Chapter 330: Jixia School Palace (4)

In fact, the debate is not that whoever is justified will definitely be able to win, firstly, the pros and cons of the debate cannot be absolutely one-sided, but will have some reasons in favor of themselves, depending on the side can magnify the conditions in favor of themselves as much as possible; Second, even if you encounter a debate that is unfavorable to you, you can use methods such as guò dilution, nonsense, and gags to reduce the unfavorable factors as much as possible, and firmly grasp the parts that are beneficial to you, chase after them, and never relax. There's a lot of knowledge here.

Although Gao Yuan is not a professional debater, as an agent in another time and space, he must have a certain understanding of all professions, and in this era, debate is only in the primitive stage of reasoning, and Gao Yuan is more than enough to deal with this situation.

After two rounds, it was Chun Yu Zhongxiu's turn to speak, and Chun Yu Zhongxiu said: "Another advantage of the Qin State system is the system of rewarding military merits, which divides the title of Qin State into twenty classes, and the officials and people in the country, those who have not made military merits are not allowed to be knighted, and the public clan is no exception. Civilians who kill the first level of the enemy can be knighted as the first level, and those who behead the enemy more will be knighted in turn, although they are slaves, those who have accumulated more merits can also be listed in the position of the minister's doctor. This is the content of the Qin State's military merit title system. After a pause, Chun Yu Zhongxiu said again: "The system of rewarding military merits enables the soldiers of the Qin army to fight bravely on the battlefield in order to obtain a higher title, so the Qin army has always won more and lost less when fighting with various countries. The Qin State can be strong and prosperous now, and the system of rewarding military merits is very important, which is another major advantage of the Qin State system. Do you have any objections to this? ”

Because in the first two rounds of the competition, his side already had a great advantage, so Chun Yu Zhongxiu also hoped to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results, so after it was his turn to speak, he immediately played another trump card.

After she finished speaking, Gao Yuan continued: "I would like to add one thing below, that is, the system of rewarding military merits is not only to let the soldiers of the Qin army fight bravely, but also has another greater advantage, that is, to determine a notarized talent selection system for the Qin State, and provide a fair promotion path for the common people of the Qin State. ”

After Gao Yuan finished speaking, it immediately caused another round of applause, and many people cheered, and this time it was not only those Legalist scholars who supported the Qin State, but even some Confucian scholars joined in, because the speech added by Gao Yuan later touched the hearts of many people.

Although there are many regulations for the Shang Dynasty to change the law, there are indeed only two core contents, that is, to encourage cultivation and reward military merits, and this is indeed where the Qin system is superior to the six eastern countries. Although the six eastern countries have also made some changes in these two aspects, none of them have done so completely retreating, and in terms of talent selection, the six eastern countries are basically controlled by the clan lords, and it is very difficult for ordinary people to come out.

Ordinary people want to become officials, there are generally three ways, one is to write books, first become famous among the people, attract the attention of the king, and the king will take the initiative to recruit the court as officials; the second is to write directly to the king, stating what he has seen, in order to impress the king; The third is to be a guest under the door of the minister of the world, and after being appreciated by the minister of the world, he recommended to the monarch and became an official in the court.

But none of these three paths will be easy. Is it so easy to become famous among the people? Although the Warring States Period was an era of a hundred schools of thought, there were actually very few well-known scholars in the world, and the general monarchs also respected these sages, and would rather pay tribute to them than give them the power of the court, such as Kong, Meng, Mo, Xunzi and other recognized masters, although they would be treated with good food, drink and hospitality when they went there, but they never held any important official positions; And to write directly to the monarch, it depends on the attitude and mood of the monarch, but except for a few Ming monarchs, how many monarchs will be in the mood to read the books of civilians seriously? The third way is a little easier than the first two, but most of the people recommended by the ministers of the world clan to the court are their own clansmen, even if they recommend a few outsiders, but they also send enough gold and copper coins first, otherwise why should they recommend it. There are a few people who really recommend talents for the country.

Although the Qin State's system of rewarding military merits is a little more dangerous, the advantages are also real, that is, fairness, as long as you make meritorious service on the battlefield, you can ensure the promotion of knights. The most important thing is that other ways rely on others, but military merit is by oneself, that is, to take one's destiny into one's own hands.

Most of the scholars and disciples in the Jixia School Palace are commoners or from the declining world, and they often use the Jixia School Palace as a springboard in their hearts, hoping to borrow the influence of the Jixia School Palace to find an opportunity to enter the court as an official. There are only a very small number of people who really have the main purpose of education and teaching. However, the current Qi State is not the Qi State of the era of King Qi Wei and King Xuan of Qi, and has lost its vigorous spirit of forging ahead, and the number of officials selected from the Jixia School Palace is also decreasing year by year, and in the past ten years, only a dozen officials are selected from the Jixia School Palace every year, so the vast majority of scholars and disciples in the Jixia School Palace are very hopeful that there can be a fair selection system.

