In the end, Zhao Kuo did not listen to Lian Po's advice. Lian Po hoped to take advantage of Bai Qi's weakest time to launch an attack and annihilate him in one fell swoop.

Zhao Kuo led the army step by step, constantly pressing, but did not launch an attack, Bai Qi was helpless, withdrew the ambushed army, and abandoned the Danshui defense line, and the Qin army was stationed in Changping and Hyun.

The armies of the two countries face each other across the Danshui.

Bai Qi did not have the strength to attack Zhao Di again, and similarly, Zhao Kuo did not have the strength to cross Danshui to recover Shangdang.

The two armies confronted each other, and every day there were soldiers scolding through the water, undressing and drowning in the opposite side, and no one seemed to express their dissatisfaction with their uncivilized behavior except for the people downstream of the Danshui.

Chu State, Chen Du

The king of Chu was very happy because of Xunzi's arrival, and he let Xunzi sit in his carriage and travel with Xunzi, taking Xunzi to watch the various counties of Chu, the lives of the people, and the talents of the officials. This is not the first time for Xunzi, when he rushed to the Qin State, the King of Qin took him to watch the system of the Qin State and the people living under this system.

The king of Chu attaches great importance to this matter, before leaving Chen Du, he instructed the officials everywhere that all places must show the best appearance for Xunzi to watch, if there is something that angers Xunzi and forces Xunzi to leave the Chu State, the officials everywhere will all ask for guilt!

After getting the king's order, the officials and nobles everywhere were worried, what kind of scene did Xunzi praise when he saw it?

Someone suggested that Xunzi had been to the Qin State and was full of praise for the Qin State, so why don't we change the city buildings to the Qin style? As soon as this person proposed, he was reprimanded by others, but this king wants to follow Xunzi to watch, you are building Qin-style buildings in various places, so don't you scare the king to death? Those who don't know still think that the state of Chu has fallen!

Some people also suggested that Xunzi did not like the architecture of Qin, but the system of Qin, so it was better for us to temporarily switch to the laws of Qin, I heard that the Qin people had a twentieth rank title, so it was better for us to get a forty-class title out, so that the people could dress according to the title, and then arrest a group of people as prisoners, it just so happened that I had heard about Shang Ying's deeds, I could learn from him to change the law, first find me a wooden stick, and then prepare a hundred gold..... It is said that before the doorman could finish his words, he was beaten out by his head of the house.

It's a pity that a mighty change in the state of Chu was also interrupted.

The nobles from all over the country talked for a long time, and finally made up their minds that Xunzi was a Confucian scholar, so it should be no problem to arrange it according to the yearning of the Confucian scholars.

First of all, the king of Chu took Xunzi to observe the capital of Chendu, outsiders called this place Chendu, but the people of Chu called this place Ying, for some reasons, the barbarians of Chu have migrated many times, the capital is constantly changing, and the frequent relocation of the capital is not comparable to the six countries, and every time a new capital arrives, the Chu people will call this place Ying. The word Ying, which is the homeland of the Chu State, firmly believes that their ancestors were born in Yun.

Therefore, the Chu people, who have a deep love for the land, changed the "bei" of the Yun character to "king" to refer to the national capital, all the cities, but if they become the capital of the Chu state, that is Ying, no matter what outsiders call it, this is Ying.

Sitting in the carriage of the King of Chu and looking at Chen Du, Xunzi almost laughed.

The state of Chu and the state of Qin were diametrically opposed in their attitude towards merchants, the state of Qin valued agriculture and suppressed merchants, and the state of Chu respected merchants and valued merchants, they attached great importance to economic exchanges, and would also send troops to protect the normal conduct of commercial and trade activities, and even in the alliance with other countries, there were agreements not to persecute merchants of Chu and ensure the normal conduct of commercial and trade activities. But now, Xunzi is in Chendu, and he doesn't see a businessman.

There are some old people everywhere, these old people don't know where the officials found them, they sat in front of the door with a blank face, they were changed into brand new clothes, and they were even stuffed with meat such as mutton in their hands, it can be seen that the old people of Chu can wear good clothes and can afford to eat meat, and behind the old people, there are young people, these young people are powerful, Xunzi knows a few of them, isn't that the warrior who guards the palace?

The young people were filial to the rice bowls, standing beside the old people, smiling so hard that their faces were a little stiff.

In the courtyard, you can hear the sound of children crying and reading books over and over again.

To show that there were no thieves, the doors of each house were left open.

Someone else threw a piece of gold on the road, and two people hurriedly caught up with him and handed him the gold in their hands with a smile.

