For 700 years, the Luo Kingdom has only done two things, one is to drive the princes to the enemy, and the other is to respect the king and eliminate all the vain attempts to pose a threat to the Mandate of Heaven of Bang Zhou.

The core of these two things is that Ji Zhao needs Bang Zhou to exist and Zhuxia to prosper.

Now there is no need for Luo, the countries on the border are already behemoths and can be dealt with alone, and there is no new barbarian enough to challenge Zhuxia between the world.

As for King Zun, the current royal family is very strong, and this is the last afterglow of Bang Zhou's Heavenly Mandate.

Luo Chang looked at the sun rising from the east, shining on the Luo Guoxue Palace, and understood that this was the future path of the Luo family.

Since the beginning of the Zhuxia War, the controversy in the Luoguo Academy has not stopped, and the more tragic the war, all kinds of ideas will spring up like mushrooms after a rain.

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In the school palace, two groups of people are debating fiercely, and the two sides have completely different understandings of war.

On one side, a disciple of Confucius, said loudly: "What has the five-year war brought to the world?"

It brings death, hunger, disease, faithlessness, unrighteousness, and unkindness.

Isn't it ridiculous that a villain like Wei Houqing can usurp the position of the monarch of a big country? ”

Confucianism despised Wei Houqing to the extreme, and this was a monarch who did not conform to the attributes of a Confucian holy king.

The Legalists, who had always been at odds with Confucianism, ridiculed: "Wei Houqing invited talents from all over the world to the Wei State, but he adopted all the policies that could strengthen the Wei State, even if he was a slave, he was willing to treat him as the prime minister."

He is also willing to give the noble lady of the office.

Isn't this a holy king?

I have decided to go to the kingdom of Wei and show what I have learned, and it is a waste of time to debate with you pedantic people in this palace of learning.

When I become strong and prosperous, I will naturally know what is right and wrong. ”

Confucian sneered: "When you came to the Xue Palace, you were still a Jin person, and the Jin State died at the hands of the Wei State, and you can still be so grandiose now, it is really a Legalist style." ”

This map cannon directly angered the Legalists in the palace, and they blamed one after another: "Zheng, Song, Chen and other countries were annihilated in the Great War, why don't you see the scholars of these countries born in Confucianism go to martyrdom?" ”

This is a confused account, to say that there is no concept of the country, it is really nonsense, the first thing to report when you go out is your own country.

But the concept of slaves has not yet appeared, basically the worst thing after the death of the country is the direct office, most of the nobles can enter the new country as soon as they become a new country, and even hold a high position.

Everyone's national identity has become very fast, just like the Xiang family of Chu State, when the first two or three generations, he would still say that he was a Luo person who was born in Chu State, but now he is a Chu person.

The public office is still like this, not to mention the low-level nobles and ordinary people, basically ceding the city is equivalent to directly changing nationality, which is a very common thing, and now Confucianism uses this to accuse, which is really very unwise.

Confucian himself knew the reason, and said: "There are virtuous monarchs in the world, and there are unvirtuous monarchs.

Assisting the virtuous monarch is the great rule of the world, and assisting the unvirtuous monarch will plunge the world into disaster. ”

All the Confucian scholars who said this are Qi Qiran in their hearts, they live in the country of Luo, and they know how prosperous the country of Luo used to be, but after the war, countless people have lost their relatives, this is still in the country of Luo, if it is in other countries, the life of those people must be even more miserable.

Although Confucianism respects the monarch and the ministers, the father and the son, but the obligation is two-way, the courtiers obey the monarch at the same time, and the monarch must protect the courtiers.

If you can't do it, or even mutilate the people, this is the monarch's father's dereliction of duty, and he will be reprimanded as a single husband, and he will be directly defeated.

There's actually something free about it.

The most important difference between Legalism and Confucianism is that the monarch is supreme and the center of everything.

The advanced thing about Legalism is that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and there is a clear law, and there is a clear distinction between right and wrong.

But the monarch is above the law, and the monarch can arbitrarily change the law, even reverse right and wrong, and rule legally, which means that all the people are slaves of the monarch.

Therefore, in the face of Confucianism's theory, Legalists have always scoffed, "The so-called wisdom is just a human judgment, once the law is set, whether it is right or wrong, it is all on the bamboo slips."

As long as they act according to the law, an unvirtuous monarch can still strengthen the country.

Confucianism is pedantic, but the monarchs of the world will see that this is the world of Legalism, and wait and see. ”

The disturbances in the school palace did not affect the progress of the nations, and all the countries were trying their best to restore their national strength.

As soon as the peace agreement was signed, there was so much chaos, and the countries must be unwilling, and when their vitality is restored a little, they will definitely start fighting again.

Wei stabbed Qin in the back, but the two countries above Huaisi could still balance because Chu was still there, and as a bridgehead to contain Chu, they still had to cooperate.

The state of Chu is now excited and worried, "The nations are now the strongest in the state of Chu, whether it is the population or the territory of the land, other countries cannot compare, but will the countries directly unite against the state of Chu?" ”

Chu Guo is too experienced in this area, and has been beaten countless times.

