Three major events have happened in Zhao recently.

This first major event is naturally Ma Fujun's wedding. In these years, the Zhao people hardly had any time to celebrate, and even if they defeated the Yan State and the Qin State at the beginning, it would be difficult for them to laugh, because they had family members who died on the battlefield, and their stomachs were still hungry. But this time it was different, of course, Wei Wuji led his troops to the battle, and there were still casualties.

But the families of these soldiers who died in other countries were rewarded by Wei Wuji, and Wei Wuji, like Zhao Kuo, distributed the rewards given to him by the king of Zhao to these people, perhaps, this is also a gift he gave to Zhao Kuo, and although Zhao Guo's reform is not said to be successful, but after having a perfect grassroots system, at least there will be no indiscriminate collection of taxes, seizure of cultivated cattle and the like, the duties of the officials are interlocking, and there are horses and kings eyeing each other.

This year, the people of Zhao finally had enough to eat, King Zhao did not launch a levy, and the taxes were reduced a lot, just in time for Ma Fujun's wedding, that is, far away in the clouds, the people of Yanmen also cheered for Ma Fujun and congratulated him on his wedding. Zhao Kuo himself didn't expect that his wedding would become a festival of Zhao State, and the whole country would rejoice, which was a treatment that King Zhao had never enjoyed.

The Zhao people were very happy, every household came out of the door, talking about Ma Fujun, spontaneously singing and dancing, even if they couldn't rush to Ma Fujun, they had to use their own methods to celebrate Ma Fujun, and the local nobles, officials, of course, would not let go of this opportunity to "befriend" Ma Fujun, they organized the people? Took out the corn? Cattle and sheep? To reward the people? They were allowed to celebrate, and some aristocrats even organized entertainment such as football matches.

Zhao Ren hadn't been so happy for a long time.

And the second thing, naturally, is that Li Mu defeated the Hu people, this matter? Maybe for Handan? On behalf of the people of the county? Didn't touch much? But for the people of Biansai? Or even the aristocrats in the country? This is a big surprise, Hu Ren? has always been the great enemy of Zhao State, and Zhao State has tried his best to resist them? Who would have thought that Li Mu would wipe out nearly 100,000 Hu people in one battle.

The number of Hu people is not large? Young and strong are even rarer? The loss of these 100,000 people, they may not be able to recover for ten years.

"100,000 people?? Li Mu really wiped out 100,000 Hu people?? ”? King Zhao's eyes widened, and he asked again? The envoy nodded helplessly, and told King Zhao in detail about the war, and King Zhao suddenly let out a strange laugh, clapped his hands and shouted, jumped up violently, and shouted: "Someone!" Send someone to meet General Li Mu, no, go to meet the widowed Wu Anjun, the widow wants to give Wu'an City to General Li Mu! ”

"The Qin State has white Qi, and the widow has Li Mu!"

King Zhao smiled a little out of shape, and the envoy had to remind him that Wu'an City was Zhao Kuo's food, and King Zhao shook his head, Ma Fujun had so many food, what about giving a piece to General Li Mu? As a result, Li Mu became the Wu Anjun of Zhao State... It's just that Zhao Guowu Anjun was still chasing the enemy outside the fortress, and there was no way to come back, so King Zhao hurriedly sent all his rewards to Yunzhong, and this time the rewards were second only to the rewards of Ma Fujun and Xinling Jun.

When King Zhao knew that Li Mu was much younger than Ma Fujun, and when he knew that Li Mu had only lost 16,000 people in this battle, he almost died with laughter. King Zhao eased up and was about to go to Ma Fujun to discuss this matter, but his nearest confidant, Zheng Anping, dissuaded him, Ma Fujun was newly married, and it was really not a good thing to disturb him at this time, so King Zhao could only tell Zheng Anping about the excitement in his heart.

"In the past, Wu Anjun couldn't defend and let the Hu people plunder, the widow was very angry and wanted to punish him, Ma Fujun persuaded the widow: He asked the widow, is it more terrible to be white or more terrible to be Hu?"

The widow told him: Of course it is white.

