"The monarch of Korea visited the King of Qin~~~"

In the Xianyang Palace, the etiquette Lang shouted loudly, the ministers of the Qin State stood solemnly on both sides, bowing their heads, behind them were burly and tall warriors, the king of Qin sat on the top seat, calmly looking down, in the midst of the etiquette Lang's loud shouting, Han Wangran lowered his head, respectfully walked in from the palace gate, he was also followed by two Korean warriors, the warriors were magnificent, looking ahead, Han Wang looked a little afraid.

King Han walked in front of King Qin, and then leaned over and bowed to King Qin, and said, "The minister greets King Qin." ”

It wasn't until King Han bowed down that King Qin stood up with a smile and walked to King Han's side, King Qin held King Han's hand and said with a smile: "The widow has long heard that there is a wise monarch in Korea, but he has not been able to meet you, today, the widow finally saw you, sure enough, King Han is mighty!" As soon as King Qin praised him like this, King Han immediately raised his head, his face full of pride.

The king of Qin let him sit beside him and officially began the feast. Probably in order to highlight the wealth of the Qin State and rectify the extraordinarily rich banquet, the King of Qin today is not a person who likes extravagance and waste, but for the sake of the King of Han, he also wasted it once, and took out his own private money to organize this banquet, King Han looked at these in surprise, and said to the King of Qin: "Minister Zhang Ping persuaded the widow: the diligent and thrifty monarch may not be the Ming monarch, but the extravagant and wasteful, unwarranted consumption of national strength must be an unqualified monarch." ”

"Now it seems that even a king like you would give such a sumptuous feast, and his words are incorrect."

King Qin squinted his eyes, he wondered, what was King Han sarcastic about himself? Or do you really think so? It's just that King Han's expression was very indifferent and calm, making people unable to see through what he was thinking, King Qin looked at Cai Ze? Cai Ze smiled and said to King Han: "What you said is very right? The most important thing for a king is his majesty, if the king eats the same food as the common people? Dressed like a common man? The car is no different from everyone else, so who will respect the king? ”

"You're so right!"? Han Wang smiled and nodded? I agree with Cai Ze's words very much.

"Your Minister Zhang Ping, I know this person. I've heard? His father assisted three generations of Korean kings, and he aspired to be like his father. Some time ago, South Korea went all out to herd cattle and promote iron farming tools? Re-divide the land among the people? Allow the people to reclaim the wasteland, and someone in front of him to talk about your great deeds, supposedly? He was very unhappy and thought it was all his fault..."

"I have never heard of a man like him who is a courtier and a king who competes for merit? In the state of Qin? I can't serve as a county magistrate. ”? Cai Ze said, and constantly looked at the King of Han in front of him, seeing that the King of Han nodded from time to time, and even agreed with his opinion, Cai Ze said even harder, he said: "Zhang Ping, he has to thank you for your kindness, if it weren't for you, how could he be the minister of state?" ”

"The affairs of the state are for the minister of state to assist the king, not for the king to assist the minister of state...."

"Hmm...", King Han nodded and gave Cai Ze an unfathomable smile.

The banquet was very lively, this banquet of King Qin could be regarded as washing away the sad atmosphere that appeared in the palace after Wu Anjun and Ying Hou left, King Han sat on the side with a smile, chatting with Cai Ze, and was talking, suddenly a minister walked in front of Cai Ze, stared at King Han coldly, and asked very rudely: "Do you still recognize me?" ”

King Han raised his head and looked at the person in front of him, vaguely familiar, but he didn't remember that neither King Qin nor Cai Ze dissuaded this minister, after all, Qin State has always been very rude when dealing with other monarchs. The young man was full of drunkenness, he grinned, and said: "I am the son of your Shangdang Taishou, Feng Bufu, you originally ordered your father not to resist and give Shangdang to Qin State, but Father rejected you, sent Shangdang to Zhao State, invited reinforcements from Zhao State, and continued to fight against Qin State..."

"Even when he died fighting for you in the end, do you remember him?"

King Han laughed, nodded and said, "Of course the widow remembers him, how can you be in the Qin State?" ”

"This is my father's last will, and my father said: he will repay you with his life, and this is enough, there is no need for me to serve the unworthy monarch again!" , Feng Bufu said unceremoniously, Cai Ze smiled, hurriedly stood up, and pulled Feng Bufu out of here... After the King of Qin hosted a banquet to entertain the King of Han, the next day, he decided to take him to visit the Qin Kingdom.

In this way, King Han followed the King of Qin, looked at the farmland of Qin, watched the drills of the soldiers, and looked at the cities in the city, and other places, and after playing for more than ten days, the King of Qin sent him back to Korea.

Korea surrendered to Qin, and the king of Han personally went to meet the king of Qin, and soon spread out, causing shocks in all countries, Wei, Zhao, Chu and other countries all expressed strong dissatisfaction with Korea's behavior, and Wei directly seized the Koreans in the country, expelled them out of the country, and no longer allowed Koreans to come to do business, and Chu directly executed the Korean envoy to express his anger.

