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Chapter 411 Morality and Law

"At the beginning of a person, nature is good..." Zhao Kuo thought about the appearance of a furious old man, and couldn't help but change his mind: "At the beginning of a person, nature is evil..." This seems to be a bit wrong. To educate children, Xunzi's theory of nature is relatively profound, and beginners may not be able to truly understand it, which will have a counterproductive effect. Zhao Kuo scratched his head, "At the beginning of a person, nature is nothing, habitual but good, and lazy but evil?"

"If you don't teach, your nature will change. The way of teaching is important to specialize..." There is no problem with this sentence. It's good to cooperate with the previous article. If you don't learn, it's very good to be bad... In the past, Meng's mother chose a neighbor. If her son doesn't learn, she will break the loom. Well, this can also be used. The person who wrote the Three Character Classic must be a die-hard fan of Mencius. Zhao Kuo nodded, Dou Yanshan, and Yifang. He taught his five sons and had a reputation. This has to be changed. There is no such a person at this moment.

Who can teach children the most? Mafushan, there is a side... No, no, Zhao Kuo hurriedly easing out the ideas in his mind. Now Xunzi has a righteous side, teaches all the sects, and his virtues are broad... Zhao Kuo modified his virtue bit by bit. Now for the ancients, Mencius for Xunzi... This is not a couplet!! Zhao Kuo felt a little headache, and it is really not easy to compile enlightenment textbooks.

After writing for a long time, Zhao Kuo put down what he had and walked out again. Since he taught Xin Wu sternly, this person has made some changes. He stopped the corvee service in the county and organized officials to go to various places to preach morality. This was probably the first time in Qin State, and the people were confused. Xin Wu even created several moral character designs, chose a few filial and kind people to give rewards, and encouraged everyone to imitate their behavior.

Zhao Kuo suddenly felt that this kind of promotion could be linked to titles. Since the Qin people could be brave enough to use titles, can they use titles to promote folk morality?

Morality is not just empty words, morality is a very broad concept. Dedication, patriotism, friendship, and integrity are all the scope of morality. Zhao Kuo advocates morality, not to make the people foolish and filial, and let the people regard the king as their fathers. He just wants to establish a new moral concept and establish a new national spirit, a national spirit of simplicity, dedication and patriotism, not only limited to filial piety.

There is nothing that does not end without a feudal state, but the national spirit is eternal.

As long as this universal value can be rooted in the hearts of the people, it can play a huge role. This is what Zhao Kuo desires. Of course, establishing such moral concepts will also have great benefits to the country itself. The officials in Qin who preached the law will become pioneers in promoting morality in the future, and they can play a greater role. The more Zhao Kuo thinks, the more excited he becomes.

Zhao Kuo was walking on the road and was still very happy to see the surprised people. The people of Qin were too depressed, and the people of the early Han Dynasty were too relaxed. After all, in the early Han Dynasty, ruled without doing anything. Don’t think that governing without doing anything is to make the country do nothing. Governing without doing anything is to allow the people to do whatever they want to do freely without interfering... Probably because it was too depressed in the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang, who was cheerful, chose this kind of governance method.

Facts have proved that his method was very suitable for that era, but it only weakened its combat effectiveness to a certain extent. In addition, a hero appeared in the north, and the Han Dynasty was bullied at the beginning. Therefore, Zhao Kuo wanted to reasonably cook these two systems properly in one pot. The country must not only manage the people well, but also not be too harsh. In addition, it also had to add a spoon of moral education, so that the taste was the best.

It is guaranteed to collapse the enemy's teeth.

He stayed in Nanyang for a while, and the State of Chu had no intention of moving troops. He was always bluffing, gathering soldiers from all over the place to act like an attack. However, in Zhao Kuo's opinion, the other party's acting skills still need to be improved. Zhao Kuo's current vision is so sophisticated. Zhao Kuo can see through Xiang Yan's tricks at a glance. When I was calling your brother Lin Wujun and talking about war, you kid was still playing with mud!

Zhao Kuo is not relying on his seniority. In this era, he is really old...

