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The reuse of the Legalists, the Qin Dynasty respected by the Legalists, its rapid demise, undoubtedly told Cao Cao, if you learn from the Qin Dynasty, then there will always be a day when the scene at the end of the Qin Dynasty will be repeated, at that time it was not the official forced the people to rebel, but the law forced the people to rebel.

The Legalists at the time of the Qin Dynasty were obviously undesirable, but if they were replaced by others, such as the Mohists, the Bing families, etc., it was obviously even more impossible, not to mention the concepts of these hundred schools, it was a little difficult to find the books and people of these hundred schools at this time.

Of course, there was another idea in Cao Cao's heart, that is, to refer to the West and replace the dominance of Confucianism with theocracy, but this idea, after careful consideration, was finally abandoned by Cao Cao.

It is not impossible for theocracy to replace Confucianism, the early Roman Empire is to adopt theocracy, in the name of God to inspire and rule the people and soldiers under his command, and guide the Roman Empire, a huge empire that spans Europe, Asia and Africa, because of the identity of faith and culture, so it can last for hundreds of years.

At the same time, compared with the huge influence of Confucianism, early Christianity was completely under the imperial power, as long as the emperor of the Roman Empire was unhappy, there was no pressure to cancel Christianity, after all, compared to life, faith or something, can still be abandoned.

However, this is also the early and late Christianity, which eventually replaced the imperial power of the Roman Empire, and the divine right overrode the imperial power, and the Roman emperor also needed the approval of the Holy See if he wanted to be crowned, and in the following thousand years, Christianity unified Europe, and the imperial power was suppressed to the lowest point.

The kings and emperors of Europe were like servants in front of the bishops sent by the Holy See, and the wars in Europe for more than a thousand years, just like the unrighteous wars of the Spring and Autumn Period in China, began entirely because of the decrees of the Holy See. The conquest of faith, and the dark Middle Ages, needless to say, Christianity single-handedly covered the sky.

Inquisition. Burning at the stake punished heretics, and those who disobeyed the Holy See were expelled from the Church, and the countries of Europe, under the orders of the cross and the Holy See, formed crusaders to attack. At that time, the kings and emperors of Europe could be said to have completely reduced to the servants of Christianity.

The terrifying danger brought by the divine power over the imperial power hài, let Cao Cao directly attack and exclude it, don't think that the Chinese are really faithless, if it is true, then what about so many sects, such as the Ming Sect, the White Lotus Sect, and the Yellow Turban Sect of the Yellow Turban Uprising.

Cao Cao was 100% sure that if he really supported a sect. If you rule the people with faith and replace Confucianism with sects, you may still be able to rule in the early and middle periods, but in the late period, there will inevitably be wars in front of you, because the divine right and the imperial power have been in hostility from the beginning, and this cannot be changed by anyone's will.

In the end, it is either the divine power that overwhelms the imperial power, as in Europe, and the thousand-year-old unrighteous war comes, or the imperial power overwhelms the divine power. But in either case, the rebellion and danger it brought were obviously extremely terrible.

I rummaged through my memories, but I didn't come to a Cao Cao who was enough to replace Confucianism. I really don't know whether to be distressed, or I am proud that my ancestor was able to come up with such a "powerful" idea in BC.

"Why is the king sighing?"

Cao Cao, who was meditating hard, was stunned for a moment, and then found that he accidentally sighed and saw Guo Jia with a worried face in front of him. Holding the thoughts of the two captains, he said what he was thinking in his heart.

"Feng Xiao, Confucianism is dangerous to dew, but Ran Lonely doesn't know how to stop it, it's true"

Looking at Cao Cao, who looked depressed and helpless, Guo Jia laughed, and said with a smile under Cao Cao's puzzled gaze: "The monarch is too worried, although Confucianism spreads to the public, but the Han Dynasty does not really respect Confucianism, and the people of the world do not really regard Confucianism as a classic. ”

Guo Jia's words first made Cao Cao stunned for a moment, but then, he looked at Guo Jia excitedly, and couldn't wait to ask: "Oh, what do you mean by Feng Xiao's words?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty's policy of governing the country, although on the surface of the Confucianism is the only respect for Confucianism, in fact, it is the outer Confucianism and the inner law, with the gentle Confucian skin, covering the bones of the cold Legalist, so to alleviate the danger brought by the Legalist, not to mention, the original Emperor Wu respected Confucianism, in addition to the Confucian Dong Zhongshu said that the monarch is granted by heaven, the monarch and the ministers, father and son, and more importantly, there is another point, that is, the inner sage and the outer king, it really conforms to the meaning of Emperor Wu to send troops to the Huns. That is, the king is domineering, Confucianism is to put it bluntly, but it just makes the Han Dynasty's statecraft more ruthless and mild than that of the Qin Dynasty. ”

Cao Cao, who was sitting on the stone bench, frowned and thought hard, but finally found that what Guo Jia said was really right, the Han Dynasty did respect Confucianism from Emperor Wu, but for more than 400 years in the Han Dynasty, in the foreign wars, it was not the same to fight, to remove its country, to destroy its clan, as for the reason for sending troops

Cao Cao's face changed, it looked indescribably weird, compared to the foreign wars in later generations, especially after the Song Dynasty, they had to find a lofty reason, which was different after the other party launched an attack, the reason for the Han Dynasty to send troops, simply put, was to beat you if you were unhappy, to destroy you if you were disrespectful, and to send troops if you looked at your territory, as for the lofty reason or something, that thing was not needed at all.

There are many countries destroyed by the two Han Dynasty because of this, such as the small countries that were destroyed in the Western Regions, such as those sticks on the peninsula, there is no dynasty like those dynasties when Confucianism reigned in later generations.

There is a famous saying in the two Han Dynasty, as long as a Chinese person can know, that is, the person who commits my strong man, although it is far more than the punishment, this crime word has a very large and very loose range, which is simply equivalent to, as long as you are obedient, then you don't have to worry about being destroyed, disobedient, that is to disobey the Han, that is to violate the majesty of the Han, then there is nothing to say, send troops to extinguish.

The emperor of the Two Han Dynasty, whether it was this idea, Cao Cao could not say it completely, but according to Guo Jia's statement, coupled with the things done during the Two Han Dynasty, the more Cao Cao thought about it, the more he felt that this sentence seemed to mean such a thing.

Of course, no matter how strong and brilliant the two Han Dynasty were, it was none of Cao Cao's business, at most, it was just for the sake of today's weakened Han Dynasty, just sigh, Cao Cao's focus was still on Confucianism.

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, in this way, then it shows that the influence of Confucianism, although it seems to be huge, is actually vulnerable?" (To be continued.) )