Chapter 399: Xunzi on Soldiers (First Update)
After hearing Chu Wangyuan's reply, Zhao Dan suddenly had the urge to beat the son of Chu Wangyuan in front of him.
At this moment, Zhao Dan was sitting in a room, looking at the princes of Zhao and the princes of Chu in front of him, reading aloud under the guidance of Xun Jing.
"The gentleman said: You can't learn. Green, taken from blue, and green from blue; Ice and water are for it, and cold is for water. Wooden straight rope, light for the wheel, its curve in the rules, although there is violence, do not stand up, let it be. Therefore, the wood is straight when it is roped, and the gold is sharpened......"
It seems that because of Zhao Dan's presence, today's children read very loudly, and the whole room was full of Lang Lang's reading sounds, which made Zhao Dan involuntarily have an illusion, as if he had returned to the early reading time before he did not travel through.
There are actually not many children here, that is, Zhao Dan's two sons, then LΓΌ Buwei's eldest son, and Xiong Han, the prince of Chu who has just entered the palace.
In addition to this, there is also Lin Wujun from the State of Chu.
Generally speaking, when the prince of a country goes to another country as a hostage, the monarch as a father must definitely send a more reliable person to follow, and this Linwu Jun is such a character.
Lin Wujun is about forty years old, with a beard, a square face and a wide mouth, and a pair of small eyes that are shining, and he seems to belong to the kind of person who is a little scheming.
After all, he is a prince, and he is in another country, and a scheming helper is obviously much better than the kind of guy who has nothing but loyalty.
For example, when Chu Wangyuan was a hostage in Qin, it was Huang Xie who followed Chu Wangyuan, and it was precisely because Huang Xie's scheme deceived Qin Wangji that Chu Wangyuan was able to return to Chu unscathed to succeed to the throne, instead of repeating the mistake of his grandfather Chu Huaiwang and being imprisoned to death.
However, speaking of which, Zhao Dan is also very good to the prince of Chu State, at least in terms of various treatments, he refers to the princes of Zhao State, even the teacher is the same.
Xun's teaching method is actually relatively simple.
First of all, it is to read aloud, rote memorization, then the teacher explains, then the students ask questions about what they don't understand, and finally the teacher assigns some homework, and then the students study on their own, and the morning class is over.
According to the class schedule that the great powers of the hundred schools of thought broke their heads to come up with, in the afternoon, it was the teaching time of the famous and powerful Gongsun Long.
For this kind of teaching method, in fact, the great powers of the hundreds of schools of thought are not without opinions.
After all, in this era, there is one person and one teacher, worshipping under Confucianism is Confucianism, and under the Mo family is the Mo family, where are there so many teachers to teach a few students?
Regarding the dissatisfaction of these guys, Zhao Dan's attitude is also very simple - love to teach and teach but not to teach, if you don't teach, not only will the Huaxia Academy in the future, but even Zhao Guo will not have a foothold for your school.
It turns out that under power, the so-called temperance is not even a fart. As soon as Zhao Dan's six-character mantra came out, except for a few people who were indeed arrogant and hung up their crowns, most of the other gentlemen and powerful people of the hundred schools of thought stayed.
This is not surprising at all.
Those gentlemen of all schools of thought, what is the reason why they founded the doctrine, and is it for the purpose of engaging in literary creation, ideological creation, and theoretical creation?
Of course not.
The reason why the theory of the hundred schools of thought appeared was that these gentlemen hoped that they could solve the various problems faced in the Warring States period through their theories, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment, and the society could develop harmoniously.
If you want to realize your ideals and ambitions, you can't just have theories, you must have the support of the monarch.
Without the support of the monarch, then these theories cannot really be applied to reality, and they are just empty talk and rhetoric.
In order to win the support of the monarchs, Confucius traveled around the world, Mencius entered Qi, Shang Ying entered Qin, and Xunzi returned to Zhao.
The monarchs can do without these theorists, but these theorists are absolutely inseparable from the monarchs, which makes the great powers of the hundreds of schools of thought full of wealth, but they have little room for bargaining when dealing with the monarch.
However, the sons and hundreds of schools of thought in this era are still very different from those of later generations.
Now these gentlemen are more like those entrepreneurs in later generations, in order to make their companies grow and develop, they have to cooperate with angel investors such as monarchs.
Their ideal is to change the world and make their own contribution to the development of the world.
And the so-called "learning literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family" in later generations are just lackeys of the emperor's family.
It seems that because of Zhao Dan's presence, today's lecture time is actually not very long.
Soon, the children were ordered by Xun Guo to go to another room for self-study, and only Zhao Dan, Xun Kuang, Lin Wujun and Han Fei were left in the main hall.
