Chapter 1307 Bragging

Zhang Liang did not stay long and made an agreement that he would come with the two senior brothers from Xiaoshengxian Manor tomorrow. But that night they went to see Xun Kuang.

As a veteran of Xiaoshengxian Village, Xun Kuang was knowledgeable and profound in martial arts. He was silent for a long time when he looked at the "real map of the world" painted by Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang had a photographic memory and memorized the world map in detail.

Xun Kuang finally sighed and said, "I'm afraid that the great master's plan is not trivial. This plan may mean that the world will never have peace." He was afraid that the Emperor of Qin had also seen this plan, and when the time came, the Emperor waved his hand and wanted to lead the country. "Bin is not the imperial land," it means another conquest and war.

"Uncle, do you mean that the Emperor of Qin is still dissatisfied with his own country?" Senior Brother Fu Nian asked.

"Which king doesn't want more land?" The teacher’s ideas persuaded him to give up the idea of ​​expanding the territory.”

The three of them nodded. They also knew that the people were tired now and really couldn't do anything about it.

The next day, the three of them came to the residence of the Grand Master as promised and met the Grand Master. Du Lan was also kind enough to prepare eight dishes and one soup.

Waste, waste, how could anyone be so extravagant these days and prepare so much food, but it does taste delicious.

"The Grand Imperial Master is indeed polite, but Grand Imperial Master, do you know how many people there are in Songhai City now?" Fu Nian couldn't bear to see such sumptuous dishes, so he spoke.

"I know you people like to talk sense. There are 14,673 households in Songhai City, with a population of almost 100,000. It is a big city on the coast of the East China Sea."

"What the Great Imperial Master said is correct, then the Great Imperial Master knows that five years ago, the population of Songhai City reached 150,000, and it was the pearl of Qilu." Fu Nian's words are obvious. It is because of the tyranny that the population of Songhai City has dropped sharply. It's already so miserable, but you are so luxurious, you are simply seeking death.

Dulan naturally understood and nodded slightly: "I didn't come to Daqin five years ago, so I naturally didn't know the grand situation of Songhai City, but Mr. Fu Nian doesn't have to worry. As long as everything goes well, Songhai City will become the center of the world. People from all over the world will gather in Songhai City. One hundred thousand or two hundred thousand is not a problem. I predict that Songhai City will have a population of one million and become the capital of the world.”

... Fu Nian found that Dulan understood, but was avoiding the important and taking the easy. And Dulan's words also prove his ambition. It sounds perfect for people from all over the world to come to Songhai City, but how to do it? How to do? If you do this, it will be a waste of time and money.

"The Great Imperial Master wants to conquer the world?" Fu Nian asked seriously, "But you want to point your sword at the world's territory?"

Dulan looked at Fu Nian: "I don't want to be angry, but I just realized that your current knowledge is too short, and you don't even know that there is a sky outside the world. I just hope that you can discover it, communicate with different civilizations, and understand the world." big."

"..." So the Grand Master is thinking about the people?

Fu Nian continued: "Even traveling across the Qin Dynasty will cost a lot of money. With the current situation of the country, do you think it is feasible to travel around the world?"

"I let him do it, and he can do it even if he doesn't." Duran said domineeringly.

The three of them looked at each other secretly, knowing that they might not be able to convince the Grand Master. The Grand Master was determined to discover the New World and travel around the world.

But today's scholars still have backbone. Yan Lu stood up and said, "Does the great master have all the people in the world in his heart?"

"No." Dulan blocked the other party's words: "The world is unkind and treats all things as suckers."

"That is because I believe that everything in the world is equal before the law of heaven. Kings and commoners, nobles and peasants are all the same. It is a warning to kings not to treat their own people differently." Zhang Liang explained: "Great Master, please Don’t misinterpret Lao Tzu’s meaning, it does not mean that all people in the world are stupid dogs.”

