After dealing with Zi's cultivation problem, Qin Zhao turned to face Wu Yong and the others, pointed to the several volumes of Legalist books, and said, "You go and take a brief look at those classics first, and I'll ask you later." ”

After that, he looked at Xiang Zifei, "You come with me to take a look here." ”

Stretching out his hand, Zi Fei's eyes were filled with the largest number of Confucian classics.

Let this person try to lay a foundation for Confucianism in Daxia, which Qin Zhao had long had.

He had discovered before that Zifei was not the same person in thought as most of the Legalist disciples in the world.

Although still essentially a student of Legalism, some of his ideas are actually very close to the early Confucianism of the previous life.

So he wanted to see if the other party could be inspired by the texts.

The current Zifei is still very young, if this road can be walked out, the future achievements may not be as good as Han Guiren.

Confucianism is very necessary for the human race to establish a cultural foundation. If you want to completely unite the thoughts of the Great Xia human race, it is definitely not enough to rely on Legalism alone.

Legalism is, of course, a peerless prescription for governing the country and rule. However, at the philosophical level, in establishing the values of the human race, it is far less profound than Confucianism.

Confucian philosophy is the perfect filler in this area. Taking this as the foundation, and then promoting the Buddhism Heart Sutra and Huang Lao's learning, the convergence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, there is a foundation for the study of the heart.

Let all human beings live with peace of mind! This is Qin Zhao's ultimate goal.

The Bactrian people can establish an independent personality. Whether it is a peddler or a pulp seller, he can be a big hero who cleans up his spirit and makes his own opinions.

There will never be a higher being beyond one's own heart.

However, the Confucian classics contained a lot of complicated content, and Qin Zhao certainly did not have the time and energy to study them in depth. Therefore, he must train some people, and they are extremely profound readers, to slowly test this path.

In the previous life, due to some historical reasons, the last feudal dynasty replaced civilian politics with military rule. The substitution of the prime minister's system with the military aircraft yamen interrupted the practical path of intellectuals' care for the world.

This also leads to the fact that Mr. Yang Ming's mind does not have a piece of soil to take root and sprout, which is a great pity.

However, these things must not be thrown to the world in one go. Qin Zhao had also roughly read the contents of it before, which contained thousands of years of ideological changes in Confucianism in his previous life.

As a person who has come before, he knows too well the development of this road. Some of the content is good medicine for the world, and some is poison. If you let ordinary people look at it, it is very easy to deviate.

There are many people in the world who are ambitious, and if he doesn't control it, he doesn't know what strange form it will evolve into in the end.

Taking the study of mind as an example, if you don't have the foundation of Confucianism, you haven't heard the four sentences of Hengqu by Zhang Zai, and you don't know the knowledge of Zhu Xi's science, but you blindly learn the unity of knowledge and action in mind, and talk about the mind and enlightenment.

In the end, there is a high probability that it will evolve into the result of Zen Buddhism's "not establishing words, teaching outside the teaching, and seeing the nature of the heart", which is not beneficial.

When the two came closer, Qin Zhao pointed to those Confucian classics and said, "You can take these back to the house to study first, but you don't have to read them all at once, come to the palace to communicate with me when you have time." ”

"What is this?" Zifei looked at the bamboo slips that filled several bookshelves, and was a little surprised.

"This is another way out of the ancient rites." Qin Zhao chuckled, "You don't have to ask, you will understand after reading it." ”

"I understand." Zifei didn't say anything more when he heard this, and was ready to go back and study it carefully.

"Today's human race, although the Legalist is the first scholar in the world, there are still many people who study ancient rites. Zifei, do you know who has higher achievements? ”

"I do know a lot, but ......" At this point, he seemed a little hesitant and did not continue.

"Just say it if you have something to say." Qin Zhao was a little displeased when he saw his behavior.

"Alas, Your Majesty. I am afraid that these people may not be willing to go out, and they have some complaints about the laws and systems of Great Xia. ”

"Well, that's understandable." Qin Zhao was not angry, it was normal for literati to have this situation. It is not necessarily arrogant, but many times, when you delve deeper, the difference in ideas becomes more and more fatal.

"But since they study ancient rites, they will inevitably enter Beijing in the future." He said confidently, "When you read these classics, you will understand." ”

Seeing Zifei's face showing a different color, Qin Zhao added, "Of course, today's Great Xia still has to be based on Legalist thought, including the selection of officials, and the same. Governing the country is the top priority at the moment. ”

As he spoke, he was suddenly stunned and remembered another thing.

That is the way to select literati.

Although with paper and printing, the cost of universal education has been greatly reduced.

But in fact, if you really want to select talents from the people, it is still difficult to reach the sky.

If you want to run a school and conduct a imperial examination, it is not so simple.

Nowadays, only books can be popularized, but there are not so many teachers to teach. Especially for the people at the bottom, if they want to change their fate, they still have to rely more on personal talent.

But the question is, will gifted children from poor families really have a chance to become officials in the court in the future? The answer, I'm afraid, is no.

As long as you enter the court, there will naturally be factions, which is unavoidable. In fact, just in the court, this is not a bad thing.

But when it comes to talent selection, this is never a good thing.

Why is it expensive to study and become an official?

It is said that "poor literature and rich martial arts", but in fact, this is only half right.

"Fuwu" is right, if you want to practice, you must eat and drink well, and you can't do it if you are not a rich family, otherwise where does the essence come from when you "refine"? Where do the teachers who teach the practice come from?

But compared to cultivation, the threshold for reading, or reading good books, is not lower at all, and even much higher.

Conducting the imperial examination, of course, will be much stronger than today's recommendation and hereditary, but it is only to lower the scope from the former "royal nobles" by one or two layers to the "elite and wealthy".

As for the bottom mud legs? Don't even think about it.

This is the shackles of the times.

It is a truth that knowledge changes destiny. But the problem is that the knowledge learned by the elite is not the same as that of the general public.

Take Legalism, for example.

There are so many orthodox books, but different scholars' thoughts, opinions, and commentaries are different.

For the imperial examination, the roll is indeed sealed, so it is fair?

How is that possible!

When grading, look at the style of writing, that is, the chapters you are used to quoting when answering questions or your ideological preferences, and you can see at a glance who the teacher is and whose protégé it belongs to.

The font is even more obvious, almost representing the candidate's family background, background, and knowledge, and you can know at a glance whether you are an old hat. If the font is wrong, the examiner may not even look at it.

In addition, there are many unspoken rules, which almost determine that the matter of reading good books has nothing to do with the people at the bottom - unless you can be lucky enough to meet a good teacher and be accepted as an apprentice.

The gentry and villagers were able to use money to open the way and get access to these things. Ordinary people, is it possible?

Therefore, in this era, it is not easy to select talents through examinations, even if the knowledge is popularized.

Past experience has long told Qin Zhao that relying on the luck in the [Great Xia Emperor List] alone is absolutely not enough, it is too one-sided, and there will be a large number of fish that slip through the net.

Especially ordinary scholars who have not yet become officials, how much luck can they gather?

And what Great Xia needs most is precisely to recruit these people.