His thoughts only stayed on spreading Taoism, and he really didn't think of using the method of exaltation and the method of force to spread Taoism to save the people in the world.

"To govern the lacquer garden here, it is enough to have my own force!"

Zhuangzi thought for a while, and then said: "If you want to govern the Song State well, you must not only master the national strength of the Song State, but also unite the forces of the surrounding countries to form an alliance. In any case, you must have a strong military force and the ability to protect yourself.

Otherwise! Relying on the power of the alliance is also unreliable.

The purpose of forming an alliance is only to make oneself strong on the surface, and only one's own strength is truly strong. Another purpose of forming an alliance is to develop force behind this superficial strength and make its own force stronger; While promoting Taoism.

Not only should the people of his own country believe and obey the word, but also let the people of the countries of the alliance follow suit and believe.

Such! Even if the alliance collapses in the future, the hearts of the people will still be towards me!

Only when the hearts of the people want, can I unify the hearts of the people.

The people's hearts are unified, and the world is governed!

In fact! Not to rule the world, but to rule people's hearts! What's the use of taking the world by force, people's hearts are not oriented to you, what's the use of you wanting to land so much? ”

"Not yet? Not yet? Bai Gui spread his hands and said proudly: "So! You have to take it one step at a time! Let's use the lacquer garden here as a base first, and then! Facing the Song Kingdom! And then! You slowly expand into the surrounding countries.

You alone will not be able to travel around the nations on your own. Your final fate will only be the same as that of your master Yang Zhu's predecessors, and you will not do anything in your life.

So! You have to sum up the lessons of Confucius. Confucius is not like this: he couldn't get along in the country of Lu, so he went to travel around the world. At last! He still returned to the Lu country, and used the Lu country as a base to slowly expand Confucianism.

You first manage the Qiyuan here, the Qiyuan has a population of tens of thousands, and you can develop nearly 10,000 troops here. And then! Slowly, you can consider taking over the Song Kingdom. ”

"Take over the Song Kingdom?" Zhuangzi exclaimed in surprise!

"Yes!" Bai Gui lowered his voice and said, "Take over Song Guo!" ”

"This, this, this?" Zhuangzi waved his hand again and again: "Don't talk nonsense! My father-in-law! This, this, this? This is a crime of killing the head! This? ”

"Smack!"

Bai Gui lightly hit the table with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Kill the head? So I ask you? Who is the current monarch of the Song Kingdom? The current monarch of the Song Kingdom is a descendant of the Dai family, did the Dai family take the Song family and kill him? ”

"Cocoa? Can me? ”

"What are you? You are also a descendant of the Song royal family, a descendant of Song Daigong, how can you not become the king of the Song Kingdom? Descendants of the royal family can inherit the position of king! As long as you get it, it's just as right! Dai's take Song, you can also have a 'Zhuang's take Song'. ”

"No, you can't! No! This, this, this? Zhuangzi was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, leaned back, and almost fell down.

"What are you afraid of? You don't want to spread your Taoism quickly? You don't want to save the world? You? You can't bear to watch others die before they live to old age, and you can't bear to watch other people's families die and their wives be separated. You can't bear to look at the misery that others can't live in, and you can't bear to watch other people's lives be so miserable? When the interruption continues, the hero is short of breath, and the love of children is long, you can't do anything! ”

"This, this, this? This one? ”

Zhuangzi moved his butt back and stammered, "Me? I? I'm not that ideal! I? I? I can't even think about it! ”

"Why don't you dare to think about it? I've got you covered! Son-in-law! I've got a crush on you! I fully support you! Alas! ”

Bai Gui sighed and continued, "I'm old! If I were twenty years younger, I would do it! I'll go into politics again, then! Alas! No then again! It's all in vain! Drink! ”

Bai Gui picked up the wine glass, only to find that there was no wine in the glass.

Only then did Zhuangzi get up and move forward, pour a glass of wine for his father-in-law, and then pour himself a glass as well.

The two silently drank a drink.

For a while, Zhuangzi still didn't understand what the old man meant? Is he helping me spread the word quickly?

Or are you encouraging me to rebel?

Rebel! It is to punish the whole family and even exterminate the clan.

As a Taoist, Zhuangzi had to be suspicious of the kindness of his father-in-law?

What does the old man mean exactly?

He dragged me to the place of Qiyuan just so that I could establish a base? And then! Slowly develop in that direction, first to seize the Song State, and then to seize the world?

No matter what the old man's intentions are, if he really does that, everything is possible!

Qiyuan is indeed a good place, with a population of tens of thousands and a dangerous terrain. As long as you hold the valley mouth on both sides, you can live here for a long time. It is entirely possible to select nearly 10,000 soldiers out of a population of tens of thousands.

Again! Governing the country with Taoist ideology is not just nearly 10,000 troops, but! All people are soldiers. There are tens of thousands of people here, and there are tens of thousands of troops.

And also! You can grow your own food here, and even if you are trapped, you can survive on the food you cultivate. And the forces besieging you will not be able to besiege you for several years.

And on their own side! It's not just the lacquer garden! In the Great Zhou world, there were Taoist disciples and Dharma protectors everywhere. Once you develop yourself here, you can comprehensively promote Taoism, and once you have troops, other places will definitely respond. So! It's impossible to be stuck here for long.

Military strength is the foundation of a foothold in troubled times.

Without troops to protect you, everything is empty talk.

With military strength as a guarantee, it is indeed possible to quickly promote Taoism and use Taoist ideas to govern the country. When Taoism was extended to the entire Song Kingdom, the Song Kingdom was in its own hands.

But? Before you can promote Taoism to the entire Song Kingdom, there will be external pressure to force the Song Kingdom to attack you.

Again! The king of the Song Kingdom will not let you control the entire Song Kingdom, because! This poses a threat to his power. So! At this time, there was no need for the surrounding vassal states to intervene, and the Song State would be in civil strife.

What if the king of the Song Kingdom was very enlightened and let Taoism be promoted in the Song Kingdom?

Just like the Mo family in the Song Kingdom back then, let Moxue become a national culture?

To be sure, that's impossible!

The Mo family back then was so determined to protect the Song Kingdom, finally! was still abandoned by the power holders of the Song State. Even! It is considered to be extremely dangerous. Those in power are constantly worried about you, afraid that you have seized their power.

Judging from the current governance of the Song Kingdom, the current king is not so enlightened at all. He just inherited the power of his father's generation, barely managed to maintain the situation, and enjoyed life.

Since the king of the Song Kingdom will not let you promote Taoism, he will inevitably come to attack you. I can just take advantage of this opportunity to have a "Zhuang family to take Song".

And then! With the Song State as a base area, Taoism could be promoted to the surrounding vassal states. With force as a guarantee, with the rule of mind as an expansion, cultural aggression ......

The idea is beautiful, but the actual implementation is certainly not smooth sailing. All sorts of unimaginable factors are contained in it, and many surprises can happen.

So! Zhuangzi felt that the old man's plan was feasible. But! There are also variables.

(End of chapter)