Chapter 26: Unified Consciousness
"Unity is strength, this power is the Ge, this power is the sword..."
Why did we organize singing and arrange games during military training to soothe the soldiers' nervous spirit? This Warring States version of Unity is strength. After Meng Tian changed a few words, it became the favorite of Yulin Lang.
Spring goes and winter comes, and a year passes by in a hurry. In addition to the necessary ceremonies, the Yulinlangs will accompany Ying Zheng to return to Xianyang. At the rest, the sweat is poured in Shanglinyuan. After getting used to collective life, Shanglinyuan became Yulinlang's second home.
After training, Meng Tian led Yulinlang to build a camp, level the road, and built a small fortress-style military camp. Although the sparrows were small, they were all in everything. In this process, Meng Tian himself was also studying hard to set up camp.
Literatures of all generations always thought that if they read military books, they could lead the army to fight, and later formed the tradition of scholars' classics. However, they knew that they knew the general principles, did not know how to set up camps, did not understand marching, did not understand the terrain, and encountered enemies with superb tactics, and did not end up being wiped out. In ancient times, building camps was a profound knowledge. The ancient Romans developed the technology of general camp construction to a peak in the classical era.
Among the Qin army, Bai Qi was good at mobile warfare and was better at making full use of engineering technology. In the battle of Changping, Qin and Zhao, many soldiers did not go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and spent most of their time digging trenches and building camps. There was no danger, and they could still get a title in the end. After Bai Qi's death, the Qin army burst into tears. How could there be such a good general in the future? Follow him, as long as he does not die, he never has to worry about not having meat to eat.
Meng Tian carefully studied Bai Qi's battle examples and fully understood the character of the Qin people. He was surprised to find that the Qin people had some of the same qualities as the ancient Romans. The Romans were good at construction, and the Qin people were also good at engineering construction, especially in water conservancy projects. The Qin people were particularly genius. During the era of King Zhaoxiang, Li Bing built CD Jiangyan on CD, which was more than 2,000 years later. In a few years, Zheng Guo Canal would also be built, let alone the Ling Canal in the future.
Combining the Qin State and Western Roman military camp construction techniques, Meng Tian intends to join the training of building military camps in the marching training. No one is allowed to rest before the camp is completed. Meng Tian tirelessly instills in the awareness of paying attention to building military camps. Among the several captains, Feng Wuze is the most talented in engineering, Li Bi, Luo Jia is good at riding and shooting, Sima Chang is good at writing, Jing Su is the most persuasive, Ren Gu is selfless, and later, Meng Tian no longer does it himself, and the task is assigned, making him feel much easier.
A second-rate general manages his troops, and a first-rate general manages his general. Meng Tian sighed in his heart that Liu Ji is indeed born with the talent of management among the people.
"See the king, I brought Mr. Bu!" In the central tent of Shanglin Camp, Ying Zheng knelt on the main seat, and Meng Tian brought Bu Xing to the ceremony.
"Mr. Bu, I haven't forgotten you." Ying Zheng suddenly remembered when he saw Bu Xing, "When you were in Dali County, you had killed the assassin."
"The king remembers the humble ministers, but they are afraid." Bu Xing is neither humble nor arrogant. After Meng Tian told him about his visit to the King of Qin, he was also prepared. He believed that Zixia's Confucianism, combined with the actual situation of Qin, was separated from the unrealistic academic style of Qi and Lu, would definitely be recognized by the little Qin king.
"Meng Tian told me, "Sir, are you a Confucian scholar?" After Meng Tian, Bu Xing knelt down and entered the seat one after another, Ying Zheng asked.
"That's right, what I inherited is Zixia's learning."
"Oh, is there any so-called sects in Confucianism?" The Qin nobles, in their spare time, could read poetry and cultivate their sentiments, but they really didn't understand Confucianism, so Ying Zheng couldn't help but be curious.
"The three schools of law, art, and power are divided into three schools, and Confucianism is not a solid piece. After Confucius, there were Zengzi's studies, Mencius's studies, Zisi's studies, Yan's studies, and Zixia's studies. Xunqing's studies were newly promoted. In my opinion, only the Xihe School founded by Zixia has obtained the true teachings of Confucianism."
"Why do you say that, sir?"
"Confucianism was passed down from Zhou Gong and was born in Zhou Zheng. It has been in the territory of Qi and Lu for a long time, far away from the border, with few external troubles and rich economy. Confucianism in the territory of Qi and Lu has little core of killing in benevolence and righteousness. In my opinion, it is a broken Confucianism. Mencius advocated that the world is united, and the true Confucian scholars sincerely support the unification of the world, but the methods and strategies of unifying the world are unfair. The people of Qi and Lu thought that as long as they practice benevolence, they could not argue.
Righteousness influences the world, and people in the world admire the benevolent kings, and they can return to the world without conquering. Zixia believes that the Confucianism passed down by Confucius may not be the real Confucianism, and it also needs to be reformed with the times. It is considered to be disrespectful to the ancestors, so it has no choice but to go to the State of Wei and founded the Xihe School. Wei Wenhou, Li Ku, and Wu Qi have all regarded Zixia as their teachers. Wei Wenhou governed the government, Li Ku reformed the law, Wu Qi's military Taoism, Legalism, and Confucianism and Taoism were all combined."
