Fayuan Sanjin, Dao Chu State. Although Song Yu is good at rhetoric, what he can really accept in his heart is Taoism. The old Zhuang is actually different, the Taoism in the hearts of the Chu people is different from the Taoism that later generations think, the same is inaction, the inaction of the Chu people is the simple inaction of the Zhuang Zhou style that does not harm the people, not the Laozi-style small country and widows, the inaction of the old and the dead.

Zhuang Zhou advocates nature, and Lao Tzu attaches great importance to power and scheming. Xiong Jing wants to open up the wisdom of the people and build a republic, in Song Yu's view, it is to open up chaos, make the people lose to nature, and damage their simplicity, and the result is chaos in the world. As for the violent Qin, his countermeasure is to do nothing, only compare the life expectancy with it, one hundred and fifty years later, one hundred and fifty years from the Shang Dynasty reform, there are still thirty-two years left. Qin Wangzheng was crowned this year, at the age of twenty-two, and thirty-two years later, he will be fifty-four years old, even if he does not die, it is not far off.

It's just that how could all the three million people under the rule of Chu move overseas? This is something that cannot be done. At most, hundreds of thousands of clans were relocated to Japan, and the result of this move was the abandonment of the common people. Food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are all served by the common people, how can you ignore them? This is unfaithfulness.

Xiong Jing in later generations was not a brave person, and he may not be trustworthy in everything, but after the battle of Qingshuihe, unconsciously, he always acted to be brave and trustworthy. It's just a matter of abandoning more than one million people in Jiuying, that was in the period of the first king, how could he abandon more than two million people in the entire Chu State?

There is no faith, and the root of unbelief lies in lack of courage. Are you scared?

After Song Yu left, the main bed was empty again, the smoke of the smoker curled, and the water leaked and dripped. Sitting on the red mat that his father used to sit on, holding the bronze rune that had gone through the hands of dozens of Chu kings, Xiong Jing, who was gradually meditating, suddenly wandered a little out of his body, and finally fell asleep like this.

"The king sleeps." Several of the temple people who were waiting looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Fortunately, the old servant Jiang was familiar with Xiong Jing's temperament and knew that the king didn't like others to treat him as a child, so he didn't dare to carry him to bed, and only asked people to get his bed. The bed clothes are brocade quilts, and although the main bed is on fire, it is still a little cold in the cold winter season.

"Go, go." Chang Jiang, who covered the king's bed, thought that several temple people were troublesome, and drove them all out. When the others were gone, he stood quietly on one side, guarding Xiong Jing like a guard of the previous king.

*

"Oh? Today's Chu court is meeting, don't you call me to the court? Early the next morning, Xiong Qi, the Qin envoy of Changping, who received the report from the messenger, was very surprised. He is ready to meet the king of Chu today, who wants to meet suddenly has to postpone.

"Exactly." The confessor replied, "The king said that we need to discuss the major affairs of our Chu State in the next few days, and I will not summon the Qin envoy, nor will the Zhao envoy summon." ”

"The great politics of the state of Chu?" Xiong Qi became interested, he gave his subordinates a look, and a piece of gold was stuffed into the hand of the confessor. "Dare to ask what kind of major policies your country is discussing?"

"How can I tell your envoy about this important matter of the Chu State?" The confessor said this, but his eyes looked at the gold that had not been given to him.

"Since it is a national policy, it must be made public. What can't be said about this? Xiong Qi didn't know what the confessor meant, how could Li Si, who had been a small official, not know. He took the rest of the gold from his servant's hand, gave it away, and took it back when the confessor reached out to take it, and only when the confessor frowned did he put the gold in his hand. "No merit, please say it."