Xunzi laughed, but the face of the king of Chu became darker and darker, Xunzi laughed for a long time, and then looked at the king of Chu on the side, and said seriously: "King, please give an order, let the officials not deliberately cater to me, if the king wants to keep me, he persecutes the people everywhere like this, closes the commercial market, and delays the farming, then will I stay?" The king of Chu hurriedly stood up, called several officials, ordered them to remove these, and withdrew his original royal order, and then returned to the palace with Xunzi.

"King, on the way here, I have already seen a lot of places in the Chu Kingdom. I didn't see the people starving to death, nor the officials who oppressed the people.... It's just that I haven't seen too many students, this is the case in the country of Qi, and there are the least number of scholars from the state of Chu....", Xunzi chatted with the king of Chu, and the king of Chu saw that Xunzi was not angry, and he was also happy to ask him for advice on the strategy of governing the country.

When they entered the palace, a warrior hurriedly walked to the side of the king of Chu and whispered, "A messenger has come and brought Pang Xuan's letter. The king of Chu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked the warrior to bring the messenger, the messenger came to the king of Chu, and handed over the bamboo slip to the king of Chu with some grief and indignation, the king of Chu sat down, looked at it seriously for a moment, was furious, slammed the bamboo slip on the ground, and said: "Ling Chun Shenjun came to see the widow!" ”

Xunzi didn't speak, just sat aside.

Huang Xie soon came to the front of the King of Chu, he looked very calm, as if he had known that the King of Chu would let him come, he met the King of Chu, and then met Xunzi, and then sat opposite Xunzi, looked at the King of Chu, and asked, "Is Pang Xuan's messenger coming?" The king of Chu was stunned, and it was not good to reprimand him directly, he nodded, and then asked, "Is what he said true?" Why don't you deliver the grain and grass in time? ”

"What he said is true, the reason why I seized the grain and grass is because the Lord will not be Jingyang." , Huang Xie said seriously.

The king of Chu was very angry, Huang Xie was his best friend, he had never really been angry with Huang Xie, but this time, he was really angry, the army of Chu marched into Nanyang, Nanyang did not have a large army stationed, and the temporarily conscripted army was not Pang Xuan's opponent, Pang Xuan even went down four county towns, the Qin people were defeated one after another, and the King of Qin had no way to draw his hand to fight back against the attack of Chu, but it was at such a good time that Huang Xie privately withheld the follow-up grain and grass supplies, making Pang Xuan unable to continue to march.

The king of Chu asked: "Because of your fault, the army of Chu cannot continue to attack, and can only wait for the follow-up of the arrival of grain and grass, the widow trusts you so much, why do you do such a shameful thing with the widow?" ”

Huang Xie frowned, and said seriously: "King, Pang Xuan is a Zhao person, he will only think about how to save his country, and will not care about the safety of the soldiers of Chu State, he does not want to get more cities for Chu State, he wants to attract the attention of Qin State to reduce the pressure of Zhao State, therefore, he can not pity the soldiers, storm the tall and strong city, and save Zhao State with the national strength of Chu State, this is why I want to detain grain and grass." ”

"I know that the king wants to take revenge, since you succeeded to the throne, pay attention to agriculture and mulberry, select talents, Chu State gradually revived, Qin State several provocations, we have endured it, not because we are afraid of Qin State, because Chu State still needs time, until the children in Chu grow up, the treasury has enough food, weapons are ready, and there are enough chariots, Chu State can take revenge on Qin State."

"Today's behavior, even if the Chu State regains Nanyang, how can it resist after the Qin State defeats the Zhao State and the Wei State?"

The king of Chu was even more angry and asked, "Why do you think that the coalition will be defeated?" ”

"Zhao State is short of grain and grass, and Wei State will not be in harmony with the king... Bai Qi led the elite soldiers to attack the Zhao State, and there was Wang Di, a general like Meng Fu helped him, the Lian of the Zhao State was quite arrogant, I knew that he would definitely look down on Zhao Kuo, the Jin Contempt of the Wei State only knew how to obey the king's orders, and the King of Wei was at odds with the King of Xinling... May I ask the king, what will the Zhao-Wei coalition rely on to defeat the Qin State? Huang Xie asked rhetorically.

"Ma Fujun."

The king of Chu did not speak, but Xunzi on the side suddenly spoke. For the Honored Academy

Huang Xie was stunned for a moment, then looked at him and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"I said, Ma Fujun can defeat the Qin State."

Huang Xie suddenly laughed, he said: "You may not know, Lian Po served as the general of Zhao State, and the Qin people could not defeat him, Fan Ju deliberately spread rumors in Zhao State, touted Zhao Kuo, and wanted King Zhao to replace Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, I heard that he defeated Yan State and was appointed as a general by King Zhao to replace Lian Po, which happened to be a strategy of the Qin people, perhaps, Yan people also deliberately defeated him because of Qin State's orders." ”

"It can be seen that he is a person with a false name but no talent, how can he defeat the Qin State?"

