Wei Yizhi's words undoubtedly hit the key.

Xun Shen admired this young junior more and more, if it weren't for Yin Xian's already determined the status of master and apprentice, he really hoped to accept Wei Yi as an apprentice.

But now, it's not bad for the two to be a year-old friend.

Therefore, Xun Shen sighed lightly and continued: "Yes, the teacher once said, although the people of the country are not happy, the three surnames have long taken root in the meantime. Once the country is broken, the three surnames will not be as rich as they used to be, so they will resist desperately if they invade other countries. The sword of Zhaoguo is biased, which is tantamount to taking chestnuts from the fire. ”

In the end, he actually had a little emotion of "destiny is in Zhao".

Obviously, such a dangerous system, as long as there is a faint monarch, the hegemony may be lost, but there have been six generations of male lords in a row, and there is even a queen mother who married in, and she is bent on giving half of her mother's territory to her husband's family, and even the king has directly beaten down.

This is not the mandate of heaven, what is the mandate of heaven?

Even Wei Yizhi, thinking of this, felt a little evil.

Not to mention the country, even if it is a family, there are two generations of capable people in a row, and it is already regarded as the ancestral tomb is smoking.

On the one hand, they have a good background and a good foundation, and other families are unwilling to risk their vitality and compete with them; On the other hand, there is this tradition in the country, and the local county guards and county commanders are passed from father to son, and children to grandchildren abound, and the center cannot control it at all.

But Zhao Guo ......

Six successive generations of kings (and their wives and concubines) were political masters, skilled in the art of control, and managed to level the government internally and win the enemy externally.

Does this still make sense?

"Actually, since the day King Zhao asked King Wei to go to Lulong City, I knew in my heart that Wei Guo would never win against Zhao Guo." Xun Shen sighed, "When I saw the national witch today, I became more and more convinced that King Zhao and the national witch are both people with both ability and political integrity, and the monarchs of the six countries are beyond their reach. ”

Wei Yizhi's expression suddenly became strange.

Both ability and political integrity.

These four words, there is nothing wrong with evaluating the national witch, but it is said that King Yin Changying of Zhao......

At most, Wei Yizhi admits the word "talent".

Yin Changying is a model of a tyrant, no matter from which point of view, it has nothing to do with "morality", right?

Seeing Wei Yizhi's expression, Xun Shen knew what he was thinking, and said lightly: "I have seen the kings of the seven kingdoms in the world with my own eyes; I have set foot on all the lands of the seven kingdoms; I know very well what each country is like. ”

"Take Chen Guo as an example."

"King Chen is lenient and benevolent to the minister, and everyone calls him virtuous; He was also courteous to us and other famous men, and he was the most courteous and virtuous king of the Seven Kingdoms. I didn't stay in Chen, do you know why? ”

Chen Wang's reputation is indeed very good, and there is no negative press yet.

Compared with Zhaoguo and Zhuguo, which have to be said to have a lot of palace secret history, the streets and alleys are known to the neighbors, and they can be called a chaotic country. Chen Guojun should be a model of a king!

After all, Wei Yizhi had never seen King Chen with his own eyes, so he could only guess: "Because King Chen has no courage and strategy, he never raised troops?" ”

This is also the only black spot in Chen Guo.

In the richest country in the world, the whole country was busy showing off its wealth and enjoying itself, asking for immortals. The essay is prosperous, the top of the seven countries, on the strength of the army......

It can only be said that Chen Guo's shipping is very developed, the shipbuilding technology is also very sophisticated, and the ordnance and equipment are all of the world's first-class level, but he will lose a war.

Basically, every time Chen Guo sent troops, it was because several surrounding countries sent people to lobby together, as if holding a knife on King Chen's neck, asking if you would send troops and join us to fight against Zhao Guo, and if we beat you up first, Chen Guo would reluctantly send some troops and horses to participate in the alliance.

In addition, Chen Guo never took the initiative to start a foreign war.

But this is also a model praised by Confucianism, how good it is not to raise soldiers!

Xun Shen commented: "King Chen is not like a king, but like a minister." ”

Wei Yizhi understood.

King Chen was lenient to the ministers because he wanted a good reputation;

For the courtesy of celebrities and gentlemen, I hope that they will stay, not to adopt their opinions and make the country rich and strong, but also to have a good reputation - look, the world's celebrities and celebrities are all in my Chen country;

But does the king really need a good name?

The monarchs of the Zhao Kingdom, which one was not smeared by public opinion to the point of incompleteness? The Zhao Kingdom has become stronger and stronger, and within a hundred years, it has dominated half of the country.

In the same way, King Chen's reluctance to raise troops is also the mentality of the minister.

For many ministers, if they can override the king and grasp the power of a country, it is already the pinnacle of life.

If you have power and money, you can naturally sway and enjoy it to your heart's content, and you won't think about such a thankless thing as fighting a war at all. 、

There is not much benefit if you win, and you have to be responsible for losing it.

Ministers tend to be more accustomed to solving problems with intrigue rather than with swords.

"King Chen has the virtue of 'scholar', but he does not have the virtue of 'gentleman'." Xun Shen was full of regret between the lines, "After seeing this clearly, I said goodbye to Chen Guo." ”

Is King Chen okay? Of course! No one in the world said he was bad.

Be lenient to people, corporal courteous, not relentless, what a good person!

But is such a king really a responsible king?

He was lenient to the minister and never waved the butcher's knife, so the minister unscrupulously annexed land;

courtesy to celebrities, but does not adopt their opinions, just spends a lot of money for them, wasting domestic financial resources;

was friendly to merchants, and as a result, Chen Guo was obviously a salt producer, but he made a joke that a pound of salt was more expensive than a pound of salted fish.

The state of Chen is close to the sea, rich in sea salt, and has become the first of the seven kingdoms. Over the years, salt has been so expensive that even small landlords can't afford it, not to mention the common people.

Zhaoguo's well salt is of good quality and low price, but it has been kept secret in the past few years and has always been secretly hoarded. In the past two years, it has been opened to the people to buy, but the number is strictly controlled by the imperial court.

In just two years, countless businessmen and officials died in Zhaoguo because of well salt.

For this reason, Yin Changying of course carried a lot of infamy - most of them were scholars from the six eastern countries, and of course there were also some ministers and businessmen of Zhao Guo behind the scenes.

Your salt is of good quality and cheap, and you are stuck and not selling?

It's simply dehumanizing!

So much salt, even if even a little bit leaks between our fingers, is enough for us to make a lot of money...... Oh, no, it's enough for the people to eat for a lifetime (righteous rhetoric).

"Zhao is poor, but the grain merchants and cattle and sheep merchants are the most, before there is no witch, the internal history of Zhao and the Shaofu Yamen, every year there is less than thirty percent of the money used to buy grain and livestock, and fifty percent is used in ordnance, water conservancy, roads and other facilities to prepare for the needs of war. After a war, they were rewarded with money and titles, and the people had money in their hands, so they naturally bought things from merchants. ”

"Chen is rich, but there is no war, and there are the most merchants in the country. They do everything possible to coax people to borrow money, whether it is gambling or fighting for wealth, many people will borrow usury from sub-money merchants for the sake of their faces. Profit, few people can pay it back, first sell their sons and daughters, then sell their fields and land, and finally simply sell themselves, and the whole family has become slaves. ”

Wei Yizhi was speechless.

A tyrannical king who was criticized by the world made the country rich and strong step by step.

A king who is praised by the world for his love and kindness, but he has made the country like this.

Which is it?

Who's wrong?