8 Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism

There are two ways to go with the funds, one is to keep the key army, play a role in the back, and suppress people who have too many ideas, and the other is to use it to brush up on prestige, and the Ministry of Education is in charge of him for a day, no matter what he does, the funds are distributed by him, and he has a share of the credit, or even most of it.

After all, in the world, there is nothing that can be done without money.

Xiao Wen wrote a few more letters to Shen Sanwen, he has gradually gained a firm foothold in the army, and there are some younger brothers around him, although it is not about life and death, but the feelings of the army are very deep, and this little general should have a taste.

In the letter, he said that if he did not complete his studies, he would not go home.

Shen Sanwen only scolded the stinky boy, he was too inconsiderate of his family.

The Turks were still in self-government, and Shen Sanwen had also mentioned to Zhang Yang that the Turks were definitely the most willing to carry out the afforestation plan in the vast territory of the Great Zhou. If they have abundant water and grass, they will be able to support themselves, without having to dig coal, refine it, and then transport it for food.

Attached to the Great Zhou and a part of the Great Zhou, they no longer have to worry about the problem of food and survival, but they are all poor.

There are also some groups of people who have a mood of rebellion, especially the former privileged samurai class, when they ruled silently, as long as they can win the battle for him, they don't have to worry about the problem of food, and the surrounding weak tribes are their leeks, and they can cut them whenever they want.

However, with the barbarian as the leader of this Turkic autonomous prefecture, war and personal force were no longer advocated, and the tribe was governed by people who were popular and peace-loving, and the praisers around the warriors turned to praise the usually kind people, and of course, such praise was also worthy of the current managers. They made it so that every Turkic no longer starved, and the food was really distributed to everyone.

Even if you are not recognized in the village and cannot get food, you can still rely on your own labor to obtain food.

There is no famine, no pressure to survive, everyone is exchanging their efforts for a better life, no longer thirsting for war.

The leaders of this autonomous prefecture are all young people who have been down-and-out but pro-Zhou in the past, and each of them has been appointed by His Majesty the Great Zhou, and in the short term, there will be absolutely no major changes in the Turks.

But in the long run, it still depends on the next generation of the Turks. After all, Zhou and the Turks have been at war for a long time, and it is inevitable that some families and individuals who have old feuds think that this is the oppression and exploitation of the Turks by the Great Zhou. Zhang Yang repeatedly suggested teaching Chinese and Chinese characters in the Turks, but due to the huge cost, it was not recognized by the imperial court.

The interests of the Great Zhou in the Turks are only coal mines, in the hearts of these people, the Turks are capricious people, and the Turks will rebel sooner or later, and the Great Zhou is not yet able to implement universal education, but it is too ridiculous to educate the Turkic people.

Shen Sanwen has no way to do this for the time being, everything needs money, and the expenses of the Ministry of Culture can only be used in the most critical places, so he retreated and took over some of the children of the Turkic nobles, if these people want the Turks to live a good life, they must study hard, and control the Turks with the help of their fathers in the future, otherwise, the Great Zhou and the Turks are at war, and the only ones who suffer are the Turks.

However, since Shen Sanwen forcibly explained the will of heaven in the court, the afforestation plan has been initially implemented very successfully. His Majesty personally wrote a letter, announcing to the whole country, God blesses, get the way to eliminate disasters, forget all the people and I advance and retreat together, go to the demons, and protect the homeland.

On the day of the edict, the sound of the universal hymn reached its peak, which was much more exciting than the useless auspiciousness of heaven, it was the heavens that recognized His Majesty, and they finally had the hope that they could live in peace and less worry.

It is really Heqing Haiyan, and all the people admire it.

In this context, Shen Sanwen proposed true education for all for the second time.

In the past three years, literacy is literacy in the real sense, as the foundation of the Zhou people, knowing some Chinese characters, but now Shen Sanwen proposed five years of compulsory education, and the fate that the whole people must accept is no different from military service. As Zhou people, the state gives them the right to education, and at the same time, they must also be motivated and learn the most basic truths.

A kind of cramming education, so that they really understand some big truths, even if they are taught by social and family realities later, at least, they have had a moment when justice and the glory of the motherland are the first priority, and in the future, even if they do something wrong, they will not blame the country, society, and family. Someone once forced you to learn the truth, and if you don't listen, you can only blame yourself.

Morning.

It is still Shen Sanwen's own strength to fight against almost the entire imperial court. With the exception of a few scheming people who have reservations, most are against it.

Wu Zetian didn't approve of this either.

Shen Sanwen only opened his mouth to mention, "Please allow Your Majesty to allow education to also become a kind of civil service, and the whole people must receive five years of education", which was stopped by the emperor.

