After learning about the front-line war in the Privy Council, Wei Shuo hurriedly returned to the government hall to deal with government affairs. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Who knew that he had just sat down and didn't take a breath, when he saw Guo Yu, the secretary and supervisor, hurriedly come in and ask for a meeting.

When Yang Xie came in, Wei Shuo asked slowly: "Yang Qing asked to see him, it must be related to the imperial examination?" ”

Yang Xie hurriedly replied: "The king is wise, the autumn is coming, and the final strategy has not yet been decided, and I don't know ...... the king."

Oh! Wei Shuo said with a look of chagrin on his face: "Look at the widow's memory, these days I have been patronizing disaster relief and locust treatment, and I have forgotten about the problem. In fact, I had already chosen the topic of the policy discussion, but I was so busy with political affairs that I forgot to send it to the ministry. ”

"The title of the policy examination is 'Enlightening Etiquette and Righteousness to Transform It, Raise the Law to Cure It, and Punish It with Heavy Punishment!' What do you think? That's not a difficult question, is it? ”

Yang Xie took the exam question and looked at it, and said with a deep sigh: "The question of the king is a well-known scripture and meaning, from Xunzi's "Sexual Evil", as long as you carefully study the Confucian classics, there is nothing you don't know. However, it is precisely because of the simplicity of the question that it is not easy to answer novelly. ”

Wei Shuo nodded when he heard this, it is indeed not difficult for him to come up with this question, in modern terms, it is about the relationship between the rule of virtue and the rule of law.

In fact, the controversy between the rule of virtue and the rule of law has been pondered by some people since the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is not original to modern people.

Zi said: The way is to govern, and the people are free and shameless. The way is virtuous, all are courteous, shameful and qualified. ’

This means that if criminal law is used to restrain the people, the people only seek to be free from punishment for their crimes, but they lose their sense of shame; Using moral education to guide the people, and using etiquette to unify the words and deeds of the people, the people will not only have shame, but also abide by the rules.

This is the Confucian sage has always adhered to the concentrated embodiment of the idea of "virtue and punishment and auxiliary", and later Xunzi absorbed some Legalist ideas on the basis of Confucius's exposition, and put forward the "rule of the scriptures, rites and punishments, and the gentleman to cultivate the people." Mingde is prudently punished, and the country is peaceful. (from "Cheng Xiang") of the "solemn rites and heavy law" of the idea of governing the country.

And this is precisely the concept of governance that Wei Shuo has always adhered to, and has been supported by Yan Guo.

However, this idea is contrary to the concept of rule by virtue advocated by Confucius and Mencius, and Wei Shuo's topic may cause a lot of turmoil.

Sure enough, I saw Yang Xie said worriedly: "Lord, but as soon as this question comes out, I'm afraid it will cause some people to be dissatisfied!" ”

"Since I dare to come up with this topic, I am not afraid of causing trouble." Wei Shuo said confidently.

Although Wei Shuo was full of confidence, Yang Xie was worried, worried that this question would be criticized by some diehard Confucian students. Maybe people don't dare to take the prestigious His Royal Highness King Yan, but he, the host of the scientific expedition, will have to bear the criticism of the outside world.

Wei Shuo smiled and comforted: "As Confucius said, 'The Tao is based on politics, and the Tao is based on morality!'" These are all general statements. Human nature has good and evil, how can it be made 'Tao' by virtue and morality? ”

"It must be known that this is not the time of antiquity, and the folk customs are not the wind of antiquity. Believe in the ancient, not advisable! Those who govern for the monarch should not believe in virtue and not be all in government, only when politics and virtue complement each other can we urge the people to be good and virtuous! ”

"Of course, I am not completely repudiating the rule of Confucius, but I am just elevating the rule of law to a slightly more important position. In fact, only a few of the old-school Confucian disciples and some big families were really dissatisfied, on the contrary, most of the scholars of the Yan Kingdom had long been followers of the idea of 'solemn rites and heavy laws'. ”

Wei Shuo comes from modern times, and his understanding of the rule of law and rule of ethics is a little deeper than others. In his view, the rule of law is fundamental, but the rule of ethics cannot be ignored.

Anyone who knows anything about history knows that a strong and prosperous dynasty is one with a complete legal system and complete morals. As long as there is a phenomenon of bad etiquette, moral decay, and trampling on the law, it means that the dynasty is terminally ill and is almost overthrown.

In order not to overstimulate the nerves of Confucianism who insisted on the rule of virtue, Wei Shuo fantasized about the simultaneous development of Germany and France, but soon he knew that this was just wishful thinking, and the rule of law and the rule of virtue must have a focus, otherwise it would bring a lot of trouble.

