With Han Fei's busy work, he could no longer continue to teach Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng was very happy about this. He thought that without Han Fei, he could play like he used to do, but Zhao Kuo did not want to let him go. Zhao Kuo originally wanted to take him to his school room, but he was too young and worried that he would not understand the knowledge, so he sent him to Xunzi and asked Xunzi to teach him. Xunzi was very happy to teach him, and he liked this smart child.

Zhao Zheng came to Xunzi's mansion reluctantly.

Xunzi did not serve as an official position. He usually debated with Gongsun Long, studied knowledge, and improved his academic system. He came here to learn from him. There were many people who wanted to learn from him. The difference between Xunzi and other people was probably that Xunzi was a bit strict in accepting disciples. He was not as good as Confucius. He could only select some good people to let them inherit their own theory.

Facing those disciples who acted very mediocre, Xunzi just shook his head and asked them to leave because they couldn't learn anything by their side. Following him was just wasting time or finding something that he was good at. Xunzi is a person who advocates learning very much. He thinks that anyone can become a saint through learning, but he does not advocate useless learning, and he hates those wasteful behaviors.

The learning mentioned by Xunzi is a big concept. It is not only about studying and gaining knowledge, but also about imitating sages to improve one's moral shortcomings. Even if you are specializing in learning carpenter work and turning yourself into a skilled carpenter, this is within the scope of learning that Xunzi said. Therefore, Xunzi's idea is very simple. I can teach poetry, morality, governing the country, and the law. But if you are not suitable for learning these, then learn something else. Even if you are an excellent carpenter, it is much better than being an incompetent Confucian.

Therefore, Xunzi's disciples were much smaller than others, but among the scholars of the times, his disciples were better than the other.

Xunzi looked at Zhao Zheng in front of him with a smile. Zhao Zheng had a stern face and finally looked like a Qin man. He respectfully held the pen and bamboo slips, waiting for the teacher to teach. Xunzi stroked his beard and asked seriously: "What do you want to learn?"

Zhao Zheng was stunned. Whether it was Zhao Kuo or Han Fei, when he was teaching him, he never asked him what he wanted to learn, and just said what he wanted to teach him. Xunzi suddenly asked a question, but Zhao Zheng couldn't answer it. He said blankly: "I don't know...father said..."

"Okay... the first thing I want to teach you is to think for yourself and not be influenced by others." Xunzi said very seriously: "Anyone should respect and respect his father. In this regard, you are doing the right thing, but you can't become your father. Your father is Wu Chengjun and Zhao Zheng. This will never change. You have to decide what kind of person you want to be."

"Only when you are interested, you can learn well. You can't learn anything when you study under the pressure of others."

"As a person, you must have your own opinions, and you cannot say whatever others say. My disciples, when their thoughts are the same as me, I will be worried because I think they are just learning my knowledge but not having their own opinions. When my disciples start to refute me, I will be happy because I know that they are already experiencing my thoughts with all their hearts and extending their opinions. When my disciples can defeat me in the debate, I will let him leave because I have nothing to teach him."

Zhao Zheng frowned, as if he understood something, and then said, "I want to be someone who can surpass my father. Please teach me."

Xunzi then laughed, nodded, and said, "I understand the poem, which includes songs from all over the world, musical music, and musical songs for sacrifices in the royal court and noble ancestral temples. Do you want to learn it?"

“What’s the use of learning?”

"Confucius said: You can read "Poetry" as a standard for establishing words and conducting actions... Poetry can be used as a teaching book for learning and recitation, and can be used to perform rituals and lyrics during banquets and sacrifices, and quoted to express your meaning when talking and proofing..."

"Can I learn poetry surpass my father?"

"You can be a teacher when learning poetry, and the officials in charge of etiquette probably cannot surpass your father."

"If you don't learn, don't learn, you'd better change one."

"I understand the Book of Changes. What I record are important historical facts in the Yu, Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the strategies of the monarch and ministers, the words of the ministers, the words of the ministers, the oaths of the monarchs to warn the scholars, the orders of the monarchs and other documents. Do you want to learn?"

