Lu Ya didn't want to explain to Liu Ji what the historical cycle law was. Such a person was a staunch supporter of Confucianism and the leader of the scholars in the world.
It was useless to explain further.
Liu Ji sneered.
"The general trend of the world is that after a long time of unification, it will be divided, and after a long time of separation, it will be unified. This is the general trend of history, and you can't speak nonsense here. Moreover, even if my Han family's rivers and mountains fall into the hands of the Hu, won't they still be taken back by His Majesty in the end?”
"Duke Liu…you didn't even mention the lives trampled by the Hu.”Lu Ya smiled.
Liu Ji frowned and snorted.
"What are you trying to say?"
Lu Ya walked to the side, and under the gaze of Zhu Di and the others, he picked up a piece of chalk and wrote on the blackboard as he spoke.
"Indeed, the world's general trend will definitely unite after a long time. However, what about the commoners? Were they innocent? In my opinion, these people would never know anything in their entire lives.”
"The Zhao Emperor of the former Song Dynasty was surrounded by a group of scholars. If they did something wrong, once the foreign tribes attacked, the people would die in humiliation. Regardless of whether the people knew the truth or whether they really wanted to resist, it was useless. They could only die in humiliation.”
Lu Ya's words rang out on the Eight Trigrams Stage. Everyone listened attentively, even Zhu Di was gradually entranced.
At his young age, this sounded a little profound. However, for some reason, although Lu Ya's tone was sparse and ordinary, it carried a clear penetrating power that made people unable to help but be immersed in it.
Lu Ya drew a circle on the blackboard and said,"
"The scholarly knowledge of the Confucian school focuses on the unity of all things in the world. In this circle, the great scholars of the Confucian school are all searching for the principle of how to make all things orderly.”
"During the pre-Qin period, the people still had the spirit of martial arts. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, any state of the Han Dynasty could wipe out the nomadic people on the surrounding grasslands a hundred times.”
Zhu Di's eyes lit up. He was very interested in this kind of militaristic military.
He even sounded a little hot-blooded as he imagined himself wearing armor.
He galloped on his horse, killing those Outsiders until their heads rolled.
Lu Ya smiled and said in a normal tone,"
"The martial spirit gradually died out at the end of the Tang Dynasty. When Confucianism developed into the Song Dynasty, it was discovered that the more obedient the people were, the less likely problems would arise in this circle.”
"Isn't it?" Liu Ji coldly snorted.
" Ha..." Lu Ya laughed and looked at Liu Ji.
"It makes sense. The scholars of the Song Dynasty thought that they could determine the order of all things. Heaven, earth, monarch, parents, teacher, monarch, minister, official, son, they had arranged everything clearly. This circle that maintained order was also drawn by them as stable as a rock.”
"Anyone who reads their books will know what position they should be in in their lives. They are the treasures of the scholarly faction.”
"What a group of geniuses!" Lu Ya exclaimed.”
There was something wrong brewing in this long-winded voice. Lu Ya stood in front of the blackboard, tapping his chalk as if he was thinking about something.
On the other side, Liu Ji frowned and said,
"The people can be made to do what they want, but they can't be made to know what they want.”
What he meant was:
We can let the commoners follow the path we lead. There's no need to let them know why!
Obviously, Liu Ji thought Lu Ya was praising them.
After all, this was a set of " ignorant people " education methods that stabilized order. It was the greatest use of the Confucian school, and also the reason why everyone in the court liked the Confucian school.
The people in power all liked stability.
The commoners should not cause trouble and just farm.
Lu Ya raised his head. His gaze remained calm as he said,
"Since ancient times, people learned to weave cloth. At first, they simply twisted it with their hands.”
"This process lasted for hundreds or thousands of years. Spinning wheels, spindles, and then spinning wheels appeared.”
"Starting from the first year of the Song Dynasty, the imperial court placed emphasis on commerce, and small workshops began to appear to improve looms.”
"In the past few hundred years, looms have been developed until the early Yuan Dynasty. Compared to the early Song Dynasty, the efficiency has increased by more than five times.”
"After His Majesty established the Great Ming, in between, the skills of each household were different. Some people improved the loom and increased the efficiency. It was about 20% faster than ordinary weavers and cloth merchants.”
"Compared to the early years of the Song Dynasty, the efficiency of the Ming Dynasty looms has increased by about ten times.”
Liu Ji frowned as he listened to Lu Ya continue.
Zhu Biao was also listening attentively. He could vaguely feel that the Mister Liu he respected seemed to be unconvinced by the state preceptor.
The two of them were debating.
Zhu Biao had received the orthodox Confucian education since he was young. He couldn't accept Lu Ya's words, but he didn't resist either. He just wanted to know what Lu Ya was going to say next.
Lu Ya didn't care about this and just smiled."
"I observe the movement of all things and study the principles of heaven and earth.”
"When I went out before, I saw someone in a workshop at the bottom of the Qinhuai River who invented a hydraulic workshop. It can be connected to a loom. If the workers are fast enough, the efficiency will be doubled.”
"In terms of limits, with the same manpower and the same time, the production of cloth in the water workshop can be increased by 30 to 50 times compared to the first year of the Song Dynasty.”
"Therefore, manpower is limited, but material resources are endless. Are you studying the Mohist school?" Liu Ji said.
Lu Ya shook his head. Liu Gong, you said that the people can be made to obey, but not to know.”
"However, the development of this loom was only possible because the people knew about it. It was only then that it was improved, and in turn, the level of productivity was increased.”
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