In class, it seemed that Zhang Fei was criticizing the Legalists' methods, but his conclusion was one step further than that of the Legalists.
If the Legalist approach is really useless, can thinking one step further solve the problem?
This is obviously a self-contradiction.
Wang Anshi ignored this point, but Fu Bi, who was more meticulous, noticed it.
Zhang Fei was not criticizing the Legalists, but praising them.
Take one more step forward and you will see a bright future.
But then again, everyone knows that Shang Yang and Han Fei were both rare geniuses, and they couldn't take this step. You can imagine how difficult this step must be.
This step is legislation.
Although Shang Yang and Han Feizi had both enacted laws, these laws were based on ruling, while the laws of the legal system are based on individual rights and interests.
This is a thought that has never been thought of before.
...
...
Fu Bi had no idea about this. He hesitated during the meeting, but after hearing what Wang Anshi said, he decisively refused.
Because Wang Anshi is right.
If you make laws, aren't you targeting me?
Is this based on the law of the rule of law?
Although Sima Guang did not have as clear vision as Fu and Wang, he was well versed in human nature. He saw what Wang Anshi and Fu Bi were worried about. Based on this, it seemed that letting a minister to be the emperor was inconsistent with the concept of the legal system, so the emperor could only be entrusted to someone who was not a minister.
In fact, he didn't know whether it was right or wrong to do so, but since the former didn't work, he could only choose the latter.
The reason he suggested the Law School was not because he controlled the school, as those students all had high aspirations and he couldn't control them, but because Zhang Fei was there.
But, Zhang Fei is not very reliable this time.
So after coming out of the palace, Sima Guang rushed to Zhang's house.
This almost made Xu Zhiqian go insane.
Zhang Fei always downplayed the class after it was over, but every time his father and Sima Guang arrived right after they entered the room.
What is going on?
This time, Xu Zhiqian shamelessly stood next to Zhang Fei, pretending not to see Sima Guang's disdainful look.
I just won’t leave.
When Zhang Fei saw Sima Guang, he could not help but take the initiative and complained: "Master Sima, you are too unkind. You can't forget to secretly send someone to beat the gong so that I can leave the get out of class in time."
Sima Guang snorted, "You have already said so much, do I dare to ask you to leave?"
Originally, he had arranged people, but Zhang Fei gave great affirmation to Wang Anshi, and at the same time indirectly denied their conservatives. The key point was that Zhao Xu also agreed very much. If this was not made clear, how could he let Zhang Fei resign.
Fortunately, Zhang Fei finally used Shangguan Jun to make their conservative ideas come true.
Sima Guang was not in the mood to argue with Zhang Fei about this, so he asked Zhang Fei: "Zhang San, what you said in class is quite reasonable, but I am still not clear about one thing, that is, what is the legitimate rights and interests of an individual, can you explain it in detail?"
Xu Zhiqian was surprised and said, "I know all this. Stealing, robbing, cheating, and killing are all within the law."
"If you don't understand, don't interrupt."
Xu Zun glared at Xu Zhiqian, and then said to Zhang Fei: "I am also troubled by this. Theft, robbery, robbery, and murder are easy to understand, but tax laws and labor laws, which are related to both national interests and personal interests, are difficult to understand. According to what you said at the time, the law of the rule of law should be put first. How should this be done?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "This is indeed difficult to identify."
Sima Guang sighed and said, "I am asking you now."
Zhang Fei said: "I don't know either."
Sima Guang snorted, "Stop pretending. This is impossible for you to come up with on the spur of the moment. Stop hiding it and tell me now."
Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said, "If I had known, I would not have said that at the time. I just didn't know what to do. I finally told them that even if they followed my instructions, it would be difficult to succeed. After that, I left the get out of class without giving them a chance."
Sima Guang looked at Zhang Fei suspiciously and asked, "You really don't know?"
Zhang Fei nodded helplessly: "I really don't know."
Sima Guang cried out, "That's all."
Zhang Fei was shocked and asked, "What's over?"
Sima Guang said: "I thought you knew this, so I suggested that the government try to legislate according to the law of the law."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "This is also a good thing!"
Sima Guang said: "But I have not even figured out my legitimate rights and interests, so I suggest that the law of the legal system be placed in the Law Academy."
"ah?"
Zhang Fei and the Xu family's father and daughter were all shocked.
Xu Zun did not participate in the discussion in the palace and was also shocked by this.
Zhang Fei opened his eyes wide and asked, "Has the government agreed?"
Sima Guang said: "Although the government has not delegated the legislative power to the Law Academy, it has also asked us to continue discussing this matter. You must talk about this issue in the next class."
Zhang Fei was about to cry but had no tears: "Master Sima, this is endless! I don't have the energy to deal with it."
Sima Guang said: "You can't blame me for this. You said it yourself, so you must be responsible for it."
Zhang Fei said, "Mr. Sima, you should be able to tell from this class that it's really not easy for me! In class, it seems that I am talking nonsense, but I am actually flattering you. If I keep going like this, I will eventually fail. I can't afford to offend any of you."
Sima Guang waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be so cautious now. The law of the legal system has been recognized by many people. Just treat it as a normal class and explain the law of the legal system well."
"But... But I also have to spend energy to think about it, I may not..."
"You can decide how many days to take a lesson. That should be fine, right?"
"Then how about one lesson a month?"
"Why not just teach one lesson a year?"
"Okay! Okay!"
"You're dreaming."
Sima Guang's eyes widened. "One lesson every five days at most."
