Chapter 269 Benevolence, Righteousness and Morality Are Not Suitable for the Era of Cannibalism
Chapter 269: Benevolence and morality are not suitable for an era where people cannibalize people.
Just when Cheng Yu was thinking about it, Ying Zheng suddenly said:
"Fusu, have you completed today's homework? Have you learned all the Master's teachings?"
Fusu straightened his body subconsciously and replied, "Back to my father, today's homework has been completed. The master said that he no longer teaches the children anything. The next step is all up to the children to understand by themselves, so my great-grandmother is preparing for
The child seeks other wives."
Ying Zheng nodded and said no more.
To be honest, Fusu also has great talent.
Fusu could basically remember all the scriptures and teachings after listening to them once, but he lacked his own understanding.
That's why the master who taught Fusu said that he had nothing to teach Fusu anymore and that he could not impose his own understanding on Fusu. That was not what a master should do as a professor.
Everyone has their own views and understandings of the sages, and that is what they need to understand from them.
"Okay, why are you so serious?" Shu Li rubbed Fusu's chubby little face, deliberately creating a relaxed atmosphere.
However, Ying Zheng, who was obviously like a child when alone in front of Shu Li, would always maintain a serious look and a straight face once Fusu appeared, and would hardly show any good expressions.
For Ying Zheng: The world is already a time of great strife. His son, who also wants to bring peace to the world, cannot be like a waste, relying on his status as a prince of the royal family to eat and wait to die!
But at the same time, because Shuli didn't mind Fusu's life experience and doted on him, Yingzheng also loved Wuji and Wudi and loved Fusu, but he never showed this emotion.
Shuli ignored Yingzheng and asked Fusu, "Since you said that your current master has nothing to teach you, who else do you plan to find to teach you?"
"I heard that when I returned to my grandma, I heard that my great-grandmother sent people to the state of Qi to find a famous doctor."
Shu Li smiled and rubbed Fusu's head, and said, "We are chatting, so there are so many complicated etiquettes." Then he continued, "Since he is a famous doctor, which family of hundreds of scholars does he come from?"
Fusu thought for a while and replied, "Going back to Grandma, all the teachers my great-grandmother had found before taught me Confucianism, so Fusu guessed that this doctor should also be from Confucianism."
Shuli raised her eyebrows slightly.
This is amazing.
The Qin State established its country based on law and respected the law. The young masters of Qin State were all enlightened by Legalism.
The status of Confucianism in various countries is quite embarrassing, and it is rarely welcomed. Countries that have tried Confucian reforms have either been destroyed or have failed to achieve results.
I don’t know if Fusu’s Enlightenment philosophy was Legalism, but at least according to what Fusu said, the masters the Empress Dowager Huayang had been looking for for Fusu were all Confucianists.
Shu Li turned to look at Ying Zheng and saw that he frowned.
In this era of constant wars and whoever has the strongest force has the right to speak, a person suddenly appears and tells you: It is wrong for you to fight with other countries. You are all ministers of the Emperor Zhou, and you should love the people.
Respect the Emperor Zhou...
This is Confucius' philosophy of governing the country.
This idea of "benevolence" with etiquette as its core sounded a bit meaningless to the ears of the princes. After all, in a turbulent era, there was no environment to implement Confucius's philosophy of governing the country.
In a word, for the princes, Confucius's thoughts of benevolence are a bit out of place!
If we really want to implement Confucius' philosophy of governing the country, it should not be in an era of raging wars, but in a unified world without the threat of conquest from other countries.
Otherwise, it will feel like you are about to be beaten to death, but someone comes and tells you not to fight, not to resist, but to create a harmonious atmosphere.
Uncle Harmony, if he doesn't resist, he will be dead.
"Confucian?" Ying Zheng murmured, with some dissatisfaction in his tone.
As the few vassal states that respected the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, the three kingdoms of Song, Lu and Zhongshan all disappeared in the long river of history.
Among them, the Song Dynasty, which highly valued benevolence and righteousness, did not hesitate to use itself to prove to other countries the inappropriateness of Confucian ideals:
After the death of Duke Huan of Qi, the position of overlord became vacant. Duke Xiang of Song wanted to take his place and launched an alliance. In order to show his benevolence and righteousness, Duke Xiang of Song did not listen to the opinions of the barbarians and did not lead any soldiers.
As a result, Song Xianggong, who was running back and forth to launch the alliance, was "the leader" of the Chu State who was "unbenevolent and righteous". Song Xianggong himself became a prisoner of the Chu State and was ridiculed by various vassal states.
In order to avenge the humiliation of the alliance, Song State attacked Chu State's ally Zheng State. Chu State sent troops to rescue Zheng State. Song State State returned its army to fight against Chu State. The two sides started a battle at Hongshui.
The Song army arrived at Hongshui before the Chu army. When the Chu army crossed the river, Prince Muyi said, "You can attack the Chu army halfway across the river while the Chu army is crossing the river." However, Song Xianggong believed that attacking half way across the river was not what a gentleman would do, so he insisted on waiting for the Chu army.
Fight again after everyone crosses the river.
The Chu army had just crossed the river and had not yet completed their formation. Mu Yi said: "While the Chu army is not yet stable, launch an attack."
Song Xianggong still stopped him in the name of a benevolent and righteous soldier: "Wait until the Chu army formed their formation." After the Chu army formed their formation, Song Xianggong led his army to attack. As a result, the Song army was defeated and Song Xianggong fled.
Another country, Zhongshan, followed the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.
At that time, the King of Zhongshan relied on his victory over Yan and thought that his country was strong and no longer cared about the surrounding situation. The King of Zhongshan was obsessed with Confucianism, Taoism, and Mohism, and regarded Confucianism as the art of governing the country.
The policy of "valuing Confucianism and despising strong men" led to "soldiers being lazy in marching" and "farmers being lazy in the fields". Zhongshan Kingdom soon experienced a situation where "the army was weaker than the enemy and the country was impoverished at home".
Emphasizing literature over martial arts, advocating Confucianism and Taoism, the once powerful Zhongshan Kingdom never had the chance to regain its kingdom after it was overthrown by King Zhao Wuling, and disappeared in the long river of history.
In the troubled times when annexation wars were fierce, Confucianism, Mohism and Taoism were only prescriptions for troubled times to save lives from the misery of a devastated society, and could not serve as a strategy for enriching a country and strengthening its army.
Therefore, if any country really vigorously promotes the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, it will be no different from entering the toilet with a lantern.
The Confucius and Mencius of Confucianism can be regarded as a peaceful national policy in the era of great unification, which is conducive to the submission of the subjects and the rule of the country. However, in the era of war, it is an inappropriate idea.
"We, the Qin Dynasty, admire law, but Confucianism is not in line with the current troubled times." Shu Li tried to smooth things over and said, "Xun Kuang's disciple Li Si studied under Confucianism, but he studied law deeply and entered law from Confucianism."
"In this case, it is not appropriate to let Li Si teach Fu Su." Shu Li looked at Ying Zheng, wanting to know his opinion.
Ying Zheng thought for a moment.
He doesn't like Confucianism's talk of benevolence, righteousness, and morality. In this era of cannibalism, it will only make him the prey of others.
So when he heard Fusu say that he had always studied Confucianism, he felt very angry.
He could not tolerate the dignified young master of Qin who did not study the Dharma but actually studied Confucianism.
Then I heard Shu Li's suggestion and after thinking about it, it was indeed a good idea.
Ying Zheng nodded, then looked at Fusu, "As Chan'er said, let Li Si teach Fusu and ask Fusu to move out of [Huayang Palace]."
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