Three Kingdoms

Of course, enemies are not just found.

When Pang Tong led Pang Shanmin to the square in front of Qinglong Temple, the disciples who had been waiting here for a long time naturally made a small commotion.

Although these people had been waiting in the cold wind for half an hour, they would inevitably have some complaints in their hearts and whispered a lot of complaints. However, when Pang Tong and others appeared, these people all stood up in an instant. He changed his expression and put on a flattering smile, hiding his dissatisfaction deep in his heart, and hurriedly left the warm shelter and rushed towards Pang Tong and others. In addition to saluting and greetings, he also shouted loudly Saying all kinds of compliments, hoping to attract the attention of Pang Tong or someone else.

After all, for most people, important ministers like Pang Tong and Zhuge Jin, who are at the right and left of Hussar, are definitely rare to see. When they encounter the opportunity, they will naturally try their best to please and compliment themselves. Seeking benefits.

Pang Tong didn't care about the flattery and flattery of these disciples. He just nodded lightly to everyone and walked straight towards the main hall of Qinglong Temple without any intention of stopping.

Zhuge Jin and Pang Shanmin also followed closely behind Pang Tong. In response to the continuous greetings, they smiled and cupped their hands without stopping at all.

Some people who happened to be meeting at the meeting did not receive the news originally, but when they saw a group of Wuyangyang people gathered here, they couldn't help being curious and came over to inquire about the situation.

I don’t know when there was news that Pang Shanmin was going to compete with Zheng Xuan in the ring!

Fighting in the ring may be a bit exaggerated. After all, you can't really fight with fists and kicks, but maybe it also means something different?

Moreover, Pang Shanmin also found some strange things from Fanbang, which are said to have been written by sages like Confucius and Mencius...

This is even more rare. There is also Confucius and Mencius in the country of Western Europe?

Pang Tong raised his head and moved forward.

He came here this time to support Pang Shanmin...

Of course it was him who spread the news.

After the news spread, it quickly created a sensation.

With Pang Tong's current net worth, there is no appearance fee... Ahem, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough. With Pang Tong's distinguished status, now he actually came to Pang Shanmin in person as a prelude, which naturally means that this matter is not a trivial matter.

Pang Tong is one of the few important ministers under the Hussar, or perhaps none of them. When Pang Tong is here, does this also represent the meaning of the General of the Hussar?

There is never a shortage of "smart people" who are good at figuring things out in this world.

In Qinglong Temple, there are also many people who call themselves "smart people".

So, after all the speculations, many people gathered today to watch Pangshan people enter the hall.

Pang Shanmin actually looks average, but better than Pang Tong.

Not everyone can be as handsome and charming as Brother Zhu, who attracts people to stay with him, nor is he like fish paste, suitable for killing both men and women, young and old. Pang Shanmin has an ordinary appearance, neither ugly nor good. .

As for Zhuge Jin, he is naturally personable.

Therefore, the three people of Pang and Tong can be lined up in a row, which fully expresses the progressive relationship from how apes are... well, from being quite ordinary to having average appearance, and then to having excellent appearance.

When everyone saw Pang Shanmin, they couldn't help but talk about it.

Is this the legendary hermit Queen Pound?

After all, he is an outsider who claims not to be interested in wealth and fame, nor to be attached to powerful officials.

So why did Pang Shanmin appear here again?

Aren't you just slapping your own father in the face?

This is interesting! Hi!

Under various thoughts, everyone's eyes, including Zheng Xuan and Sima Hui, were focused on Pang Tong and Pang Shanmin...

On the other side, Pang Tong ignored the doubts in the hearts of others, and just quickened his pace, came to Zheng Xuan, bowed to Zheng Xuan, "I have met Mr. Zheng." 』

Zheng Xuan's face improved a little. He was stroking his beard before saying a few words, but when he saw Pang Tong, he almost didn't pause. He walked up to Sima Hui again, raised his hands and saluted, "I have seen Mr. Shui Jing." . 』

"Uh, okay, okay!" Sima Hui chuckled twice, glanced sideways at Zheng Xuan's face, quickly averted his gaze, nodded repeatedly, and smiled kindly.

Everyone is acting on the same stage, er, competing on the same stage, so there is no distinction between superior and inferior.

