Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 110 Change and change
In the past 700 years, the Luo Kingdom has only done two things, one is to drive the princes away from the barbarians, and the other is to honor the king and eliminate all those who tried to threaten the destiny of Bang Zhou.

The core of these two things is that Ji Zhao needs Bang Zhou to exist and Zhu Xia to prosper.

Now there is no need for Luo to fight against the barbarians. The countries on the border are already huge and can deal with it alone. In the world, there are no new barbarians who can challenge Zhu Xia.

As for Zunwang, the current royal family is very strong, this is the last afterglow of Bang Zhou's destiny.

Luo Chang looked at the sun rising from the east, shining on the Luo Guoxue Palace, and understood that this was the future path of the Luo family.

From the beginning of the Zhuxia War, the debates in the Luo Guoxue Palace have never stopped. The more tragic the war, the more ideas will spring up like mushrooms after rain.

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In the academy, two groups of people are debating fiercely, and the two sides have completely different understandings of war.

One side was a disciple of Confucius, who said loudly: "What has the five-year war brought to the world?
It brought death, hunger, disease, and brought unbelief, righteousness, and benevolence.

Isn't it ridiculous that a villain like Wei Houqing can usurp the position of the monarch of a great country? "

Confucianism despised Wei Houqing to the extreme. This is a monarch who completely does not conform to the attributes of a Confucian sage king.

The Legalists, who have always been at odds with Confucianism, laughed and said: "Wei Houqing invites all talents from all over the world to Wei Guo, but he adopts all policies that can strengthen Wei Guo. Wait for it.

I am also willing to bestow the noble daughter of the office.

Isn't this the Holy King?
I have already decided to go to Wei State to show what I have learned. It is a waste of time to argue with you pedantic people in this academy.

When I am strong and prosperous Wei, I will naturally know right and wrong. "

The Confucian scholar sneered and said, "When you came to the academy, you were still from Jin, and the state of Jin fell to the hands of the state of Wei. Now you can still behave in such a dignified way. You are really a legalist."

This map cannon directly angered the Legalist scholars in the school, and they all accused: "Zheng, Song, Chen and other countries were annihilated in the war. Why don't the scholars from these countries who were born in Confucianism go to die for their country?"

This is a book of confusion. To say that there is no concept of country is nonsense. The first thing you have to report when you go out is your own country.

However, the concept of subjugated slaves has not yet appeared. Basically, the most miserable people after the subjugation of the country are the immediate family members. Most of the nobles can become officials in the new country, and even occupy high positions.

Everyone's national identity has changed very quickly, just like the Xiang family of Chu State. In the first two or three generations, he would say that he was a Luo person who served in Chu State, but now he is a Chu person.

This is even true of the public office, let alone the low-level nobles and ordinary people. Basically, ceding the city is equivalent to directly changing the nationality.

Confucian scholars themselves knew that they were wrong, and said: "There are wise monarchs in the world, and there are unworthy monarchs.

Assisting a virtuous monarch is the rule of the world, and assisting an unworthy monarch will plunge the world into disaster. Haven't you seen enough of the misery of the nations now? "

All the Confucian scholars who said this have Qi Qiran in their hearts. They live in the Luo Kingdom and know how prosperous the Luo Kingdom used to be. However, after the war, countless people lost their relatives. This is still in the Luo Kingdom. In other countries, the lives of those Chinese must be even more miserable.

Although Confucian scholars respect the monarch and ministers, father, father and son, the obligation is two-way. While the subjects obey the monarch and their father, the monarch should protect the subjects.

If you can't do it, and even harm the people, it is the father of the monarch who has failed his duty, and he will be reprimanded as an independent husband, and he will be directly defeated.

This actually has some meaning of free testimony.

The biggest difference between Legalism and Confucianism is that the monarch is supreme and the center of everything.

The advanced place of legalism is that princes are guilty of the same crime as ordinary people when they break the law, and there are clear laws that clearly distinguish right from wrong.

But the monarch is above the law. The monarch can amend the law arbitrarily, even reverse right and wrong, and use this to rule legally. This means that all people are the servants of the monarch.

Therefore, in the face of Confucian theories, Legalists have always scoffed, "The so-called virtuousness is nothing but human judgment. Once the law is established, whether it is right or wrong, it is all on the bamboo slips.

As long as he acts according to the law, an unworthy monarch can still strengthen the country.

Confucian scholars are pedantic, but the monarchs of the world will see that this is the legalist world, and we will wait and see. "

The turmoil in the academy did not affect the progress of the countries. All countries are trying their best to restore their national strength.

All the countries must not be reconciled to the fact that so many chaos have been caused just after the signing of the peace agreement. When the vitality recovers a little, the war will definitely start again.

Wei State stabbed Qin State in the back, but the balance between the two countries above Huaisi is because Chu State is still there, and as a bridgehead to contain Chu State, they still need to cooperate.

The state of Chu is both excited and worried. "Chu is the most powerful country among the countries. No matter in terms of population or land area, no other country can compare. But will the countries directly unite against Chu?"

