Chapter Two Hundred and Sixty-Four 'Taoshan Theory'
The King of Qin could not continue to stay in Shangdang, and he could not let Zhao Kuo stay here.
So, after a period of time, King Qin finally sent someone to take Wu Chengjun back to Xianyang. Zhao Kuo needed to take his family, disciples, retainers, and followers to Xianyang. Speaking of which, Zhao Kuo
My mother is the one who least wants to leave.
She hugged Kang and sat on the bed with a straight face. Zhao Kuo stood aside. Everyone was preparing to go to Xianyang, but her mother refused to go. She just sat here and said nothing, no matter what Zhao Kuo did.
Although she tried to persuade her, she did not reply. Zhao Kuo knew in his heart that his mother had lived in the State of Zhao all her life. Everyone she knew was there, and everything she was familiar with remained there. She was unwilling to leave the State of Zhao.
"Mother...it is impossible for me to return to the Kingdom of Zhao...Because of me, there are people in the Kingdom of Zhao who want to murder you. If I go back, more people will be attacked by villains because of me.
The target... Just like Lord Xinling, when I was in Zhao State, he was always framed, everyone hated him, and his original reputation was also hit. People often assassinated him and tried to kill him, but now
Woolen cloth?"
"He is in his courtyard, drinking wine and hanging out with his friends freely. No one is hostile to him anymore. And Dong Chengzi..."
"Kuo... do you think Wei Wuji would rather suffer hardships with you, or would he rather drink and have fun alone? When do you think he will be happier?"
Zhao Kuo was silent for a moment and then said: "I can't let my family or the people I care about be in danger. If you don't want to stay in Qin, I can take you away. Let's go to Chu or Qi.
..but not in the State of Zhao..." Mother Zhao gently shook the child in her arms, and then said: "The State of Zhao is dangerous...Is the State of Qin very safe? If you stay in the State of Qin,
Isn’t there anyone who wants to murder the people around you?”
Zhao Kuo raised his head and said seriously: "I don't know, but I will protect my family... You don't know? When I knew that King Zhao wanted to seize Zheng and wanted to kill me through you,
Am I really angry? What if he sent someone to kill me openly? I wouldn't be so angry... If a man can't even protect his family, what kind of man is he?"
"I wanted to kill him very much at that time... If something happened to you, I would definitely kill him."
"Luckily you guys are okay..."
"I know that killing King Zhao will cause turmoil in the country? More people will die... Is this why I want to leave Zhao? I am not a saint? For my family? I may also be reckless.
Do something... I'm afraid that if I stay in Zhao country, one day I won't be able to control myself and kill more people because of the people I care about."
"Mother..." Zhao Kuo bent down and half-knelt in front of his mother. He said seriously: "Please follow me? You are the person I love most in my life. If you are not by my side, I will never be able to bear it."
Who should I talk to about the pain and fear in my heart?" Zhao's mother lowered her head and looked at Zhao Kuo's red eyes. All the words in her heart were blocked in her throat and she could not speak out.
Zhao's mother stretched out her hand and gently touched Zhao Kuo's face.
"Ku...I'm afraid...that your father won't be able to find us when he comes back..."
"If I die somewhere else...how will I meet your father after my death?"
Looking at his mother with tears on his face, Zhao Kuo held his mother's hand, shook his head and said: "Don't worry, father will not find us... He has always been by our side and has never left.
We... When I went into battle to kill the enemy, I could hear my father playing drums for me. When I wanted to do something that went against my conscience, I could feel my father's stern eyes staring at me from behind.
I...I remember, when I was very young, my father told me that I was him."
"Mother...his blood is flowing in my body...I am his continuation...Now, he is here..." Zhao Kuo patted his chest, he lowered his head and pointed.
Kang in his mother's arms, "Here too..."
"Do you think we look like him?"
