Looking at the three children in the courtyard, Zhao Kuo had a vague headache. Unexpectedly, she came here thousands of years later and eventually became a kindergarten principal... Well, Zhao's mother was very happy. The old man liked children very much. She also liked Cheng Jia, who was unwilling to leave here. Cheng Jia, is different from Zheng and Kang. The politician is more mature and Kang is more naughty. The child Cheng Jia, looks stupid, and he can smile foolishly for a long time with a fruit.

At the age of age, he is two years older than Kang and four years younger than Zheng.

He was afraid of life and did not dare to approach Zhao Kuo and Zhao's mother at first, but after they expressed their kindness, he soon became close. He was very well-behaved and always stood beside Zhao's mother. Zhao's mother did not let him play, so he didn't dare to play... Because Zhao Zheng still had to learn, Cheng Qi spent most of his time playing with Zhao Kang. The two of them got along very happily, and they played and waited for their brother to go home.

Since Xunzi left Qin, Zhao Zheng returned to Han Fei again.

Unfortunately, after receiving Xunzi's education, Zhao Zheng was no longer as obedient as before. He always questioned Han Fei's theory and put forward his own ideas. Han Fei was very unhappy and missed Zhao Zheng very much when he was young. At that time, he would believe and remember whatever Han Fei said, but now, when Han Fei said one sentence, he could refute ten sentences. Han Fei was always angry at him and even stuttered again.

Han Fei always stutters when he is excited.

Han Fei is still in office now, and he may not even expect that he would become an old minister of the three dynasties after two years of coming to Qin... During the period when he was an official in Qin, Han Fei began to turn his theory into practice, and at the same time constantly enrich his theory in practice. Many of his propositions are the shadow of Zhao Kuo's theory, but they are completely different. Han Fei has always advocated the use of laws to govern the country.

After accepting Zhao Kuo's many thoughts, his doctrine became to use the law to protect the people, curb the powerful, and supervise the rulers... Therefore, Han Fei proposed a lot of bans, including a series of supervision methods for the ministers and a series of protection methods for the people. Qin State attached importance to agriculture and sericulture, so it would not easily launch corvee and war in the busy farming season, and Han Fei was the first minister to propose to use the law to clarify this point.

He directly proposed to prohibit the king from launching corvee and wars during the busy farming season. Of course, if he was invaded or not, he could summon the people to fight through negotiations with the three officials, including the Prime Minister. Han Fei was still relatively wise, and in addition, he did a big thing... He formulated a new tax law for commerce. The taxes of Qin have always been mainly based on land tax and supplemented by commercial tax.

Han Fei probably realized that the Qin State's tax revenue was too complicated and the people were burdened too much. So he proposed to implement a new tax method: calculate the property of domestic merchants and craftsmen's property, pay new commercial tax based on personal benefits, and target transportation means, establish car tax. Except for officials with certain titles, the rest of the car drivers must pay taxes.

Han Fei may be trying to reduce the burden on farmers through open source methods.

Han Fei had many ideas, and Qin gave him a platform to practice, so he started to study it. Therefore, he was always impeached. The ministers believed that he was not doing his job properly, but he did not leave anything behind in his hands, that is, the work of the Tingwei. Whether it was participating in changing the law or judging criminals, it was not too difficult for Han Fei.

Zhao Zheng followed Han Fei, just following him, watching him make judgments, watching him study the law, thinking about how to improve, etc. Now his focus is on the law, Han Fei often discusses the law with him and some concepts of governing the country. Zhao Zheng also has his own opinion on this, and when he returns home, Zhao Kuo will teach something different from others.

What are physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, etc., I occasionally tell him some stories.

Zhao Zheng likes to listen to his father telling him stories.

"Father... Senior brother told me today that if you govern a country, you cannot be influenced by emotions, you cannot choose ministers because of disgust and love, and you cannot start wars because of anger... He also said: The law should be used to limit the behavior of the king..." Zhao Zheng said seriously: "I think what he said makes sense. If the king appoints people like Zhao Yue because of his love, it will cause the country to decline, but I don't understand at all."

