In the past seven hundred years, the Luo Kingdom has only done two things. One is to drive the princes to fight against the barbarians, and the other is to respect the king and eliminate all those who try to pose a threat to the destiny of the state.
The core of these two things is that Ji Zhao needs Bang Zhou to exist and Zhu Xia to prosper.
Now there is no need for the Luo Kingdom to resist the barbarians. The countries on the border are already giants and can deal with them on their own. There are no new barbarians in the world who are strong enough to challenge Zhu Xia.
As for the king, the current royal family is very powerful. This is the last afterglow of Bang Zhou's destiny.
Luo Chang looked at the sun rising from the east, shining on the Luo Kingdom Academy, and understood that this was the future path of the Luo family.
Since the beginning of the Zhuxia War, the debates in the Luo Kingdom Academy have not stopped. The more brutal the war, all kinds of ideas will spring up like mushrooms after a rain.
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In the academy, two groups of people were having a heated debate. Both sides had completely different understandings of war.
One of the disciples of Confucius said loudly: "What did the five years of war bring to the world?
It has brought death, hunger, disease, and unfaithfulness, righteousness, and benevolence.
Isn't it ridiculous that a villain like Wei Houqing can usurp the throne of a great country? "
Confucians despise Wei Houqing to the extreme. This is a monarch who completely does not conform to the attributes of a Confucian saint king.
The Legalists, who have always been at odds with Confucianism, laughed and said: "Wei Houqing invites talented people from all over the world to come to the Wei State. He will adopt all policies that can strengthen the Wei State. Even if he is a slave, he is willing to serve as the prime minister of the country." Wait for it.
He is also willing to give away his noble daughter.
Isn't this the Holy King?
I have decided to go to Wei State to demonstrate what I have learned. It is really a waste of time to debate with you pedantic people in this academy.
When I make Wei strong and prosperous, I will naturally know what is right and what is wrong. "
The Confucian scholar sneered and said, "When you came to the academy, you were still from Jin. Jin fell to the hands of Wei. Now you can act so grandly. You are really a Legalist."
This map cannon directly angered the Legalist scholars in the academy, and they all accused: "Zheng, Song, Chen and other countries were annihilated in the war. Why don't we see scholars from these countries who were born in Confucianism go to die for their country?"
This is a confusing book. It is nonsense to say that there is no concept of country. The first thing you should report when you go out is your own country.
However, the concept of slaves has not yet appeared. Basically, the most miserable thing after the fall of the country is the direct public family. Most of the nobles can become officials in the new country and even hold high positions.
Everyone's national identity has changed very quickly, just like the Xiang family of Chu State. In the first two or three generations, they would have been said to be a Luo person who served as an official in Chu State, but now he is a Chu person.
Even if this is the case for the royal family, not to mention low-level nobles and ordinary people, ceding the city is basically equivalent to directly changing nationality. This is a very common thing. Nowadays, it is very unwise for Confucian scholars to use this to accuse.
The Confucian scholar himself knew that this was wrong, and said: "There are wise monarchs in the world, and there are unworthy monarchs.
Assisting a wise monarch will lead to great rule of the world, but assisting an unworthy monarch will plunge the world into disaster. Haven't you seen enough of the misery of the nations now? "
All the Confucian scholars who said this felt sad in their hearts. They lived in the Luo Kingdom and knew how prosperous the Luo Kingdom used to be. However, after the war, countless people lost their relatives. This was still in the Luo Kingdom. If it were in the Luo Kingdom, In other countries, the lives of those people must be even more miserable.
Although Confucian scholars respect the king, the king, the ministers, and the father, the son, and the son, the obligation is two-way. While the ministers obey the king and father, the king and father must protect the ministers.
If he fails to do so and even harms his people, this is a failure of the king and father, and he will be denounced as a monomaniac and will be directly knocked down.
This actually has some meaning of free mind.
The biggest difference between Legalists and Confucianists is that the monarch is supreme and the center of everything.
The advanced aspect of Legalism is that princes are equally guilty as common people when they break the law, and there are clear laws that make right and wrong clear.
But the monarch is above the law. The monarch can modify the law at will, even reverse right and wrong, and rule legally in this way. This means that all people are slaves of the monarch.
Therefore, in the face of Confucianism, Legalists have always scorned, "The so-called wisdom is just human judgment. Once the law is set, whether it is right or wrong, it is all on the bamboo slips.
As long as he acts in accordance with the law, an unworthy monarch can still strengthen the country.
Confucian scholars are pedantic, but the monarchs of the world will see that this is the world of Legalism, and wait and see. "
The turmoil in the academy has not affected the progress of the countries. All countries are trying their best to restore their national strength.
There have been so many big disturbances just after the peace agreement was signed. The countries will definitely not be willing to accept it. When their strength recovers a little, war will definitely start again.
Wei stabbed Qin in the back, but the two countries above Huaisi were able to maintain a balance because Chu was still there, and as a bridgehead to contain Chu, they had to cooperate.
Chu State is now both excited and worried. "Chu State is now the strongest among the countries. No matter in terms of population or land area, other countries cannot compare. But will the countries directly unite to fight against Chu State?"