He said: When Li Mu followed me to crusade against Bai Qi, he was not afraid, how could he be afraid of Hu Ren now? It must have been his ploy. ”

King Zhao shook his head and sighed: "The widow thought that Ma Fujun was deliberately biased in favor of Wu Anjun, but today I learned that Ma Fujun had already seen Wu Anjun's extraordinary!" Zhao Wang laughed again, the laughter was a little terrible, and he muttered: "Ma Fujun.. Xin Lingjun.. Xin Pingjun.. I hope you all.. Wu Anjun..", he laughed again, clapped his hands, and said: "The widow wants Wu Anjun to be the fake appearance, what do you think?" ”

Zheng Anping was taken aback, he nodded, and said: "Wu Anjun should naturally be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, but Wu Anjun is too young, and Yu Qing has nothing to do, if he replaces him rashly... I'm just afraid..."

King Zhao remembered Yu Qing at this time, just nodded and said, "What you said is very right. ”

And the third thing is naturally that King Qin named Zhao Kuo as Wu Chengjun, the minister of one country, and was worshiped as the minister of state by another country, this kind of thing has happened. However, the feudal lord of a country is given food by the enemy, which seems to be unprecedented, rare. The Zhao people were a little angry, in their opinion, of course, this was because the Qin people were jealous of their Ma Fujun and wanted to snatch Ma Fujun from them.

In these days, there have always been rumors that Ma Fujun has a close relationship with the Qin State, but no Zhao people want to believe that even King Zhao only regards this matter as a divisive plan for the marquis. Of course, Ma Fujun did not accept the rewards of the Qin people, nor did he go to the Qin State to take over his own food.

The envoy of the King of Qin said: The King of Qin heard that Ma Fujun likes to eat peaches, so he planted peach trees in the mountain where Ma Fujun's food is located, and renamed this place Peach Mountain, hoping that one day he can catch the wind and wash the dust for Ma Fujun in this peach forest, and talk about the truth of governing the country.

The actions of the Qin State made the kings of all countries thoughtful, and soon after, the Korean envoys also rushed to Mafu, and the Korean envoys brought the blessings of the Han king, and prepared to give all the counties bordering the Qin State to Mafu Jun as a food town, called Huayang Jun. King Han's actions obviously angered King Qin, and King Qin directly ordered the expulsion of the Korean envoys, if it weren't for the fact that everyone was an ally, he was afraid that these envoys would be killed.

Zhao Kuo was dumbfounded, King Qin canonized himself, he could understand that this was King Qin's plan to drive a wedge between himself and Zhao State, and of course he also had the idea of trying to win himself over to Qin State, but King Han, what did he want to do? Discord? Wooing? Even Han Fei couldn't understand what King Han wanted to do, but in the end, it was Di who broke the suspense, and Di said with a smile:

"King Han, if it is not said that these cities border the Qin State, then these county towns will be assigned to Ma Fujun as food, and the King of Qin loves Ma Fujun so much, so naturally he will not attack these places..."

Zhao Kuo was dumbfounded, and then, he suddenly realized that King Han was very likely to really think so.

Ma Fujun's wedding has ended, and it lasted for three days. Speaking of which, Zhao Kuo is really not very adaptable, he is used to sleeping alone, and now, every day when he wakes up, there is always a person lying on his stomach, curled up, like a cat raised in his previous life, Zhao Kuo's sleeping posture is very unsightly, always on the bed with a big word, on the second day of the wedding, when he found that his hands and legs pressed on Yi's body, and the art was overwhelmed, he changed his sleeping position.

Yi doesn't like to talk, and she is also a little shy in the face of Zhao Kuo, but Zhao Kuo is okay, and took her to meet her mother and Xu Li. Everyone was very happy, only Zhao Zheng was unhappy, the eldest mother did not allow him to go to his father's room, Zhao Zheng angrily asked why, the eldest mother did not answer, and he was not allowed to ask, once Zhao Zheng continued to ask, he would be beaten. The little guy was very unhappy, and only Di was willing to tell him, and Di said: This is to let you have a brother or sister.

Only then did Zhao Zheng understand that his father was secretly looking for his younger siblings from him.

