Three major events have happened in Zhao State recently.

The first major event was naturally Ma Fujun's wedding. In these years, the Zhao people had almost no time to celebrate. Even if they defeated Yan and Qin, they could not laugh out loud, because their families died on the battlefield and their stomachs were still hungry. But this time it was different. Of course, Wei Wuji led his troops to the battle, but there were still casualties.

However, the families of the soldiers who died in other countries were rewarded by Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji, like Zhao Kuo, distributed the rewards given to him by King Zhao to these people. Perhaps this was also a gift he gave to Zhao Kuo. Although the Zhao State's reform was not very successful, after having a complete grassroots system, at least there would be no situations such as random tax collection and seizure of plowing oxen. The officials' positions were linked together, and there were horses who were eyeing the king.

This year, the people of Zhao finally had enough food. King Zhao did not launch corvee service, and the taxes were reduced a lot. It happened to be the wedding of Ma Fujun. Even in the clouds, the people of Yanmen cheered for Ma Fujun and congratulated him on his wedding. Zhao Kuo himself did not expect that his wedding would become a festival in Zhao State, and the whole country was happy. This was a treatment that King Zhao had never enjoyed.

The Zhao people were very happy. Every household walked out of the door, talking about horsefujun and singing and dancing spontaneously. Even if they couldn't rush to horsefujun, they would still use their own methods to celebrate horsefujun. And the local nobles? Of course, the officials would not miss the opportunity to "make friends" horsefujun? They organized the people? They took out corn, cattle and sheep? They came to reward the people and allowed them to celebrate. Some nobles even organized entertainment activities such as football matches.

It has been a long time since Zhao people were so happy.

And the second thing? Naturally, Li Mu defeated the Hu people. Perhaps this incident did not have much impact on the people of Handan and Dai County? But for the people in the frontier and even the nobles in the country, this was a huge surprise. The Hu people have always been the enemy of Zhao? Zhao State tried every means to resist them. Who would have thought that? Li Mu wiped out nearly 100,000 Hu people in a battle.

The number of Hu people is not large, and the number of young and strong is even rare? They may not be able to recover from the losses of these 100,000 people in ten years.

"100,000 people?? Li Mu really destroyed 100,000 Hu people?" King Zhao widened his eyes? He asked again? The messenger nodded helplessly and told King Zhao in detail about the war. King Zhao suddenly let out a strange laugh, clapped his hands and shouted, jumped up suddenly, and shouted: "Come here!! Send someone to welcome General Li Mu, no, go to welcome my Wu'an Jun, I want to give General Li Mu the city of Wu'an!"

"There is Bai Qi in Qin State, and I have Li Mu!"

The King of Zhao smiled a little out of his composure, and the envoy had to remind him that Wu'an City was Zhao Kuo's fief. King Zhao shook his head. Ma Fujun had so many fiefs. So what if he gave it to General Li Mu? So, Li Mu became Wu'an Jun of Zhao... However, Wu'an Jun of Zhao was still pursuing the enemy outside the border and had no way to come back. King Zhao hurriedly sent all his rewards to Yunzhong. This time the reward was second only to the rewards of Ma Fujun and Xinling Jun.

When King Zhao knew that Li Mu was much younger than Ma Fujun, and when he knew that Li Mu had only lost 16,000 people in this battle, he almost broke off his anger. King Zhao calmed down and was about to discuss this matter with Ma Fujun, but his recent confidant, Zheng Anping, dissuaded him. Ma Fujun's newlyweds, was not a good thing to bother him at this time, so King Zhao could only tell Zheng Anping about his excitement.

"Previously, Wu'an Jun could not defend himself and let the Hu people rob him. I was very angry and wanted to punish him. Ma Fujun persuaded me: He asked me if Bai Qi was more terrifying or Hu people more terrifying?"

"I told him: Of course it's Bai Qi."

"He said: When Li Mu followed me to attack Bai Qi, he was not afraid. How could he be afraid of the Hu people now? This must be his plan."