King Chu's eyes widened and he looked at Xunzi.

Xunzi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "If replacing Zhao Kuo is Fan Ju's strategy, then Fan Ju is also a virtuous person." ”

"When Zhao Guo needed a warrior, he gave Zhao a warrior, and if I can see him again, I will thank him for his favor to the people of Zhao State."

Huang Xie pursed his lips and didn't say anything, just looked at the King of Chu in front of him and said; "The king, you can't let the Zhao state be blessed because of the price paid by the Chu State, if the king can order the removal of Pang Xuan and Jingyang as the general, I will fully support his march, because he will not ignore the soldiers of the Chu State, he will value the interests of the Chu State, but if the king continues to take Pang Xuan as a general, then please let others transport supplies for him, I am willing to go back to my home to farm."

The king of Chu looked at him, and then looked at Xunzi on the side, a little entangled.

He said helplessly: "Jingyang is a good wine, even if he goes out with the army, he often gets drunk, how can such a person be relieved to let him be the main general?" He sighed and said: "Now is the best time to crusade against the Qin State, if you miss it, when the Chu State is ready, won't the Qin State be even stronger and more difficult to defeat than it is now?" ”

Huang Xie was silent for a moment, and then said: "The minister is willing to go to the Qin State to meet the King of Qin and tell him about the current situation, I will persuade him to let him return the city of Chu, and the army of Chu will not continue to attack, in this way, if Zhao Wei is defeated, we can retreat, and we can also recover the city that was originally occupied, if Zhao Wei wins, we can continue to march and recapture Nanyang and other places, which is only good for Chu and not harmful, what do you think?" ”

Huang Xie is best known for his eloquence.

The king of Chu also trusted him very much, hearing his suggestions, the king of Chu looked at Xunzi with some embarrassment, after all, Xunzi was from Zhao, Xunzi also saw the embarrassment of the king of Chu, he calmly looked at the two monarchs and ministers in front of him, shook his head, and said: "The king doesn't have to be embarrassed because of me, I am not a courtier of Zhao, nor is I your courtier, I can't give you any advice." ”

Huang Xie suddenly bowed to Xunzi and said, "Please be able to stay in the Chu State, you are a great sage who is praised by the world, and you are more suitable than me to serve as the Ling Yin of the Chu State... I am a mediocre person with no morality and no talent, I have no way to better govern the Chu State, I can only use my own words to obtain benefits for the Chu State, but you are different, you come to govern the Chu State, and you will definitely make the Chu State strong again. ”

The king of Chu is not a heartless person, and Huang Xie has been in the Qin State for many years, he has always regarded Huang Xie as his best friend, Xunzi rushed to the Chu State, he also thought about whether to use Ling Yin's position to keep him, but the King of Chu hurriedly dispelled his own thoughts, although he was very eager to get Xunzi's effectiveness, but he could not hurt his friends, friends who share weal and woe.

Now that Huang Xie himself proposed to give up Ling Yin's position to Xunzi, King Chu's heart was slightly shaken, but he still gritted his teeth and stood up, and said to Xunzi: "Chun Shenjun is not at fault, although the widow hopes that you can stay and serve, but he can't give you Ling Yin's position." Huang Xie was shocked, and was about to say something, Xunzi said with a smile: "I don't have the talent to govern a country. ”

The king of Chu was a little disappointed, sat down decadently, and sighed.

Huang Xie was not, he carefully recalled Xunzi's words, and hurriedly asked, "Then can you take charge of the criminal law?" ”

"I don't know criminal law."

"Then can you manage Nongsang?"

"I don't know how to cultivate."

"Will you be able to govern a county?"

"I don't have the talent to govern a county."

The disappointment on the face of the King of Chu became more and more intense, and he was about to dissuade Huang Xie, when Huang Xie suddenly asked, "What do you think of governing a county seat?" ”

Xunzi didn't refute, thought seriously for a moment, and then nodded and said, "I can govern a county seat." ”

Huang Xie smiled, looked at the King of Chu, and said, "Please appoint Xunzi as the county commander." ”

King Chu was dumbfounded and looked at Xunzi blankly.

Magistrate???

If the widow let the world-famous Daxian Xunzi stay in the Chu State as a county commander, who would dare to come to serve the Chu State? ?

The King of Chu asked with some hesitation: "This is really a bit condescending, how can you..."

Xunzi shook his head and said calmly: "To be able to let the people of a county have enough food, not to starve, to be able to wear clothes, not to be afraid of the cold winter, this is what I can do, if the king trusts me, you can hand over a county town to me to govern, if you don't trust me, I can leave the Chu country." ”

"Please stay... Widows... Worship you for the Lanling Order. ”

.......

Did you hear that? A new Lanling Order is coming.

Oh, who? Which noble son is it?

It is the Xunzi of Zhao State.

Who???