most of the history books of various countries have been compiled, and they are ready to inject into the brains of children through the education system.
At present, some people among the Lu people have copied the unpublished history of Lu, and some Song people also have great expectations for the restoration of the country. Chen Di and Cai Di fortunately didn't react too much, they had lost the country for too long, and only a very small number of clans had great expectations for this.
"This is the fault of the ministers!" Finally, it was Seisuke's turn and others to attack and blame. "The king is young and doesn't know state affairs, and the policy of restoring the country is the government of Chu, and I don't know why you have made this policy."
"The policy of recovering the country is not to go your own way." Nao cunning and Zhao Huang were red-faced and red-eared by what they said, and Xiong Jing's pot could only be carried by himself. "It's none of their business."
"However, the ministers also have the fault of apocalypticism." Shen Yinyi was unreasonable.
"What about the restoration?" Zi Mo smiled. "With the new system of our Chu State, the countries of Ouyue, Minyue, Nanwu, and Luoyue can still form an alliance, but the counties cannot be united? The king, the minister thinks that the restoration of the country or not is not hindered by the general trend, they want to restore it, but it is useless to recover, the power of my Chu country is in the clan, in the reputation of the chief, the king of Lu, the king of Song, and the king of Wu only have one name. ”
"Yes." Zhao Xiao, who wiped a handful of sweat, nodded again and again. "There is no country anymore, if it is restored? Even if there are countries, they can form alliances. I am a great Chu to carry out the Ao system, heavy Yongxin, Hui Jiashi, Li Min to the heart, why worry? ”
"That being said, the restoration of the country should not be done again." Xia Cai under the rule of Cai Wen is the last capital of Cai State, and after the Cai State clan moved away, there were still some side branches of the Gong clan, although the number was very small, but there were also some expectations for the restoration of the country. "If you do it again, the minister will be pushed by Cai Ren to be the Marquis of Cai."
"Now that the Ao system has been implemented, the government of restoring the country will naturally no longer be carried out." Xiong Jing agrees with Cai Wen. "It's just that I don't think that children over the age of eight must be taught, but the history of countries is no longer written into textbooks."
"Male or female?" Cai Wen is an old man and understands the importance of not writing national history into textbooks. "King, the matter of culture and education costs a lot of money. The counties and towns should have been heavily armed, sharpened their tactics, and built war boats and domesticated cavalry ......"
After the contracting, the focus of the counties has shifted to armaments, and the prices of singers, advocates, slaves, jade, jewelry, and silk have fallen again and again, and the prices of grain, timber, armor, and horses have risen again and again. There are indeed reasons for the war, but more often than not, all clans are building private pawns, and under the chase of you, every gold is used on armaments, and they no longer want to spend money on culture and education.
"That's not true." Xiong Jing objected. "The politics of culture and education does not hinder military preparation, but actually contributes to military preparation. Officers must be literate, not only need to be literate, but also know arithmetic, and a teacher with knowledge is better than a teacher without knowledge. ”
"However, the generals are all prepared with scribes and legal calculations." Cheng Jiedao. "If the generals are like this, the common people don't need culture and education."
"The king, since the Ao system is practiced, whether each clan is all over the culture and education should be determined by the own clan." Xiang Que said. He was not opposed to culture and education, but to Xiong Jing's orders from above. After he finished speaking, he took a step back and said, "You can also leave it to the Zheng Dynasty for consultation." ”
"The minister seconded the proposal." Cheng Jiedao. "Even if the Zheng Dynasty agrees, the ministers will not allow Kong Qian and Meng Zhao's disciples to teach in Xi County."
"In the ritual system, there is still the essence, and it cannot be discarded." Xiong Jing did not mention Meng Zhao, only emphasizing Kong Qian. "No, I have let Kong Qian teach the scholars and the people of Zhuyue with etiquette."
"King, you can't substitute etiquette for law." Meng Zhengyu said, "The law should be reasoned, and this reason is not the same courtesy." Confucianism thought that the etiquette system could be without saying the law, and it was a trick. Nowadays, between the clans and the Yingdu, between the clans, and between the clans and the common people, there is no way to substitute the law. ”
"Taking gifts and not taking teaching, still being harmonious and not being the same, being faithful and not being loyal to the king, this is not a pretense for Confucianism." Xiong Jing said, the last one made the ministers smack their tongues, Zi Mo hurriedly said: "Even if you are a minister, how can you be disloyal to the king?" ”
"Loyalty is in faith, not in king. As far as the servant is concerned, faith is loyalty, and loyalty is faith. How can a man of no faith be faithful? "Xiong Jing insisted on the reference to 'faithful and disloyal kings'." As far as the clans are concerned, if they don't really give them death, they will really lead the neck to kill? Cheng Qing, if he doesn't punish Cheng without guilt, will Cheng be killed? ”
"Ministers definitely won't." Chengsuke has nothing to hide, "That day, the king invited his ministers to enter Ying, and the ministers have prepared all plans." ”
Cheng Jie mentioned that Xiong Jing summoned Yin Gong of various counties to Yingyi a few months ago, and the nobles were no longer the nobles who trusted the king when Wu Qi changed the law, and if he was killed and imprisoned in Ying, the county rebellion was inevitable.