King Zhao shook his head and sighed: "I thought Ma Fujun was deliberately favoring Wu'an Jun. Today I realized that Ma Fujun had long seen Wu'an Jun's extraordinaryness!" King Zhao laughed again, his laughter was a little scary. He murmured: "Ma Fujun...Xinling Jun...Xinping Jun...Look for all the lords...Wu'an Jun..." He laughed again, patted his hands, and said: "I want Wu'an Jun to act as a false appearance. What do you think?"

Zheng Anping was startled. He nodded and said, "Of course, he should have entrusted important tasks to Wu'anjun, but Wu'anjun is too young and Yu Qing has no fault. If he replaces it rashly... I'm afraid..."

King Zhao then remembered Yu Qing, just nodded and said, "You are right."

The third thing is naturally that the King of Qin appointed Zhao Kuo as Wu Chengjun, and the prime minister of a country was regarded as prime minister by another country. This happened. However, the prince of a country was given a fief by the enemy, which seemed to have never been seen before and was rare. The people of Zhao were a little angry. In their opinion, this was of course the Qin people who were jealous of their horses and wanted to steal the horses and snatch them from them.

During these days, there have been rumors that Ma Fujun has a close relationship with Qin. However, no Zhao person is willing to believe that even King Zhao only regards this matter as Ying Hou’s plan of divisiveness. After Fan Ju used the plan of divisiveness many times, King Zhao’s immunity to the plan of divisiveness has also increased. Of course, Ma Fujun did not accept the rewards from the Qin people, nor did he go to Qin to take over his fief.

The envoy of the King of Qin said: The King of Qin heard that Ma Fujun liked to eat peaches, so he planted peach trees in the mountains where Ma Fujun's fief was located, and changed the name to Taoshan. He hoped that one day he could welcome Ma Fujun in this peach forest and talk about the principles of governing the country.

The actions of Qin made the kings of all countries think. Not long after, the Korean envoys also arrived at Mafu. The Korean envoys brought the blessings of the King of Han and were preparing to grant Mafu all the counties bordering Qin to Mafu as fiefs, called Huayang Jun. The actions of King of Han were obviously angered the King of Qin. The King of Qin directly ordered the expulsion of the Korean envoys. If it were not for the sake of the alliance, they would have killed these envoys.

Zhao Kuo was stunned. The King of Qin enthroned him. He could understand that this was the King of Qin's plan to alienate him. He wanted to alienate his relationship with Zhao. Of course, he also had the idea of ​​trying to win him over to Qin. But what did King of Han want to do? Disaster? Try it over? Even Han Fei did not understand what King of Han wanted to do. In the end, Di explained the suspense. Di said with a smile:

"King Han is a talented man. If you don't say that these cities border the Qin State, then you will allocate these counties to Ma Fujun as a fief. The Qin King loves Ma Fujun so much, so naturally he wouldn't attack these places..."

Zhao Kuo was stunned, and then he suddenly realized that the King of Han was probably thinking that that was what he thought.

Ma Fujun's wedding has ended and lasted for three days in total. Speaking of which, Zhao Kuo was really not very adaptable. He was used to sleeping alone. But now, every day when he woke up, he always lay alone beside him, curled up, like a cat he had raised in his previous life. Zhao Kuo's sleeping posture was very indecent, and he always put a big word on the bed. On the second day of the wedding, when he found that his hands and legs were pressing against Yi and suppressing Yi to breathe, he changed his sleeping posture.

Yi was not talkative and was a little shy when facing Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo was fine, so he took her to pay homage to his mother and to pay homage to Xu Li. Everyone was very happy, only Zhao Zheng was unhappy, and the eldest mother refused to let him go to his father's room. Zhao Zheng asked why in anger, but the eldest mother didn't answer, and he didn't allow him to ask. Once Zhao Zheng continued to ask, he would be beaten. The little guy was very unhappy, only Di was willing to tell him, Di said: This is to let you have a younger brother or sister.

Only then did Zhao Zheng realize that his father was secretly looking for his younger brother and sister for him without hiding it.