Wu Zetian: "Heir, what do you think?" ”

Wu Chengsi is really innocent and suffered, now the Ministry of Culture is no longer a petty official position, coveted by everyone, Wu Yanxiu is on an errand under Shen Sanwen, he doesn't want to offend, but Your Majesty He can't afford to offend, just looking at the favored Horse Master was interrupted by a word, you know Your Majesty's attitude.

He had to bite the bullet and make it difficult for Shen San, "Confucianism thinks that the people can make it, but they can't know it." Taoism has clouds, inaction and governance, and the people are self-transformed, chickens and dogs smell old and die do not interact with each other, the Buddha said, all living beings are suffering, let go is free. Master Horse, why bother with this. ”

Wu Zetian snorted coldly, although she was not very satisfied with the level of opposition that he didn't even put forward his own opinions, but the three schools of Confucianism and Taoism did not support Kai Minzhi, she wanted to ask Shen San what else was reasonable. Confucianism and Taoism are the world's manifest learning, and the scholars choose one to follow, so what is he going to do with the scholars all over the world?

Shen Sanwen was happy to hear this, fortunately, Wu Chengsi has no culture, and people often know these three allusions but don't know why, and they misunderstand the meaning of the sages, so he just explained one or two.

"Confucius has clouds, flourishes in poetry, stands in reason, and becomes in music, and the people can, so that they can be made, and they can't, so that they can know. Poetry, etiquette, and music are the basis for educating all people, making them have a sense of social responsibility, and know the truth, so we must attach importance to it, and only when they master these three things can they exercise their power freely and freely, without harming others, the country, and society. If the people still can't grasp the etiquette of poetry and books and the truth contained in them, let them know and let them understand.

Could it be that Wu Shangshu thought that Confucius had no class, 3,000 disciples, and 72 sages, and was the saint of eternity, that is, an ignorant person who regarded all the people as fools. If he really advocated the policy of fooling the people, why did he set a precedent for private teaching, and recruit disciples, regardless of whether they were high or low, and only accept the descendants of those princes and generals as disciples? ”

Wu Chengsi: "."

Anyway, the person who wrote the book, he can't say it. I don't want to say that there are Confucius's disciples to deal with him, and most of the scholars in this court are scholars from the imperial examination, and he is silent.

"Master Horse is so eloquent, it really makes no sense to misinterpret the words of the saint like this."

Shen San asked, "What does that saint mean?" ”

"Throughout his life, the Confucian saints advocated self-denial and revenge, the establishment of a ceremonial society, the so-called Tao is based on government, all are punished, and the people are free and shameless; The way is virtuous, all are courteous, shameful and qualified. This sentence should be, the people can make it, but they can't, so that they know it. If the people are susceptible to instigation, then they must not be left to freedom, they must be guided.

Nowadays, the government leadership and governance are sufficient, and there is no need to force the study of literature.

Learning Chinese characters is already costly, and if learning Chinese is not a financial burden for the Great Zhou, it will make it difficult for the people to survive. In addition, five years is too short to be effective, and if you don't know it, you don't know it, you don't know some truths, and you don't have the ability to think independently and the corresponding cultivation, so it's easiest to be instigated, which is really not a blessing for the country. ”

Shen Sanwen has to agree, it is indeed very reasonable, if you know the truth but it is not comprehensive, and you have learned etiquette but only impose it on others, then this is a keyboard warrior who is alive and easy, this friend has a quick mind and a good way of thinking, but there is only some truth.

Education is only the initial enlightenment of the people's wisdom, so that the people can have a more colorful life, even if they can't experience it personally, they can also understand different lives, from then on, whether to choose mediocrity, or to make achievements, that is not the country's business.

Therefore, the pedagogical literature he advocated is for those who are tenacious and able to break through many obstacles and temptations, rather than those who are incompletely polite but show off their literary talents and cause trouble.

He is willing to provide this opportunity to the people of the world.

Shen Sanwen retorted, "There is some truth in your sentence break, but what we are discussing is not the problem of sentence breaking.

How do you understand this sentence, the gentleman is so different from others, with his heart also. A gentleman is benevolent and courteous. The benevolent love others, and the courteous respect others. Those who love others will always love them; Those who respect others will always respect them.

In order to recruit a wide range of disciples and propagate benevolent government, Confucius traveled around the world, but he stagnated because the kings of the countries were sluggish, but he did not teach because the other 2,928 disciples were not virtuous enough, that is to say, Confucius's benevolence was divided into smart and stupid, cultivated and uncultivated? ”

"Sage Confucius is a saint, and he can naturally do what others can't, but governing the country can't ignore these."

