Chapter 730: The Controversy of Etiquette and Justice
Liang Chuan asked, "How did Meng Liangchen tell you about the harmony of the world?"
Sima Guang quickly responded: "The way of the great way is that the world is the public, chooses wise and capable, and is faithful and harmonious. Therefore, the friends do not only love their relatives, not only their sons, but also their sons, so that the elderly can have a place to live, the strong can have a place to use, the young can have a place to grow, the widows, widows, widows, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, orphans, or sick can have a place to support them. Men have a place to share, women have a place to return, and goods are hateful to abandon them on the ground, and they do not have to hide themselves. They hate their strength and do not come out of their body, so they do not have to do it. Therefore, they plan to keep them away but do not do it, so they do not keep them away from home, which is called great harmony."
Liang Chuan smiled and said, "This is what I said in the book. This is definitely not what I said to Meng Liangchen."
Meng Liangchen smiled bitterly. Liang Chuan said that the world was in harmony and that there was no official family at that time. Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, who had the mother of the world was a turn, and there was no turn for the time being. So he just thought that the social state that Liang Chuan said was illusory. By chance, he mentioned to Sima Guang that this old-fashioned young man was even more unlikely to accept the existence of such a society. The king and the country were deeply rooted in his thoughts. How could it be so ruthless?
"What Meng Liangchen said is even more unreasonable. Since ancient times, the ruler and his ministers have been orderly and ethical in their old age. Where did everyone get equal? Wouldn't that betrayal and corrupt the hen's stewardship?"
Liang Chuan said righteously: "Can't hens be able to be a Chen? I think the Creator has no such regulations, right? A fair and reasonable society focuses on a person's value rather than his background. If his background determines his fate, the peasant's children can only farm, the butcher's son can only slaughter sheep, the smuggler's son can only peel silk, and the woman can only take care of her husband and children. This is the biggest unreasonable and unfair, right?"
Liang Chuan was most afraid of debate. If a policeman could not even argue with the parties involved, then the work would not be carried out. The debate with Sima Guang was even more stressful. There were too many inhumanities and unreasonable aspects of the feudal system. Historians and history teachers were both clichés. If Sima Guang won the debate, he would really die.
Liang Chuan's words are so sharp. It will take nearly eight hundred years for this idea of being born equal to be truly and systematically proposed. The scholars and officials are arrogant. They only think about how to consolidate the existing political ecology and not collapse. The people at the bottom rely on a book to change their destiny.
If the hens cannot Si Chen, their fate will be the same as the poor families in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. They can only stand outside the gate of power, stretch their necks and watch inside, but they will not be able to step in for the rest of their lives!
Meng Liangchen had adapted to Liang Chuan's shocking words and smiled slightly without saying anything. Zhao Yunrang fell into deep thought and savored Liang Chuan's words carefully. Although the words that could be seen were straightforward, the truth was intriguing, as if this was the truth!
Sima Guang couldn't find a reason to refute for a moment. Liang Chuan said casually, as if these words had been brewing in his heart for a long time, so anxious that he was sweating. Then he quoted the example of the previous dynasty and said: "Wu Zhou usurped the Tang Dynasty, is it reasonable and fair in your eyes?"
Liang Chuan shook his head: "You still only see that she is a woman. Does it feel so uncomfortable for you to steal the position of a man? Let me tell you that the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was still rising during the Wuzhou period, and the social, economic and cultural development were greatly developed. Although she valued cruel officials, she also used people in an extraordinary manner. A large number of capable ministers and wise men were also able to use them. The lives of the people have developed better under her rule. The prosperity of the people was inherited from the Zhenguan rule. In my opinion, at least there was no Anshi Rebellion in her hands!"
Sima Guang argued: "You are making a fuss. If everyone can cure the world, what do you mean is that anyone can seize the position of the great treasure?"
Liang Chuan said the opposite: "I don't know if anyone can take over me. Mr. Sima, where did Sima Yi talk about the fairness and rationality of the Cao family? What they did was to follow God's will?"
The two of them had a more and more intense argument. The atmosphere of some playfulness disappeared. Sima Guang's face turned pale, and Zhao Meng and the others did not dare to comment randomly.
Sima's prostitution of Cao was an important turning point in the replacement of Chinese dynasties. Before this, even if the cruel dynasty was like the Qin Dynasty, the previous emperor would not be sentenced to the death after the fall, and would be worshipped comfortably to show the benevolence of the new dynasty. However, the Sima family broke this convention and they destroyed the Cao family on the street, which undoubtedly gave an example to the people of the world. In the future, no matter who had a knife in his hand, he could replace it, and there was no need to talk about any monarch and ministers and no one had to talk about any benevolence! Since the Jin Dynasty, after the destruction of the dynasty, the last emperor was basically dead, and no one would provide the delicious food and drink of the late emperor!
Sima family has another special identity. Sima Guang's distant ancestor was Sima Yi's younger brother. When Sima usurped Cao Cao, he left a harsh remark forever. Everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart, and it is recognized that their position is incorrect. Sima Guang is the most concerned person. How can he comment on his ancestors being traitors? How could he have such an unfilial and unrighteous act? Isn't it just picking up a slap in the face?
