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The debate did not end because of this, because other people, including Fusu, were still interested in this story.

Wang Ben interrupted and asked:

"Vice general, if the peasant family is good for planting flowers and the Confucian school is good for raising deer, then is the Legalist good for the wolf?"

Shen Bing nodded and replied:

"Or you can say so."

Shen Bing's answer was that the Legalists were indeed beneficial to war.

But the word "or may" is used in front of it, because "ruling a country by legalists" and modern "ruling a country by law" are two different things.

Legalists at this time emphasized "law", "shu" and "power".

Law is to make laws and even promote legal education.

The technique is to use the law to manage the nobles, the army, and the common people. Probably, law enforcement must be strict.

The trend is to establish prestige and implement thoroughly, so that everyone is surrendered to the law. Probably, violations of the law must be investigated.

These are all right.

The problem is that Legalists emphasize that it is the monarch, that is, the ruling class, who establishes all this.

The ruling class has absolute legislative, administrative, and judicial powers that are unquestionable. Even the thinking of the people must be constrained, and everything should serve the ruling class under the law.

So the ruling class is above the law, changing whatever they want, and playing whatever they want.

Many people think that the Qin Dynasty is a country ruled by law... But in fact, as long as you compare it, you will know that this is in fact a total monarchy and a country ruled by people, and it is the opposite of a country ruled by law.

on the other hand.

It's just that the legalists of this period were too one-sided, thinking that only legalists were enough, and all other schools were confusing people and should be banned and disbanded.

Fortunately, the Yingzheng at this time was only partly listening and adopting legalism.

From a modern point of view, this is definitely wrong.

Because besides the law, there is something called ethics.

Moral standards are the default standards of good and evil that are gradually formed in human society. Which ones are good and which are not good. They are consciously abided by. Although not illegal, they are immoral and condemned by society.

Ethics and law complement each other and promote and work together.

If all the rules and regulations are stipulated as laws and implemented, then the legislative, administrative, judicial and other institutions must be at least several times larger. The country is still chaotic when the prison is full of prisoners.

On the contrary, if a good moral code is formed in the society under the guidance of the state, the legal institution will save much trouble and can achieve a multiplier effect with half the effort.

A considerable part of our country's ethics is derived from the "benevolence and morality" of Confucianism, while legal thought is influenced by legalists.

In other words, Confucianism and Legalism can actually coexist and complement each other.

In countries where there is no non-Confucian circle, their moral standards are often based on theology, that is, imaginary gods are used to judge good and bad, good and evil... Do bad things go to hell, good things go to heaven and so on.

This is one of the reasons why most Chinese are atheists.

Because compared with the illusory and ethereal theology of other countries, China has developed a much more mature and specific Confucianism and Chinese culture for thousands of years. It has the deeds of great men and famous sayings as the criteria for judging good and evil and gradually formed A complete set of ethics.

So why need theology?

As the most populous country in the world, modern China has become one of the best and safest countries in the world when the rule of law is relatively inadequate. This also illustrates this point.

The ancients, of course, did not know this. At this time, the legalists only knew that the people were restrained and suppressed one-sidedly with draconian laws, severe punishments, and punishments... the reason.

As a child of the noble, Wang Ben had studied Qin Law and stood in line with the Fa School, so he asked this question.

The atmosphere of this tent was really strange at this time:

Xu Ying represents the farmer.

Fusu represents Confucianism.

And Wang Ben represents Legalists.

As for Yang Duan and this veteran, there are more people who do not believe in "fist".

So this discussion is a bit like a collision of several theories here.

Wang Ben continued:

"So, as the deputy general said, if the law is used to the extreme, that is, the wolf is too ferocious, wouldn't it be like the lieutenant said that the war is'passed'?"

Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"Although the Legalists are good for wolves, they are not wolves, because they are also good for deer and flowers."

"There are also disadvantages."

"As the saying goes, "No rules can't make a circle." Law is rules. It can be used for wolves, deer and flowers."

"The main point of the law is to use it properly. If it is used improperly, it is a bad law, otherwise it is a good law."

Wang Benqi said:

"Dare to ask the lieutenant, what is evil and what is good?"

Shen Bing replied:

"If there are more deer and less flowers, taxation is a bad law."

"If the deer spend less and spend more, taxation is a good law."

Everyone nodded involuntarily.

If flowers represent grain, then taxation is a means to increase or decrease grain.

Therefore, when local disasters produce less food, the tax rate will naturally be reduced.

This also makes Wang Ben very useful, because his method of standing in line seems to be a means of regulating social relations beyond the three.

Fusu pondered for a while and then asked:

"Is it true that the deputy general said that he should conform to the situation?"

Shen Bing nodded and said:

"The son is absolutely right."

"If wolves are too ferocious, I should control wolves instead of benefiting them."

"Otherwise, the world will be in chaos and the people will not live."

"The same goes for deer and flowers."

"Too many or too few links in any one will cause a series of backlashes and disasters."

"That's why we can't just talk about benevolence and morality."

"If the son said at first, if there are too many deer and the son protects the deer in the name of benevolence and justice, it will actually harm the deer."

These words made Fusu convinced, and even the practice that Chunyu Yue taught him, who firmly believed in his heart, was shaken... What Chunyu Yue taught Fusu was one-sided benevolence and righteousness. It seems that as long as there is a battle of "benevolence and righteousness" There is no need to fight, as the world will come from all directions.

At this moment, if someone wants to argue with Fusu or Chunyuyue, it won't be long before they will be circumvented by a whole bunch of them.

However, Shen Bing used this logically rigorous and easy-to-understand story to explain this reason, so that they couldn't get around even if they wanted to go around.

So Yang Duanhe bowed his hand to Fusu:

"If the son has no objection, I will continue to promote waterwheel pounding rice and trade the pounding rice for Tuntian..."

Fusu nodded and replied:

"It should be so."

After getting the account, Yang Duanhe secretly praised Shen Bing:

"The lieutenant's lip service is not weaker than marching."

"After a few clicks, I convinced the son. If you know that the son is notoriously stubborn, the king sometimes has nothing to do with him."

"This trip was defeated by the deputy, which really opened my eyes."

Shen Bing could only respond with a wry smile.

If Fusu has such a personality, it is really not a good thing.