Chapter 276: Hundreds of Families Pay Attention to Me Looking at the debate, Lu Zhi couldn't help but sigh. really! The biggest argument of the various schools of thought today, apart from their past glory, is the situation under Tian Ze’s rule. It's not that they want to suck up to Tian Ze. These people from various schools of thought have their own character and it is impossible for them to do such servile things for the sake of imperial power. Rather, it is their heartfelt recognition of Tadashi Osamu. Throughout history, prosperous times have been no more than this. The living proof is right before our eyes. This is the best argument and nothing could be more convincing. At least from a historical perspective, they believe that the path Tian Ze is currently taking is the most advanced and brightest compared to previous paths. When the current path has failed and the current path is the best, it is a waste of effort to explain how good the future path is.
People from all schools of thought have chosen to extend from the current path, which has led to the current situation. "Hundreds of schools of thought have paid attention to me, so I have achieved an unprecedented accomplishment." Tian Ze said with a complicated tone. While feeling proud, he couldn't help but feel a little insecure. He really didn't know how to rule the world, and he was pushed to the position of the first person to rule the world purely by relying on the experience and knowledge from later generations. The biggest difference between him and previous monarchs is that he does not favor any one family, nor does he base his way of governing on any one family. The governance system was established purely out of pragmatism, with patchwork and deletions here and there. It is disorganized, but it looks very perfect. Almost all the philosophers can see their own shadow in it. The answer was right in front of them, so they naturally wanted to learn from it. They would summarize and modify the management techniques of Tazawa Osamu and add them to their own theories. But the truths in the world are all similar. After they "borrowed" from each other, they found that there were more and more things to "borrow from". After all, many of the governance methods chosen by Tian Ze were good prescriptions that had been tested countless times in history and refined over and over again. "The lord's ability to govern the country is beyond the reach of Taigong, Guan Zhong, Xiao He and others. It is normal for people from various schools of thought to refer to him." Chen Gong said. Zhang Zhao and others all nodded in agreement. When the scholars around heard this, there was nothing strange in their eyes, and they all showed respect. Although Tian Ze was "disguising himself", it was just a formality. No one present could fail to see it, so he just had to keep it secret. Tian Ze looked at everyone's admiring eyes and scratched his head guiltily. I swear to God, it’s not that he is greedy for fame, but these people are just thinking too much. Can't they see that they are only good at talking big? When it comes to real action, it would be difficult for them to pass the examination to become an official, let alone be able to do a good job as a county magistrate? He has explained this many times, saying that he is just a Husky among wolves. But no one believed it. After all, he is the only one in the world who can "talk big". Some people are not good at doing small things but can do big things. In their eyes, Tian Ze is very similar to Han Xin and is born to do big things.
Han Xin was born a military genius, but he still had to surrender to Liu Bang before he could start his glorious journey, because he was only good at "talking big" and did not have the ability to start from scratch. The same is true for Tian Ze. His basic skills are very poor, but his ability to govern the world is maxed out. If he had not been born in a chaotic era, he would definitely be a prime minister. Various philosophers also discovered this embarrassing point during the process of debate. It seems that everyone has "borrowed" too much, and there are many repetitions. You can't break his tricks if you are from the same school! If you refute his arguments, you are refutating a large group of people, even yourself. Therefore, many times they can only refute the irrationality of the arguments from a theoretical perspective. Different people have different views on the same thing. There are too many interpretations of Tian Ze's way of governing the world among the hundreds of schools of thought. It was a debate among hundreds of schools of thought, and as it went on it began to look a bit like a meeting to study and analyze the governing methods under Osamu Tazawa. The people from all the schools felt very awkward, but Chen Gong and others were extremely happy. What a nice group of people! They had previously been pondering how to advance the reforms planned for the next five years. As a result, this group of people wrote down their answers. There are seven or eight answers for one question. But this is not a multiple-choice question, it is more like a free-flowing theory. There is no so-called absolutely correct answer, and every answer has its merits. Excluding a few that are not very suitable, the others can be piloted and then promoted depending on the results. Many of the methods given by these people seemed rough and superficial to Chen Gong and others, and difficult to adapt to reality, but they also had the potential to be improved and perfected. Human energy is limited, and the government system under Tian Ze is so huge that the reforms involve too many aspects. Chen Gong and others simply cannot take care of them all and can only do their best. However, these people from various schools of thought provided a lot of ideas, helping Chen Gong and others to complete the breakthrough from 0 to 1, greatly saving their time and energy. After the debate that lasted for ten days was over, Chen Gong held a thick stack of information and said to Tian Ze with joy: "My lord, ten days of debate is equivalent to ten years of work!" At this moment, Chen Gong no longer had any hesitation about the massive investment and delegation of power to the Jixia Academy, nor did he feel any pity for the 300 million acres of fertile land. What is so-called "aiding the enemy"? Judging from the debates over the past ten days, they have made a lot of money. There are at least 5,000 reform strategies. If they were asked to start from scratch, it would take them at least a decade to come up with so many. Even Chen Gong couldn't help but admire the subtlety and meticulousness of many strategies. They really couldn't have thought of them. As those in power, from their perspective, they only look at the big picture and find it difficult to take into account some minor issues, many of which they cannot even see at all. However, these people from the Hundred Schools of Thought noticed it and gave a very good solution. The reason for this situation is, on the one hand, that the people of the Hundred Schools of Thought ranked at the back knew that they would definitely not be able to compete with the Confucianism, Legalism and other prominent schools of thought, so they could only take a different approach and specialize. Starting from a small incision, we conduct detailed research and form a unique and complete theory. On the other hand, in such an occasion where hundreds of schools of thought debate and take turns to take the stage, the person who comes later is already at a disadvantage and cannot repeat the same theory, lest people feel that they are repeating what others have said.
Therefore, they could only try their best to dig out some aspects that other schools of thought had not mentioned, so that there was a flourishing scene. "When studying how to govern a country, it is always good to have more perspectives and more ideas. The various schools of thought have their own unique features and are all very useful," Tian Ze affirmed. “But there has to be a ranking. In the coming debates on practices and trends, no one knows whether any one will emerge as a dark horse,” said Zhang Zhao. Verbal debate is only part of it, and the outcome of this part is actually difficult to change. After all, the degree of perfection of each school of thought mainly depends on its foundation and the number and quality of scholars. In these aspects, Confucianism, Legalism and other schools have too great an advantage, and it is almost impossible for later schools to turn the tables. However, debate on action and debate on momentum are different. Those schools that specialize in one aspect may not be without the possibility of a turnaround. (End of this chapter)