Zhao's mother finally agreed to Zhao Kuo, and everyone in the family was ready to go out, and the King of Qin prepared a special carriage for Yi. The outside of the carriage was actually covered, just like what Zhao Kuo saw in movies and TV shows.
Zhao Kuo was a little surprised by the kind of carriage that arrived. King Qin told him that it was made by domestic craftsmen. Because Beidi County and other areas are extremely cold, the craftsmen made this kind of carriage that can be used when traveling.
Against the cold.
However, the cost of this carriage is a bit high and it is not suitable for the common people.
Nowadays, various parts of the Qin State are building such carriages, and it is estimated that they will soon be promoted to various places, and even the whole world.
The guests were also prepared. With Di here, they were not immersed in sadness all the time. Di was an interesting person, King Qin said so. Di had a new friend, and that was King Qin. King Qin liked him very much.
This verbose and straightforward barbarian could always say things that others dared not say. He would not show off and would brag about his past. Every time King Qin came to see Zhao Kuo, he always had a happy chat with him.
King Qin felt that Di did not regard him as a king at all, and occasionally put his hand on King Qin's shoulder. The Qin warriors drew their swords angrily. Fortunately, the expressions of Ge and others changed greatly, but King Qin did not care. He laughed loudly.
laugh.
He said: This is why he likes chatting with Di.
In Qin, although they left their hometown, they could gather together every day. Listening to Di bragging about his friendship with the King of Qin, watching Ge and Xing bickering and quarreling, Li Yu was also recording what he saw in Qin.
He has traveled to various countries, but has never been to Qin. Han Fei is even more exaggerated. He often disappears, and disappears for seven or eight days. He seems to be very interested in the system of Qin.
I was writing furiously every day with my pen, and the bamboo slips piled up into mountains.
Zhao Kuo was still a little worried. He was worried about the people who came here with him. The King of Qin took him to see those people. The Shangdang County Sheriff gave these people residences, houses, farmland, farm tools, and even farming equipment.
Niu, enjoying the treatment of a first-class title, found Zhao Kuo coming. These Zhao people came forward excitedly and started chatting with Zhao Kuo. They all seemed very happy.
The officials did not bully them. On the contrary, they got more cultivated land here. I heard that the taxes here were easier than those in Zhao State. Although there were more corvees, they did not delay the farming. They were usually busy in farming.
Then proceed. In the view of Zhao State, Qin State is really an army disguised as a country. All their purposes are for war, and everyone serves for war.
Therefore, the most important things in the Qin State are farming and training. Everything must make way for these two things, so corvee work and the like must avoid the busy farming and cannot even have the slightest impact on agriculture.
Finally, Zhao Kuo got on the carriage and set off towards Xianyang with his family, retainers and disciples.
After entering the hinterland of the Qin State, the more you can realize the atmosphere that is different from other countries. In terms of the amount of cultivated land, the Qin State crushes all other countries because the Qin State's system allows the people to cultivate land spontaneously.
Recognizing the private ownership of land...this stimulates the enthusiasm of the people to reclaim land. Farmers in other countries are similar to employees, working for the company, and the company leaves them with the food they need to make a living, and the others take it away.
The farmers in the Qin State are equivalent to self-employed people. They work for themselves and turn over a prescribed part of their wealth, while the rest can be kept.
Therefore, the reclamation rate of the Qin State is very high. There are cultivated lands everywhere on both sides of the road. You can see hard-working people working on the cultivated lands. The officials are very supportive of this behavior. Sometimes, they will even take out their own
Private property is used to support the people in the jurisdiction. Of course, this is done secretly, which is cheating. The Qin State is going to hold a farming competition, and the inner and outer competitions are to see who can grow more food, and then the inner and outer areas.
Compare, townships compete with townships, counties compete with counties, and counties compete with counties. Officials who get good rankings will be rewarded and promoted.
Those at the bottom will be reprimanded and demoted, and those at the bottom two times in a row will be arrested and sentenced.