Since it is a play, it needs a theme.

The theme this time is to redirect the original deviation from the direction of Qinglong Temple's lecture back to the track set by the Cavalry General Fei Qian.

There are many reasons for the deviation, but one of them is that Zheng Xuan is too self-conscious about his identity.

In Qinglong Temple, Zheng Xuan did not try his best.

Maybe Zheng Xuan failed to understand Fei Qian's meaning, maybe Zheng Xuan understood it but failed to do it well, or maybe he just didn't think about doing it well. It's possible, but it doesn't matter now.

Zheng Xuan couldn't do it, or couldn't do it well, so he let others say it and do it.

It's like a position. If A can't do it, B will take it.

At any time and in any dynasty, academics serve politics.

Maybe when some people see this "service", they think of some big health care, some two worlds of ice and fire, etc. They look disgusted on the surface, but in their hearts they feel like that, and then they think that a little girl with such a clean academic background, how can she Can she be paired with a middle-aged man who is so oily about politics?

In fact, one loves money and the other is lustful, aren't they just a perfect match?

This is no joke at all.

The search for truth and the control of power are the core of academics and politics.

Plato of ancient Greece believed that only when a person masters knowledge and truth can he have the foundation to become a "king". The logic behind "Philosopher King" is that academics serve politics.

Similarly, there are similar statements in the classic works of the Spring and Autumn Period. The "sage king" must internalize good moral qualities into his own benevolence. After mastering the "way of heaven", he can become a true king.

The hundreds of schools of thought during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were originally born to explore political solutions for various vassal states and find ways to govern the country.

Some people say that the teachings of Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, and Zhuangzi are indeed outstanding. But after so many years in China, why hasn't there been a group of people who can compare with them?

So at the beginning of creation, it has basically reached a peak, so it is difficult to break through?

Actually, yes and no.

From a certain perspective, future generations have always been creating and innovating.

It's just that because the direction is the same as that of the predecessors, it seems that there has been no change or breakthrough, but in fact, whether it is Neo-Confucianism or psychology in later generations, it can be said that it has reached a new level. new heights.

Yes, new heights.

But not a new breadth, nor a new world.

If you look at the breakthroughs and progress of these latecomers from a distance, you will find some regrets.

Because the people in the front, especially in the Han Dynasty, had already framed Confucianism to death, and the emperors in subsequent dynasties reinforced and welded this frame. As long as the kings, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons are not broken, then the Confucian disciples will naturally It is impossible to break out of this framework, and we can only make fuss within this framework, stacking higher and higher, and finally crumbling.

Under the framework of "Induction between Heaven and Man" and in the "Social Subconscious", it is embedded that only by becoming a Confucian student can one be an official and rule the world, or be corrupt and make a fortune, or more pleasantly, it is called a golden house with a jade-like appearance.

Such unspoken rules have become mainstream, and works and ideas that have developed in other directions have been destroyed by generations of emperors and Confucian disciples.

It’s not that future generations can’t surpass their predecessors, but that there were no political restrictions at all when the philosophers had hundreds of schools of thought, and naturally there was a colorful collision of various ideas. However, after the Han Dynasty, thinking was gradually blocked, and all ideas jumped. The idea of ​​taking them off has been blocked, and they are often removed from the shelves, thus losing the original diversity.

I didn’t tell you whether it was possible or not, but I just asked myself to change it. If I didn’t have time to change it, it would be like a large-scale revision of books by the imperial court, such as Sikuquanshu and so on...

Academics cannot be separated from politics.

Politics also limits academics.

Love and kill each other for a lifetime.

Pang Tong took Pang Shanmin off and went on stage. In fact, it was similar to asking Zheng Xuan, "Do you know where you are wrong?"

Zheng Xuan still looked unhappy, but there were some subtle changes in his expression. If you weren't familiar with it, you might not be able to detect it.

Unfortunately, the person sitting next to Zheng Xuan was Sima Hui.

Sima Hui lost his wife and son in his early years, and his wife died of the plague after the marriage was renewed. Then he regarded his academics as his own son. Well, Sima Yi is just his nephew.

Are sons and nephews somewhat different?

Pang Tong spoke a few words on the stage, and then introduced Pang Shanmin.

This time the protagonist on the stage is not Pang Tong, but Pang Shanmin.