The two were quietly looking forward to Sima Guang's answer, but they didn't expect that the stubborn scholar would sigh and say, "Sima family riots, so later, Niu Shengma, the Jin Dynasty was even more in a state of turmoil."
Although Sima Guang knew that Liang Chuan's intention to bring him to this topic was to use his spear to attack his shield, in his opinion, the national justice is incomparable to the honor and disgrace of a small family. He was not disrespectful to his ancestors, but he showed his attitude from the standpoint of the country! This is the loyalty and this is the righteousness! If he was asked to do it again, he would definitely imitate the distant ancestor Sima Fu without hesitation and regard himself as a Wei minister for life!
The eyes of several people looking at Sima Guang were extremely complicated, and Liang Chuan was even more amused and laughed. He finally understood why this child who could lift a stone to save people was obviously better at adapting to the situation than his peers at a age, but later he was called Master Zhu and even more stubborn.
It’s not that he is stubborn, but that he is very clear about his purpose...
When Sima Guang and Wang Anshi were fighting, Sima Guang disagreed with Wang Anshi's political views and chose to withdraw from the court for fifteen years to study history. This seemed to be a very noble thing on the surface, but was criticized by historians.
As a minister, why don’t you argue with the court when you see human disasters and chaos, but instead protect yourself? Is this for the country or for your own reputation? It is clearly a thief who walks dry roads without water? Wait until Wang Anshi messes up the country and shows his awesomeness. Where did you go at the beginning? Where did the country need you?
The two debates can end here, and Zhao Meng and the others also realized that Sima Guang is a very smart person, and stubbornness is just his appearance. This person will crush everything from the height of morality and righteousness. It is also obvious that whoever makes sense of the two makes sense. Liang Chuan's advantages are clearly visible in his mouth. Sima Guang is just struggling hard.
Liang Chuan was originally preparing to get up and bow to Zhao Yunrang with the medicine and fish dishes, but suddenly thought of something and sat back. He asked suddenly: "Sima Guang, I ask you, if one day after Song Xia started war again, our Song Dynasty won countless lands from the Dangxiang people, but still could not eliminate the Dangxiang people, what would you do?"
Liang Chuan naturally asked such a strange question for no reason.
Sima Guang had three labels in his life. The first one was naturally smashing the jar, the second one was stubborn, and the third one was a very stupid and speechless naive approach, which made people unable to understand. As a veteran political veteran, why was he still so stupid? That was to return the occupied Hetao area to the Dangxiang people in the subsequent battle of Song and Xia!
This is a political stain that Sima Guang could not get around no matter what!
Sima Guang didn't understand what Liang Chuan wanted to ask him, but he thought for a while and said: "Dangxiang people lived in Hehuang for many years, with few grains and many beasts. They fought with the regimes of various races for hundreds of years. Dangxiang finally formed the trend of 'everyone's riding and shooting, enjoying fighting, and enduring hunger and thirst, and their eyes were flying arrows and stones, and their swords were dying and dying, and they were talking and laughing. Since the Tang Dynasty, they have been like a stubborn stone. Everyone wants to step on it, but no one can eliminate it."
Sima Guang loved history books and always quoted classics and talked about every debate, as if the ancients were talking about irrefutable truths.
Sima Guang paused and said, "Hundreds of years of conquest have proved that swords and swords cannot make them surrender. In my opinion, they can only be conquered. Ethics and rituals must be influenced by our celestial power. We can return the land we occupied to them, Xixia to demonstrate the style of our great power! Zhao Tuo once called himself Emperor Wu of Nanyue, stubborn Lingnan, Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, pardoned his great sins, sent a messenger to him, Tuo bowed his head to ask for submission, and became a minister for many lifetimes! Wu Hou captured Meng Huo seven times, and finally surrendered the Barbarian King. The military force could only end up in defeat, and only force could make them surrender sincerely!"
"The lands invaded by the Western thieves are all lonely and out of the way, and they are difficult to support. The fields are not fat and good, and they cannot be cultivated. The land is not dangerous and not enough to defend. China gets it, and only garrisons and horses, and spends straw and grain. It is a burden to garrison for a long time, and there is no realization of expanding the land and opening the territory. This is well known to everyone." This passage is translated roughly, it means that these broken places cannot be used for farming, and it is not convenient to defend. Arranging troops to guard these places is a waste of food. Sima Guang's logic is even more ridiculous. Since ancient times, there has been only territories that cannot be defended, so how can there be useless territory? Even if a land that cannot be grown in a place can be used as a strategic buffer zone in the rear. However, Sima Guang believed that although the Song Dynasty won it, it would be a great harm to the enemy's losses."
"Instead of making the other party think about snatching back these places, we should take the initiative to return these broken places to them. In this way, the Westerners were suddenly moved by Deyin, and out of accidents, even though animals, wood and stone, they would be moved. Besides, humans would not be encouraged to dance and surrender to generations."
Chapter completed!