The saint mentioned by Xiahou Xian refers to Xunyi's ancestor, Xunzi.

This passage comes from the military chapter, which roughly means that those who are strong in personal martial arts can't beat those who practice ruthlessly, those who practice ruthlessly can't beat those who are driven by interests, and those who are driven by interests can't beat the army of benevolent and righteous kings.

There is nothing inherently wrong with this principle.

However, as the moral society of the Han Dynasty continued to strengthen, this statement was gradually distorted by the scholars.

They believe that if they give too many rewards to the soldiers and give them too good treatment, they are emulating the tyrannical Qin State, and they are using interests to drive the soldiers, which is not the right behavior, and they must use benevolence and righteousness to influence the army and let the army fight for the righteousness.

But Cao Chao has an opposing opinion.

It is true that there is faith in my heart that an army that fights for righteousness is invincible, but this does not conflict with treatment!

Will you lose your faith and righteousness if you are well treated?

The food is piled up, but the soldiers have to suffer, and they can't eat enough to fight for the righteousness?

If you don't give them good treatment, then why should you let them fight to the death for themselves?

Cao Chao's perspective will be a little different from these scholars, in Xiahou Xian's view, Cao Chao is the emperor, and the soldiers should have fought to the death for him, no matter whether the treatment is good or not, it should be so.

But in Cao Chao's view, he is the biggest leader of Dawei, and these are his subordinates, what he has to do is to improve the scale of Dawei, let the employees have better treatment, and make their lives better and better.

In this way, Dawei Group can flourish.

How can there be any light in the world to let employees work hard, not give any treatment, and just open their mouths to tell them the truth of benevolence, righteousness and blessing?

The scholars and doctors looked at the monks in this way, so that they should become true teachers of righteousness and righteousness, and not be tempted by money.

But when it comes to themselves, it's a different story.

If you really want to carry out the belief in benevolence and righteousness, then should you scholars and doctors also taste the bitterness? Let you also take the lead in implementing benevolence and righteousness, and become benevolent and righteous officials?

It is because of this distorted and perverted etiquette and law thinking that since the Later Han Dynasty, few emperors have gone to the military camp to appease the soldiers, saying that they are afraid that they will become a teacher of interests like the Qin State.

Cao Chao looked at Xiahou Xian, who was anxious, and immediately laughed.

These arrogant doctors.

is as strong as Sima Shi, and they can't get rid of such arrogance, they despise these underlying forces, they always boast of morality and righteousness, and their mouths are full of words.

They think they are the elite of the world, and they turn a blind eye to these people at the bottom who really do things.

I don't understand what kind of power these people have.

Cao Chao's face was so resolute, and he said: "Xiahou Gong, I think that this army with good treatment is not the army like the Qin State in the past. ”

"These are the teachers of benevolence and righteousness, they are fighting for benevolence and righteousness, I listen to the sage cloud: give and lose, the actions of the husband and the saint, can change customs, and the teaching can be applied to the people, not only for their own actions!"

"Now that the soldiers have done benevolent and righteous deeds, if I don't reward them, won't it be the same as the original Zigong?"

"To reward the army of benevolence and righteousness, this is not to turn them into teachers of profit, but to make them firm in their beliefs and continue to fight for benevolence and righteousness."

"In the future, when the army should be governed according to the principles of Xunzi, it is necessary to encourage this law with the principles of Confucius, which is also benevolent government."

If you say that Cao Chao and Xiahou Xian, the old man, will fight, then Cao Chao will not dare to say that he will win, but if he says that this debate is classic, you ten Xiahou Xian tied together may not have said Cao Chao.

Xiahou Xian was also indistinguishable at the moment, he felt that something was wrong with Cao Chao's words, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

He was very helpless, so he could only let His Majesty announce the matter.

Malone reacted extremely quickly and quickly informed the whole army of the incident.

Sure enough, these "teachers of interest" became even more excited, they shouted one after another, and their fighting spirit became even more high, although the emperor did not really implement it, but just drew a big pie for them, which already made them so excited.

After all, under the concept of moral governance, since the death of Emperor Wu, no one has thought about improving the treatment of soldiers for many years.

The low-level soldiers, merchants, peasants, and even the grassroots officials of the Great Wei Dynasty all had a miserable life.

And the treatment of these people at the top is extremely high.

They lived in luxury, and they were so extravagant that they expanded the toilet, prepared perfume and balm in the toilet, set up crimson mosquito nets, mats, and mattresses, and arranged ten beautiful women to stand in the toilet, so that they could dress up brightly and serve the guests to the toilet.

After the guests have gone to the toilet, the beauties will take off their clothes, put on new clothes and send them out.

As long as it is a piece of clothing that has been used in the toilet, it cannot be worn again.

