"The dispute between Confucianism and Law?" Although he was mentally prepared, Liu Bian was still a little surprised. This question was a bit too big.

"That's right, the battle between Confucianism and Legal." Xun You reached out and dipped some wine, and drew a simple picture of the territory of the Han Dynasty on the table. He was very skillful. It can be seen that he often looked at maps and had a clear understanding of the overall situation. "Ping Wang moved eastward, Ji Zhou fell apart, and the princes still had royal families in their hearts during the Spring and Autumn Period, but they only fought for hegemony. During the Warring States Period, the royal family declined, and the princes fought for hundreds of years. In the end, there were only seven countries left, known as the Seven Heroes."

Liu Bian nodded, put down his wine glass and sat upright.

"The world is shattered, and the people live in poverty. All the scholars, Confucianism, Mohism, Taoism and Law, all want to unify the world and achieve peace. Their goals are the same, but their methods are different. With Taihang Mountain as the boundary..." Xun You drew a line in the middle and talked freely: "Basically, Shandong advocates Confucianism and Shanxi advocates law. The result of the war for a hundred years was that Qin, which ruled the country by law, unified the six countries and conquered the world."

"However, Qin was destroyed in the second generation and Han was promoted. He followed the Qin Dynasty's mistakes and used the Huang-Lao way to rest with the people. In the three generations, there was a Wen-Jing rule." Xun You paused and asked, "Your Majesty should know that the next step is Emperor Xiaowu's only respect for Confucianism. However, since the Huang-Lao way could lead to the Wen-Jing rule, why did Emperor Wu respect Confucianism alone?"

Liu Bian looked at Xun You without speaking, but listened very seriously. Emperor Wu of Han respected Confucianism with a significant impact on Chinese history and was a problem that could not be avoided in historical research. He had heard many different views, and now he had the opportunity to listen to contemporary wise men analyzing this problem with his own ears, but it was an opportunity that no expert could hope for.

He noticed that before Xun You, almost no one mentioned this issue, and everyone seemed to think that Emperor Wu of Han did the right thing. Even Shanxi people like Huangfu Song and Jia Xu had no objection.

"Because Huang Lao's way can only rest with the people, but cannot achieve peace." Xun You gave the answer powerfully. His eyes were lit: "Only the active and enterprising Confucian school can truly achieve this grand goal."

Liu Bian was confused: "Is the rule of Wen and Jing still peaceful?"

"Of course not." Xun You asked back: "Your Majesty knows that there were Baiyue in the south and Xiongnu in the north. The Han Dynasty was not far from the Liaohe in the east and Qilian in the west. There were many princes in the country, each following their own methods. The emperor used Hangu as the key and Tongguan as the gate. Let's make a prosperous life in the morning and night?"

Liu Bian thought about it, as if he was enlightened, and his eyes suddenly became clear. Yes, how could the so-called Wenjing rule be a peaceful and prosperous era? The place where the imperial court could really control was just west of Hangu Pass, and there were also rebellions of the Seven Kingdoms during the reign of Emperor Jing. What was most unbearable was the invasion of the Huns in the north every year, treating the Han people as two-legged sheep, extorting and blackmailing them at will, and asking for them.

"The way of Huang Lao... cannot complete the unification. Must respect Confucianism?"

"Your Majesty, Huang Lao's way is pure and quiet, how can he agree with the imperial court's large-scale conquest? Emperor Wu's way of expedition to Zhao Tuo in Nanyue, and Liu Xiang, the King of Huainan, wrote a letter to oppose it. Even if he won later, the emperor had to write a letter to explain to Liu Xiang to comfort him." Xun You smiled, "In fact, using Huang Lao's way of governing the country was a last resort. At the time of Emperor Wen, there was Jia Yi, and Chao Cuo was Chao Cuo at the time of Emperor Jing. They all hoped that the court would reduce the vassal state and reform the system and adopt Confucianism and Taoism to govern the country. However, Jia Yi was abolished and Chao Cuo died. Why? The old relatives of the heroes were there, and they did not want the emperor to be worthy of the power."

