Everyone looked at Ma Fujun. They couldn't understand how the Qin people could promote Ma Fujun's ideas so vigorously in Chu. They also didn't know why the Qin people suddenly changed their strategy for occupying the area. Maybe they thought of something, Zhao
Kuo's guests stopped drinking and quietly gathered around Zhao Kuo, looking at the people around him with vigilance. Zhao Fu and Xing sat on the left and right of Zhao Kuo. Obviously, as long as someone wanted to harm Zhao Kuo, they would
To kill someone.
But Di smiled and sat next to Xiang Xian. He was very close, with a smile on his face, but his eyes were fixed on Xiang Xian.
Zhao Kuo was still thinking about Xiang Xian's words. Are the Qin people really implementing their own ideas? This surprised him. He knew that there were Qin people's spies around him. The Qin people did better than any other country in this regard.
To be outstanding, they have the most excellent household registration system, which firmly binds the people in the country. First of all, they have household registration officials, which are similar to the household registration books of later generations, recording the head of the household, his wife, children, retainers and other information.
In addition, every citizen of the Qin State has his or her own identity information, which contains detailed information such as name, age, height, residence, occupation, etc. It is very difficult to send spies into the Qin State.
, and the chief of the pavilion of the Qin State is also responsible for interrogating spies. It can be said that the Qin State is an expert in spy warfare. However, in other vassal states, it is difficult to even calculate the specific number of people in a county, and they want to sneak in.
,Easy as a piece of cake...
Zhao Kuo didn't care about the Qin spies around him, and even among his disciples were Qin people... Zhao Kuo glanced at Yang Duanhe beside him, and sure enough, Yang Duanhe was extremely excited now, hearing Xiang Xiang's spies.
He almost laughed out loud when he first suspected Zhao Kuo of defecting to Qin. How could a talented person like the teacher do it without going to Qin? Zhao Kuo's contact with Qin was only through correspondence with the King of Qin, but...
What's going on with this horse service book?
Seeing that Zhao Kuo did not answer Xiang Xian's question for a long time, the atmosphere gradually became strange. King Han wiped the sweat from his forehead and Ma Fujun surrendered to Qin. This was definitely a result that he could not accept and was enough to scare him.
As a result, these days, after receiving Ma Fujun's education, he obviously regarded Ma Fujun as the successor of Shen Buhao's doctrine and regarded him as a great sage in the world. If such a great sage defected to Qin, then South Korea
Is there any way to survive?
Zhao Kuo still looked at Xiang Xian and said, "I did not surrender to Qin." When everyone heard Zhao Kuo's words, they breathed a sigh of relief. The tense atmosphere immediately dissipated, and the guests laughed again.
When they got up, except Zhao Fu and Xing, the others also pulled away and no longer gathered around Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo looked at Xiang Xian in front of him and said: "The principles I said are the ways to save the world.
, put the people first, implement a benevolent and righteous system, and do not kill people from other countries."
"A country that obeys my teachings will definitely become strong because of this. A country that goes against my teachings, no matter how strong it is, will surely perish in a short period of time. The system of implementing benevolence and righteousness I talk about is to reduce the taxes of the people, not to
They are often made to suffer from corvee labor because the people are an important component of the country, and the interests of the people have become the etiquette of the country. I am not talking about the sacrifice that Confucius wanted to talk about, nor is it the self-interest of Yang Zi."
"The king does not have to sacrifice his own interests for the country, nor does he only need to pay attention to his own interests. The king relies on his country. When the country is strong, the king's orders can be transmitted to all places. But when the country is weak, the king can only
If you reduce your title and don't dare to become strong, when the country is destroyed, what's the difference between a king and a peasant? They are just poor people whose country has been destroyed."
"Therefore, this is neither sacrifice nor self-interest. It is about putting the interests of the people first and the interests of the country first, recognizing that the country is composed of the people..."
"When Emperor Zhou was strong, wars rarely broke out frequently in the world. This was because there was only one emperor in the world, and all countries obeyed his orders. Today's wars have lasted for too long, and too many people have died.
, If you want to end the war, there is no other way but war. I don’t think that if everyone loves each other, the war can be ended. I don’t think that restoring ancient etiquette can end the war. When the war continues, there is only one person in the world.
This endless civil war can only end when there is a king.”
"The wars I know of, wars between the same nation, do not involve invaders. This is a war of unification. Only if another civilization wants to annex another region, this is a war between invaders and anti-invaders.
, but the reason why I regard Qin as an invader is because Qin’s intention is not to unify, nor does it regard the people of other countries as its own people. It treats other people as conquered, and can do whatever it wants.
Trample them."
This is the first time that Zhao Kuo has spoken out his idea of a unified world in front of everyone. Before, even in front of his disciples, he only tactfully stated his idea of seven kingdoms as one, which is the hope.