"What do you don't understand?"

"How can the laws enacted by the king limit the king?"

"This...I think, probably by the ministers, if the king insists on dealing with the ministers, then the ministers who execute his orders can come up with the law to oppose his actions."

"What if the king wants to abolish this law?"

"So: Those who master the law are the most important, and the law should not be easily changed."

"What if the law no longer conforms to the present? It cannot be changed? This is obviously wrong...and if the person in charge of the law is not a king, but a minister, then what should the minister do if he wants to threaten the king through the law and achieve his intention?"

The more Zhao Zheng learned, the more confused he seemed. In this regard, Zhao Kuo could only smile and tell him: "If you think that the king is the ruler of the country and everything is good for the king, then this is wrong. The king does not represent the country. The country represents the most people living here. The interests of these people are the interests of the country, and the interests of the king are not the interests of the country."

"If the system implemented by a king is only beneficial to him, the people will rise up and oppose him. If the king's policies are beneficial to the people, the people will support him. Even if there are ministers who want to murder him, this is something that cannot be done... The people are the most important... In this way, if the king wants to abolish a law that benefits the people, he will definitely be opposed... And the issue of ministers' rebellion you mentioned... The law limits the king and also limits the ministers..."

Zhao Zheng narrowed his eyes, carefully wrote down his father's words, and went back to the room.

The next day, when he arrived at Han Fei, he asked the same question again. Of course, he got different answers here.

Zhao Zheng looked at the two answers he recorded seriously, and the third correct answer he thought had appeared in his mind.

.....

Zhao welcomed the envoy from Qin.

In a short period of time, the King of Zhao was not happy because Zhao failed in the last battle. Of course, it cannot be said that it was a failure. After all, Lian Po also ate a lot of Qin troops. The Qin people repelled his attack. However, for the confident King of Zhao, not being able to defeat Shangdang was the biggest failure.

This made King Zhao very angry. He even felt that if he asked Li Mu to go to war instead of Lian Po, he might be able to defeat the Qin people. He wanted Li Mu to return to the temple and let Lian Po guard the border, but Pang Gong and Kong Bin hurriedly dissuaded him. They believed that the failure to occupy Shangdang was not entirely a matter of commander. Zhao State had as much food as the other party, the soldiers were not as elite as the other party, and even the weapons were not as good as the other party.

If Li Mu was allowed to serve as the commander, this young man would not be as steady as Lian Po, and might have more serious consequences.

King Zhao frowned and sat in the upper position. Looking at the two ministers sitting beside him, he said with some displeasure: "I don't believe in Xinpingjun's ability. I just feel that Xinpingjun is already old and I can't bear to work hard, so I want Wu'anjun to take over him..." Hearing King Zhao's words, Mr. Pang did not speak, but Kong Bin on the side shook his head and said, "What Zhao State needs now is a veteran like Xinpingjun..."

"Xinping Jun is never aggressive and is steady. Even if he cannot win, he can bring the army back to Zhao State safely. But if he is Wu'an Jun... he will definitely fight for life and death with Qin State, either completely occupy Shangdang or annihilated the entire army... Zhao State still needs to increase its national strength and make more allies. Fighting with countries that are stronger than itself at all costs is not a good thing. Please consider it more."

Hearing Kong Bin's advice, King Zhao finally gave up his thoughts. He continued: "The envoy sent by Qin State wanted to send Zhao State back to Yiren's wife... and said that the two countries could formulate an alliance and not attack each other..."

Pang Gong then said, "Let me send someone to send Yi Ren's wife back. However, you don't have to pay attention to things like drafting a covenant. These are all things that the Qin people say to you. After the Qin King ascended the throne, he would definitely attack Zhao State first. Please let Xinpingjun and Wu'anjun train their soldiers and prepare for war. Such trivial things are not worth discussing..."

King Zhao was silent. After a while, he said: "I heard that the opera of Yan State is a wise man. He has written works, including nine chapters of "Juzi", and can command the army and be brave and good at fighting. However, the King of Yan denounced him because of his defeat and was unwilling to let him serve as a general. Some people say that Mr. Pang and him were good friends. I wonder if you can invite him to Zhao State?"