Only Zhao Guo did not do such a thing, King Zhao only had those sages in Mafu in his heart, where could he take care of any Korean affairs.

At this time, the main force of scholars also came to the Zhao State, Mojia, Taoism and the like in the forefront, Confucianism swaggered behind them, initially, when these people came, they could also make the people curious to stand on the side of the road to watch, but now, they don't care, see a lot, it is not unusual, when these people rushed to the horse service, the school room is no longer enough.

Zhao Kuo was not in a hurry, but King Zhao was angry.

After these people arrived, they found Zhao Kuo again, and the ink masters of the three countries appeared in front of Zhao Kuo at the same time, Zhao Kuo was very happy, and couldn't wait to walk out of the door, pulling these ink people, Chu Mo and Qi Mo were taken aback, Ma Fujun is like this? Could it be that he has already come up with a way to target the Mo family, just waiting for himself to come, right? They didn't rush to argue with Zhao Kuo, but instead found the ink masters who had rushed before and inquired about the situation with them.

Qin Mo only came less than ten people, they were very polite to Ma Fujun, and they didn't call Zhao Kuo Ma Fujun, but Wu Chengjun, which is the name of the Qin people. They didn't come to Zhao Kuo to debate, they came to ask Ma Fujun for advice. And Chu Mo and Qi Mo were much colder and hostile, Zhao Kuo happily brought these people into the school, and he looked at the three types of ink people sitting in front of him.

"I've always looked forward to seeing my second and third sons... Well, I have a lot of ideas, but I don't know how to do them... Gu said, Mozi used water to make the machine move, is there such a thing? Zhao Kuo asked.

Qin Mo's leader was a seemingly loyal old man, he nodded with a smile and said, "That's the case. Chu Mo didn't rush to speak, they looked at Qi Mo, under the condition that Qin Mo was inclined to Zhao Kuo, they could only form an alliance temporarily, Qi Mo was good at debating, and the matter was related to Mozi, Chu Mo naturally wanted to see what Qi Mo said, Qi Mo talked for a while, and then replied: "That's the case." ”

Zhao Kuo clapped his hands, "Great, that's the case, I saw 硙 (wei) in the countryside, but it is very inconvenient to operate, and the wheat that is ground is not delicious... I wondered if I could grind wheat with a stream of water. I've always felt that Mozi used water conservancy to make machinery move, which is a very good idea, if you can set up a round waterwheel and use water as power... Can it save a lot of manpower? ”

"This....", Qin Mo, who inherited Mozi's mechanical theory, thought about it seriously, discussed the feasibility, and chatted happily, so he carved it on the ground, and quickly calculated, and on the other side, Chu Mo also talked about it, they have helped Chu defend the city all these years, and they have not neglected the production, Qi Mo is a little embarrassed, they are still thinking about Zhao Kuo's intentions, is Ma Fujun trying to tout Qin Mo in this way?

Zhao Kuo said: "I just debated with Mr. Gongsun Long, I said: social productivity determines the country's political system, and I think: only science and technology are the primary productive forces, among many schools, the Mohists are the most concerned about this aspect, but at the beginning, many of the instruments developed by Mozi only exist in the book, and the transmission is too mysterious, I can't believe that Mozi can develop a wooden bird that can be used to fly..."

"It's true!" , Chu Mo stood up suddenly.

"Then why can't you see it now?"

"Because... We don't make it. ”

Zhao Kuo shook his head, not entangled in the wooden bird, he continued: "Today's bamboo slips are too bulky, I heard that you can use tree bark, hemp and other items to make more convenient things for writing, but I don't know how to do it, so I want to ask the second and third sons for advice." Zhao Kuo told these ink artists all the inventions he could think of, and said seriously: "I want to ask the second and third sons to help me make these things." ”

"Whether it's the ingredients, the manpower, or whatever, I can do my best to help."

Zhao Kuo said very sincerely, not like he was trying to ridicule the ink people, nor did he seem to be trying to embarrass them... The ink masters looked at each other, and only Qin Mo said seriously: "We will definitely fulfill your orders." Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "I'm not commanding, I'm asking... Since the death of Mozi, the Mo family has not made much progress in scientific and technological research and development or academic thought. ”

"What's more, the Mo family is in the country, just to help make all kinds of tools, these tools, other craftsmen can also make them, the king will be the ink people as simple craftsmen, this is not right, the ink in my heart, not only can make perfect machinery, but also can develop more advanced machinery, can walk in the forefront of the times, convenient for the people, convenient for the country, if the Mo family can continue to develop a variety of useful things, will the kings of various countries pay more attention to the Mo family?"

"Will it subsidize the Mohists, or even provide a place for the Mohists, to provide raw materials, and to provide manpower, so that the Mohists can develop more advanced things for themselves and form a scientific and technological advantage to the outside world?"

