Days are everlasting

In the Warring States Period, the relationship between countries was complicated. Maybe they were sworn enemies a few years ago, but now they are as close as brothers.

The relationship between Qi and Zhao is not bad now, otherwise, the king of Qi would not send someone to visit Zhao, specifically to inquire about the king of Zhao and Queen Huiwen.

So after such an incident happened after Huiwen, the envoy of Qi was very angry, and he wondered if he would add fuel to the report when he returned to Qi.

This matter became a hot topic in Zhao Guo. For a while, it seemed that everyone was talking about these things, some admired and some disdainful.

Lu Buwei and Yiren felt that this event might become an opportunity for Yiren to become famous again, so they began to plan silently.

Soon, under Lu Buwei's financial offensive, different people's evaluations of Huiwen's incident were spread, and other people were also among them.

Generally speaking, people can be divided into two factions.

One faction said that the queen mother was able to govern the country well, cared about the sufferings of the people, and strongly supported it without explaining;

It should be noted that these people are ministers and ministers, and there are basically no ordinary people who can hear their opinions.

It is useless for the ordinary Li Shu, who should support Huiwen the most, to express their opinions, and the power to discuss matters belongs only to the nobles and ministers.

As a native of Qin, regarding this matter between Zhao and Qi, the opinions expressed by other people are that although the relationship between Qin and Zhao is not good, I have to say that what Huiwen said is really reasonable. !

Of course, that is just a simplified version of the statement, because Yiren analyzed every sentence after Huiwen, so the specific statement that was passed out in the end is what Yiren summed up the later generations. The thought of inaction in power and the legalist thought of doing things according to law were all mixed together. After Lu Buwei asked people to polish it, it finally became an article.

The style of the article is prose, which was popular in this period, basically adding a real or fictional story as an argument for an argument.

During the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, but a few were particularly conspicuous. The aliens used the theories of these prominent schools, but they could still be connected together, which really gave them a sense of presence.

So after Yiren became famous, the first person who came to see him was not a big political figure like Fengjun Gongqing, but a literary figure-Xun Kuang.

Xun Kuang, that is, Xunzi, was honored as Xunqing at that time, a representative of Confucianism, but the famous disciples he taught were all representatives of Legalism.

Although neither Li Si nor Han Fei had become famous at this time, Xunzi was quite criticized internally because of his inclination towards theories other than Confucianism—in fact, Legalism.

Before Xunzi entered Qin Dynasty, he praised Qin Zheng and Qin Fa greatly. In other words, he felt that the six kingdoms of Guandong were insufficient.

However, no matter how angry the people of the six countries in the Kanto region were, they could not change the fact that what Xunzi said was not only reasonable, but also supported by evidence.

However, the Confucianism preached by the aliens from later generations is quite a bit of Confucianism, which is quite consistent with some concepts advocated by Xunzi today.

Xun Kuang presided over the Jixia Academy in the State of Qi before, served as a sacrificial wine for three times, and his position was equivalent to the principal of the later generations, and then left the State of Qi for various reasons.

After leaving Qi State, he entered Qin State and praised Qin Zheng, but the fly in the ointment was that Qin State admired Legalism, which was not the same as Xunzi's Confucianism, so he finally left Qin State.

Apart from Qin State, there is Zhao State.

Zhao State is Xun Kuang's hometown. His ancestor was the Duke of Jin State. His family was also one of the great aristocrats together with the three families—that is, the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei that divided the Jin State. Unfortunately, in the struggle He was defeated because the family's territory conflicted with that of the Zhao family back then, so by Xun Kuang's generation, he was already a native of Zhao.

Back then, Confucius traveled around the world and finally returned to his hometown of Lu, so Xunzi's return to Zhao also had such a meaning.

Yiren and Lu Buwei learned the hype methods of later generations without a teacher. Through the debates of several well-known big figures, while maintaining the heat of the event, they also made it even more popular.

As Lu Buwei's object of support, Yiren was secretly placed among the controversial figures by him, because his views were novel and novel, and indeed attracted the attention of many people.

But neither Yiren nor Lu Buwei expected to be approached by Xun Kuang—the person who is honored as Xun Qing by the ministers of all countries!

It's like playing a game. You have to face one of the big bosses at the end of the final level before you even get out of Novice Village. This feeling is quite sour.

There's nothing the stranger can do, and he doesn't talk about political affairs when he comes here, he just talks about knowledge, what can he do?He is also very helpless!

The conversation with Xun Kuang was unexpected, and both parties seemed very satisfied.

After a few days, Mr. Pingyuan Zhao Sheng invited a stranger to the mansion for a banquet, and he knew what was going on.

Xunzi is the sacrificial wine of Jixia Academy, and there are countless natural talents under his sect.

It is true that King Qi re-established the Jixia Academy, but it not only absorbs talents from Qi, but also includes princes and rich men from all over the world.

Books in this era cannot be read by ordinary people. People who can read and write must either come from a good family background or have extra money in their families.

