Xunzi still left the Qin State.

Even if it was Zhao Zheng, holding his hand and unwilling to let go, it didn't change the old man's mind, Xun Zi looked at the reluctant Zhao Zheng with a smile, stretched out his hand, rubbed his head, leaned over, and whispered something in his ear, Zhao Kuo didn't hear it clearly, he only saw Zhao Zheng nodding. The news of Xunzi's departure soon became known to everyone, and the soon-to-be-enthroned King of Qin Yiren also came to visit him.

Yiren's eyes were red from crying, and he sat respectfully in front of Xunzi.

"Father, when my father was still alive, he instructed me to treat you like an elder, and not to neglect you... I haven't fulfilled my promise yet, so why are you in such a hurry to leave? I have heard that Confucianism values filial piety, and you should fulfill my filial piety! ”

"You're wrong!" Xunzi said seriously: "Your eldest father, the reason why your father confessed like that is because they believe that my stay in the Qin State is a matter that is beneficial to the Qin State, and they think that I can help you to better assist the Qin State... But I'm already very old, I can't straighten my back, I can't chew food, and I can't contribute to the Qin State... Now that you are going to be the king of Qin, then your greatest filial piety should be to govern Qin well. ”

Xunzi said again: "I am not as good as a farmer when I stay in Qin, and the farmer can still farm and contribute food to Qin.... Instead of thinking about keeping me and treating me as your elder, you should treat the people of Qin as your family, think more about them, reduce their burden, and don't do anything to hurt them... I have heard that the armies of the virtuous are gathered together to become an organized army; Spread out and become a neat rank. ”

"Stretched out like the long edge of the Mo Evil Sword, it will be cut off when it touches it; Rushing forward is like the sharp edge of the Mo Evil Sword, and those who block it will be defeated; Standing in a circular formation or standing in a square formation, standing still like a rock, those who violate it will break their heads and bleed, and they will retreat in an uproar. ”

"Things you should remember: do not kill the old and infirm, do not let the soldiers trample the crops and destroy the fields, do not pursue the enemy who retreats without a fight, do not spare the enemy who resists, and do not take prisoners those who come to surrender. Whoever fights and kills is not to fight and kill the people, but to fight and kill those who disturb the people; If the people have a thief who protects him, then he is also a thief. ”

"For this reason, let him who flee by our blade live, and whoever resists our blade will be killed, and whoever comes to submit will be forgiven. Weizi Qi returned to the Zhou Dynasty and was sealed in the Song Kingdom; Cao Touchlong resisted stubbornly and was beheaded in the army. The materials used by the people of the Shang Dynasty who submitted to the Zhou Dynasty were no different from those of the Zhou Dynasty... Therefore, the people near sang the praises of the Zhou Dynasty and loved the Zhou Dynasty, and the people from afar did their best to defect to the Zhou Dynasty. ”

"Even in secluded and remote countries, all come to join and obey the envoys, and like the Zhou Dynasty, the four seas are like a family, wherever the traffic can reach, no one disobeys, this can be called the people's ruler..."

"I see." , Yiren bowed down to Xunzi and said, "After I ascend the throne, I will definitely not start a war easily...."

"Ridiculous!" Xunzi was very angry, he said: "The truth I said, the king should not let go of the enemy in the situation of absolute superiority, the king should not arrange incompetent people to serve as generals, and the king should not start a meaningless war!" The Qin State wants a king of the world, is there no point in such a war? Are your generals like Mong and King untalented? ”

"It's not that the monarch can't fight, but he can't fight a battle that he doesn't know if he can't let the people die in vain!"

Yiren was stunned, his eyes widened, Xunzi is encouraging himself to attack other countries?

"If a king loses the best opportunity to fight because of indecision, and he could have won at a small cost, but because of the king's hesitation, the cost is doubled, then this is the fault of the king, and in the same way, if a king starts a war at a time that is not in time, and sacrifices a large number of people without reaping the reward, then it is also the fault of the king!"

Yiren now regrets a little why he didn't come to visit Xunzi earlier.

Xunzi told him a lot, from what should be paid attention to as a king, to how to complete the three methods of annexation.