"This kind of advancement is not only in the equipment, Mozi's achievements, in mathematics, force, light, etc., this kind of research and development, can be in any kind of field, even if it is to make a new meal, cultivate a new kind of fruit, this is also possible, Mozi once said: The significance of academia lies in the help of the country. Chu Mo wandered in the countryside with a sword, Qi Mo went to the nobles to debate, Qin Mo worked as a craftsman in the Qin State, what is the most useful doctrine for the country? ”

Except for Han Fei, no one knew what Zhao Kuo said to the ink masters, they only knew that when the ink masters walked out of the school, they seemed a little silent, and the original contradiction between them was almost reduced a lot, a few Qi Mo left, and the rest of the ink people did not leave, they lived outside the school, wandering all day long, some felling wood, some striking iron, so that people couldn't see through what they were doing at all.

Of course, the conflict between the three of them did not end because of this, and in their spare time, they could still hear the three factions arguing.

In Mafu Township, scholars of various factions discussed with each other, or ate together and quarreled. Confucianism came to Handan at this time, the mighty Confucians, around an ox cart, Xunzi was reluctant to go in with these people, he let everyone go to Mafu first, just left a disciple to drive, then slowly looked at his hometown, not in a hurry towards Mafu.

Xunzi still has a different kind of emotion for his hometown, since he left last time, Zhao Guo has become a little different, he saw the smiles on the faces of those people, and saw those officials who resemble Qin State, who are busy in the countryside, all of which make Xunzi so happy. He said to the disciples who were driving, "Si. I often blame myself for not contributing much to Zhao Guo, and now, I feel even more guilty about it. ”

"The teacher's contribution lies in the whole world, not just in Zhao State."

"I haven't even been able to contribute to the land that gave birth to me, so how dare I contribute to the world?" , Xunzi shook his head, and he suddenly said: "Please remember, the knowledge I taught you is the knowledge that can govern the world, and if a person knows more truths, of course he can change his bad character and transform into a saint, but not everyone is like this." Some people have only mastered the ability to govern the country, but they have not learned any of the virtues of exercising their ability, so they have contributed less than the harm they have caused..."

"The learning I am talking about is not only learning skills, but also a kind of self-compensation, the improvement of the individual, if you can't do this, even if you have great knowledge, it will not be helpful."

Li Si squinted his eyes and said seriously, "Teacher, I don't agree with your opinion. ”

"As you have told me, there is no saint in the world who has immaculate morals. What I know is that there are talented people and people who don't, talented people can play more roles and make greater contributions, but people without talent will endanger one side and live a mediocre life. Fan Ju, the Marquis of Qin, he was ruthless and killed a lot of people, but he did a lot of things to contribute to the governance of Qin. ”

"For example, Zheng Zhu of Zhao State, he is an upright, benevolent and righteous gentleman, but he was deceived by Ying Hou because he had no talent, and he did something to hurt Zhao State."

Perhaps because Xunzi himself likes to question, he does not object to his disciples questioning himself, therefore, when he is lecturing, unlike Zhao Kuo, he is always interrupted, and his disciples always jump out to question his doctrine, questioning while learning, Xunzi is not angry, and debates with them seriously. Xunzi listened to Li Si's words, and also said with a smile:

"Fan Ju is ruthless, and he will repay him, but he will not be greedy for money, will not do things that hurt the people, did not betray his monarch, and recommended a lot of talents for the King of Qin, he is very disgusted with Confucianism, but he invited me to the Qin State just to attract more talents for the Qin State, he works seriously, and everything he does can be worthy of the favor of the King of Qin to him, how can you use him as an example?"

"As I said, he is naturally not a flawless person, but in the position of the prime minister, in the basic morality that belongs to the prime minister, he has nothing to violate, if he is corrupt, he hurts the people, harms the virtuous, betrays the lord, violates the morality of being the minister of state, then will he have the contribution he has today? And even if he had, would he have done more harm than he had contributed? ”

The two were debating, suddenly, Xunzi saw the children playing around the stream in the distance, which made Xunzi can't help laughing again, Xunzi is very fond of children, he beckoned to those children, and a five or six-year-old child came over cautiously and asked, "Sir, what do you command?" Xunzi smiled and turned out some food and handed it to him.

"In which direction is Mafu Township?"

"Oh, you've arrived at Mafu, keep going, walk up that high slope, and you'll see the school... Next door to the school is the township..."

"You're also a horse suit?"

"I'm Ma Fuzi, do you have anything else to command?"

"Ma Fujun's son?" , Xunzi looked at the child in front of him in surprise, and reached out to pinch his face again, Zhao Zheng hurriedly took a step back, covered his face, and looked at him angrily.

"Hahaha~~", Xunzi laughed and said to Li Si: "If he is older, I really want to accept him as my disciple." ”

Li Si looked at the child, smiled, and continued to drive towards the horse clothes.

ps: I'm going to a meeting tomorrow... However, I haven't saved the manuscript yet. Don't panic, I'm going to save my manuscript tonight.