This is why Wang Ji, the governor of Shangdang County, is thinking of defecting, because he has won the last place twice. If he wins again, he will be taken to Xianyang for questioning.
The first feature of the Qin State is that there is a lot of arable land, and the second feature is that there are many pavilion chiefs. These pavilion chiefs were equivalent to the later police station directors. They patrolled their territories, publicized the law, and arrested thieves. Every time they walked a certain distance, they would
You can see a group of knights, led by the pavilion chief, checking their passes and "ID cards"... Of course, King Qin himself did not have an "ID card", but Zhao Kuo did.
Zhao Kuo got his "identity card" from this era, which was given to him by the King of Qin. It recorded his name, title, height, occupation, place of origin and other information in detail, as well as a "household registration book".
As the head of the household, Zhao Kuo saw that all the circumstances of his family were recorded on it. However, this household registration was supposed to be handed over to local officials for safekeeping.
Zhao Kuo suddenly understood that in the Qin State, it was probably impossible to visit privately incognito, because all places would conduct careful checks. At the beginning, the King of Qin used the identity of Yangquan Jun when he traveled. It was said that he was a domestic noble. He wanted to
He wanted to let Zhao Kuo see the real Qin State, but the local pavilion chief thought that the heights of the two did not match.
Apologize quickly.
But the King of Qin still rewarded the pavilion chief greatly.
Immediately, the King of Qin stopped covering up, got on his carriage, and set off towards Xianyang in a swaggering manner. Now there was no pavilion chief to trouble them. Han Fei was still busy remembering, it seemed that he was going to take this thing.
Things were also recorded. Zhao Kuo often accompanied Yi Kang, and of course he did not forget Zheng. I don’t know who gave Zheng a pony, and he played with the pony all day long.
The colt was too small to carry people, and Zhao Kuo did not dare to let Zhao Zheng ride a horse. He was still too young. Zhao Zheng could only sit on the carriage and tie the colt to the carriage. Whenever everyone stopped to rest,
When he was young, he would lead the colt and run wildly around, and Zhao's mother could not catch up with him. Fortunately, the King of Qin sent warriors to follow him to prevent him from getting hurt. When the convoy passed through Hangu Pass, the rigorous and old-fashioned atmosphere
, it becomes even more intense.
The people who were going to farm were all marching in formation. Zhao Kuo didn't know whether this was the result of long-term training or whether the Qin State had such regulations. Anyway, it was as if he had arrived at a large military camp instead of a country.
They came to the foot of a mountain, and King Qin took Zhao Kuo's hand and brought him here. The entire mountain was full of peach trees... The peach trees had not grown up yet, and they all looked a little low.
There were no flowers or fruits. King Qin took Zhao Kuo here and said seriously to Zhao Kuo: "I heard that you like peaches, so I ordered to plant peach trees on this mountain... This is not far from Xianyang...
I am thinking that if you can come to Xianyang, you can come here to play in your free time..."
"I want to reward you with this mountain..."
Zhao Kuo looked at this Peach Mountain in surprise. Every place he could see was full of trees. Xunzi, Gongsun Long, Han Fei and other three people were also following not far away. They looked around in surprise. To be honest,
Zhao Kuo was really moved. King Qin found a clean place and had people spread out seats. Everyone sat down here. Gongsun Long looked around and said with a smile: "If it were spring, here would be the best place to sit."
They are all covered with flowers, and when we sit here, it has a different atmosphere."
"I heard that Wu Chengjun said: The simple place has become no longer simple because of the people who live here."
"Nowadays, in this humble mountain, there are people like Wu Chengjun, Xunzi, Gongzi, and Han Fei. In the eyes of ordinary people, this place is no longer crude." Gongsun Long heard this and nodded with a smile.
I thought he was right. Everyone sat here quietly, listening to the wind blowing through the treetops, making a rustling sound. A flash of red appeared on the horizon, and the sun turned crimson. Half of the body was hidden under the mountain.
