Man Chong was not only a capable official, but also a general who was in charge of the southeast defense line in the middle and late Cao Wei, and was promoted to the Taiwei. However, he had no research on classics and his political methods were extremely tough, which made him notorious as a cruel official. However, he had a very good reputation among the people. When Runan moved from Runan to Hefei, the people of Runan spontaneously followed him. When Cao Cao was alive, he was like a fish in water. Later, Cao Zhao was gradually marginalized and was excluded by Wang Ling and others.

To a certain extent, he was lucky. He met Cao Cao's hero who only used his talents, and then he had a place to use his skills. Before the aristocratic family fully controlled the government, he was able to die in his life. He did not die like Deng Ai. Now Cao Cao was driven to Yizhou by Sun Ce, and Yuan Tan was in charge of Yanzhou. Of course, Yuan Tan also attached great importance to talents, but his background and back destined him to value more famous scholars with background in classics. Although a hard-working talent like Man Chong would not be abandoned, he would not be used.

Whether it is his style of conduct or his identity background, Sun Ce and Man Chong have similarities. Man Chong is very concerned about Sun Ce's new policy in Nanyang and Runan, but he can't find like-minded people to discuss it. At this moment, he encountered Sun Ce, the promoter of the new policy, and he had a lot of questions to ask, so he naturally didn't want to let it go easily. He pointed it straight to the key point as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I heard that the general values ​​laws and regulations, and fell in love with Du Bohou of Jingzhao, and he also took the children of the Guo family in Yangdi as an army. I guess he has some preference for the Legalists?"

Sun Ce smiled and said, "It seems that Boning knows very well about me. Although this is our first meeting, we are considered friends of God."

Man Chong was very moved. "The general is famous all over the world, and there are many people who admire him. The favor is insignificant, so how dare you be friends with the general?"

"My friends are friends, and friends are friends, and their reputation is not worth mentioning. I can have today, and earning a little bit of fame is also luck. When I get a place, Boning may not be inferior to me." Sun Ce said a few modestly. "I use Du Bohou and Guo Fengxiao, but I just think they are competent because they are from the Legalists. In fact, I have no good feelings for the Legalists, and even criticize them more."

Man Chong was surprised. In his opinion, what Sun Ce did was mostly a Legalist approach, focusing on farming and fighting, suppressing the powerful, not focusing on poetry and books, and using more people who were good at the Fa. He thought Sun Ce had a good impression of the Legalist, but unexpectedly, Sun Ce said such words and his interest increased greatly.

"I hope to hear the details."

"The law is based on military law. When fighting in the army, the orders are strictly prohibited. Tens of millions of people are like one person, so orders are only followed. But this is an abnormal state. You can win for a while, but you cannot do this for a long time. Otherwise, you will destroy yourself. No matter how powerful the army is, it can only be destroyed and cannot create. The Qin Dynasty is too far away. For the time being, take what Boning did as an example. Can you catch thieves and suppress the powerful, and you can cultivate one acre of land and produce one grain of grain? What you did is just not let the thieves harm the people and not let the powerful harm the countryside. You can reduce losses but not increase output."

He was full of thought and looked slightly. "As the general said, should the official be a minister?"

"It is not easy for many people to be a surrender, but it is not enough to be a surrender. Surrender and cruel officials are just different in their means, one promotes good and the other punishes evil. There is no big difference in essence. Even if all the surrenders are all surrenders, the people can only live and work in peace and have enough food and clothing. They themselves have not created any wealth."

Man Chong sneered. "I understand that scholars should be masters like Huang's father and daughter, so Mu Xuetang is the most important thing for generals. Martial Arts and Materia Medica are the second most."

Sun Ce shook his head. "Boning, among the four peoples, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, which one do you think is indispensable?"

Man Chong almost didn't think about it. "Of course, it was a scholar, and the scholar was the leader of the four people."

"But farmers can farm, all labours can make machines, and merchants can have them, and what can men do?"

"General, you can't say that..." Man Chong pondered, unable to find a suitable language for a moment. He thought for a while and said, "The general means that the value of a scholar lies in creation, so all scholars should be master craftsmen?"

"Otherwise, a master craftsman is just a kind of scholar, perhaps a very important one, but it is definitely not the whole of scholars. But you just said one thing right, the greatest value of scholars lies in creation. Scholars do not cultivate, but scholars can study agronomy and let the same land grow more grain. Scholars do not work, but scholars can study wood science and produce more and better tools. Scholars do not do business, but scholars can formulate plans that are more suitable for commercial circulation by studying commerce." Sun Ce raised his hand and clicked his temple. "Scholars eat the grain grown by farmers, use utensils made by hundreds of craftsmen, enjoy the distant things that merchants trafficked, and then use their own wisdom to help farmers, hundreds of craftsmen, and merchants to achieve greater achievements."

Man Chong squinted his eyes, pondered for a long time, and suddenly laughed. "No wonder the general doesn't like Confucian scholars, it turns out that's the reason."

Sun Ce shook his head. "I don't reject Confucian scholars. I just oppose treating Confucian scholars as all the scholars. In my opinion, Confucian scholars are scholars, master craftsmen are scholars, and famous doctors are scholars. A tree alone cannot make a forest, and it is difficult to travel far. As long as you can use your wisdom to benefit the people, you can be considered a scholar, and you don't have to worry about what knowledge he is studying."

"Then is there no difference between Legalism and Confucianism?"

"If it is all for the benefit of the people, there is no difference. The only difference is the different means, which complement each other and is indispensable. Although Boning uses magic to punish powerful people, he is kind-hearted. I think it is better than those Confucian scholars who tolerate evil spirits."

Man Chong laughed, and the unspeakable touch in his heart felt that he felt like meeting a soulmate.

The two of them were very speculative, and they were all in the middle of the night.

The next morning, the two said goodbye outside the pavilion. Man Chong was very sad. He and Sun Ce hit it off at first sight, but now Yanzhou is still from Yuan Tan, and he was also a person who was eliminated by Yuan Tan, and his family was also in Changyi. He could not follow Sun Ce like this in terms of emotion and reason, public and private.

"General, let's leave here, there will be a date later."

Sun Cegong bowed. "I think we will see you again soon. When you meet Yuan Xiansi, you don't need to hide it. Just tell me the truth. Yuan Xiansi's famous family is brave and resourceful, but he is too arrogant and does not know the sufferings of the people. He is more than enough to be a famous scholar. He is not as good as Boning as a pastor."

Man Chong smiled awkwardly. How could he say to Yuan Tan like this? General Sun is very cunning.

Sun Ce said again: "Boning, do you want to imitate Du Bohou Mu to guard his side in the future, or do you want to lead troops to fight?"

“Is there any difference?”

"With Boning's family background and ability, he will sooner or later show his strength. Even under Yuan Xiansi's command, he will not lose two thousand stones. But if he wants to command tens of thousands of troops and fight one side, I cannot use Boning." Sun Ce looked at Man Chong and raised his lips slightly. "Although Yuan Xiansi is skilled in military tactics, he is not as good as Boning. Boning will inevitably have the potential to shock the master and cannot enjoy it. I am not talented, but I can provide Boning with a world for you to use it."
Chapter completed!