Chapter 36: Eliminate all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone!
Facing everyone's expectant gazes, Ying Heng still maintained his smile.

"Do you have any other objections in your mind?"

"Do you all agree that the laws of the Qin Dynasty do have such shortcomings?"

Everyone fell silent again, and many people subconsciously looked at Li Si.

As the main promoter of the Legalist school of the Qin Dynasty, Li Si's views often represented the voice of the Legalists of the Qin Dynasty.

Li Si bowed deeply and expressed his guilt to Ying Heng.

"I have governed the country with the concept of rule of law, and I firmly believe that this is the way to strengthen Qin. However, I never expected that I would push Qin into a difficult situation. This is my fault."

"Here, I beg the Thirteenth Prince to guide the Great Qin."

Ying Heng nodded in response: "If you ask which school of thought can solve the current dilemma, my answer is that each of the hundreds of schools of thought has its own way to resolve it, but we cannot rely on any one school alone."

"You have just studied hundreds of classics, and you should be able to understand the excellence of each school of thought."

"Now everyone present here has understood the shortcomings of Qin Law."

"So what I want to reveal is that the way out for Qin law is to absorb the essence of hundreds of schools of thought and innovate the Confucian legal system."

"Confucianism advocates benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, which constitute the core of the people's moral values. This core must be upheld."

"Legalism advocates governing the country according to law, defining rights and obligations, settling disputes, punishing evil and promoting good, and not favoring the powerful and their relatives. This is the foundation of a strong country and should be preserved."

"Although the Mohists cannot fully accept their philosophy of universal love and non-aggression, their mechanical techniques are of great significance in promoting scientific and technological progress and can greatly improve productivity, so they should be vigorously developed."

"Agricultural culture emphasizes putting people first and following the will of the people. It is related to the rise and fall of the country and its survival. This point must be adopted."

"For the rest, such as the military strategist's idea of ​​strengthening the army and defending the country, Guiguzi's arithmetic theory... and so on, we can learn from the strengths of all schools of thought, but we need to avoid their weaknesses."

"In this way, we can build a new generation of Confucianism system that has the Confucian spirit as its soul, the Legalist rules as its skeleton, and integrates the advantages of hundreds of schools of thought, so that it can become the fundamental support of the country!"

"Therefore, I named this concept - Banish all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole hall fell silent, as if one could hear the sound of a pin drop.

It was as if thunder had exploded in everyone's mind, and it felt like their long-standing cognitive framework had been completely overturned!
It was a time when various schools of thought were showing their strengths and various countries were using their theories as a touchstone. In the end, the Legalists of the Qin Dynasty overwhelmed all the other powers and achieved the feat of unifying the country.

Today, the Qin Legalists are facing unprecedented challenges.

At this moment, any well-read scholar could not have predicted that there was such a unique strategy for governing a country.

When Ying Heng analyzed this concept in detail, everyone present was dumbfounded, speechless, with horror and astonishment in their eyes.

Even if Yingheng is just following the trend of the times and proposing a plan that integrates the essence of various schools of thought and slightly borrows from modern ideas of governance, rather than copying the modern system in its entirety, it is enough to shock people.

Of course, only those ministers who have a deep understanding of the theories of the Hundred Schools of Thought can deeply appreciate the mystery.

They personally experienced the unification of the six kingdoms, and over a decade they witnessed the strength and drawbacks of the Qin Dynasty under the Legalist ideology.

Now, the Thirteenth Young Master has hit the nail on the head, pointed out the problem sharply, and put forward a grand and chilling idea.

Abandoning the disputes among the Hundred Schools of Thought, taking the strengths of all schools, and letting the Hundred Schools of Thought that supported the revival of the Six Kingdoms gradually fade out of the historical stage is tantamount to setting up a decisive victory in the field of thought.

Respecting Confucianism, establishing a new unified ideological system, and fully promoting the rapid improvement of the Qin Dynasty's national strength are the fundamental driving forces that have enabled the Qin Dynasty to truly stand firm and prosper.

No one could have thought of such a brilliant plan before, but now that it was spoken by the Thirteenth Young Master, no matter from which dimension one examined and scrutinized it, it seemed that there was no flaw at all. This was undoubtedly a dimensionality reduction shock to their way of thinking.

All the civil officials had a blank expression, and their eyes were filled with astonishment.

The generals were completely confused and had no idea what was going on.

The reason they were shocked was that they witnessed those civil servants who were usually eloquent, now collectively speechless.

I couldn't help but secretly praise him.

The Thirteenth Young Master is really awesome!

He was able to actually intimidate this bunch of sour Confucian scholars!
As for what's so great about the Thirteenth Young Master's theory of "abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone", I'm sorry, I really don't understand!

Anyway, it is very powerful. It can solve the current predicament of Daqin and let Daqin revitalize from the foundation!
As for the young man in black who was waiting for orders outside the hall, he was in a daze the whole time until the end.

Even if he were asked to repeat today's speech in the court, he would probably find it difficult to remember a few words.

It’s really difficult, how can I report it when I go back?
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In desperation, he could only try his best to write down those words that caused strong reactions and emotional fluctuations among his ministers.

The use of punctuation marks is extraordinary and I must memorize it no matter what.

The Thirteenth Prince said that the current laws of the Qin Dynasty were like dregs and were the culprit that hindered the progress of the Qin Dynasty.

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials listened attentively with solemn expressions.

And the Thirteenth Prince's plan to "abolished all schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone" had left all the officials speechless.

Don't ask me any more specific questions about the advantages and disadvantages of any theory. I am just a martial artist and I know nothing about any school of thought.

If you want to vent your emotions, why not just kick the stool...

No one answered in the court for a long time.

Ying Heng knew very well that it would take this group of people a whole day to digest such remarks.

So he left the court with the two maids and finished his work for the day.

Before leaving, Ying Heng specifically informed the Embroidered Uniform Guard that he would arrange for Li Si, Feng Quji, Meng Yi and Wang Ben to report to his residence later.

If an idea is to be promoted and put into practice, it still needs to overcome many difficulties.

Fortunately, Yingheng has laid the foundation for all this.

After giving the instructions, he and his personal maid ran straight to where Mo Ningshuang was, intending to find out whether Mo Ningshuang was really as beautiful as the rumors said.

Soon after Ying Heng left, the court began to regain vitality, like a downpour after a long drought.

A group of civil officials engaged in a heated debate, and the scene was as noisy as a vegetable market on a battlefield.

This group of well-read officials were in high spirits, spitting and blushing, as if everyone was immersed in the excitement of meeting the emperor.

When the heated discussion and debate came to an end, everyone unanimously agreed that the strategy proposed by the Thirteenth Prince was indeed a treasure among the good strategies for governing the country and could be regarded as the highest wisdom unprecedented in history.

(End of this chapter)