"You should know Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei's character is Xuande. His words are from this sentence in the Tao Te Ching, which is often known as Xuande, Xuande is profound, and then even Dashun. ”

"It can be seen from his words that he is very respectful of the art of controlling the people."

"But what about Liu Bei's ending? After he established Shu Han, he died in less than fifty years, and he did not even unify the Central Plains. ”

"I don't need you to talk nonsense." Yan Sheng is fair, "Even the Tao Te Ching says that those who are good are the way, and if they are not enlightened by the people, they will be foolish." Do you dare to say that the Tao Te Ching is wrong? ”

"Lao Tzu was a famous thinker, philosopher, writer and historian in history, and the founder of Taoism, but he was not a politician. He has never been an official, nor has he had successful experience in governing states and counties. ”

"That is to say, some of the governing theories in the Tao Te Ching cannot be regarded as holy scriptures."

"You are an immortal cultivator, so you can cultivate immortals well, what kind of governance are you talking about?"

"Bold! How dare you question Lao Tzu? Yan Shenggong said angrily.

Questioning Lao Tzu? Qin Yu was extremely depressed, he was invisibly taken advantage of by him, but he couldn't refute it.

"For the ancient sages, we must adopt a critical inheritance method. ”

"You can't worship it blindly, and you can't denigrate it blindly."

"Take the essence of it and discard the dross."

"Well, since you said that Lao Tzu's theory of statecraft is not worth learning from, then let's talk about Confucius's hadith." Cheng Leshan said, "Zi said: The people can make it, but they can't know it." ”

"Even Kong Sheng said that in order to let the common people follow the path set by the emperor, there is no need to let them know the reason. See how you argue it? ”

"Confucius can also be called a teacher for all ages in terms of teaching and educating people." Qin Yu said, "But he doesn't know how to govern the country." He wanted to be a big official all his life, but unfortunately, no one among the princes at that time wanted to use him. ”

"Confucius also served as a minor official for several terms, but he didn't even do his job well."

"Therefore, his theory of statecraft cannot be enshrined as a holy canon."

"I have the same words for Confucius, if you want to teach, go and teach well, what kind of governance do you talk about?"

"How dare you be rude to Kong Sheng?" Yan Sheng Gong said angrily, "You are too bold and reckless, you let Lao Tzu do a good job of cultivating immortals and don't govern the country, let Kong Sheng teach well, and don't talk about governing the country!" It's just arrogant! ”

"What a arrogant boy!" Cheng Leshan scolded.

"Since you think that Lao Tzu and Confucius can't talk about governing the country, Gongsun Martingale can always do it, right?" At this time, Zhu Yuandian said, "Gongsun Martingale is the prime minister of Qin, and the king of Qin used his statecraft to eventually become the overlord of the world, and Qin Shi Huang also unified the six countries." And the Five Techniques of Harnessing the People, which was proposed by Gongsun Ying, have helped the Qin State to dominate the world. ”

"However, the state of Qin died in less than two generations." Qin Yu's surging Dao.

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism alone, and used it to control the people and achieve hegemony." Yan Sheng is fair.

"The Han Dynasty is dead." Qin Yu said.

"During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei controlled the people to the limit, and there were no traitors and rebellions inside!" Zhu Yuandian said.

"Cao Wei is dead." Qin Yu said, "Not only did it die, but it also caused Wuhu to live in the Central Plains, and the Han family was almost wiped out." ”

"The Great Song Dynasty pioneered Cheng Zhu Lixue, making the Great Song Dynasty the richest dynasty and famous through the ages." Cheng Leshan Road.

"The Song Dynasty is dead." Qin Yu said in a surging voice, "Cheng Zhu Lixue was created by the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty not only had the shame of Jingkang, the emperor was reduced to a slave, and the queen was ravaged. In the battle of Yashan, Yanhuang was almost wiped out. ”

"You ......" The three of them trembled with anger when they heard this.

No matter which dynasty they said reused the art of controlling the people, Qin Yu only replied to them that that dynasty was dead.

"Alas!" In the end, Qin Yu sighed, "The thousands of years of feudal dynasty history in China have used bloody lessons to tell future emperors a truth, that is, the art of fooling the people cannot be used. ”

"But it's just that there aren't many emperors who are willing to learn the lessons of history."

"The only lesson we can learn from history is that we never learn the lessons of history."

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"The feudal dynasties of China, the Qin and Han dynasties, the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, and the emperors of the Ming Dynasty all respected the art of controlling the people. However, as a result, all dynasties eventually came to an end. ”

"Even Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was engaged in the thirty-three taels of silver system to control the people. However, it was precisely Qianlong that brought the Qing Dynasty from its heyday to a downhill path. ”

"Isn't there enough of such historical lessons?"

"But there are still some emperors who still think that the five techniques of controlling the people are what kind of high-ranking emperor's skills, and they still want to use it to harm the people."

"However, in reality, the Five Techniques of Harnessing the People are a piece of rubbish."

Zhu Yuandian, Yan Shenggong, and Cheng Leshan listened to it, and they were speechless angrily.

"Since Mr. Qin said that the art of controlling the people is rubbish, why did the emperors of all dynasties use it?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask, "There must be a deeper reason for this." ”

"Because of their selfishness, they want their own country to be passed on for generations. It's right to be selfish and want to pass on your country, but the method they use is wrong. QIN Yudao,

"The art of fooling the people is not the right way to make the dynasty last forever."

"The second is because of the fear in their hearts. After they sat on the Ninety-Five, they were always worried that the people would stand up and rebel against them. The more powerless the emperor is to govern the country, the more he is worried and the more he wants to fool the people. ”

"Third, because of the problem of vision and the limitations of history, they cannot see the mistakes of the foolish people."

"Then why did all the sages of the Spring and Autumn Period, such as Lao Tzu, Confucius, Gongsun Ying, etc., approve of the foolish people?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"Because none of them were born commoners." Qin Yu said, "Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Gongsun Martingale were all nobles at that time. It has nothing to do with the lives of the people living at the bottom. ”

"Okay, even Lao Tzu, Confucius, and Gongsun Martingale dare to collectively slander." Yan Shenggong said coldly, "You are the number one rebel I have ever met. ”

"It's not slander, it's factual." Qin Yu said, "In fact, none of those people in the Spring and Autumn Period are poor. ”

"No one doubts the achievements of Confucius in education and Lao Tzu's achievements in philosophy, and they deserve the title of sage. But their theories of statecraft are up for debate. ”

Of course, it was also expedient for them to add some statecraft to their classics to cater to the feudal aristocracy of the time. Otherwise, it is estimated that their ideas will not be passed on to future generations. ”