For example, Li Si’s classmate, later Prime Minister Qin, was only a small official of the state of Chu at first. Compared with his later achievements, it can be said to be quite inconspicuous. Some people might think that Li Si must be a poor and poor scumbag. But actually he was barely a rich man.

If you don't have money, you can study under Xunzi's school with a Korean son like Han Fei?Can you be a petty official in Chu State without money?

Although he is a "little official", he is separated from the ordinary working people, and he has nothing to do with the poor!

Lord Pingyuan, Zhao Sheng, had heirs who were studying in Qi State and worshiped under Xunzi's sect. In addition, the foreigner also rescued Zhao Sheng in front of the Queen Mother Zhao before, so he took the opportunity to invite the foreigner to attend the banquet.

After all, Xunzi is still a native of Zhao State. If the King of Zhao is willing to use him, he should settle in Zhao State. At that time, talents from all over the world will naturally gather in Zhao State.

His thinking is different from today's Confucianism, but in the final analysis, it is still for the development and growth of Confucianism.

In this era, Legalism was the most effective way of governing the country, and the Warring States was chaotic. The monarchs of all countries were thinking about how to strengthen their national power. Confucianism was not particularly valued. Enter.

Since Dong Zhongshu in the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism alone, the rest of the schools have changed their appearances and packaged them with Confucianism. Therefore, many people say that the later Confucianism is "Confucianism with skin and bones", which has changed from the original Confucianism. son.

Moreover, the later generations are a society ruled by law, and are quite influenced by Confucianism, so Yiren's thoughts are obviously legal and Confucian.

When Xunzi entered the Qin Dynasty, although he praised the Qin law, he criticized the lack of Confucianism in Qin. He always hoped that Confucianism would flourish again in all countries.

The appearance of Yiren made him see an opportunity. After talking, Xunzi said that Yiren was the one he hoped for!

Although the obvious legalist thought can be seen, at any rate, other people do not reject Confucianism!

Yiren was regarded as the most Confucian-friendly among the clans and ministers of the Qin State that Xunzi had come into contact with, so with his attitude towards him, Xunzi valued him quite a lot.

You must know that Qin State is not like the six countries in the Kanto region. Since Shang Yang’s reform, the legalist atmosphere there has been the heaviest, and Confucianism has little room to survive there. Foreigners are still instinctively close to Confucianism under the influence of such an environment. , I can really thank God!

If it wasn't for the fact that Yiren himself didn't propose apprenticeship, he might be like the famous Han Feizi—of course, the current Han Fei hasn't apprenticeship yet—as a nobleman and nobleman, he would be worshiped under Xunzi's sect!

Xunzi was optimistic about Yiren, thinking that he might be an opportunity for Confucianism to be introduced to Qin. Not only did he want to take care of Yiren, but he also revealed his attitude.

Zhao Sheng's descendants studied under Xunzi's school, so of course they knew Xunzi's attitude.

In fact, almost everyone in the upper echelon of the Zhao State knew that Xunzi was quite optimistic about the proton of the Qin State, and the name of Qin Yiren soon spread throughout the Zhao State.

When the news was sent back to the state of Qin, the king of Qin thought that this grandson was quite good, he was a good boy with ideas and daring to do something.

Prince Yingzhu alone has more than [-] sons, not counting daughters. The number of grandsons of Qin King Yingji is even more unknown. I don’t know how many grandsons are unknown in the country. Some were even worse than his predecessors.

To sum it up, it means managing life and not raising it.

Under such circumstances, other people can stand out. Qin Wang said that this grandson is really amazing, and he likes it.

Fortunately, his old man paid more attention to Yiren. If he showed a particularly obvious affection for this grandson, Yiren might be hacked by a group of brothers until he died.

After singing the good show for a while, another piece of news related to Empress Zhao Huiwen broke out.

It's not that something happened to her old man again, but that she is dying.

The Empress Dowager was seriously ill and was about to die, many people were dumbfounded.

The thing is like this, in this era, there are quite a few queen mothers who are involved in politics, and the Queen Mother Xuan of Qin is a typical example.

Is the current king of Qin Yingji capable?Wasn't he suppressed by his mother for 40 years!

I have been the king of Qin for 40 years, and I have even done it in the middle of uniting the king of Qi and calling the two emperors of the East and the West, but I still have to be ridden on the head by my mother.

As for Zhao Wangdan, it is true that he is a young man, but he is not lacking in the ability to think independently and govern. However, his mother is still there, and many people do not regard Zhao Wang as their boss, but patronize the Queen Mother who is in power.

They thought that the queen mother could live for decades, but who knew that the queen mother was anxious to find him only two years after the late king's death!

The author has something to say: about Xun Yu's apprentices...well, let's forget about Li Si and Han Fei, I always thought they were closed disciples, but I never expected that he also had another apprentice named Zhang Cang.

Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping, served as the censor in the Qin Dynasty, and later surrendered to Liu Bang, Emperor Gaodi of the Han Dynasty, and was granted the title of Marquis of Beiping.He was over a hundred years old when he died, and later he couldn't even eat, and relied on human milk to maintain his life...

The combined ages of Xunzi and his young apprentice have passed three centuries!It's really a real cow!