Chapter 506 The sages shining in the night sky are our ancestors
The sky gradually turned dark, and the sky was soon filled with stars. Those bright stars formed a bright long river, which was so charming. An ox cart was driving leisurely on the road. The road here
It is relatively flat and can be driven safely at night. This was very difficult in Zhao decades ago. The Qin army that once came to attack Zhao once complained about Zhao’s roads and sneered: Zhao
The country's roads can be compared with one hundred thousand Zhao soldiers.
However, that is all in the past. Over the years, in order to effectively control the vast territory, the first emperor paid most attention to roads. Roads in various places have been renovated, shortening distances and improving road conditions. The young man sat
On the ox cart, the ox cart was not moving very fast. Behind him, there were many disciples. They followed him on foot, chatting casually and discussing each other's political opinions.
"At the beginning, a minister wrote a letter requesting His Majesty to build an imperial road from Xianyang to various places, named Chidao, so that His Majesty can inspect the world..." The young man on the bullock cart suddenly said, under the moonlight, the disciples
His face could not be seen clearly, and only a few people standing around him could notice that he had been staring at the road ahead while speaking. Immediately, a disciple asked: "Teacher, why didn't I see such a road?"
Woolen cloth?"
"The Master advised your Majesty, and he said: Building roads can bring places closer together, allow friends in two places to meet quickly, allow His Majesty's orders to reach distant places within a few days, and allow soldiers to gather quickly and rush there.
The battlefield... The road you want to build now belongs to you alone. It does not serve any purpose other than to facilitate your inspection of various places. This defeats the original intention of building the road."
"The country's money comes from the people and should be used for the people. I heard that a country that uses people's money to benefit the people will definitely prosper because of it, but a country that uses people's money to benefit the king and the powerful will definitely perish because of it."
"Your Majesty agreed, and immediately stopped the construction of Chidao, and used the money prepared to build Chidao to renovate roads all over the world... He built roads from Xianyang to various places, and this road no longer belongs only to Your Majesty, but to everyone in the world.
Driving..."
Listening to Zhang Liang's explanation, the disciples looked excited. They are all disciples of the Zajia Mafu School. What you have done makes them feel proud. When other schools come from thousands of miles away to come to us for debate, it is best to
Remember, you can come here safely all the way because of the saints of our school. Zhang Liang listened to their admiration and exclamation, shook his head, and continued: "This year, I will write to your majesty to request you.
Increase road tax... Every vehicle and horse passing through the new road will have to pay a tax based on the size of the vehicle and the quantity of goods."
Hearing what he said, the disciples were a little confused and immediately asked: "Teacher, Master proposed to build roads to facilitate the people and strengthen connections between various places. Doesn't it violate your original intention to collect road tax in this way?"
"This is what I want to tell the second and third sons. The master said: Take it from the people and use it for the people. The master said: The state should perform its own functions. Building roads requires a lot of money, and every few years
It needs to be maintained. The country cannot levy a large amount of taxes brutally and make people angry, but it cannot give up its own functions and collect certain taxes and use these taxes to improve people's livelihood and increase national strength. This is necessary.
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"Why didn't you come up with such a method?"
Zhang Liang was silent for a long time, and then he replied: "Ren Ye."
"Zi loves the people. When Zi entered Qin, King Zhaoxiang drove for him and asked him to serve as the prime minister of Qin. Zi said: He cannot serve as the prime minister, not because of humility, but because of his own weakness. Zi's weakness is that he is too powerful.
Loving the people, he believed that if he served as the prime minister, he would infinitely reduce the burden of the people and use all the country's money on people's livelihood, thus leading to a situation in Qin where the people were rich and the country was weak... Zi knew that this was his only chance.
The weakness is just that he has not been able to change it in his life."
The disciples were silent for a long time and were speechless. Unfortunately, it was already dark and they had no way to record these words. They could only keep them in their minds temporarily and prepare to record them tomorrow.
"The Master's love for the people is unparalleled. Therefore, the people's love for him is also unmatched. I heard that the Master said: Those who love and care for others can be loved by others. This is
It’s not false. Now that we are walking in Zhao land, we can still receive hospitality from the people because of the Ma Fu School. This is the best proof!" Zhang Liang said, and everyone remembered what happened along the way.
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No matter where you go, as long as you hear that they are scholars of the Mafu School, the local people will be very excited. They will tell some stories about Mafujun who are not sure whether they are true or false. Even every township has some stories about him.
According to his legend, he once came here to give people food, and he once stood here to rescue the people. These places surrounded by stones are the places where he once stood...especially when reorganizing the villages, towns, and cities, various
The place about children appears.
Mafu Lixiang, Wuchengrenli, and even some mountains and forests were all named Mafu, Wucheng, and Zhao... The people were very enthusiastic and asked them to live in their homes and give their best.
They fed them with food, and when they preached the principles of the Ma Fu School to the people, even the most stubborn people would sit down, gather around them, and listen attentively.
