Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 200: From the road to simplicity

Is there a problem with Confucian morality?

The corners of Sima Guang's mouth began to twitch wildly.

You are overgeneralizing, saying that there is a problem with hiding wealth from the people, that's all, you also say that there is a problem with Confucian morality.

Seeing that Sima Guang was crazily accumulating anger, Zhang Fei panicked and said quickly, "Brother Sima, let's sit down and talk slowly first, shall we? Let others see it, and it will cause misunderstanding. "

Sima Guang took a deep breath, "Zhang San, if you don't understand this truth today, this matter will never end."

"Yes yes yes!"

Zhang Fei is really the only one.

To be caught between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang is really fatal.

It would definitely be much easier if there was Cai Jing, or a big female official like Qin Hui.

After all, these female cadres are all about interests and power, and their personal morals are not good, so everyone can have something to say.

Both Wang Anshi and Sima Guang talked about political ideas, and even talked about values ​​with you. The key point is that their personal morals are very perfect, except that Wang Anshi doesn't like bathing very much.

To talk to this kind of person, first of all, you don't have enough confidence.

But Zhang Fei has to face it. The political ideas of the two are completely opposite.

After Sima Guang sat down, Zhang Fei poured a cup of hot tea.

Sima Guang waved his hand, "Please explain the truth first."

Zhang Fei could only put the tea on the table, then sat down, and said: "Scholar Sima's frivolous corvee and thin fu, hiding wealth for the people, is completely based on Confucian morality."

Sima Guang lowered his eyebrows and asked, "Is this wrong?"

"Of course not." Zhang Fei shook his head and said.

"Huh?"

Sima Guang began to accumulate anger again.

Zhang Fei said: "These eight words in the mouth of Sima University are not to educate others, but to define the concept of governing the country. At the same time, these eight words are based on Confucian morality. Based on morality. Is that right?"

"Isn't it right?" Sima Guang's eyes almost popped out.

"Of course...."

Zhang Fei still decided to say euphemistically: "Does Master Sima know the story of Song Xianggong?"

Sima Guang immediately said: "I know what you want to say, but do you know that the number of casualties in wars during the Warring States Period was many times that of the Spring and Autumn Period?"

Zhang Fei remained silent.

Sima Guang asked again: "Do you know what is the difference between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period? In the Spring and Autumn Period, both sides of the war still emphasized etiquette and morality, but in the Warring States Period, morality was degraded, rituals collapsed and music was destroyed. Wars cost more than 100,000 lives. The cost of losing a war in the Spring and Autumn Period is much lower than the cost of winning a war in the Warring States Period.

Do you know what kind of life the common people lived in the previous era of feudal separatism? Also, if there is no Confucian morality, why do you stand above the court?

If you only teach the Fa, no matter Xu Zhongtu or Lu Huishu, they have the right to prevent you from arguing in court. It is precisely because they are deeply educated in Confucianism that they allow you to go to court to argue. "

After this hard lesson, Zhang Fei was sweating profusely, and he wanted to slap himself in the face, I'm so out of my mind! Telling this old man about historical allusions, I really still...!

This is definitely a major mistake. You can tell him the case, but you must not tell Sima Guang the historical allusion.

Seeing that he was silent, Sima Guang was a little disappointed and said, "What? You have nothing to say?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "The lesson of Sima University is that I was wrong."

This remark really made him speechless.

Especially the last sentence, he was able to fight in the court before, it was really not allowed by the law, it was all given by Confucianism.

If you want to fully respect the law, according to the existing law, Xu Zun had a hundred ways to rule him.

The same goes for Lu Gong's works.

The reason for giving him a chance is not because they are fair and honest,

Unselfishness, and this is all given by Confucianism.

That's it?

Sima Guang was stunned, this is just the beginning, don't be shy, it's so boring.

Brother's aura has already been opened, I can't stop it!

Zhang Fei suddenly admitted his mistake, but Sima Guang was at a loss. His old opponent, Wang Anshi, never admits he was wrong, and he could fight him till the end of the day.

It's boring!

Sima Guangqi couldn't get angry anymore, he was very depressed and said: "Tell me your opinion first."

"I won't say it."

Zhang Fei shook his head, "I said it and you taught me a lesson."

Sima Guang clicked his tongue: "You are in the courtroom, aren't you very good at debating?"

Zhang Fei said: "Teaching the law in the courtroom is not what I am good at."

Sima Guang said angrily, "Don't you know how to refute my virtue?"

Zhang Fei was very aggrieved and said: "I was planning to refute your virtue with the law. But the problem is...I can't deny that without Confucian morality, I really wouldn't be able to go to court to argue."

Sima Guang was so depressed, it was as if he had done enough foreplay, just entered a back and forth, and suddenly turned on a red light...!

Damn.

Sima Guang waved his hand and said, "Just pretend that I haven't said that."

"Huh? Can it still be like this?

"You..."

Sima Guang took a deep breath and said, "Just talk about your views on hiding wealth from the people."

Zhang Fei shook his head like a rattle, "Don't say it. If you say it, you will teach me a lesson."

Sima Guang said angrily: "I'll just listen to your opinion. There is a saying, if three of us walk together, there must be my teacher. I, Sima Guang, are not so stubborn."

Are you not? Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and said, "If I tell you, you can't scold me."

"No scolding."

Sima Guang said: "I never swear."

"Don't teach me too."

"No lesson."

Sima Guang added another sentence: "You are wrong, I have to correct you, right?"

Zhang Fei arrogantly said: "Then you have to wait until I finish speaking before correcting me?"

Sima Guang laughed angrily and said, "Today, I just realized that it takes so much effort to discuss issues with you."