“What’s the use of learning?”

"We can know how wise kings in ancient times governed the country, and we can persuade the king to govern the country with benevolence and righteousness, and we can persuade the ministers to treat the king with benevolence and righteousness..."

"Can I learn to be better than my father?"

“….”

Then, Xunzi said rituals, music, and spring and autumn again, while Zhao Zheng just shook his head and said he would not learn, because Xunzi told him that learning these things could not surpass his father. Xunzi didn't seem angry. He smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then learn all these... If you can learn them all, you might be able to surpass Wu Chengjun."

So, the poor Zhao Zheng began to learn day and night. Xunzi's educational methods were very advanced. He would not yell like someone, nor would he beat his disciple like someone. Xunzi taught through a negotiation method. The usual process was "What do you say in books? What is my idea like, what is your idea?"

Xunzi was constantly cultivating Zhao Zheng's thinking ability. He asked Zhao Zheng to think by himself, put forward his own opinions, and his own suggestions. Xunzi did not object to his learning the theories of other sects. For example, Zhao Zheng occasionally used the arguments of Mascus to refute Xunzi, and Xunzi was not angry. Even Zhao Zheng used the ideas Han Fei told him to criticize Confucianism. Xunzi was not angry. He was just a little disappointed. He said that this was not Zhao Zheng's own idea, but still someone else's.

Zhao's mother complained to Zhao Kuo that Zheng, a child, was becoming increasingly ignorant and he had to refute whatever he said. Zhao Kuo was also a little surprised about this. Zheng was only seven years old, so why did he enter the rebellious period? When he was teaching himself in the evening, he discovered the changes in Zhao Zheng.

"From the sea from Liaodong, you can see an island, which is the Japanese island..."

“How did you know there are islands there?”

“How did the islands form?”

"Why call it Japan?"

Zhao Kuo said one thing, Zhao Zheng could ask him ten questions without repetition. As long as Zhao Kuo explained one of them, he could ask ten more. This made Zhao Kuo feel that there was no way to continue teaching, but he was not angry. He felt that this was a good thing. Xunzi only taught for a little while, which gave Zhao Zheng a strong desire for knowledge and made him begin to truly think about the knowledge he had learned, rather than just memorizing it mechanically.

Zhao Kuo understood, no wonder Xunzi's disciples were not as taught by the same teacher, and could even teach the sages of the Legalists.

Zhao Kuo also explained it to Zhao Zheng very carefully, which lengthened the teaching time, but Zhao Zheng seemed very happy.

Occasionally, when Han Fei came here, Zhao Zheng would pester him, wanting to refute the knowledge he had learned from him in the past. Han Fei was a little furious when he said it, so he threw a lot of bamboo slips to him and told Zhao Zheng: Don’t bother yourself again before you finish reading it!

Time flies quickly. Zhao Kuo spends most of his time teaching in the school room, and his disciples are increasing. Zhao Kuo often tries to be a good official, how to implement the law, how to enforce the law, how to formulate the law, principles and other knowledge. At other times, he will also mix some private goods and talk about benevolent politics. At other times, he is at home with his family.

Most of Zhao Kuo's disciples also received titles at this moment and were assigned to different positions by the King of Qin.

Because of Han Fei's ban, nobles cannot support their disciples, so these people must have their own jobs. If they are unwilling to work, they will become Zhao Kuo's disciples. Anyway, they cannot stay at Zhao Kuo's home as disciples. Only the older Ge was pardoned by the King of Qin, so he could stay with Zhao Kuo as an elder. Fortunately, he was arranged as the pavilion chief. This former thief has now transformed into an official who captured the thieves.

He did a pretty good job because he was very familiar with thieves. He could even guess the escape route they wanted to choose, and basically every time he caught, he could catch them.

