Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

In other words, "hegemony" is considered by Xunzi to be the "primary kingly stage", while the "kingly way" advocated by Xunzi is the "advanced kingly stage".

For a Confucian, this is actually the biggest concession.Any further concessions would be tantamount to denying the feasibility of the kingly way, and he would no longer be considered a Confucian.

But what frustrates Xunzi is that even after he has made such concessions, no monarch is willing to adopt his theory.

The state of Qi only used Xunzi's reputation to boost the reputation of Jixia Academy, so as to boost the reputation of Qi state, and the reason why King Chunshen of Chu state recruited Xunzi was only because he wanted to show a good reputation of being willing to employ people , and completely ignored Xunzi's theory.

Even Xunzi himself was a little discouraged and planned to die of old age in Lanling.

At this time, Xunzi received a call from the motherland.

At first Xunzi didn't care about this. After all, in Xunzi's view, Zhao was not Qin's opponent, and only Chu and Qi had hope.

But when Zhao Guo won the victory in Changping, Xunzi's opinion changed.

Zhao State defeated Qin State and became one of the well-deserved overlords. If Zhao State can be persuaded to evolve from domineering to kingly, then Xunzi's ideal can be regarded as fulfilled.

So Xunzi resigned from the position of Lanling Ling, and took his two most proud disciples all the way back to Handan, where he had been away for many years.

What Xunzi never imagined was that he had just met this King Zhao, and the young King Zhao gave him such a big surprise.

The kingly way advocated by Confucianism really has the hope of becoming a member of the way of governing the country!

Confucian scholars, there is really hope to enter the court and become a member of the ruling force!

Xunzi let out a long breath, and said to Zhao Dan seriously: "In view of the situation, the one who dominates the world should be Zhao Guo!"

Of course it is Zhao Guo.

In today's world, only Zhao Guo can accept the Confucian way of kingship.

As long as Confucianism took root in Zhao, wouldn't Confucianism be able to spread throughout the world after Zhao unified the world?

As for the Zhou Tianzi Wang Dao advocated by Confucius, at this time, there is no longer any normal-minded Confucian who thinks that Zhou Tian Zi Wang Dao can have a chance to reappear in the world.

When Zhao Dan heard Xunzi's words, he finally felt relieved.

Obviously, the words of this great Confucianist have clearly expressed a position, that is to resolutely advance and retreat with Zhao Guo.

So Zhao Dan didn't hesitate anymore, and said to Xunzi seriously: "I want to use my husband as a lieutenant to help me choose talents and promote officials. I don't know if my husband is willing?"

As soon as Zhao Dan said these words, Xun Kuang didn't react first, but Li Si and Han Fei, two of Xun Kuang's disciples, became excited.

This is Lieutenant Zhao Guo!One of the six ministers of the State of Zhao, he is an out-and-out leader of the State of Zhao!

Moreover, the current Zhao State is still the overlord of the world standing side by side with Qin State, and even defeated Qin State twice in a row!It is the dream of many people in the world to hold such an important position in such a country.

But the next moment, Xun Kuang's answer was beyond everyone's expectation.

After hearing Zhao Dan's words, the Confucian master didn't speak immediately, but thought for a while before saying: "Your Majesty, Kuang doesn't want to be an official in Zhao State."

Chapter 1 Handan Academy?The widow sees it! (fourth more)

As soon as this sentence was said, the other three people in the hall except Xun Kuang were all dumbfounded.

The famous Xunzi Xun Kuang actually rejected the olive branch offered by Zhao Dan, and rejected the position of Lieutenant Zhao Guo, who I don't know how many people in the world yearn for!

The two disciples behind Xun Kuang, Li Si and Han Fei, opened their mouths wide. It seemed that it would not be a problem to stuff a few duck eggs, and their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

One must know that Xun Kuang's post in Chu State was just Lanling Ling, a small county magistrate. Compared with the position of Lieutenant Zhao Guo, it was not at the same level at all, it was completely different.

Zhao Dan also had a shocked expression on his face. This Xun Kuang had just firmly stated that he would support Zhao Guo to rule the world, but he rejected Zhao Dan's official position in a blink of an eye.