Shen San asked: "In other words, Confucius's policy of governing the country is wrong, and you are right." ”

“.” (That makes sense, I'm speechless.) )

Shen Sanwen continued to pursue the victory, "Now Your Majesty has opened the country of the Great Zhou, reminisced about the sages, put all the people first, worked diligently and loved the people, and was overjoyed by the disaster relief strategy, except for the Turkic disaster, he still applied benevolent government, not because of the palace, auspiciousness, gorgeous clothes, and beautiful decorations, but only focused on all the people in the world, comparable to the Confucian saint."

All the people in the world are His Majesty's people, and educating all the people is where the sacred heart lies, if you can't teach and cultivate the cultivation of all the people, Your Majesty blames yourself more than anyone else.

One is disloyal to the king, the other is rude to the sages, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and wisdom, and the way of kings and ministers, I don't know how you learn. ”

The court was suddenly silent, and was scorched by his words, and his opposition to education for all was actually a disloyal and unrighteous person, and there was no way to refute it. Are you saying that Sage Confucius did not mean to educate all the people to teach without class, or is Sage Confucius wrong? Out of this court, these colleagues can be ashamed to be with you.

As for saying that His Majesty is not willing to educate the people, even if he knows it in his heart, His Majesty is distressed about money, and the treasury funds are limited, and no one dares to say it, can you say this?

Not afraid of waiting for the tiger's head?

As for His Majesty the Emperor on the high seat, it was difficult to say anything at this time, Shen San asked him to bring a high hat, saying that she was a holy monarch, did she still have to refute herself, no, I am not?

It is naturally useful to educate the people, at least there are more sensible people, and it is convenient to do things, but where does the money come from?

It is too difficult for a farmer to train a scholar with at least three generations of savings, and there must be no natural disasters, no corrupt officials, and no roommates. Wu Zetian suddenly felt that her previous ambition to let the people of the world eat well, a little small, let the people of the world read, what kind of ambition is this? It's almost time to catch up with Master Xuanzang's sentence "Hell is not empty, and you can't become a Buddha".

Thinking of this, Wu Zetian suddenly wanted to give it a try. In his lifetime, if he can make all the people literate and read, this is the eternal great cause that surpasses the martial arts of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the cultural rule of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty!

Shen Sanwen looked at the stunned emperor on the stage, thinking that what he said was not satisfactory enough, so he added, "Your Majesty is able to eat for all the people in the world, and to be able to reduce talents without sticking to one pattern, and review and review the folds for a few days and nights, and observe the people's feelings in various places." In order to let all the people in the world study, even if they cut down on food and clothing, they don't care.

With such a holy monarch, how can we not work hard to educate all the people, so that the common people can bathe in the holy light of His Majesty. ”

The ministers are embarrassed to be silent anymore, this is really beautiful, they also cheered.

So the hall knelt down again, "Your Majesty Shengming, the eternal Mingjun, the ministers and others bow down." ”

Wu Zetian stopped his previous thoughts, hey, this is too difficult, I'm afraid I can't cut down on food and clothing, I'm afraid the salary is not enough, "Flat." ”

His Majesty the Emperor really wanted to walk in Shen San and asked, roaring next to his ear, where did the money come from!!

So, Wu Zetian also added, "You all Aiqing have the heart to help the world and save the people, and you should do your best for this." ”

What mental effort? Everyone's hearts sank, and His Majesty cut back on food and clothing, so what about them? Do you have to take the initiative to give up wages or something, benefits or something.

Why is it so sad?

That's not a good thing.

So, someone said, "The minister thinks that the horse's words are debatable, although His Majesty has the heart of loving the people like a son, but not all the principles of Confucianism are more suitable for governing the country." Advocating etiquette too much is not necessarily beneficial to the country, such as the Great Zhou and Tubo, Princess Wencheng entered Tubo, and Tubo was able to learn to weave, plant, and cast, but they aimed the sharpest sword at the Great Zhou.

Besides, between the previous Turks, the Great Zhou treated him with kindness, helping him to repay the blood feud of the clan, retreating from strong enemies, and repaying him for political turmoil.

This is all irrefutable evidence.

Lao Tzu said, do nothing to rule, go with the flow, everyone lives in abundance, peace, tranquility and satisfaction, and can enjoy themselves without intercourse, which is the study of governing the world.

If you study literature, it is inevitable that there will be various differences. For example, there are three different ways to break sentences: Wu Shangshu, Shen Juma, and Zhang Daren, which is disagreement, and if there is a disagreement, this state of tranquility and satisfaction will be broken, and the people's interaction will no longer be happy, but painful. ”

Shen San was surprised, this opponent is a bit high.

(End of chapter)