The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the earth.
The sunset illuminated the earth in red.
King Qin straightened his body, looked at the people in front of him, and asked: "May I ask how you manage the country?"
Zhao Kuo, Xunzi and others looked at each other, but they didn't speak, they just smiled.
Han Fei looked at them, and finally put down the pen and the bamboo slips in his hand. This move attracted everyone's attention, and then Han Fei said: "I heard: It is unwise to say something if you don't know; it is unwise to tell someone if you know it.
Not speaking out is disloyal. As a minister, you are disloyal and deserve to die. If you speak inappropriately, you deserve to die. Even so, I am still willing to tell everything I have seen and heard. Please judge me for the crime of speaking out."
"I heard that the Northern Yan and the Southern Wei, connecting Chu and Qi, united South Korea to form a unified force, and planned to go west to fight against the powerful Qin. I laughed at them privately. There are three ways to perish in the world, and the six countries have them
, which is probably what we are talking about about joining forces to attack Qin!"
"I have heard: Use chaos to attack stability and perish; use evil to attack righteousness and perish; use perversion to attack what is natural and perish."
"Now the six countries' treasury is full and their granaries are empty. The people of the whole country have been levied and the army has been expanded by tens of millions. Among them, there are more than a thousand people who have appointed Dai Yu as general and vowed to fight to the death on the front line. They all say that they are not afraid of death. Sharp blades are in front of them, and instruments of torture are in front of them.
Finally, it is better to retreat and flee and not fight to the death. It is not that these soldiers cannot fight to the death, but that the monarchs of the six countries cannot make them fight to the death. They say they will be rewarded but do not give them, and they say they want punishments but do not carry out them. Rewards and punishments are broken..."
Han Fei suddenly spoke, and the King of Qin was shocked. He called Han Fei over, originally to let him record everyone's words. He hurriedly looked into the distance, waved his hands eagerly, and hurriedly rushed from a distance.
Several officials came, stood behind them, and began to record.
Han Fei no longer stuttered, was no longer confused, and no longer took notes. The more he spoke, the more excited he became. He stood up, stretched out his hands, and spoke loudly in the direction of the Six Kingdoms. He told the story of several times that Qin could obtain
opportunities in the world, and said that Qin had voluntarily given up these opportunities. He also talked about the shortcomings of the Six Kingdoms, the advantages of Qin, and ways to deal with the Six Kingdoms. Finally, he looked at King Qin and said confidently:
"Your Majesty, you really listened to my strategy: if I unite the world in one fell swoop, it cannot be separated; Zhao cannot conquer it; Han cannot be destroyed; Chu and Wei cannot surrender; Qi and Yan cannot surrender; if Qi and Yan do not come to seek refuge; the title of overlord cannot be achieved; and if the neighboring princes do not come to pay homage,
Your Majesty, kill me and parade me throughout the country as a warning to those who fail to do their best in planning for the King!"
Except for Zhao Kuo, Xunzi, Gongsun Long and King Qin, they were all stunned.
"That's not right!"
It's just right, so when you open the mold, the sword will be cast."
"However, if the sword is not tempered and sharpened, it cannot even cut a rope; after tempering and sharpening, even if it is used to cut bronze objects and slaughter cattle and horses, it will be easy. The people of a country are like a sword that has just been molded.
The swords taken out are the same. But if they are not educated and coordinated, then they cannot be relied on to defend the country internally, and they cannot be used to fight externally..."
"There are three kinds of majesty: the majesty of morality, the majesty of strict inspectors, and the majesty of wanton behavior. These three kinds of majesty must be carefully examined. The system of rituals and music is perfect, the moral names are clear, and various measures are timely and appropriate, and we care for the people and the people.
Everything that benefits the people will be shown. In this way, the people will respect God as much as they respect the monarch, respect God as much as they respect the monarch, be close to their parents as close to the monarch, and fear the gods as much as the monarch..."