"The king summoned his ministers to take counsel, and what he said was......" The confessor put the gold into his bosom, and thought for a while before he came up with the most obscure word. "Yes,...... The king and the important ministers speak of a republic. ”

"Republic?" Xiong Qi was puzzled and asked, "What is a republic?" ”

"The villain doesn't know. I only heard that he was talking about the republic, but I didn't know anything else. The confessor made a regretful expression and immediately retired. At this time, Li Si felt that he had been deceived, how could these confessors tell the secret affairs of the Chu State to the outside world? It must be a fabrication and a deception.

"You go and inquire quickly, and see what the king of Chu will discuss." Xiong Qi was born rich and noble, and he had never been to other countries, so he didn't know the trick of the little official to cheat money, so he hurriedly sent Li Si out to inquire.

*

"What the king said, the minister didn't think it was appropriate." In the main bed, it was Zhen Yin Zimo who spoke. "The common people and the war, they should allow their civil rights, this is the public. The county Yin does not fight, but still enjoys wealth, which is unfair. The unjust will cause great harm to the country, and the battle with Qin can only be won by working together. On the bank of the Qingshui River, the king and the soldiers share joys and sorrows, life and death together, and my Chu military breaks the Qin people, if not, how can it win? ”

Song Yu disagreed with Xiong Jing's republican policy, and Zhao Huang also disagreed, believing that there was a difference between the noble and the low, and that they should not be governed together with the common people; Nao Wei didn't say anything, but he didn't support it in his heart. Zi Mo and Zuo Yin Meng Zhengyu are supportive, but Meng Zhengyu is not as excited as Zi Mo.

"Dare to ask the king, if the country of Chu is the country of my Chu people, what are the people of Chu?" The discussion was enthusiastic, and Nao Cunning finally couldn't help but speak, as soon as he opened his mouth, he grasped the core of the problem, and he was so excited that Zimo also calmed down and listened to what he said. "The land of Wu Yue is all Yue people, but Chu people? The land of Zou and Lu is full of Lu people, but Chu people? The land of the old Ying is the ancestral land of my Chu country, but the Chu people? ”

"The land of Wu Yue is the Yue people, not my Chu people; The land of Zou and Lu is the Lu people, not my Chu people; The land of the old Ying is my ancestral land, except for the Qin people, the rest are all Chu people. "The premise of the republic is identity, and only when we agree can we die without turning around. The Yue people do not consider themselves to be Chu people, so they are naturally excluded, and the Lu people do not think that they are Chu people, so they are naturally excluded. At the end, Xiong Jing arbitrarily gave a definition: "Anyone who speaks my Chu language is a Chu person; Those who don't speak Chu are not my Chu people. ”

"This is not possible." At this time, the ministers panicked and said in unison that they couldn't. Zhao Huang began to get excited, and said loudly: "If the Yue people are not my Chu people, and they are not in the same country as me, what if they are not in the same country?" The Lu people are not my Chu people, and they are not in the same country as me, so what about the Lu land? ”

"The more people are more people, and the more people can become, the country of more people; Lu land is all Lu people, can become the country of Lu people. "Xiong Jing has long considered this." However, the country of the Yue people is a subject country of our Chu country, and everything is based on the head of my Chu country, and the same is true of the country of the Lu people.

Although the Yue people are the country of the Yue people, and the Lu people are the country of the Lu people, but the Qin army comes south, and the King of Qin will show mercy because this is the country of the Yue people? Will this be the country of the Lu people and go home? Not! The king of Qin will be down in a day, and he will be fast. Whether it is the Chu people, or the Lu people, or the Yue people, or the Qi people, they all want to destroy their country and serve their people.

Wu Shi entered Ying, the first king Zhao ran with him, and the people's fathers and brothers accompanied the young and the old. Those who stayed in Ying, who were the bravest, fought with the Wu people. The rate of death will be followed by the old pawn, and the death of the old pawn will be followed by the new pawn, everyone will die, and they will change their accommodation five times a night. However, how is the Ancestor Spirit King? The first king of Junping set up a prince than the prince, the people put their arms away, and the spirit king was hungry for Qianyu, eating and drinking recklessly, and died of pillow blocks.