Gao Yuan's supplementary speech really touched the hearts of many people. Even if Confucianism has always advocated the maintenance of the situation of worldly rule, respect and inferiority, kinship and harmony, most Confucian scholars are from ordinary people after all, and of course they do not want this kind of clan rule to remain unchanged, so it is difficult for them to stand out.

Luo Mingzhu and Fu Qi glanced at each other, knowing that there was no way to refute this issue, and they couldn't even stir it up, so Luo Mingzhu had no choice but to say, "We agree with the two of you." The helplessness is also overflowing.

Chun Yu Zhong Xiu smiled slightly and said, "Accept it, Zhong Xiu Gong listens to Sister Luo's speech." ”

Luo Mingzhu cheered up and said: "As far as Zhong Xiu knows, there is an article in the Shang Dynasty Reform Law, which is that except for the national criminal law decree and the book of agricultural and mulberry doctors and the history of Qin, the rest of the doctrines of the princes are not allowed to be privately stored by the people, not to be read privately, not to be presented to the benefit of the tongue, and to lobby and discuss the gains and losses of the government and politics, whether it is true. ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu nodded and said, "There is indeed this one." ”

Luo Mingzhu said: "The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan." When the river collapses, many people will be injured, and so will the people. Therefore, it is the guide of the Sichuan decision; Proclaim for the people. In the past, Xun Fuzi visited Qin, and once said that the Qin country was ruined, which was also the short of Qin, so Mingzhu thought that the mouth of the people was not respectful to scholars, and this was still the short of Qin government. ”

After she finished speaking, the Confucian scholars who opposed the Qin system immediately came to the spirit, the tyranny of the Qin State, except in terms of concepts, is mainly two, one is tyranny; The second is the ban, the tyranny has been eliminated by the plateau, and it has been diluted, and now it depends on how they refute the ban.

Chun Yu Zhongxiu smiled slightly and said, "Among the Shang Ying's changes, there is indeed a forbidden book. However, you must also know that at the beginning of Shang Jun's reform, he encountered considerable resistance in the Qin State, and several debates were carried out alone, and at the beginning of the law change, the Qin clans were either open or covert, preventing the implementation of the change, so Shang Jun was forced to add such an article to the change, otherwise it would not be possible to guarantee the smooth progress of the change. ”

Luo Mingzhu's eyebrows raised, and said, "Sister Chunyu used a 'can't help herself' to bring this point over?" In this way, any harsh government and law can be explained by 'being forced to do so'. ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu said with a smile: "Naturally not, but the ban on books is just an expedient measure, and now it has been a hundred years since Shang Jun changed the law, and the ban on books has long been abolished in Qin, Qin is still based on Legalism, but after Shang Jun, Qin has used Zhang Yi, Fan Sui, Cai Ze, Lü Buwei, Wang Juan as the phase, Zhang Yi, Fan Sui as the vertical and horizontal family, Cai Ze for the Ji Ran family, Lü Buwei for the miscellaneous family, Wang Juan for the Confucian, but there is no Legalist, Xun Fuzi visited Qin, and also received great courtesy from the Qin State, and now in the Qin Dynasty, Li Si is the Legalist, Yao Jia is a vertical and horizontal family, Mao Jiao is a Confucian, and Weak Dun is a famous family, which shows that the Qin State has no prejudice against the princes, but it is only a matter of material. When Lü Buwei was the prime minister of the Qin State, he compiled the book "Lü's Spring and Autumn", which included the doctrines of all the sons. Although Lü Buwei died, the Qin State did not prohibit the circulation of [Lü's Spring and Autumn Period], which shows that the Qin State was tolerant of the hundred schools of thought, and the ban on books stopped talking, and there was no longer a zài. ”

Because the overall atmosphere of this era is open, it is impossible for the Qin State to go against the wind, so after the death of Shang Ying, the academic atmosphere of the Qin State is also gradually opening up, and the doctrine of the hundred schools of thought of the Princes can basically be accepted. In another time and space, after Qin unified the six countries, Qin Shi Huang also recruited more than 70 well-known scholars from all over the country to serve as doctors, and he was responsible for taking charge of ancient and modern things, arguing whether they were in charge of the past, arguing or not, teaching and other things, and even being able to participate in politics, which was very courteous. The subsequent incident of burning books and pit Confucianism was the result of many factors, and it cannot be said that the Qin State implemented a policy of banning books and stopping speech.

Chun Yu Zhong Xiu did a very detailed study of the history and system of the Qin State, so as soon as Luo Mingzhu put forward the ban on books, Chun Yu Zhong Xiu immediately grasped it firmly and refuted it. And the rebuttals she put forward were all based on facts, Luo Mingzhu and Fu Qi couldn't refute them, and the two of them were also very embarrassed, but they didn't expect that the two trump cards they had carefully prepared were dissolved by their opponents.

Luo Mingzhu smiled bitterly and said, "We don't have anything to say, please speak to Sister Chunyu." ”