What is this operation?

Do you think the position of lieutenant is small?impossible.You must know that there are more officials in Zhao State than lieutenants, and you can count them on one hand. A few days ago, you, Xun Kuang, were just a small county magistrate in Chu State. satisfy?

Zhao Dan had countless thoughts in his mind, and felt that he really didn't understand the routine of the Confucianist in front of him.

Xun Kuang noticed Zhao Dan's strangeness, he stroked his beard in embarrassment, coughed and said, "Your Majesty misunderstood, the reason why Kuang didn't want to be an official was not because he didn't want to serve His Majesty."

Zhao Dan was taken aback again when he heard the words, and said, "What is the master's intention?"

Don't want to be an official?If you don't want to be an official, why did you come to Zhao?

What about "study martial arts and become an emperor's family"?Although this sentence was only uttered in the Yuan Dynasty, it is impossible for you all to promote your own theories every day for the sake of being an official, right?

Fortunately, Xun Kuang quickly gave an explanation.

I saw Xun Kuang sternly saying: "Although Kuang is not talented, he also has self-knowledge. Kuang has more than enough to study but not enough to be an official. He is just a scholar. If he is in a high position, it is really not the blessing of Zhao State. Therefore, Kuang wants to set up a school in Handan One is to teach disciples to be used by Zhao Guo, and the other is to let scholars from all over the world live here to discuss and exchange ideas. I wonder what your majesty thinks?"

When Zhao Dan heard Xun Kuang's suggestion, he was stunned again.

I have to say that Xun Kuang's idea is really great!

Xun Kuang's meaning is obvious, that is, he wants to build a school in Handan City of Zhao State, which is the same as Jixia Academy of Qi State and belongs to Zhao State!

If you think about it carefully, this means much more to Zhao Guo than Xun Kuang's appointment as Lieutenant of Zhao Guo!

Why do you say that?This is to talk about the "Jixia Academy" in Qi State.

Jixia Academy is the government-run academy of the State of Qi. It is a special form of higher education institution organized by the government and privately hosted. People, including Mencius, Chunyu Kun, Zou Zi Zou Yan, Shen Zi Shendao, Shen Zishen Buhai, Lu Lianzi Lu Zhonglian, Xunzi Xun Kuang, etc., are the academic talents of China in this era. center.

Here, the powerful people of various schools of thought don't have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation at all, they can focus on their research, and then talk to other scholars. official censure.

A great collision of ideas unfolded in Jixia Academy.

The "contention of a hundred schools of thought" that later generations are fond of talking about was basically staged in the Jixia Academy.

It was the academic exchanges and collisions in the Jixia Academy that brought about an extremely brilliant brilliance of Chinese culture, and also produced a large number of works, such as Songzi, Tianzi, Wozi, Jiezi, etc., and The compilation of books such as Guanzi, Yanzi Chunqiu, Sima Fa, Zhou Guan, etc., also involved the great masters of Jixia.

It can be said that in the minds of scholars of this era, Jixia Academy is equivalent to the existence of the holy place of transformation.

It is precisely because the status of Jixia Academy is so high, so Zhao Dan never thought of setting up an Academy in Handan at all.

It can't be compared at all, and it's a fart.

But today, Xun Kuang told Zhao Dan that he hoped to build a school in Handan!

If this school in Handan can be established, with Xun Kuang's reputation, maybe it can really compete with Jixia School.

Because it is an official academy run by the State of Qi, the powerful scholars in the Jixia Academy have the titles of senior officials of the Qi State. In fact, the Jixia Academy can also be regarded as a political advisory group of the King of Qi.

If Zhao Dan can set up the Handan Academy, then Zhao Dan will also be able to have a political advisory team composed of powerful scholars from various schools of thought.

All in all, if the matter of the Handan Academy can be done, not only will Zhao Dan take a big step closer to his dream of promoting the culture of all schools of thought and forging a prosperous age in which a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend. A think tank.

If someone else came to tell Zhao Dan about this, then Zhao Dan would not be so excited, but the problem is that the person who said this was Xun Kuang.