Zhao Kuo patted Song Yi on the shoulder and comforted him softly.

Then, he walked up to Mao Sui and said, "Mr. Mao, standing here, you can see battlefields everywhere under the mountain. It's a white field and everything is barren."

"Exactly, General, it's been a hard battle."

"That's where the people used to live. If there hadn't been a war, it would have been full of chickens, dogs, mulberry trees, and smoke." Zhao Kuo looked into the distance and was fascinated.

"The Qin people are cruel and oppress the people, so they should be killed." Mao Sui said without paying attention to Zhao Kuo's meaning.

Zhao Kuo shook his head: "The discipline of our army is just like that. They rape women and rob property. Some of the common people have hid in the deep mountains and old forests and are not letting go. The war is in chaos, and the people are worse than the horse you brought.

"

The more Zhao Kuo said, the more excited he became: "Last month, several cavalrymen who went to the old pass with me saw a hunter in Sheephead Mountain carrying a harvest, and when they saw the fortune, they followed him all the way and touched the man's house.

At home, he killed people, robbed goods, and even killed the eldest wife after destroying the family. When he came back, he said it was the Qin army.

I believed it at first, but I was afraid that the Qin army had come over from Sheep Head Mountain, so I went to investigate in person. Those cavalrymen knew they were afraid, so I told the truth. I wanted to kill those cavalrymen directly at that time. But in the end,

, guess what!”

Mao Sui saw that Zhao Kuo looked bad and did not dare to answer.

Zhao Kuo walked directly to his generals, starting with Wang Rong, including Si Li Mu, Su She, and Fu Bao, and pointed at them one by one: "You! You! And you! Everyone told me that this is a very common thing.

, soldiers work hard outside and need to vent, otherwise something will happen. This kind of thing is very common, just give them a little reprimand."

"Even you, Song Yi, who comes from a commoner background, think this kind of thing is nothing. Don't argue. I don't know if you have done it, but I must have seen it often!"

Zhao Kuo's face was livid, he pointed at the soldiers around him and yelled: "Forget about those hereditary officers. None of you are born with dirty legs. Now that you have a sword in your hand and armor on your body, you can rob those who are with you at will."

The same piece of property with muddy legs, used to rape other people's wives and daughters."

"And you officers, tell yourselves, if you turn a blind eye to the things that these beasts can do, are you considered human? Do you go out to serve as soldiers and fight just to get rich, to be promoted, to be rewarded, to be granted the title of nobility?

No one has thought about whether to fight for these mud-legged people who work hard to provide you with food and provide you with food."

"Everyone is here today. I, Zhao Kuo, put my words here. If you are greedy for life or fear of death, please go to him. If you want to get promoted and make money, go to him. I, Zhao Kuo, fight because I hope that one day the whole world will be able to stop fighting. Those mud-legged people can

Live peacefully at home, have a bite of lard bibimbap during the Chinese New Year, and have a sip of hot soup when you go home from the fields."

"See for yourselves. If you think so, just stay. I, Zhao Kuo, will not treat my subordinates badly if I treat myself badly. If you can't figure it out, now that our army has the upper hand, you should go away and leave. I won't force you to stay."

Zhao Kuo spoke so impassionedly that Wang Rong and others all blushed and lowered their heads.

They never thought of leaving Zhao Kuo.

On the contrary, Li Yun and Sima Yue held their heads high and looked proud. They were the two die-hard Zhao Kuo soldiers who personally killed those cavalrymen.

Zhao Kuo also had his remaining rewards sent to the homes of the few cavalrymen he executed.

Then, Zhao Kuo turned his head, looked at Mao Sui, and continued: "Mr. Mao just said that the Qin people have harsh conditions and are unwilling to negotiate peace. The king wants me to continue fighting. I am not afraid of war, nor am I afraid of death. I

I personally led a thousand men to surprise the Qin army in the rear, and no one in the world dared to say that I was afraid of fighting.

But here in Changping, after a long period of war, the people have no means of living and cannot survive. If the war continues, it will be the people who will suffer. I beg Mr. Mao to go back and advise the king not to fight anymore. The people really can't stand it anymore. Even if the war continues, the people will suffer.

Even if the battle is won, these ordinary people will also not have a good life.

When the country prospers, the people suffer; when the country dies, the people suffer too. What kind of world is this!"

Zhao Kuo's words made everyone present fall into deep thought. Most nobles from aristocratic families, even high-level retainers like Mao Sui, have never considered the feelings of the people at the bottom.

Song Yi began to understand a little bit why Zhao Kuo forced himself to learn to read.

Illiterate people couldn't understand the meaning of Zhao Kuo's words at all, and couldn't think at all. As a result, generations of people were blind.

The middle-aged man next to Mao Sui's eyes lit up when he heard Zhao Kuo's last words.

He originally planned to come to see the most popular general in the Zhao Kingdom and complete his journey of reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, but at this time he became interested in talking with Zhao Kuo in detail.

When he stood up, Wang Rong and Li Mu stood up in shock when they saw him.

They didn't pay attention at first and didn't expect this person to come.

"Who are you?" Zhao Kuo asked curiously.

Before the man could speak, Li Mu hurried over, saluted, and introduced: "This is the pride of our Zhao people. The famous Xun Kuang is extremely knowledgeable. We all respectfully call him Xunzi."

"Zi" was originally the honorific title for the ministers to whom the emperor belonged. After the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, the ministers of the princes were generally called "Zi". However, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, "Zi" became the honorific title for famous scholars and teachers.

Those who can be called Zi are all very famous great scholars, such as Confucius, Laozi, Mozi, Zhuangzi, Mencius, etc.

The middle-aged man, Xunzi, smiled at Zhao Kuo and said: "I am going to serve as a wine sacrificer at the Jixia Academy of Qi State. Before I leave, I specially wanted to come and see the most powerful general of our Zhao State. I have granted my wish. I wonder if the general can reconcile with him."

Let me talk privately."

"Why not?"

The two of them walked to an open space nearby. Xunzi smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of the general's jokes. I was planning to go to Qi State to teach, but I got my wish. But I didn't have enough money and didn't want to talk to anyone, so I asked someone to sell the house."

Someone was already willing to bid for my house. Unexpectedly, the house next door to me with a better location was also for sale, and the price was not much more expensive than mine, so the buyer finally rejected me and bought that house. By the way,

That house was bought by force before the general took command."

"Oh? I'm really sorry, Xunzi couldn't sell his house." Zhao Kuo cupped his hands and couldn't figure out what Xun Kuang meant by this sentence.

Xunzi continued to chuckle: "A few things are nothing. I have a little reputation. No matter where I go, the local officials and scribes will always receive me seriously. However, I am a little curious about the general's sudden sale of his house.

Now I will go to the general to accuse him, and then I will let my friend follow the retainer who is handling the sale of the house for the general."

"Oh!" Zhao Kuo had already grasped the hilt of the sword at this time, frowning coldly.

Xunzi just pretended not to see it, and continued with a smile: "My friend is very skilled, so no one can detect his tracking. After he came back, he told me that the general had ordered several houses to be sold in exchange for
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