Chu Guo is really experienced in this area, and has been beaten countless times.

This is not what Xiang Cheng is most worried about, "Your Majesty, with the current situation, even if the nations unite, the Chu State is enough to protect itself. The real crisis of the Chu State is the lords all over the country.

These lords maintain the existence and status of the office, but once Chu State wants to change the current system, it will usher in a huge backlash.

In the past, the chancellor of the state of Qin, who was a great concubine, was married to the state of Qin with Princess Xuan Mi, and finally prospered the state of Qin. Of course, there are countless reasons for it. Could it be that it has nothing to do with the employment policy of the state of Chu?
The state of Chu has been established for more than 700 years, and all official positions are controlled by nobles. What a terrible thing this is.

If the minister had not been born in the Xiang family, the position of Ling Yin would not have fallen to the minister no matter what. "

In fact, it is very inappropriate for Xiang Cheng to say this, because he himself is the largest nobleman in the Chu Kingdom, and in the entire Chu Kingdom, except for the public office, the Xiang family is the most prominent.

The King of Chu hesitated and said: "However, the nobles of the Chu state have always been extremely capable. Like your uncle, the Xiang family, where you belong, has endless talents and is close to the public. If you don't use these personal followers, you will be promoted from the bottom instead. OK.

The current situation in the country is unstable. If the power of the nobles is still deprived, something may happen to the newly prosperous Chu country.

Anyway, Chu State is now strong and prosperous, and when the middle school is restored, an army of 50 will be enough to sweep everything. Is there anyone who can defeat 50 with an army of [-]?
Uncle, don't worry too much. "

The two monarchs and ministers looked at each other speechlessly, and what they said was very reasonable.

What Xiang Cheng wanted was to directly destroy this tradition that had lasted for more than 700 years while the monarch and his ministers were in power.

Because it is impossible for the government and the nobles to produce talents from generation to generation, there must be great talents among the scholars of the Central Plains countries, but the system of Chu State cannot attract those who are truly talented.

The two monarchs and ministers thought for a long time, but decided not to act rashly, and wait and see. Chu State has great achievements and is the most powerful country in Zhuxia. It is no longer the Chu State that had to fight for survival in the past.

Wei State.

After Wei Houqing founded the country, he felt a sense of crisis. After all, the strategic environment of Wei State was too bad. Qin State in the west had just been backstabbed by him. Presumably, the two countries would be in a state of hostility for a long time.

The state of Chu in the south has always wanted to go north from Nanyang, and the state of Wei happened to be blocked on this road.

The Zhou royal family next to him had just had no choice but to canonize him as a prince. Even Han Zhao and him joined forces because they were weak and weak, and they hugged each other for warmth.

Although it was difficult, Wei Houqing was an outstanding individual. Every choice he made was the best for the Wei family and the Wei country. In order to confuse Uncle Qin, he humbled himself into the mud, and he almost treated Uncle Qin as his father.

"To pay tribute to the beauties to the royal family of Zhou is to express the surrender of the State of Wei."

This is the first choice Wei Houqing made in the face of the complicated situation, and then he showed his favor to Han Zhao again, "deliver benefits to South Korea and Zhao, try our best to maintain the alliance of the Three Jins, focus on blocking Qin, and then attack Chu country."

In the end, Wei Houqing began to recruit talented people. The heroes who followed him to turn his family into a country, those who were able to stay, and those who were not able to go back to the fief directly. Leave it to the big talent to take office.

He also ordered, "The public office, the five generations of the public family, the Qing family, foreign relatives, and noble women of the right age in the family should all be recorded and reported. If you are lucky enough to be granted a marriage by the king, this is a matter of honor."

This is the first monarch among the nations who even oversteps the marriage of his subjects, because there are not so many women of the right age in the official office.

In order to attract talented people from all over the world, Wei Houqing almost did his best. As long as he has talent, he can get everything in Wei State.

This is the reason why those legalists in Luo Guoxue Palace highly respected Wei Houqing.

Although everyone knows that Wei Houqing's character is not good, but he is really thirsty for talent, and he even feels like a king of Su.

Wei Houqing's greatness even stunned the monarchs of other countries, but it is very difficult to imitate. Wei Guo was beaten too badly, and the power of the nobles was originally small.

The only thing that can follow suit is South Korea, also because it was completely smashed, but Han Cheng is still hesitant, he is not as decisive as Wei Houqing.

Facing the situation in the world, Wei State and Chu State made opposite decisions based on the situation in the country. One slowly sought changes along the traditional aristocratic rule, while the other violently began to overthrow and rebuild.

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After the end of the Zhuxia War, all the countries are slowly recovering their strengths, but the Wei State is an outlier among the other countries. In the midst of a thousand wastes waiting to be rebuilt, the ruler of the Wei State saw the opportunity for change, and decisively A top-down reform was launched, which was the first major country to change its national system on a large scale during the Warring States Period, and Wei's national power was able to grow rapidly. —— "Warring States Reform Collection"

　People are complicated, I didn't expect Wei Qing to have bright moments!
　　
　
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