"The Qin State's frontiers are steep, the terrain is convenient, the mountains, forests and rivers are very beautiful, and the natural resources are rich. This is a superior terrain. Entering the territory and observing its customs, the people are simple, the music is not lewd and dirty, and the clothes are not frivolous and coquettish; people are very afraid
The officials are very docile, just like the people in ancient times."
"When we arrived at the government offices in large and small towns, all the officials there were serious and serious. They were all humble and frugal, honest and prudent, loyal and trustworthy but not careless and careless. They really looked like the officials under the rule of the ancient holy kings. Entering its city,
Observe the local officials there. When they walk out of their homes, they go into the government offices. When they walk out of the government offices, they return to their homes. They have no private affairs. They do not collude with each other or form factions. No one is outstanding.
He who is not wise and prudent but honest and loyal is just like the officials in ancient times."
"Observe its court. Before retreating from the court, all matters must be settled. It seems as if nothing has been done. It is really like the ancient court. Therefore, the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty in the four generations was not due to luck, but an inevitable result.
This is what I saw. Therefore, it is said that the state of Qin is like this: it is easy and well-governed, the government is simple and thorough, and the government is not chaotic but has achievements. This is the highest state of politics. Qin State is like this."
Han Fei listened carefully to Xunzi's expression of his views, frowned, and thought seriously.
"wrong!!"
Gongsun Long suddenly stood up and said: "Can a limited concept still be said to be a certain concept when it is not defined and limited? A limited concept can no longer be said to be a certain concept when it is not defined and limited! The general category
Can a concept be said to be a species concept that was originally generalized? A generalized class concept can no longer be said to be a species concept that was originally generalized!!"
"...If the name and reality are confused, the monarch and his ministers will fight and give inconsistent orders. If the orders are inconsistent, right and wrong will be unclear. If right and wrong are unclear, politics will be dim. This is a violation of the basic law of logic. Violating the basic law of logic will lead to confusion.
The truth does not correspond, the light does not conform to the truth, the truth does not correspond to the name, evil is everywhere, but the truth confuses the truth. Violation of the basic logical law of "non-dual clarity" will inevitably lead to the ruin of governance, and there will be no way to correct the name and the truth in order to unify the world!"
"wrong!!"
Zhao Kuo stood up, looked at the three people in front of him, and said seriously: "What Han Fei said about Qin's military strength, what I know is that in the past, Yin Zhou was the emperor and led millions of troops in the world. Zuo Yin
Qishui, drinking Huan water on the right, Qi water dried up and Huan water stopped flowing, so he used such a huge lineup to fight against King Wu of Zhou. King Wu led three soldiers in plain uniforms, and in one day of fighting, he destroyed Yin Zhou's army
The country captured King Zhou himself alive!"
"Having only powerful force, but not caring about the people, even if you defeat the enemy, this victory will not be long-lasting! If you have the power and position to subdue others, and implement measures to subdue others, no one in the world will resent you. This is the case with Shang Tang and King Wu of Zhou.
Such a person has the power and status to subdue others and does not implement measures to subdue others. Then, he was once rich and had the power to rule the world, but now it is impossible for him to be a common man. This is the case for Xia Jie and King Zhou of Shang.
people."
"Xunzi said, "In today's era, it is better to work hard to expand territory than to increase credit." But I know that today the princes are fighting with each other, eager to kill each other, destroy each other's temples, and not give him a chance to worship. In such an era
, stop expanding the territory, just increase your credibility among the princes, this will not make you a king of the world, if you don't work hard to become stronger, you will give the enemy a chance!"
"What Gongsun Long said: I agree that clarifying concepts is indeed what a king should do, but you are too obsessed with the relationship between name and reality, and govern the country solely by the logic of name and reality. Is this okay?"
The three people stood in three directions, looking at each other with fighting intent in their eyes.