"Confucius said: There is a way in the world, and rituals and music are expelled from the emperor. There is no way in the world, and rituals and music are expelled from the princes." Xun You looked at Liu Bian and said word by word: "Only the Confucian school can respect the king and achieve peace in the world. Only the Confucian school can help Emperor Wu cut off the princes and expel the Huns from outside, and establish great achievements. However, Emperor Wu used the Confucian school to achieve success, but abandoned the Confucian school's concept of peace in Confucian school, expounded the Confucian school's external skills, used Huang Lao inside, and used the overlord's way in mixed ways."

"The Confucian clan refused to give up, and for more than a hundred years of resistance, there were first salt and iron conferences, Shiqu discussions on the classics, and then Emperor Yuan was reorganized and Taiping was changed. They were all depressed by eunuchs and relatives. After a hundred years of hard work, all the wise men continued, but peace was unavailable, which led to the Wang Mang's change."

Xun You let out a long sigh and said excitedly: "However, Wang Mang was unable to transform and was eager to achieve success. Not only did he fail to achieve peace, but he caused civil unrest and returned to the fore. The Liu clan clan took advantage of the momentum to restore the Han Dynasty."

"Emperor Guangwu took Hebei as the basis and competed for the Central Plains and had a world. Once he succeeded, he turned to suppress Shandong. For this reason, he even abolished the old system of the capital, just to suppress the Confucian Party in Shandong and prevent them from having the opportunity to command troops. Later, in order to ensure the safety of the royal family, the emperors valued the relatives and eunuchs and embarked on the old path of the former Han Dynasty."

"Wang Mang was defeated, and the Confucian clan slept with firewood and tasted gall for more than a hundred years. Now there is the Yuan clan. The origin of the Yuan clan originated from the rebellion of King Ying of Chu during the reign of Emperor Xiaoming."

"To achieve peace in the world is the goal of the Confucian clan's struggle for thousands of years."

"The Yuan family's rebellion against the Han Dynasty represents not only Shandong, but Confucianism."

"Why could Yuan become the leader of the Confucian school? Because Yuan got a phoenix egg. Now, Yuan Shao is about to hatch this phoenix egg, the phoenix bird is about to come, and the saint is about to appear again. Your Majesty, how can you win?"

Liu Bian was sweating in his eyes when he heard this.

Xun You's words opened a door for him, pushing his thinking from simple Shandong and Shanxi confrontation forward a big step, and pushing it to the Confucian and Legal dispute that began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After listening to Xun You's story, he realized that this was not just a conspiracy to change dynasties, but the Confucian school had been planning for this for hundreds of years.

If Yuan Shao represents Shandong, he can still fight against him with Shanxi people. If Yuan Shao represents Confucianism and a scholar in the world, then what else can he fight against Yuan Shao? Just defeat Yuan Shao? Wrong! If Yuan Shao defeated Yuan Shao, there are others. Just as after Wang Mang was defeated, the Confucianism did not give up resistance. If Yuan Shao was defeated, someone would take over the banner of Confucianism and continue fighting.

Because in the past few hundred years, although the Confucian school has not yet achieved its ultimate goal, it has already mastered the right to speak, monopolized mainstream culture, and has undisputed dominance in knowledge inheritance and accumulation, with extremely strong resources and solid reserve forces.

In history, Yuan Shao was defeated by Guandu, and Cao Cao, who appeared in the face of the Legalists, won the victory. However, the Confucian Sect did not give up. After Cao Wei established the country, he was forced to adopt the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and his power was transferred to the Confucian Sect. Forty years later, the aristocratic family represented Sima Yi to establish the Jin Dynasty.

The Confucian school still achieved the final victory.

As for the prevalence of imperial examinations after the Tang and Song dynasties, let alone.

What's more, Yuan Shao has a phoenix egg in his hand, and the legendary phoenix bird is about to hatch.

Is this a hopeless war?

The Han Dynasty has been exhausted, so will it be destroyed? (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!