Pang Shanmin actually likes the smell of Guanzhong, it is a kind of confidence.

people's confidence.

In Jingzhou, whether it was during Liu Biao's period or Cao Ren's period, when the carriages of noble nobles passed through the official villages and gates of the streets, the ordinary people always avoided them, and they were often low-level people. Keep your head down, aim sideways, and stay as far away from the vehicle as possible.

However, when Pang Shanmin arrived at Sanfu in Guanzhong, he found that the farmers busy on the official roads in Guanzhong would also look at these carriages, but they never flinched or deliberately avoided them.

Pang Shanmin originally thought it was just his illusion, but later he found out that it was not the case.

The officials of Guanzhong Sanfu do not think that when the people lower their heads, they are obedient, nor do they think that when the people raise their heads, they are disobedient. The same is true for the common people. When they are curious, they just stand up, take a look or two openly, and then continue to go about their own business.

Doing your own thing doesn't require those extra actions.

Guanzhong is confident, and this self-confident mentality is vividly displayed in the farmer's eyes, smile, or the smile he occasionally raises his head to wipe his sweat while busy in the fields.

Just like Guanzhong has always been dissatisfied with being located under Shandong.

There is also a group of such confident people in Qinglong Temple, but they are not farmers, but children of noble families, especially those from poor families. These people are the most ambitious people. In order to realize their ambitions, they can do everything that ordinary people can't bear. They are also the group of people who most believe that there is no high or low in the gentry. Because their origins are not noble, they naturally I just don’t believe that “wealth is determined”.

After all, most of those who believe in destiny will not come to Chang'an.

They both have the same surname, so why are some people born with good clothes and good food, while others are born into abject poverty?

Dare to think about why, I feel a sense of injustice in my heart.

I think about what I am qualified for, and I think about doing something in my heart.

Qinglong Temple is like a magnet that gathers people with aspirations from all over the world.

Such a place and such a group of people certainly need better guidance and clearer direction.

Zheng Xuan failed to do it, or Zheng Xuan did it, but failed to do it well.

The Hussars General Fei Qian planned a huge matter. Pang Shanmin only knew a little bit about it, but he was already filled with admiration. He originally thought that he came to Guanzhong because Fei Qian wanted to implement Huang-Lao's art and depose Confucianism. After playing an unfinished game of chess with Fei Qian, Pang Shanmin realized that this was not the case.

Although Pang Shanmin is from the same line as Pang Degong and is a descendant of the Huang Lao sect, he does not believe that he must have an either/or relationship with Confucianism, because the world itself is not black or white.

Pang Shanmin doesn't like disputes or arguing with others, but he still comes because he also wants to communicate face-to-face with Fei Qian to understand what kind of plans and plans Fei Qian has for the present and the future of the entire Han Dynasty. arrange.

King of the world.

Fighting is not the ultimate goal.

If it were for high official position, Fei Qian was already one person below ten thousand people.

If it is for the sake of prosperity and stability for the people, then the people in Guanzhong are already gradually becoming wealthy and stable.

in the case of……

That would be very dangerous.

So Pang Shanmin came even though he didn't like disputes.

Pang Shanmin previously believed that people can be reasonable. As long as they explain the truth clearly, it will be easy to do the right thing. A chaotic expedition is a situation that no one wants, so as long as they are clear and powerful, they will be so smart. People will naturally not do stupid things or do harmful and unprofitable things.

If the measures taken by the ruler cannot make the country strong and the people healthy, logically speaking, they should not be done.

Then Fei Qian told Pang Shanmin that not everyone in the world is reasonable.

If you want everyone in the world to be reasonable, Confucianism must first be reasonable.

Because Confucianism has been adhering to the responsibility of education since the time of Confucius. What kind of teacher will bring out what kind of students. The emperor must be reasonable, the officials must be reasonable, and the people must be reasonable, and finally everyone can be reasonable. As long as any link is wrong, there is no need to be reasonable.

But now, Fei Qian told Pang Shanmin that the Confucian disciples had begun to become unreasonable.

Start with the study of Jinwen scriptures.

Start with the induction of heaven and humans.

Starting from the White Tiger Watching the Court Meeting...

