"At the beginning of King Shang's reform, our Qin country was in a corner. How difficult was it to go east and develop?"
"There are powerful enemies outside and political worries inside. Reform is the only way out for our Qin country!"
"Our country of Qin became strong and prosperous due to the reform. It was only in my father's generation that the remaining heroes of the Sixth Dynasty unified the six countries!"
"In the past hundreds of years, our old Qin people had a population of nearly ten million during their heyday. How many people are left now?"
"I, the people of Lao Qin, endure the hardships, and I, the people of Lao Qin, resist the hardships, and never complain!"
"With the unification of the six kingdoms, the people of Qin should have lived and worked in peace and contentment."
"However, the remnants of the six kingdoms are still determined to be evil, and the restoration forces are undercurrent. If our country of Qin does not want to change, are we going to let the hard work of the old Qin people go to waste?"
The spacious hall was as quiet as a deep valley, and Zhao Hao's voice continued to echo.
The veterans of the empire, the princes and grandsons, and the doctors in the doctor's palace, including Ying Zheng, Wang Ben, Meng Yi and others, all listened quietly, and no one wanted to interrupt Zhao Hao.
Li Si was also silent.
"Shangjun's reform was to make Qin strong and prosperous and prevent it from being annexed by the six kingdoms. However, Shangjun did not have the ability to predict the future. He could not imagine that our Qin State destroyed the six kingdoms in more than a hundred years. So Shangjun's method is still applicable to the current Qin Country?"
"Before Shang Jun's reform, Qin was a country of vassals, and the six kingdoms were also countries of vassals. But what about today's Great Qin? A unified country!"
"My father unified the six kingdoms, surpassed the three emperors and five emperors, and was called the First Emperor. He governed a unified country, not a country of vassals!"
"A teacher who remembers the past and remembers the future has learned to sum up the rise and fall of China's dynasties for three thousand years, and this is how we have today's splendid civilization!"
"But it would be foolish to hold on to the governing ideas of our predecessors and blindly respect them! Where did Lord Shang's reform come from? Be careful! Where did Han Fei's law come from? A hundred schools of thought are successful!"
"This is a new policy that has never been seen in the three thousand years since the founding of the Qin State. Why don't you summarize it?"
Li Si smiled coldly: "China has practiced the kingly way for three thousand years. Does that mean that Young Master Hao intends to summarize the experience of ruling the country according to the kingly way and change the national policy of Qin?"
When Wang Ben heard this, he immediately stood up and sneered: "You are so stupid, you are so stupid!"
"Yes, I have already said that Young Master Hao is crazy and talks nonsense!"
"That's what it is. This summary is better than no summary at all!"
"Gongzi Hao, you have been talking for a long time, can you say something useful? Since you know the hardships of my old Qin people, stop talking nonsense here!"
Facing the laughter and curses of the old officials of the empire, Zhao Hao had no expression on his face. He turned to look at Wang Ben and said coldly: "Marquis Tongwu said before that our Qin State has the "Book of Shang Jun". How dare I ask Marquis Tongwu? Which country is Mr. Shang from?
Which country was Han Fei, who compiled "Han Feizi", from?
Which country was Wei Liao, who wrote "Wei Liao Zi", from?
As for "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals", it is also a canon compiled by Weiguo businessmen from hundreds of classics. Could one of them be compiled by me, an old Qin man? "
"Without reflection, only focusing on gains, covering one's eyes with a leaf, not seeing Mount Tai, who is more stupid?!"
"you....."
Wang Ben was speechless after being scolded. He wanted to refute, but could not find any basis.
Because what Zhao Hao said is true, there is really no book compiled by Lao Qin.
"The reason why our Qin State is strong and prosperous is that it attracted talents from the six countries. The advanced culture of the six countries preceded the development of our Qin State. This is an indisputable fact!"
"Let's talk about tolerance and intolerance. What is tolerance? Coexistence! Coexistence!"
