Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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King Yuan of Chu waved his hands in a good mood, and said, "Come here, let the envoy of Zhao Kingdom come in."

A moment later, Zheng Zhu appeared in front of King Yuan of Chu, and bowed to salute: "The foreign minister Zheng Zhu has seen the king!"

King Yuan of Chu looked at Zheng Zhu, and said with a smile: "The envoy does not need to be too polite. Presumably, the envoy came here this time to hope that I will send troops to support Zhao Guo. I wonder if what I am saying is right?"

Zheng Zhugong said, "Exactly!"

King Yuan of Chu laughed, and said: "This matter is of great importance, I still need to discuss it with the ministers, so I ask the envoy to stay in the side hall for a while, and I will inform the envoy when the result of the discussion is reached!"

As soon as Chu Wangyuan waved his hand, several palace guards appeared immediately, and politely "invited" Zheng Zhu, who had not had time to speak, with a confused face, to leave.

After Zheng Zhu left, the smile on Chu Wangyuan's face faded: "You think, should I help Zhao at this moment?"

Chun Shenjun Huang Xie rolled his eyes, and immediately went out to play: "My lord, Zhao and Chu have been allies for many years. They fought side by side in the two battles of Changping and Hedong and helped each other. How can such allies not save us?" ? The minister is willing to be the king's forerunner and send troops to Wei and Qi!"

For Huang Xie, military exploits meant everything.

But of course Huang Xie's political opponents would not let Huang Xie dominate Chu Wangyuan's will so easily.

Shangzhu Guojingyang, who was once a prisoner of Qin, immediately jumped out and said: "My lord, the siege of Zhao by all countries is just recreating the scene of the five kingdoms attacking Qi back then. If Chu also followed Zhao, then The State of Zhao must be torn apart, it will no longer be the overlord of the Warring States Period, and it will not be a disaster for me!"

Huang Xie couldn't help but sneered when he heard these words, and reprimanded: "Jingyang, how stupid you are! The reason why Chu State participated in the Five Kingdoms' campaign back then was because Chu State could follow Qi The state of Huaibei was captured by the state of Huaibei. Now that Chu and Zhao are not bordering each other, even if the state of Zhao is disintegrated, what good will it do for the state of Chu? And once the state of Zhao is defeated, if the state of Qin joins forces with the states of Wei and Qi to attack, the whole world will be destroyed. Who can lend a helping hand to Da Chu?"

When Jing Jing heard that Huang Xie scolded him for being stupid in public, he was extremely annoyed, and immediately retorted: "Mr. Chunshen's words are simply short-sighted! If Zhao Guo is allowed to continue to grow stronger, then wouldn't it be a reappearance of the Qin State back then? Could it be that Mr. Chunshen hopes to see a Zhao State that is as strong as Qin State in the past?"

Huang Xie hummed: "The Qin State was indeed strong in the past, but so what? Wasn't it the same that the King united with the State of Zhao and won two consecutive wars? No matter how strong the State of Zhao is, it only needs the King to unite with other countries, and it can still be defeated." Fight and win! Right now Qin, Qi and Wei are all staring at Da Chu, and Da Chu needs Zhao Guo as an ally!"

The two important ministers came and went, and immediately quarreled in the hall.

These two leading figures have already sprayed like this, and they just rolled up their sleeves to fight directly, so it is naturally impossible for the younger brothers of the two factions to remain indifferent, and they all opened their mouths to help and scold.

As a result, the entire hall was filled with foam, and it was even more lively than the vegetable market.

"Enough!" Chu Wangyuan was upset when he heard that, he couldn't help but patted the table in front of him heavily, and shouted, "What's the point of making such a noise?"

After being shouted at by Chu Wangyuan, the hall immediately fell silent.

King Yuan of Chu's gaze was as sharp as a knife, and he looked at the faces of all the ministers in the hall one by one. He didn't say until he bowed his head, "Bring the envoy of Zhao Kingdom back!"

After a while, Zheng Zhu, who had been waiting in the side hall for a long time, returned to the main hall.

Before Zheng Zhu could speak, Chu Wangyuan announced his decision.

"Messenger, please go back and tell King Zhao that I have just used troops against Lu, and the loss is not small, so it will take a certain amount of time to repair the soldiers and horses! But please rest assured, King Zhao, as long as the soldiers and horses of the widow are repaired, the widow will be back again." Immediately order the army to go north to support Zhao Guo!"

After saying this, Chu Wangyuan didn't give Zheng Zhu a chance to speak, and shouted directly: "Come here, send the messenger!"

Seeing Zheng Zhu leaving helplessly, a strange expression flashed in Chu Wangyuan's eyes.

Chu Wangyuan is not stupid, and there is no shortage of talented and resourceful people around him.

