Sima Guang certainly noticed Wang Anshi's smug look, but being a calm person, he continued to abide by the classroom rules and did not scold back, but he was actually very unhappy in his heart.
And it wasn't just him who was unhappy, the other old masters were also very unhappy.
When Zhang Fei talked about legalism before, they all expressed their agreement.
Yes.
You are right.
That's how it is.
Little did they know that Zhang Fei would come back with a sudden move and directly hit the most important belief of Confucianism in politics.
keep.
The dead are the greatest, and the past is always the most desirable.
This is completely opposite to the Legalist pursuit of development.
...
...
It is also the battlefield where the two sides come into close combat.
Whenever there is a political reform, Legalist doctrines will often return to the court, and then be refuted by the Confucianists with their own old platitudes.
If you want to reform, you must use the methods of Legalism, but Legalism has too many problems of its own, and Confucianism can criticize it from a different angle.
Wang Anshi is facing this situation now.
However, Zhang Fei's words aroused the students' interest.
Wang Anshi's reform is the hottest topic now.
Before the legal system came out, they discussed this matter every day.
Shangguan Jun directly refuted: "The way to govern a country is to seek truth from facts. Everyone hopes that the people will not be taxed and the country will have abundant resources. I believe that Sima Xueshi would be very happy to see this. However, the fact is that the wealth and goods produced by heaven and earth are limited to this amount. If they are not in the private sector, they are in the public sector. Take the equalization of transport system for example. Isn't it essentially the state encroaching on the interests of merchants? What is the difference between this and what Shang Yang and Han Feizi did, which was just farmers turning into merchants?"
These words immediately received support from many people present.
Cai Bian frowned and said, "That's wrong. The equalization of the tax system is the right remedy for the problem. It aims to save the country's losses and improve the finances. At the same time, it also cracks down on those unscrupulous merchants who hoard goods and make a profit. It kills two birds with one stone. What's wrong with that?"
Shangguan Jun sneered, "This is just a common tactic used by the Legalists. Shang Yang said the same thing back then. He intended to strike down the nobles, seize the land, and use it to reward the soldiers. But what was the final result? Teacher just made it very clear. In the end, the people still had to bear twice as much. Is it not evil for the country to do what the evil merchants did?"
Cai Bian laughed and said, "Sima Xueshi said that the wealth and goods produced by the world are limited to this number. If they are not in the people, then they are in the government. But if the public only refers to the government, it is really biased!"
They were young and frivolous, so they didn't care about so many things.
But the white-haired guy at the back was sweating profusely after hearing this. Do you guys know what you are talking about?
Shangguan Jun said: "It seems that you don't understand clearly. Sima Xueshi's policy at the beginning was in line with Fan Gong's, which was to streamline officials and cut the court's expenditure. Does this only refer to the government?
Ordinary people know that if a family encounters financial difficulties, they must save money. Don’t they want to make more money? Of course they want to, but they just can’t make it! ”
"I don't know?"
Cai Bian snorted, "I know very well what the result of the Qingli New Deal was. Knowing that it would fail, why would the government want to repeat the same mistakes? Of course, it has to choose another path.
As for the people, I don't deny that most people will choose to save money when they encounter financial difficulties, but if they only hold on to this belief, they will only become poorer and poorer. On the contrary, some poor people have lived a better life through their own struggles and hard work when they encounter difficulties. If you can't make money, it will be useless no matter how much you save. "
Cai Jing, who was standing by, heard their argument becoming more and more explicit, and at the same time felt a chill coming from behind him. If it were someone else, it would be fine, but this was his own brother, and he would definitely be implicated.
At the same time, the culprit was drinking water on the side, watching them killing each other with ease.
no!
Cai Jing suddenly asked Zhang Feiyan: "Teacher, what do you think?"
Cai Bian and Shangguan Jun came to their senses at the same time and wondered why we were killing each other again.
The two of them immediately looked at each other in tacit understanding and said, "Okay, we'll talk about this later. For now, let's unite to face the outside world."
Everyone looked at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei blinked, seemingly still unresponsive. After a while, he said, "Well, I think what they said makes sense, and I have benefited a lot from it. As the saying goes, there is always a teacher among three people."
Do you want to get away with this? Cai Jing wondered, "But the teacher just now clearly supported Mr. Wang's idea of not increasing taxes on the people and making the country more prosperous."
Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "I didn't, I wasn't, don't talk nonsense."
When Cai Bian heard this, he felt ashamed. This guy must have thought that I had implicated him, so he changed his words. But I didn't lose the debate just now.
Ye Zuqia said: "That's what the teacher said just now, we all heard it."
All the students nodded.
"Look at this, you literati!"
Um?
Everyone looked at him.
Everyone here is a scholar.
You're not one of them.
This is the Imperial College, not the Three Yamen. What do you want to do?
Zhang Fei also realized that he had let something slip, and quickly corrected himself, "You people love to take my words out of context. I did say that those who enrich their families can benefit their country, those who enrich their country can benefit the world, and if you want to enrich the world, then benefit from heaven and earth. But does this mean that I support Mr. Wang's idea of not increasing taxes on the people and making the country richer?"
