"The hearts of the people." Lu Buwei cupped his hands and bowed slightly to Zhao Kuo.
"Oh?" Zhao Kuo looked at Lu Buwei in front of him in surprise. For a moment, Zhao Kuo really thought that Lu Buwei in front of him had traveled from the future like him.
After calming himself down, Zhao Kuo continued to ask: "What's the explanation?"
Hearing Zhao Kuo sigh "Oh", Lu Buwei knew that his idea was right.
Yes, more than half of what Lu Buwei said came from Zhao Kuo. Since becoming Zhao Kuo's beloved, the first thing Lu Buwei did was to find all the information about Zhao Kuo and analyze Zhao Kuo's life thoroughly from head to toe.
Especially since the Battle of Changping and what Zhao Kuo had done since he led the army independently, Lu Buwei did not dare to explain clearly, but at least he knew it from memory.
Needless to say, there is no need to say much about his military ability. More importantly, Lu Buwei discovered a big secret-Zhao Kuo had begun to lay out the way to seize power very early.
It should be said that since the victory of Changping was confirmed, Zhao Kuo has been planning the future of himself and the State of Zhao.
But in this vast and numerous layout, the rest is fine, it is nothing more than military power and political power. But one thing is that it has almost no meaning in seizing power, but Zhao Kuo attaches great importance to this, even much higher than other things.
From raising grain in Guanglang City, to farming in Hanoi County, from building momentum in Handan to having fun with the people in Daidi, it is obvious that Zhao Kuo, unlike other kings and generals, attaches great importance to the people.
Especially for the farming project in Hanoi County, Zhao Kuo sent Xu Li, the most trusted person under his command. You must know that Shangdang County was also building weapons, but Zhao Kuo only sent Zhao Wei to supervise the construction.
Obviously, the status and importance of field strategy in Zhao Kuo's heart is much higher than that of weapons.
But those weapons, just a Modao, are enough to make all countries tremble, not to mention the construction of the more concealed and important heavy cavalry armor.
Even so, Zhao Kuo still felt that the field policy was more important!
And here's the problem. From a businessman's point of view, the farm policy may be effective, but it is more about improving people's lives and increasing national power. In fact, it is not too much, and it is not as direct and straightforward as weapons.
Let's put it this way, after several years of hard work, it was finally a strategy to establish a farm, which was far less than using tens of thousands of armored soldiers to seize the interests of an enemy county. But Zhao Kuo still spared no effort in doing it.
Even when it came time to mobilize troops to defeat the Yan army, Zhao Kuo transferred Zhao Wei from Shangdang County instead of Xu Li who was stationed in Hanoi.
After thinking hard, Lu Buwei finally came to a conclusion that he didn't want to admit: his master, Zhao Kuo, valued the power of the people very, very much.
And as the battle between Yan and the city began, Lu Buwei finally realized the power of the people - if not for the lives of the people in the city, a mere five thousand soldiers would not have been able to hold on for so long.
From that night on, Lu Buwei began to reflect - perhaps, this is the only way to defeat Qin later.
Naturally, after hearing Zhao Kuo's continued questioning, Lu Buwei immediately answered again: "To my king: The struggle between great powers seems to be a battle of soldiers and horses, but in fact it is a struggle of national power."
"In war, those who can win with miracles will win with few, but those who win with justice will win with many. And a big country can lose one, two, or even three or four; while a small country can lose one defeat and the ground will be wiped out." Lu Buwei continued.
"In the battle of Changping, it seems that the king won by a miracle, but in fact it was Zhao and Wei who worked together to defeat the Qin army. Although there were various twists and turns, it was a right victory in the end; and Zhao is a small country. Although it won the battle, the loss of its youth, food and fodder was huge, and it may not be able to recover even after many years. Qin is a big country, and although it was defeated in the battle, it did not have a big impact on its national strength. In one to two years, it will be able to go eastward. Fight again.
Therefore, if you want to control Qin, you can only do it with a strong army and strong national power. "
"Then, what is a strong national power?" Lu Buwei paused slightly, glanced at the expressionless Zhao Kuo, and then continued.
"The so-called prosperity of the country may be called the breadth of the land, or the harmony of the government." Lu Buwei shook his head and continued: "It has its own truth, but in my words, the breadth of the land is for the sake of the people. Everyone, the harmony of government is the obedience of the people. The so-called prosperity of the country is ultimately the prosperity of the people."
"When the people are prosperous, the army will be strong. If the people are prosperous, the soldiers will be brave. If the people are prosperous, the soldiers will be strong. If there is abundant food and grass, the war will be worry-free." Lu Buwei clasped his fists with his hands, bowed slightly, and made the final summary: "I Zhao Zhao In the new era, all laws can be taken from Qin, but the people's hearts need to be competed with Qin. If you get it, you can conquer the world."
"Cai!" Zhao Kuo couldn't help but praise after hearing this.
Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. Zhao Kuo never expected to hear this sentence during the Warring States Period more than two thousand years ago!
"Ai Qing is indeed a great talent!" Zhao Kuo was not stingy with his praise at all, and even felt like he was late to meet him.
"Don't dare, I'm afraid, the minister is also inspired by what the king did." Lu Buwei was about to tell the source of his true thoughts. The reason is also very simple: instead of letting the king suspect that he is speculating on his intentions, it is better to simply tell the source of his thoughts.
Zhao Kuo was not surprised when he heard this. In this era that had just transitioned from the slave era, there were only a handful of people who could truly see the importance of the people.
Anyone who can say that kings, officials, and clans share the same world is considered to be an avant-garde thinker.
civil? In this era, there is almost no difference from livestock.
Lu Buwei's words not only did not make Zhao Kuo feel speculative, but also recognized Lu Buwei more and more.
What he has done has been noticed by many people, but Lu Buwei is the only one who can say that "he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world". After all, although Zhao Kuo had something in mind, he had never shown such thoughts in front of anyone.
Taking a long breath, Zhao Kuo felt more and more that talents were rare.
"That's the purpose." Zhao Kuo did not continue to be polite to Lu Buwei, and then continued to ask: "I just don't know, where should we start?"
Lu Buwei pondered for a moment, and then he took out all the manuscripts and said: "We think that we need to be a sage on the inside first and then rule the world on the outside."
When Zhao Kuo heard this, he seemed to hear the familiar term "Inner Sage and External King" again. Well, if you are not familiar with this term, you must have heard of another way of saying it - to deal with foreign affairs, you must first settle the domestic affairs.
"To calm down the inside first before fighting the outside world?" Zhao Kuo continued to ask.
"Of course." Lu Buwei nodded.
"How to make peace?" Zhao Kuo then asked.
"Wei Chen believes that there should be two steps that complement each other." Lu Buwei continued: "The first is to centralize power. The second is to collect the heart."
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