Da Qin: After becoming a saint, he stole Brother Zheng’s spot in the group

"Lai Chen'er, let's continue talking. What else do you think about Legalism?"

"Ah, I have to say more, that’s enough!"

"How can it be? Are you in high spirits now? You can't spoil the fun, just tell me!"

"This... okay!!"

Zhao Chen is helpless. It seems that if he doesn't make it clear today, he won't let himself go!

"In fact, the progressive significance of Legalist thought lies in its ability to bring different classes closer together.

Legalists put forward the judicial principle that"princes who break the law are as guilty as the common people", which means that everyone is equal before the law, and no one is exempted!

Shang Yang's death was also because he was merciless and punished the prince without fear of the powerful. I believe you, dad, know this very well!

Dad, I have a question.

Did Shang Yang really punish the prince back then? Or is it the teacher Gongzi Qian who punished the prince?"

"Does it make any difference? Also, this is a secret matter of Da Qin, so don’t pry."Ying Zheng said displeasedly.

"If he only punished the prince's teacher, Gongzi Qian, it only means that Shang Yang still did not dare to offend the king!"

"Fart, where did you get this from? It is simply slander."Ying Zheng was furious.

This is blatantly slandering the ancestors of Qin! How can you bear this?

"Brat, since you know that the Qin Dynasty governs the country according to law, you should have read"Qin Law"!"

Zhao Chen shook his head.

Ying Zheng:………………

He glared at Zhao Chen speechlessly,"You haven't even read"The Law of Qin", so how do you speak so truthfully?"

"The"Qin Law" of the Qin Dynasty at that time stipulated that if a minor commits a crime, his guardian will bear the crime. The prince was only 9 years old at the time, so there must be someone behind the crime. Shang Yang went through a rigorous investigation and acted in accordance with the law.

Prince Qian once asked to have his hands chopped off in exchange for his nose being cut off, but Shang Yang refused. Shang Yang said that each law corresponds to a corresponding punishment, which cannot be offset in any form.

This is the process at that time, now you understand"

"Uh-huh!"

Is that really so? No wonder Da Qin can become more and more powerful. This is the benefit of governing the country according to law!

"In fact, the thoughts of the various scholars themselves are mixed, and they themselves do not completely identify with the thoughts of their own family.

For example, Mencius is a Confucian, and many of his views are the same as those of Mohism. But he scolded the Mo family, which was just an obvious sectarian opinion.

For example, Xunzi, as a Confucian, fully recognized the Legalist school of law, and some people even did not recognize Xunzi as a Confucian.

For example, although Mozi criticized Confucianism, he also inherited part of Confucian thought. At the same time, he also incorporated the Legalist thought of governing the country according to law, as well as independent logical and dialectical thought.

It can be seen that the more pragmatic the scholars are, the more they incorporate a variety of ideas into it.

Extremely pragmatic schools such as political strategists, military strategists, planners, and legalists can be said to be almost completely connected with each other, and they can be used simultaneously.

It's just which aspect they focus more on.

The core idea of Legalism is to govern the country according to law and enforce the law equally, without distinction.

Since the Shu School and the Shi School also insisted on agreeing with this idea, these two schools naturally became a lineage of Legalism.

Legalists are deeply influenced by the thoughts of Taoist Laozi and highly recognize the skills of doing things in Taoist thoughts.

Therefore, all three schools of Legalism highly admire Laozi's Machiavellian thinking.

The pragmatists all studied the Taoist tactics of survival."

"Chen'er, you really have a profound research on these things!"

"Haha, I studied it out of boredom. Didn’t I ask for Taoist doctrines and classics from Teacher Bei Mingzi during this period?"Zhao Chen will not tell anyone about enlightening the book spirit.

"Are you doing research out of boredom? Then what are other people? They haven’t studied as much in a lifetime as you did when you were bored."

"Forehead!! Dad, let’s continue discussing Legalism!

Legalists are so careful that Dad knows about it!"

"Naturally, we know that he is one of the founders of Legalism and is called Shenzi!"

"That's right, he advocated governing the country according to law and using Taoist techniques.

The king must rule by doing nothing.

The king does not need to do much, he just needs to make good use of his ministers and let them handle it.

The more the king intervenes, the lower the initiative of his ministers.

He emphasized that kings are like dragons, and clouds and mist are power. Without clouds and mist, dragons cannot fly high and are no different from earthworms on the ground.

Therefore, he advocated that kings should govern their country well first to ensure that their power is absolutely stable.

The country is governed well with the help of laws made by the king and enforced according to law.

Shen Dao can actually be said to be the legalist closest to Taoist thought. In fact, Shen Dao is essentially the successor of Taoist Laozi's thought. His governance strategies follow a series of theories proposed by Laozi, and he himself incorporates the idea of governing the country according to law. the concept of.

It can be seen from Shen Dao's two propositions that he is obviously Taoist.

First: Not respecting the virtuous.

Second: Not respecting loyal ministers.

Doesn’t it sound ridiculous, Dad?"

Ying Zheng nodded.

It's really not like the idea that a person called Shenzi can come up with.

"However, Dad, please use Taoist thinking to understand that"virtuous" does not mean"able". In Shen Dao's thinking,"virtuous ministers" refer to those who have strong independent opinions and are very popular.

If there are many such people, your monarch will become in danger, and the people may listen to them instead of your monarch.

Therefore, we must not"exalt the virtuous".

But you can use"nengchen". Nengchen is a minister who is very effective in doing things, but they don't think about superfluous things, but do their job wholeheartedly.’

""Disrespecting loyal ministers", I am cautious enough to believe that there is definitely no shortage of loyal ministers in this world, but loyal ministers do not mean that they are capable ministers, and they may not be able to get things done. What is needed to govern the country is capable ministers, who should be loyal to their duties, not loyal to the monarch.

This There are many mediocre people in the world who are loyal to the king but not loyal to their duties.

They may be thinking about the king, but their abilities are limited and often interfere with many correct decisions. They often threaten the king with death or life.

Officials should be loyal to their duties. And the duties cannot exceed their own positions.

And loyal ministers think they are loyal to the monarch and interfere everywhere, but they mess up the government.

So Shen Dao is a Legalist theorist. In his theory, everything is reasonable, but the actual During the execution process, since the king has absolute dictatorial power and there is no restriction from the king, the king himself must maintain a very shrewd and clear mind.

Once he encounters a mediocre master, it will be difficult to move forward.

Therefore, careful control must follow The loyal kings respected by Confucianism all have the same problem, which is the expansion of the"rule of man" element.

Shen Dao's construction is that the king is a super wise king who makes good laws, and everyone acts in accordance with the law. Those who break the law, regardless of The princes and nobles will all be dealt with in accordance with the law.

There will be no distinction between high and low; in this way, the country will have people's aspirations and people's enthusiasm will be high, and it will be harmonious."

"So that’s the case. No wonder the two propositions put forward by Shenzi are not recognized. It seems that many people have misunderstood them!!"

At this moment, Ying Zheng suddenly realized.

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