The grudges between the Mohist and Confucianism start with Mo Di, the founder of the Mohist school and known as "Mozi".

Mozi is actually a Confucian disciple, but he is a person with his own opinions.

After learning a period of Confucianism, Mo Di thought to himself: "What are these things?"

So Mo Zhai questioned his teacher, and this unconventional behavior was naturally scolded by the teacher and excluded and ridiculed by his classmates. So Mo Zhai left Confucianism and officially founded the Mohist school.

Since its establishment, Mohism and Confucianism have been essentially different.

This is because the Mohist school represents the interests of small urban handicraftsmen, small merchants, self-cultivated farmers and lower-class officials, while the Confucian school represents the interests of traditional aristocrats, senior bureaucrats and literati.

The Mohist school was once flourished for a while during the Warring States Period. It was called "the world's exaggeration" together with the Taoist Yang and Zhu School, and the limelight even suppressed Confucianism for a time.

Coupled with the differences in thoughts between the two sides, Confucianism hated the Mohist school and the "traitor" of Mohism. The two families have been in conflict for hundreds of years, and gradually became the biggest enemies among the hundreds of schools of thought.

Take Jixia Academy as an example. Confucianism occupies the mainstream of Jixia Academy, so the Mohist school is the only school among the hundreds of schools of thought that cannot be occupied by Jixia Academy.

On the other hand, if the Mohist school is the mainstream of Jixia Academy, then Confucianism will inevitably have no dime to Jixia Academy.

Therefore, Xun Zi, a great scholar of the times, was so shocked after hearing Zhao Kuo's words.

After a while, Xunqiu smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty is really... I'm raising a big problem for me."

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly and said, "I'm going to say that if it's someone else, I don't need to discuss it with him at all, just say it directly.

But this lord believes that the high priest is a reasonable person and should be able to understand this lord's original intention.

This new school naturally needs to have a new atmosphere and accommodate all schools of thought in the world, but he just puts the Mohist school aside. How can it be reasonable?"

The Mohist school is also a famous school of thought, not a farmer, and a few kittens like novelists who are almost unfamous! Xuncun rubbed his temples, obviously a little bit of a heart: "Since it's Jun Hou's speech, I certainly don't have any opinions... If that's the case, some of my friends may not be willing to come to the school."

Zhao Kuo smiled and said with great certainty: "It is a must for Mo family to move in.

This is not that the Marquis of Ben is favoring the Mohist family. If the Confucians and Mohist families are relocated today, and in front of Ben Hou is a high-ranking priest from the Mohist family, then Ben Hou will definitely make the Marquis of the Mohist family agree to the Confucians to stay in the academy.

It is true that the Mohist and Confucianism do have some hatred, but only when the collision of ideas can produce more intense sparks, and only when there is a dispute will force people to make continuous progress. The common struggle of the party will only turn the entire ideological world into a stagnant, which is a drawback to the long-term development of the academy!”

Xunzi was silent for a long time and finally said, "I understand. I just want to ask you to make the decision on this matter. I have no objection."

Seeing Xunzi agreeing, Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief.

Given Xunzi's position in the ideological world, if he really opposes it with all his strength, Zhao Kuo is indeed not easy to deal with.

Fortunately, Xunzi has always been known for his open-mindedness and is not a fundamentalist like Lu Confucianism. Otherwise, he would not have taught Li Si and Han Fei as a Confucian scholar. He was even denounced as a "Traitor of Confucianism" by many later worshippers of Confucius and Mencius, and refused to allow Xunzi to enter the Confucian Confucian Temple to receive incense sacrifices.

Therefore, it is still very important to choose a good partner.

Afterwards, Zhao Kuo and Xunqiu selected an address for the new academic palace.

The Xinxue Palace is close to the Zhangshui River, next to it is a small hill, surrounded by a wide plain and numerous forests, covering an area of ​​more than 10,000 acres of land, and it is endless to see at first sight.

This place was originally part of the royal hunting ground. Considering that the King of Zhao was only six years old and would not have a chance to be hunting for a long time, the Queen Mother should not have much objection.

However, what Zhao Kuo did not expect was that everything seemed to be going well would be more ups and downs.

At the court meeting the next day, Zhao Kuo took the initiative to talk about the site selection.

"The Queen Mother, the minister of the new school has discussed with Xunzi's high priest. This is the address of the new school. Please check it out."

Zhao Kuo said, took out a map and handed it over.

The Empress Dowager Han Ji glanced at Zhao Kuo, focused on the map, and nodded slowly after a while, saying, "The old woman thinks this place is good.

Lin Qing, you guys have someone to find a good day and then start work.”

Lin Xiangru stood up and said, "Here.

But the old minister had a concern, and he didn't know whether to speak or not?"

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Lin Qing just said it's okay."

Lin Xiangru said seriously: "From the plan handed over by Wu Xinjun, the construction of the academy this time requires more than 100,000 people, and there are also a large amount of building materials, grain, and money loss. The money in the treasury is probably not enough to support such a huge engineering project. I wonder if the Queen Mother can cut the budget?"

The smile on Zhao Kuo's face suddenly froze.

No, can you find trouble?

But when you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be a problem.

As an internal historian, Lin Xiangru was equivalent to the Minister of Revenue in later generations, mainly responsible for the population and treasury.

Since the responsibilities of officials in this era are not so clear, the functions of the engineering department that belonged to the later generations are also under the jurisdiction of Lin Xiangru.

People who are in charge of money are very stingy. This is completely consistent in ancient times or modern times. It is not surprising that they will be picky about such expensive projects as the Academy.

But Lin Xiangru didn't say it sooner or later, but he jumped out and said these words when the school was about to start construction... In the final analysis, he came for Zhao Kuo.

The Academy now belongs to Zhao Kuo's political achievements. If the Academy is not done well, Zhao Kuo's political achievements will naturally be gone and even have to take the blame. The reason is that simple.

When the Empress Dowager heard this, her expression changed slightly and she asked, "How much budget is needed?"

Lin Xiangru said in a deep voice: "It's summer now, but in the remaining half a year, we will invest 70 million to 80 million yuan, and the investment will be more than doubled next year.

In terms of two years, the money spent on the entire plan is between 250 million and 280 million. This is the figure added up to the treasury balance in the past five years. Please think twice.”

"It's so expensive?"

The Queen Mother was really surprised: "A school will cost the income of the Da Zhao Treasury for five years?"

Lin Xiangru nodded and said, "If the Empress Dowager doesn't believe it, please send someone to investigate the accounts."

The Empress Dowager was silent for a moment and looked at Zhao Kuo: "Wu Xinjun, what did you say?"

Although the Empress Dowager didn't say anything, Zhao Kuo knew that the Empress Dowager had actually tended to Lin Xiangru's suggestion, which was to cut the budget.

Zhao Kuo did not doubt the number Lin Xiangru said.

Although Zhao State is a powerful country, the budget invested in war and maintaining the entire state machine every year is also astronomical, so it would be good if you don’t owe money.

According to Lin Xiangru's report, there are still tens of millions left every year in the past few years, which is because Lin Xiangru, the person in charge of the accountants, can indeed save money.

Zhao Kuo said to Lin Xiangru calmly: "If Lin Qing's opinion, how much should this budget cut be reduced?"

Lin Xiangru coughed and said, "Wu Xinjun, I think the project of this academy construction should not be too extravagant, so I will do it according to 30% of the original planned budget."

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he immediately had the urge to hit someone.

Cut down 70% at once?

Listen, is this still human words?
Chapter completed!