A king, ruling over a country and all its people, is obviously indispensable in governing the country and strategy.

As a traverser, does Zhao Dan have any of his own ideological strategies?

Well, no.

After all, Zhao Dan was not a national leader before he crossed over, so what did he care.

But Zhao Dan is now, so it is necessary to solve this problem of not having a strategy for governing the country.

Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't have it, you can copy it...... No, you can "use history as a mirror".

Which dynasty's history is used as a mirror?

Zhao Dan naturally thought of the Han Dynasty.

Han Dynasty, of course.

In later generations, the Chinese nation was also called the "Han people", and this alone was sufficient.

But there were many emperors in the Han Dynasty, which emperor should be used as a mirror?

If the Han Dynasty is mentioned, the first emperor that pops out of everyone's minds must be Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, what Wei Qinghuo went to beat the Hun children, and what Li Guangli's expedition to the Western Regions to submit tribute, the cow is terrible.

So the question is, was the Han Empire under the rule of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty the heyday of the Western Han Dynasty?

No.

In terms of historical merits for the Chinese nation, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is undoubtedly extremely great and worthy of the title of Emperor Qin and Han Wu.

However, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the continuous conquest and heavy national conscription led to the chaos of the economic order of the entire Han Dynasty in the later period, the people were not able to make a living, and the politics was also a mess.

The foundation left by the two generations of Ming monarchs under the rule of Wenjing was squandered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in this way.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty died, he was left behind not a powerful Han Empire, but a weak, stormy, and even a Han Empire that could disintegrate and fall if not careful.

Fortunately, the descendants of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were still competitive, first Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty Liu Fuling renewed his life for the Han Dynasty, and then the Han Dynasty finally ushered in a real immortal lord - Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Xun (Liu Aiji).

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, that is, Zhao Dan wanted to copy it in his heart... No, it's the emperor who went to "use history as a mirror".

During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, he made great efforts to govern the country, selected talents and appointees, reduced the burden of the people, restored and developed agricultural production, and once again restored the vitality of the exhausted Han Empire.

In terms of foreign relations, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty united with Wusun to break the Xiongnu, and directly beat the Xiongnu into pieces, and the Dan stood side by side, and could no longer pose a threat to the Han Dynasty.

In addition, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty also pacified the Western Qiang, placed Jincheng to settle the Qiang, and set up the Western Regions Protectorate to protect the countries of the Western Regions, officially incorporating the Western Regions into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

"Hanshu Volume 94" has a saying: to the world of filial piety, the power of Emperor Chengwu's struggle, the fortune of the Xiongnu for a hundred years, because of its bad chaos and several deaths, the right time is appropriate, covered with Weide, and then only in the head of the Ji surrendered, sent the son into the service, the third called the vassal, the guest in the Han court. At that time, the border city was closed, the cattle and horses were wild, there was no dog barking police in the third world, and Li Shu was killed in the battle.

The Han Empire began to expand vigorously since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and in the hands of Emperor Xiaoxuan of the Han Dynasty, it truly reached the peak of cultural and martial arts.

It is obviously not wrong to learn from such an emperor.

What was Emperor Xuan of Han's ideological strategy for governing the country? It can be seen from the words of this emperor who reprimanded his son Emperor Yuan of Han.

"The Han family has its own system, and it is a bully and miscellaneous. But why pure morality, with Zhou Zhenghu? ”

The overlord is miscellaneous, and these five words incisively summarize Emperor Xuan's thinking on governing the country.

What is domineering? The best spokesperson for hegemony is, of course, the Qin State, and the Qin State founded the country with Legalist thoughts, and hegemony and Legalism are inseparable.

What is the royal road? The royal road has always been the core idea of Confucianism, since Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi and many other Confucian powers, all attach great importance to the idea of the royal road.

Therefore, the phrase "overlord and miscellaneous" is easy to understand, that is, Confucianism and law are equally important, with Confucianism as the edification, and Legalism as the hegemony and expansion.

Xunzi in front of Zhao Dan happens to be such a world-famous university scholar who attaches equal importance to Confucianism and law, and is also a Zhao countryman.

Therefore, after the crossing, Zhao Dan had already sent someone to invite Xunzi, but this Xunzi had always been vague and didn't seem to want to return to Zhao.

But the strange thing is that when the battle of Changping was won and lost, only half a month later, Xunzi resigned from the official position of the Lanling Order of the Chu State and came to the Zhao State with two proud disciples...

Obviously, the great Confucian also has a heart for being an official.

However, this is also very understandable, after all, "learn to become a scholar and martial arts, and the goods are with the emperor's family", didn't Confucius travel around the world in order to seek official positions in order to make his theories useful.

This Xunzi must be used, but before using it, a small theoretical test that tests ability is still essential.

So Zhao Dan didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Now that all countries are competing for hegemony, in the opinion of Mr., how should the widow do it?" ”

Xun Guo thought for a while, and said: "The ruler of the people, the king of the people, the king of the honorable and virtuous, the law and the love of the people and the hegemony, the good profit and the deceit and the danger, the power plot overturned and died in danger. ”

Zhao Dan nodded secretly when he heard this, and sure enough, this Xunzi is indeed as the legend says, and he is not invited to the wrong person this time.

So Zhao Dan asked again: "In the opinion of Mr., what is the king and what is the tyrant?" ”

Xun Guo replied: "Righteousness is the king, faith is the hegemon, and power is established and dies." ”

Zhao Dan thought for a while, and then asked: "Mr. should know that at the Qinghe meeting, what Fan Sui said was 'the theory of unifying the world'." ”

Xun Kuang's expression became serious, and he nodded very solemnly, and said, "I have heard of it." ”

What Zhao Dan didn't notice was that when he was talking to Xun Jing about this matter, the two young faces of Li Si and Han Fei, who were sitting behind Xun Kuang, both flashed with excitement.

Legalists are born supporters of the idea of great unification.

In fact, since the late Warring States period, many people have proposed or foreseen the possibility of a large unified empire in the future.

However, like Fan Sui, who openly announced to the world as a state of a country, that the Qin State had the ambition to annex the world, he was really the first of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

Fan Sui's remarks have set off great waves in the entire land of China since they were released, some agree with it, some disdain it, and some scold it, in short, the entire ideological circle has exploded because of this, and it is said that countless debates and scolding wars are staged every day because of this.

Zhao Dan asked this question to observe what kind of attitude this Xunzi had towards the idea of great unification.

As long as Xun Jing can give Zhao Dan a satisfactory enough answer on this question, in Zhao Dan's opinion, he will be qualified.

Once Xun passed Zhao Dan's test, then Zhao Dan's position as a lieutenant among the six ministers of Zhao Guo that Zhao Dan had reserved in advance would be regarded as finding a new master.

How will Xun Guo answer?