Zhao Dan coughed and said to Xun Qing: "Xun Qing, now that the soldiers of Qi and Wei are pressing the border, the widow is worried, I don't know what strategy Xun Qing can have?" β
Xun Jing smiled slightly: "The minister is just a rough soldier, how dare he show off in front of the king?" β
Zhao Dan smiled: "Why should Xun Qing be humble? But come on. β
Saying that, Zhao Dan glanced at Lin Wujun, who was a little eager to try, and said with a smile: "If Lin Wujun is interested in this, you can also say it." β
Since there is such a martial character, you don't have to think about it to know that this Lin Wujun must be familiar with military affairs, and since this is the case, this Lin Wujun should be very interested in the discussion of this military theory.
Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Dan spoke, this Linwu Jun arched his hand at Zhao Dan and said, "Since the king has spoken, how dare the minister disobey?" In the opinion of the ministers, when the sky is obtained, the location is advantageous, the changes of the enemy are observed, the latter is the first, and the key technique of using the army is also. β
Xun Guo shook his head when he heard this, and said, "No." The foundation of all the use of troops to attack the war is to care about the people. If the bow and arrow are not adjusted, then Yi cannot be medium-slight; If the six horses are not in harmony, the Father cannot go far; If the people are not attached, then Tang Wu cannot win. Therefore he who is good at his people is also a good use of soldiers. Therefore, the soldiers should only care about the good subordinates. β
Zhao Dan listened to Xun Jing's words and thought thoughtfully.
In Xun Guo's view, the most important thing in fighting a war is actually the support of the people, with the support of the people, then you can be invincible, on the contrary, "the bow and arrow are not in harmony", "the six horses are not in harmony", and "you can't win".
Lin Wujun was obviously a little unconvinced, and said: "Xun Qing's words, I can't agree with them. Those who do what soldiers do, deceitful also. Those who make good use of their soldiers are cunning and ever-changing, and the enemy does not know where they come from. Sun Tzu and Wu Zi are invincible in the world by virtue of this, and what does it have to do with the people? β
Xun Jing frowned, and said to Lin Wujun: "What you said is a big mistake. If we look at the situation of Xun, those who are close to the people are the so-called soldiers of benevolence. The soldiers of benevolence, if they gather, they will become pawns, and if they are scattered, they will become columns, and if they are the long blades of Mo evil, those who pick up their soldiers will be broken, and if they are sharp, they will be defeated. With such a soldier, how can the king of the tyrannical country be compared? β
Lin Wujun snorted: "Isn't the current Qin State a tyrannical country? However, except for Zhao in the world, there is no one who has conquered Qin. β
Xun Guo shook his head and said: "The people of the Qin State are too cruel to make the people, and their people have no other way but to join the army. Such an army is a soldier under the command of a tyrannical king, even if it can be stronger than a moment, how can it be stronger than the first, third, or even thousands of generations? The strength of the tyrannical country will not last long, which can be seen by looking at the current Qin State. Since the Shang Emperor changed the law, the four generations of Qin have been strong, but what about now? Therefore, only the king of benevolence and righteousness can last forever. β
Lin Wujun fell silent.
After a long time, Lin Wujun took a long breath and sighed: "Xun Qing's words, good, I am not as good as Xun Qing." β
Zhao Dan on the side looked at the dispute between the two with a smile, but thought in his heart: "This Xunzi is indeed worthy of great power, and it can be seen at a glance that a system like Qin State cannot last...... But in fact, it's hard to say, after all, the Han inherited the Qin system, if the system of the Qin State was really so bad, why was the Han Dynasty able to live for so many years? Forget it, the widow is not a theorist, what does it matter to the widow? β
Zhao Dan shook his head, expelled the complicated thoughts in his mind, and smiled at Xun Qing: "Xun Qing, then in your opinion, this time the battle may be victorious?" β
Xun Zhengse said: "In the opinion of the ministers, in the current Zhao State, the people are united, although they cannot be called benevolent soldiers, but compared to the violent Qin and the like, it is much stronger." Therefore, if there is no accident in this battle, Zhao will definitely win! β
Zhao Dan couldn't help but laugh when he heard Xun Jing's words, and by the way, he glanced at Lin Wujun beside him, and when he saw this Lin Wujun's thoughtful expression, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile.
In Zhao Dan's view, whether or not Chu can win smoothly this time is actually a very key factor.
And whether the state of Chu can send troops, of course, has to be decided by Chu Wangyuan himself, but the opinion of this Linwu Jun, who is in Handan, must also have a very important impact on Chu Wangyuan.
After all, what Lin Wujun obtained was first-hand information from the battlefield, which was more convincing than conjectures, debates, and the like, and it was also more able to make Chu Wangyuan make up his mind.
That's why Zhao Dan has to come here in his busy schedule.
If this debate could be used to make this Lin Wujun feel that Zhao State could indeed win, so that Chu State could send troops earlier to share the pressure of Zhao State, Zhao Dan felt that his time this morning was not in vain.
So Zhao Dan stood up with a smile, exchanged a look with Xun Jing quietly, and said, "The widow is also tired, so let's stop here today." β