So, while Zhao Kuo was in class with his disciples, the little guy suddenly rushed in and said loudly: "Father, I already know about finding my younger brother and sister in the house. Please find me a younger brother. I will give him a general and let him accompany me to fight!" The disciples lowered their heads. They received severe education and could not laugh. Then Zhao Kuo was furious, jumped up, picked up a stick, and chased Zhao Zheng to beat him.

In the end, Di was not spared.

Zhao's mother did not deceive Zhao Kuo. Yi was a very virtuous wife. She would wash Zhao Kuo's clothes clean, she was also good at cooking, and the food she cooked was delicious. Zhao Zheng and Zhao Kuo were eating in the courtyard, and they ate like two squirrels with round faces. At other times, she either took Zhao Zheng to play or helped others. When she cooked the food, she would always give it to Pinggong and Du people.

Occasionally I can see her cleaning the road in front of the door, and by the way, I will also help clean the road in front of the Gong Ping.

The people in Mafu Township are also increasingly respecting this lady. She has a kind heart like Mafujun. She will talk to her about any grievances when the women in Mafu Township suffer. She is very popular and good at listening. Zhao Kuo often sits in the courtyard and smiles foolishly as she watches her busy in the courtyard. Zhao Kuo once told her some simple recipes she knew, and she also tried to make them, but she could not make the taste of her previous life.

The corn rice she made was delicious, but the wheat rice was a little worse.

Zhao Kuo is often busy outside and has to go to the school room early in the morning. There are more and more disciples in the school room. Now there are more than 600 disciples. The school room is a little too late to live in, so he can only expand it again. Zhao Kuo will explain the content of "Horse Costume Book" to them in the morning. He did not have any textbooks in his hands, but now he finally has it, so he will explain according to the textbooks. In the afternoon, he will tell some stories.

After telling the story, they asked questions and answered one-on-one questions. These disciples had their own confusions, and Zhao Kuo would answer them one by one.

It turned out that seven of the disciples who came to follow Zhao Kuo had left. They did not master all the knowledge. Most of them were recalled by their own country. After they returned, they said that they were appointed to explain the "Horse Costume Book". Because of the popularity of "Horse Costume Book", these people had a good status. They were all Zhao Kuo's first disciples, so they preached many of the thoughts of Ma Fujun in their homeland, the systems he mentioned, etc.

These people were influenced by Ma Fujun. Although their personalities were different, they still had the kindness of Ma Fujun and treated anyone very kindly. They would never drive them away when they came to ask for advice. In this way, Zhao Kuo's thoughts gradually bloomed in various countries and their influence continued to increase.

However, these disciples also encountered difficulties. Some of the other scholars did not dare to go directly to Zhao Kuo, so they had their ideas. Some scholars came to them to debate, especially the two disciples in Qi State. They encountered others every day to provoke them and asked them to prove that the earth was round. The disciples smiled and asked them to prove that the earth was not round.

Not long after the envoy of King Han arrived at the horse suit, the envoy of the State of Wei also came.

The messenger was a white-bearded old man, who looked a little similar to Ge, but his demeanor was quite extraordinary. He brought congratulations from the King of Wei. Fortunately, the King of Wei did not say that he would give Zhao Kuo a fiefdom, but just sent a letter, hoping that Zhao Kuo could rush to Wei to preach his thoughts. Apart from that, there was no decent gift, which made Zhao Kuo's disciples look a little despised by the King of Wei. How could this dignified king be so stingy?

Of course they didn't know that the embarrassing King of Wei had no gifts to send... they were all used by Pingyuan Jun to rectify the administration.

Of course, there is also the congratulations from Pingyuan Jun. Pingyuan Jun also sent a gift, that is... the old man in front of Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo looked at the old man in front of him in confusion, but the old man looked quite casual. He narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Ma Fujun, I haven't seen him for a long time." Zhao Kuo did not remember when he had met him. The old man then reminded that when Zhao Kuo went to borrow food from Pingyuan Jun, he was at the scene. Zhao Kuo still didn't remember seeing the old man there, but he did not rudely and seriously invited the old man to sit down.