"Five days?"
"That's settled."
"ah?"
Zhang Fei said weakly: "I'll try my best to think of it. If I can't think of anything, I'll find another topic."
Sima Guang asked, "Did you really come up with this on the spur of the moment?"
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "If Sima Xueshi doesn't believe me, just fire me. I don't want to do this anymore."
"Don't even think about it, huh."
In fact, everyone felt very uncomfortable after this class.
It seems like I have gained something, but I also feel that it is not good for me.
It can be said that Zhang Fei proved from the side that Confucianism is the right way and is superior to Legalism, but he did not deny Confucianism.
But the problem is that when the two meet, the rule of law must come first.
This is very subtle.
After all, feudal rule is layers of exploitation.
Wang Anshi exploited them, which of course they didn't want to do, but they still wanted to exploit the people!
This means that these vested interests are caught in the middle.
Fortunately, this is just a class, not a court meeting.
He was afraid that Zhao Xu was really moved.
Wang Anshi was also somewhat hesitant. He had a clear conscience and was not afraid to put the law of the rule of law first, but he saw clearly that if he did so, the legislative power would become very critical.
How to determine legitimate rights and interests is very important.
Establish regulations offices in the two prefectures.
"If I deny the law of the rule of law, they will definitely think that I have selfish motives. Logically, I can't argue with them. However, if the law of the rule of law is to be perfected, it will not be completed in a short time. Why don't I agree with this first and then drag it out!"
"Mr. Teacher! Mr. Teacher!"
"Um?"
Wang Anshi raised his head suddenly and asked, "Ji Fu, when did you come in?"
Lu Huiqing hurriedly explained: "I knocked on the door just now, but no one answered. I thought that Master was not here, so I wondered what Master was thinking about, and why he was so absorbed in his thoughts."
"What else could it be, but the law of the rule of law."
Wang Anshi smiled and shook his head, then asked, "What do you want?"
Lu Huiqing suddenly seemed to remember something and said depressedly, "Two days have passed, and no one is willing to come to our Mathematics Academy."
Wang Anshi was stunned. "Didn't I ask you to call Ye Zuqia and Cai Bian?"
He had already checked and found that these two people were very knowledgeable and were also in favor of his new methods, so they had to be trained well. Therefore, when he came back from the Imperial College the day before, he immediately asked Lu Huiqing to recruit these two people.
Lu Huiqing said, "I went to talk to them in person, but they all said they wanted to stay at the Law School. Not only that, but more people have signed up at the Law School in the past two days, but not a single person has signed up at our Mathematics School."
Wang Anshi sighed: "There is nothing we can do about it. New things are always more attractive."
Lu Huiqing said worriedly, "Master, this won't work. Everyone knows that the Mathematical Academy is to provide talents for the new law, but there is no one. This is not a big deal. The key is that everyone has gone to the Law Academy. This will make people think that everyone supports Sima Xueshi and no one supports our new law. Now there are already such rumors outside. If this continues, it will be a disaster."
Wang Anshi gradually realized the seriousness of this problem.
Either you don't put up this sign, then it won't affect you, but if you put it up and no one comes, that's fatal.
There will definitely be people who say that your new law is unpopular and no one wants to go.
This is very demoralizing.
Even many people in the court who wanted to support the new law would be swayed by this.
If he failed in this small pit, Wang Anshi would jump into the river and commit suicide.
Even Dou E was not so wronged.
When he opened the mathematics school, he never thought it would turn out like this.
Wang Anshi was also a little confused. This was really an accident. He looked at Lu Huiqing blankly, "What can you do?"
Lu Huiqing said: "Zhang San."
Wang Anshi was stunned. "Zhang San?"
Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "Mathematics and law have existed since ancient times. They are not new disciplines. The difference between the two academies is that there is Zhang San in the Law Academy, but not in our Mathematics Academy. Everyone goes there for Zhang San. If he comes to teach in our Mathematics Academy, people will definitely come."
“Nonsense!”
Wang Anshi said: "Zhang San went to the Law School because he was a pen-wielding man and he understood the law. Why would we ask him to come to the Mathematical School and teach law? This would make people laugh."
Lu Huiqing said, "Master, have you forgotten that you valued Zhang San very much before and wanted him to come to our two government regulations department? And now we are competing with Sima Xueshi for Zhang San's talent? He knows how to publicize, so we can let him teach everyone some publicity methods."
"Talk about propaganda?" Wang Anshi was amused.
Lu Huiqing said hurriedly: "I am just giving an example."
Wang Anshi thought for a moment and said, "Isn't this what we agreed on? Let's go with the flow and let Zhang San go to Sima Junshi's place."
Lu Huiqing said anxiously: "But this is a different time. Who could have known that Zhang San's class would cause such a big disturbance? If Zhang San is not invited, the impact on the new policy will be too great."
“How could it become like this?”
Wang Anshi exclaimed, nodded and said, "Go talk to Zhang San and ask him to come to our school of mathematics to give one or two classes. Do you think those students have a problem with their brains? Why are they scrambling to find an Erbi as their teacher? Or are they just listening to the story?"
Lu Huiqing said, "Teacher, you're right, Zhang San is really good at speaking. Every time he has a lawsuit, there are crowds of people, not just the citizens, but also Mr. Fu and others like to watch. His class is different from other teachers, he is still debating with people."
Wang Anshi thought about it and felt that it made sense. This was the case. "Go find Zhang San."
As he said this, he laughed to himself, "What kind of thing is this?"
(End of this chapter)
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