What's the difference? Before Wu Shi entered Ying, every time there was a cold winter, the first king Zhao went out of the mansion to coat those who were cold, and out of the warehouse to relieve the hungry. The first monarch Lingwang made the platform of Zhanghua, sent out the battle of Qianqian, the outside and the inside were stirred, and the people were dismissed.

Our Chu State has given favors to the Yue people and the Lu people, but the Qin State wants to destroy its country and serve its people. Do you think that the Yue people are brave and the Lu people are not wise? ”

There is no way to cite the example of Britain fooling India's independence in World War I. Xiong Jing spent a long time talking about it, turning out the old wounds of Wu Shi's entry into Ying, and then took out the king of Chu Ling, who was abandoned by the people and hanged himself in the mountains, intending to persuade the ministers. But Nao still shook his head: "Lu, the more first, the Chen people, the Cai people, and the Song people will follow, the first kings of the past dynasties, the blood and sweat of countless soldiers, how can it be wiped out overnight?!" ”

"Chen, Cai, and Song can also become vassals of our Chu State. The so-called subject country is not to restore its official office and become a country of its own, but only to govern Lu by the Lu people and the Yue people to govern the Yue, and the military power is still under the Great Sima Mansion; It's not that I can't appoint the officials of the Chu people, it's just that how to appoint the officials should be the meaning of the Lu people and the Yue people. All these actions are all about stimulating the people's nature, making them fight and die for the country.

Ladies and gentlemen, how are the counties today? The decree of Yingdu can reach the township?! The people of the county are willing to die for me, the king of Chu?! Joke! Each county is on its own, and the people of the county are forced by the law to fight. When the master returned to Yingdu, in addition to the master of the king, who was willing to walk with the master?

Instead, simply give it a name, allow it to be autonomous, stimulate its people's nature, and drum up its fighting spirit. The state of Chu will not die, not to mention the world, even the world is also our Chu people. What is the use of taking it if it is not a land of my Chu people? Is there a tax? After the tax was collected, the fat dolphin was kept in captivity, with fine clothes and fine food, extravagance, and alcoholism, and he didn't even pick up a bow when he was weak on the battlefield? Do you want to faint when you see blood? ”

There are heroes among the children of the Gong family, but more of them are bears. Seeing these people, Xiong Jing longed to slap them a few times and deprive them of their surnames. Xiong Jing was annoyed by this, and when he heard the words 'return to Yingdu', his face suddenly became hot, and his color was like pig's liver. Song Yu, Zhao Huang, Sun Yu, Gong Yin Dao, Lu Yangjun, Guan Ji, Tang Yi and others pondered again, pondering the king's strategy.

Xiong Jing also sorted out his thoughts again. In this battle, not to mention that the apprentices did not know what they were fighting for, even the officers were mostly confused, they were just acting in accordance with orders; The county princes were worried about the destruction of the Qin State, so they did their best to recruit soldiers and soldiers, and the combat effectiveness of the entire country was not stimulated.

He couldn't help but think of Erich Ludendorff's Total War, which he had read. Although the time is long, the gist of some classic sentences is still remembered:

‘…… The statue of my steel helmet also has the following words: 'Bless the King and the Fatherland'. This phrase excludes the people and thus fails to exploit its full potential......

…… Every member of the people should devote all his strength to the front or the rear. The only way for the people to do this is to make the phrase 'war is for the survival of the nation' a conclusive fact, not just a mantra......

‘…… The spiritual unity of a nation is and will remain the basis for leading the overall war. National unity can be achieved only if the ethnic heritage and the national beliefs are reconciled, and only if the biological and spiritual laws and the identity of the heritage are redoubled......

He was very sure that the spiritual inspiration of 'safeguarding the survival of the nation' was absolutely better than the Qin people's 'conferral of military merits', and he, and only he, knew how to cultivate the national spirit of the common people.