After solving the problems of land and water conservancy, Zhuangzi began to develop military strength.

Zhuangzi's method of developing the military is similar to Bai Gui's practice of all-people soldiers.

It's different! Zhuangzi did not immediately ask the guards to teach the Qiyuan people martial arts and so on. But! Preach first.

Spread the word first!

If you don't explain the reason clearly, if you go to teach Qiyuan people to practice martial arts, the purpose of other people's martial arts training is different, and different people have different purposes.

And Taoism teaches others to practice martial arts, not to bully people, nor to claim hegemony. But! Self-defense, self-defense, home protection, and patriotism!

If you don't make the reason clear, you ask the guards to teach others martial arts, and others learn martial arts, and they may in turn bully you, rob your property, and women......

Or! Take revenge on others, bully others......

If so! It's not the result that the Taoists want! If this is the case, the world will be in chaos.

So! Zhuangzi must preach first.

Furthermore! Zhuangzi is a Taoist inheritor and was born to preach.

Zhuangzi was busy managing the lacquer garden during the day and preaching at night.

His dojo is located in the Yamen Square in Qiyuan Town.

The yamen of Qiyuan Town is right in the center of Qiyuan, and it is very convenient for people on both sides to come.

Zhuangzi not only preached at night, but also had protectors to help him preach. During the day, the Protector of the Purple Garden, potentially in various parts of the Lacquer Garden Town, preached to the people of the Lacquer Garden.

Since Zhuangzi's identity was revealed, the Taoist protectors have rushed to hear the news and lurked in the territory of Qiyuan Town. As in the Yang and Zhu periods, they were obscure and secretly protected the safety of Zhuangzi.

That's it during the Yang Zhu period! Wherever he went, countless followers followed, secretly protecting him.

After Yang Zhu lived in seclusion, these talents dispersed a little. Thereinto! There were quite a few people lurking near the Mondemo family's altar, waiting for Yang Zhu to reappear. Outcome! They didn't wait for Yang Zhu, but waited for Zhuangzi.

The protector who first discovered Zhuangzi was the mysterious man in black who helped Zhuangzi kill the seven evildoers in Qiyuan Town.

The other protectors came later.

Chuang Tzu said:

Taoism governs the world, not relying on you and me! Do not rely on the supreme power holders, do not rely on the actions of officials, and rely entirely on yourself. Only with autonomy can the world be governed.

So! We don't need to openly develop our military strength here in Qiyuan, here in Qiyuan, everyone is a soldier! Here in Qiyuan, there are tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of troops! Not to mention 10,000 troops.

The point is! How are we going to educate them? We are not teaching them how to invade others and rob others. We need to educate them and teach them how to protect themselves. Only when everyone learns to protect themselves will everyone become a soldier.

First educate them to protect themselves, and to practice martial arts and formations. Martial arts are to be practiced by individuals, and formations are based on the family. Learn to protect yourself first, and then! It's the family.

And then! Tell everyone, the enemy has invaded our lacquer garden, what should we do? Only then can these qualified people be combined and formed into an army......

To form an army too early will only expose it prematurely. Furthermore! Qiyuan people may not necessarily believe what you say. Only when a foreign invasion comes, can the army be formed. At this time, the formation of an army is a matter of course.

First of all, imagine that there is an enemy, create public opinion, and activate the people's thinking of war preparedness. Only when everyone has a sense of danger will they be willing to practice martial arts and form a family defense force to practice formations.

Taoism manages society, not the wishful thinking of leaders, but! The universal aspirations of the masses of the people. Only by conforming to the will of the people can you respond to every call.

Only when the people of Qiyuan think that everyone must know martial arts, and every family must form their own family team, practice formations, and prepare for battle, can you teach the people to practice martial arts and set up formations, and people will be willing to learn.

People think that this society is very safe, and they don't need to practice martial arts, and they won't practice martial arts if you kill them.

This is to conform to current events and the will of the people.

Only by conforming to the will of the people can we develop our military strength and develop a powerful military force.

It's not: to force someone to do military service, to die for you.

Everyone who is in the military should feel that they are not doing military service for the sake of military service. But! Fight for yourself, your family, your country. Only in this way can an army be invincible.

How beautiful you design the future, but the reality of life is: the rich are spiritually empty, the poor are struggling to survive, and most people are living under pressure, don't you think this society is a pathological society?

The development of military strength is a good aspiration and is foreseeable in the future. But! Wishes are wishes after all, and when put into practice, there will certainly be many unexpected difficulties and problems.

Zhuangzi thinks! The development of military power here in the lacquer garden is to be developed, but! It wasn't that he developed it personally. As the inheritor of Taoist doctrine, preaching is his life, not everything has to be done by him. For some things, many things, all Taoists can do.

Including the lacquer garden here as a Taoist base, Taoist dojo. But it doesn't have to be his Zhuangzi's dojo, it can also be someone else's dojo. Anyway! It is a Taoist dojo.

Furthermore! If you want to dominate the world, it is not enough to develop the military strength here in Qiyuan, nor is it enough to develop the military strength of the entire Song Kingdom.

Qiyuan is a small place, with only about 10,000 troops. And! This 10,000 troops is the military power that can't bring out the paint garden.

Similarly! Even if you control the military power of the Song Kingdom, what can you do? The Song State is also only a small country, and among the seven major vassal states, the Song State is not ranked. If you stand up any of the seven major vassal states, you can destroy your Song Kingdom. If you unite with other vassal states to fight against you, it will be easier to destroy you.

So! Even if you control the military power of the Song Kingdom, what can you do?

Furthermore! Even if you control the military power of the Song State, you will not be able to take the military power of the Song State out of the Song State. Taoism rules the world, protects the family and defends the country, and the reason why the military strength of Taoism is strong is because they fight for themselves, for their families, and for their country. And not: for aggression.

So! If you want to spread Taoism all over the world, you must have dojos everywhere in the Great Zhou world. Not only in the Song Kingdom, but also in other princes' countries. Only in this way, can it bloom everywhere and 'spark can start a prairie fire'.

And if you fantasize about the place of Qiyuan, with the Song Kingdom, there is the idea of the world, then! I couldn't be more wrong.

The place of Qiyuan is too small, and the power is weak. So! You need to look for other support points, new supporters on the periphery. Only by developing more Taoists and establishing more base areas can Taoism dominate the world.

After learning about Zhuangzi's approach, Bai Gui sighed to himself!

On the side of Linquan Castle, he also developed military strength and engaged in all the people's soldiers. Outcome! Although all the people were soldiers, these people were unwilling to fight for Linquan. So! He felt he was a failure.

At least! In front of Zhuangzi, he was a failure compared to Zhuangzi.

(End of chapter)