Chu State is really experienced in this area and has been beaten countless times.
What Xiang Cheng is most worried about is not this, "Your Majesty, with the current situation, even if all countries unite, Chu State can protect itself. The real crisis of Chu State is the feudal lords all over the country.
These feudal lords maintained the existence and status of the public office, but once the Chu State wanted to change the current system, there would be a huge backlash.
In the past, the prime minister of the State of Qin was married to the State of Qin with Princess Xuanmi. Although there were countless reasons for this, couldn't it have nothing to do with the employment strategy of the State of Chu?
The Chu State has been established for more than seven hundred years, and all official positions have been controlled by nobles. What a terrible thing.
If I were not born in the Xiang family, the position of Ling Yin would never fall to me. "
In fact, it is very inappropriate for Xiang Cheng to say this, because he himself is the largest nobleman in Chu State. In the entire Chu State, apart from the official family, several Xiang clans are the most prominent.
The King of Chu hesitated and said: "But the nobles of the Chu State have always been very capable. For example, your uncle's Xiang family has a lot of talents and is close to the official family. If these personal followers are not used, but they are promoted from the bottom, it seems even more inappropriate." Appropriate.
The current situation in the country is already unstable. If the nobles are still deprived of their power, the newly prosperous Chu Kingdom may be in trouble.
Anyway, the Chu State is strong now. When the country recovers, an army of 500,000 will be enough to sweep everything. Is there anyone who can defeat 500,000 with an army of 50,000?
Don't worry too much, uncle. "
The monarch and his ministers looked at each other in silence, and what they both said made sense.
Xiang Cheng wanted to take advantage of the fact that the monarch and his ministers were in power to directly destroy this tradition that had lasted for more than seven hundred years.
Because it is impossible for public officials and great nobles to produce talents from generation to generation, there must be people with great talents among the scholars of the Central Plains countries, but the system of Chu State cannot attract those truly talented people.
The monarch and his ministers thought about it for a long time and decided not to act rashly and wait and see. The Chu country has a great cause and is the most powerful country in the Xia. It is no longer the Chu country that had to fight for its survival in the past.
Wei State.
After Wei Houqing founded the country, he had a very sense of crisis. After all, Wei's strategic environment was really bad. The Qin State in the west had just been stabbed in the back by him. Presumably the two countries would be in a state of hostility for a long time.
The Chu State in the south has always wanted to go north from Nanyang, and the Wei State happened to be blocked on this road.
The Zhou royal family next to him had just had no choice but to confer a vassal title on him. Even Han and Zhao joined forces with him because they were weak and united to keep warm.
Although it was difficult, Wei Houqing was an outstanding person. Every choice he made was the best for the Wei family and the state of Wei. In order to confuse Uncle Qin, he was so humble that he almost treated Uncle Qin as his father.
"To pay tribute to beauties to the Zhou royal family is to show Wei's surrender."
This was the first choice Wei Houqing made in the face of a complicated situation, and then he showed his goodwill to Han and Zhao again, "conveying benefits to South Korea and Zhao, making every effort to maintain the alliance of the three Jins, focusing on blocking Qin, and then attacking Chu." country."
Finally, Wei Houqing began to recruit talented people. Those who had followed him and turned his family into a country were able to stay, while those who were not were rushed back to the fiefdom. The entire high-ranking official positions in the Wei Kingdom, including the position of Prime Minister, were all vacant. Leave it to the talented people to take up their posts.
He also ordered, "The official family, the five generations of nobles, the noble family, the relatives, and the noble girls of the appropriate age in the family should all be registered and reported. If you are lucky enough to be granted a marriage by the monarch, this is an honorable matter."
This is the first monarch among the countries to even arbitrarily arbitrate the marriage of his ministers, because there are not so many women of the right age in the official household.
In order to attract talented people from all over the world, Wei Houqing almost tried his best. As long as he is talented, he can get everything in the Wei Kingdom.
This is the reason why those Legalists in the Luo Kingdom Academy highly admire Wei Houqing.
Although everyone knows that Wei Houqing's character is not good, he is really thirsty for talents, and he even feels like King Su vomiting his breasts.
Even the monarchs of other countries were stunned by Wei Houqing's generosity, but it was difficult to imitate him. Wei was badly beaten, and the power of the nobles was originally small.
The only country that could follow suit was South Korea, which was also completely beaten, but Han Cheng was still hesitant. He was not as decisive as Wei Houqing.
Facing the situation in the world, Wei and Chu made opposite decisions based on the situation in the country. One slowly sought changes along the traditional rule of aristocratic kings, while the other violently began to overthrow and rebuild.
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After the war between the Xia Dynasties and the Xia Dynasty, all the countries were slowly recovering their strength, but the Wei State was an outlier among the other countries. In the midst of all the wastes waiting to be revitalized, the rulers of the Wei State saw the opportunity for change and decisively carried out Launched a top-down reform, which was the first major country to change its national system on a large scale during the Warring States Period, and Wei's national power quickly grew stronger. ——"Collection of the Warring States Reform"
People are complicated. I didn’t expect Wei Qing to have a highlight moment!
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