His own doctrines can play a certain role in reducing the bloodshed and sacrifices in some unification wars. The reason why he does not speak out about the idea of unification is mainly because he is worried that his disciples will return to their own countries and start clamoring for great unification.
Unification makes the war more intense.
But now, he is no longer worried. The Qin State has completely exposed its intentions when it spread the horse service book. We old Qin people will not play the game of hegemony and annexation with the second and third sons. We just want to unify!
Zhao Kuo no longer hid it. Rather than letting Qin promote the idea of unification that might be misunderstood by him, it would be better for him to speak openly and openly to everyone. Zhao Kuo continued to talk about his theory. The disciples were
The disciples who could not understand his teachings but who could understand him were all dumbfounded at this moment. They had been listening to Han Fei's implicit statement that the teacher wanted to save the world.
Today's outstanding learning belongs to three parts of the world, Confucianism, Mohism, and Taoism...or, it is the Yang Zhu School of Taoism. Mencius once said helplessly that today's learning is equally divided between Yang Zhu School and Mohism. Mencius was very disgusted
These two schools said that they were beasts without kings and fathers. Later, Confucianism also gradually emerged. Now, the Yang Zhu School is gradually dying. Confucianism and Mohism are still relatively strong, and Zhao Kuo knows that after a while,
Later, Mohism and Confucianism would also decline, and Legalism would begin to grow stronger.
Today's Legalism is not strong, mainly because...a certain stuttering Legalist leader has not yet come out.
The three prominent families all have a way to save the world. The Confucian way is to restore the ancient ritual system and make the heroes obey the Emperor of Zhou. Of course, this is impossible now, so Mencius' people-centered thought appeared again.
, let the king focus on the people and not always think about attacking other countries.
And the Mohist method of saving the world is to love each other without attacking, that is, everyone should stop fighting and treat each other as brothers and sisters, isn't it good?
At first glance, the Mohist universal love is very similar to the Confucian benevolence. In fact, when the disciples of these two families meet, it must be a life and death struggle. The Mohist universal love is to love everyone unconditionally, and the Confucian benevolence is to establish
Gradually growing love for relatives, then for fellow countrymen, and then for people from abroad. Just to give you a simple question, your mother and I fell into each other at the same time... Ahem, no, it was a stranger and you.
Two mothers fell into the river at the same time. Who will you save?
Confucianism must be a no-brainer, to save the mother. Love your parents most, then love your brothers, and finally love others. However, the Mohist school must have thought about it for a long time, because the Mohist school of universal love is an extreme love, which means to love everyone.
People, strangers and mothers are equally important. So Mencius scolded the Mohists, saying that they were beasts without parents. They didn't even love their parents, yet they still wanted to love everyone in the world??
Now Zhao Kuo's idea of the integration of the seven kingdoms seems similar to the Mohist school, but it is completely different. The starting point of Zhao Kuo's theory is that the seven kingdoms are all brothers and sisters, and the elders of other countries are also the parents of others. This love is still based on family affection and nostalgia.
, rather than loving everyone for no reason.
Of course, Yang Zhu's school also has a way to save the world, that is... don't love the people in the world, only love yourself. The essence of this school is to treat other people as strangers and take care of yourself. In this way
, naturally there will be no war. If everyone does not lose a single thing, there will be no Yao and Shun. If everyone is detrimental to the world, there will be no Jie and Zhou.
Now, Zhao Kuo has proposed a new idea of great unification. Confucianism has also had this idea, but the great unification of Confucianism is to restore the ancient ruling system, respect the king and reject the barbarians, the princes respect the emperor of Zhou, stop the war, and deal with it together.
External enemies. Zhao Kuo's unification is more radical. The world only respects one king, and there is no other king. Under the leadership of this king, he will defend his country.
This... was the way that Legalists later wanted to save the world. It can be said that Zhao Kuo stated his theory in advance in front of the person who proposed this idea. However, his theory is also different from Han Fei's theory.
Han Fei's unification of local areas still did not change the relationship between the unified country and the unified people. Perhaps he died in prison before he had time to propose it.
Hearing that the teacher really has a way to save the world, the joy of the disciples is beyond words. No matter whether they agree with the teacher's idea or not, no matter what impact this idea will have on their country, but this is also too much.
A path has been found that can save the world. War is not liked by everyone. Except for a country like Qin, which is based on war, most of these noble youths still hate war.
Many of their relatives died in the war, and those with low backgrounds have a deeper understanding of war. It is the greatest disaster for mankind, and its harm to people exceeds disasters such as drought, floods, and locusts.
But more people have noticed that the method mentioned by the teacher...seems to work? Confucianism's respect for the king is obviously impossible to achieve, Mohism's universal love...Yang Zhu's self-interest...these are all pursuits,
Although there are many people pursuing these paths, the end point seems too far away. Although the great unification mentioned by Zhao Kuo is somewhat unrealistic, it seems feasible. Compared with having the monarchs surrender to the Zhou Dynasty,
Son of Heaven, rather than asking kings to love each other...well...it is easiest to let one country destroy other countries.