So, when Zhao Kuo was in class with his disciples, the little guy suddenly rushed in and said loudly: "Father, I already know about you and your mother finding me a younger brother and sister in the house, please find me a younger brother, I will make him a general, and let him accompany me to fight!" The disciples lowered their heads, they were severely educated, they couldn't laugh, and then Zhao Kuo was furious, jumped up, picked up a stick, and chased after Zhao Zheng to beat.

In the end, the culprit Di was not spared.

Zhao's mother did not deceive Zhao Kuo, Yi is a very virtuous wife, she will wash Zhao Kuo's clothes cleanly, she is also very good at cooking, and the food she cooks is also delicious, Zhao Zheng and Zhao Kuo are eating in the courtyard, eating like two squirrels, with a round face, at other times, she either takes Zhao Zheng to play, or to help other people, she cooks, and always goes to give to Pinggong and Du these people.

Occasionally, she can be seen cleaning the road in front of the door, and by the way, she will help clean the road in front of the Pinggong Gate.

The people of Mafu Township also respect this lady more and more. She has the same kind heart as Mafu Jun, what grievances the women in Mafu Township have suffered, they will also find her to confide, her popularity is good, and she is good at listening, Zhao Kuo often sits in the courtyard, watching her busy in the courtyard, can't help but smirk. Zhao Kuo once told her some simple recipes that she knew, and she tried to do them, but she couldn't make the taste of her previous life.

The corn rice she made was delicious, and the wheat rice was a little worse.

Zhao Kuo is often busy outside, he has to go to the school room in the morning, there are more and more disciples in the school, now there are more than 600 disciples, the school room is a little unable to live, can only expand again, Zhao Kuo will explain to them the content of the "horse service book" in the morning, he did not have the textbook in his hand, but now he finally has it, so he will explain according to the textbook, and in the afternoon, he will tell some stories.

After telling the story, it was a one-on-one question and answer, these disciples had their own confusion, and Zhao Kuo would answer them one by one.

Originally, the disciples who came to follow Zhao Kuo, seven of them have left, they are not considered to have mastered all the knowledge, most of them were recalled by their own country, after they went back, Gu said that they were appointed to be responsible for explaining the "Ma Fu Shu", because of the popularity of the "Ma Fu Shu", these people have a good status, they are all Zhao Kuo's first batch of disciples, and they preached Ma Fu Jun's many thoughts in his homeland, the system he mentioned and so on.

These people are influenced by Ma Fujun, although their personalities are different, but they still have the kindness of Ma Fujun, they are very kind to anyone, and they will never drive away the children of the common people who come to ask for advice, just like that, Zhao Kuo's thoughts have gradually blossomed in various countries, and his influence continues to increase.

However, these disciples also encountered difficulties, and other scholars, some of whom did not dare to go directly to Zhao Kuo, started their ideas, and some scholars came to them to debate, especially the two disciples of Qi State, even more so, every day when others came to provoke, asking them to prove that the earth was round. The disciples laughed and let them prove that the earth was not round.

Not long after the envoy of the king of Han arrived in Mafu, the envoy of the Wei state also came.

The envoy is a white-bearded old man, his appearance is somewhat similar to Ge, but his bearing is quite extraordinary, he brought the congratulations of the King of Wei, fortunately, the King of Wei did not say that he wanted to give Zhao Kuo a fief, but just sent a letter, hoping that Zhao Kuo could rush to Wei to preach the content of his thoughts, in addition, there was no decent gift, which made Zhao Kuo's disciples a little contemptuous of the King of Wei, how could this dignified monarch be so stingy?

Of course, they didn't know that the embarrassed King Wei had nothing left to send... They were all used by Pingyuan Jun to rectify the rule of officials.

Of course, there is also Hirahara-kun's congratulations, and Hirahara-kun also sent a gift, that is... The old man in front of Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo looked at the old man in front of him suspiciously, but the old man looked quite chic, he squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Ma Fujun, I haven't seen you for a long time." Zhao Kuo didn't remember when he met him, and the old man reminded him that when Zhao Kuo went to borrow grain from Pingyuanjun, he was on the scene. Zhao Kuo still didn't remember to see the old man there, but he was not rude, and seriously invited the old man to sit down.

