Base your own prosperity on the hundreds of schools of thought?
Is this idea novel?
No.
To sum up this idea in one word, it's a dead end.
In the beginning, Emperor Wu of Han took great pains to promote Confucianism, which, in a positive sense, consolidated Qin's strategy of unification, and was achieved at the cost of the blood of countless people.
By the Song Dynasty, Confucianism was even more deeply rooted. It is no exaggeration to say that Confucian blood flows in every baby from the moment they are born.
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As long as the emperor has an intact head, he will not do this.
This bold idea made Zhao Xu unsure whether Zhang Fei meant it or not. He asked, "Gather the strengths of all schools of thought? You mean, let me abolish Confucianism and welcome back all schools of thought."
Zhang Fei hurriedly said, "That is not my intention, and I cannot do that. The Confucian virtues of benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety are all reasonable and concise. Why should we change them?"
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Zhao Xu asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Fei said, "In my opinion, the Hundred Schools of Thought were fighting for the Way. In a small sense, it was the Way of Governance, and in a big sense, it was the Way of Governing the World. If we welcome back the Hundred Schools of Thought, the Central Plains will inevitably become divided again. Regardless of whether it succeeds in the end, the cost will be unimaginable. Your Majesty must not have this idea."
Zhao Xu nodded slightly, and his expression eased a lot.
Just as Zhang Fei himself said, the price of abolishing Confucianism might be the destruction of the country and the family, or it might be divided into pieces. You must know that the Song Dynasty was established in a divided world. It was a very cruel era. Not to mention the common people, even the old Zhao family cherished this hard-earned peace very much.
"So what do you mean by the strengths of all schools of thought?" Zhao Xu asked again.
"Spell."
Zhang Fei said: "To put it more bluntly, it is a means of solving problems. For example, when Wang Daxueshi carried out reforms, he did not follow Confucianism, but used tactics. When financial difficulties arose, benevolence and righteousness could not solve the problem, so he could only use financial management.
When there are cases of murder for money and corruption, these cannot be solved by benevolence and righteousness, so laws are needed.
When people are sick, benevolence and righteousness cannot solve the problem, and they can only rely on medicine.
Our Song Dynasty is surrounded by powerful enemies and is short of war horses. This cannot be solved by benevolence and righteousness, so we must develop weapons to fight against the enemy's cavalry.
Although these are not something that can be solved by benevolence and righteousness, without benevolence and righteousness, none of this will happen.
When the finances are in trouble, just rob the people. If someone gets sick and dies, it's none of my business. When there are powerful enemies all around, just let them rob and plunder the people on the border, as long as they don't attack Bianjing.
Simply put, this art has its specializations, and there is nothing wrong with benevolence and righteousness, but the mistake is that one does not distinguish between Taoism and art, and regards benevolence and righteousness as a panacea that can cure all diseases. "
Zhao Xu nodded repeatedly and said, "Your idea coincides with that of Master Wang!"
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded.
He did not deny that Wang Anshi did have ideas that transcended his time in many aspects.
Zhao Xu smiled again and said, "But you are better at speaking than Scholar Wang!"
Obviously, Zhang Fei's words were meant to impress Zhao Xu further and make him more determined to carry out educational reform.
Combining art and Taoism, and at the same time promoting art to build a powerful empire, this is indeed a path that no emperor has ever taken before.
Zhang Fei clearly gave Zhao Xu macro-strategic adjustments.
This strategy is obviously at a higher level than Wang Anshi's reform.
Zhao Xu added, "And you know how to use the technique better than Scholar Wang."
Zhang Fei had just informed Zhao Xu of his plan. If Wang Anshi were to promote educational reform, he would definitely come directly. The resistance that would be caused can be imagined.
However, Zhang Fei infiltrated by using the charity fund, and he was able to play both sides and trick both Sima Guang and Wang Anshi into doing so. This did not cause too much resistance. This is also a trick!
Zhang Fei felt a little embarrassed by the compliment and smiled modestly, "Your Majesty, you are too kind. In fact, if it weren't for Grand Secretary Wang who was there to protect me from the wind and rain, I would have found it difficult to achieve anything."
What kind of shelter from the wind and rain? It's obviously just attracting firepower for you from the front.
If it weren't for Wang Anshi, Zhang Fei would have been crushed by them long ago.
When Zhao Xu thought of all this, he still felt a little bit uncomfortable.
This was a bit unfair.
But as an emperor, of course, the imperial power comes first.
By keeping Zhang Fei's hand, he could not only support Wang Anshi without any worries, but also take advantage of the conflict between the two factions to achieve his own goals more easily.
After talking with Zhao Xu, Zhang Fei was stopped by Ma Tianhao on his way home.
At this time, Zhang Fei was more like the diplomats Su Qin and Zhang Yi during the Warring States Period.
