"If you let it go, with a bang, the Wu Dynasty, this country... will be gone."
In the room, Ning Yi made a "bang" gesture, and Li Pin frowned: "How could this be?"
Ning Yi was silent for a while: "Brother Li, have you ever thought about why Confucianism has been developing for thousands of years, why it keeps repeating the saying that businessmen seek profit?"
"Isn't it a matter of course that saints advocate virtue and oppose selfish pursuit of profit?"
"Part of it is right." Ning Yi nodded, "But the other part is that the knowledge of merchants is not conducive to governance. Three words: it's hard to manage. A person's whole life, you farm in a mountain village, it's nothing, according to the ancestors. The method has been there, married, had children, died and buried in the mountains. But one day you entered the county town and saw those colorful and colorful ones, and another day you entered the provincial capital and saw more things that you couldn't react to. It was like You see that dress, you want it, you go find a way... greedy...
Ning Yi smiled: "Of course, in most cases, you will honestly work part-time to earn the money to buy clothes, but once you have desires, you will always go for it when you have time. Brother Li, what do you think is a Facing the loess and back to the sky, is it better to manage a farmer who has been honest and loyal all his life, or is it better to manage a person who already has a desire in his heart? My tens of millions of people, Brother Li, how many people can really manage the rule of law in my dynasty? How many of them are there? People, in fact, this is how they live their lives peacefully? How much more desire does the business need to develop one step further?"
"This is actually a very interesting system. Since the beginning of the various schools of thought, there has been a debate between the rule of law and the rule of virtue, and the rule of law should prevail. … If you go slowly, you will find one thing: How many people can the rule of law in the past control? Ha … In fact, most of them rely on self-consciousness and simple folk customs. In a small village, it is enough to have a set of rules by itself. Jiang Ning let go to Qin Chao, Brother Li, do you think that with the laws and methods at that time, how long can the wife stay here peacefully? Maybe Qin Chao is very strict, but Jiang Ning... There are too many smart people, and there are also loopholes to take advantage of. Too much… "
"Confucianism is a very great thing, thousands of years of development, brother Li, the benefits of businessmen were not discovered until the Wu Dynasty, and if the businessmen were released, the benefits that would roll in would certainly not be known today. The examples of Tao Zhugong are all there. But why has the world suppressed commerce for thousands of years, the deep reason, they have seen the consequences. The ability of the rule of law... can't keep up."
"It's the same for me, ideology." Ning Yi nodded his forehead, "The more lustful people in the world, the more unpredictable their behavior, the more tempted, the more profit-seeking, and the more they exploit the opportunity. , has its advantages, but the civilian officials are greedy for money and military officials are afraid of death, the people are poor and weak, and the officers and soldiers have to live by.
Li Pin stared and froze there. At this time, he didn't even have the heart to ask the meaning of the word "ideology", but the part he could understand was enough to shock him. He said, "Liheng's remarks... But it means that the businessman's learning of profit-seeking is the culprit of the weakness of my military dynasty?"
"No." Ning Yi took a sip of tea, "It's definitely not like this, this is a development, I have the background, and the rule of law is also developing along with the development of businessmen. This itself is a process of mutual promotion, only It can be said that many things have not been able to keep up with it, which is very troublesome and too complicated... To solve the problems of the current Wu Dynasty, we should focus on businessmen and currency, and hope that the state will intervene in the economy and double the revenue. , the country is rich and the people are strong and then solve all the problems, this is impossible. You can't just stare at it when you have tasted the sweetness in business, and if you continue to develop, the whole balance will only be more skewed, this is too deformed, something will happen sooner or later... "
Ning Yi shook his head, and Li Pin thought about it for a long time: "So, what should Liheng pay attention to if he wants to find the key?"
"If you really want to do it, I don't know, but if it's just a joke and irresponsible, huh..." Ning Yi smiled, "Why not start with Confucianism?"
"Confucianism... Does Liheng mean today's redundant staff and redundant students?" Li Pin thought about it and laughed, "I used to talk to people, and I also said that the root cause of my dynasty's problems may be that there are too many students and officials. It's a big problem, but... if this matter is to be resolved, I'm afraid it will be more difficult than business affairs..."
"What if I said... not too much, but too little?"
"what?"
Li Pin blinked, looking confused. Ning Yi turned his head to indicate the direction of the classroom.
"Brother Li thinks, what can those students do in the future after reading?"
"With Liheng's teaching method, he not only taught him knowledge, but also taught him how to see things and make decisions. Several of them will be good officials in the future, so there should be no problem."
Li Pin said seriously, Ning Yi couldn't help laughing while sitting there, then took a sip of tea and clapped his hands. Li Pin wondered: "I don't know what Liheng thinks, what can they do?"
"Here, Su Wenyi can probably be a minor official. His grades are not good, but his personality is the most detached, and he communicates well with people. The rest... I actually teach them as shopkeepers or buddies. Of course, after reading Shu, since you have the opportunity to become an official, you can try it out, after all, the benefits of being an official are good…”
Ning Yi counted with his fingers: "regular salary, Lu millet, job money, spring and winter clothes, servants' clothing and grain, tea and wine, cooking materials, charcoal, livestock fodder, once you become an official this year, you will have food, clothing, housing, and transportation. All expenses are covered by the state, and the state will also distribute fertile land. The job is easy, the punishment is not high, and the crime is not punished by words. After three years, you can be promoted without serious mistakes. Who doesn’t want to be an official…”
Li Pin was silent for a while: "Liheng actually said that such students can only be shopkeepers?"
