A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 167 Chu State
In the Huaiguo Academy, such debates have occurred many times.Originally, there were only three theories of Law, Confucianism, and Taoism. After these years of development, more schools have evolved.

Law, Confucianism, and Taoism are the schools with the largest number of people in the academy, but since the birth of Sun Wuzi, military strategists have risen like a comet.Especially after he commanded 5000 people, defeated Yingdu, and captured and killed Chuhou, his power shocked the world.

That's why people in the world call it: the one who mentions ten thousand five people and runs rampant in the world, and the world can't match him, Sun Wuzi is also.

Although Sun Wu had never held the position of offering wine in the Huai State Academy, his status in Huai Country was so high that even the Academy offering wine was not as good.

Sun Wu has always served as the general of the Huai State and the Lord of Huaiyin. After the defeat of Chu Yingdu in the First World War, Sun Wuzi seldom led troops to fight again.

Sometimes he would come to the Academy to give lectures, or lead an army to attack Shanyue.But these are actually Sun Wu training the later military disciples.

Disciples of military strategists have a special status in the school, even famous scholars who like to debate will not argue with military strategists.Because military strategists believe in practice more, so what if you win the argument, military strategists prefer to convince people with reason.

Among the academic palaces, the first school is Legalism. This is mainly because Huai State is the birthplace of Legalism. Since "Zijue casts punishment books", Legalism has taken root in Huai State.

In particular, the Huai State used the techniques of the Legalists, and it has been prosperous since the founding of the country, making the legalists firmly believe that this is the way to strengthen the country. Therefore, when debating with the Confucian scholars, they have an advantage, and the Confucian scholars who often argue are speechless.

Confucian scholars are eloquent, describing the benefits of promoting rituals and music, and then legalists will say, since Confucianism is so good, is there any monarch willing to promote Confucian rituals and music?
Then Confucian scholars were a little embarrassed, and then they would say: Confucianism is the kingly way of ritual and music. There are various reasons such as the existence of a sage king, the collapse of ritual and music, and so on, so the academic palace is full of cheerful atmosphere.

Or when the legalists are questioned and can't figure out how to answer, they will say that my legalist way has been implemented in Huai country and has been verified to strengthen the country. Which of your theories has been verified by the princes?
No matter how hard the other party can argue, the debate is unparalleled, and it is as uncomfortable as eating flies.It is better to have the facts in front of your eyes than to let you talk about it.

Among the academic palaces, Confucianism is as prosperous as Legalism.After all, the world depicted by Confucianism and their pursuit seem too beautiful.Of course, because of this, Confucianism has often been attacked by Taoism and Legalism, saying that they are drawing cakes.

There are constant disputes in the world, so all countries are looking for ways to strengthen the country.Qi State turned out Guan Zhong's theory, and wanted to combine Guan Zhong's art to rejuvenate Qi State.Han Zhaowei is now in a period of excitement. He has just turned his family into a country, which makes Han Zhaowei a little uncomfortable.

The most eager for the law of strengthening the country is the Chu country that has just been severely beaten by the Huai country.The capital of Chu State was conquered, and one-third of its land was lost. Although with the help of Qin State, Huai State was forced to retreat, the loss of population and land was heavy.

The king of Chu is very worried now, especially after Huai State moved to Jinling in the east, the pressure on Chu State suddenly increased.

In the past, Chu State was vast in land and resources and had a large population. A temporary defeat could not hurt Chu State, but this time the Huai State War almost destroyed Chu State, which made the King of Chu very worried.

"Qu Qing, Xiang Qing, now the disputes among the nations are intensifying, Chu State has suffered heavy losses, Huai State is pressing every step of the way, I am very worried in my heart, but I can't inherit the ambition of my ancestors, the vast Chu State, can you do anything?"

"Your Majesty, if you want to strengthen Chu State, you need reform." Xiang Meng said.

"Among the nations today, only the Chu Kingdom has vassals. Although these vassals provided favorable support when Chu expanded, they are always inferior to real powerful countries."

"The reason for this is that the power of Chu State is too scattered. You can only control part of the power of Chu State, and the rest is controlled by the lords all over the country."

The king of Chu was a little silent when he heard this: "Xiang Qing, Qu Qing, and you are the pillars of the Chu state. The existence of the lords has indeed restrained the power of the Chu state, but these lords have also continued the existence of the public office and maintained the status of the official office. The last time the Huai state invaded, Chu was able to drive the Huai state away. These lords also made great efforts."

"If you want to change this situation, these lords will immediately stand on the opposite side of the government. Without the Huai country attacking, the Chu country will be in civil strife!"

Qu Qing sighed, and then said: "In the past, Baili Xi, the Prime Minister of Qin State, accompanied the princess of Chu State to marry Qin State, and finally prospered Qin State. Is it because Baili Xi did not show his talents in Chu State? No, it is because he is a slave!"

"Isn't it true that the state of Chu has no talented people? There are many talented people from the state of Chu among the various countries. Does your lord know the saying 'although Chu has talent, it will eventually be used by Jin'?"

"The virtuous talents of Chu State are not reused in Chu State, but when they arrive in Jin State, they are immediately worshiped as officials. Isn't this a problem with our Chu State's way of employing people?"

"Chu State has been established for more than [-] years, and all official positions are controlled by nobles. Although it was the same in other countries before, but the countries have been constantly changing, and only Chu State is still the same. It is not only about talent, but only about family background."

"It's like a minister. If the minister is not from the Qu family, the position of Ling Yin will not be able to be seated by the minister no matter what!"

The Qu family came from the same surname of Mi, and they were of the same clan as the royal family, but they were enfeoffed later, and later they took Qu as their surname.It can be said that the employment system of the Chu State is one of the families that benefit the most from the Qu family and the Xiang family, and now they are the two who oppose this system.

From this we can see how rigid Chu's employment system has become.

The King of Chu was a little hesitant: "The state of Chu has just passed through the crisis, and its national power has recovered. If it changes its employment strategy at this time, instead of selecting talents like Qu and Xiang, it seems even more inappropriate. Now that the situation in the country has just stabilized, to deprive the nobles of their rights may cause disaster."

When Qu Qing and Xiang Meng saw the King of Chu hesitated, they also sighed in their hearts. They knew the situation of Chu State better than the King of Chu, but if there was no change, the State of Chu would really perish.However, the current king of Chu is not as wise as King Zhuang. He doesn't have the drive to reform, and forcing it will only make things worse.

After thinking about it, the two continued: "Since your majesty is worried, why don't you implement it in some places where there is no monarch, and if the effect is good, then implement it in other places in the country?"

The King of Chu thought for a while and said, "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)