Chapter 461 461. Pragmatism and Ideals

"In this world of war, is morality of any use?" Shusun Tong looked at them and asked.

After everyone heard it, they were stunned, they couldn't believe that this kind of words were spoken by contemporary Confucians, what contemporary Confucians talked about the most, and what they talked about the most was etiquette and music, Taoism and righteousness!

And Shusun Tong's sentence negates all morality, if it is an ordinary person who denies them, they will not be shocked, but who is Shusun Tong, is a contemporary Confucian, the highest culture of Confucianism.

Of course, if it is someone who knows Shusun Tong, or someone who has worked with Shusun Tong for many years, they are not shocked that Shusun Tong said such a thing, because they know that Shusun Tong is an alternative Confucian scholar.

Shusun Tong only knows a lot about Confucianism and has reached the point of being proficient, but in terms of life and work, Shusun Tong does not have the slightest feeling of Confucianism.

And this group of people is a group of scholars, although they are students of Shusun Tong, but Shusun Tong has not learned the skin, and they don't know Shusun Tong, they just think about how to let Shusun Tong recommend them, they show off their talents all the way, hoping to get the appreciation of Shusun Tong, so as to be recommended, enter the official career, and become an official of Qi State!

"This is the war years, you don't need people like you who can read and teach etiquette, you need people who can make money and kill people!" Shusun Tong said to these people.

It's very simple, in the era of war, what is needed is money, if there is money, there is food, if there is food, you can raise soldiers, and if you can raise soldiers, you can fight for Qi Xiaobai to dominate the world, so as to plot the world.

The so-called people who can kill are those who can go to the battlefield, show bravery, and are not afraid of death.

And this Liu Sandao recommended by Shusun Tong, he can make money for Qi Xiaobai, although it is black gold, but Qi Xiaobai doesn't care, as long as it is not the money of the Qi people who stole it, and he is a bandit, a murderer, and on the battlefield, he can show bravery.

"You say, you talk about your etiquette, can you be King Huan and plot the world? Can you capture more territory for King Huan? Can King Huan dominate the world? Shusun Tong looked at these scholars and asked.

At this time, a scholar said: "Sage Yun: The hegemony fought by force is not solid, and the world that uses conspiracy and conspiracy cannot withstand the wind and rain!" ”

"So since ancient times, in the world, there is a hegemony that was not fought by force? Is there a world that is not obtained by strategy? is today's empire, didn't the Ji family use force and strategy to conquer the world? Shusun Tong looked at these people and said.

"The things you are talking about, you can't let King Huan plot the world, you can't let King Huan dominate the world, I'm saying, I really need your set, can you play? How many Confucians are there today? How many are reused? Shusun Tong looked at these people and said.

These people can be regarded as well-read, but if you want to talk about Confucianism, learning or something, these people are incomparable with those contemporary Confucians, and those contemporary Confucians can't get into the ranks, can you?

In other words, it is necessary to turn those old students first, and then to be able to come to your next generation!

Qi Xiaobai heard the words inside the house and kept nodding, he was very appreciative of what Shusun Tong said.

Shusun Tong looked at these people: "You people really want to enter the office, instead of reading your books every day, you should think about how to do something meaningful and practical, so maybe you can be promoted to the office!" ”

"If you do something meaningful, or have a meaningful point of view, even if I don't recommend you, Zhang Shangqing, the prime minister of the DPRK, will recommend you!" Uncle Sun Tong said to them.

"What King Huan needs is pragmatic people, not your group of idealists!" Shusun Tong looked at these people and said.

These people were silent, and they wanted to refute Shusun Tong, but they found that they had no way to refute it, because they couldn't give King Qi Huan money, and secondly, they couldn't go to war with King Qi Huan.

They suddenly felt that their career path was difficult, and at this time, Shusun Tong looked at everyone and said: "Don't be too sluggish, although you don't need it now, but as long as you are my students, as long as you do it well, as long as you can be useful for the situation at that time, I will definitely recommend you!" ”

At this time, Qi Xiaobai clapped his hands and walked in: "Uncle Sun Tong, you said it well!" ”

"Meet, King Huan!" When Shusun Tong saw Qi Xiaobai walking in, he immediately knelt on the ground and said hello to Qi Xiaobai, and at this time, those students also knelt in front of Qi Xiaobai and said hello to Qi Xiaobai.

Qi Xiaobai looked at these students, cleared his throat and said: "What my Qi country wants is a pragmatic person, a person who can do practical things, not a person who can only talk about empty words!" ”

"As long as you can bring benefits to my Qi country, I will definitely reuse you!" Qi Xiaobai looked at these students and continued.

Qi Xiaobai was also a little dissatisfied with the students of the Jixia School Palace, after all, there were many people who could only talk and could not do things and entered the Jixia School Palace.

These students, compared to those who don't learn and have no skills, but can give money to the Jixia School Palace, are even more meaningless and a waste of resources.

But Qi Xiaobai can't drive them away, because these people are really good at reading, and their grades are also very good, they can do poetry and paint.

In the circle of literati, these people were easily appreciated by Qi Xiaobai's Confucian ministers.

Although Qi Xiaobai hates those empty talk about Confucianism, Qi is the most popular place for Confucianism, and the birthplace of Confucianism is also here in Qi, and many powerful families in Qi are influenced by Confucianism.

Qi Xiaobai doesn't need it, it can't be done, it can be said that many of the officialdom of Qi are Confucian people, of course, these Confucian people, although they are proficient in Confucianism, are not those absolute rotten Confucians.

Confucianism that can gain a foothold in the officialdom of Qi cannot be absolutely pedantic, and those pedantic ones have long been eliminated.

However, since talking with Shusun Tong, Qi Xiaobai is not so prejudiced against Confucianism, and the reason why Qi Xiaobai is so prejudiced against Confucianism is because of Confucianism.

Although Confucianism is very essence and very meaningful, it is easy to make yourself a pedantic Confucian, but if you don't become a rotten Confucian, then you will become a great power.

And the Confucian style of writing prevails, many officials in Qi are Confucianists, although they are not corrupt Confucian, but they are also very appreciative of articles or something, when a good article is written, of course they will read, will appreciate, and then introduce Jixia School Palace.

It is also for this reason that there are many people who write very well in the Jixia School Palace, but they dare not be practical.

But then again, how many people can write and do practical things in this world? Therefore, to let this group of scholars enter the Jixia School Palace is to teach them and let them do more practical things, so as to show their value.