“Isn’t it?
"Yeah?"
"Of course."
“Nonsense.”
Zhang Fei's eyes widened and he said, "Is this the point I'm making? It's just an example. My point is that the government wants to work hard to govern the country, to make the country strong and the people rich, and to make progress. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"But.."
"Don't but, answer me first, is this wrong?"
"That being said, it is not wrong."
"That's it, isn't it?"
Zhang Fei spread his hands and said, "If you can't do it, that's just your personal problem. You can't think that others are as stupid as you and can't do it either.
Before the reform, the demands put forward by Duke Xiao of Qin were excessive. His country had just been almost destroyed by the State of Wei, but he still demanded to defeat the State of Wei. Wasn't this crazy? But Shang Yang gave the answer.
Later, the Qin Dynasty was destroyed and the Han Dynasty was established. There were ruins everywhere and people were starving everywhere. The demands put forward by Emperor Gaozu of Han were too excessive. He wanted to inherit the Qin system, but not follow the Qin's old path.
This is really difficult, but Xiao He gave the answer, and later he used Laozi's "rule by inaction", which led to the later rule of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing. Later, Emperor Wu of Han ascended the throne. He was not satisfied with being a rich man, and he did not want to be beaten all the time, but how could this be possible? Wei Qing and Huo Qubing beat the southern part of the desert to the point where there was no king's court.
Emperor Taizong of Tang was even more excessive. He was extremely greedy and shameless. He wanted to have both the military achievements of the Qin Emperor and the Han Emperor and the civil governance of the Wen and Jing Emperors. Isn't this a thousand times more difficult than Wang Xueshi's goal of not increasing taxes on the people and having abundant treasury?
However, Fang Xuanling said yes, Zhangsun Wuji said yes, Du Ruhui said yes, Wei Zheng said yes, Li Jing said yes, Li Ji said yes, Ma Zhou said yes. What's even more depressing is that even Empress Zhangsun said yes.
But when it comes to our government, we end up with a group of people like you. We want to win a battle, but we can't because we have no money. We want to make some money, but we can't. We want to share the wealth with the people, but the problem is that the people's life is no better than that of the people in the Tang Dynasty.
In the end, the war was not won and no money was made. So the question is, what do you want to do as an official? To make money and keep concubines? "
quiet!
After this complaint, there was deathly silence inside and outside the classroom.
Zhao Xu was the only one who enjoyed listening to it. It was definitely the most enjoyable lesson he had ever taken in his life. He really felt sorry for having met it too late.
At the same time, many people feel ashamed and embarrassed.
I really can't go on with this class.
It's really murderous and heartbreaking!
But they didn't dare to say it. Over there is Li Shimin and over here is Zhao Xu. How can they be the same?
The emperor is the boss.
Haven't you heard of the saying "If one soldier is incompetent, the whole army will be incompetent as well"?
Cai Jing suddenly said with a naive look on his face: "Teacher, we are still students."
You, Cai Jing, pretend to be stupid in front of me? You should stop trying. Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "So what?"
Cai Jing said: "I can't do it at the moment, so we come to class, and hope that the teacher can teach us how to govern the country."
The eyes of the other students suddenly lit up, and they couldn't help but secretly give Cai Jing a thumbs up. They immediately bowed to Zhang Fei and asked him about how to govern the country.
This may seem respectful, but it actually means, if you can do it, then go ahead!
Those old masters were also looking at Zhang Fei. You were complaining so happily just now. Come on, let us hear your opinion.
"Well, what I want to say is that nothing is difficult in this world if one sets his mind to it. I don't know whether Mr. Wang will succeed, but if you don't even dare to think about it, you definitely can't do it. This road is made by people. You must move towards this goal and not be content with the status quo."
"Please forgive my ignorance. I don't know where the road is. I hope the teacher can point out the way for me."
“I hope teachers can show students the way.”
One type of students speaks in unison.
Zhang Fei said excitedly: "Damn it! I'm not taking the imperial examination. I just wrote a letter. Do you have the nerve to ask me?"
Ye Zuqia said: "Teacher is also an official now, but we are not yet."
"From the ninth rank?"
“That’s an official too.”
"I was moved by the sincerity of Sima Xueshi and came here to be an assistant teacher. And I am here to teach you law, not how to govern a country."
"I remember my teacher said that law is also the way to govern a country."
".You remembered it wrongly, didn't you?"
"Students should never forget what their teachers have said."
I don't believe you!
Zhang Fei glanced out the window and saw an idiot holding up the gongs and drums but not beating them. "Well, let me make it clear. If I had a way, I would become the Vice-Chancellor and would not teach here. As the saying goes, one should not meddle in other people's business.
But as your teacher, I also have the obligation to teach you what to do when facing difficulties. Let's analyze it together. Anyway, we all share the blame. Oh no, anyway, our responsibility now is not to solve this problem, but to learn how to face it. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. "
(End of this chapter)
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