In the Ningguo court, Zhang Quan stood with his head held high and uttered four words in a sonorous and powerful voice - "one country, two systems."
As soon as these four words were spoken, the tense atmosphere in the court relaxed a lot in an instant!
Both the emperor and the officials suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
The reason why it is half a breath is because...
Well, originally everyone thought that Zhang Quan would definitely implement the reform comprehensively; and Zhang Quan had repeatedly given speeches, repeatedly thought, and carefully observed the situations of the countries along the way. So everyone thought that Zhang Quan must have a "mature" strategy.
Once this strategy is implemented, it will be very strong and powerful, making it impossible for anyone to resist. And the vested interests in the past will suffer miserably.
In this case, Ningguo will inevitably be in some chaos.
Therefore, everyone was worried about their own vested interests and also worried about the chaos in Ningguo, including His Majesty the Emperor.
But when Zhang Quan said the words "one country, two systems", everyone suddenly realized that the situation was not as bad as expected.
But because no one knew what Zhang Quan would say next, no one relaxed completely.
At this time, everyone stared at Zhang Quan, waiting for him to explain.
Under everyone's gaze, Zhang Quan spoke slowly, but the first thing Zhang Quan wanted to say was not capitalism.
"Your Majesty, I believe that every thought has its shining points. In my opinion, Confucianism has many advantages that are irreplaceable. Especially in terms of social stability and humanistic feelings, Confucianism is the best choice. But at the same time, every thought has disadvantages, and Confucianism also has inevitable disadvantages. I believe that the biggest disadvantage of Confucianism is that it talks about society but not about reality. People have four major needs, food, clothing, housing and transportation. Confucianism, however, focuses on etiquette and morality beyond the four major needs. Such a proposition is out of touch with people's livelihood. As the saying goes, when the granaries are full, people will know etiquette. The prosperity of society must have a prerequisite, that is, the people are rich. Based on this, I put forward the idea of "one country, two systems". Capitalism is pragmatic, and Confucianism fills the gaps in the country's ideology and culture. Use industry and commerce to strengthen the country and enrich the country, and use benevolence and righteousness to get rid of the capitalism's eagerness for quick success and instant benefits and forgetting righteousness when seeing profit. In fact, capitalism and Confucianism do not conflict. If Confucianism is the right leg, then capitalism is the left leg. Only when both legs are healthy can the country move forward rapidly."
"Good!" Before Zhang Quan finished speaking, the emperor and all the officials cheered in unison.
After a while, Zhang Quan continued, "But there are some problems here. Confucianism and capitalism are two different ideologies after all, and some of their ideologies will conflict with each other. For example, the idea of capitalism is relatively radical and wants to explore the future, while the idea of Confucianism is more about learning from the predecessors and being relatively conservative. In addition, capitalism is after all the pursuit of profit; it uses profit to induce the people to create wealth. To make the whole country create wealth, it is necessary to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people. Obviously, using profit to induce is the simplest and most effective. This point may conflict with the Confucian proposition. In addition, capitalism advocates emancipating the mind, and to emancipate the mind, there is one thing that is inevitable. That is - women can also hold up half the sky..."
"Impossible!" Zhang Quan's words caused another response, but this time it was a resolute opposition. The Minister of Rites Du Jun was almost furious, "It's not decent to let women show their faces in public. If a country needs women to protect it, it will definitely be laughed at!"