"I saw the logic you mentioned in "The Book of Horse Costume"... I dare to ask, what is logic?"

"Logic is the law and rule of thinking, the law of cause and effect of things. The logic I mentioned is the theory of studying the law of thinking..." Zhao Kuo said, and the old man suddenly smiled and clapped his hands. He shouted: "You are right. Do you think the hard and white elegance that the Mohist school said is logical?"

After hearing this, Zhao Kuo knew who the person in front of him was... Because this debate is very famous now. Ying Jianbai from the Mohist school and Li Jianbai from the famous artist, this person who is so obsessed with logic and dressed extraordinaryly. I think it is the proposer of Li Jianbai, the famous artist Gongsun Long, who is a "white horse but not a horse"? Gongsun Long is still very famous, second only to Xunzi. Zhao Kuo asked in confusion: "Are you Mr. Gongsun Long?"

Gongsun Long laughed and said, "Yes, it turns out you know me too."

Gongsun Long did not say anything more and directly threw out his own discussion proposition: Stone has two kinds of solidity and whiteness. Through different senses of human beings, he thought that if he could touch a stone, he could know the solidity of the stone, but he could not see its color, and when he could see its color, he could not get its solid feeling. Therefore, these two properties of stone are separated.

Gongsun Long said seriously: "The world and all the phenomena it produces come from matter. Any specific thing has certain attributes and belongs to a certain range... The concept is the title of things. Knowing that this thing is not this thing, knowing that this thing has changed rather than this thing, that is, that this thing cannot be called this thing, knowing that that thing is not that thing, and knowing that that thing has changed rather than that thing, that name cannot be called the must-have thing, this is to obey the non-contradictory rate..."

"Color, solidity and other common forms can exist independently without human feelings..."

"I think the shadow of the bird is not moving. At every moment, the shadow of the bird can be considered to be immovable..."

"To use concepts to call things without exceeding the actual scope of things is just the extension of the concept. To use the essential attributes of things to define the things represented by the concept, so that the thing is sufficient but not lacking its essential attributes. This is the connotation of the concept. If the connotation of the concept is insufficient, it is a wrong concept, and if the concept has sufficient connotation of the concept is a correct concept."

Zhao Kuo's disciples widened their eyes, even the disciples were no exception. They didn't understand a word about what Gongsun Long said. They finally understood Pingyuan Jun's feelings. Pingyuan Jun gave this old man to Zhao Kuo, probably because he couldn't understand the old man's usual words?

Similarly, Zhao Kuo was stunned.

I like sophistry, I like to study topics that no one understands, and these movements and essential propositions... Why are you so familiar with it? Zhao Kuo suddenly realized that this is not the Western wise school? He looked at Gongsun Long in surprise. He could see some philosophical flames in Gongsun Long. The earliest discussion of the world was not just as simple as a white horse...

The concept or will that Gongsun Long now talks about has unchanging and absolute attributes. No matter how you hear it, it seems to be what Plato said.

However, because no one understands and cannot find the answer, these desperate masters began to completely move towards the path of sophistry. They no longer explore the essence of the world. They just regard the tools used to explore the world as their goals. Gongsun Long said this in an interest, and he was very happy. No one understood what he said, even his disciples just recited rather than understood.

He has never found someone who can discuss these with him. Now, he has said everything he thinks and wants to say. The more he says, he becomes more and more excited and dances.

"What you said is wrong..." Zhao Kuo suddenly spoke.

The old man stopped telling. At this moment, he seemed to have his soul removed and his face was full of decadence, because this time, he was not here to debate.

"Time is continuous and space is ductile. The shadow of a bird is moving in the body of time and space. How can you say that it is still moving?"

The old man suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhao Kuo in surprise.

He laughed, he became serious and said loudly:

"No! Time and space can be separated! They are all different concepts..."

Zhao Kuo looked at the old man who was seriously talking about his view of the world and gradually turned to metaphysics, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings.
Chapter completed!