Academics serve politics. If academics start to be unreasonable, then politics will naturally become unreasonable, and political unreasonableness will in turn deepen academic unreasonableness.

Why not be reasonable?

Because the fist is big.

Fei Qian didn't say anything to Pang Shanmin about being within the range of the cannon, but Pang Shanmin generally understood.

When there were hundreds of schools of thought, Confucianism's fist was not big enough. But after the Han Dynasty, Confucianism's fist became bigger and bigger, and it naturally became more and more unreasonable. If you want to reason, you must have an evenly matched opponent, just like when both parties in a debate find that they cannot defeat the other party, they can only win the support of others.

This opponent is the "man of many talents" specially found by Fei Qian.

A powerful foreign enemy can prevent brothers from fighting each other.

Do Chinese brothers run forward hand in hand when there are no foreign enemies?

no.

He just wants to kill the other party and become the boss himself.

This is the tragic end of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This is the stone left by Qin Shihuang. This is the ultimate goal of all Chinese emperors.

So there must be foreign enemies.

There are foreign enemies in academics, there are foreign enemies in politics, and there are foreign enemies in the country.

This enemy cannot be too far away, too far to be felt, but not too close, too close to be harmed by the enemy that day, and the "enemy" Fei Qian took out at the moment seemed just right.

"Five Dynasties Rivers, Mountains and Winds"

"Everything in this world has its own advantages and disadvantages. Just like human food, gaining it is a benefit and losing it is a harm. Pang Shanmin slowly said, "Do you think so?" 』

As soon as Pang Shanmin made his argument, everyone in the audience started talking about it.

Including Zheng Xuan, everyone in the audience was thinking, but after thinking carefully for a long time, they felt that they couldn't find anything wrong with Pang Shanmin's argument, so they all nodded in agreement.

Although it's a little too direct, it's like a steel knife entering the middle, trying to capture the middle palace.

Pang Shanmin and other people's voices fell silent for a moment, then continued: "In this way, the people of the world seek advantages and avoid disadvantages." Hunger and cold are harmful, and the desire for food and clothing is harmful; poverty is harmful, and the desire for wealth and honor is harmful; chaos and chaos are harmful, and the desire for governance is harmful, and so on, which are the foundation of human beings and the aspirations of the world. Do you think so? 』

Everyone whispered to each other.

There seems to be no problem with this?

Moreover, Pang Shanmin did not say that everyone must seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. He also said that most people do. After all, the existence of the spirit of fun cannot be avoided in any age. What's more, there are many people who say they want to be loyal, but in fact they act for profit. Isn't it true?

So after Pang Shanmin finished saying this, everyone had no objections.

Pang Tong nodded slightly, "The sages of Confucius and Mencius, as well as hundreds of schools of thought, were born in the Spring and Autumn Period, and each of them declined and declined. The reason is that those who benefit the country and the people survive, those who harm the country and the people perish, and those who are beneficial to the world's wealth and honor survive." , Those who bring poverty to the world will perish; those who carry out clear and transparent government affairs and stabilize the world will live; those who impose heavy taxes and wander thousands of miles will perish. The way of civil and military affairs, the learning of all the scholars, is nothing better than this. Do you think so? 』

What Pang Shanmin said was not nonsense, but the tone.

Because the principle of conflicting interests had been set before, there was no problem for Pang Shanmin to continue his inference.

If someone disagrees at this time, it is equivalent to disagreeing with things that have been agreed before. It is not just a slap in the face, but also a general tone that refutes Pang Shanmin's so-called "everything in the world has benefits." This general tone cannot be refuted.

Because this is the unity of opposites.

If you think that the concept of the unity of contradictions and opposites is Western learning, you will jump up and despise it, but in fact there is no need to do so.

Because in Chinese terms, it is the same.

In the Book of Changes, there are explanations about yin and yang, hardness and softness, big and small, far and near, coming and going, up and down, good and bad, good and bad, good or bad, life and death, survival, benefit and harm, etc. In fact, it reveals things from different angles. Opposites emphasize the opposition and unity of things, which also affirms the universality of contradictions and the opposition and unity of contradictions.

Therefore, when Pang Shanmin started talking about it, no one could refute it.

No one has any objections, so Pang Shanmin's basic theory is basically established.

Then Pang Shanmin smiled and threw a "bomb"...