"Qin Huali is in Chang'an City? Although he joined the Mo Sect, he was once my disciple. It is a blessing that he can set up a mountain and establish a sect now. If I have the chance, I will go to Chang'an and meet him."

Zhang Hua met Zixia, one of the ten philosophers of Confucius in Shangdang City.

After Confucius' death, Zixia lived in Xihe and taught 300 disciples to become the teacher of Wei Wenhou.

It is said that Li Kui, Wu Qi, Qin Huali and others were once disciples of Zixia.

At that time, Wei State was the overlord, and Zixia was praised by Wei Wenhou, who won the hearts of the people through this.

As a minister of Wei, Li Kui and Wu Qi naturally favored their preferences and also worshipped Zixia as his teacher.

Xinlingjun recommended Zhang Hua to visit Zixia, which also reminded Zhang Hua of the importance of winning people's hearts.

Zixia recruited many disciples in this place and had a huge influence.

Zhang Hua was in charge of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and did not need to worship Zixia as his army, but he just came to win over Zixia and expressed his attitude.

Among the various schools of thought, Zixia is also one of the representative figures of Confucianism.

When it comes to the birds and slime, Zixia feels a little sad.

Qin Huali became Mo Zi's first disciple, competing with Confucianism, and things changed.

However, Zixia believed that "if you are good at being a good official, you will learn; if you are good at studying, you will be a good official", so she did not think that it was a big deal for Zi Shuli to join the Momen.

"Sir, are you willing to become an official and serve me?"

Zhang Hua intends to recruit Zixia.

This is a powerful Confucianism.

"I'm afraid I'll let you down. I only want to teach the Christians, but I don't want to become an official. I have no other talents except to teach the Christians and solve doubts."

Zixia did not agree to become an official.

Some people can be teachers, but they may not necessarily manage internal affairs.

There is a big gap between theory and practice.

"What a pity."

Zhang Hua saw Zixia's determination, and Zixia did not serve in Wei State, so he did not force it.

Zhang Hua looked at the Confucian scholar. Zixia was burly, but it was not the image of a weak scholar who was powerless in everyone's impression.

Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, originated the term "Kong Wu is powerful".

The six arts advocated by Confucianism - rituals, music, shooting, imperialism, books, and numbers also include techniques on the battlefield such as archery and driving carriages.

Therefore, Zhang Hua suspected that if Zixia went to the battlefield, he could also kill several enemies himself.

Zhang Hua discussed with Zixia again to discuss Confucian philosophy in the pre-Qin period.

Pre-Qin Confucianism was relatively pure. After the development of Dong Zhongshu, Zhu Xi and others, the content changed greatly, and the purpose became to maintain rule.

Zhang Hua did not fully respect the family's words, visited Zixia, showed that he was respectful to the people of the world, and showed that he respected Confucianism to the Confucian scholars, and had achieved his goal.

"I will ask someone to build a college for Mr. Xiacheng, and Mr. will serve as the teacher."

Zhang Hua intends to move Zixia to Xiacheng to show his love for talents to the world, and at the same time controls the various schools of thought in Chang'an and Xiacheng.

A hundred schools of thought contend, and the government still needs to take certain control.

"It's getting late, I'll say goodbye."

Zhang Hua did not allow Zixia to refuse and decided on the matter.

Zhang Hua left Zixia's mansion and Xue Rengui, who was responsible for protecting Zhang Hua, said: "Lord, there was a person behind the screen in the house just now. The general was worried that it was an assassin, so he was secretly guarding against the man. But this person never took action."

Zhang Hua disagreed: "Maybe it was Zixia's inner fellow or disciple. Because I suddenly came to visit and couldn't dodge, I hid behind the screen to avoid suspicion."

Zhang Hua and Zixia were talking about academic issues, just going through the motions, rather than using military force and internal affairs. Therefore, even if the person hiding behind the screen heard the conversation between Zhang Hua and Zixia, Zhang Hua did not think there would be any harm.

"Xinling Jun, I will entrust you with all rights to defend Chuzhou."

Zhang Hua trusted Xinlingjun very much and ordered Xinlingjun to serve as the garrison of Chuzhou.

Xinling Jun was very capable. He first stole the talisman and saved Zhao, and then joined forces to attack Qin, which was enough to stand alone.

Zhang Hua specially recruited Xinlingjun and took his disciples to guard Chuzhou with Leyang and his soldiers from Wei Wu.

"I will try my best to defend this city. If 100,000 enemy troops come to attack, then Ming Gong will swallow it. If 100,000 enemy troops come to attack, then lead the people to Hanoi and escape from this place."