Yiren sat respectfully in front of Xunzi and listened carefully to what he said.

And with Xunzi left, there is also Gongsun Long, Gongsun Long is the same as Xunzi, he also wants to travel all over the world, increase his knowledge, accept more disciples, inherit his own doctrine, he can't let the famous family break in his own hands, Gongsun Long is a little reluctant Zhao Kuo These people, however, Xunzi's words still made him make up his mind, Xunzi told him: Famous people will perish after you, which is also a good thing.

This made Gongsun Long jump angrily: Confucianism is going to perish!!

However, Gongsun Long thought about it seriously, indeed, there are not many disciples of his own, and those who have inherited their own doctrine can't find one, if they die one day, won't their doctrine perish? Gongsun Long made up his mind to spread his doctrine, and his doctrine could not find a successor in the Qin State, because the Qin people were not interested in these, which was probably Xunzi's idea, "Li", "Music", etc., and could not find suitable people to learn in the Qin State.

Although he taught all these contents to Zhao Zheng, this child is obviously not suitable to be his successor, and he is destined to be unable to be a scholar.

Finally, Xunzi and Gongsun Long got on the ox cart, took the "pass" given to them by King Qin, and said goodbye to their friends at the Xianyang City Gate, Zhao Kuo looked at the two university scholars in front of him, because the people around him left one by one, Zhao Kuo finally understood that in this era, a goodbye is likely to become an eternal farewell, he doesn't know if he can see these two elders again in his lifetime.

Whether it is the rebellious Xunzi or the Gongsun Long, they are all people he likes and respects very much.

Not only Zhao Kuo, but Zhao Zheng was also very reluctant to them.

Zhao Zheng stood beside his father, rubbing his eyes, and seeing his appearance, Xunzi's heart was also a little shaken, Zhao Kuo stepped forward and said helplessly: "I really want to follow you to travel all over the world... Spread their own doctrine ... However, the experimental field I did in the Qin State is about to see the results... And my wife, son, and mother are here..."

"You're doing something great...", Xunzi smiled and blinked, then waved his hand, and the ox cart slowly left. Gongsun Long watched Xunzi leave first, then looked at Zhao Kuo in front of him, and said seriously: "Please take care of yourself, I am looking forward to debating with you again... This time, I want to visit the political systems of various countries, improve the doctrines of the masters, and enable the doctrines of the masters to have a truly enforceable idea of governing the country..."

"Well, please take care of yourself and take care of yourself all the way."

Xunzi and Gongsun Long left, and Gongsun Long touched Zhao Zheng's head and instructed him a lot, asking him to study hard or something. As the ox cart faded away, Gongsun Long looked back several times, looked at them, and waved at them with a smile.

"Father..."

"Huh?"

"Will I ever see them again?"

"Of course you can.... You see both of them, they're stronger than I am..."

Li Si stood aside, watching the teacher leave with some melancholy, and then lowered his head and looked at the bamboo slips left by the teacher.

...........

The ox cart passed through the Hangu Pass, and then passed the Shangdang, and finally came to Korea, Korea got a rare peace because the king of Han was willing to return to the Qin State, and Korea did not experience war again, and the Koreans returned to the cultivated land again, and you can see the busy people everywhere, and the smiles on their faces, Xunzi and Gongsun Long have been debating on the road, and they talked about the future war from the various political systems of the Qin State.

Now, the debate has begun according to the Korean system.

The drivers who drove for them felt dizzy, and these days, just listening to their debates made them feel that they could say a few words about the systems of various countries.... Xunzi reprimanded with some excitement: "How ignorant you are!" How can the doctrine of Shen not harm be said to be useless? Is it useless to govern the country with a system of rules, curb the aristocracy, treat ministers fairly and justly, and distinguish rewards and punishments? ”

"You always say that the doctrines of the famous are useless ... But why do we now advocate the doctrine of harmlessness? Isn't there any use for the ideas of governing the country put forward by famous scholars? ”

"There is really no place for the famous man's claim."

"Hmph...", Gongsun Long snorted coldly, turned his head away, and ignored him no more.

