The one who dared to stand up openly and disagree with Old Master Kong in front of the public was a middle-aged man with a height of eight feet, a cloth crown and a resolute face.

He ...... Who is he? ”

"It's Deng Xi! It's my Zheng Guo's middle doctor, Deng Xizi! ”

"It's actually Xizi? Xizi is not in Zhengguo, why did he run to Jinling? ”

"I don't know what I do. It is said that Deng Xizi and Ji Si, who was in power under Zheng Guo, were at odds with each other, and they were bound to take refuge in Wu this time. ”

After Qingji learned that the middle-aged man was Deng Xi, he was also quite surprised.

Who is this Deng Xi?

Deng Xi is a pioneer of the famous school.

The initiator of "the study of name discrimination"!

However, Deng Xi's real achievement is in the rule of law, so his scholarship is mainly a legalist and a famous scholar.

Deng Xi was the first to put forward the idea of opposing the idea of "rule of etiquette", and his main ideological tendency was "lawlessness first king, not etiquette and righteousness".

As we all know, Zichan "cast the Punishment Book" when Zheng Guo was in power.

However, Deng Xi was even more radical than the child, and was dissatisfied with some of the policies implemented by the child, and once "counted the difficult child's policy".

Deng Xi also compiled a written law and engraved it on bamboo slips, known as "bamboo punishment".

Moreover, Deng Xi also gathered people to give lectures, recruited disciples, imparted legal knowledge and litigation methods, and also helped Li Shu fight lawsuits as a similar lawyer.

Deng Xi can also be called the first lawyer in the late Spring and Autumn Period......

Under his advocacy, a new trend of thought emerged in Zheng Guo.

It's just that a character like Deng Xi is not tolerated by the old family after all.

Historically, Ji Sixiao, who had a stepson and an uncle and was in charge of Zheng Guo, couldn't deal with this situation, so he "killed Deng Xi and used his bamboo punishment".

The fact that they killed them and used their methods shows the rationality of their bamboo punishments.

At this time, under the attention of everyone, Deng Xi slowly stepped onto the debate stage, saluted with Kong Qiu, and sat opposite the table.

For Deng Yi, Kong Qiu was very disgusted in his heart.

This person's Legalist doctrine is contrary to his Confucian doctrine.

Since his debut, Confucius has been advocating Zhou etiquette and governing the country with benevolence, and Deng Xi is precisely against this doctrine of Confucius.

Rao is like this, Kong Qiu just had a salty look on his face, and saluted towards Deng Xi: "The old man is willing to hear the words of sexual evil under his feet, and think that the world will be a warning!" ”

Hearing this, Deng Xi said: "Evil, human nature. ”

"Because there is evil in human nature, there is a need for law; The world is born with good profits, so there is a competition for wealth and land; Born with greed, there is thief violence and killing; Born with extravagant hopes, there are sound dogs and horses. ”

"The wickedness of human nature will be corrected by law."

"Only by using the rule of law to guard against evil desires and using the rule of law to guide human nature can human nature be good and orderly."

"Confucius said that nature is inherently good, attributed the merit of governing the world to the goodness of human nature, and attributed the sins of troubled times to the evil of human nature, which is nothing more than to reiterate the theory of benevolence, rule of man and retro, and return to the third dynasty of the Xia and Shang dynasties."

"This is a connivance to evil deeds, blinding naivety, and a real hypocrisy!"

"You!"

Kong Qiu was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, then snorted and said disdainfully: "I talk about the evil nature of human nature, but I talk about thieves, violence, and killing, don't you know that at the beginning of human beings, nature is good?" ”

"Is it true that all men are born evil?"

"The old man doesn't dare to agree!"

"If a baby is like a baby, chaotic and ignorant, can a baby know what evil is? What is good? ”

Hearing this, Deng Xi chuckled and said, "Confucius talked about babies. ”

"Then I asked the Master, is greed 'evil'?"

"Greed is evil."

Kong Qiu replied without thinking.

Greed is the original sin, and there is no doubt about it.

Deng Xi then said: "When the baby is born, he will snatch the milk to feed himself. Isn't it greed? Isn't a baby, then, evil? ”

"The world begins with a baby, and a baby is the beginning of man. If babies are still greedy, can't they prove that human nature is evil? ”

“……”

Kong Qiu was speechless for a while.

Hit!

Deng Xi, this is sophistry!

According to Deng Xi, the baby who snatches the breast is indeed greedy and "evil".

"Color!"

The scholars present all applauded Deng Xi.

Sitting on the square platform, watching the Qingji debating between Kong Qiu and Deng Xi, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

In fact, in the debate on whether human nature is inherently good or inherently evil, Qingji is ambiguous.

He did not agree with Deng Xi's statement, nor did he agree with Kong Qiu's statement.

And Lao Tzu's statement coincides with Qingji.

Because, in Qingji's view, at the beginning of people, character has not really been formed.

Babies do not have good or evil, they should be acquired.

This trip to the Jixia School Palace also benefited Qingji a lot.

At least, Qingji has already listed Lao Tzu and Deng Xi as Shangqing and adopted them for his own use.

One of them is a Taoist, and the other is a Legalist (famous master), each with their own strengths.

Even if Qingji can't be entrusted with important tasks, he won't drive them away, or shell them away and ignore them.

Lao Tzu is now of great use to the State of Wu, after all, the current State of Wu is "ruling by doing nothing".

As for Deng Xi, the Legalist doctrine is too extreme, and it is undeniable that it is indeed beneficial to the Wu State, but Qingji does not want to adopt it at this stage.

Because in the past ten years, Qingji has carried out several reforms, so there is no need to continue to toss.

Changing the order is not a good thing for a king or a country.

When the basic situation of Wu State is stabilized, maybe a few years later, maybe more than ten years later, Qingji will appoint Deng Xi to carry out the third reform of the law in Wu State.

Not now, though.

For Deng Xi, Qingji has another use.

……

In the Temple of Fengtian.

Qingji was wearing a dark red crown robe, wearing a flat heavenly crown, and a Longyuan sword pinned to his waist, and sat on the throne.

Sun Wu, Fan Li, Bo Que and other ministers and doctors also wore a virtuous crown, wore a dark court dress, tied a ribbon around their waists, and sat down in the left and right official ranks.

Everyone is looking at the nose, nose and mouth, and mouth and heart, very solemn and solemn.

"Xuan, the envoy of the State of Chu, Shen Baoxu, has come to see you-"

On the side of the platform, the glue slippery as the order of the CRRC shouted sharply.

This penetrating sound was quickly conveyed.

"Xuan, the envoy of the State of Chu, Shen Baoxu, has come to see you-"

The sound of the horn echoed throughout the palace and lasted for a long time.

And Shen Baoxu, who had been waiting outside the Fengtian Hall for a long time, had a solemn look on his face, and entered the main hall step by step.

"Shen Baoxu, the envoy of the State of Chu, see the king! Long live the king! ”

After coming to the middle of the Fengtian Temple, Shen Baoxu paid homage to the Qingji Ceremony sitting on the majestic platform to show his submission.

This is the gift of the king.

Shen Baoxu is the representative of Xiong Zhen, on behalf of the Chu State to Qingji to pay the courtesy of the monarch and minister.

At this time, the state of Chu, when forced to be helpless, had become a vassal state of the state of Wu-

A special kind of vassal.

And Shen Baoxu came this time to pay tribute to Wu State.