In the eighth year of King Zhao, Zhao State appointed Xinling as its general and led 80,000 elite troops to attack Shangdang to resolve the crisis of Chu State.

Under the persuasion of Pingyuanjun, the King of Wei sent Mao Sui, a Zhao man, to be the general, leading 50,000 troops from Han to Sanchuan to attack Shangdang. The King of Han increased 20,000 troops and joined forces with the Wei State. The Three Kingdoms coalition attacked Shangdang, and the Qin State was shocked. He took the five officials Wang Ling as general and led troops to reinforce Shangdang and blocked the Three Kingdoms coalition.

At this moment, the main army of Qin gathered around Nanyang and confronted the Chu people through Rushui. However, it was the remaining soldiers collected by General Jing Yang of Chu who defeated the Qin troops around Chendu, pushed the defense line to Rushui, and counterattacked Shangcai. Although General Jingyang experienced a great defeat, this did not make him depressed, and even made him more smart. During the battle, he was silent and led the Chu army to attack fiercely, and eliminated the Qin army partial divisions occupying Yangcheng and Deng's side in one fell swoop.

From a regional perspective, from Shangdang, to Sanchuan, and to Nanyang, the confrontation between Qin and the princes has stretched for thousands of miles. After Jingyang won over the defeated troops, he once again had the reinforcements deployed by Chunshenjun in Juyang, and with the reinforcements of Chunshenjun, the three Jins once again had the advantage in terms of military strength. Bai Qi also had to divide the troops of Shangdang in Sanchuan to avoid being empty in the rear and being captured by Wei Wuji.

The battlefield between the two sides gradually expanded and a war was about to break out.

On the day Wei Wuji went to war, Zhao Kuo came in person to see him off. In fact, King Zhao really wanted Ma Fujun to be the general. After all, Ma Fujun repeatedly repelled Bai Qi's attack and was the general that King Zhao relied most. However, Wei Wuji did not agree. He asked King Zhao to take him as a general on the grounds that he was more suitable to command the Zhao-Wei coalition forces, so King Zhao had to agree to him.

King Zhao also came to see Wei Wuji off in person. When Wei Wuji left, he still held Wei Wuji's hand tightly, asking him to take care of himself, and said to him with a smile: I heard that Wang Ling of Qin was a talented wise man... His deputy general Zheng Anping, and the county magistrate of Shangdang Wang Ji... King Zhao could almost carry out the list of the other party's generals, which made Wei Wuji laugh and cry, and promised King Zhao that he would definitely capture them if he had the chance.

King Zhao originally wanted Lian Po to serve as Wei Wuji's deputy general, but Lian Po was not happy. He was arrogant and even though he had a good relationship with Wei Wuji, he was unwilling to be the deputy general for Wei Wuji, who was younger than him. King Zhao had to change to Lejian as the deputy general. Lejian did not have such arrogance. He was defeated by Bai Qi in South Korea before, which made him feel a huge shame and vowed to avenge the Qin people.

When Zhao Kuo was standing outside the school ground, the soldiers of Zhao State cheered, and even the King of Zhao came to see them in person, they were not so excited. The soldiers who recognized Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Kuo's direction. Zhao Kuo smiled and watched the young people happily set out towards Shangdang, but they felt really uncomfortable. He didn't know how many people would be able to come back alive in the end.

He suddenly had an impulse to get up and stop King Zhao, tell him to let himself be a general. He took these brave Zhao people to accomplish the feat of a king of the world, but when Zhao Kuo woke up, the cold reality shattered all his fantasies. Zhao State was not the opponent of Qin State, and this could not be changed by winning several wars. Qin State was fundamentally not at the same level as other countries.

The most advanced system prevents Qin from failing. No matter how many failures it encounters on the battlefield, Qin will recover... and their system cannot be replicated by other countries. Perhaps, the countries lacked Shang Yang who could cut the mess quickly. If the people of Zhao could reduce disasters, Zhao Kuo would be willing to be Shang Yang of Zhao, even if it ended up at the cost of death. But the problem is that it is too late now.

Shang Yang's reforms in Qin State have been underway for 102 years. A full hundred years of reforms have made Qin ahead of all countries in all aspects, whether in war, internal affairs, diplomacy, or the unification of Qin State. It is not a coincidence. It is a long-term accumulation, from quantity to quality. Zhao Kuo knew in his heart that even if he became Shang Yang of Zhao State, Qin would not give Zhao State a hundred years of reforms.