“…”

Xinling Jun is honest and did not boast about Haikou and could block a million troops. Instead, he said and said something that could not be done, but he could not do it.

No matter how powerful Xinling Jun is, he cannot stop a million troops.

The commander who is capable of bringing millions of troops to attack Chuzhou is definitely not inferior to Xinlingjun.

After all, Liu Bang could only control 100,000 troops. The commander of Han Xin's level is truly the more he wants.

Seeing Zhang Hua leave, Zixia said to the person behind the screen: "You can come out."

"It's a coincidence that I didn't expect to meet this person when I visited the teacher."

The middle-aged man came out of the screen, sat upright and regarded Zixia as his teacher.

"Your talent lies in using troops, not in Confucianism."

"The teacher said this is a bad thing. If the country is not rich and strong, how can we use troops? If the country has no surplus food, how can we send troops? If the country is rich and strong, we need to be governed. Military schools can be used for conquests, but in terms of governing the country, only Confucianism and Legalism are the most suitable."

"It's a pity that you came a few years later, otherwise Weiss would not have become a minister of others with your assistance."

"There are many talented people in this world, and there are people outside of people, and there are heavens outside of heaven. I dare not say that I will win. In recent years, I have seen many talented people, some of whom are not inferior to me. Weiss is certainly an excellent monarch..."

"Since Weiss has surrendered, why don't you take advantage of the opportunity just now to play for Zhang Hua?"

Zixia stared at the person's expression, trying to see his real thoughts.

However, this disciple's ability is not inferior to his teacher, and this disciple is proficient in the theories of military, law and Confucianism. Whether it is leading troops to fight or governing the country, he is all first-class.

The middle-aged man sighed: "Do you know the difference between adding icing on the cake and helping you in time?"

Zixia's eyes lit up: "What do you mean?"

"Not bad, one timely help is better than ten times."

"Also, there are many wise rulers in this world. Good ministers choose their rulers and serve them. I, Wu Qi, only want to serve the overlord. Let me observe for a while."

The middle-aged man pointed out his thoughts.

Zixia shook her head: "You still can't let go of your fame."

"A real man should raise a million troops, spread all over the world and be famous in history. Why should he give up fame and fortune?"

Wu Qi disagreed.

Zixia wanted to make a statement, while Wu Qi wanted to make a career, and each had his own pursuits.

Zixia knew that Wu Qi had his own pursuit, so she didn't force it.

Wu Qi was originally a disciple of Zeng Shen, a Confucian scholar. After his mother passed away, he did not go to mourning and was expelled from his master.

From then on, Wu Qi abandoned Confucianism and learned about the army.

In addition, Wu Qi also killed his wife and asked for generals, and his desire for making achievements exceeded everything.

Even if he worshipped Zixia as his teacher, it was to enrich Wu Qi's theory of governing the country and reform, and it was not truly classified as Confucianism.

Wu Qi is a representative of military strategists and will not consider returning to Confucianism.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time, so let's have some drinks."

Zixia did not object to Wu Qi's pursuit, but reminisced about the past with Wu Qi.

"I have been traveling for a long time and am a little tired, so I happened to have a detailed discussion with the teacher."

Wu Qi lives in Zixia's mansion.

Zhang Hua didn't know that he had passed by Wu Qi, a military strategist among the hundreds of schools.

Fan Zhongyan, who besieged Daliang City, and Li Ji had asked Zhang Hua for help to ensure that the sturdy city of Daliang City could be captured.

Zhang Hua needed to lead his troops south to meet with Fan Zhongyan and Li Ji, so he appointed Xinling Jun as the chief general of Chuzhou to guard this territory so as not to be captured by Liu Xiu or Li Keyong.

"Gao Shun went to Xiacheng, Luozhou to train troops with the recruited troops."

Zhang Hua transferred Gao Shun to Xiacheng to train for the trap.

Once Gao Shun's camp training is completed, he can guide the Central Plains to the east, support Guanzhong to the west, and rescue Hanoi and Chuzhou to the north.

As Zhang Hua's territory expanded, the importance of Xiacheng's location was highlighted.

Heluo is the center of the world and can conquer all directions.

In addition to Gao Shun, Wei Yan, Tian Heng, Wei Si and others, they were also taken away by Zhang Hua and completely dismantled the forces they established.

"Lord, there is a cavalry and a hundred general. I met a person in the village. This person claimed to be Ma Liang of the Three Kingdoms, and this statement may be true. If the lord has free time, you can see this person."

Before Zhang Hua was about to leave Shangdang City, Wang Shouren introduced Ma Liang of the Three Kingdoms to Zhang Hua.

"Ma Liang?"
To be continued...