After saying this, Zhao Hao raised his head and looked at Li Si: "Any avenue is not intolerable, it is a matter of choice. A dominant family is not an avenue!"
"According to what Young Master Hao said, what is the great road?" Li Si asked with a cold eyebrow.
"Don't worry, just listen to me."
Zhao Hao raised his hand to signal, and then said: "Before talking about the Tao, let's talk about the Tao of Confucius and Mencius that we are familiar with. Everyone knows that the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is not suitable for governing the country in troubled times, because there is no force to defend one's country, and there is no virtue. it's useless."
"After all, the teachings of Confucius and Mencius are no match for the millions of soldiers of our Great Qin."
"Hahaha!"
The veterans of the empire, the princes and grandsons laughed for a while.
The Confucian doctor blushed with embarrassment, but no one said anything to refute him.
Because they knew that what Zhao Hao said was also true.
Just ask them to admit it in public, they will never admit it.
But Zhao Hao didn't want them to admit it, so he continued: "But, does our Qin State's tyranny have no shortcomings?"
“I can definitely say that yes, any avenue has shortcomings.
For example, when Confucius talked about the Doctrine of the Mean, why is it that he does not tolerate Zhengmao?
Mozi taught about universal love, why does he not tolerate tyrants and tyranny?
Legalism talks about loving the people. Why does it not tolerate tired people, knights, and Confucian scholars? "
"The fundamental reason is, as Li Tingwei said, the road cannot tolerate it!"
"If that's the case, why do you want to force the young master to be compatible?" Li Si asked with a cold face.
"Strong things break easily, but soft things last forever. How about having both strength and softness at the same time?"
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"The kingly way of governing the country does not exist, and the hegemonic way of governing the country will not last long. Then get rid of the dross and get the essence, use hegemony to defend the foreign enemies, and use the kingly way to govern the people!" Zhao Hao said solemnly.
"you....."
Li Si's pupils shrank and he looked at Zhao Hao in astonishment.
Everyone stood there blankly, forgetting to respond.
Zhao Hao ignored them and turned to look at Ying Zheng: "Father, I believe that whether it is domineering, kingly, or other ways, it is a small way of a country, not a great way.
The real Tao is the Tao of all ages that is summed up by the strengths of all Taoisms! "
Ying Zheng had a sudden thought and couldn't help but ask: "What is the way of all ages?"
"The way of all ages is the way of emperors!"
Zhao Hao answered Ying Zheng calmly and forcefully.
Everyone in the hall was shocked.
It turns out that this is Gongzi Hao’s true purpose!
At this moment, even a pig understood what Zhao Hao wanted to do.
He did not really want to dethrone hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism, nor did he want to be compatible with any one of them, but he wanted to learn from the strengths of others and create a new avenue.
Good guy!
This Young Master Hao is really not simple!
All the veterans of the empire, princes, and grandsons who had come back looked at Zhao Hao in shock.
Only Ying Zheng asked calmly: "How to govern the country in an emperor's way?"
“Give certain favors and rewards to those who respect the emperor, such as the common people, and ministers who perform well should be lenient and rewarded, so that there will be no resentment of official abuse of the people;
For those remnants and hostile forces of the Six Kingdoms with evil intentions, we must kill them all and establish their prestige. Only then can we lay the foundation for eternity! "
As Zhao Hao spoke, he cupped his hands towards Ying Zheng and said, "So, I believe that the way of the emperor is the way of our new Qin!"
"The core of the emperor's way can be summed up in one sentence."
"Those who obey our Great Qin will prosper, and those who go against our Great Qin will perish!"
"I see...."
Ying Zheng suddenly nodded and laughed excitedly: "So this is the way of the emperor, hahahahaha——!"
Ying Zheng's laughter resounded throughout the hall, and everyone was suddenly startled.
A certain historian in the corner quickly wrote and made a note: The emperor's son said the emperor's way, the son was good at answering, the emperor laughed at it, five haha.
