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Just nodded and stopped looking at him. The cool evening breeze was the personal guards from the ten steps of the two people. Tan Sitong only felt a trembling feeling. Is the person in front of him really the unparalleled murderous devil king, the cruel butcher who slaughtered the city without blinking?

Kingly way" and "domineering" are two basic concepts that Mencius often mentioned in his works. Here, "Tao" refers to thoughts and opinions. Which aspects of thoughts and opinions? They are thoughts and opinions about how to govern the country. In other words, standing in the position of the ruler of the country, how to treat the different thoughts and opinions of the people under his governance. A group of thinkers represented by Mencius have a relatively full understanding of the power of the people and their important role in maintaining the stability of the state's regime and promoting social development. They know that exploitation must be reduced, contradictions must be eased, and the support and support of the people must be won as much as possible to consolidate the regime and make the country last for a long time. In order to make his own ideas and views more authoritative, Mencius entrusted it with the "predecessor kings", that is, he claimed that this set was learned from those wise emperors in history, so he called it "kingdom".

From Mencius's political standpoint, he represents the interests of the landlord class who is in the rising stage. He has a theory of strengthening the country and is very conceited. He said: "If you want to govern the world, who else can I do this in this world?" ("Gongsun Chouxiao") He really takes the world as his responsibility. He studied Confucius's theory throughout his life and regarded himself as the heir of Confucianism. His thoughts on the way of kingship have indeed inherited Confucius'. "The Analects of Confucius: Governance" says: "Guide it with politics, and align it with punishment. The people are exempted from it.

Shameless; guide them with virtue, and be polite, and be ashamed and polite." What we are talking about here is two different attitudes towards the people: use government orders to teach the people and use punishment to control the people. The result is that the people escape (this rule) and lose their sense of shame. Use morality to guide the people and use ethics to unite the people. The people can not only have shame, but also obey. Mencius attributes these two ways of governance to "dominantness" and "kingdom", and he advocates the latter.

The Legalists advocated the practice of "domineeringness". The Legalists are also representatives of the landlord class in the rising period. The difference between them and Mencius is that they are radicals and moderates. The Legalists believe that the people are just tools for rulers to realize their ruling intentions, and advocated strict rule over these "tools" and use severe punishment and harsh legal means. In contrast, Mencius's thoughts are more historically progressive.

If the issue of king-hegemony is just a debate between two different ideological factions during the Warring States Period, then it would be meaningless for us to re-record it today. In fact, this battle between king-hegemony has exceeded the scope of history and has become a unique perspective for us to observe and analyze political phenomena. For example, in today's world, some people often show off their military power, shouting for a preemptive war, and driving aircraft carriers to the gates of other countries in order to harm the interests of others and expand their own interests. This is hegemony, "domineering".

Mencius also had an important point of view. That is, "to dominate the world without the benefit of military reform", it also depends on whether it can be supported by the people. "Give the Tao and give more help", this "Tao" is "king the way". "The more help you are, the world will obey it". "The few who help you, the most help you." For a leader who does not receive the support of most people (even his relatives betray him), commanding war will definitely fail.

"Your Majesty wants to do the kingly way?" Tan Sitong's thoughts were ignited. He had already figured out Zhao Gang's thoughts and couldn't help but sigh. This is really not the time to retreat. The current form is like a confrontation between two armies, and the formation has been set up. Any side who wants to retreat will lead to collapse. This is absolutely impossible. "Your Majesty, I have a word, don't you think it's right?"

"Mr. Tan, please tell me, Zhao listen carefully!"

"Your Majesty has been fighting for the grassroots..." Zhao Gang was a little embarrassed. It seemed that no matter who he said, he would have to give a long slogan to praise him before speaking to him, otherwise he would not dare to speak. "However, Your Majesty is too enthusiastic about expanding territory and is deficient in defending the city and governing the country, so the domestic forces have the opportunity to rise. This is necessary. The ancients said that war will perish. I hope that Your Majesty will stop his war and do benevolent government. The foundation for all generations can be achieved, and the country is so lucky to the people!"

