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Two hundred and thirtieth eight chapters tongue wars

Since Zhao Kuo commented on the theory of the Hundred Schools and "provoked" them to debate, it seems that the world is in full swing.

At this moment, the influence of Zhao State was no longer just within Zhao State as before. His influence had covered the seven countries, especially after the circulation of horse costume books, his words and deeds could have a huge impact. He randomly commented on many schools in the school room, and there was a faint sense of despising the doctrine of the Hundred Schools. This of course made the scholars who had already questioned his doctrine even more angry and drove to Zhao State.

For these scholars, the monarchs of various countries ordered their officials to escort them and provide them with residence.

When large-scale scholars rushed from various countries to Zhao State, scholars of a considerable scale also met on the road. When the Mohist school met Confucianism, when famous school met Confucianism, and Taoism met Confucianism, they would all quarrel. To be precise, no matter what school Confucian school encountered, they would quarrel, and even when Confucian school met Confucianism, they would quarrel. The most scholars were naturally in Qi State.

When scholars from Qi rushed to Zhao, these people who disliked each other inevitably rested in the same place and rushed together. So, the officials along the way saw this scene that surprised them. More than a dozen carriages and ox carriages were slowly moving forward, while the people on the carriage were debating each other. Sometimes a few people fought against one person, and sometimes a group of people fought against one person.

"Mr. Ma Fujun is right. I heard that when governing a country, people must be the most important and the most fundamental. If the monarch loses the support of the people, he will not even be as good as a slave. For the monarch, the power brought by the position of the monarch must also be urged to perform his own obligations..."

"Nonsense!!"? "A king should implement benevolent government? But how can you say that the people are above the king? It's like you say, "The status of being a son is higher than that of a father. People treat the king like a son? It should be respectful. The father is at fault? The son can remind him, but how can he hate his father because of this?"

"Ha! Originally, the internal disputes of Confucianism? We don't want to participate? But when you mentioned the king and the people, I had to speak. I... I support the Confucians of Meng! Xunzi once compared the relationship between the monarch and the people to water and boats, rather than father and son... What we say is that we are not strong? Respecting? Just like the Confucians of Meng, the king and the people are equal, each with their own obligations, the people must farm, and the king must govern the country!"

"Their relationship is not a father and son? but an equal relationship of friendship, mutual help? mutual support!"

"Shut up, famous scholars! Confucianism is here to debate the scriptures. What does this have to do with you? It is because people in the world ignore such a relationship of superiority and inferiority? It was only then that traitors were rebellious and murdering the lord? Killing the father? These mistakes are all because of your famous scholars!"

"I think he is right? People in the world love each other. You say benevolent government, but the people want the monarch to serve the monarch like slaves. What you say benevolent government is the charity of the king? What we say benevolent government is the love of the people in the world. The monarch loves the people, and the people love the monarch..."

"Absurd!! Extremely absurd!!"

The officials looked at this scene and watched the old men blush and almost snatched each other's beards. They were enjoying themselves. They could brag about it with their friends in the future, and they had also seen the world. In such a quarrel, everyone was getting closer and closer to Zhao State, and the road was filled with horse and ox carriages, and scholars were all over the top.

And the contradictions were also aroused to the highest point.

"Did Qi Mo forget Mozi's philosophy when wearing such luxurious clothes?!"

"What do Qin Mo, who helped the evildoer, have the idea of ​​bringing Mozi in front of him?"

"You don't have to argue. Qi Mo did not invade Qin Mo's interests, and Qin Mo did not do anything to hurt Qi Mo. I heard that the two do not interfere with each other, and the two do not disturb each other. Through the self-improvement of individuals, the overall harmony of society can be achieved..."

"Oh? I thought that the scholars of Yang Zhu's theory were still alone in the deep mountains and forests, so why did they come to pay homage to Ma Fujun? Why can't you do it yourself if you don't bother each other? I think you can hide in the deep mountains and not disturb Ma Fujun."

When scholars from all countries and factions collided, the scene was very interesting. On this road, the Mo family started to argue first. The relationship between the three factions of the Mo family was the worst. Qin Mo and Chu Mo felt that Qi Mo no longer maintained a simple life. Qi Mo and Chu Mo felt that Qin Mo helped the evildoer, and Qin Mo and Qi Mo felt that Chu Mo was doing things wrong. Although there are many factions in Confucianism and are very controversial, they will not cause bleeding like the Mo family.