The Qin State, which had a superior system, would even take the initiative to absorb the advanced systems shown by various countries and would not stop making progress.

This made Zhao Kuo very desperate.

It was a deep sense of powerlessness in the face of the trend of this era. He felt increasingly small and powerless. He wanted to establish a supervision system in Zhao, but was opposed by everyone. Qin had completed the preliminary supervision system at this moment. All his actions to protect Zhao seemed to be promoting the demise of Zhao.

What made Zhao Kuo the most painful was that in the body of this young warrior in Zhao State was a soul from thousands of years later. In that soul, everyone in this era was his own people, and he could not make up his mind to kill the Qin people, or the Yan people, or the Chu people... Zhao Kuo once led his soldiers to fight with the countries, but in the end he let the prisoners go away because of this reason.

Zhao Kuo would wonder again whether he should abandon everything and rush to Qin State to help Qin State unify the world and completely let the war end. However, many faces would instantly appear in his mind. Mothers, Wei Wuji, Xu Li, Lin Xiangru, Le Yi, Lian Po, Qi Jie... How should those who trust, help, and love themselves face them?

Zhao Kuo stood on a high place and looked at the Zhao army that was gradually disappearing in the distance. The wind blew, causing his clothes to bulge and make a sound in the wind. He frowned, with his heart in his heart sufferings. He looked out of the distance with his hands behind his back, as if he was looking for hope.

The disciples stood around, staring at the teacher standing on a high place. This scene seemed a bit beautiful?

"Teacher...what are you looking at?"

"future."

“What kind of future?”

“A great future.”

Zhao Kuo returned to the school room again. During this period, the first book he and his disciples, "Tax Taxation", was officially completed. "Tax Taxation Taxation" was a book about taxes written by Zhao Kuo and his disciples, and it was also the first doctrine work completed by Zhao Kuo after coming to this era. It contains twelve chapters, each chapter is in the form of a question and answer, and is the answer between Zhao Kuo and his disciples.

From the basic principles of taxation, the interpretation of taxation, to the development history and future trends of taxation, to the advantages and disadvantages of tax laws in the deeds of various countries, and most importantly, how to properly collect taxes... Because Zhao Kuo's disciples come from all over the country, they provide an accurate form of taxation, and Zhao Kuo's many imaginations, this book is particularly comprehensive. Even Zhao Kuo used mathematics to calculate tax changes in various countries, with rigorous calculations.

The mathematics of this era was not as backward as Zhao Kuo thought. In the basic education received by the nobles, mathematics occupies an important position. People in this era were very interested in mathematics. Zhao Kuo was surprised to find that his disciples had already mastered the complete decimal position value system notation method, and advanced calculation tools such as calculation have also appeared. The multiplication table used by time travelers in online articles are also known by these noble disciples.

Not to mention the basic four calculations, even fractions, area measurement, etc., they are not weak. The current mathematical knowledge mainly consists of square fields (calculated by plane geometric figures), corn (proportional discount of grains), difference (proportional distribution problem), fewer and wider (open square, cubic cube), business achievements (earth and stone engineering, volume calculation), all lose (reasonable tax payment), equations, insufficient win (double-solution problem), side (Pythagorean).

Zhao Kuo sometimes feels that these people have much better mathematics than themselves.

It is precisely because of this knowledge that when performing tax calculations, the disciples also helped a lot. Zhao Kuo directly used Arabic numerals to perform calculations. After his calculation method was learned by his disciples, he accelerated their calculation efficiency. The disciples were very surprised. They did not expect that the teacher also had such profound attainments in mathematics, so they began to ask Zhao Kuo for advice on math problems.

Zhao Kuo answered a few times in a trembling manner, but he could no longer answer... It was too difficult.

Zhao Kuo's disciples copied the "Tax Taxation" several times. Of course, they were all written in their own country. Zhao Kuo quietly watched them copy. He could only expect that his efforts could play some role and could make all countries change the current unreasonable tax rate, killing chickens and getting eggs. After completing the "Tax Taxation Taxation", Zhao Kuo led his disciples to study the content about official administration.

Zhao Kuo listed what he knew about filial piety and integrity, the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, the imperial examination system, and even the civil service examination, and discussed it with his disciples, and listed the talent election laws and the promotion laws of various countries, and compared the advantages and disadvantages...

