Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Han Fei, the son of South Korea, is an outstanding thinker, philosopher and Sanjia.

Han Fei combines Shang Yang's "law", Shen Buhai's "skill" and Shen Dao's "power", and is a master of Legalism.

Han Fei integrated Laozi's dialectics, simple materialism and law.He attaches great importance to the ideas of materialism and efficiency, and actively advocates the theory of absolute monarchy. The purpose is to provide the idea of ​​enriching the country and strengthening the army for the autocratic monarch, and providing a theoretical basis for the birth of China's first unified autocratic centralized state.

Qin Shihuang, the first emperor through the ages, attached great importance to Han Fei's thoughts, and regarded Han Feizi as the key to governing the country of Qin.

Historical records: Qin Shihuang saw the book of Guren and Wubei, and said: "It's a shame, the widow can see this person and swim with him, and he will die without regret!"

In order to let Han Feizi enter Qin, Qin Shihuang even launched a war against South Korea, and finally made Han Feizi enter Qin as an official.

But Han Feizi was dedicated to Han, and all the strategies he offered after entering Qin Dynasty were to weaken Qin and save Han.

Yes, Xunzi is such a magical person.

Obviously he is a powerful figure of Confucianism, but he has taught two giants of Legalism who are astonishing in the past.

It is precisely because of this that some people even do not recognize Xunzi as a Confucian scholar, but think that Xunzi is a Legalist scholar.

This is mainly because Xunzi, a man, added many elements of Legalism to Confucianism.

Of course, this is actually not uncommon, because the collision of ideas will always spark sparks, and then everyone will learn from you and I will learn from you, and finally you will have me in you and you in me.

To paraphrase the words of the famous Comrade Kong Yiji, that is: "Scholar's business, can it be called plagiarism?"

Of course, for these thinkers, it is obviously neither respectful nor appropriate to use the word plagiarism. It is more appropriate to learn from others' strong points and integrate them.

Xunzi talked about the evil of nature and integrated the thoughts of Confucianism and Legalism to a certain extent. Therefore, he was severely criticized by many Confucian figures in the Jixia Academy and had to leave the Jixia Academy for Chu.

However, Xunzi's approach still has a very far-reaching impact. It can be regarded as a precedent for the cooperation between Confucianism and Legalism. What Confucian skin and magic bones were played by Zhang Tang and Dong Zhongshu in the Western Han Dynasty, and the Spring and Autumn Judgment should be influenced by Xunzi.

Therefore, Xunzi has a very high reputation. He has some fans among Confucians, and many people among Legalists have a good impression of him. Altar leader.

What Zhao Dan wants to use is Xunzi's very special reputation.

In later generations, people often like to criticize Confucianism as useless, as if Confucianism is a cancer that has fettered the Chinese nation for 2000 years, and without Confucianism, the Chinese nation would have dominated the world long ago.

this is not right.

Materialism tells us that we should treat everything dialectically, not only to see its shortcomings, but also to see its advantages.

Any kind of theoretical thinking, in the final analysis, is just a ruling tool of the emperors.Whether it is used well or not depends on how the emperors use it.

Confucianism is such a tool that was chosen by the emperors and eventually evolved into strange things under the preferences of the emperors.

If a person does something wrong with a tool, the responsibility of the person should be investigated first, not the responsibility of the tool.

Just because a person hacks someone to death with a knife, it cannot be said that such things as knives are bad and should be denied.

Just like the commonly used saying "History is just a little girl who is at the mercy of others", Confucianism is actually such a little girl who is at the mercy of others.

Of course, given the initiative of Confucianism, it seems that there is nothing wrong with calling it a "little girl who actively manipulates herself according to the king's preferences"

Confucianism has many black spots, but it also has many advantages.

In fact, there are hundreds of schools of thought in the pre-Qin period, all of which have both advantages and disadvantages.

As far as Zhao Dan knows, there is no perfect and invulnerable theory in this world, not a single one.

In Zhao Dan's view, not only Confucianism, but also not only Legalism, all schools of thought are available to Zhao Dan.

Use Legalism to strengthen, use Confucianism to be gentle, use military strategists to fight, use Mohism to work, and make farmers to cultivate

Let the hundreds of schools go their own way, each shine their glory, contribute their own strength to Huaxia, let Huaxia bloom the most dazzling brilliance in the collision of various schools of thought, and finally completely dominate the world.

This is the true vision in Zhao Dan's heart!

But just as the Xunzi in front of Zhao Dan said in Xunzi's exhortation: "If you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles."

There is always a first step in everything.

Zhao Dan felt that his first step should start with this meeting with Xunzi.

Which emperor is used as a mirror in Chapter 188?This is a question (second more)

For a king to rule a country and all its people, the thoughts and strategies of governing the country are obviously indispensable.

As a time traveler, does Zhao Dan have any thoughts and strategies of his own?

Well, no.

After all, Zhao Dan was not a national leader before crossing, so why bother.

But Zhao Dan is now, so it is necessary to solve this problem of not having a strategy for governing the country.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have one, you can copy it wrong, you can “use history as a mirror”.

Which dynasty's history is used as a mirror?

Zhao Dan naturally thought of the Han Dynasty.

Of course it was the Han Dynasty.

In later generations, the Huaxia nation was also called the "Han nationality", and this alone was enough.

However, there were many emperors in the Han Dynasty. Which emperor should we use as a "mirror"?

When it comes to the Han Dynasty, the first emperor that pops up in everyone's mind must be Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. What Wei Qinghuo went to be ill and beat up the Hun children, what Li Guangli went to the Western Regions to pay tribute to the countries, it is amazing.

So the question is, is the Han Empire under the rule of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty the most prosperous period of the Western Han Dynasty?

No.

In terms of historical achievements to the Chinese nation, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was undoubtedly extremely great, worthy of the title of Emperor Qin and Han Wu.

However, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the conquests continued year after year, and the country's corvee was heavy. In the later period, the economic order of the entire Han Dynasty was chaotic, the people were in dire straits, and the politics were also a mess. event.

In this way, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty squandered the foundation left by the two Ming emperors of Jing Zhizhi.

When Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty passed away, what was left behind was not a powerful Han Empire, but an extremely weak and precarious Han Empire, and even a careless Han Empire might disintegrate and perish.

Fortunately, the descendants of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were still up to the mark. First, Emperor Zhaodi Liu Fuling continued his life for the Han Dynasty, and then the Han Dynasty finally ushered in a truly immortal hero, Emperor Xuandi Liu Xun Liu Sick.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty is the emperor who Zhao Dan wanted to copy in his heart, and he went to "use history as a mirror".

During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, he made great efforts to govern internally, selected talents and appointed talents, reduced the burden on the people, restored and developed agricultural production, and revived the exhausted Han Empire once again.

In terms of foreign relations, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty united with Wusun to defeat the Xiongnu, directly smashing the Xiongnu into pieces and standing side by side, and could no longer pose a threat to the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu didn't do anything.