Especially after a ox cart that came from Chu appeared in the rear, the Confucians whispered and hurriedly stopped the quarrel.

On the ox cart, there was an old man full of charm, with his snow-white hair and beard, which made him look like a mortal. When Xunzi appeared here, the Confucians were stunned. They talked about the news that was difficult to distinguish between true and false, and immediately turned the ox cart to pay homage to the saint. The Confucians surrounded the place, and everyone got off the ox cart and saluted to the ox cart.

Xunzi narrowed his eyes and looked at the people in front of him.

"The two and three sons are they all the cheap Confucians of which faction?" He asked, and everyone lowered their heads, their faces were red, but they couldn't speak. Only the Confucians of the Xun family who followed Xunzi raised their heads high and looked at the Confucians in front of them. The Confucians had no way to scold them. Who made them not have a living sage? Although Xunzi was not the same school as them and was not even very pleasing, he was still a recognized living sage of Confucianism.

Xunzi once scolded all the Confucian factions, but even his own faction was not left behind. He was a completely cruel person. After the Confucians introduced themselves, Xunzi nodded. He did not speak, but just asked the Confucians to continue rushing. The Confucians dared not be as rude as they had just been, and only saw the Confucians who had just quarreled the most fiercely, gently gave way to the Confucians of Meng.

The most irritable Zixia Zhiru walked beside Xunzi like a gentle sheep, smiling on his face.

He just called the Confucian Confucian of the Xun family a beast, and now he was even more smiling and talking about Xunzi's theory, and couldn't help but admire him.

The Confucians quickly united, and when the schools driving in front saw the Confucian schools that seemed to be like brothers behind, they suddenly felt something was wrong. So, a Qi Mo slowed down and drove in front of the Confucians, saying loudly: "The Mo people need to lower their heads and find the best way to reach Zhao State, while the Confucians just looked at the people walking in front of them and followed their footsteps."

"If you don't accumulate the experience of your predecessors, you only know how to charge forward ruthlessly, and eventually fall off the cliff, people like Mozhe can constantly accumulate experience, and through learning, follow the path left by your predecessors, they are people like Confucians!" Suddenly, someone said behind Mozhe, and the Qi Mo ordered the driver to stop the car, and then looked back angrily.

The Confucians looked at him arrogantly and made way out of the way, allowing him to see the man who spoke, an old man sitting on the ox cart. The old man was staring at him and suddenly said, "It turns out that Mozhe also knows the truth of stopping and visiting behind him?" Mozhe was shocked and looked at the old Confucians seriously. After watching for a moment, his face changed drastically, "Xunzi..."

Seeing that Qi Mo fled in the wilderness, the Confucians laughed and were immediately full of confidence. Xunzi was in charge, let’s see who dared to provoke us Confucians?

Soon, the news of Xunzi's arrival was spread to the ears of the scholars in front of them. They were all a little surprised. Didn't Xunzi be an order in Chu State? How could he appear here? However, it's better to leave quickly and not provoke the old man... This is not fear, this is respect, well, it's respect.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo looked at the more than thirty people in front of him. Most of them were from Yan State, including Taoism, famous scholars, Confucianism, and even doctors. Zhao Kuo was not rude. Even though most of them came to Mafu Township in a fierce manner, he still respectfully invited these people to the courtyard, had dinner with them, and talked about family matters again. Zhao Kuo's attitude made those people unable to say anything that wanted to be held accountable.

After they had rested for two days, Zhao Kuo welcomed them to the school room.

Zou Yan, Gongsun Long, and Zhan also came here. However, when Gongsun Long met Zou Yan, he always lowered his head and was unwilling to speak to him. Zou Yan started chatting with Zhan. The two of them actually talked. Zhan believed that the time of heaven was an important condition for agriculture and sericulture, and Zou Yan also believed so. He believed that the time of heaven affected everything... After all these people sat down, Zhao Kuo began to debate with them.

The first one to speak was Taoism in Yan State, which is an old man. It is said that he is very good friends with the current prime minister of Qin State. He raised his head and sighed: "You commented on all schools, but you did not talk about Taoism. I don't know why?"

"Dare you asking?"

"Equality recognized by the people is happy. People want a society without the burden of corvee labor and rent. The princes exploit the people and do not give the people the equal they want. If there is no ruler, perhaps the people can get real happiness..." As soon as this person spoke, Zhao Kuo knew what school he was from. Of course, there were many factions in Taoism. This person obviously belonged to a branch of the Laozi and Zhuangzi theory, and was called the heretic "beast" "no king or father".

