When the King of Wei learned that Zhao's troops were killing each other and finally evacuated Wei, he was indescribable joy because he finally no longer had to invite Xinlingjun to deal with Lian Po. However, the King of Wei also understood in his heart that the generals of Wei, except Wei Wuji, were all mediocre villains. They were first defeated by Chu and Zhao. In this way, without Xinlingjun, the only country that could be defeated by Wei was Han!

The State of Wei still needs a general who can fight.

Just when the King of Wei realized this, he heard that Lian Po had left Zhao State and was simply a god-given general for the King of Wei State. But he didn't know whether Lian Po would come to Wei State and whether he would be willing to stay in Wei State. So, at the suggestion of Long Yangjun, the Wei Dynasty sent knights to find out Lian Po's whereabouts. Finally, Long Yangjun found Lian Po and brought Lian Po back.

In order to welcome Lian Po, the King of Wei made a lot of preparations. He asked someone to prepare a banquet and waited for Lian Po's arrival.

When the old general followed Long Yangjun into the palace, the smile on King Wei's face suddenly froze... Lian Po's appearance really disappointed him. Lian Po was too old, Lian Po was not wearing armor, with gray hair and wrinkles on his face. In addition, he was in a bad mood, which made him look like a strong old man. King Wei's heart suddenly became cold, but he still squeezed out a smile and asked Lian Po to sit down.

The ministers of Wei State were quite polite to Lian Po. After all, they dared not judge people by their appearance. This strong old man chased them not long ago. Lian Po sat proudly in his position. He was also looking at the ministers of Wei State. After seeing the expression of King Wei, Lord Long Yang suddenly became a little confused. He didn't understand why King Wei seemed so cold?

Although the King of Wei held a banquet to entertain Lian Po, he did not ask Lian Po to stay until the end of the banquet, and even did not say that he would reward Lian Po or something. When the banquet ended and Lian Po left the palace to rest, Long Yang Jun stood in front of the King of Wei. Long Yang Jun said with dissatisfaction: "Your Lord! You have told me many times before: There are brave soldiers in Wei State, but no general who can command them!"

"Now General Lian Po has come to Wei State... He is a famous general in the world, with great military achievements and countless wars... This is God who wants to grant Wei State a brave general, why do you treat him so coldly?"

The King of Wei was stunned and then said, "He is too old..." Seeing that the King of Wei was hesitant and unable to speak, Long Yangjun said angrily: "When Wei and Zhao were fighting, Qin General Huang Gong attacked the land and captured nearly 30,000 soldiers of Wei... You are unwilling to use Xinling Jun, saying that he is too weak, and now you are unwilling to use General Lian Po, saying that he is too old, what do you want to do?"

It was the first time that King Wei saw Long Yangjun like this angry look. He hurriedly laughed, lowered his head, and admitted his mistake to Long Yangjun: "You are right. This is my fault. I will definitely correct it. Please don't be angry... I will invite General Lian Po to come tomorrow and ask him to stay in Wei!"

Under the advice of Long Yangjun, the King of Wei gave Lian Po a lot of rewards to him, and even those who served him. In the next period of time, he kept rewarding him with various swords, strong bows, chariots, etc. The King of Wei gave him a lot, but he did not give Lian Po a fief, but this did not make Lian Po unhappy. For those who had no credit, they should not give fiefs! Lian Po thought so anyway.

The King of Wei rewarded him with such a respect for Lian Po, who eventually stayed in Wei State.

Because the King of Wei had not given him any official position, Lian Po stayed in Daliang for a while and went to find his friend Xinlingjun, who was in Wei.

When Xinlingjun, who was sitting in the courtyard drinking, saw Lian Po who suddenly walked in, he was stunned. He stood up drunk and widened his eyes. During this period, he ignored what happened outside and sat in his courtyard drinking with his guests all day. He had heard of Lian Po's army attacking Wei State. Xinlingjun asked blankly: "Why are you here? Wei State has perished?"

I just drank for several months and didn’t go out, so Lian Po called here?

Lian Po couldn't help laughing, and he sat down next to Xinlingjun. Xinlingjun looked at him and never asked him why he was here. Xinlingjun probably had a judgment in his heart. He was unwilling to tear open the wounds in Lian Po's heart again. However, no matter whether others mentioned it or not, Lian Po just listened to the strange Wei Yu, and the scars in his heart were constantly being torn apart, as if they were dripping with blood.

Zhao State lost a white-haired old general, while Wei State had an extra drunk man.

Lian Po stayed by Xinlingjun's side all day long. The two of them were drinking and talking about the past. When their topics were always focused on Zhao Kuo, Xinlingjun shook his head and said, "You don't know. His "Horse Costume Book" is getting more and more. Not long ago, someone sent me a new "Horse Costume Book". I guess I can't finish reading it for five or six months. He added a lot of things... His knowledge is getting higher and higher."

"Just that kid who always drives and plays in the yard now becomes the King of Qin?"

"Yes, I heard that he now has three sons and one daughter... Hahaha, I still want to marry him..." Wei Wuji grinned. He looked at Lian Po and asked, "You might as well find a grandson and marry his daughter. In this way, you will be older than him!" Lian Po looked at him disdainfully, "I just don't marry him, I am also his elder."

"But my sons died on the battlefield... My daughter also died during the process of giving birth... I only have one grandson, and my grandson is raised by his mother..." Lian Po said, and took another sip of wine.

"It's better to have a horse suit... In Qin State, you and me are here... By the way, how is Dong Chengzi?"

"Dong Chengzi left Zhao State and said he wanted to travel to various countries... Since then, there has been no news. I think he is probably dead."