"It's not that they can only be, but they are suitable. Most of their characters are dull and honest, and it is difficult to be an official. As an official, the most important thing is to judge the situation and interact with people. If you have the ability and ambition, you can be a good official. Officials. De Xinzhi can deal with advance and retreat, has the ability and ambition, and has the ability to weigh and discern. He can be a good official, but most of them are not good, these things are not easy. "
Ning Yi shook his head: "To enrich the people and strengthen the army, the next step is to recruit scholars. In fact, the way of recruiting scholars can be solved by dedicated people, why can't we open some professional schools? Anyone who has skills does not need a broom to cherish oneself, and can arrange for people to learn woodworking, and arrange for people to learn. Iron smelting, arrange people to learn cook, arrange people to learn management—that is, to be shopkeepers. Most importantly, arrange people to learn military strategy, arrange people to learn water conservancy, and arrange people to learn mining…”
Li Pin was obviously puzzled and didn't agree with this very much: "If there are people who have money to read, who would want to learn this?"
"This is the problem. How good it is to be an official, and those who have the opportunity to study will go to become an official. There is a thousand bells in the book, and there is a golden house in the book, but... Why are there so many redundant workers today? In ancient times, only a small group of people had the opportunity to read, and there were not many literate people. To pass on their knowledge, the country needed them to govern. It is easy to obtain a thousand dollars and a scholar is hard to find. Therefore, this scholar only exists in the highest group. Because I don’t have much, I am too busy to establish my heart for the world, to establish my life for the people, to continue the unique learning for the sages of the past, and to create peace for the world.”
"But what about now? For thousands of years, the world is developing... For example, there are many things in the world waiting for people to do. One is the most important. We do this first, so we have been advocating it. But now, Dexin, There are already more people doing this. I don't mean Confucianism, but officials. Why can't some be separated to do other things? After reading books, they will think about things, and now the flood is so bad At this point, if there can be special people to study water conservancy, organize a set of theories, and future generations will continue to study and study, if these people do not study other things, they will only study water conservancy, and Confucianism should only be self-cultivation.
"Dedicated people are dedicated, the efficiency of everything can be improved, and many detours can be avoided. For example, in the past, weaving cloth was taught by my mother to her daughter. Those peasant women got a machine at home to weave slowly, and the quality was uneven. Now There are workshops in the cloth line, and women are hired to work in them. Some people teach them how to use the machine and what tricks can be used to make it faster. Others are thinking about how to modify the loom. One person can play the role of the previous few people. Unification, the efficiency is multiplied several times. If the efficiency of anything can be multiplied several times, what would the current Wu Dynasty look like? Isn’t it easy to strengthen the army?”
"Of course, this is just a joke. The difficulties are so big that you can't imagine. You say that there are too many Confucian students, and I say that there are fewer people who can read. If it is really dedicated to people, then there are too few. As you said, at home Those who are able to go to school will not learn the knowledge of these merchants and craftsmen, and Confucianism will not do such things like letting go of their status. However, since it has been saturated, there are too many, if the Wu Dynasty really wants to move forward One step, maybe we can only consider going from here. For example, gradually set off public opinion, do urgent projects such as strategy and water conservancy first, resist external pressure, ensure people's livelihood, and when everyone is not so hard, more When people can study, they should consider the use of special personnel. This is not like those rigid tactics of strong soldiers. Once their status comes up, there will naturally be people who understand to think and do it. Now the rest of the things have no status. All I can do is read…”
It was quiet inside and outside the room, Li Pin lowered his head and thought bitterly, and the siblings squatting outside the room were a little distressed with their chins on their backs. Ning Yi brought the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Confucianism is a very great system. In addition to self-cultivation, it is also the knowledge of managing people and weighing the relationship between people. There are hundreds of thousands of students, so many officials, and on the invisible level, tens of millions of children across the country. The people are all under its balance and control, especially in our dynasty, the redundant students and redundant personnel have obviously exceeded the impact of various Buddhist and Taoist theories, and the rules of the game it has created after a slight change have not only made this superfluous The interests of the officials among the officials have been balanced, and they can continue to grow, so that many students rushed to it one after another. After ten years of hardship, they became famous all over the world, which is a near-perfect balance..."
He took a deep breath of the tea fragrance and said, "I admire this kind of knowledge. Regardless of its merits and demerits, it can be called art to record what some people have lived in a certain place in a certain form. Confucianism is definitely one of many arts throughout the ages One of the greatest and most ingenious of all, such a large land, so many people, uniting them in such an extreme and harmonious way under one rule of the game, the wisdom of thousands of years, the high mountains stand still..."
He raised his glass and touched Li Pin's teacup: "It's a meeting, you and I, let's taste it."
The scent of tea had already faded, Li Pin was still thinking about it, stood up at this time, took two steps back, and bowed deeply, Ning Yi had no choice but to stand up.
"Many of what Liheng said, I haven't figured out yet, but as far as I have figured it out, Liheng is far ahead of me, and I should pay tribute to this matter."
"It's just a joke." Ning Yi returned a salute, and then smiled, "If it weren't for this dynasty not punishing crimes with words, you and I are insignificant at this time, and I wouldn't dare to tell you... Just a joke, just chatting... "
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