A Taoist academic seminar soon turned into a job fair, and the next day, the students of Gubu Ziqing met Zhao Wuxian for the first time in the Tongba Palace, he was too young, but he was more than twenty years old, without the elegance of the fairy wind and bones, and there was no pure cultivation of the old Cheng, standing in front of the famous princes of the Jin Kingdom, quite nervous.

Gu Bu Ziqing resigned after the introduction, let the apprentice play to his heart's content, Zhao Wuxian also took off his favor to Gu Bu Ziqing, and looked Ren Zhang up and down from the perspective of the interviewer, I didn't see anything good about it, but people can't look good, and ask him a few words first.

"Ren Zhang?"

Ren Zhang saluted and said, "Only, the villain has seen the general." ”

"You are a disciple of Mr. Gubu? It is also equivalent to Lao Tzu's second disciple? ”

"However, the villain learns the Tao with Mr., and enters politics with the Tao."

Entering politics with the Tao? The tone was not small, Zhao Wuxian smiled: "It's not easy to be like this at a young age, you want to do things for the Shangqing Mansion?" ”

Ren Zhang was a little energetic: "The Zhao family crosses the Taihang East and West, and is the strongest secretary in the world, the general is the secretary of the Jin State, and the power of the Jin State is the general, and the son of the general is the Zhengqing of the Lu State." From Haidai to the Great River, millions of people rely on the general's father and son. The villain is not talented, and he is willing to do his best to assist the general with the Tao and let the people live in peace. ”

Not only for the king, but also for the people? A little interesting, Zhao Wuxian smiled: "Tell me, how do you plan to assist me?" ”

"The place where the teacher is located is full of thorns. After the army there will be a fierce year. Therefore, those who are masters of the Dao Zuo people do not strengthen the world with soldiers. ”

Zhao Wuxian was a little funny: "The princes and doctors of the world are not busy with military battles, especially the lack of military armor, I am the secretary of the Jin State, and I am committed to strengthening the army and the enemy, why do I want to abolish the military armor?" ”

"The husband is the only one who can't fight, so the world can't fight with him." Ren Zhang's forehead was a little sweaty, and he said: "The Jin Kingdom has been in a civil war for four years, the people have recalled, and all industries have withered. Therefore, what the general needs most at the moment is not to expand the army and conquer inside and outside, but to rest with the people! The soldier's ominous weapon, not the gentleman's weapon, has to be used as a last resort, and tranquility is the best. ”

Zhao Wuxian nodded and said, "That makes sense." But these big truths are also big nonsense, and he himself knows very well that this is not something that is urgently needed at the moment, and this person is not a king.

Zhao Wuxian lowered the bar: "Then if you were asked to govern the place, what would you do?" ”

"If you do nothing, you will not be cured."

Ren Zhang's exposition was sprinkled, talking about the benefits of the rule of inaction, which can make the people have no quarrel and rest with the people, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Zhao Wuxian with an expectant expression, but Zhao Wuxian did not react, rubbed his temples, and looked a little tired.

"Let's do this today, you live in the Tonglu Pavilion and treat them as guests."

After Ren Zhang retired, he met with Gubu Ziqing outside, with a depressed face, after all, he was young, and he had not yet grown into a scheming Taoist strategist in history, and he might be valued in Wei Han, but in the Zhao family, where the strategists were like clouds, it was not conspicuous.

"How?" Gu Bu Ziqing asked with her sleeves folded.

The young Ren Zhang was a little confused, "Master, I used the method of governing the country in Lao Tzu's words to persuade Shangqing, but Shangqing didn't seem to understand, so he was friendly to me, but he didn't give me a position." ”

"Shangqing is a celestial figure, smart since childhood, can know what people don't know, how can he not understand the reason?"

After Ren Zhang told him about the process of meeting Zhao Wuxian, Gubu Ziqing laughed: "You said these empty and big things, no wonder they don't fit Shangqing's mind." “

Ren Zhang was puzzled: "Aren't these all things that the master taught me?" ”

"It's true that I taught you, but Shangqing doesn't like the empty and big way of governing the country, but likes the details, the Zhao family is migrating the people of Xinjiang and the old Jiang, and under the operation of Shangqing, they are going to Jinyang and Yedi to pioneer, and in the counties, they are also implementing the Shiwu system and the Daitian law, and they can't wait to teach the people of Taihang who don't know how to plough cattle to farm, these measures implemented by Shangqing are almost completely contrary to Lao Tzu's 'inaction', you say at this time that Shangqing is doing nothing, and it is your own to be treated coldly."