"I see the logic you mentioned in the Book of Horse Clothes... Dare to ask, what is logic? ”

"Logic is the law and rule of thinking, is the law of cause and effect of things, the logic I am talking about is the doctrine of studying the law of thinking...", Zhao Kuo said, the old man suddenly smiled and clapped his hands, he shouted: "What you said is very right, do you think what the Mohists said is pure and white, is it logical?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo knew who this person was in front of him... Because this debate is very famous today, Ying Jianbai of the Mo family, and Li Jianbai of the famous family, this person who is so obsessed with logic and dressed extraordinary, I think it is the proposer of Li Jianbai, the famous Gongsun Long of "White Horse Not Horse"? Gongsun Long is still very famous, second only to Xunzi, Zhao Kuo asked with some doubts: "You are Mr. Gongsun Long?" ”

Gongsun Long laughed and said, "Yes, it turns out that you also know me. ”

Gongsun Long didn't say more, and directly threw out his own discussion proposition: stone, it has two natures, hard and white, through the different senses of people, respectively produce two different senses, he thinks, he can touch the stone, you can know the firmness of the stone, but you can't see its color, and when you can see its color, you can't get its solid feeling. Therefore, these two properties of stone are separate.

Gongsun Long said seriously: "The world and all the phenomena it produces are derived from matter, and any specific thing of any kind has definite attributes and belongs to a definite range... A concept is the title of a thing, to know this thing and not this thing, to know that this thing has changed and not to this thing, that is, not to call this thing by its name, to know that it is not another thing, to know that it has changed and not to be called by its name, that is, to observe the rate of non-contradiction...."

"Color, solidity, etc., can exist independently of the human senses...."

"I don't think the shadow of the bird is moving, and in every moment, the shadow of the bird can be considered to be immovable..."

"To refer to a thing with a concept without exceeding the actual scope of the thing is only an extension of the concept, to define the thing represented by the concept by the essential attributes of the thing, so that the thing is sufficient and does not lack its essential attributes, this is the connotation of the concept, the connotation of the concept is not sufficient is the wrong concept, and the concept has sufficient connotation is the correct concept."

Zhao Kuo's disciples widened their eyes, even the disciples were no exception, what Gongsun Long said, they didn't understand a word, they finally understood Ping Yuanjun's feelings, Pingyuan Jun gave this old man to Zhao Kuo, probably because he couldn't understand the old man's words on weekdays?

Similarly, Zhao Kuo was also dumbfounded.

I like sophistry, I like to study topics that no one understands, and these movements, essential propositions... How is it so familiar?? Zhao Kuo suddenly woke up, isn't this the Western school of wisdom? ? He looked at Gongsun Long in surprise, he was in Gongsun Long, and he could see some philosophical flames, the earliest discussion of the world, the famous master is not just as simple as a white horse and a non-horse...

Gongsun Long's concept or will now has unchanging, absolute attributes, which sounds like Plato's words.

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It's just that because no one understands, because they can't find the answer, these desperate masters begin to completely go to the path of sophistry, they no longer explore the nature of the world, they just regard the tools they used to use to explore the world as their own goals. Gongsun Long said this with great interest, he was very happy, no one understood what he said, even his disciples, and they only memorized it instead of understanding it.

He has never found anyone who can discuss these things with him, and now, he has said everything he thinks and wants to say, and the more he talks, the more excited he becomes, and he dances with his hands.

"What you said is not right...", Zhao Kuo suddenly spoke.

The old man stopped talking, and at this moment, he seemed to have been drained of his soul, and his face was full of decadence, because this time, he was not here to debate.

"Time has continuity, space has malleability, and the shadow of the bird is moving in the body of time and space, how can you say that he is not moving?"

The old man suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhao Kuo in surprise.

He laughed, he got serious, and said aloud:

"That's not right! Time and space can be separated! They are all different concepts...."

Zhao Kuo looked at the old man in front of him who was seriously talking about his views on the world, and his thoughts gradually leaned towards metaphysics, but he had mixed feelings in his heart.

These lovely, respectable people.