Once, Sima Yan obtained a precious piece of Huohuan cloth, made it into clothes, and went to Shi Chong to show off, Shi Chong wore very ordinary clothes, but asked fifty servants to wear the same Huohuan cloth to greet the emperor.

There are countless things like this, Wei and Jin madmen, these people's madness is based on the blood and sweat of countless low-level people.

They are huge parasites, entrenched in the community, frantically sucking the blood of the bottom, and when the people are watching their children die of starvation, they are washing the pot with sugar water

Cao Chao vowed to change all that.

Great Wei is not poor at the moment, after the accumulation of Emperor Wen and Emperor Ming, the treasury is quite rich, which can completely change the lives of some low-level people.

Improve the treatment of low-level soldiers, reduce the tax pressure of low-level farmers, ensure the safety of businessmen, and give grass-roots officials a chance to stand out.

These people are the most powerful.

This force is incomparably huge, if it can do this, even if Sima Shi and Sima Yi crawl out of the grave together, they will not be able to shake Cao Chao's status.

At this moment, these armor soldiers are the best proof, they looked at the emperor with fiery eyes, and they talked one after another, full of fighting spirit, completely different from the state half a year ago.

Malone stood quietly not far away, looking at the emperor with his eyes full of approval.

In fact, Malone wanted to improve the living conditions of the soldiers for a long time, but as a newcomer in the army and an airborne captain, he didn't dare to speak rashly.

This matter is really not good for the general to speak, otherwise there is a suspicion of winning over the soldiers and creating their own private soldiers, and besides, scholars and doctors like Xiahou Xian will not be happy, which is inconsistent with their moral concepts.

Now that His Majesty has personally come forward and said this, Ma Long's heart is quite excited.

As a result of today's events, the Chinese army's drills will be smoother in the future, and its combat effectiveness will certainly be greatly strengthened.

Cao Chao didn't just stay here at Ma Long, he went to visit the rest of the battalions.

He did not favor one over the other, and rewarded the outstanding armor soldiers in each battalion, and cheers gradually sounded throughout the Chinese army.

The soldiers never thought that the Son of Heaven would come to the Chinese army in person, and they never imagined that the Son of Heaven would want to improve their treatment and give them such a reward.

By the time Cao Chao arrived at the last place, Xiahou Xian was already completely numb.

But he still said: "Your Majesty, now all the battalions are our own people, but is this Yue cavalry going to find a reason to replace him?" ”

Cao Chao listened to his words and looked into the distance.

In the distance, there was a school captain, wearing heavy armor, practicing with the soldiers.

This person's appearance is very similar to Sima Shi, but his eyes are much softer, and he is very hard at the moment, seeing the emperor coming, he hurriedly stopped the drill and came to meet with a few soldiers.

This man's name is Sima Jun.

He was Sima Yi's seventh son.

I have to say that the level of Sima Lao's children is still good, and his sons are not bad, and there is no such special stretch.

The strongest is naturally Sima Shi, and the second strongest is not Sima Zhao, but the old seventh Sima Jun.

Sima Jun has been smart since he was a child, and among the young people of the entire Sima family, he is the most famous, both civil and military, able to govern the classics, and knows how to fight.

Historically, the people of the northwest learned that he was dead, and they wept all the way, and the local people spontaneously built a monument for him.

And this person is still serving as a lieutenant in the Chinese army.

The training method that Ma Long said, only he can implement, practice with the soldiers, the rewards and punishments are clear, and when replacing many generals of the Sima family, Cao Chao said: You can keep this person.

Xiahou Xian was a little worried, after all, this guy was Sima Zhao's younger brother, so he stayed in the Chinese army as a captain, and he was not sure that he would rebel one day.

But Cao Chao is not worried at all.

In his eyes, this person is also one of the many legacies left by Sima Shi.

I can even use Sima Yan, what about Sima Jun?

This person has talent, whether it is used to govern or fight, and the most important thing is that this person is good to the people, and knows where the power of the society comes from.

"Meet Your Majesty!!"

Sima Jun bowed to see him, but Cao Chao hurriedly helped him up.

"Why is the captain so polite?"

"You often mention you, why don't you come to visit us in the palace?"

Sima Jun said seriously: "Your Majesty, the Chinese army is drilling, how can the minister leave the school without permission?" ”

Cao Chao laughed and said, "Xiahou Gong told me that your battalion's performance last time was very good, second only to Captain Ma in the next competition, maybe you will take the first place?" ”

Sima Jun said solemnly: "I will definitely go all out!" ”

"Good! Next time, I'll come and see it in person, and the captain can't be lazy. ”

"Yui!!"

"Well, in the last competition, there were people who performed well?"