Di had the highest status, and he was directly assigned to Prime Minister Lu Buwei to serve as his subordinate. What he did was to promote the new policies of the temple, and Li Yu became the local county magistrate. After the Ming Dynasty, he was ordered, and the rest of the people had their own arrangements. Only Zhao Fu was unwilling to serve as an official or leave Zhao Kuo. In the end, the King of Qin asked him to serve as the Wuchengjun family order, and his duty was to protect Zhao Kuo.

Zhao's mother was still taking care of her two grandsons as usual, and Yi could get up. She also began to get busy in the house. Unfortunately, in Qin, she had no way to help others because it was an illegal act. Zhao Kuo was sitting in the courtyard studying. He saw Yi squatting in front of the stove in a daze, stunned. Zhao Kuo put down the bamboo slips in his hand, walked to her side a few steps, and squatted down.

"What are you thinking?"

"Nothing..." Yi smiled and shook her head, but her eyes were red.

Zhao Kuo sighed and asked, "Do you miss them again?" They refer to Yi's parents. Xu Li was too stubborn. Zhao Kuo invited him several times, but Xu Li refused. He would die in Zhao even if he died, and he was unwilling to leave. After Yi came to Qin, he often thought of her parents and was in a bad mood. Zhao Kuo said to Yi with some distress: "Don't worry, you will definitely meet."

"We will take Zheng He Kang to meet them..."

Yi sobbed and stood up. Zhao Kuo also stood up, carried her into his arms, and reached out to wipe her tears.

.........

Xu Li's wife's hand slashed over Xu Li's face and wiped away the tears on his face. She sat on the bed and looked at her decadent husband with heartache in her eyes. Xu Li sat on the bed in a daze, no longer as hot as before. He whispered: "What if she was bullied in Qin? She was pregnant and rushed to Qin for a long distance, what if something happened to her?"

"Oh, then why did you have to be so stubborn at the beginning? You just refused to go and scolded him in person..."

"I am Zhao! I don't go anywhere! I'll stay here!" Xu Li said stubbornly, and he suddenly became silent again, lowered his head, his wife sighed and comforted him: "Don't worry, didn't you say that? Art is not hindered, and she also gave birth to a child, called Kang...We have a grandson..."

Xu Li still didn't say anything, and his wife couldn't persuade him anything. Xu Li resigned from his official position. King Zhao sent someone to invite him several times, but he refused to serve as an official again. Although he was unwilling to be an official, he refused to leave here. He planned to farm here, but Xu Li was no longer young and no longer as strong as before. After working in the farmland for a long time, he was panting and sore waist and back pain.

They hired a few people to farm for them.

On weekdays, Xu Li just wanders around Handan City aimlessly.

The greatest relief is probably that Zhao Kuo’s former friends and disciples who were planning to stay in Zhao State would often come to visit him. They all regard Xu Li as an elder, and the one who came the most was Li Mu. Li Mu often came to Xu Li to talk about some things that happened in Zhao State recently. Xu Li also liked this child very much, but he was a little worried about this child.

Because Li Mu is a little too straightforward, just like Lian Po, he can easily offend others. He also taught Li Mu not to offend too many people, so his wife laughed at him. You are so embarrassed to warn other people like this? In Handan City, you are the one who offended the most!

Sometimes, old men such as Lian Po would come to visit Xu Li. After all, they had worked together before and had some friendship with each other. Every time Lian Po came, he would complain to him that Zhao Kuo would take away the morale of Zhao's army when he left like this. The soldiers were depressed, and even rewarded them, they could no longer arouse their fighting spirit. The several cities near Yan State on the border even took the city directly to Yan State.

It is said that it was Yan State who sent people to incite the people and officials here.

The excuse is of course Zhao Kuo, and there is also a craftsman called Du.

Lian Po didn't understand why the people living there respected a craftsman so much. Yan State instantly obtained some cities of Zhao through such means, which made King Zhao very angry. He wrote a letter to King Yan, asking King Yan to return these cities, but the King Yan refused the proposal. King Zhao ordered Lian Po to train his army and prepare to send troops to Yan State. Lian Po told Xu Li that the State of Zhao and Yan State might have to go to war again.
Chapter completed!