Chapter 40 Confucian skin, Legalist bones

"That's right." Qin An said, "It is indeed the Confucian family that dominates. ”

"Isn't that it, since the family is dominant, why is the Legalist family still there?" Fusu asked.

"Because the law is the foundation of the state, the country cannot be ruled without governance, the people cannot be left unestablished, everyone is equal before the law, and the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people." Qin An replied in a deep voice.

"Bold." Li Si, Meng Tian and the others roared in unison.

Qin An was taken aback again.

Damn, what's wrong with you, you're crazy, why do you react so much?

"Presumptuous." Ying Zheng said with a gloomy face, "How can you treat Mr. like this, what should I do if I scare Mr.?" I don't want to apologize to Mr. yet. ”

Li Si and the others came back to their senses and apologized to Qin An in unison again: "Sir, I will apologize to you." ”

Qin An smiled bitterly and said, "No need, it's just that you guys are making too much fuss, I thought I was used to everything in the village, but I still underestimated the backwardness of the village."

Since you have mentioned the way of governing the country, then I will tell you about the difference between Confucianism and Legalism.

Let's talk about Confucianism first, because Confucianism is the most far-reaching thought that has influenced China and has been the most important culture for more than 2,000 years.

The main idea of Confucianism is "benevolence", "benevolence" means "love for others", and it is "great unification" and "great harmony" in political governance.

He advocated that the ruler should "treat the people with virtue and courtesy".

The biggest difference between Confucianism and several other schools of thought is tolerance, and it is precisely because of this tolerance that China has a certain degree of tolerance towards other cultures and ideas in the future.

This is also the fundamental reason why Confucianism was able to become the concept of Chinese governance later. ”

Fusu was stunned for a moment and said, "Sir, is Confucianism tolerant?" Why didn't the gentleman teach me? ”

Everyone knows who the second gentleman in Fusu's mouth refers to.

Qin An smiled and said, "I don't know who taught you Confucianism, but what I'm talking about is a summary of two thousand years.

If Confucianism is not tolerant, how can it tolerate the coexistence of other families, and how can the ruler be willing to let the Confucian family dominate.

Or do you think that apart from Confucianism, there is no need for any other family? ”

Ying Zheng smiled: "Sir, the dog's knowledge is not as good as that of Mr., please don't worry about it." ”

"The village chief is serious, but he doesn't have enough knowledge to teach people indiscriminately, and some people are just misguided." Qin An said.

His words aroused everyone's approval, as long as Fusu didn't think so, he felt that Chun Yuyue could be called a doctor, how could he not be educated.

Qin An continued: "Next, the Fa family. In fact, strictly speaking, the real source of Legalism should have started when he was the king of Shang.

The punishment of cannon burning that he invented was a punishment in the Law.

Legalism is very simple, according to the law, and very realistic, which is the foundation of the country.

It's just that the law in the early stage was very extreme, it can be regarded as torture, just like the law of Great Qin is very cruel, and the real reason why it was called Tyranny Qin by later generations is that Qin's law is too cruel.

The state not only needs the law, but also needs the corresponding supervision and inspection, and the law is amended, otherwise it will be difficult to govern the country as a large country for a long time.

Therefore, after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the Qin law was also abolished.

Legalism is actually the most effective kind of governing thought under the feudal system.

Legalists emphasize two key points in governing the country: one is to reward the good and punish the evil, and never be soft; The second is that the courtiers have skills, and the king needs to have no joy or sorrow.

If you insist on saying it, four words can embody the Legalist ideology: governing the country according to law. ”

"In that case, why let Confucianism dominate?" Fusu was not convinced.

Qin An said: "Didn't I say that Confucianism conformed to the great unification at that time, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone.

However, Confucianism is only the skin, and Legalism is the bone. All dynasties have used Confucian ideas to govern the people, and Legalist laws to rule the country.

A simple thing, killing pays for life, why do you want to kill to pay for your life, why do you want to kill to pay for your life? Under what circumstances does murder not require retribution, and under what circumstances does it not require retribution, but can also be rewarded?

Xiao Su, can you answer this question? And can you make sure that the killer will be paid for his life? ”

Fusu was speechless for a moment, the truth that killing people pays for their lives since ancient times, but when it comes to Qin An's mouth, this killing does not have to pay for life, isn't this a violation of the ancient truth?

Lees said: "Murderers should abandon the city. No matter what he killed for, the court had to arrest people and abandon the city. ”

"Abandoning the market?" Qin An shook his head and said, "Lao Li, you're talking about Qin Law, I told you, Qin Law is too cruel, and Qin Law disappeared after the fall of the Qin Dynasty." ”

Ying Zheng opened his mouth and said: "Sir, you said that Qin Law is too cruel, but if Qin Law is not cruel, and if the people of the Six Kingdoms are afraid of Qin, once they unite to oppose Qin, wouldn't Great Qin be very dangerous?" ”

"Maybe." Qin An said, "But I think the people of the Six Nations don't want to provoke war anymore, as long as they can survive, no one wants to provoke war again."

Even if the remnants of the Six Nations want to provoke a war, but the people have already returned to their hearts, how can they join them? ”

Gongzi raised his head and said: "Mr. is right, as long as you believe in your heart, you are still afraid of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms."

Father, as Mr. said just now, Confucianism is the skin and Legalism is the bone, in fact, let us use Confucianism to govern the people and use the law to govern the people.

However, Daqin's laws were too strict, and there were no officials to inspect and supervise, which made Daqin's laws very chaotic, and it was impossible to know whether they were suitable or not. ”

Qin An bowed his head and said: "The son can be taught." It seems that only Zhao Yun was the first to understand at the scene. Although I know that you have always continued the rules of the Qin Dynasty, why do I say what comes out of your mouth, I always feel that this is the Great Qin now. ”

Ying Zheng and others were shocked.

"Sir, don't be joking." Li Si said, "If this is Daqin, then how did Mr. come here?" ”

"Yes." Qin An smiled, "Xiao Su, it's not feasible to rule by doing nothing. In addition, if you really think Confucianism is good, then you should continue to study Confucianism.

Seriously, Confucianism leads people to be good, so after you learn Confucianism, although it is not very useful, at least you will not become a bad person. ”

Fusu was stunned for a moment and said, "Is Confucianism really useless?" ”

"It can't be said that it can lead people to goodness, if it is ancient, it can educate all people, and Confucianism is still very useful in a certain period of time.

And what I'm going to teach you is pragmatism, knowledge that you often use in life. Externally, the academic qualifications are divided into: primary school, junior high school, technical secondary school/high school, junior college, bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctoral student, and postdoctoral fellow.

And I'm a 211985 doctoral student, and my academic qualifications are quite high, so it should be more than enough to teach you. ”