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Chapter 375: The Way of the First King!

Jia Yi was looking at the Confucian scholar, and the Confucian scholar was also looking at Jia Yi, bowing slightly, "I have seen the prime minister."

Liu Che introduced with great interest: "Prime Minister, this is a great Confucian from the Kanto region, his family Dong, who cured "Luo Palace Spring and Autumn", and I was about to talk to him.

The prime minister came to see me, but is there something important? "

The scope of the Spring and Autumn Classics is quite large. As the only classic written by two Confucian sages, there are several universities that govern the Spring and Autumn Classics. However, it is normal for the Spring and Autumn Confucians to see the emperor. The Spring and Autumn Classics are the main ones.

Shaking off these thoughts, Jia Yi began to report his findings, "Your Majesty, a small-scale battle took place in the northern border earlier.

After confirming by the minister, the number of Huns going south has gradually increased in recent years. After consulting the information, the minister judged that the climate on the grassland is gradually deteriorating, and the water and grass are not as lush as in previous years. The Hu people went south for their lives.

This means that the Hu people have a survival crisis, which is very difficult, and the court should pay more attention to it. The minister's suggestion is to increase intelligence on the grasslands, so as to fully understand the Xiongnu's movements. "

Liu Che sat up straight when he heard the words. This was not just a small battle. Once the facts were confirmed, this might be a full-scale war between the two empires.

The regime in the Central Plains has always been very careful with the barbarians in the north. Think about it, the various countries built a continuous Great Wall in the north, but they did nothing to deal with the barbarians in the south. This is the difference.

"What does Dong Sheng think?"

Liu Che saw that Dong Zhongshu was thinking after hearing about the Huns' invasion, so he immediately asked, which was considered an investigation.

"Your Majesty, I think you should take the initiative to attack and destroy the Xiongnu, in the way of the former king!"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately became interested when he heard the words, and asked with some surprise: "Oh? The way of the first king? What is the way of the king?"

Dong Zhongshu crossed his hands, raised his hands to the height of his head, then lowered his head slightly, and said solemnly: "The so-called former king, Su Wang is just one person, Su Wang is the sky, the Tao, and everything in the world. Su Wang Daozhong.

Isn’t Yao, Shun and Yu Tang a holy king with great merit?
But Xia Shang's Guozuo was far from being comparable to that of the Zhou family.

The minister searched all over the ancient books, trying to find the reason.

In the end, only one conclusion can be drawn, that is, King Su was born in the world and entrusted to be born in the Zhou family, so the Zhou family has a thousand years of destiny.

The Han Dynasty did not have such a heavenly man as Su Wang, so promoting the way of the previous kings can also prolong the country, this is the principle of governing the country. "

Jia Yi couldn't help asking: "Dong Sheng, King Su is indeed a holy king like heaven and man, but time has changed and the world has changed, and what is easy is not easy. This is what King Su said. Can we use ancient policies to govern the present? Is it the way of the world?"

Jia Yi is a prime minister, and he can govern the country with ease, but he is not considered a great Confucianist among Mengru, because his theoretical level is questionable.

Dong Zhongshu is just a master of theories. Not only does he have a whole set of theories, but he can also adapt to the situation at that time. He can propose whatever the ruler needs.

In real history, he was actually one of the destroyers of Confucianism, and Confucianism outside and law inside were gradually completed under the guidance of his thoughts.

Since then, Legalism has successfully backdoored its listing, replacing Huang-Lao Taoism as the thought that ruled China for 2000 years. It also made Confucianism a scapegoat, but it can’t be said to be a scapegoat. After all, Confucius has been sacrificed for so many years. It can only be said that everything has retribution .

It's just that under the Confucian robes of the previous life is the skeleton of Shang Yang, the flesh and blood of Han Fei, and the fur of Confucius.

This situation is probably a bit like what the demon king said to the Buddha in the Buddhist scriptures: "In your Dharma-ending period, I will let my disciples and grandchildren mix with your monk treasures, wear your cassock, destroy your Dharma, distort your scriptures, destroy Your commandment."

Confucius was unwilling to succumb to the ideals in his heart all his life, but his disciples and grandchildren bowed their knees for the sake of glory and wealth. If they saw Dong Zhongshu as a villain, they would probably beat him to death immediately with their fists.

It's just that in this life, there has been a big change in the Luo family, and Dong Zhongshu's thinking has naturally undergone a huge change.

After hearing Jia Yi's question, Dong Zhongshu smiled and said, "Prime Minister, the ancient dynasty used feudalism, while the current dynasty uses county states. The ancient dynasty used bronze, and the current dynasty uses iron. This is what you said. up.

But in the ancient dynasties there were the Son of Heaven and the Sangong Jiuqing, and the current dynasty also has the Emperor and the Sangong Jiuqing. It is still human beings who rule everything in this world, and it has always been human beings.

The way of the former kings is the way of promoting people, so the way of the former kings remains unchanged.

Su Wang once served as the regent of the Zhou Dynasty for twelve years. He set up enfeoffments, established the patriarchal system, quelled turmoil, punished barbarians, and ruled the world. This is a feat beyond the past.