Xiong Jing nodded, of course he knew that the old man had done everything that time. "Between kings and ministers, it is useless to be loyal, it is better to be faithful. The monarch envoys are courteous, and the ministers are loyal. Yu Jun, faith is courtesy, Yu Chen, faith is loyalty, what is wrong? ”
"The king is wise." Xiong Jing interpreted it like this, and the ministers had no opinion.
"As it should be, Confucianism is not without merit." Xiong Jing continued to talk about Kong Qian, and he had to find him a position. "Kong Qian is after Confucius, and once served as the minister of Wei, and now he does not want to teach the scholars of honor and the people of Zhuyue to be courteous, and he should have his position. The secretary and others will discuss first, and then report to Yu after discussion. ”
The matter of culture and education has not yet been decided, but Kong Qian's position is not a big problem. The matter has been discussed, and all that remains is some important business. There are five big things and two small things. Among the major events, how to arrange the various prefectures is one thing, and how to settle these people is the second thing about how to settle the feudal monarchs who have lost their land, the courtiers who have been dismissed after the change to the Ao system, and the officials and generals who are not controlled by the non-public clans;
the third is the reward of this war, especially Xiang Yan's reward; The fourth is to move people to Jiangdong, and whether to build a canal or a railway in the section of Yingdu south to the Yangtze River; The fifth is the most urgent, that is, the current cooperation, the envoys to Zhao and Qi have been sent early, but neither country has any intention of joining forces.
Two trivial matters are related to two people, one is how to deal with Huan Qi, the national lieutenant who defected from Qin; The second is that the Suishi led by Mu Boxun in Suixian County was repelled by Li Xin in the Battle of Jiyi. There was nothing wrong with the repulsion, but in the process of retreating, there was a rout of the formation, if it wasn't for the Tang division just in time to arrive and stabilize the position, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Politics is a machine, and affairs are raw materials. Whether it's a big thing or a small thing, throw it into the machine, but before the machine can run, some tricky things need to be dealt with first. The relationship between the various governments is too large, and it involves the political system, so it is in the scope of discussion; The second is actually a historical legacy after the restructuring, and these people can only be raised; The third is not in a hurry, it can be handed over to the court, the fourth and fifth are too important, and the other is too urgent, so they have to be discussed at the moment.
"The Zhao people have no faith, the Qi people have no courage, they are all servants and sons!" When he mentioned Hezong Chengsuke, his face was full of anger, and he always thought that Zhao Guo couldn't be trusted. "At this time, the Qin army is in the Song land of my Chu State, and the other is west of Chenggao, Dongjun, Hanoi County, Shangdang County, and the counties do not have many troops, and the three kingdoms do not take this opportunity to pull out the Dongjun, and regret it later!"
"The minister heard that the Zhao State has been attacking the Yan State." Zimo also heard some things about Zhao Guo. "I don't want to join forces with my Chu country."
"The king, the minister thinks that he can't expect Zhao Guo in the future." Accustomed to silence, he also said, "Today, the Qin State will attack me, the Zhao State will attack Yan, and the Qin State will attack me again in the future, will the Zhao State cut down Qi?" There are many snobs in the land of the Three Jins, and they can no longer be trusted. ”
"Zhao Guo wants to cut Qi?" Xiong Jing's idea was that the three kingdoms would unite to restrain the Qin State, but he didn't expect that the Zhao State would say that the Zhao State would destroy Qi.
"Yes." Blemish has its own judgment. "Zhao Guo cut Yan, one avenges the revenge of the past, and the other expands the land in the east. The state of Qi is weak, and once the state of Zhao annexes the state of Yan, it will be necessary to destroy Qi. And the Zhao State has long been afraid of the Qin State, and after the Changping War, Bai Qi left 240 young soldiers without killing them, and all of them were released back to the Zhao State, and the Zhao people were even more afraid. Zhao State Tucun, first, used the combination of longitudinal as a lure, causing Qin to attack other countries; The second is to expand the soil to the east in order to become stronger. He fought with the Qin people, and he was unwilling. ”