Zhuangzi is not good at words in front of strangers and unfamiliar people, and he also has a defensive mentality. This is due to the influence of Taoist doctrines, and people who learn Taoism are generally like this, and do not dare to associate with others casually, so as not to be taken advantage of. When they get to know a person and get acquainted with a person, they take the initiative.

Zhuangzi is such a person, he is familiar with you, and when he understands each other, he will reveal his true form. He is a little naughty, humorous, open-mouthed, and has no manners. If you tell him anything, he won't associate with you, thinking that you are restraining him and restricting other people's human freedom!

I haven't affected your life, why do you ask me so much? I'm not going to be nice to you!

If you get caught up with him, he may see you as an enemy. If you dare to threaten him and scare him into killing him, he may kill you first.

What are you doing? What are you doing? I'll kill you!

After getting acquainted with Wei Ying, Zhuangzi became even more open-mouthed.

"My master said! In troubled times, we must first define what is chaos? Only when it is sure that it is chaos can it be called chaos! Now this world is a troubled era, I won't say more, the Zhou system has been abolished, the Great Zhou Dynasty existed in name only, and the world was divided by the seven princes.

Now the key is! You can't do it if you don't want to be the king and the hegemon! Especially those small vassal states, you don't want to be the king and hegemon while others want to destroy you, take your land, expand your territory, and increase your strength! In fact! Fighting for land is secondary! This is very important! "The ferryman was scared, and the brother looked at the new Sister Zhang

Speaking of this, Zhuangzi lowered his voice and reminded him particularly cautiously: "What's the use of asking for so much land? Northern nomads, their land is wide, right? Endless! But? What's the use? Isn't it? So! It doesn't matter how much land you have! What you want is resources and strength, and when it comes to the point, you want population! It's food! It's copper and iron! ……”

Qin Xiaogong, who was sitting at the door eavesdropping, listened and nodded incessantly.

That's true, what's the use of you saying you want so much land? Without the protection of the army, you will not be able to hold the land you have taken there. The key is to have strength! Strength comes from the size of the population! There is no strength where the population comes from. And also! It's a resource! Without resources, food, and weapons, no matter how large your population is, it will be useless. The hearts of the people are not aligned, foreign enemies invade, and your country is devastated!

"In a word! Strength! Population, food, and resources determine strength! And what really determines the strength is the human heart! ……”

Turning around, Zhuangzi spoke to the hearts of the people again.

Qin Xiaogong listened and nodded incessantly. sighed in my heart: talent! What a talent! He's a big man? Twenty years old? Such a talent at the age of twenty? Yes! Tut-tut!

“…… The State of Qin is a country where the Chu State and the Three Jin Dynasty bullied and grew up, and the successive wars inspired the fighting spirit of the old Qin people! So! Be sure to keep that fighting spirit. Enrich the country first, and then strengthen the army. It is necessary to always publicize the news of the use of troops by other vassal states to the old Qin people, so that the old Qin people have a sense of hatred for the surrounding vassal states! Let them always have a sense of mission to protect their families and defend the country! Only in this way, once the force is mobilized, the old Qin people will fight to the death......

If you only enrich the country but not strengthen the army, the old Qin people will lose their fighting spirit and will be content with pleasure. They will have the thought, what does it matter to me when the enemy comes in? Isn't it the same for whoever is the king? They still don't let the people live, huh? Isn't it? So! We must let the old Qin people always maintain a sense of distress......"

Hearing this, Qin Xiaogong nodded vigorously again. The attendant standing on the side was also excited when he saw the appearance of the lord.

"The main task of the Qin State at present is to enrich the country, to develop the population, and to produce more grain in a variety of places as a strategic reserve. And then there's the strong army! Then it's about waiting for the right time, and then it's about making excuses. Once the surrounding vassal states take action against the Great Qin State, they will immediately find an excuse to show their military strength and raise the prestige of our army! And then! Then go east to Guguan, step by step, and dominate the world......"

Enriching the country, strengthening the army, and working step by step are the three key points of Zhuangzi.

If you want to dominate the world and maintain peace and stability for a long time, it is impossible to do without a few decades! The key is the human heart! You occupy it, and you are your people, and you are going to make the people there prosperous. This is Phu Quoc! And then there's the strong army. You need to have an army as reliable as the old Qin people to protect your people. You must make your people willing to defend their homes and lands with their lives, so that the army will be invincible.

Your army is only for the king's power, dominance, ignoring the interests of the people and life and death, then! The morale of the army will be chaotic. No one would be stupid enough to die for someone else. Let them protect their families and defend the country, thanks to their relatives, they are willing to die, and they will not be afraid of death, this is the people's heart.

When your strength can crush everything, when the people you manage are living better than the people of other vassal states, then it will be the desire of the people. You don't need to use your troops to conquer, and the princes of other people's countries will have civil strife, and the people will consciously rise up and rebel and defect to you.

What Zhuangzi said made Qin Xiaogong suddenly. Gong Qin stood up and prepared to go in to see Zhuangzi, but! I don't think that's good. After all! You've eavesdropped on people's speeches. In front of people who pay attention to etiquette, I still feel disdainful. So! He stepped aside, gave a few words to his attendants, and went back.

After Qin Gong left, the attendant came over to pass the word.

"Gong Qin heard that you are here, you are the inheritor of Daoist Yang Zhu, you must be taken by me!"

"Duke Qin invited me over? I? I? I? When Zhuangzi heard this, he quit! No matter how Wei Ying persuaded him, he just wouldn't go.

"I'm still a kid! What can I do? I went, if it reached those ministers of your Qin State, wouldn't it be a joke? Again! I don't want to be an official in the Qin State! I'm not going! ”

"When your master passed by the Qin Kingdom before, the Duke of Qin found out about it, and asked me to send someone to send a lot of money to give you a settlement fee, but I didn't find you. You see? Out of courtesy, you should also go and pay a visit and thank you. ”

"I'm a Taoist, not a Confucian, I don't talk about etiquette, I only talk about self-nature! If I don't go, I don't go! ”

"You! If you refuse? You're a child, you don't dare to see life! Wei Ying said excitedly.

"I'm just a kid! I'm afraid to see the living! I'm more afraid of seeing the big guys! If you let me see me again, I'll cry! ”

"Good, good! You cry! When you cry, I'll go and talk back, saying that you are a child, and I am so scared that I cry! Don't dare to see it! ”

The two of them burst out laughing!

No matter how Wei Ying persuaded him, Zhuangzi just didn't go.

Wei Ying couldn't resist Zhuangzi, so he had to go to Qin Xiaogong alone.

"What? He won't come? ”

"He's just a little kid! When he heard that you were going to summon him, he was so frightened that he cried! Wei Ying joked.

"How is that possible? He is a dignified inheritor of Taoist doctrine, how can he be like this? ”

"Alas! We're all blind! Qin Gong! He's just a kid! How old is it? It's just the age of the coronation! ”

"Bold!" Qin Xiaogong stood up and shouted, "I heard everything you said inside!" Made in Daliang! You? ”

Wei Ying was so frightened that he quickly knelt on his knees, not daring to raise his head.

The attendants beside him just now didn't tell him about Qin Xiaogong's eavesdropping outside the door. Now it's okay, and I've committed the crime of deceiving the king.