However, Su Wang's immortality does not lie in his achievements, but in his words. The prime minister was born in Mengru, so he must have read the classics that have been handed down. How do you feel? "

Jia Yi heard the words and said seriously: "Naturally, if you look up, you will become higher, and if you drill it, you will become firmer. It is unfathomable."

Jia Yi is not lying. Ji Zhao is a time traveler after all, and his thinking will not lag behind even in the past 2000 years. The source of all laws is by no means just talking.

"Yes, is there any smart person in this world who has a mountain made of gold at home, but wants to go hundreds of miles away to get a copper coin?"

Jia Yi stopped talking, Liu Che said with a smile: "I also ask Dong Sheng to explain the way of the former kings. Why is it to promote the way of the former kings to defeat the Xiongnu?"

Dong Zhongshu said: "The way of the former kings is broad and profound, but after careful study, I think that the most important points are only two points, that is, one world and one king.

The way of the world is the consensus of all Confucian schools. Correcting Shuo, changing clothes, and rationalizing the official system are all the ways of the world, but I think it is not enough.

There is also the way of no two kings. King Su conquered the world and almost destroyed all the barbarian countries that could compete with the Zhou family.

What does this mean?
The so-called No Two Kings means that there must be no other equally powerful country beside the Zhuxia Dynasty, just like the Xiongnu is to the Han Dynasty. Since ancient times, there are neighbors holding swords, but the master can be safe?

Only by defeating the Xiongnu can the world prosper. "

Dong Zhongshu stopped for a while, he saw Liu Che's desire to expand the territory, so he expanded the theory of the best king in a timely manner, but there was nothing wrong with this theory, it was indeed a theory he found from the Spring and Autumn Period .

"color!"

Liu Che couldn't help clapping his hands excitedly. He needed a theory that could convince people all over the world to endorse his political actions. Dong Zhongshu's remarks were very much to his liking, so he laughed loudly: "Dong Sheng's remarks really made me It's a great enlightenment, the fog in my heart has dissipated."

Jia Yi looked at Dong Zhongshu in astonishment. He didn't expect this Confucian scholar, who had never heard of it before, to have such an opinion.

But Jia Yi didn't care too much. After all, Meng Ru was different. There was always a place for them in this world.

Liu Che turned to Jia Yi and asked, "Prime Minister, you are also a well-known Confucian in the world. What do you think of Dong Sheng's remarks just now?"

Jia Yi shook his head and said: "Dong Sheng's words are right. The Xiongnu invaded more and more. This world cannot last for decades. There are no natural disasters. Sooner or later, soldiers will meet each other. There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the land. The Xiongnu must be alone." Submitting to your command is like the tribal lords who surrendered among the Southwestern Yi, there is no doubt about it."

Liu Che was not at all surprised by Jia Yi's rather domineering remarks, or no one would be surprised, because this is the world's impression of Confucian scholars, a group of gentle but extremely domineering lunatics.

Many people will ignore the internal logic because of some appearances. For example, in real history, many people think that Xiang Yu likes the enfeoffment system because of Xiang Yu's temporary enfeoffment, and even think that Xiang Yu wants to go back to the Spring and Autumn Period.

In fact, after thinking about it a little bit and looking at Xiang Yu's distribution method, you can understand that Xiang Yu actually wanted to fight among the princes, weaken their strength, and then pacify the world, but he did not have Liu Bang's ability and failed.

If Liu Bang had just established the Han Dynasty and died after enfeoffing kings with different surnames, perhaps the world would also think that Liu Bang wanted to restore the enfeoffment system.

Since the state of Qin, which practiced magic, was the most aggressive and eventually won the world, magicians became synonymous with pioneering, while Confucianism was considered conservative, which is actually the same misunderstanding.

It can be seen from the classics of the sages and sages of the past dynasties that the Legalists' primary purpose is to maintain the status of the monarch, which requires a fairly stable society, and war is the most unstable method, so the Legalists are fundamentally repelling war.

Until the emergence of the farming war system, this problem seemed to be solved, but in the end it was backlashed, and the Qin Dynasty collapsed extremely quickly.

Confucianism is also trying to build a great unity, and has chosen the way of distinguishing enemy and enemy civilizations, which has greatly contributed to the formation of the nation.

"Dong Sheng, I invite you to be a Ph.D. in the Thirteen Classics and teach in Taixue. Your theories should be known to the world."

Liu Che said loudly, Dong Zhongshu was excited, knowing that this was the beginning of his great success, while Jia Yi was terrified, knowing that Liu Che wanted to create momentum for the war.

It seems that the emperor wanted to start a war with the Huns a long time ago. Jia Yi felt a little uneasy about the future war, but he still didn't stop it.

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In the Western world, the nation is the main body of the country, and civilization is the collection of the world, but in the East, "Xia" is a collection of civilizations and a collection of dynasties. This is a civilization with strong centripetal force. The split between "Xia", any intellectual of Xia civilization is committed to unifying all "Xia", if a monarch is unwilling to unify, then he will be replaced, this is the logic of many wars in the Eastern world. ——"Global History·Civilizations of Ancient Asian Countries"

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