Nowadays, the person who has the deepest influence on the great unification may be Xunzi. As the first Confucian sage to go to Qin and very much recognize the Qin system, Xunzi may have vaguely changed the Confucian concept of respecting kings and rejecting barbarians into
He understood what he meant by respecting the king... Therefore, he taught two scholars who wanted to unify the world. Both scholars hated Confucianism very much and never stopped abusing Confucianism, but in fact they were very fond of Xunzi.
respect.
Unlike the joy of his disciples, Xiang Xian's face became extremely pale. He had always regarded Zhao Kuo as the successor of the Mohist school, and he loved all but not offense. Therefore, if Qin attacked South Korea, he would immediately lead his people.
He came to the rescue, but now he discovered that he was wrong. Zhao Kuo was not a Mohist. In fact, he and the Mohist were completely opposite. He did not want to stop the war, but wanted to end the war through war.
Zhao Kuo also said why he repeatedly stopped Qin's intention. It was because Qin did not regard the people of other countries as its own and wanted to persecute them. In other words... Qin did not do this this time.
To massacre the people of Chu State, so Zhao Kuo will no longer help Chu State?
Xiang Xian wanted to say something more, but he found that he probably couldn't convince this sage who had just proposed a way to save the world. People like this are extremely stubborn, stubborn, and Mohist.
The sages could endure poverty and drive on their own roads with their heads lowered. The Confucian sages lamented the collapse of rituals and music, and traveled from country to country, telling the monarchs the principles of benevolence, even if their doctrines were rarely heard.
accept...
Xiang Xian smiled bitterly and asked: "According to your opinion, can I be regarded as a sage who saves the world if I tie myself up and crawl in front of King Qin like a dog?"
Zhao Kuo looked at Xiang Xian, shook his head and said: "I am not helping Qin to destroy other countries, nor am I trying to persuade you to surrender to Qin... What I hope is to stop the current war.
If one day you are captured by the Qin people and they do not kill you, and if one day you attack Nanyang and capture the Qin people but you do not kill them, that is what I hope for."
"If I were a true sage, I might be able to leave everything behind and go to the most powerful Qin State to assist the King of Qin who is most likely to end the war and help him dominate the world. But I can't give up my friends or myself.
I cannot betray those who trust me...I am a despicable person and a selfish person. Everyone in the world tells about my benevolence and righteousness, but only I know that my benevolence and righteousness are just small benevolence and small righteousness.
..."
"I can't give up everything, so I won't teach others to let go of everything."
This was the first time that Zhao Kuo looked directly into his heart. All he saw was a tangled and painful young man, screaming in pain among the people and relatives in the world. Zhao Kuo suddenly shed tears. He looked at Xiang Xian
, said seriously: "I really want to save everyone."
Han Fei looked at the tearful teacher in front of him. He looked at the superior King Han, his eyes flashing with pain. The same was true for Han Fei. He knew how to save the world, but the price of saving the world seemed to be the destruction of his own country.
It is impossible for South Korea to achieve unification. The most likely one is the Qin State. Only by sacrificing South Korea can he gain peace for the entire world. However, wasn't what he originally pursued was to save South Korea?
The banquet broke up unhappy. Xiang Xian left South Korea with his army. He was going to save his country. Zhao Kuo could not blame him for his behavior. This was what he should do. Han Fei walked in the streets of Xinzheng in a daze.
He did not follow the teacher back to their courtyard. Han Fei looked at his country seriously. In Xinzheng, he did not feel the joy of repelling the Qin people. The people hurried towards various places, but they were still timid.
Even though Bai Qi left, their disaster did not disappear.
South Korean officials said that this time the national treasury spent a large amount of food to rescue people everywhere. This year, taxes will probably be increased to replenish the national treasury.
In the cold weather, the Koreans who had lost their farmland sat uneasily on the streets. Soldiers came to drive them away. How could such refugees appear in Xinzheng, South Korea? If Ma Fujun and others had seen it, the King of Han would still have
What face?
As long as Korea exists... Koreans will live a good life?
Han Fei suddenly stopped.
ps: Yesterday, there were several online posts that smeared the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. They said that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army helped the invaders because North Korea invaded South Korea. I actually don’t hate ignorant people, but I hate people who show off their ignorance.
People, North and South Korea are one nation, and their war is a war of reunification. North Korea is not an aggressor. At that time, the United States believed that North Korea had invaded. The international community did not agree, and the United States had no choice but to admit that there was no aggression and send troops in the name of calming local peace.
Yeah, how come the volunteers turned into helping the invaders?? This is really unbelievable. They use ethnic issues to insult me if I can't explain it...fuck it.
I was so angry that I couldn't sleep yesterday, so I woke up today and wrote this chapter.