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Zhao Kuo, who was in Qin, also learned about what happened in Zhao State. When he learned that Lian Po left Zhao State because of distrust, Zhao Kuo sighed: "Zhao Yan, what a stupid king, dares to destroy his Great Wall! And a villain like Guo Kai, I wish I could strangle him to death with my own hands!" Of course, Zhao Kuo's disciples also recorded this sentence, which became the best information that later generations could use when evaluating the pair of monarchs and ministers of Zhao State.

Zhao Kuo's current affairs are to continue to work on his own test fields and teach his disciples in the school room. Many of the disciples who had followed him are now distributed all over the world, serving as officials or becoming scholars. The disciples trained by Zhao Kuo do not care about power. Like Zhao Kuo, most of them are people who are worried about the country and the people. They can treat the people kindly and fairly, and can severely oppose the persecution of the nobles and officials on the people.

Because of this, scholars of the Horse Costume School have become the group of people that nobles in various countries hate the most. They hope that the kings can let the people live a good life. They lobby the kings of various countries and hope that they can implement a system of benevolence and righteousness. Sometimes, they will sit among the people and tell them a lot of truths. They preached the idea of ​​the Horse Costume to everyone, and combined with the strong support of the Qin State, the horse Costume School of the Miscellaneous School has the potential to become a prominent scholar.

Ma Fujun's theory has taken root and sprouted in various places. Although it has not yet produced fruits, its influence has increased day by day. Ma Fujun's theory also seems very gentle when dealing with other schools, because Ma Fujun feels that various schools can support each other and develop together, so these scholars will not show their hostility to other schools.

They preached benevolent to the king, mercy to the ministers, and morality to the people... They will not despise the official positions in the countryside, and even at the lowest level, they will do their best to realize their ideals. Because they are close to the common people, the theory of horse costumes is more popular in the countryside. Almost all common people in the places where scholars of the horse costume school have been able to say a few words about the contents of the book of horse costumes.

Zhao Kuo was sitting in the school room, saying that he was copying Xunzi's theory of benevolent and righteous teachers. If you look at Zhao Kuo's knowledge seriously, you can find that this guy is a plagiarist. He copied Mencius's thoughts on people, Xunzi's benevolent soldiers, Confucius' benevolent government, Mozi's burial, and the future unification of Han Feizi and the new saint, Shang Yang's rule of law, Gongsun Long's name, Zhan's respect for agriculture, Zouzi's geography, Zhuangzi's nature, and the universe of corpses... This is simply shameless plagiarism!

"The Qin general, Duke Hui of Duke of Qin, attacked the land of Wei, and the local people responded one after another, standing on the road to welcome the army of Qin. The soldiers of Wei surrendered at the news and were completely unwilling to continue to resist. After pacifying the land, Qin quickly sent officials to appease the people here, eliminate the traitors here, and distributed their cultivated land to the original people, and implemented the tax system of Qin, which made the local people very happy. This is what I call a benevolent and righteous army!"

Zhao Kuo was telling, suddenly, someone sat in his position, raised his head and laughed.

He laughed loudly, interrupted Zhao Kuo directly, turned his head to look at him, and everyone found that this person was only of a low-ranking title, but he raised his head proudly, and his laughter was full of disdain. Zhao Kuo looked at him but did not speak. Ying Zheng, Changpingjun and others who were sitting in front of him suddenly stood up, especially Changpingjun, who had already placed him on the hilt of the sword. If Qin had not allowed private fights, he would have been attacked.

He smiled for a long time before he stopped. He shook his head and said, "What you said is completely wrong."

"How dare you..." Changpingjun was about to order the arrest of this person, but Zhao Kuo stopped him. Then he looked at the young man in front of him with curiosity and asked with a smile: "Why do you say that?"

The young man stood up and bowed to Zhao Kuo first, then continued: "What I know is that a benevolent and righteous army is not as good as a just war. According to what you said, the soldiers were forbidden to harm the people, they were not allowed to burn down farmland and houses, and they were not allowed to kill prisoners. Of course, these are all benevolent and righteous army, but now Qin wants to use such a benevolent and righteous army to invade other countries. No matter how kind your army is, these people who want to protect their own country will definitely resist with all their strength, and this will not change."

"Oh? Please continue."

"My general view of war is: there are two wars of different natures, unjust wars against killing and robbing people, support the punishment of riots, and prohibit unjust wars. If the war launched by Qin State is to save the people there and kill the tyrants there, then this is just, but if the war in Qin State is to fight for greater benefits, to obtain land and household registration, then this is an unjust war."

"Bold!!", the disciples around him couldn't help it. They said, "Together, send this crazy gang to the county magistrate!" Zhao Kuo still stopped them. Zhao Kuo said seriously, "Why are you angry? Is it because he said that Qin invaded other countries? What he said was just what he said, and what crimes did he have? Is the just war he said was wrong?"

The disciples shook their heads and said, "Teacher, it's just because he insulted you."

Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Being able to point out my shortcomings and refute my knowledge is not an insult, this is respect for me. If you don't dare to say my shortcomings, I will definitely be blinded by absurd truth. This is the act of deceiving the teacher and insulting the teacher. If you can point out the shortcomings and allow me to improve my mistakes, how can this be said to be an insult?"

Zhao Kuo then looked at the young man, and Zhao Kuo said, "You are right. I also view wars in this way. Therefore, I hope that the Qin State is also a just war... What name do you call it?"

"I call Wei Liao."

Zhao Kuo was stunned, as if he was familiar with it. Wei Liao continued: "If Qin wants to win the war, it is not possible to rely on just a war. War is concerned with multiple aspects. Please allow me to tell you what I know... The strategy of conducting war has three different and interconnected winning strategies, including Dao Victory, Victory Victory, and Victory. Only by mastering these three methods can you achieve the final victory."
Chapter completed!