Pang Gong was stunned, shook his head helplessly, and said, "I haven't seen Ju Xin for many years. I don't know if he is willing to come to Zhao State."

"Please send someone to invite him..." King Zhao said excitedly, "I am willing to grant him land! Let him become the vassal of Zhao!"

Kong Bin looked at Pang Gong beside him, sighed, and said nothing.

Pang Gong nodded and agreed to him.

.........

When Xunzi arrived in Xinzheng, King Han was very happy and immediately sent his country to greet him.

Xunzi originally didn't want to see King Han, but Zhang Ping respected him very much. He lowered his head and drove to Xunzi himself. Xunzi had no choice. Xunzi said a few words to the young people around him, then got in the car and followed Zhang Ping to the palace. After Zhang Ping greeted Xunzi's situation, he asked again: "I heard that Ma Fujun is in Qin State. I haven't met him for a long time. I don't know what his situation is like?"

“He’s very good.”

"Yeah..." Zhang Ping nodded and said with a smile: "Last month, my wife gave birth to a son for me, named Liang... When he gets older, I'm going to let him learn from Ma Fujun..." Xunzi was still a little cold to Zhang Ping, but said no, Xunzi didn't like South Korea, nor did Zhang Ping. Even this time he was just passing by Xinzheng and didn't want to meet King Han at all.

But Zhang Ping was very enthusiastic. He respected Xunzi very much and even had a lot of confusions, so he wanted to ask him for advice.

Xunzi asked: "How did King Han know that I was in Xinzheng?"

"I heard that you and Mr. Gongsun Long left Qin and rushed to South Korea. Later, I heard the officials say: Mr. Gongsun Long died of illness... Today you just entered the city, and the officials guarding the city gate sent someone to report to Shangjun..."

The two of them came to the gate of the palace, and then Zhang Ping hurriedly helped Xunzi and walked into the palace.

The King of Han had already prepared the banquet. When Xunzi walked in, the King of Han stood up happily and came forward to pay homage to Xunzi. After all, he was the lord of a country. Even if Xunzi didn't like him, he could not be rude to him. After the two of them met, Zhang Ping then helped Xunzi sit aside. The ministers looked at Xunzi with some curiosity. The King of Han sat in the upper position and said with a smile: "It is the honor of South Korea to be able to come to South Korea... Please stay for a few more days so that I can entertain you."

Xunzi was still very cold. He could hear a lot of things about the King of Han from Zhao Kuo. These things made him look very despised by the King of Han. He just nodded casually, ignored other things, closed his eyes to rest. Only Zhang Ping sat beside him and asked him some questions. Xunzi likes people who love to study, and he still answered Zhang Ping's questions carefully.

King Han held a wine cup and smiled and said to Xunzi: "In the past, Korea was constantly fighting and the people were living in poverty. For Korea, I voluntarily rushed to Qin State, enduring humiliation and shouldering important tasks, and successfully helped South Korea to escape from the war. Now all industries in South Korea are prosperous and the people live and work in peace and contentment... My behavior can be said to be a wise monarch."

Xunzi suddenly laughed and said, "So you are a king like Goujian who endured humiliation and burdened him! This is something I didn't expect. So, you have deceived the King of Qin and dispelled the Qin Dynasty's suspicion of you. There are also capable people like Fan Li under your command. So when are you going to send troops to attack Wu?"

King Han's face remained unchanged and smiled unfathomable.

"Uh...it's soon...it's soon."

After Xunzi left the banquet angrily, King Han called Zhang Ping.

"Zhang Xiang...I have a way to increase the land of South Korea by hundreds of miles."

"Hmm? Zhang Xiang? Zhang Xiang? What's wrong with you?"

"Come here!!"

ps: I haven’t asked Ersanzi for monthly votes and recommendation votes for him for a long time... But this is not a reason why Ersanzi doesn’t vote.
Chapter completed!