Qin asked

"Today I'm going to talk about Duke Mu of Qin."

The unhappiness that day didn't seem to have much impact on Ying Zheng, except that he became extremely punctual and no longer liked to joke in front of Mo Dou... On the contrary, Mo Dou was always struggling and became cautious when speaking.

Since the death of Duke Xiang of Qin, the state of Qin has not met a hero for seven generations, until the appearance of Duke Mu of Qin.

There are many allusions about Qin Mugong, for example, it has been passed down to later generations, and the elders will always say "Qin Jin is good" when they get married.

Of course, there are many things in the world that are beautified, and the goodness of Qin and Jin is not as perfect as people in later generations think.

Perhaps Jin Xiangong's daughter had a good ending, but Qin Mugong married his daughter to Jin Xiangong's son, Yiwu, in order to control the state of Jin. This can be regarded as a tragedy.

Because in the end it was Chong'er who took Yiwu's throne, and as a result, the queen of Jin had to marry Chong'er twice.

However, during the Warring States period, Confucianism had not yet prevailed, so maybe a woman's second marriage (or her husband's younger brother) was not... a tragedy, right?

However, Ying Zheng's focus is different from Mo Dou's.

"Why did Duke Mu of Qin want to marry the state of Jin instead of attacking the state of Jin with a strong country and rich soldiers?"

Ying Zheng got to the point right away.

"Qin Mugong has indeed done this."

However, he did not succeed, because he met Jin Xiangong, who was not inferior to him in ability.

Jin Xiangong became the monarch after Qin Mugong. At that time, Qin State had become stronger under the governance of Qin Mugong, and it was ready to move against Jin State.

But Jin Xiangong was not frightened by Qin State. He saw the crucial Guo State through the behemoth of Qin State.

Under the guise of the state of Yu, Duke Xian of Jin conquered the state of Yu after destroying the state of Guo. While enriching the national power of Jin, he occupied an important strategic position.

It also left a very well-known allusion: Fake Yu destroyed Guo.

Qin Mugong saw that Qin State could not take advantage of Jin State, so he simply concluded "Qin and Jin are good".

Of course, Qin Mugong’s title as the hero of the generation was not called out because of pimping. Qin Mugong is still a human trafficker (crossed out) and a person who is good at discovering and appointing talents.

Mencius mentioned this matter, yes, it is the article "Born in Sorrow, Died in Peace" that wrote "Heaven will send a great responsibility to the people", and there is a sentence in it that is "Baili Xiju in the city", Qin Mugong played an extremely important role in this allusion.

It is strange to say that the Qin State has always been unable to produce talents. From Qin Mugong to Qin Shihuang, Qin State has been picking up talents, but it has not been able to cultivate any of them.

Such a strange phenomenon is of course inseparable from Ying Zheng's question.

"Why can't Qin Mugong find useful people in Qin State?"

Come, come, fortunately, I was prepared for this question, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to answer it.

Mo Dou sat upright and tidied up his words: "I do have some ideas, you can refer to one or two, my lord."

"I have heard people mention that people have five major needs: physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, respect needs, and self-actualization needs."

What Mo Dou is talking about is actually Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory.

If a person lacks food, security, love, and respect at the same time, the need for food is usually the strongest, and other needs appear less important.At this time, human consciousness is almost completely occupied by hunger, and all energy is used to obtain food.In this extreme case, the whole point of life is to eat, and nothing else matters.Only when people are liberated from the control of physiological needs, can higher-level and more socialized needs such as security needs appear.

The Qin State implemented the Yuantian system in the early days, which barely met the most basic physiological needs. However, since Qin Xiang became the country, he has been busy fighting for territory with the Rong and Di tribes. The whole country has been struggling for security needs. Not even the need for respect is met.

Although Qin State is known as one of the five hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period, the other four countries still ignore Qin State in meetings. Confucius traveled around large and small countries, but he did not go to Qin State. Isn’t Qin State pinching its nose for these big and small things? If you admit it, you can only honestly immerse yourself in construction.

Under such an environment, Qin State naturally couldn't satisfy such lofty self-realization needs, and no one had time to do academic research.

Standing up to study books and leave a name in history... Let's talk about it first after laying down your own territory...

"Of course, this statement is not absolute. Qin Min doesn't just know how to survive."

Man is a very strange animal, they have more reason and emotion than other animals, these two completely contradictory things can make their spirit to some extent even break through the shackles of the rules.

Still take Qin Mugong as an example.

The horses raised by Qin Mugong were eaten by commoners, but Qin Mugong forgave them.Later, Duke Mu of Qin and Jin Hui got into trouble during the battle, and they were rescued by this group of villagers who knew how to repay their kindness and defeated the Jin army.

It's hard to imagine that in that era when people were generally uneducated, this group of farmers could be so aware of righteousness that they were even willing to sacrifice their own lives.

But no matter how enlightened the people of Qin are, high-end education can’t be done if they can’t figure it out. There is no money, no famous teachers, and no learning environment... Not everyone is reborn with ink and has golden fingers.

After listening to Mo Dou's analysis, Ying Zheng frowned and thought about something again, while Mo Dou watched Ying Zheng quietly from the side.

It's actually a child.

Mo Dou's eyes softened, probably because of his height, Mo Dou had always looked up to Ying Zheng, and because of his own experience, he seemed extremely precocious, so Mo Dou always felt that Ying Zheng's age was about the same as himself.

But after thinking that night, Mo Dou realized how much he had unconsciously demanded of Ying Zheng by adult standards.

"My lord, you don't need to pay too much attention to this matter. It cannot be changed by one person's efforts. It requires the long-term efforts of everyone."

Ying Zheng raised his head: "But Zheng must pay attention to this matter. I remember that Dou once said, 'If you lose your fortune, you will never know that it is not a blessing'. Zheng believed it."

He is from Qin, which cannot be changed. His father was still fighting for that position in Qin. Since Mo Dou dared to say that, Ying Zheng believed it.Under this premise, Yingzheng will inevitably take on the various problems that exist in Qin.

"Then you don't need to embarrass yourself. I am willing to solve the problem for you. Even I can't solve it. It is better for two people to discuss it than to think alone."

Are you thinking about it alone and not afraid of digging into a dead end?

"The government believes that fighting is not the responsibility of solving problems for the government."

At the beginning, Mo Dou was talking about explaining the history of Qin Dynasty for Yingzheng, and the request to solve the problem was indeed beyond the scope.

Mo Dou sighed: "Young Master, do you still want to see me?"

Ying Zheng's face was tense and he didn't speak.

"It's really my fault that I didn't tell you about my mother before," Mo Dou said softly and calmly, "but it really hurts my heart for you to distance yourself from me because I'm from Zhao."

"I really don't care about the differences between the two countries."