Zhao Kuo didn't want to listen to Meng Hong boast about the royal way, King Qi Wei, King Qi Xuan, King Wei Hui, King Wei Xiang, and King Song Kang were not fools, and Mencius's royal road would not have a little practical significance, and it would not be recognized by a monarch.

It is true that 'virtue' can 'convince people', but it cannot 'convince the country'. If you want to 'serve the country', you can only rely on force.

Other countries make weapons and armor, your country is implementing benevolent government, emphasizing benevolence and righteousness, and you must be the one who dies in the end.

"This king heard that Duke Qi Huan and Duke Wen of Jin are using domineering to dominate the world?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"Not bad." Meng Hong nodded. King Xuan of Qi once asked Mencius for advice on how Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin dominated the world.

Mencius didn't like the domineering of Duke Qi Huan and Duke Wen of Jin, and directly said that I had never heard of Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin, and scolded King Xuan of Qi.

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"I don't know if you can use the royal way to dominate the monarch of the world?" Zhao Kuo asked rhetorically. Meng Hong was silent for a moment, he realized that Zhao Kuo was no different from other monarchs, and he didn't like the royal way, but he didn't give up, but replied: "Yao Shun rules the world with the royal way, and he is a saint." ”

"Jin Wen and Qi Huan are close at hand, and Yao Shun is already a figure in ancient times. This king has only heard of the passage of time, but has never heard of it, and does not learn the sages of today, but the teachings of the sages of ancient times. Zhao Kuo shook his head.

"The saint of Yao Shun, how can it be compared to Jin Wen and Qi Huan?" Meng Hong was suddenly unhappy.

"Excuse me, sir, is this king implementing benevolent government in Zhao State?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"It's benevolent." Meng Hong nodded, this is not a word against his heart, but a sincere word.

"In that case, why didn't the countries come to my Zhao country?" Zhao Kuo asked rhetorically. Meng Hong was stunned, stood in place, and watched Zhao Kuo leave.

The way of Confucius and Mencius has failed again!

"Send someone to give them a message, academics are not the same as governing the country. If you want to realize your ideals, you can make a good contribution to the Zhao State, and the future will not be a day without obtaining a fief. Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.

Although Confucianism has shortcomings of one kind or another, Zhao Kuo does not dislike Confucianism. Because there are hundreds of schools of thought, each school has its own shortcomings.

This is true of Taoism, soldiers, Legalists, and Mohists. There are no perfect people in this world, and there is no perfect school.

As for 'Confucianism and Mo, Co-name Law', gathering the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought and creating a new school, Zhao Kuo did not have this idea.

On the one hand, it is difficult to succeed in this matter, and even if it does, this 'miscellaneous family' has shortcomings and is not as advanced as Confucianism.

On the other hand, there is a need for competition, and only competition can make progress. If only one family remains, the final result will inevitably be the same as that of Confucianism in history, from prosperity to decline, and finally scolded.

Zhao Kuo understood that the dispute between the Mohists and Confucianism was not only a dispute between the Taoists, but also a dispute over the Zhao State, and both sides wanted the Zhao State to use them to govern the country.

If the state is regarded as a person, then the soldier is the weapon, and the legalist is the bone. But weapons and bones alone are not enough, there must also be flesh and blood, and what other schools are fighting for is the position of flesh and blood.

The Daoists occupied Chu and Korea, the Mohists occupied the Qin state, and the Confucianists occupied the Wei and Lu states.

Qi is inclusive and inclusive. Excluding a Yan country that is in a remote location and is not looked down upon by everyone, then only Zhao State is left to fight for by various factions.

The Mo family was the first to take refuge in the Zhao State, and Zhao Kuo was also very good to the Mo family, with no shortage of funds, fiefdoms, and talents, but he didn't need the Mo family to govern the country.

Confucianism is the world's leading learning, and it was not good for Zhao before, but the Lu State survived, Zhongshan was destroyed, and the Wei State declined, and Confucianism urgently needed to take refuge in a strong country.

But Zhao Kuo obviously did not have the idea of using Confucianism to govern the country. In fact, in addition to Confucianism and Mohist, Huang Lao, who is represented by Crane Guanzi, also wants to fight, but this old guy is smarter than others, and he doesn't show any ideas except for sending a disciple to come forward.

When he realized that he couldn't do anything, he gave up. What Zhao Kuo is more willing to learn is the inclusiveness of Qi State.

The world is very large, and it is not crowded enough to accommodate only one family. It must be much more interesting to seal all the schools of thought in one place, and let them fight every day, not only for debate, but also for governing the country.

Up to now, the world has embarked on a completely different fork in the road from history, and Zhao Kuo does not know where the future road is, perhaps in a few hundred years, there will be a group of sages like Confucius and Mozi who will come out of these fiefdoms and guide the direction of Chinese civilization.

"The minister will tell them." Lin Xiangru nodded.

"Check it out somewhere else." Zhao Kuo said. In addition to the various branches, there are also colleges dedicated to children's enlightenment, intermediate colleges for further study, colleges for teaching soldiers to read and write, and colleges for teaching Lou Fu and Lin Hu people to read and write.

If students want to learn the ideas of the Hundred Schools of Thought, they must first go through five years of basic education, be admitted to the Intermediate College, study for three years, and successfully graduate before they can enter Handan College to learn the ideas of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

If you do not go through these eight years of education, you will have to wait until you become an adult, pass the assessment of each branch, and enter the college to study.

This is also to prevent some schools from using certain means to refresh the offline in order to grab disciples, after all, children who are a few years old and in their teens are not recognizable, and they have not formed their own cognition, and they are easily influenced by the outside world.

After eight years of study, or when you become an adult, you have formed your own three views and have a certain understanding of the hundred schools of thought, and you can choose which school of thought to study in the hundred schools, or learn others.

However, there is no such restriction on the technical side, and only the ideological things have an age limit.

"By the way, have the textbooks for the second year of enlightenment been compiled?" Zhao Kuo asked. The enlightenment education of the state of Nan Zhao, in terms of the results of implementation, was very unsuccessful.

As expected by Li Belly, Mao Gong and others, within a month of the opening of the college, some students dropped out of school for one reason or another, some even said to the college, and some simply did not go to the college.

Free, they don't know to cherish. Spend it, they don't have any money. Zhao Kuo is sometimes quite helpless.

After that, after a series of propaganda, encouragement, and rewards in terms of honor and money, Zhao Guo finally increased the enrollment rate of school-age children to more than 20 percent, and then it could not be raised again.

Fortunately, almost no one has dropped out of school, and enrollment has not fallen. Even so, this incident dealt a heavy blow to Zhao Guo's cause of popularizing education.

It turns out that everyone just talks about reading and literacy, and there are not many people who are really willing to read and write.

Zhao Kuo originally planned that it would take more than five years for the initial construction of water conservancy facilities in various places to be completed and the industry to be arranged, and then Zhao Guo would be able to free up his hands and start popularizing education.

At this time, the first batch of students also just graduated, which can solve the problem of a serious shortage of teachers.

Now, this time will be postponed. At least one academy has only single digits or a dozen students, and Zhao Kuo is unacceptable.

Maybe it's a little unfair to the children in the countryside, but there's no way.

"It's been written, and it's still focused on teaching literacy and arithmetic, including the third year. It won't be a little more complicated until the fourth year. Touching the dragon said.

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