Just as Zhao Kuo was busy doing academic work, an undercurrent flowed in Handan again. Wei Wuji's departure seemed to have made some people see hope again. They were like mice that discovered that the domestic cat had left secretly emerged from the darkness, revealing their ferocious teeth, wanting to have a good meal.

In Pingyangjun's mansion, Zhao Bao lowered his head and was thinking about Chang'anjun's proposal. Chang'anjun sat in front of him, eager to try, a little impatient, Zhao Bao was about to calm down. He thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "No... I am afraid that doing so will cause a defeat in the war. Wei Wuji and Zhao's soldiers were preparing to fight with the Qin people. Although I really wanted to drive him away, I couldn't go against him at this time. I will support him and deal with him after he passed away."

Chang'an Jun was stunned, and then said with some anger: "Shangjun regards him as his confidant. What chance do we have to do when he is in Handan? If you don't make arrangements now, you will definitely regret it because of this matter!" Zhao Bao straightened his waist and looked at Chang'an Jun seriously. He said: "No, if you take advantage of Wei Wuji's absence from Handan and attack him, this is a villain's action. It is a behavior that ignores the safety of Zhao State. I will not agree."

Chang'an Jun sighed, lowered his head, and said nothing.

Zhao Bao stood up and said to Chang'an Jun: "Without my order, you are not allowed to act without it. Zhao State is Zhao State of Zhao. If Zhao State perishes, we are not even as good as slaves. Remember!" After he gave the order, he left the inner room. Chang'an Jun stood up, bowed respectfully and saluted Zhao Bao. He then stood up, but his face was full of disdain. This uncle, everything is good, but he is too timid.

This made Chang'an Jun recall the past. Back then, his father arranged a cowardly maid for himself, and he always tried to scare her. Later, because he hated her scream, he cut off her tongue... Chang'an Jun had a smile on his face. Alas, it was all ridiculous things he did when he was young. I still remember that my father was furious and wanted to punish him. He hugged his mother and cried. In the end, there was no punishment, but he just changed to a new maid.

Since my uncle dares not do it, then I will do it for him. At worst, I will just cry with my mother's spiritual position when the time comes.

By night, Chang'an Jun quietly left here and rushed to a villa in the city. Here, there were people waiting for him, and there were not many people. They were all sitting in the courtyard with caution and hiding in the night. Chang'an Jun walked in swayingly and said loudly: "I bring the orders of Pingyang Jun!!" Everyone bowed to him one after another. Chang'an Jun smiled shyly and hurriedly returned the greetings to them.

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Jingyang stood along the Rushui coast, staring at the distance. He would never forget the shame he suffered opposite him. Chu State has always had the habit of overthrowing the army and killing generals, but Jingyang did not commit suicide. Perhaps it was not the time. After a little rest in South Korea, Jingyang quickly brought his men to Chendu. The first thing he did was to bow to Xiang Yan, the young general stationed in Chendu.

Xiang Yan was very surprised, and everyone was puzzled.

Jingyang said: This is for General Xiang Xian. He did not follow his advice at the beginning, but he killed him.

Xiang Yan did not blame Jing Yang. He seemed a little silent. He was like this by nature. After his brother died in battle, he was even more silent. He led his soldiers to obey Jing Yang's arrangements. After Jing Yang won over the defeated soldiers from all over the country, he organized an army again and advanced to Rushui. At this moment, he could vaguely see the smoke rising from the opposite bank of the river. Jing Yang did not dare to advance again and resisted the shore with his people to defend. This time, he did not kill the Chu people who were threatened by the Qin people.

Jingyang knew what he should do. Zhao and Wei were preparing to attack from Shangdang, so he had to drag Bai Qi's main force and drag the main force into the territory of Chu, giving Zhao and Wei a chance to defeat the Qin people. For this reason, Jingyang distributed his troops mainly in Shangcai and Deng cities, so that he could attack at any time and interrupt the Qin people's main force's northward advance.

"Um?"

Jingyang suddenly saw the ship on the water. He stood up in surprise and looked into the distance. At some point, many ships appeared on the water and were slowly sailing towards the Chu army. Before Jingyang could give orders, the Chu people had already made a defensive posture, took out a crossbow, and aimed at the distance.

Jing Yang narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance.

If the Qin people attacked, they shouldn't have used such a small fishing boat, right?

It seems that something is wrong?
Chapter completed!