I am alone and have to lobby many parties to achieve my goal.
Zhang Fei clearly told Ma Tianhao that he had taken charge of everything and Xiangguo Temple had nothing to worry about.
Ma Tianhao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You can do whatever you want with the rest."
This is also true.
After Sima Guang talked with Zhang Fei, he immediately told everyone about Zhang Fei's ideas.
"You shouldn't have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others!"
Zhao Yan stroked his beard and said, "Although Zhang San only wants to donate to the legal studies, if this precedent is set, someone will use money to manipulate education at will in the future, which will cause endless troubles."
Wen Yanbo and Lu Gongzhe also nodded.
This education is sacred.
How can it be linked to money?
This is so unsettling!
Wang Anshi suddenly said, "I agree with what Prime Minister Zhao said."
Zhao Yan looked at Wang Anshi in surprise and said, "If you agree with me, the sun must be rising from the west."
Wang Anshi said, "Any knowledge related to governing the country should not be donated by private individuals, so as to avoid the situation that Prime Minister Zhao is worried about. But other knowledge is still acceptable, such as medicine. Donating to medicine will not cause such worries. The court can stipulate that certain knowledge can accept donations from others."
"medicine?"
Zhao Yan was surprised and said, "There is no medicine in the Imperial College."
Wang Anshi said: "But setting up a medical institute and promoting medicine is good for the people of the world. Anyway, there are people donating and the court does not need to spend any money. Isn't it a good thing?"
Although he had the idea of educational reform, this had to be done step by step, so he didn't want to reveal his intentions first. He brought up medicine as an example and promoted it. Others had no reason to object. However, once the medical school was established, would the mathematics school and the martial arts school be far behind?
Moreover, he saw that no one wanted the money, so he wanted to take all the donations from the charity fund.
If you have money but don’t want it, you are a fool.
Wang Anshi himself was such a person, but he spared no effort in seeking benefits for the country.
Sima Guang knew Wang Anshi too well, and saw what he was up to at a glance, so he said: "Don't forget, everyone, the Imperial College often rents out houses and sells grain in exchange for teaching funds, and has profitable dealings with many businessmen. Now that they have taken the initiative to donate, we are refusing them. Isn't that deceiving ourselves?"
Wen Yanbo glanced at Sima Guang, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Junshi, how exactly does Zhang San plan to donate to the Imperial College?"
Sima Guang was stunned for a moment, "I didn't ask in detail, it should be a donation of money."
Wen Yanbo stroked his beard and said, "I think I need to ask him carefully to truly understand his intentions."
Sima Guang nodded and said, "Duke Wen is right. I was negligent."
Wang Anshi muttered to himself, "I never thought that even doing charity in the Song Dynasty would be so troublesome."
This insider's complaints are the most deadly!
Indeed, it was normal for people to be idle in the Song Dynasty. Coupled with the ancestral laws, everything had to be considered carefully, which made it difficult to do anything.
Of course, Wang Anshi’s complaints did not affect Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang.
On the second day, Sima Guang called Zhang Fei to the Council of State again.
When Zhang Fei arrived at the Council of State, he found that the lineup on the opposite side was comparable to that of a three-court trial. The prime ministers were Wen Yanbo, Zhao Yan, Sima Guang, and Wang Anshi. There were also the censor Hu Zongyu, the detailed judge Qi Hui, and the doctor of the Ministry of Justice Liu Shu.
Zhang Fei really didn’t know whether they attached great importance to education or were on guard against him.
Wen Yanbo asked, "Zhang San, I heard that your Great Song Charity Foundation is planning to donate to the Imperial College?"
Zhang Fei said embarrassedly: "I originally had this idea, but it seems that this idea is... wrong."
Wen Yanbo said, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Fei glanced at him and smiled without saying anything.
Donating money and donating yourself to the government hall, can this be a good thing?
Wen Yanbo immediately reacted and said with a smile: "This is also your own fault. Charity is a good thing, but you insisted on participating in the compilation of textbooks. This makes people suspicious."
"Mr. Wen, this is just a misunderstanding."
Having said that, Zhang Fei looked at Sima Guang again.
Wen Yanbo said, "Sima Xueshi has already told us your idea, but what I want to know is, how does your Great Song Charity Foundation plan to donate to the Imperial College?"
Zhang Fei said: "We plan to set up a scholarship system for the Imperial College."
"Scholarship system?" Wen Yanbo asked puzzledly.
Zhang Fei nodded and explained: "Our Great Song Charity Foundation has always followed a principle, which is to try to use every penny for charity and help those who really need help.
We will not donate the money directly to the Imperial College, but set up a bonus to reward those students who are both excellent in character and learning and come from poor families. Of course, this is not decided by the Imperial College, and we will also do some investigation ourselves. "
Everyone looked at each other.
This is much more complicated than they imagined!