Although Xin Wu has a little villain, his ability to do things is really good. He is a practical official. Just like Li Si, no wonder he was favored by King Qin and Lu Buwei and ignored his small actions. After receiving Zhao Kuo's "order", this person really did something. He went around the countryside and happily paid to the local people. He had no airs of officials at all. He even personally rewarded several models who treated his father well and were serious and dedicated.

His action suddenly caused a wave, and the upward and downward effect. For a moment, there were kind faces everywhere in Nanyang. The serious pavilion leaders were now reading stories about moral models from all over the country. Xin Wu initially believed that Zhao Kuo's approach was a waste of time and had no effect. He was very resistant, but because of Zhao Kuo's identity, he was helpless to execute. However, when he started to execute, he felt something different.

The people at the beginning were afraid of him, but now the people love him. He saw the people gathered together to talk about his merits. After the news that they were rewarded for their professionalism and other qualities spread, the people from all over the country did not need to supervise them. They also worked hard, without picking up their own remains and loved each other. Xin Wu was confused. Now, no matter where he went, he could meet cheering people, and the people picked up their own food to entertain him.

Xin Wu also fell in love with this kind of acting feeling. Since he wanted to play an image of loving the people, he must find a template. So, the words and deeds of this man began to look a little like Zhao Kuo. He deliberately imitated Zhao Kuo's attitude towards the people. Xin Wu looked at the changes in Nanyang, and suddenly had a good idea in his heart. This was a chance to be promoted. Xin Wu hurriedly summoned his officials, and he said seriously:

"Wu Chenghou taught me the principles of governing the local area. I treated the people as my relatives. They also gave them the same reward. It can be seen that there was no mistake in what Xunzi said. I wanted to write down my governance methods and hand them over to Xianyang so that the people in various places could benefit. What do the two and three sons think?" What else can the officials say? Of course, it is just flattery. Then, the officials collaborated to write a letter.

Xin Wu hurriedly came to Zhao Kuo with the written word and respectfully handed over the things to Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo looked at the statements mentioned by Xing Wu for moral education, rewarding moral gentlemen, and loving the people, and couldn't help but nod. He looked at Xin Wu in front of him in surprise. He did not expect that this person had changed so quickly, but this was a good thing. He smiled and said, "You wrote very well, and just because of this book, you can be a wise minister..." Faced with Zhao Kuo's evaluation, Xin Wu was so excited that he couldn't speak. He leaned over and bowed again, asking Zhao Kuo to sign the book.

Zhao Kuo saw through his thoughts, shook his head, and said, "This is what you wrote. I don't know how to govern the place or the country. I am just an old farmer in Xianyang. You should write a letter by yourself." Xin Wu asked repeatedly, Zhao Kuo just shook his head and refused to sign it. However, he still told Xin Wu a few places that could be improved. Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Since you want to promote it, you can't just be filial piety and diligence..."

"I tell you a core value, you must remember...patriotism, dedication, integrity..."

Xin Wu carefully wrote down Zhao Kuo's suggestions, including those for titles, which could add honorary titles to play a commendation role... Xin Wu originally came to seek credit, but he did not expect that such gains would be achieved. He left here happily. Zhao Kuo sent him away with a smile on his face. Of course he knew that Xin Wu was still fooling himself, just like before, he had no change. What he thought was his own title and his own status.

However, it doesn't matter. As long as it can be beneficial to the world, Zhao Kuo can be an old farmer in Xianyang who knows nothing.

At this moment, there was news in Xianyang that came to Nanyang. Li Mu defeated the Huns, captured countless gains, and expanded his territory... Zhao Kuo was very happy and couldn't help but buy some wine from local officials. Sitting in the courtyard, Zhao Kuo was drinking wine to celebrate the victory achieved by Li Mu and the others. Unfortunately, there were no friends around Zhao Kuo who could drink with him. At this time, Zhao Kuo put a few more wine cups beside him.

It was like Xinlingjun and the others were by their side.

"I defeated another future strong enemy... In this way, the people of the frontier can also get decades of peace, and I can feel at ease..."

"Wuji, I will let you see why I am persisting. Everything is getting better... it's getting better."

.........