"Of course I know, so in addition to oppressing the people, I will also oppress the officials from top to bottom of the Qin State and the supreme emperor. I will kill anyone who dares not to listen to me, and the First Emperor is no exception."

hiss--

Taking a breath of air, such a lifeless and rebellious speech actually came from the mouth of a national teacher who was deeply trusted by the King of Qin? ! Incredible. The three of them exchanged glances secretly, thinking that either the Grand Master was crazy, or that the Grand Master was telling them this on purpose.

Du Lanxin said that they must have been frightened, so he laughed: "You are kidding, the world is constantly suffering from ills. You are all well-educated people in poetry and literature. You should enter the Qin Dynasty as officials to serve the country at the top and the people at the bottom, and yourself in the middle." Although you have great ambitions, why do you only want to be a teacher?”

...The three of them could no longer keep up with Dulan's pace. Fu Nian said, "We are all idle clouds and wild cranes, and have no intention of becoming an official."

Du Lan looked at them with a smile: "You don't have the ambition to be an official, but it doesn't mean that you don't have the people of the world. What you said before and what Zhang Zifang did shows that you have the people in your heart, but you don't have the people of Great Qin in your heart."

These words were very serious. The three of them were thinking about how to respond, and then they heard Du Lan say: "In the past, the king of Zhou divided the kingdoms, and there were 13 big countries and 17 small countries. Over the past hundred years, five hegemons and seven heroes have replaced each other, and wars have continued. Now the First Emperor rules the world. , unify the system, the books and the carriages are on the same track, people all over the world can communicate through writing even if they have different dialects, so that merchants can easily buy and sell with only one currency, reducing the number of intermediate links, building the Great Wall in the north and conquering Baiyue in the south, all for the sake of the world. There is peace, but the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms are determined to fight against Qin and rekindle the war. If the emperor has no people in his heart, do the nobles of the Six Kingdoms still have people in their hearts? "

If the First Emperor heard what Dulan said, he would definitely change his opinion of Dulan. Unfortunately, only three people heard what Dulan said.

Hearing that Du Lan only talked about the achievements of the First Emperor and not his shortcomings, Zhang Liang said: "But it is an indisputable fact that Qin's laws are strict and big projects such as Epang Palace and Lishan Mausoleum were built for the emperor's enjoyment."

"That's why the emperor needs talents like you to persuade and guide." "But you don't want to relieve the country's worries. You only want to restore the old country and reverse the course of history. Your intentions are to be punished."

...reversing history? This is the first time I heard this metaphor.

"Everyone in the world says that the Qin Dynasty is a tiger and a wolf, extremely cruel. Your six kingdoms were destroyed because of Qin's cruelty, but you don't think about the internal problems of your own country. The one who destroyed the six kingdoms is the six kingdoms, not Qin. Qin is good at fighting, that's Because through war, civilians have a way to rise, and in your six countries, nobles will always be nobles, and civilians will always be civilians? Is it true that the princes and generals are blocking the way for civilians to rise, so that civilians don’t want to do anything for them? The Six Kingdoms fought to the death, because for them, although Qin was terrible, they could gain status as long as they fought for Qin. Fighting for the Six Kingdoms had no other benefits except not being governed by Qin's laws. Besides, the laws of the Six Kingdoms were not much lighter than those of Qin. .”

"You are talking nonsense and violating ancestral rites." Fu Nian would never agree with Dulan's words.

"Haha, I just taught civilians how to read a few days ago, and your students came to me aggressively, demanding theory." "Aren't these the students you taught? Which one of them is from a civilian background? I'm afraid they are all It’s because of the noble bloodline.”

This time the three of them were silent, because they had to admit this, no one would like their status to be challenged.

"The biggest problem of the Qin State now is not the Qin Law, nor the requisitioning of civilians, but that there is no battlefield, the people have no way to rise, and they have no chance to change their destiny. Therefore, outward expansion is the best way. Of course, I still We are going to open an imperial examination so that everyone can study and become an official in the imperial court as long as they pass the examination." Dulan expressed his thoughts, and then looked at the three guests: "What do you three think?"

What Du Lan said seems to make sense, but what Great Qin needs now is to resume production, otherwise the country will perish. The prerequisite for getting ahead is to survive, but this does not prevent Dulan and the ancient experts from bragging.