Sheng Boyuan retorted, "Kong Sheng once criticized Zi Chan, saying that Zi Chan is like a mother of the people. She can feed the children, but she can't educate them. In fact, Kong Sheng was saying that Zi Chan's governance can only manage the people, but she can't educate them. After all, Zi Chan is not a saint. "
"If everyone can educate the people, then what's the use of Kong Sheng? It's already great to be a mother of children. Why are you still nitpicking? Moreover, Zi Chan will not destroy the village school. Kong Sheng said that if someone said that Zi Chan was not a benevolent and righteous person, he would not believe it. Kong Sheng may not agree with all of Zi Chan's governance policies, but he highly agrees with the point that Zi Chan will not destroy the village school. Your method of taking things out of context and substituting flowers for trees is not clever, "Fang Yun retorted.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I think that this opening cannot be opened. Once it is opened, there will be endless trouble in the future!"
Fang Yun asked back, "How is it compared to tens of thousands of people gathering outside the palace gate?"
Sheng Boyuan was stunned on the spot, speechless.
The officials looked at Fang Yun in a daze. Only then did they realize why Fang Yun was not afraid of Sheng Boyuan's participation at all.
Sheng Boyuan had been using those people to besiege the palace and the government office to attack Fang Yun, but Fang Yun used his own spear to attack his shield. Now, anyone would consider whether it was better to set up a controllable village school or let them gather in front of the palace or the government office if there was no place for them to talk.
Everything Sheng Boyuan said before was to help Fang Yun.
Cao Dean took a step forward and glanced at the officials. He smiled and said, "Everyone knows that everyone says that I'm made of paper and clay, but today, this old wood wants to stand up and say a few words of truth."
The officials smiled kindly.
Although the people did not understand Cao Dean, most of the officials still recognized Cao Dean. If Cao Dean had not used all kinds of methods to restrain Mount Liu, whether it was Mount Liu or completely opposing Mount Liu, it would have been more disadvantageous for Jingguo.
"In my opinion, Fang Xusheng's suggestion is not only reasonable, but also the general trend. As early as a few years ago, this lowly official had discussed this matter with my colleagues. With the emergence of literature and music, the people's wisdom had gradually increased, and the number of scholars had increased exponentially. How should we deal with those new scholars? Not only were we unable to find a solution at that time, not only were the other countries unable to find a solution, but even the Minister of Notre-Dame was at a loss. Fang Xusheng's suggestion today is a stroke of genius. "
"This may seem simple, but if you think about it carefully, you will understand that Jingguo simply cannot accommodate so many scholars. Therefore, instead of letting these scholars go and missing out on potential talents, it is better to recruit them into our school. Firstly, it will give them something to aspire to. Secondly, it will pacify the people. Thirdly, it will allow us to select talents that we can use. As for fourthly, it will alleviate conflicts."
Cao Dean's last sentence was very vague. He did not explicitly say what conflict he was trying to alleviate, but the officials present all understood what conflict he was trying to alleviate.
There were so many scholars and so few officials. As time passed, there would definitely be a huge conflict. It must be known that most of the scholars studied in order to be a better person and obtain a higher status.
Rather than allowing them to unite and form a threat to the imperial court, it was better to have them under control.
After Cao Dean finished speaking, the officials fell into deep thought. Many officials began to expend their talent and energy to deduce.
The Minister of Rites, Sheng Boyuan, was also doing his best to think. Occasionally, a trace of shame flashed across his face.
Fang Yun quietly scanned the officials. The united front was not just a saying. It was not only useful during wartime, but also during various periods of time. However, many people had forgotten about this method.
The new class of people in society had to be brought under the control of the imperial court. If they were suppressed or left to their own devices for a long time, the foundation of the country would be shaken sooner or later.
It was fine if they were outside of the imperial court and could not see this point. However, if they could not see this clearly even within the imperial court, then they were simply corpses without doing any work.
The Council had to be the most important part of the government in the next few years. Its importance was no less than the reform of the law and the reform of the craftsmen.
From a certain point of view, perhaps only to the stability and foundation of the country, the importance of controlling the new social class was no less than that of separating the pure gatherers and hunters from the planters in the primitive society. It was also no less than that of separating the food producers from the food producers to the potters, record makers, managers, and so on.
If the previous reforms were mostly based on the foundation and were only made public and institutionalized, then the Council this time was the creation of the human race. The so-called restoration of rural schools was just an excuse.
The officials present all understood the true function and power of the Council. It was definitely not just a place for the common people and scholars to have a place to discuss the imperial court.
After an unknown amount of time, Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen took a deep look at Fang Yun. He turned to the Empress Dowager and said, "This subject believes that the Conference Council is the foundation of the country. For thousands of years, those who follow it will prosper and those who oppose it will perish. If Jingguo can become the trendsetter, then there is hope for a resurgence. If it falls behind, then it will be too late for regrets. For the sake of the Emperor, the country, and the people, I hope that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager will make a decision as soon as possible to prevent other countries from getting ahead of us and damaging the fate of Jingguo. "
When Yang Xuwen said the words' fate of the country ', the officials present trembled as if they had just woken up from a dream.
Many people's faces bloomed with unconcealable smiles.
To Jingguo, the Council was the fate of the country. To the scholars, it was definitely related to the Divine Path!
Many officials looked at Fang Yun. They could not hide their admiration for him.
After the speculation just now, everyone realized the importance of the Council. This was a drastic change that could completely change the social class of the human race.
This kind of change, after a long period of preparation, was completely capable of forming a half-Saint!
It could even be said that as long as the Council was established in half of the countries, Fang Yun would become a Half-saint in at most 40 to 50 years, even if he did nothing but eat and drink at home.
This was the leader of the human race. This was the Eternal Paragon. This was the Divine Path.
However, the matter was not done yet. The position of the Divine Path had not been decided yet. The officials could not say it out loud.
The Empress Dowager silently watched the reactions of the officials. She instinctively raised her hand and held Jing Jun's small hand.
Jing Jun thought that the officials were happy, so he was happy too. He looked up at the Empress Dowager with a smile. When he saw the serious expression on the Empress Dowager's face, he stopped smiling.
At such a young age, he did not understand why the Empress Dowager was not happy when it sounded like a good thing for Jingguo.
The Empress Dowager sighed softly. She finally realized the source of her uneasiness.
The country's fate depended on the will of the people.
The fate of the country was not just an illusory power. It was a kind of spiritual condensation.
The reason why Mount Liu did not dare to seize power too aggressively was because of the influence of the fate of the country. The reason why Mount Liu decided to leave was because he felt that the fate of the country was completely leaning towards Fang Yun.
Ever since Fang Yun became the Left Prime Minister, the Empress Dowager had been on guard. However, her rationality and emotions told her that Fang Yun was not a treacherous official. He would not really kill the Emperor. But she still felt uneasy.
Only now did she realize that the fate of the country had favored Fang Yun a long time ago. Even if the fate of the country was added together, it was not as strong as Fang Yun's.
If the fate of the country was a gambler, then it was now completely on Fang Yun.
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