Zhang Fei argued: "Scholar Sima University, you have read a lot of books and have profound knowledge. I have only read "Song Xingtong". It is of course hard work!"

At this moment, Sima Guang missed Wang Anshi very much, and said: "Yes, please, tell me, I will correct you after you finish speaking."

"One word from a gentleman is hard to follow."

Say it!

"Hey!"

Zhang Fei nodded, and then said: "Scholar Sima hides wealth from the people, hoping to concentrate wealth in the hands of those who are educated in Confucianism, have morals, and have responsibilities. But the problem is morality. It is impossible to form a country..."

"Who...."

"Wait until I finish."

Zhang Fei said immediately.

Sima Guang put his hands down, "Then you speak quickly."

"Yes."

Zhang Fei nodded, and said: "There are no rules and no rules. The country must be established on the law. Although the idea of ​​legislation is born out of morality, since it has been removed, it should be clear. And Sima University I said before that I am generalizing, but in fact the most generalizing is to generalize myself.”

"You...!"

"I'm not done yet."

"...you say."

Zhang Fei said again: "As far as the law is concerned, if there is something, there is something, and if there is nothing, there is nothing. You cannot use black sheep and partial generalization as reasons.

Scholar Sima mentioned just now that the landlords are not doing well, and the common people are living more. But why? The main thing is not that the court is immoral, but that the court does not abide by the law.

It can be seen that lightly corvee and thin tax, hiding wealth in the people must be based on the law

, rather than based on morality. Because morality is personal self-restraint, and law is public power to restrain individuals.

Scholar Sima can't do it. Wealth is concentrated in the hands of those virtuous people. If there is one Wei Yushan, there must be another one. This is purely a gamble. Personal interests can be gambled, but national interests cannot be gambled. I just quoted Song Xianggong’s story. In fact, I just wanted to illustrate this point. National construction must have rules. "

Sima Guang asked, "Have you finished?"

Zhang Fei said: "The difference is almost the same. I just want to say that the law has given privileges to those people, and if they still violate the law, it is too much and should be severely punished."

Sima Guang nodded straightly, and said: "Just now you said that morality is restricted by individuals, and law is restricted by public power."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Sima Guang asked again: "Then let me ask you, is the person on the law, or the law on the person?"

Zhang Fei fell silent.

Sima Guang said: "If you don't restrain yourself well, who will teach the law? Those people evade taxes, I know better than you, and I want them to pay taxes, but if you restrain them with the law, I will tell you , it’s not that people are gone, but law is gone.

Wang Jiefu's reform is bound to fail.

If you want to govern the country, you can only stop this phenomenon by paying attention to Confucian education and cultivating a group of gentlemen like Duke Fan and Duke Bao. This shows that virtue is more important than law. "

Rule of man or rule of law?

Rule by man.

Is it important for people or the law?

It is definitely people who matter.

The current law is just a piece of plasticine, the shape depends on who makes it.

Meet Xu Zun.

Take off!

Meet Wang Hong.

It's over!

It's that simple.

Worthy of being a man who wrote a comprehensive review of Zizhi, he really read it thoroughly! On this point, he is indeed better than Wang Anshi. Zhang Fei turned his eyes, nodded straightly and said: "Yes, yes! The lesson of the Sima University is, alas... I have suffered from not studying!"

Sima Guang smiled and asked, "How do you say that?"

Zhang Fei said: "I haven't read any other books, but I have only read Song Xingtong, so I always have the illusion that this method is on people. As a result, I always can't understand many things, no It is illegal to pay taxes, and you have to be punished for breaking the law. It is such a simple thing, why can’t you do it. That’s how it is.”

Sima Guang joked: "This is why you always get into trouble."

"If you think about it this way, it really is."

Zhang Fei nodded again and again, and said: "A scholar of Sima University is worthy of being a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. After explaining this, Zhang Fei suddenly realized that if all the ministers in the court were like Duke Fan, then from the top down to the monarch The common people dare not do things that violate morality, and the world will be at peace.”

Sima Guang caressed his beard and said with a smile: "Children can be taught."

That's it.

If all the officials are Fan Zhongyan, there is really no need for reform, and the world will naturally be peaceful.

From this, it can also be deduced what their theoretical basis is for hiding wealth among the people. If the wealth is concentrated in the hands of a gentleman like Fan Zhongyan, then there is absolutely no problem, and the country will definitely have long-term stability.

Based on this point, the people certainly do not refer to ordinary people, but to those gentry and landlords, because ordinary people have never read a book, nor do they understand loyalty, filial piety, propriety, righteousness and shame, how could they become Fan Zhongyan.

"No!"

Zhang Fei suddenly thought of something again.

Sima Guang asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Fei scratched his head and said, "Just now you said that the problem is that the people are in the law, so it is still a problem with the law. Shouldn't the solution be to turn it into a law in the people?"

Sima Guang's expression suddenly changed.

Zhang Fei didn't notice, scratched his head, and said to himself: "If you want to cultivate a group of courtiers like Fan Gong, and everyone abides by morality, then no one dares to go up to the monarch or down to the common people." Easily violate morality.

But... it is more difficult to obey the law than to respect the law

If there is too much money, it is not necessarily illegal, but it must be against morality. If the ministers of the DPRK and China respect the law, can it be said that... "

Here, he sneaked a glance at Sima Guang.

I saw Sima Guang staring at him expressionlessly, seeing him glance at him, he immediately said: "You should keep talking!"

Zhang Fei hehe said: "I don't read much, and I hope that Sima University can explain my doubts?"

"Okay! This time you win."

Sima Guang stood up, patted his buttocks, walked slowly outside, and sighed: "Wonderful words are the best, and the best is simple."