For those who believe that human nature is neither good nor evil, it is natural for people to enjoy benevolence and righteousness, and to pursue a better life and more fairness and justice. This is the Tao. The problem lies in the unsatisfied pursuit of benevolence and righteousness and the conflict between personal benevolence and righteousness.
In reality, the enjoyment of benevolence and righteousness may not be realized. On the one hand, there are difficulties in realizing benevolence and righteousness with external objects. On the other hand, your benevolence may not necessarily match my benevolence. There are also differences between people. will conflict.
"Don't say it sounds so nice, everyone enjoys benevolence and righteousness. Do you think it is realistic? If it is for everyone to enjoy benevolence and righteousness, why did Wang Anshi become a national thief, and his reforms reduced the government to rich people and poor people? The court's financial constraints also Nothing has changed, it’s just the New Party Cai Jing and his like who have been fattened." The old follower of Xiao Ge, who was the Minister of Civil Affairs, quickly instigated.
"The premise is the premise, the purpose is the purpose, the means is the means, and the conclusion is the conclusion. Don't confuse these concepts." Song Yingchang raised his tone.
The premise of Wang Anshi’s philosophical approach is the theory that human nature has no good or evil, which is quite clear in his New Meanings of the Three Classics.
There is no good or evil in the heart, good and evil are determined by the day after tomorrow.
But Wang Anshi works in isolation, because making money for the country is actually a condition for realizing benevolence and righteousness, and realizing benevolence and righteousness is the purpose of making money for the country. Wang Anshi's biggest problem is mistaking means for ends.
I thought that as long as the Song Dynasty made money for the country, all problems would be solved and the people's benevolence and righteousness would be improved.
In fact, the Song Dynasty had money. Whether it was left in the Ministry of Household Affairs or in internal funds, it would only be lost by the officials who handled it.
Just imagine, there is no good or evil in nature, but the pursuit of benevolence and righteousness remains unchanged. The main thing here is that the pursuit of one's own enjoyment of benevolence and righteousness comes first.
If there is a large sum of money around, who can resist the temptation?
So Wang Anshi’s reform was based on human nature, hoping that he would be benevolent and righteous after receiving the money. Doesn’t make sense. Because in the process of collecting the money, there was already very little left due to greed. After collecting it, those who have money and food may not be willing to use it.
The correct approach is to collect money and food while practicing benevolence and righteousness. Make the increased income equal to the expenditure required for benevolence and righteousness.
In this way, the important officials of the imperial court can see the collected figures, but not much of the remaining money collected, so they are naturally motivated to supervise whether their subordinates have implemented benevolence and righteousness.
After all, I have a higher status and don’t enjoy benevolence and righteousness first. Self-denial and restoration of propriety first satisfy the benevolence and righteousness of the people.
Wang Anshi actually noticed this, so he practiced self-restraint and ritual all his life, trembling with fear, as if walking on thin ice before facing an abyss. Only then did he enjoy the reputation of King Jinggong and King Shu.
However, the result of separating means and ends is that there is only one Wang Anshi in the world. His subordinates may not be able to restrain themselves and restore etiquette. As a result, a large number of people hid under the protection of the moral model Wang Anshi and formed cliques for personal gain.
As a result, the New Party was completely corrupted after Wang Anshi's death, and the implementation of the new law was distorted in various ways.
In addition to this methodological separation of means and ends, Wang Anshi’s loopholes in the core of philosophy are even more shocking.
Since the new party has abandoned the old party, the wealth in the world is certain, and the growth and changes in wealth are certain. Its core is to show that we can build a better world, and the world will inevitably become better. The difference is that it will be realized either by the old party or by the new party. Either it will be realized by the Song Dynasty or by a subsequent dynasty.
The world will ultimately choose the court and bureaucrats that can best realize its values.
Anti-Gang statement, don’t rush to defend the wealth of the world. If you support this, please imagine if you go back to the sparsely populated war-torn times such as the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties or the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. What will you do? Can we enjoy the most wealth?
Those who believe this must not have children or have at most one child, otherwise they are deliberately causing harm to the country and the people and diluting the per capita wealth of the court.
There is a certain amount of wealth in the world, but it is just a rhetoric to whitewash the tyranny of massacres in the past. To this day, if I, the Jinshi students of the Ming Dynasty, still believe it, it will seem like the imperial examination is too childish.
Back to the topic. Since Wang Anshi believes that a beautiful world will inevitably come true in the future, he should believe that this inevitable world will not be realized by Wang Anshi alone, but will fall because of Wang Anshi alone.
Therefore, if Wang Anshi firmly believes that the inevitable world is coming, then he should not monopolize power and use the heart of one person to win the hearts of millions of people. The power of one person can achieve the power of tens of thousands of people.
The essence of Wang Anshi's deposing of the Third Division is that he abandoned the belief in the inevitable arrival of the world, making the maintenance of the entire world dependent on Wang Anshi's personal efforts.
This is the reason why once Wang Anshi fell, the new law existed in name only. Because under Wang Anshi, everyone was not trusted and it was difficult to grow. Wang Anshi was busy reforming but it was difficult to supervise. Many people were also busy taking bribes and taking advantage of it. This is why many of his upright close friends, subordinates, and even students did not hesitate to turn their guns when the king was overthrown. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft