Chapter 1,191 Human Nature Is Evil

The weather was cold, and there were fewer people on the streets in the afternoon, so Shen An accelerated his horse speed, and the wind blew all the way to the front of the imperial city.

Don't have a fever!

Shen An touched his forehead and said, "I am going to see the king."

Very quickly, the sergeant who went to report the news flew away, and the remaining sergeants looked at Shen An with admiration in their eyes.

A sergeant came over, crossed his hands and saluted and asked, "May I ask Duke Shen, if there was internal chaos in the Song Dynasty, would the Liao people really take the opportunity to go south?"

This question made Shen An a little curious, "Definitely."

The Liao people were like hungry wolves, looking for an opportunity to bite the Song Dynasty.

This issue was probably discussed outside in the past few days, but it was a good thing, so Shen An was willing to explain more.

"The Liao people used to do it, but now they won't let it go. Why? Because the Song Dynasty is becoming more and more threatening to them. They can't wait to destroy the Song Dynasty and eliminate this big threat. But can we let them get what they want? ?”

"cannot."

This was a famous general of the Song Dynasty. With a few words of advice from him, everyone felt enlightened.

In both past and present lives, Shen An was willing to deal with people from the lower classes. Seeing his kindness, the sergeant asked, "Mr. Shen, why don't the Liao people come this time?"

In his eyes, this incident was regarded as civil strife.

"Not big enough." Shen An thought for a moment and gave up on the complicated statement, "The officials can even use the coercion of the Liao people to get rid of those maggots..."

The sergeants all laughed when they heard Shen An use maggots to describe those powerful scholar-bureaucrats.

"Don't laugh." Shen An said seriously: "This is a strategy between countries. The matter is over in a short time. The Liao people cannot borrow it. Even if they can borrow it, Yelu Hongji will look on with cold eyes and will not act rashly. Press..."

"Yes, if the Liao people exert pressure, the Song Dynasty will temporarily put aside its internal affairs and deal with the outside world together..."

The sergeant looked suddenly enlightened and bowed and said: "Thank you so much, Mr. Shen, for teaching me. I am very grateful, but I don't dare to become a disciple for fear of blaspheming you..."

A group of sergeants followed and bowed, and Shen An laughed and scolded: "Why do you want to be a disciple but not a disciple? You still know how to dig a hole and wait for someone to jump?"

As long as he accepts this conversation, these sergeants will climb up the pole and create a half-division friendship or something.

"It's a good job. There will be opportunities like this in the army in the future."

"Will it really happen?" The sergeants felt that they would be very happy if they could not be called thieves and join the army.

"I believe that one day the martial arts society will restart, and the scale will become bigger and bigger."

It is urgent to professionalize the army, and generals are feared by the emperor and ministers at court. Shen An thinks it is a good idea to train generals on a large scale.

"Mr. Shen..." Wang Chongnian arrived. Shen An stood up, patted his butt, and followed him in. The sergeants behind him were saluting.

"Thank you, Mr. Shen."

Shen An waved his hands without looking back, and Wang Chongnian said: "I have seen these sergeants many times. Their smiles to outsiders...even Zaifu are fake smiles, but they just said to you...I can see that they are all Sincerely.”

Shen An smiled.

"You... I know that you are a scholar of heaven and earth, and I also want to become your teacher, but I know that this is taboo..."

Wang Chongnian was a little sad.

"This is all your Majesty knows, go and learn from him."

Shen An didn't think it was a good thing for him to teach the people around Zhao Xu. He couldn't see it now, and he would react to it if he was provoked in the future.

——You, Professor Wang Chongnian, are you trying to bury a nail in the King’s side?

——In the future, if you ask Wang Chongnian to do something for you, will he do it? Teacher, teacher, once a teacher, always a father, can Wang Chongnian refuse you?

Are you trying to trick me?

Shen An patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and Wang Chongnian smiled immediately, the same kind of smile that made him want to bully him.