Xiang Cheng was most worried about this, "Your Majesty, with the current situation, even if the countries are united, the Chu State is enough to protect itself, and the real crisis of the Chu State is the feudal monarchs all over the country."

These feudal lords maintain the existence of the office and the status of the office, but once the state of Chu wants to change the current system, it will usher in a huge backlash.

In the past, the prime minister of the Qin State was married to the Qin State with Princess Xuanmi, and finally prospered the Qin State, although there are countless reasons for it, is it not related to the employment strategy of the Chu State?

The state of Chu has been established for more than 700 years, and all official positions are controlled by nobles, what a terrible thing.

If the minister was not from the Xiang family, this would make Yin's position fall on the minister no matter what. ”

In fact, it is very inappropriate for Xiang Cheng to say this, because he himself is the largest nobleman in the Chu State, and in the entire Chu State, except for the public office, several Xiang clans are the most prominent.

The king of Chu hesitated a little and said: "But the nobles of the Chu State have always been extremely capable, such as the Xiang clan where your uncle is located, who are endlessly talented and close to the office, if you don't use these relatives, but instead promote from the bottom, this seems to be even more inappropriate."

Now the situation in the country is already unstable, and if the nobles are still deprived of their powers, something may happen to the newly prosperous Chu State.

Anyway, now that the state of Chu is strong, when the country recovers, an army of 500,000 is enough to sweep everything, can anyone still defeat 500,000 with an army of 50,000?

Don't worry too much, uncle. ”

The two of them looked at each other speechlessly, and what they said was very reasonable.

Xiang Cheng wanted to take advantage of the power of the monarch and the minister to directly destroy this tradition that had lasted for more than 700 years.

Because it is impossible for the public office and the great nobles to produce talents from generation to generation, there must be talented people among the scholars of the Central Plains, but the system of the Chu State cannot attract those who are truly Tianzhong.

The two monarchs and ministers thought about it for a long time, but they decided not to act rashly for the first time, and then wait and see, the Chu country has a great cause, and it is the first power in Zhuxia, and it is no longer the Chu country that had to fight for its life in the past.

Wei.

After the founding of Wei Houqing, there was a great sense of crisis, after all, the strategic environment of Wei was too poor, and the Qin State in the west had just been stabbed in the back by him, and the two countries must be in a state of hostility for a long time.

The state of Chu in the south has always wanted to go north from Nanyang, and the state of Wei happened to be blocked on this road.

The Zhou royal family next to him had just been forced to canonize the princes to him, and even Han Zhao united with him because of the weak alliance, and they were just warm together.

Although it is difficult, Wei Houqing is a personal masterpiece, every choice he makes is the best for the Wei family and the Wei State, in order to confuse Uncle Qin, he humbled to the soil, and he almost wanted to treat Uncle Qin as a father.

"Paying tribute to the Zhou royal family to show the submission of the Wei state."

This was the first choice Wei Houqing made in the face of the complicated situation, and then he made another overture to Han Zhao, "Convey benefits to South Korea and Zhao, make every effort to maintain the Three Jin Alliance, focus on blocking Qin, and then attack Chu." ”

In the end, Wei Houqing began to recruit talented people, who followed him to turn his family into a meritorious person of the country, those who had the ability to stay, and those who were not able to rush back to the fiefdom directly, and the senior officials of the entire Wei State, including the position of the prime minister, were all vacant, leaving them to take up their posts.

He also ordered, "The office, the five generations of the clan, the Qing clan, the relatives, and the nobles of the clan should all be registered and reported, and if they are fortunate enough to be given marriage by the king, this is a glorious thing." ”

This is the first monarch among the nations to even usurp the marriage of a courtier, because there are not so many women of the right age in the public office alone.

In order to absorb the world's talented people, Wei Houqing almost tried his best, as long as he was talented, he could get everything in the Wei State.

This is the reason why those Legalists in the Luoguo Academy have great respect for Wei Houqing.

Although everyone knows that Wei Houqing's character is not good, he can really be called thirsty for talent, and even has the feeling of being a vegetarian king.

Wei Houqing's generosity even stunned the monarchs of other countries, but it is difficult to emulate, Wei was beaten too badly, and the power of the nobility was originally small.

The only thing that can be emulated is South Korea, also because it was completely broken, but Han Cheng is still more hesitant, he is not as decisive as Wei Houqing.

Faced with the situation in the world, Wei and Chu made opposite decisions according to the situation in the country, one slowly sought to change along the traditional rule of the aristocratic feudal monarchs, and the other violently began to tear down and rebuild.

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After the end of the Zhuxia War, the countries were slowly regaining their strength, but Wei was an outlier among the nations, in the midst of a hundred ruins, the rulers of Wei saw the opportunity for change, and decisively launched a top-down change, which was the first large-scale change of the state system during the Warring States Period, and the national strength of Wei was able to quickly become stronger. - "Warring States Law Reform Collection"

People are complicated, I didn't expect Wei Qing to have a highlight moment!

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