Chapter Ninety-Eight: Sit and Talk

"This is Mr. Gongsun Qi, whose ancestor is the famous Gongsun Longzi during the Warring States period." This time, it was Wang Huaigu who revealed the name of the person who had always embarrassed Huo Guang, but after Wang Huaigu's introduction, Huo Guang was a little less unhappy with this Gongsun Qi.

Because according to Wang Huaigu, Gongsun Qi is the descendant of Gongsun Long, a representative of the pre-Qin dynasty, and Gongsun Long is famous for his sophistry. Then he made things difficult for Huo Guang at the beginning, largely because of the inertial thinking of his doctrine itself.

As soon as he understood Gongsun Qi's identity, Huo Guang had no intention of arguing with this person at all. Because it's hard for normal people to argue with famous people, they will use logic to get you in the clouds, and then make the opponent not know how to answer at all.

"Back then, Gongsun Longzi was under the Jun Sect of the Plain of Zhao Kingdom, and a "White Horse Treatise" was famous all over the world, and I had the honor to read it in the next, and I was really fortunate to meet Mr. Gongsun today!" Huo Guang bowed to Gongsun Qi, he was not a calculating person, and the two of them did not have a deep hatred, so there was no need to fight to the death. At this time, Huo Guang deliberately showed his admiration for his ancestors, which was also regarded as giving Gongsun Qi a lot of face.

The so-called sedan chair carries people, Gongsun Qi is also a face-saving person, Huo Guang is like this, he is embarrassed to continue to make things difficult, so it will be too much to show that he has no grace, and he also changed his salute and said: "Childe is a young talent, it is rare to have such knowledge at such a young age!" ”

In fact, Huo Guang's performance has made these people look at each other differently, because after being said by Gongsun Qi, ordinary people can still act like a nobody, and they can make both of them go down the stairs, and this cultivation has already made several people admire it very much.

"Childe and we meet is fate, but the old man has a question he wants to ask Childe." Wang Huaigu said again, at this time, not only Huo Guang, but even the other four felt that Wang Huaigu was a little abnormal today, because with his identity and knowledge, it would be incredible to say that he had a problem to ask Huo Guang.

Huo Guang also felt that this Wang Huaigu really looked up to himself, speaking of which Wang Huaigu was a descendant of Wang Chan, and his vein was indeed mysterious enough, it was rumored that Sun Bin Pang Juan, who was famous in the Warring States, and later Su Qin Zhang Yi, were all protégés of Guiguzi Wang Chan. can teach so many cattle people who have changed the times, Wang Chan himself is also a great cattle man, which is undoubtedly convinced, but such a figure who is enough to change history rarely appears in history books, and it can even be said that there is no clear record. Although Wang Chan was known as the originator of the Zongheng family in later generations, there were many soldiers among his disciples, in short, this was a very complicated person, just like Wang Huaigu made Huo Guang feel mysterious.

"Mr. is serious, don't dare to ask for advice, but please give me advice!" Huo Guang didn't dare to put on a score, if it was Han Yanfa or Gongsun Qi who said this, Huo Guang would not be very weak-hearted, because the ideological theme of Legalism and famous masters is very clear, with Huo Guang's more than 2,000 years of understanding, it is not difficult to answer some questions, but Wang Huaigu represents the mysterious Guiguzi, this sage in the later generations even those brick families who study all day long Zhuzi Baijia did not dare to interpret it indiscriminately, and Huo Guang's understanding of this aspect is basically zero.

"I've been talking about it before, what kind of doctrine should be used to govern the world? What kind of ideas will ultimately depend on the development of this world? Wang Huaigu twisted his beard and said.

This question really makes Huo Guang really don't know where to start, and it seems to be a question that never knows the answer, because no one knows where the focus of the world is? Or what kind of world is perfect? And then what doctrine to use to govern the world should be a process of continuous exploration.

In fact, this question has been debated since the emergence of the hundred schools of thought, and the chaotic era of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period also provided a big stage for these doctrines. Each doctrine chose its own agent vassal states, and began centuries of strife, many of which were glorious, but in the end none of them lasted forever. Huo Guang estimated that Wang Huaigu and others sat here and discussed, and this issue had been debated many times.

"Sir really looks up to it, but since Sir asked, I might as well share my opinion. In my humble opinion, the way to govern the world should not be limited to one doctrine. Throughout the Warring States Period, none of them were able to achieve legitimacy, which shows that the existence of various doctrines alone has its limitations. In the next thought, the way of guarding the land should be the way of the soldiers, and the people should use the law of the family, only the inner cultivation of Huang Lao, the layman Confucianism and Taoism, and the name of the ink, knowing the yin and yang to rejuvenate the agricultural business, and integrating the world's doctrine Mahayana and the integration of the party as the avenue. Huo Guang thought about it for a while, but still said something shocking enough to shock the world, and he almost included the mainstream thoughts of the pre-Qin dynasty in this paragraph. In fact, what he said was formed after thousands of years of social evolution, of course, no one in this era has thought of dissolving all doctrines into one, and there may be such an idea, but no one in the thought and society at that time dared to say it.

Huo Guang's voice fell, and Wang Huaigu and the other five people all looked at Huo Guang in surprise. I have to say that Huo Guang really has a feeling of sitting and talking about the Tao, these topics will be idle nonsense in the future generations, but in this era, and talking about it with these people in front of him, it is the real Tao.