This guy...that's all.

Shen An thought about what happened to Wang Chongnian, especially when his father cut him off with a knife and blocked his urethra with chicken feathers. It really made people feel numb.

His father probably heard someone bragging about how to cut a penis, so he did it himself.

Fortunately, the braggart at least talked about the aftermath, which was to use a feather pole to stab him in, otherwise...otherwise someone would really be killed.

Once the wound at the urethral opening heals, a living person will suffocate to death if nothing sticks in the middle.

All the way to Qingning Palace, Shen An felt a little too quiet.

He looked at Wang Chongnian. Wang Chongnian shook his head, indicating that it was not like this when he came out.

Shen An waved his hand and slowly walked towards the main hall.

"...The king is highly valued by the officials, but why do you want to look at Han Feizi?"

This voice sounded very angry, "I taught the King's Classics and History Collection and the Six Arts, but why was there no Han Feizi? Then Han Feizhi's teachings are dangerous and are not learned by the King. Not only should they not be learned, but they should not be read."

The scholar-officials of this dynasty were treated very comfortably, so they stayed away from Han Fei's theory that human nature is inherently evil.

"Not only did your Majesty read it, but he also copied it himself. What do you want to do?"

This matter may not seem like a big deal, but once it is spread by these people, it will immediately cause an uproar.

Your Majesty believes in Han Fei’s theory!

This probably means heresy. When the time comes, public opinion will be in an uproar and Zhao Xu will not be able to end it.

"I just copied it for collection...not..."

When Shen An heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore. He strode in and saw Sun Yong, the attendant, standing there with a stern look on his face. Zhao Xu was sitting on the other side with a book, looking a little embarrassed. .

Before he became the emperor, he did not have that much freedom, and one attendant could make him miserable.

This is the prince of the Song Dynasty.

"Let's take a look."

Shen An walked over and Zhao Xu frowned.

He didn't want Shen An to get involved in this muddy water.

Shen An took the book and read it, "Good words."

This was copied by Han Feizi by Zhao Xu himself, and he looked at it very seriously.

Shen An knew from a long time ago that Zhao Xu liked Legalism, not Confucianism.

For a prince who insists on innovation, Legalism is his most important weapon.

And this weapon was treasonous in the eyes of the scholar-bureaucrats of this dynasty.

Shen An looked at it for a few times, and then asked Sun Yong, "Is there something wrong?"

As an attendant, Sun Yong has the responsibility to correct and teach Zhao Xu. He wanted to hit Zhao Xu just now, but was interrupted by Shen An.

"It's very inappropriate." Sun Yongyue said: "Han Fei's theory is heretical. How can the prince learn from it? The emperor is virtuous but not legal!"

This is the biggest controversy.

These guys believe that the emperors of the Song Dynasty should act according to virtue, so that the world will naturally be governed. The most typical example of this is Renzong Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen was kind and virtuous, so his call for benevolence resounded through the clouds.

However, Zhao Shu was mean and expected that he would not get a good posthumous title after his death.

Where is Zhao Xu?

Sun Yong and others felt that Zhao Shu had no hope, so they focused on the future emperor Zhao Xu.

In addition to teaching the classics and history, they loved to instill in Zhao Xu the view of the supremacy of virtue. If Shen An hadn't instilled numerous "crooked theories" into Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu would have fallen into the trap.

"Is it moral or not legal?"

Shen An smiled and said, "How about not following morality but following law?"

These are Han Fei's words. He believes that kings should put law first when governing the world, and morality is unreliable here.

This theory runs counter to the theory believed by today's scholar-bureaucrats, so it's no wonder they are so angry.

Sun Yong's face flushed, "This is a big fallacy!"

"How absurd?" Shen An said with a smile: "Can moral virtue govern the world? Come, Sun Shi will read it to Shen and tell him, how to make this statement right?"

Can moral virtue govern the world?

Yarn!

Anyone with any sense knows this is a joke.