Zhao Kuo still left Nanyang and went to Nanjun. When he left, Xin Wu brought the officials here to see off his farewell. He probably remembered what Zhao Kuo said at the beginning and arranged a lot of people to be actors to perform a farewell scene. Zhao Kuo smiled and did not expose it. He said to Xin Wu seriously: "You did a good job. When I return to Xianyang, I must tell the king about your affairs."

After motivating Xin Wu, Zhao Kuo sat in the carriage and went to Nanjun staggeringly. The prefect of Nanjun was Mao Jiao. He was from Qi and an upright person. In history, the King of Qin wanted to imprison his mother. Many ministers opposed it. The King of Qin killed the ministers who came to persuade him, and said that those who came to persuade him would die. Mao Jiao explained his funeral to his family and went to persuade him. The King of Qin finally gave up the idea of ​​imprisoning his biological mother.

However, Zhao Kuo had a good relationship with him, because this was a loyal feudalist, and he believed that the feudal system was the correct governance method. In fact, many people believed that feudal system and county had advantages and disadvantages. In fact, counties were more advanced than feudal system. This was verified by history. Any unified country that used feudal system would fall into civil unrest after a generation and its national strength would decline greatly. This is not nonsense.

The Han Dynasty believed that the Qin State was too rapid because there were not enough princes to help the king resist the rebels, so it used a large number of princes of the same surname to control the various places. As a result, after Liu Bang died, his feudal almost led to the destruction of the Han Dynasty. These princes not only did not help to resist the rebels, but instead became rebels, a rebel who was stronger than the enemy outside the border... Emperor Wen carefully responded to the princes in various places, internal and external troubles... In the end, the rebellion of the princes broke out. The Han Dynasty fell into a civil war, and the national strength was depleted, and the Huns became the overlords of the grassland.

Jin believed that the princes of Cao Wei were too weak and did not protect the king, so they were easily abdicated, so they made a feudal matter. Well, when Sima Yan died, the rebellion triggered, and the country that had finally been unified fell into a long civil war, with great national strength and political chaos, and the Hu people outside the border lit up their swords.

A peasant emperor who did not want to be named also wanted his descendants to become vassal kings and engage in feudal divisions. As a result, after his death, civil strife broke out... If the winner was not a capable man and the war ended quickly, it was hard to say what would have happened.

Therefore, after Qin unified the feudal system, it is definitely not possible to adopt it. It is also unreliable to implement feudal systems in remote areas that cannot be directly governed by temples. If you cannot manage it directly, how can you expect the princes far away from the Central Plains to manage the place well? If you continue to provide funding and deterrence, how do you know that the other party’s descendants will not become the second strong enemy outside the border?

Therefore, there is an irreconcilable conflict between Zhao Kuo and Mao Jiao, but Zhao Kuo still admires his character. He did a very good job in governing Nanjun. The situation in Nanjun is obviously much better than that of Nanyang County. There is even no place where Zhao Kuo can blame. The people live and work in peace and work hard. It can be said that they are a model of the prefect of Qin. When he came to Nanjun, Zhao Kuo first thought of a dark-skinned boy.

He is probably not born yet, or he is still a child.

Mao Jiao did not come to meet Zhao Kuo in person, and there were not many officials coming to greet him. Zhao Kuo was happy instead and it would be better to not delay government affairs in various places. He wandered around Nanjun and checked the situation of the people. Finally, he came to Mao Jiao. When Mao Jiao saw Zhao Kuo, he hurriedly took his hand and took him to the inner room. Mao Jiao frowned and said seriously: "The rebellion is going to happen, please pacify this matter."

Zhao Kuo widened his eyes and asked, "How could a rebellion occur? Please make it clear."

"We found that many Chu people were heading north on a boat, as if they were going to Chen County, but Chen County has no news about these Chu people so far. I guess someone in Chen County is hiding Chu people and wants to rebel... I have already written to Xianyang, but I haven't replied yet. You are a veteran general who has been through the battlefield. If a rebellion breaks out, please come and command the soldiers of Nan County..."

Zhao Kuo felt that this was impossible. Under the rule of Qin, who could treason? Who dared to treason?

He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Don't worry, who is the prefect of County Chen?"

"Fan Yuqi."
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