An important feature of the Mafu School is that it is easy to understand. In order to let people in the world understand his doctrine, Zi used a lot of popular vocabulary, "Everyone in the world is one family", "A person's dignity is reflected in his
"Behavior", these things are not so straightforwardly written in the books of other sages, with the exception of Zi. This was especially true when they came to Zhao.
There are even some old people here. Their eyes are full of light when they talk about fighting with Zi. Some people see them crying, but they think of their Ma Fujun who has been dead for ten years. They grew up listening to the legend of Zi.
The children worshiped him even more and did not even allow anyone to judge him.
After several days of traveling, everyone finally approached Mafu City. This is the place where Zi grew up. In recent years, it has become the second largest city in Handan County. The original appearance of Mafu Township is no longer visible here.
The descriptions of horse clothes that Zhang Liang had read in books were completely different from what they are now. At the gate of the city, Zhang Liang spoke again: "Zi grew up here. Later, Zi once returned here and wanted to settle down."
Here, spend your remaining years peacefully."
"However, when Zi returned, he found that this was no longer the hometown he remembered. He lamented: After decades of being away from home, he could no longer find the direction of home. I can see in the dialogue left by Zi that
Daozi felt very lonely and sad, probably because he lost the place where those beautiful memories were placed... However, he once happily said to Marquis Wenxin: There is no more barren farmland in his hometown, and there is no desperate need to save.
people, my mission has been completed."
"Zi is good at fighting, but he hates war very much. Zi has a reputation for benevolence, and people in the world think of him as a savior, but he hates his name. He would rather be unknown than have the people need him like this.
The savior... People all over the world praised Zi's benevolence, but Zi was very disappointed. He believed that kindness, benevolence, and righteousness were something that everyone should have and should stick to, and it was not worth mentioning."
Zhang Liang said seriously. Not only his disciples, but also the soldiers who were about to come forward to question them were stunned. In terms of understanding of the pair, Zhang Liang may be regarded as the first person. He has always been there.
He studied Zhao Kuo and even understood Zhao Kuo's psychological and ideological activities at every stage. He brought his disciples to Zhao this time because he wanted to walk along the path Zhao Kuo had walked and find more of himself.
Something that is ignored.
The soldiers looked at Zhang Liang with something wrong. The soldiers guarding the horse uniforms immediately recognized who the other party was talking about. They bowed to Zhang Liang with some respect, and then asked about their identity.
When they came to know that these were scholars from the Ma Fu School, they were very happy when they came to the saint's hometown. They hurriedly got out of the way and even volunteered to lead them.
Zhang Liang declined their kindness and took his disciples to the mausoleum to worship their ancestors. According to Zhang Liang, they were all disciples of Zi, and Zi's parents and friends were all his elders, so they should go to worship their ancestors.
.Here are the tombs of Mafu Lord Zhao She, Saint Mother, and even the son’s friends. When they were in Handan, they worshiped Lin Xiangru, Leyi, Tian Gong, Pang Gong, Pingyuan Lord and others.
Zhang Liang even explained to them one by one, "At first, Duke Lin was opposed to Zi coming to replace Lian Po, but after actually meeting him, he changed his mind and believed that only Zi could save Zhao. This
It was because he saw his benevolence and righteousness in Zi. He once said that a general who fights for money is not as good as a general who fights for his life, and a general who fights for his own life is not as good as a general who fights for the common people in the world.
General."
"This is about the general's will. He wants to protect the people of the world. What can defeat him?"
"You didn't want to fight at first, maybe because you didn't want to kill anyone, or maybe you were afraid of Lord Wu'an..." After hearing Zhang Liang's words, some disciples shouted in surprise: "How can you be afraid? You have never fought in your life."
He is defeated, has extraordinary courage, and will never be afraid of Lord Wu An..." Zhang Liang frowned and said angrily: "I heard that Master said: Those who can conquer the fear in their hearts can be called warriors."
"Zi Zeng wrote a letter requesting that Lian Po continue to serve as a general, and he collected food for him... He personally visited Lord Pingyuan, and even used less honorable means to visit General Leyi and Lord Tian. All of this was to find him.
Someone who can defeat Lord Wu An. He was only in his early twenties, but Lord Wu An was already a world-famous general. How could he not be afraid? Fear is not a cowardly behavior. He is still willing to go to war despite being afraid. This is
A true warrior!"
The disciples did not speak to refute anymore. Zhang Liang told the story of Le Yi and Tian Gong again. Zhang Liang said: "General Le Yi made great contributions to the Yan State, but he was easily feared and finally exiled. This made General Le Yi
He was very pessimistic, and believed that all generals who were good at conquering and fighting would end badly. He once persuaded Zi, hoping that Zi would not always win battles. Zi's military exploits were outstanding, and as expected, he was later feared in the Zhao Kingdom for this."