"Besides, even if you don't say it, there are not a few officials of the Zhao family who understand this truth, such as Xin Wenzi, who is known as Ji Ran, who once consulted Lao Tzu's way in Chengzhou, and while intervening in the private economy, he also advocated the government and the province to expropriate, persuade farmers and mulberries, ask the people about hunger, and govern in accordance with the seasonal solar terms. Lao Tzu's way of inaction is naturally integrated, what you provide, Zhao Shangqing can get it from Ji Ran and others, and your inaction does not have the results that make him happy, how can he pay attention to you? ”

In the words of later generations, Zhao Wuxian was trying to implement the strategy of "big government", and the tentacles of the government reached into every part of the county to mobilize the people with maximum efficiency, but Ren Zhang put forward the concept of "small government", which was naturally not taken seriously.

"So it's not time to talk about doing nothing."

"So what should we talk about?" Ren Zhang was a little puzzled, in his opinion, the most essential part of Lao Tzu's way is to rule by inaction.

Gu Bu Ziqing smiled mysteriously: "I taught you, you carefully comprehend and comprehend it, Dao Technique, Dao Technique, when the Great Dao is not good, why not give it a try?" ”

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A few days later, Gubu Ziqing entered the palace again, asking Zhao Wuxian to give Ren Zhang another chance, this time Zhao Wuxian listened with relish, unconsciously moved his knees forward on the mat, talked for several hours and did not feel bored, and said to Gubu Ziqing afterwards: "Your disciple Ren Zhang is indeed a rare talent, I can appoint him as an assistant around me." ”

Afterwards, Gubu Ziqing asked Ren Zhang: "What did you talk about with Shangqing this time?" ”

"I didn't talk about the Great Dao this time, it's just a small way."

"How?"

"We talked about how to defend the male with the female, how to combine the rigid and the soft, the pure and the weak to keep themselves, and the humble to be self-sustaining." Ren Zhang said in a low voice: "These are the king's southern techniques. ”

Gu Bu Ziqing sighed: "Sure enough, if you do nothing, you can make the Zhao family establish three generations of prosperity like Xia, Shang, and Zhou, but it's a pity that it took too long, Shangqing can't wait that long, and it is difficult to continue to forge ahead." A wise lord, who doesn't want to be famous all over the world during his reign, how can he be told to wait sullenly for decades or hundreds of years to achieve the great cause of kingship? Therefore, he can only be persuaded by using the method of enriching the country and strengthening the army, and he will be particularly happy, however, this will not be comparable to the virtues of Yin and Zhou. ”

"Of course, Zhao Shangqing has a plan here, there is no shortage of ways to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but he lacks the skills to control the ministers, so as to achieve internal and external benefits. In the end, it's sad that my Taoist has to rely on small skills to gain a foothold, but this is helpless. Don't worry, and be an assistant staff officer by Shangqing's side, and wait for the Zhao family to unify the three secretaries of the Jin State, and then come to the Central Plains, after eliminating foreign enemies, Shangqing is only afraid that he will take the initiative to talk to you about the rule of inaction! ”

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Zhao Wuxian really didn't intend to implement any "inaction" at this juncture that the princes were striving for, even if he did nothing, it was only to a limited extent.

Because both externally and internally, the Zhao clan is facing various challenges, the Qi state still has war potential, the Chu state is also recovering, and the Wu state is even more aggressively attacking Yue at the beginning of this year, and I don't know what the current war situation is. As in history, King Wu could go north at any time, wanting to shake Zhao Wuxian's hegemony in Si.

Of course, the more immediate threats are the Han Wei clan, which has a separatist side, and the Qin state, which is entrenched in Yongzhou and has occupied Hexi.

Faced with the news of Zhi's surrender to Qin, as the secretary of the Jin State, Zhao Wuxian had to react.

"In the past, my ancestor Kao Zhi's father, and Inuqiu Da Luo are both descendants of the surname Ying, although they are cut in three generations, but the two families work together, Shen Zhi swears an oath, and attaches importance to the surname, Da Luo is attached to Zhao Cheng, and is the ...... of Zhao's family."

"However, now the Nazhi clan of the Qin State rebelled against the party, seized the land west of the river, and the good of the Jin State and the Zhao clan was absolutely good, and I was heartbroken when I heard this......

An open letter was sent to Yongcheng by a messenger, and the letter was sprinkled with more than a thousand words, and Zhao Wuxian righteously condemned the injustice of the Qin state, and even accepted the traitors of the Jin state. Then behind the scenes, a private letter with the chief of the Qin State was also sent, between the Zhao family and the Qin State, although there will be a war in the future, but it has not yet reached the point of hatred for each other, and there is a lot of room for cooperation in the shadows.

Although Zhao Wuxian is Jin Qing, he doesn't plan to fight with the Qin people in Hexi, which does not border with him, so let the Wei family and the Qin State and the Zhi family eat the dog! It's best that the Han clan can also get involved, and when they sink their hearts to develop the territory and accumulate strength, the three parties will kill you to the death for the two lambs of Hexi and Taolin Fortress, and you will be able to follow Bian Zhuangzi's example when the time comes! (To be continued.) )