Chapter 216 Hundreds of schools of thought

Although Wang Pu does not agree with Gongsun Yang's system of "strong country and weak people" and "heavy punishment and light reward", this theory of strong country is still feasible.

It's just that this theory is too cruel to the common people. It believes that the only way to suppress the common people is to use laws and force them to join the army, but is stingy with rewards. Basically, it pits the lower class people against the country.

He believes that the strength of the country and the strength of the people are antagonistic. Only when the people obey the law and are simple and loyal, the people will not combine into a powerful force to fight against the country and the monarch. Only in this way will the country be easy to govern and the status of the monarch will be firm.

This kind of thinking is completely contrary to the Huai Kingdom's governing philosophy. From Zijue onwards, the Huai Kingdom did not regard the people as antagonists, but believed that the cornerstone of the country is the people, and the cornerstone of the monarch is the people. The monarch wants to control the power of the country

In order not to be ignored by the nobles, we must ensure that the lives of the people are not squeezed by the nobles and powerful officials. We can ensure the country's money, food and army through taxation and military service.

Therefore, the Huai State would not use the art of domineering. After all, the strategy of using the art of domineering to strengthen the country had long been preserved in the Huai State's treasure room.

Although the Qin Code was born out of the Huai Code, it was completely different from the Huai Code. The Qin Code followed heavy punishments, including the reintroduction of corporal punishment that had long been abolished by the Huai Kingdom.

Among them, beheading, castration, torture, tattooing, etc., these punishments were too cruel, so they were changed to imprisonment, and in serious cases, to death penalty.

After compilation, Wang Pu specially ordered people to compile the Qin's reform techniques and the Huai's reform techniques together, so that people can more accurately understand the cruelty of Qin's laws.

Compared with the compilation of hundreds of schools of thought, the compilation of the Huaiguo calendar was more cumbersome. After collecting a large amount of data, and after several years of personal cultivation and comparison by farm scholars, a relatively accurate calendar was finally calculated.

After calculating the accurate calendar, the first Taishi ordered Wang Gao to present the newly compiled calendar to Huaigong.

Wang Pu was very happy to see the newly compiled calendar, and immediately issued an order that from today onwards all the Huai Kingdom would use the new calendar, and use next year as the first year of the new calendar.

At the same time, Wang Pu also sent several official missions from the Huai Kingdom to travel to various countries with the new calendar and inform them of the new calendar.

No matter how unhappy these vassal states are, they can only hold their noses and recognize the new calendar of Huai State. What should they do if they don't recognize it? Don't use the new calendar? Or fight with Huai State?

Matters related to farming were a major event in any country in the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, after confirming the accuracy of the New Calendar, these countries also began to implement the New Calendar.

The development of Huaiguo's siege equipment made other countries in Bangzhou secretly frightened, and they began to study various equipment. However, the vast majority of Mohist disciples were in Huaiguo, and there were very few in other countries. At this time, Gongshu appeared.

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Compared with the Mohists who like to make defensive equipment, the Gongshu family is more proficient in the production of various equipment. The Gongshu family came out of the Lu State, but the Lu State that could compete with the Qi State was already too weak to realize Gongshu's ambitions, so the Gongshu family

Disciples began to appear in various countries.

Similarly, after Huai State learned about the Gongshu family, they also invited people over. Wang Pu also welcomed the arrival of the Gongshu family. The Gongshu family was somewhat similar to the Mohist family. They were also proficient in making various instruments, but the Gongshu family was not as good as the Mohist family.

A concept of love and non-aggression.

They regarded themselves more as craftsmen and relied on their skills to obtain high positions in various countries. Wang Pu agreed with this situation. Gongshu was proficient in various instruments. Wang Pu appointed him as the master craftsman supervisor. At the same time,

The Jiang Gongshu clan was also included among the hundreds of schools of thought.

The Mohists strongly disagree with Gongshu. The Mohist school has a very bad relationship with the Confucian school. At the same time, it is on the same level as the Yang Zhu school. The Confucian school is copying, no, it is absorbing the ideas of other schools, and the relationship with the Mohist school has gradually improved.

But the Gongshu and Yang Zhu schools are still like this.

The Gongshu clan didn't care about the Mohist theory. The Mohists believed that the Gongshu clan was encouraging countries to conquer each other by making engineering tools. However, the Gongshu clan didn't care. They just thought that they were making tools, and the use of the tools had nothing to do with them.

As for the Yang Zhu School, this school was born out of Taoism, but even many Taoist scholars did not agree with this school.

Even Wang Pu thought it was fallacy after seeing the thoughts and doctrines of this school.

The Yang Zhu School was born out of Taoism and advocates discussing life and death, respecting oneself, rebirth, and preserving the integrity of one's nature.

According to what Yang Zhu said, everyone is called on to cherish their own lives and protect their own interests, and not to lose their own interests to help others. This approach is a disaster for ordinary people.

The life of small people is difficult. Many people don't even have cattle for farming and need to rent them. If everyone values ​​themselves and doesn't help others, these small people will probably starve to death. Human beings are accustomed to group leaders because they rely on their own

It is difficult to survive in the wilderness with strength.

As for the other things, they are not that important in Wang Pu's opinion. Just like what he said about life and death, Yang Zhu's school believes that no matter noble, poor or humble, all will be reduced to rotten bones after death. Yao, Shun and Jie Zhou are no different.

Wang Pu laughed when he saw this. It's no different. That's because you have never met King Wen. The Duke of Huai is completely different from others. After the death of the Duke, he returned to the cave. When meeting King Wen, would he be like a rotten bone and a rotten tree?

As for valuing oneself even to the point of plucking a hair to benefit the world, don't give it back. Knowing that the world is dedicated to one body, don't take it away. No one will lose a hair, no one will harm the world, and the world will be governed.

If we really follow what he said and everyone in the world values ​​themselves, then the whole world will be in chaos and even the country will no longer exist.

But can this situation really be realized? Wang Pu feels that as long as people still have selfish motives and desires, it is basically impossible to realize it.

Wang Pu could also forcibly explain the Mohist philosophy of universal love and non-aggression to make the Mohists serve the Huai State. However, in Wang Pu's view, Yang Zhu's theory had no need to be reformed and was of no use to the Huai State. But Yang Zhu

Yang Zhu's theory also attracted many people, so Wang Pu ordered people to spread Yang Zhu's theory to other vassal states in Bangzhou.

This extremely self-interested doctrine is of no use to the country. It will only create a group of selfish people. If a group of such people can appear among the nobles and officials of the states, I believe it will be much easier to defeat and annex this vassal state.

Significantly reduced.

In the academy, more and more schools of thought appeared, and the various debates were eye-opening. The debates between the various schools of thought were amazing. The debates of various schools also continued to provide a lot of momentum for the Huai Kingdom.

Luck, the luck provided by Huaiguo Academy is now close to half of the luck provided by Huaiguo.
Chapter completed!