The reason why Zhao Kuo was willing to take extraordinary risks for this was because, in addition to the obsession that "there should always be a story for future generations to read" in his heart, he also wanted to stop the catastrophe after the unification of Qin. , so that the ancestors of China can live a better life - a life with enough food.
It's just a pity that even Bai Qi can't escape the limitations of history.
Obviously, Bai Qi could not see Zhao Kuo's ambition, which could even be said to be wolfish ambition.
In Bai Qi's eyes, Zhao Kuo's idea of "fighting for the people" is naturally worthy of respect. And this naturally became what Bai Qi thought was a breakthrough, and he immediately said: "Don't you know, general, that unification of the world is the ultimate way to end the war! Peace for a moment or peace for all time, which is more important, general, can't you weigh it?" ?」
Eternal? !
Zhao Kuo almost laughed out loud. Sure enough, do all people in Qin have the same brain circuit?
The First Emperor wanted the Qin Kingdom to be established for eternity, so he gathered the soldiers of the world, served the people of the world, and decided on the names of the successors of the Qin Kingdom, saying: the second generation, the third generation, and even the eternal generation.
such a pity! When the Qin Dynasty came to the second generation, it was stabbed to pieces by the sentence "The princes and generals Xiang Ning has the kind".
In the third generation, Qin was completely handed over to the "Han".
Even if I defect to Qin, will the outcome of Qin II's death change?
I'm afraid not! If you want to change the outcome, you must change Qin Fa, but Qin Fa is the guarantee for the unrivaled strength of the Qin Army team, so how can it be changed? Even after unification, how can those with vested interests, especially the King of Qin who has enjoyed huge benefits, allow you to touch Qin's bottom line?
So, this is an unsolvable paradox.
What's more, Zhao Kuo has now established a firm foothold in Zhao State, and everything is developing in a good direction. How could he turn his head to Qin State at this time? This is an almost unsolvable paradox?
Therefore, facing Bai Qi with scorching eyes, Zhao Kuo could only say sorry.
"How happy are the people of Qin?" Zhao Kuo asked calmly.
Bai Qi was really confused at this moment. In the Warring States Period, it was good to have enough to eat. How about happiness or not? Is that something ordinary people should discuss?
"At least the people of Qin can have enough to eat." Bai Qi replied.
"If we follow Qin's standards, which country's people will not have enough to eat?" Zhao Kuo's eyes remained calm.
Today's era is no longer the Spring and Autumn Period. With the large-scale popularization of iron tools, the work that originally took three people can be completed by one person with the help of iron tools. Although taxes in various countries have been raised again and again, in the end, unless there is war or natural disasters, the people of each country can still make ends meet.
And once wars and natural disasters occur, even the Qin State will still be starved to death. The lives of the people of the Qin State are actually very good.
With almost the same productivity, the Qin State needs to support no less aristocrats than other countries. It also has an army that is the best in the world to maintain. Even though the Qin State practiced "farming warfare" and concentrated almost the entire country's power on cultivated land. However, taking into account the consumption of the army, between an increase and a decrease, the food reserves in the hands of the people of Qin are almost the same as those of other countries.
The price of this concentration of power was the unspeakable suffering of the people of Qin. Therefore, it is not certain whether the people of Qin will have more food than other countries, but what is certain is that the people of Qin will definitely have more hardship than the people of other countries.
As for the reason why the Qin people are stronger than other countries, it lies more in the existence of the ascending channel. It is like a beam of light illuminating a dark life, even if this beam of light is only a weak beam, let alone a ladder that can be climbed up. At most, it was just a few steps forward with a glimmer of light, coupled with fearless courage and sacrifice, and it was still far from the stairs.
But just such a weak beam of light is enough to put the Qin State above all other countries. You can imagine how hopeless the people of other countries are living.
However, such a beam of light will be quickly destroyed after the unification is completed, so backlash is inevitable.
The reason is also very simple. To put it bluntly, today’s Qin State is outright militaristic and transfers resources to plunder other countries.
The domestic conflict, specifically, is that the king eats meat, the nobles gnaw bones, and the people drink soup.
Even this soup is not easy to drink. You have to fight hard on the battlefield or in the soil. This is not soup, it is clearly the blood of the people. It's just that the people of Qin who are in it don't know it. There is another beam of light shining in front of the eyes, which makes people even more blind.
However, once the Qin State completed its great cause of unification, its external plundering also stopped. Although the King of Qin still gathered the pearls of the six kingdoms, it was obvious that he would not leak even a little bit of soup to the people at the bottom. Even the nobles gradually had no meat. Gnawing, up and down are separated from each other, how can we not rebel? !
Of course, such a country is definitely not Zhao Kuo's ideal home.
As for ideals, you still have to achieve them yourself, you know.
Seeing that Bai Qi didn't answer, Zhao Kuo didn't care, and then continued: "The world has been suffering from Qin for a long time. From what I can see, the one who can dominate the world can be any one of Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, Qi, and Chu." The only country that cannot be unified by Qin is Qin!"
"Why?" Bai Qi was obviously a little anxious, and his voice was also a little sharp: "Since Lord Shang's reform, our Great Qin has become increasingly stronger and stronger. Now it is the crown of all other countries. Even if the six kingdoms unite, they will not be able to take it away. Although we are in a difficult situation now In the land of Shangdang, it is just a temporary trouble. It will not take three to five years to restore the national strength. Why can't it be unified?"
Zhao Kuo still shook his head and said: "Qin, Shang Jun succeeded, and Shang Jun failed. Qin's strength was due to Shang Jun's reforms, which made the country focus on farming and war. Therefore, the soldiers were sophisticated and the countries had no power. It can be stopped. The victory of the war brought a steady stream of land wealth, which made all Qin soldiers yearn for it more and more, and this formed a torrent rolling forward."
"Of course." Before Bai Qi could issue the message, Zhao Kuo had already begun to vary: "When Qin is unified, it will be the time when it has no way to advance. Although the army is large, there is no profit to be made, and the soldiers no longer have the will to fight. . Not only that, military merit is the only way for the people at the bottom to rise, which is fine on weekdays. Once there is no fight, the way to rise will be blocked, people will resentment boils, and there will be chaos at the bottom. By then, even the old Qin people will talk about the survivors of the Six Kingdoms. If we are going to rebel, how can we have peace of mind?"
"The level of military merit is finally a way for the people at the bottom to rise. Only in this way can we have our heroic Qin army. However, when times change, if we, the Qin Dynasty, dominate the world, we will definitely recuperate and no longer care about military merit." Bai Qi retorted still reluctantly.