Especially when adjudicating cases, different ideas of governing the country will certainly come to different results. For example, when a poor filial son robs and kills people in order to save his seriously ill parents, if he insists on the rule of virtue, then the prisoner is very likely to be exempted from the death penalty; However, if the trial is conducted by a person who advocates the rule of law, he will not care whether you are a filial son or not, and will only sentence him to death according to the law.

In fact, the legal system and morality are completely different things. The rule of law is imposed on the law and is enforced by the strong force of the state; Morality, on the other hand, depends on education.

The focus of Wei Shuo's question is to examine the achievements of Yanguo's rule of law education in recent years to see whether the concept of governing the country according to law has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In addition, he also wanted to know how many of the children of the family who came to the scientific expedition had an in-depth understanding of Yan Guo's policies.

"In addition to examining scholars' understanding of the rule of virtue and the rule of law, I also came up with a topic related to the New Deal, and I am going to let the scholars express their views on the New Deal."

Yang Xie's face suddenly changed slightly: "King, you came up with this question, aren't you afraid that those children of the family who have a grudge against the new deal will take the opportunity to vent their dissatisfaction?" ”

Wei Shuo waved his hand disapprovingly and said: "If someone really has a problem with the new policy, it is also something I can't ask for." Yan Guo has been implementing the new policy for more than ten years, and what are the drawbacks in it, you and I are at the top level, and we can't see the situation at the bottom. If a scholar could point out the shortcomings of the New Deal, I would have accepted it with an open mind. ”

"As for some unreasonable abuse, we can ignore it, and if it is really not true, we can depose the other party's admission qualifications. I don't think the vast majority of scholars would joke about their future, but now I'm worried that there will be a large number of articles on the exam papers that praise merit and virtue. ”

"What the king said, although it is very reasonable, but there are so many scholars in the world, if someone deliberately slanders the new policy, wouldn't it be ......?"

"Although the New Deal cannot be perfect, but facts speak louder than words. What's the point of slander? ”

……

As the time of the scientific expedition approached, more and more scholars gathered in Luoyang City. Originally, Luoyang had a permanent population of less than 300,000, but now with the floating population, the total population of Luoyang has exceeded 400,000. Although it is far less than the population of one million in the Han Dynasty, it has already faintly seen the prosperity of the times.

With the continuous influx of scholars, there was an imbalance between supply and demand in Luoyang City, especially the price of rent. The children of rich families naturally don't care about the consistency of the two, but for those scholars from poor backgrounds, sometimes ten or twenty liters will make people embarrassed.

Quan Yi came from Luoyang, Qinzhou, because of the long distance, when he arrived in Luoyang, he was close to the scientific expedition. At this time, the houses in various places were already full of scholars, especially the inns with good geographical location and good conditions, and there was no surplus at all.

He inquired all the way, and had inquired about several inns one after another, but each time he was disappointed.

"Ziliang, haven't you found a suitable place to live yet? If you want me to say, it's better to find a house with poor conditions! ”

Quan Yi glanced at fellow villager Lu Polou angrily and said: "The scientific expedition is related to personal future, how can you be negligent?" If you end up being famous because of poor rest, don't you regret it for life? ”

Lu Polou shook his head and didn't understand Quan Yi's thoughts, there was no way for Quan Yi to be born in the Quan family, a wealthy family in Luoyang, and he was just a naturalized Di clan, and his family conditions were far inferior to Quan Yi, who had been clothed and fed since he was a child.

Just when Quan Yi was in a dilemma, suddenly a gorgeously dressed scholar next to him glanced at Quan Yi and said, "Is this Xiao Langjun looking for a place to live?" If you don't dislike it, I still have a spare room there, I wonder if you're interested? ”

Xie Yi looked at Quan Yi's vigilant face, and then smiled bitterly: "It seems that it is abrupt, in fact, I am also a scholar who participated in the scientific examination, but I just said one more word because I saw the hard work of the two of them looking for a house." If you are offended, please don't blame the two Lang Jun! ”

After listening to Xie Yi's explanation, Quan Yifang let down his guard, and he smiled and said: "So thank you Brother Tai, I don't know Brother Tai's surname?" The younger brother is from Luoyang, his surname is Quan Mingyi, and the one next to him is my classmate, called Lu Polou. ”

"It turned out to be a disciple of the Luoyang Quan clan, who has been admired for a long time, and has no words in Xie Yi, and is a native of Chen County." (To be continued.) )