"Why do you think the world should be united?" Bu Xing's eloquence was much worse than Zhang Yi and other wise men. Seeing that Bu Xing was a bit off topic, Meng Tian reminded him.
"If you want to achieve the unification of the world, it depends not on benevolence and righteousness, but on military strength. The seven heroes of the Warring States Period coexisted for so many years, and there were so many kings and princes, no one wanted to lose their status. People from the six kingdoms did not want the world to be united and became the ones who lost their country. With the benevolence and righteousness preached by Mencius, they could not achieve great unification, but could only rely on swords and blood."
Ying Zheng looked thoughtful and felt a little touched. When he was in Zhao, he had also heard some remarks from Confucian scholars, such as empty benevolence, righteousness, and morality, painting cakes to satisfy hunger, which made people feel excited, but it was not practical. The Battle of Handan was so critical that women and children all went to the battlefield, but they did not jump out and said, Oh, everyone was fighting too cruelly and was not in line with benevolence and righteousness. Let us simply merge into Qin and contribute to the unification of the land of China! The Zhao people did not want to destroy the country, and the six countries in Shandong did not want to destroy the country. It was indeed not feasible to unify the world by benevolence and righteousness.
"Sima Law has words: killing people to calm people, killing people; destroying their country, loving people, and destroying them. Benevolence and righteousness are divided into small benevolence and great benevolence; there are benevolence and benevolence of private benevolence and benevolence of public family. The king abuses benevolence of benevolence and righteousness at home, does not cultivate military preparations, does not understand discipline, foreign enemies invade, the country is destroyed, the family is destroyed, men are killed, women are raped, and small benevolence causes great harm, and private benevolence is carried out. A truly benevolence of the king, strict laws, establishes strong army, prepares for war at all times, foreign enemies are not close to each other, and there is no risk of family destruction and people are destroyed. This is the true great benevolence. Even if it is not understood by others, the king must do it without hesitation, and will always be understood by later generations."
Is Bu Xing a scholar who studied Confucianism or Fa? Meng Tian complained in his heart that Zixia taught a Legalist like Li Kui and a military strategist like Wu Qi. Could it be that Zixia's school of the Legalist sect the true ancestor of the Legalist? If he didn't understand Bu Xing, he would really mistakenly think that he was a Legalist. Or in other words, he used the Legalist remarks as the basis and first gained the favor of Ying Zheng.
Meng Tian was not sure what Bu Xing was thinking, but seeing Ying Zheng nodding invisibly, Meng Tian knew that Ying Zheng accepted Bu Xing's great-renowned proposal in his heart. Thinking about Ying Zheng in history, he was determined to promote the unification of China and wanted to end the hundreds of years of wars in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but he ended up as a tyrant for eternal times. The pressure in the West was so high that Caesar and Westerners worshiped for more than two thousand years, but Ying Zheng, who truly realized the unification of China, was scolded by later generations for more than two thousand years. Perhaps, the deepest part of Ying Zheng's heart was originally lonely!
Sure enough, after seeing Ying Zheng being interested, Bu Xing began to talk about the issue of transforming Confucianism, saying that I love Confucius, and I love the true Tao even more. He believed that the Confucianism passed down by Confucius was mixed with the dregs of Zhou Zheng, and it was necessary to combine the actual situation of Qin and vigorously reform. The classic Confucian classics need to be re-written and circulated according to the actual situation of Qin. However, in the last three generations, Confucianism will become the Confucianism in the Qin country.
Meng Tian was interested in that Bu Xing proposed to use Confucianism to package the core of Legalism. He said that Legalism is like a sword, and Confucianism is like a scabbard. The sword is held in the scabbard and walking on the street will not be scared. Bu Xing gave up the idea that Confucian scholars in Qi and Lu wanted Confucianism to become the only theory of a country, and advocated the combination of Legalism and Confucianism, learn from each other, and promote each other. Meng Tian didn't know that when he was talking to Bu Xing, some of his ideas also inspired Bu Xing. Out of misunderstanding of Confucianism, Meng Tian always believed that the core of Confucianism naturally implied a certain degree of weakness and was incompatible with the martial Qin people.
The Legalist thoughts penetrated into all aspects of the lives of the Qin people. If they could not be shaken, they chose to rely on them. As a realist, Bu Xing was flexible and flexible, and proposed to actively change Confucianism, which was suitable for the Qin people's thoughts and habits.
"I have a great opinion on this, and I have benefited a lot. Meng Tian suggested to me to accept me and teach Yulinlang literature and art. Please stay in Yulin Camp!" After hearing Bu Xing's words, Ying Zheng felt that Confucianism was not so annoying.
Meng Tian immediately arranged for Bu Xing to move into the camp and serve as a clerk. After contacting Bu Xing for so long, Meng Tian knew very well that Bu Xing had some common problems with Confucian scholars. It was not certain whether he could speak or not. If he could use his strengths, he would make up his mind to use Bu Xing's mouth well. If he used it well, it would be no less than 100,000 troops.
Chapter completed!