After a full year, the King of Chu already understood Zhao's decision to "encircle Qin and save Chu" in the battle of Hedong County a year ago, in order to make Qin lose both sides.

As the saying goes, retaliation for retaliation, since he Zhao Wangdan is counting on the widow, then the widow should wait until Zhao Guo and Qi Guo Wei Guo are both defeated before sending troops to reinforce Zhao Guo!

Chapter 399 Xunzi's Discussion on Soldiers (First Change)

After hearing Chu Wangyuan's reply, Zhao Dan suddenly had the urge to beat up the son of Chu Wangyuan in front of him.

At this moment, Zhao Dan was sitting in a room, watching several young masters of Zhao State and Prince Chu State in front of him, under Xun Kuang's instruction, reading books aloud.

"The gentleman said: Learning is not enough. Green, take it from blue, and green from blue; ice and water make it, but colder from water. The wood is straight in the middle of the rope, and the scorpion is the wheel. The song is in the middle, although there is violence. , those who are no longer strong, will make it so. The old wood will be straight when it is roped, and the metal will be sharpened to benefit."

It seems that because of Zhao Dan's presence, today's children are reading very loudly, and the whole room is filled with the sound of Lang Lang's reading, which makes Zhao Dan involuntarily have an illusion, as if he has returned to the world where he was not. The morning reading time before time travel.

There are actually not many children present, namely Zhao Dan's two sons, then Lu Buwei's eldest son, and the Chu prince Xiong Han who just entered the palace.

In addition, there is Linwu Lord from Chu State.

Generally speaking, when the prince of a country goes to another country as a hostage, the monarch as the father must send a more reliable person to follow him. This Linwu Lord is such a role.

Lord Linwu was about forty years old, with a full beard, a square face and a wide mouth, and a pair of small eyes shining brightly. He seemed to belong to the kind of man with a plan.

After all, he is a prince, and he is in another country. A scheming helper is obviously much better than a guy who has nothing but loyalty.

For example, when Chu Wangyuan was a hostage in Qin, it was Huang Xie who followed Chu Wangyuan. Instead of being imprisoned to death like his grandfather King Huai of Chu.

But speaking of it, Zhao Dan is very good to the prince of Chu, at least in terms of various treatment, he refers to the princes of Zhao, even the teacher is the same.

Xun Kuang's teaching method is actually relatively simple.

The first is to read aloud, memorize by rote, then the teacher explains, and then the students ask questions about what they don’t understand, and finally the teacher assigns some homework, and then the students do some self-study, and the whole morning class is over.

According to the syllabus that the great masters of various schools of thought came up with after breaking their heads, it was the time for the famous master Gongsun Long to teach in the afternoon.

Regarding this teaching method, in fact, the great masters of various schools of thought are not without objections.

After all, in this era, there is one teacher per person. Confucians who worship under the Confucian school are the Confucians, and those who are under the Mohist school are the Mo family. How can there be so many teachers to teach a few students?

Regarding the dissatisfaction of these guys, Zhao Dan's attitude is also very simple. He likes to teach or not to teach. If you don't teach, not only the Huaxia Academy, but even Zhao Guo will not have a foothold for your school.

Facts have proved that under the power, the so-called integrity is not even a fart.As soon as Zhao Dan's six-character mantra was uttered, except for a few people who were indeed proud and arrogant, most of the other great masters stayed behind.

This is actually not surprising at all.

Those gentlemen of various schools of thought, why did they create theories? Is it for academic creation, ideological creation, and theoretical creation?

of course not.

The reason why the theory of various schools of thought appeared is because these gentlemen hoped to solve various problems faced by the Warring States Period through their own theories, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment, and the society could develop harmoniously.

If you want to realize your ideals and aspirations, theory alone is absolutely not enough, and you must have the support of the monarch.

Without the support of the monarch, these theories cannot be truly applied to reality, they are just empty talk and talking.

In order to win the support of the monarchs, Confucius traveled around the world, Mencius entered Qi, Shang Yang entered Qin, and Xunzi returned to Zhao.

The monarchs may not have these theorists, but these theorists are absolutely inseparable from the monarchs. This makes the powerful people of various schools of thought full of knowledge, but they have little room to bargain with the monarch.

However, the philosophers of this era are still very different from the people of later generations.

Now these gentlemen of various schools of thought are more like entrepreneurs of later generations. In order to make their companies grow and develop, they have to cooperate with angel investors such as monarchs.

Their ideal is to change the world and make their own contribution to the development of the world.

And the so-called "study martial arts, goods and the emperor's family" guys in later generations are just lackeys of the emperor's family.

It seems that because of Zhao Dan's presence, today's lecture time is actually not very long.