Liu Shu was extremely surprised and said, "You, a group of businessmen, are going to inspect the students of the Imperial Academy."
As he said this, he smiled contemptuously, "Do you have this ability?"
I showed you an article, but you didn’t quite understand it!
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "We have our own way to deal with this."
Liu Shu wanted to get to the bottom of it, "I'd like to hear the details."
Zhang Fei said: "My current idea is to ask the subject about his or her interpersonal relationships and behaviors in daily life."
Liu Shu asked, "What about academics? Don't you study them?"
Zhang Fei replied: "Regarding Confucianism, I think interpersonal relationships and behavior in life can better reflect it than writing and poetry. Many people write very well, but they are very bad at the moral level. I would like to ask Doctor Liu whether he thinks these people are good scholars or bad scholars?"
Liu Shu kept silent.
Isn't Confucianism teaching the principles of being a human being? If people don't know how to do it, then just because they can write good articles is just a beautiful appearance with rotten rags inside.
Zhang Fei continued, "At present, we are planning to donate to litigation studies. We are still capable of evaluating this area of research."
These words were full of confidence and no one questioned them. As for litigation, Zhang Fei had already proven himself with his strength.
Not convinced?
Have a fight?
Zhao Yan asked, "Why do you make the donation so complicated?"
Zhang Fei said: "Because we are afraid of corruption, whether it is donations to the Jinzouyuan or the police station, we will send people to supervise. You gentlemen can send people to investigate this. We will also maintain this principle for education."
“......!”
This counterattack made all the officials present look very embarrassed.
I see, you are still on guard against us!
this....
Zhao Yan asked again: "In other words, it is up to you to decide who will receive the scholarship."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "We have fully considered the opinions of all parties, but the decision is in our hands."
Zhao Yan said: "You are doing a favor to your students. This drop of water should be repaid with a spring. When they become officials in the future, they will definitely repay your charity foundation. This may also be a bribe. What do you think?"
As expected of Prime Minister Zhao, he really has a sharp eye. Zhang Fei pretended to be surprised, and after a while, he said, "Is... is that so? Prime Minister Zhao, we just have this idea, we haven't thought too much about it, and we don't have to donate. If the court thinks it's inappropriate, we can choose not to donate."
Zhao Yan said bluntly: "I do not support this scholarship system."
Sima Guang glanced at Zhao Yan, then said to Zhang Fei, "You go out first."
"Yes, I'll take my leave."
After Zhang Fei left, Sima Guang said to Zhao Yan, "Prime Minister Zhao, in life, it is inevitable to encounter difficulties and receive favors from others. It is natural to repay the favor, but people with good character will know how to repay. For example, students of the Imperial Academy often become disciples of officials in the court, but this is not necessarily a bribe."
Zhao Yan smiled and said, "Of course I know that."
Sima Guang was surprised and asked, "Then why did Prime Minister Zhao..."
Zhao Yan said: "I just want to scare the boy. They will investigate and we will also supervise him."
He very much agreed with the scholarship examination system because he came from a truly poor family. His parents passed away when he was young and he was raised by his eldest brother. He knew how difficult it was for students from poor families. Of course he supported this kind of donation. At the same time, this scholarship system could also supervise the Imperial College.
There are a lot of tricks going on in the Imperial College!
Sima Guang laughed and said, "So that's how it is."
This is the result of the ancestral laws of the Song Dynasty. For any new system, everyone will consider its drawbacks and then supervise it.
It can be seen that they were not targeting Wang Anshi. Sima Guang's reforms would also be supervised.
It’s just that Sima Guang himself is such a person, so it is not very obvious.
The public security, procuratorial and judicial organs also supervise each other.
This has advantages, but also disadvantages.
Many good suggestions, after much discussion, ultimately came to nothing.
But no matter what, the scholarship system was eventually approved by the Political Affairs Hall.
"Jun Shi, do you care about that little money?"
After everyone had left, Wang Anshi suddenly said to Sima Guang.
Sima Guang glanced at him and asked, "What do you want to say?"
Wang Anshi snorted, "Don't think I don't know what you are planning. You hope to use the charity foundation's donation to litigation studies to pull Zhang San into your judicial reform."
Sima Guang asked, "So what?"
Wang Anshi smiled and said, "Don't be too proud. I believe Zhang San will treat everyone equally."
Sima Guang asked again: "What do you want to do?"
Wang Anshi said: "At present, the two government regulations offices are in short supply of mathematical talents. I intend to suggest to the government to open a mathematics school in the Imperial College."
Sima Guang looked at him with contempt and said, "Wang Jiefu, don't think I don't know what you are thinking. You are just taking advantage of the situation to make a point."
As soon as he heard about this mathematics, he knew what Wang Anshi was planning.
Wang Anshi chuckled twice: "Same here, same here."
The two of them really know each other well. They even calculated what would happen if the other party came to power.
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