Everyone was speechless for a while, but most of them showed a look of thought, and the eyes that looked at Huo Guang were also strange. Of course, Huo Guang wants to make these people agree with his thoughts with a few words of his own, which is simply a fool's dream. Because these people are all people who have studied their respective theories for decades, it can be said that their thoughts are deep-rooted, if they are settled by Huo Guang in a few words, then the doctrines of the pre-Qin princes are estimated to have disappeared.

"Childe's idea is somewhat interesting, but now His Majesty respects Confucianism, which shows that Confucianism is orthodox. Childe's point of view is novel, but it doesn't seem to be very practical! "This time it wasn't Gongsun Qi who spoke, but Kong Anguo, who greeted Huo Guang at the beginning.

Speaking of this person, Huo Guang also faintly felt that the name was a little familiar, as if he was indeed a descendant of Confucius, but the Han Dynasty had not completely put Confucius on the altar, let alone crowned the hereditary title of his descendants, and just now Gongsun Qi introduced that Kong Anguo is now just a 'doctor', it seems that it is only an official position of 800 stones.

"I have a few questions I would like to ask Mr. Kong, Your Majesty respects Confucianism and Taoism, but when you control the Huns outside and rebel internally, you use Confucianism? Can Elile make the Xiongnu submit? Can you bring the princes to their hearts? If there are no agricultural merchants, why should I have food and clothing? Huo Guang also cited a counter-example at this time to prove that Confucianism is not omnipotent, even if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism, it was only to go to the part that was conducive to rule, and it was impossible to govern a country by relying on one idea alone.

Huo Guang's questions, Kong Anguo really can't answer them. The actual practice of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was to take the strengths of each family, but on the surface it was said to respect Confucianism, and even in this period, there was an obvious legalization of Confucianism.

This is the way of the Tao, there is naturally a-for-tat, not to say who is targeting whom, but only about the difference in ideology. Huo Guang is actually not a child, he also has his own thoughts and concepts. And his ideological concept is what he just said, in fact, it is such a thought practiced by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty during this period.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was reckless and strict with the law. What he wanted to pursue was actually a kind of supreme state of inner sage and outer king, which was later called the representative of Confucianism, but in fact this was originally proposed by Zhuangzi, a representative figure of Taoism. In fact, whether it is Confucianism or Taoism, this is a civilization model with the most characteristics of Chinese feudal society.

"If everyone is morally upright, then the law has no meaning to exist. Everyone doesn't commit crimes, they are all reasonable, and they don't follow the rules, what is the role of the law? Therefore, the question is not at all a question of what method to use, but how to make people morally noble! "Kong Anguo was a staunch Confucian scholar, and of course everyone here was a staunch follower of their respective doctrines. At this time, Kong Anguo could naturally find a reasonable argument to fight back against Huo Guang.

Huo Guang was not surprised in his heart, it would be strange if he made these people speechless in a few words. Hearing Kong Anguo say this at this moment, Huo Guang was a little happy in his heart. Because he originally approached the topic to the inner and outer kings, he wanted to use this to lure Zhuang Qingzhai to speak, but he didn't expect Zhuang Qingzhai to be stable, but Kong Anguo took the bait.

But fortunately, no matter who takes the bait, it is not the key to Huo Guang, the key is that Huo Guang has to wait until someone says such a thing before Huo Guang has the opportunity to say the next words, which is the main purpose of his trip to Cuihua Mountain. Originally, Huo Guang's purpose of going to Cuihua Mountain was the only one, but now he felt that it was a good thing to talk to these princes, so he also regarded this discussion as another purpose of his trip at the moment.

"Mr. Kong is right, but we can't look at the problem in isolation from the current social situation. It is true that if everyone becomes a saint, then there is no need for the existence of the law and soldiers, but before the realization of a society in which everyone is holy, because of the temptation of desire, there are still many crimes, so what is the basis for not relying on the law to punish at this time? When everyone commits a crime, won't the law enforcers commit a crime? When the morality of the whole society is not good, the morality of the people who enforce the law will be good? When the morality of the law enforcers is corrupt, the corrupt officials and corrupt officials will also come out, and I have been to Yangling a few days ago, and you gentlemen guess what I saw? Huo Guang made another tirade, and what he said now was actually quite similar to Gongsun Qi, and it was all based on logical reasoning. But at the end of this paragraph, Huo Guang finally tried to see the dagger.

Huo Guang paid special attention to Zhuang Qingzhai's expression, and saw that he also cast a curious glance at him, at this time Huo Guang no longer bought Guan Zi and said directly: "On the side of the road of the tomb of the first emperor, there are many lands given by the first emperor to the magnates, and these lands have strict scopes, but I found that one of the pieces of land has encroached on the road of the first emperor's tomb. The owner of this land is none other than the prime minister of the dynasty, Li Cai, the Marquis of Anle. When the prime minister of the dynasty is still like this, how can officials at all levels of the Han Dynasty guarantee that there is nothing illegal? If there is no law to protect it, how will such a thing be handled? Is it only morality that restricts it? ”

This is Huo Guang's true purpose, he doesn't need to deliberately tell Zhuang Qingzhai anything, just pass on the news. What to do next Huo Guang estimated that Zhuang Qingzhai already knew in his heart, at least this matter could not be hidden, because so many people present knew about it. As for whether Zhuang Qingzhai wrote another denounce in the end, it doesn't matter anymore.