"Zi You was deeply affected by General Le Yi's affairs. He once wrote an article "Le Yi Lun", condemning behavior like that of King Yan and King Zhao. He believed that kings without tolerance are far more terrifying than foreign enemies. Generals like Le Yi cannot
Will be defeated by the enemy, but defeated by his own monarch... It can be seen that Zi also feels the same about this matter..." Zhang Liang also talked about the relationship between the king and the general, and how the king should
A general who tolerates himself.
He even extended Lian Po, Li Mu and others, and even Lord Xinling, to the generals who had been feared by their brothers all their lives and had no choice but to die. If the kings could reuse these people, how could they be easily subjugated?
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Finally, Zhang Liang talked about Tian Gong. Zhang Liang sighed and said: "Qi State sold Tian Gong at the beginning, so Qi State was finally sold by Hou Sheng..."
When they arrived in the city, the news of the arrival of scholars from the Ma Fu School seemed to have spread. The people here respected Zhao Kuo the most. After all, they were all his fellow villagers. They stopped Zhang Liang and asked him to go to their home.
..Zhang Liang saw that Zi’s residence had been built into a palace, so he stopped looking at it. He didn’t like such behavior, and neither did Zi. In the following days, they stayed here and continued to study.
Zhang Liang also heard a lot of unrecorded content here, all about Zhao Kuo... These contents made Zhang Liang's understanding of Zhao Kuo more profound, and also facilitated Zhang Liang's subsequent writings.
Zhang Liang wanted to write a "Ma Fu Zi". If "Ma Fu Shu" is similar to the status of "Spring and Autumn" in Confucianism, then after this "Ma Fu Zi" is written, it will obviously be similar to the Confucian "Analects of Confucius".
"Ma Fuzi" records Zi's growth experience, and even his words and deeds in great detail. It is specifically focused on Zi alone. It is somewhat different from the Analects of Confucius. However, this can be regarded as the most profound book on Zhao Kuo, almost
It is intended to cover the life of Zhao Kuo. Zhang Liang even heard many interesting stories here, including the debate between Zi and his father when he was young. The two often debated military affairs. Zi could talk but his father was speechless. These are all
Very precious historical materials.
The more he studied Zhao Kuo, the more shocked Zhang Liang was. This sage suddenly appeared in front of the world. He knew war, understood internal affairs, and even had no skills in various fields, including astronomy, geography, law, farming, and craftsmanship.
What he was not good at was the knowledge recorded in books such as Ma Fushu, Discussions with Marquis Wu Cheng, Marquis Wucheng and Marquis Wenxin... He destroyed six kingdoms in one go and established a unified dynasty.
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The systems he implemented brought the Qin Dynasty to an unprecedented peak. Deaths from starvation and freezing no longer occurred. The people lived a relatively prosperous life. It can be expected that life will be better in the future. Hundreds of families will continue to prosper because of him.
, academic debate, the whole society is charging forward crazily, and these are the disciples standing behind them, stretching out their hands and giving them a hard push.
We could force Zhang Liang to sum up Zi's life. He could only say that he was a good person.
Everything he was good at and all his achievements were inferior to the kindness in his heart. What made him a sage was not his extraordinary knowledge, but the kindness and kindness in his heart.
Under the dark night, Zhang Liang raised his head and looked up at the stars. He thought he had never met Zhao Kuo, but when he saw his former teacher "Zhao Changan" in Xianyang, he was frightened.
Then he realized that he had met Zhao Kuo a long time ago. When his father passed away, he was waiting for his father to come back at the city gate. At that time, a friend of his father held his hand and sent him home.
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Zhang Liang can no longer remember the face. He can only remember that the face was gentle and kind, making people want to get close to him.
Under the night, Zhang Liang sat by the window and looked at all the information he had collected. These information were about a noble boy from the Zhao Kingdom who became a sage, and a kind-hearted man who stretched out his hand to save the drowning people.
A story pulled out of the abyss. Under the moonlight, Zhang Liang looked through the conversations carefully. He seemed to be able to see those kind-hearted young people sitting in the courtyard, chatting happily with their diners.
It's just that Zi didn't have many happy days. One day, he discovered those unfortunate people, and then, without hesitation, he began to explore a path called salvation for them. He just walked all the way, watching his elders and friends one by one.
He left without even his beloved by his side... In these records, Zhao Kuo always smiled, but Zhang Liang found that other people's descriptions of him were all frowning and melancholy.
, always bowing his head in deep thought.
Zhang Liang stretched out his hand and fumbled with the paper in front of him, tears misting in his eyes.
He raised his head and looked at the bright stars in the sky. The stars were flashing continuously. Zhang Liang looked at them blankly. The stars were outlined. In the haze, Zhang Liang seemed to see countless sages gathering and talking to each other.
Expounding each other's thoughts, illuminating the originally dark night sky.
Zhang Liang put away the manuscript in front of him, stood up, and bowed respectfully towards the night sky.
Thank you to my ancestors.
Farewell to my horse-wearing gentleman.
This book is finished.
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There is no need to panic.
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