"Warring will lead to death......" Zhao Gang silently read this sentence, and it is so familiar. "Although the country is big, war will lead to death; even if the world is safe, forgetting to fight will lead to danger." Fa>> is a famous military book in ancient times. According to legend, it was written by Jiang Ziya. Also known as <>,

Its "benevolence first" is very popular

Although the country is big, war will perish; even if the world is safe, forgetting to fight will perish." However, half of the words were cut off, leaving only the above half of the sentence. China is good at charity, and the ancestors of five thousand years ago were already like this, because this sentence is already very clear. No matter how powerful your country is, wars are often launched, it will perish. How could Emperor Wu of Han? The Huns, who were fighting with talents, fled, but the wealth accumulated by Wen and Jing's rule was consumed by him.

In his later years, the population was half reduced. Later, Emperor Wu of Han, who knew the destiny, also felt the consequences of his mistakes in his later years. While appeaseing the refugees, he issued the "Luntai Crime Edict" in Luntai, "Since I ascended the throne, I have been crazy and unrepentant, and I cannot regret it. Since the current affairs of the people, those who have harmed the world and suffered all the people will be stopped!" to express his recognition of his mistakes. The world has gradually returned to harmony, laying the foundation for the prosperous era of Zhaoxuan Zhongxing.

Therefore, it makes sense that warfare that has been remembered in all dynasties will perish, but times have changed. By the beginning of the 20th century, in the face of great changes in three thousand years, the past experiences became absurd things. The productivity of capitalism determined that only warfare can last forever, and after the war, a large amount of plundering materials must be plundered, so that war can be used to support war. The strong industrial attention of capitalism makes the most desolate land worthwhile, and no previous stage could be achieved.

Zhao Gang knew a lot about the war in the United States after World War II. As the owner of the derogatory title of "world police", the United States stationed troops everywhere, provoking trouble everywhere, and sacrificing the lives of its own citizens to maintain the "world balance". But has the United States declined in the 60 years after World War II? No!

The most critical reason is that it overturned China's ancestral teachings. The so-called "warlike will perish" is that it does not know how to make profits. It is estimated that on the one hand, it is to adhere to "benevolence as the basis". On the other hand, there was a shortage of materials in ancient times. There were no things to plunder or supplement except human resources. However, after capturing enemy personnel, it also had to consider how to divert and be responsible for eating, drinking, sleeping, etc., which was simply not worth the loss. Therefore, once there was a war, it not only made the national treasury empty, but also made the wealthy national strength disappear quickly, and even "even if the country is big, warlike will perish."

But imperialism such as Britain, the United States and Japan are not like this. Apart from trying their best to search for the brigade, they will destroy all the things they cannot take away, and will not give the victims a chance to survive. Over the past century, how much wealth has Britain plundered from China? How much is Russia? How much is Japan? How much is the Eight-Nation Alliance? How much did the United States take from Iraq during the Iraq War? "Using China to control China and using war to support the war" was invented by the Japanese devils, but when it comes to the great powers, which one is not like this?

So after Zhao Gang came to power, the policy pursued was to plunder. In the eyes of the great powers, China's most powerful was not the terrible army, but the number of engineers in the world. Although they were also one of the field army sequences, the task of the engineers was very simple, which was to crazily dismantle large factories. During the two world wars, the Chinese engineers showed fierce dismantling and assembly capabilities. During the First World War, 3.5 million tons of materials were dismantled in three days, and during World War II, it even reached a terrible record of up to 2.3 million tons per day. It can be said that locusts crossed the border and no grass grew. Therefore, although wars were often fought, the national treasury was never empty, and in most cases it was profitable.

After listening to Tan Sitong's words, I realized just now that no matter how high these people have, they are much worse than themselves. The times create heroes. In this era, who knows the trend of the times better than themselves? Thinking of this, Zhao Gang was not easy to refute, so he followed Tan Sitong's words and responded: "Mr. Tan said it well."

Tan Si was a man of a good spirit, and he also saw that Zhao Gang was a little dissatisfied, and he didn't say much about the two chatting for a while. Zhao Gang was better. Tan Si was already in his sixties and could not hold on. He could barely support him and could not sleep. His eyelids were a little unhappy. Zhao Gang could not bear to see it, so he said, "Mr. Tan, it's late at night, so why not stay at my house for one night."

Tan Sitong was shocked and ran away almost when he was sleepy. He stood up to sort out his clothes and clothes: "Your Majesty, can you stay in the imperial family? You have to be guilty! You must not."
Chapter completed!