That night, they rested on the side of the road, and did not disturb the people nearby, Gongsun Long was still reluctant to speak, which made Xunzi a little annoyed, their destination was Wei, on such a long road, if there was no Gongsun Long to argue with him, it would be too boring... The two sat by the bonfire, the driver got some food, and while they were eating, Xunzi talked about his thoughts on Shen Buxian's doctrine.

Gongsun Long still ignored him.

At night, the sky is full of bright stars, these stars hang in the sky, reflecting each other, a different kind of beauty, and Xunzi in his sleep was woken up by the driver in a hurry, Xunzi opened his eyes, sat up again, and asked with some surprise: "What's wrong?" ”

"Mr. Gongsun Long...."

Xunzi hurriedly stood up with a cane and walked to Gongsun Long's side, Gongsun Long's driver hurriedly stood aside, at a loss, while Gongsun Long was lying on the ground, moaning in a low voice, Xunzi hurriedly stretched out his hand and put it on his forehead, his forehead was hot, Xunzi was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "I don't know how to heal... You can send it to the nearest township...."

Several people hurriedly carried Gongsun Long onto the ox cart, and then drove the ox cart to the night to hurry.

Gongsun Long let out a low wheezing sound, and kept muttering something in his mouth.

Xunzi sat beside him, frowning, looking at him, and looking ahead from time to time.

"Xunzi... The famous man is going to perish..."

Xunzi put his head close to Gongsun Long's mouth, and finally heard his muttering clearly, Xunzi said a little seriously: "No, it takes decades for a doctrine to take shape, but his weakening and demise will last for a hundred years, or even a thousand years... Don't say that. ”

"It's going to perish..."

In the night, they finally found a village, the driver shouted loudly, but it made the prison gate here like a great enemy, and rushed out of here in full armor, followed by many young people, all of them with weapons, the driver hurriedly asked in Korean: "We need a doctor... Some of us are sick... Please help us. The Koreans were still a little hesitant at first, but an elder pushed them away and walked out, and then led them into the township.

The elder seemed to know how to heal, Gongsun Long was lying on the couch, there was a fire burning around him, the elder asked a few young people to help him, he took out the herbs hidden at home, mashed them, and made them into medicinal juice, during this period, Xunzi has been standing nervously aside, looking at them, without saying a word.

The elder was busy giving Gongsun Long a drink of medicine, and waited by his side for a long time.

Finally, the elder put his hand in front of Gongsun Long's mouth and nose, looked at Xunzi and the others, and shook his head helplessly.

"He's gone..."

Xunzi looked at Gongsun Long, who was lying on the bed, motionless, and was stunned for a long time.

I heard a sigh from inside the house.

In the dark sky, there seemed to be another star, shining.

The local Koreans are still very enthusiastic, they helped Xunzi bury Gongsun Long, after hearing that the deceased old man was the famous scholar Gongsun Long, they were also very surprised, and then they became sad, they told Xunzi that they would not forget to worship this great sage, Xunzi stayed here for a while, his words were much less, he looked at the young people here all day, finally, one day, he called a young man indoors.

Xunzi now lives in the old man's house.

The young man sat respectfully in front of Xunzi.

"What's your name?"

"Uncle, I'll call you a name..."

"Oh? Name? Xunzi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I see that you treat your mother very filial piety, and often help the people in the township, why is this?" ”

"This.... I don't know..."

"Do you know how to read?"

"I don't know..."

"Hmm... Would you like to learn from me? ”

"I do, but my mother is still here, and I can't go on a study tour with you..."

"No problem, I'll teach you here for a while, and I'll leave you some books that you can read yourself..."

"Thank you, teacher!"

"I'm not your teacher, your teacher is Gongsun Long!"

"Huh?"

"Well, don't waste any more time, I'm going to teach you the doctrine of the famous masters, which is an almost useless doctrine ... Well..... It's still a little bit useful, are you willing to learn? ”

"Huh??"

ps: It stands to reason that I should add three more chapters to the alliance leader, and during this time, I received two alliance leaders, and I owe six chapters... But I've been so busy lately with my illness and retirement... Well, I'll make it up when I'm done.