Zhao Kuo listened carefully to him about the equal relationship between people and the development based on equal cognition. Gongsun Long looked at him thoughtfully, and Gongsun Long also talked about equality, but the equality he talked about was far less thorough than this one. This person pursued a society without rulers... The more Zhao Kuo listened, the more surprised he was. This was to defeat the exploiting class? Just as the Mohist school was not just a craftsman, and the Taoism was not all about avoiding the world. They also had their own pursuits and their own opinions.

Zhao Kuo said with some surprise: "I think you are right, but it is very difficult to achieve this. You have overlooked the most important question. If you want to achieve equality, is it equality without a monarch? People have different wealth and knowledge between people. If you want the people to make their own decisions, at least you need to let the people have knowledge and promote universal education..."

"You can't ignore social productivity...but what you said will definitely be achieved after a long time..."

Zhao Kuo told them seriously, which surprised the Taoist scholar very much because he was used to insulting, and his theory was very unpopular and even less popular than famous scholars. When Confucians met them, they would definitely be a fight. Even those Confucians who came from Yan State also knew their identity, did not talk to them, thinking that people and livestock could not talk.

He did not expect that Zhao Kuo would actually recognize his ideas and even seriously analyze the possibilities for him.

This Taoist scholar seemed to understand the reason why Ma Fujun was so respected, so he started talking to Zhao Kuo on the issue of equality for everyone and no monarch. Zhao Kuo just felt that the theories of this era were too advanced... it was too advanced. No wonder these theories died in later generations, and they could not even find complete books, and they would be burned... Zhao Kuo felt that if he was a feudal monarch, he would definitely kill these people and destroy these terrible theories.

Before Taoism could finish speaking, the Confucian scholar on the side could not sit still and sat directly beside him, looking at Zhao Kuo, ignoring the Taoist scholar.

"I heard that people have their own words, and beasts have their own words. The two are different. Why can't I understand a word of what you just talked to him?"

"Then you have to learn human language well and only master the words of beasts. How can you understand human words?" Zhao Kuo asked with a smile. The Confucian sneered and said, "There is no monarch in the world, which will definitely cause greater harm. This is not a theory, nor is it even the theory of Laozi and Zhuangzi. The Laozi and Zhuangzi I know are to let things go, to do nothing, not without a monarch or father."

"What he called without a king is a person who has no oppressed the people. The people can elect suitable people themselves. Of course, what you are right. Nowadays, this will only cause disaster... The doctrine of more than an era itself has great significance for the future, but not for the present."

The Confucian scholar did not worry about this anymore. He spoke, "I heard that you proposed the theory of a king of the world. It said that this theory can save people in the world. Then I would like to ask you, forcibly drive different countries and different people together, so that they can let go of each other's hatred and live in harmony. Is this possible? Take the Qin State you like as an example. In order to annex other countries, Qin State killed many people. Will these people recognize Qin State and let go of hatred?"

"After a king of the world, Qin will be busy quelling rebellions in various places, because what you said is not a way to stop the war. If you really want to stop the war, you need to re-establish the prestige of the Zhou emperor and let all countries gather around the emperor. Whoever dares to attack other countries can send troops to punish him..." The Confucian scholar also talked about his own way to save the world.

"As you said, suddenly there was a virtuous Zhou emperor who made the Zhou royal family stronger and suppressed the countries. The countries accepted the emperor's orders again. Then I ask you, after the Zhou emperor passed away, when the Zhou royal family declined, will the princes compete for hegemony again and merge again? Is this a way to end the war? Let's not talk about whether the weak Zhou royal family can achieve this."

"And the method I mentioned is that all officials are appointed by the king. After a king, they will give the people the opportunity to recuperate. You said that all countries will not let go of their hatred. Nanyang and Nanjun of Qin, many of its places were originally lands of various countries, and were later occupied by Qin. But now living here, are they Qin people? Are there still hatred? After Zhao conquered Zhongshan, will the people in Zhongshan think about restoring the country?"

Zhao Kuo seriously discussed with Confucians, and Han Fei also accelerated the recording.

The scholars around them listened to their words, nodded, shook their heads, talked, or thought.

The sparks splashed by a different thought burned on this land again.
Chapter completed!
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