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Section 111: The Controversy Between Law and Confucianism

Iron-blooded Prime Minister——If someone calls him that, Fu Ge would be happy to accept it, but in fact, the situation he faced could not be solved by killing.

The First Emperor won the world through killing, but failed to save the world. Hu Hai and Zhao Gao relied on killing to maintain his rule, but the result was that the public was full of grievances and both ended up miserably. Now, if Fu Ge wants to firmly take up the position of prime minister, he must govern the country with kindness and benevolence and treat wise and strangers with a broad mind.

At the same time, he must select outstanding talents from the grassroots level as soon as possible to enrich the central court, because Zhao Gao and Hu Hai's massacre caused a large number of knowledgeable ministers who had made merits for the Qin Dynasty to die early. Now, except for a few officials in the court left for Fu Ge, the others are mediocre people who are ignorant and can only flatter and flatter.

"The New Deal of the Great Qin Dynasty: All counties and counties in Guanzhong, except the county magistrates and other officials are elected by the people in the jurisdiction, with a term of three years, and a re-elected term after the expiration of three years. The term of re-election shall not exceed two terms!"

Rural democratic direct election - The new policy released under Fu Ge's instruction. To change to the six words in the previous one, China has lacked the awareness of democracy since ancient times. Under such a congenital deficiencies, it is quite difficult to carry out a top-down reform, and it is difficult for the general public to accept it in terms of concept. However, if the democratic primary election is piloted at the grassroots level, it should have good results. To be honest, this policy that does not touch the roots of the upper class but can win over the hearts of the people at the bottom has always been the favorites of the superiors. On the one hand, it can show the fraternity of loving talents and cherishing talents, and on the other hand, it can block the mouths of those scholars who criticize the arbitrary government.

The news of the new policy was published like a bird with wings, spreading throughout Guanzhong counties and counties. It was the first to take action in the Jingzhao Yin, Zuo Fengyi, and Youfufeng, which was close to Xianyang, and the Sanfu area, which was the first to launch a vigorous election campaign.

The situation is very good-.

Fu Ge should have been in a good mood, but he couldn't be happy because something more troubled in the court was waiting for him.

The origin of the matter is the three laws promulgated by Fu Ge. The first two are sentenced to death by killers, and the injured and robbers are punished according to law. There is nothing to argue about. The key is the last one to abolish all laws except farming.

The Qin Dynasty established its country with law. In the more than 150 years since Shang Yang's reform and strengthening, the Qin Dynasty's laws have covered all aspects of the entire society, and even some things that belong to the moral category have been fixed in the form of laws.

Things have two sides. Once suppressed for too long, they will rebound more when they explode. Once the long-term fixed thinking mode is broken, what comes to mind will be an extremely surging tide of ideological debate. The "book burning" disaster for the First Emperor thirty-four years is actually a precursor to the outbreak.

May 14th.

The fourth day after the new prince Ying became emperor.

A grand court debate officially began, and both sides were quite famous. One was Doctor Fu Sheng, who was known as the literary master, and the other was the eldest son of the second prime minister Feng Quji, the new court officer Feng Zheng.

The center of this debate is whether to use law as the foundation of governing the country or Confucianism as the way to governing the country. There was nothing to argue about at all. The Confucian scholars who were repeatedly suppressed by the First Emperor did not dare to have any inappropriate thoughts. However, with Fu Ge's strong entry into Xianyang and his subsequent "declaration" of abolishing Qin's laws, Confucian scholars saw hope.

Of course, this alone cannot give the Confucian scholars the courage to argue in the court. There is another important figure behind them, who is the most important counselor around Fu Ge - Li Shiqi.

Li Shiqi will get along with Fu Sheng and others, which was unexpected by Fu Ge.

It is this subtle change in strength that has given Legalists and Confucianism a chance to be on par with each other and compare their lengths. For Fu Sheng and others who have been depressed for a long time, this is the best opportunity to turn over and strive for the rise.

To govern a country well, we must first determine what kind of ideas and theories to adopt, and then what kind of systems to formulate based on this concept. These things that sound extremely empty are all headaches for Fu Ge. Even if he has advanced knowledge, he cannot speak nonsense.

In court.

"Your Majesty, I am bluntly saying that since the second emperor ascended the throne, Zhao Gao's party has not been dedicated to domineering the kingly way, nor has it conquered the world with benevolence, but has special authority with punishment and killing. Strict laws and regulations are often filled with cow hair and are as dense as fat, and every move is like a law. Even very small violations will be severely punished. Anyone who says occasionally abandons the market, and those who violate the law will sit in a row, which will cause the Wei River to be redundant. A few days ago, Prime Minister Fu made three rules in the street market and announced the abolition of all the strict rules. The people in Guanzhong were happy and cheered when they heard it, and this is what the people wanted and irreversible. Therefore, I believe that if the new dynasty wants to grow strong, they must first reform the government orders and adopt the governing strategy of "stimulating goodness with goodness, virtue is the main punishment and auxiliary punishment". In this way, the people's hearts will be like the sea, and the thieves in troubled times will put down their weapons on their own, so that the country will be peaceful and peaceful."

The first person to attack was Doctor Fu Sheng. This well-educated Confucian scholar in Jinan County always loved books as he was destined and had a wide range of knowledge. Fu Ge heard some of the story about this person. It is said that when Emperor Shiqi ordered the burning of books, Fu Sheng took the risk of hiding the Book of Shu in the wall. This shows how obsessed with Confucianism was.

Fu Sheng's speech was really sharp. He revealed the mistakes of the Legalists in the process of governing the country in one sentence, which was excessive centralization. Excessive strictness and excessive cruel punishment had already pushed the people's endurance to the lowest point. After crossing this extreme, the occurrence of riots was taken for granted.

However, his opponents are not ordinary people. Feng Zheng's father Feng Quji was once the right prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, as famous as Li Si, and his uncle Feng Jie was also the censor. Unfortunately, these two important officials of the Qin Dynasty were forced to commit suicide by Zhao Gao, a treacherous minister last year. It was precisely the departure of these important officials and capable ministers who laid the foundation of the Qin Dynasty that made the Qin Dynasty seem powerless to fight back in the face of riots. From this point of view, Zhao Gaozu can be regarded as the best reputation of the first treacherous minister of the Qin Dynasty.

The Feng family is loyal and wise, with such a prominent family background, there are many supporters of Feng Zheng.
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