It is a rule to see through the situation but not tell it. But Shen An slapped the rules away and asked Sun Yong to answer his question.

how to answer?

Sun Yong said calmly: "The king does not cultivate virtue, but takes the law as his top priority..."

"Isn't it appropriate?" Shen An asked with a smile.

"Inappropriate." Sun Yong shook his head.

"Why is it inappropriate?"

"this……"

Sun Yong was speechless. If it had been anyone else, he would have yelled at him and told him to get out.

But this is Shen An. When Shen An influenced Zhao Xu, he had nothing to do with Sun Yong and others.

This is the prince's earliest teacher.

Sun Yong's face turned red, but Shen An refused to take a step back, "Things are in the four directions, and they must be in the center. If the saint insists, the four directions will follow suit. Is this what you are afraid of?"

Han Fei pointed out that the power of the world should be in the hands of the king, but this was not the case in the Song Dynasty. The scholar-bureaucrats cheered and shouted that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats would rule the world together. After Zhao Xu ascended the throne and carried out reforms, he encountered resistance beyond imagination, which is the best explanation for Han Fei's words.

And Han Fei also put forward one point: the princes should be cut! In today's Great Song Dynasty, the princes are the dignitaries and officials who stick together, and they should be broken up...

His purpose in proposing all this was to centralize power, but for the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty, this was very fatal!

——The king has no rights, he is worse than a fart!

Sun Yong looked cold and said, "This is a big fallacy."

He felt that Shen An's words were too harsh, and if word spread, someone would naturally deal with him.

But you have to fight back! Otherwise, everyone will think that someone is useless.

Sun Yong thought of this and said sternly: "If a husband cannot be trusted because of the closeness of his wife and the closeness of his children, then the rest cannot be trusted. How to say this?"

This is what Han Fei said, which means: Once you become a king, you cannot trust anyone.

These words were simply poisonous to the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty.

That's why Sun Yong dared to rebuke Zhao Xu, but Zhao Xu did not dare to fight back.

Once he counterattacked, Sun Yong dared to invite Zhao Shu and Queen Mother Cao to make things worse.

——Look, the king likes the venom that Han Fei spits out.

Yes, for the scholar-bureaucrats and the nobles in the palace except the emperor, UU reading www. uukanshu． net Han Fei's theory is venom.

"Is it credible?" Shen An smiled.

Sun Yong was also laughing, "Isn't it credible?"

The minister cannot be trusted?

He glanced at Zhao Xu, couldn't the officials trust the king?

And the Queen and the Queen Mother, shouldn't the officials trust them?

If you have the ability, Shen An, just nod, and then I'll see how you die.

This is Han Fei's theory.

Why?

Because you, the emperor, are high and have supreme power. Your courtiers are loyal to you because of their rights, your concubines bow to you because of their rights, and they willingly take off their clothes... Your son bows to you for his future rights...

The whole world is bowing to you, and these loyalties are only because of your superiority, not because of your moral inspiration.

This is the biggest contradiction.

And the essence of it... Shen An felt that it was just four words: human nature is inherently evil.

This was unacceptable to the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty.

They shared the world with the king, which was unimaginable in the Han and Tang Dynasties. The sweetness of power, the richness of benefits...these are things they can't let go of.

Anyone who wants to use Han Fei's theory to confuse the king is their biggest enemy.

Of course, Shen An is their biggest enemy. If there are many debts, Shen An will not be afraid.

But what about the queen? Where is the Queen Mother?

If you agree with this theory, you will alienate the royal family. The queen and queen mother can tear you apart.

He looked at Shen An with a smile, looking forward to the moment when he changed his tune.

He even thought about some harsh words to use to ridicule him and make him feel ashamed.

But Shen An nodded and said, "That's right."

In an instant, Sun Yong could no longer hold back his smile, and he had to lower his head, but the ecstasy in his heart made him relax his eyebrows.

Shen An, let’s see how you die this time!