"The hearts of the people." Lu Buwei clasped his hands into fists and bowed slightly to Zhao Kuo.

"Oh?" Zhao Kuo looked at Lu Buwei in front of him in surprise, and for a moment Zhao Kuo really thought that Lu Buwei in front of him had also crossed over from the future like him.

After stabilizing his mind, Zhao Kuo continued to ask, "What's the solution?" ”

Hearing Zhao Kuo's sigh of "oh", Lu Buwei knew that his thoughts were right.

Yes, more than half of what Lu Buwei said came from Zhao Kuo. Since becoming Zhao Kuo's Aiqing, the first thing Lü Buwei has done is to find all the information of Zhao Kuo and thoroughly analyze Zhao Kuo's life from head to toe.

Especially from the Battle of Changping, what Zhao Kuo has done since he became an independent leader, Lü Buwei does not dare to say clearly, but at least he has recited it backwards.

Needless to say, his military talent, and more importantly, Lü Buwei discovered a big secret - Zhao Kuo began to lay out the road to seize power very early.

It should be said that since the victory of Changping was determined, Zhao Kuo has been laying out the future of himself and Zhao Guo.

And in this vast layout, the rest is okay, it is nothing more than military power and political power. But there is one point, but it has almost no meaning for the seizure of power, but Zhao Kuo attaches much more importance to this than other things.

From the grain release in Guangwolf City, to the tuntian in Hanoi County, from the momentum of Handan to the joy with the people on behalf of the land, it is obvious that unlike other kings and generals, Zhao Kuo attaches great importance to the people.

Especially in Hanoi County's Tuntian Yice, Zhao Kuo sent Xu Li, the most trusted Xu Li under his command, you know, Shangdang County was building weapons at the same time, but Zhao Kuo only sent Zhao Wei to supervise the construction.

Obviously, the status and importance of Tun Tiance in Zhao Kuo's heart are much higher than the creation of weapons.

But those weapons, just a strange sword, were enough to make all nations tremble, not to mention the creation of more concealed and important heavy cavalry armor.

Even so, Zhao Kuo still felt that Tun Tian Ce was more important!

And the problem is also this, from the perspective of businessmen, the Tuntian policy may have an effect, but it is more about the improvement of people's lives, for the increase of national strength, in fact, it is not too much, and there is no weapon to be direct and simple.

Let's put it this way, after several years of hard work, it will eventually become a strategy in Tuntian, which is far worse than raising tens of thousands of armored soldiers and seizing the interests of one of the enemy's counties. But Zhao Kuo is still sparing no effort to do it.

Even when it came time when he had to transfer troops to defeat the Yan army, Zhao Kuo transferred Zhao Wei from Shangdang County, not Xu Li from Tuntian, Hanoi.

After much contemplation, Lü Buwei finally came to a conclusion that he did not want to admit: his lord, Zhao Kuo, valued the power of the people very, very much.

And with the battle between Yan and the city, Lü Buwei finally realized the power of the people - if it weren't for the fact that Yan and the people in the city were fighting with their lives, the 5,000 soldiers would not have been able to hold out for so long.

From that night on, Lü Buwei began to reflect - perhaps, this is the only way to control Qin.

Naturally, after hearing Zhao Kuo's continued questioning, Lu Buwei immediately replied again: "My king: The battle between the great powers seems to be a war of soldiers and horses, but in fact it is a wrestling of national strength. ”

"The husband and the fighter can win with few odds, and there are many with positive victories. And those who are big countries can defeat one, two, and even three and four; And for small countries, a defeat will be ruined. Lü Buwei continued.

"If the battle of Changping seems to be won by the king, in fact, it is the victory of Zhao and Wei who fought the Qin army together, although there are all kinds of twists and turns, after all, it is a positive victory; The Zhao State is a small country, although it won the war, the loss of youth and grain is quite huge, although it may not be able to recover after many years; Qin is a big country, although it was defeated in the war, it has no major problem in terms of national strength, but in one to two years, it will be able to go east and fight again.

Therefore, those who want to control Qin must not be able to achieve the prosperity of soldiers and horses, nor the prosperity of national strength. ”

"Then, what is the prosperity of national strength?" Lu Buwei paused slightly, glanced at the expressionless Zhao Kuo slightly, and then continued.

"The so-called prosperity of the country, or the breadth of the land, and the harmony of politics." Lü Buwei shook his head and continued: "It has its own reasoning, but, in my words, the breadth of the land is for the people, and the harmony of the government is for the people. The so-called prosperity of the country is ultimately the prosperity of the people. ”

"Minsheng recruits soldiers, and in order to protect the homeland, the soldiers will be brave; If the people are prosperous, the soldiers are sufficient, the grain and grass are abundant, and the war is worry-free. Lu Buwei clenched his fists with both hands, shook slightly, and made a final summary: "I, Zhao Xinxing, all laws can be taken from the Qin State, but this popular will needs to compete with Qin." If you get it, you can get the world. ”

"Color!" When Zhao Kuo heard this, he couldn't help but admire.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, Zhao Kuo really didn't expect to hear this sentence in the Warring States more than 2,000 years ago!

"Aiqing is really talented!" Zhao Kuo did not hesitate to praise himself, and even had a feeling of hating to see each other late.

"Don't dare, don't dare, Weichen is also a feeling of what the king has done." Lü Buwei immediately told the source of his true thoughts. The reason is also very simple: instead of making the king suspect that he is speculating about his intentions, it is better to simply state the source of his ideas.

Zhao Kuo, who heard this, was not surprised, in this era that had just transitioned from the slave era, there were only a handful of people who could really see the importance of the people.

Those who can say that the king, the doctor, and the gate valve share the world are already considered avant-garde.

People? In this day and age, there is hardly much difference from livestock.

Lü Buwei's words not only did not make Zhao Kuo feel speculative, but recognized Lü Buwei more and more.

Many people also saw what he did, but if he could say the words "those who win the hearts of the people win the world", Lu Buwei is the only one. After all, although Zhao Kuo had something in his heart, he had never shown such thoughts in front of anyone.

With a long exhale, Zhao Kuo felt more and more that talents were rare.

"That's what the purpose is." Zhao Kuo didn't continue to be polite to Lu Buwei, and then continued to ask: "I just don't know, where should we start?" ”

Lü Buwei groaned slightly, and then took out the manuscript and plate, and said: "Weichen thinks that we need to be the inner saint first and then the outer king. ”

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he seemed to have heard a familiar term "Inner Sage and Outer King" again, well, if you are not familiar with this word, you must have heard of it in other words-you must first settle inside.

"Outside and inside?" Zhao Kuo continued to ask.

"Yes, yes." Lu Buwei nodded.

"How?" Zhao Kuo then asked.

"Weichen thinks that there should be two steps that complement each other." Lü Buwei continued: "First, it is called centralization. Second, it is said to collect the heart. ”

Some people died, but not completely......