Chapter 478 On Confucianism

Wang Anshi and Wang Yu glanced at each other, then stood up and bowed solemnly again, "If the tragedy of Song Dynasty's fall into the hands of barbarians can be saved, my father and son are willing to do so, even if they are like Lord Shang and Wu Qi."

Shen Long couldn't help but shook his head, "It would be too simple to accomplish such a major event by paying only a few lives?" Dead in vain.

"Dare to ask me, what else do I need to do?" Wang Anshi also had this awareness. He knew that it would not be an easy task to succeed in the reform and make the Song Dynasty prosperous and powerful. What he said just now was just to show his attitude. .

"May I ask Jiefu how he views Confucianism?" Shen Long didn't answer directly, but asked Wang Anshi and his son a question that seemed to have nothing to do with this matter at first glance.

Wang Anshi was stunned for a while. He pondered Shen Long's intentions and felt that he might be studying his own research on Confucianism, so he solemnly replied, "A certain person has studied classics and history since childhood, from various schools of thought to the "Nanjing" ", "Plain Questions", "Materia Medica", and other novels, read everything; farm workers and female workers ask everything."

"Then I don't doubt that the scriptures are not ignorant of its generality, because the scholars of the later generations are different from those of the previous kings, so it's not enough to be a sage... He knows it and then he is alone, so he can learn from it, so different learning can't be confused. , but it cannot be chaotic, so there is something to be gained, so I understand my way... The art of a sage is to cultivate one's body and govern the world and the country. It lies in safety and chaos, not in finding chapters and carving sentences." Wang Yu kept nodding beside him.

This paragraph first stated that the scope of my research is very broad. Not only Confucianism classics, various schools of thought, but also medical skills, Buddhism, Taoism, and novels have been carefully studied. After the research, I came to the conclusion that Confucianism must be orthodox, and other academic schools are only It can exist as a confirmation of the orthodox status of Confucianism.

Buddha and Lao are only close to saints but not real saints. There is only one correct way in the world, and that is the way of the sage kings inherited from the three generations, civil and military, Duke Zhou, and Confucius and Mencius.

This passage is not too difficult. Shen Long has been in the Song Dynasty for so long, and he can understand Wang Anshi's meaning, so he nodded and praised, "Jiefu is a true Confucian student and a true scholar."

Shen Long does not necessarily agree with all Wang Anshi's ideas, but he still admires the belief of taking the world as his own responsibility. "It has been down for thousands of years, and there is indeed no theory more suitable for the Central Plains than Confucianism."

Even though Confucianism has many problems, it has to be admitted that this kind of theory naturally meets the needs of farming civilization, but the world will not stand still, and Confucianism also has many problems that are difficult to overcome, so it is inevitable that it will eventually decline. In Shen Long's era, it was nothing more than studying Confucianism as a theory, or reading some classics to improve self-recuperation. It was purely dreamy to revive Confucianism.

"I don't know if Jiefu has thought about it? Why since the Han and Tang Dynasties,

Confucianism has been the foundation of all dynasties, but why did they all decline in the end? " Shen Long asked again.

"This is due to the lack of morality and government, and the fact that traitors and sycophants are in the way. The Han Dynasty had the disaster of the party, and the Tang Dynasty had the chaos of feudal towns and the struggle between Niu and Li, so it went from prosperity to decline." Wang Anshi didn't even want to answer. This is also the inherent thinking of Confucianism.

Shen Long was not satisfied with this answer. He shook his head and said, "These are just superficial. The three hundred years of chaos and reincarnation are rooted in land annexation." Just as the economic crisis is an insurmountable disease of capitalism, land annexation A terminal illness that could never be cured in a feudal society.

"Whether it is the Han and Tang Dynasties or the Song Dynasty, in the final analysis, it can be said that the emperor and the class that controlled the land ruled the world together. In the Han Dynasty, it was the Liu family and the powerful family that ruled the world; in the Tang Dynasty, it was the Li family and the Guanlong military. Nobles, aristocratic families, and poor scholars ruled the world together; in the Song Dynasty, as Wen Yanbo said, the Zhao family of Tianshui and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together."

"Officials and scholars on behalf of the emperor Mu Wanmin, Jiefu, can you say that?" Shen Long asked after finishing speaking.

"The theory of land annexation is still questionable, but the theory of co-governing the world is indeed the case." Wang Anshi thought for a while and replied, is there any problem with this? Isn't this the case in all dynasties since the millennium?

"These two issues are actually the same issue. Throughout the dynasties, the people who control the land are nothing more than nobles, monks, and scholars." Needless to say, nobles and scholars, as for monks and Taoists, there are many lands under the name of Daxiangguo Temple. There are those rewarded by the royal family, some worshiped by believers, and some purchased and merged by themselves.

"At the same time, they also help the emperor to guard the people. According to Jiefu's idea, these people should go up to the emperor and care for the people. They should do their best in the government and care for the people in the local area. In this way, the world will naturally be peaceful."

"Indeed." Wang Anshi nodded in agreement.

"But everyone has selfish intentions, no matter whether they are landlords or nobles, no one wants to own more land and pay less tax, and they also have the ability to annex more land and push taxes and labor to other people. ;In the early days of the dynasty, due to the war, the population decreased, and a large area of ​​land was left uncultivated. As long as the ordinary people were not as troubled as Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, ordinary people could survive, and the country would naturally be peaceful; Not only are the people unable to survive, but it is also becoming increasingly difficult for the court to collect taxes." This is recognized by everyone in later generations.

"That's why I want to change the law so that the people will suffer less." Wang Anshi interjected.

"I don't know if Jiefu has ever heard a saying that stealing money from someone is like killing one's parents. Jiefu's new method is not one's money, so how could they agree?" Shen Long sneered, "Isn't this seeking skin from a tiger? Fortunately, I was born in the Song Dynasty, if I were to come to the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that it would be an extravagant hope to get out of the body."

Wasn't Zhang Juzheng's house ransacked after his death? How easy is it to offend the entire ruling class?

"But if all kinds of bad policies are allowed to continue, they won't be able to fall when foreign races occupy the Central Plains, okay?" Wang Anshi asked rhetorically.

"They have even more experience in this area. No matter how much the dynasty changes, governing the world still depends on scholars. At worst, another emperor bows down. Even Yan Shenggong's family does this, let alone ordinary scholars? They are not afraid of changing dynasties. Some people even see it as an opportunity." It's just that the scholars in Song Dynasty didn't expect Meng Yuan to be so cruel.

"Hey, in the final analysis, Confucianism is good at dividing cakes, but they don't know how to make cakes, and when they divide cakes, they often give themselves more. When there are more cakes, they haven't killed them, but when the cakes are gone, the world Peace can't be maintained any longer." Shen Long said with a sigh.