"What I'm talking about is, King Huan, if your soldiers and horses are not benevolent and righteous soldiers, then they are paper tigers, and they look like they are in vain!" The old man said to Qi Xiaobai.

"My soldiers and horses are the teachers of benevolence and righteousness, where they are told, the people are welcome, and they are famous!" Qi Xiaobai said to the old man.

"Slaughtering the city, threatening the emperor, this kind of soldiers and horses are also benevolent and righteous teachers? I'm afraid God will laugh! The old man said to Qi Xiaobai.

"Come on, get this old man out of here!" King Wei Hui shouted, the old man came with King Wei Hui.

Of course, this old man visited King Wei Hui after King Wei Hui settled in the Qi Kingdom and told King Wei Hui that he could help King Wei Hui return to the top, and King Wei Hui of course hurriedly greeted him.

But after listening to the old man's lecture, King Wei Hui shook his head in his heart, because what the old man talked about was idealism, not a little pragmatism.

However, King Wei Hui did not drive him away, because King Wei Hui wanted to win a reputation for recruiting talents, and I heard that this old man Meng Ke was a very famous person.

Qi Xiaobai took a deep breath and didn't get angry, today is the moment for him to show his hegemony, he didn't expect such an old man who didn't know whether to live or die.

And Wei Dexian, who was beside Qi Xiaobai, said: "This person is a scholar in the Jixia School Palace, named Meng Ke, and he is a talented person!" ”

After Qi Xiaobai listened to Wei Dexian's words, he didn't get angry, after all, this guy is a teacher in the Jixia School Palace, and there must be a place for talent, and maybe there will be a place for use in the future.

Qi Xiaobai waved his hand: "Stand down, I'll discuss the teacher of benevolence and righteousness with the old gentleman later!" ”

Although Meng Ke was a member of the Jixia School Palace, he also wanted to make a difference in Qi State, but Qi State's performance broke his heart.

Qi Guo never listened to his set, only a strong army, a rich country, two elements, and he Meng Ke promoted benevolence, give up a strong army, let the people get rich, the country will naturally be strong, the country is strong, the army is naturally strong.

But a series of high-ranking officials of Qi State know that only a strong army can compete for hegemony, enrich the country, and send huge funds to the country, and Meng Ke's benevolence made Qi give up the strong army and take out the money to support others.

When he went to the cabinet, he was directly dismissed, Meng Ke sent it over several times, and rejected it several times, so Meng Ke was disappointed in Qi Guo, chose Wei State, and wanted to take refuge in Wei State, but he didn't expect that King Wei Hui listened to his lecture, and he also shook his head and was not appreciated.

Qi Xiaobai took the princes to take a stroll and looked at the new weapons of Qi State, this new weapon is actually an arquebus, and the princes also appreciated its power after reading it, but no one planned to buy this arquebus.

Because of the disadvantages, the range is too close, and the speed of changing bullets is too slow, hunting is not as good as a bow and arrow.

It's just that it's more powerful, in fact, Qi Xiaobai showed them that he wanted to buy a batch of these muskets from the maritime merchants and sell them to these princes.

Although the princes were shocked by its power, its range was jisuke, and it was melee by the soldiers, which was basically a dead end.

There were no princes to buy, Qi Xiaobai was very disappointed, and he wanted to make a fortune with this thing.

In fact, Qi Xiaobai thought about it, South Korea's weapons are the most advanced, and if this prince buys his Qi country's weapons, it is better to buy them from South Korea.

After seeing the military strength of the Qi State, the princes returned to their places of residence and prepared to return to China tomorrow.

And at night, Qi Xiaobai met with Meng Ke.

Qi Xiaobai sat on his chair and looked at Meng Ke: "I heard that Mr. is a talented person, and he is serving in my Qi Guoji School Palace!" ”

Meng Ke nodded: "That's right!" ”

"Dare to ask sir, what benefits can you bring to my Qi country?" Qi Xiaobai looked at Meng Ke and asked.

"Why should we talk about profit instead of righteousness? If you talk about interests, the entire Qi country has become a profitist, and if there is no interest, who will help the king to help you? Meng Ke replied to Qi Xiaobai.

"In my opinion, Duke Huan will cancel the military merit system, not strengthen the army, but promote the way of benevolence and righteousness, so that our country will become strong by itself, and the army will become strong by itself!" Meng Ke said to Qi Xiaobai.

After listening to Meng Ke's words, Qi Xiaobai knew why this Meng Ke was so famous, and he was still a teacher in the Jixia School Palace, instead of serving in the court.

This guy is completely an empty talk idealist, what if the army is weak and the enemy country fights him?

Can you withdraw from the army by your righteousness? Obviously, it is not possible to save energy, and the only thing that can defeat force is force.

You can't do it by force by virtue of righteousness.

"And the king, you threatened the emperor to make you king, this is disloyal, as a courtier of the Zhou Empire, what you did was not what the courtiers did, but what the Zhou thieves did." Meng Ke Qi Xiaobai continued.

"And the king, you still plan to replace Zhou and steal the country, right?" Meng Ke looked at Qi Xiaobai and said.

Qi Xiaobai nodded: "How can this be said to be stealing the country?" Zhou is weak, I am strong, the emperor should have a strong person to do! ”

"What is the difference between a king and a thief?" Meng Ke asked Qi Xiaobai rhetorically.

Qi Xiaobai listened to Meng Ke's words, and was completely unhappy, then stood up directly and left angrily.

Meng Ke looked at Qi Xiaobai's back, shook his head helplessly, and then sighed and left.

At this time, he was in Guan Zhong's mansion: "Master, the king met Meng Ke, but the king left very angrily!" ”

Guan Zhong nodded: "This Meng Ke is an idealist, the current is a troubled time, and he can't save the country and the people by relying on his set!" ”

Qi Xiaobai angrily replied to his harem, Liu Ruoqing saw Qi Xiaobai's anger, and hurriedly walked over and asked with concern: "You are all kings, you should be happy, why is he so angry?" ”

"Do you know Meng Ke?" Qi Xiaobai or Liu Ruoqing asked.

Meng Ke, Liu Ruoqing has an impression, this is her father's friend, or that kind of very good.

Liu Ruoqing nodded: "That's my father's old friend, after my father's death, he often asked his relationship to visit me recently!" ”

Qi Xiaobai was stunned, he didn't expect this guy to know Liu Ruoqing, Liu Ruoqing looked at Qi Xiaobai and said: "Your Majesty, you said him, I forgot to say it, this Meng Ke is a talented person, a long time ago, my father recommended him to your father." ”

"But it hasn't been useful, I hope you can use him, so it's more beneficial to Qi Guo!" Liu Ruoqing said to Qi Xiaobai.

"My father once been, Meng Ke's talent is not weaker than him!" Liu Ruoqing said to Qi Xiaobai.

Qi Xiaobai smiled bitterly, Qi Xiaobai thought of what Zhang Tianshang had told him about Liu Ruoqing's father, this is a group of Confucians, and they are rotten Confucians.

It's too pedantic, if you want to use this group of people, I'm afraid that Qi State has already been annexed, and Qi Xiaobai also understands why Qi Lufu didn't use him back then.