Compared with Zhao Bao, Zhao Dan is obviously much calmer.

After all, Lu Buwei is very good at X, this is something that Zhao Dan has known for a long time, and now Zhao Dan wants to verify only one point, that is, whether Lu Buwei has someone to help him with advice, or is he such a good person?

So Zhao Dan unhurriedly threw out the last question: "In Mr. Lu's words, the way of business and the way of governing the country have quite something in common. In this case, in Mr. Lu's view, what should be the way of governing the country? ”

If the previous two questions, Zhao Dan's examination was mainly based on Lü Buwei's ability to adapt to changes, then the third and final question is the focus of Zhao Dan's investigation this time, that is, the "governing strategy".

Zhao Dan wanted to see what Lü Buwei's statecraft was like.

After answering Zhao Dan's first two questions, Lü Buwei seemed to have become more confident, and the strategy of governing the country was a question that every scholar who was interested in stepping onto the political stage of the Warring States period would definitely think about.

"The ministers heard that the former holy kings ruled the world, and they must be the first to be public. The public is the world's peace, and the peace is public. Try to look at the aspirations, there are many people who win the world, and they gain the public, and their losses must be biased. Whoever stands by the Lord is born of the Lord. Therefore, "Hongfan" said: "There is no bias and no party, and the royal road is swinging." Unbiased and unbiased, according to the king's righteousness. Nothing or do well, and follow the king's way. Do nothing or do evil, follow the king's way. Therefore, the way to govern the country must be noble for the public and not for the private. ”

"The way of heaven is round, the way of the earth is square, and the law of the holy king, so there are kings and ministers up and down. The lord is in charge of the circle, the minister is in charge of the party, the square circle is not easy, and the country is Chang. Therefore, the world is not the world of one person, but the world of the people of the world. ”

"The wise ruler should not see all things, but also know what the master of people is obsessed with, and should not use the small evils of people to kill the great beauty of people. It is not up to the king, but to the minister. The ruler of ancient things must first obey the ability, and then appoint, and will rebel, and then accept. Believe in the virtuous and let it be, the ability of the king, and the loyalty of the minister. ”

"Let those who are with the people rule with righteousness, love with peace, and faithfulness with guidance, and make sure that they are eliminated and their blessings are brought to them. Taishang is ambitious, followed by things, followed by attack. Reward and punish the unscrupulous, and make the virtuous righteous. For example, the Qin Shang monarch will be severely punished and rewarded, and the government of the declining world will not be used. In this way, it can be in the hearts of the people, so in all directions. The world is all neck and heel, and the four wildernesses are salty. ”

After this tirade, Lu Buwei breathed a sigh of relief, and once again bowed his hand: "King, this is not the way to govern the country." ”

Zhao Dan nodded again and again when he heard this, and praised it in his heart.

In Lü Buwei's view, the way of governing the country is mainly based on the way of heaven and earth, the sky is round and the place is round so the monarch is round and the ministers are in the court, and the heaven and earth have their own ways, so the monarch and the minister should also perform their duties, the king is responsible for managing the ministers, and the ministers are responsible for doing things, so that the country can prosper.

For the people of the country, the king and his courtiers should govern with virtue, put righteousness first, act according to the law, and reward and punish appropriately. Harsh laws like Shang's will only plunge the country into recession, and it will never work. Only when benevolence and law go hand in hand can the country be loved by the people wholeheartedly, and the country can continue to develop and eventually reach the point of great governance.

These things put forward by Lü Buwei actually contain the ideas of Confucianism, Taoism and its branches Huang Lao, Legalism, Moism, and many other schools, which are fused to form their own set of ideological theories.

This is the miscellaneous thought of "Confucianism and ink, co-name law, and the way of a hundred schools of thought".

Obviously, even if he has not really taken charge of the Qin State, Lü Buwei's set of miscellaneous theories has actually basically taken shape.

It's just that this guy actually dares to put forward the statement "The world is not the world of one person, but the world of the world" in front of Zhao Dan, the monarch of Zhao State, and he is really daring...

It was at this time that because the land of China had not been unified in the real sense, Lü Buwei could still say this, but any emperor of any great unified dynasty in later generations, when he heard that a courtier dared to say such a sentence, his first reaction was to cut off this guy's head.

In the eyes of the emperors, this world is all Lao Tzu, this country is Lao Tzu's home world, and you are now telling me that the world is the people of the world? Die to you.

Of course, even if there is no unification now, this sentence is actually quite harsh for a monarch of Zhao Dan's status.

But of course Zhao Dan would not be angry because of this, Zhao Dan not only did not get angry, but applauded with a smile: "Mr. Lu, you are really talented!" ”

As for Zhao Bao, the Pingyang Jun on the side, the face of this goods is a capital "suit" at the moment, and the gaze that looked at Lu Buwei was also extremely hot, and finally couldn't help but say to Zhao Dan: "King, in the eyes of the leopard, Mr. Lu is so talented, Zhao Guo can't miss it!" ”

This is Zhao Bao recommending Lu Buwei as an official.

In this era when there was no imperial examination, recommendation was a more important means of promoting talents, such as the famous Lin Xiangru was recommended to King Zhao Huiwen by the eunuch Ling Mixian of Zhao State.

Zhao Dan smiled slightly and glanced at Lu Buwei: "The widow also has this intention, I don't know what Mr. Lu thinks?" ”

Lu Buwei was excited for a while, and hurriedly said: "Can you be appreciated by the king, do you dare to obey?" ”

The position of Keqing is equivalent to the monarch's staff, although it is a fictitious position, but it is also an out-and-out "official".

In this way, Lü Buwei's entire social status will be instantly rocket-like, from a fourth-class "businessman" to a first-class "scholar".

Besides, although Lü Buwei is actually already operating Zhao Yiren to become the monarch of Qin, after all, that matter has not been skimmed yet, and now the lobbyists sent by Lü Buwei are still active in Qin, and it is unknown whether it will succeed or not, and it is okay to leave a way for himself to be a guest secretary of Zhao State.

And accepting this position of Zhao Guokeqing, maybe it can help that matter.

So Lü Buwei didn't have any reason to refuse at all.

Zhao Dan laughed: "Very good, since this is the case, then Mr. Lu will be my Zhao Guoke from today onwards!" ”

Lü Buwei stood up, stepped forward, and made a grand courtier etiquette towards Zhao Dan: "Minister Lü Buwei, I have seen the king!" ”

The status of the monarch and minister between the two sides is settled.

Zhao Dan narrowed his eyes, and his mood was quite comfortable. Hmph, look at a bull like Lu Buwei, hasn't he been recruited by me Zhao Dan?

Of course, Zhao Dan also knew very well in his heart that the status of the two sides as kings and ministers was actually only temporary, and it could not be regarded as very reliable.

During the Warring States period, the scholars did not have that deep-rooted concept of loyalty to the monarch, and today they were loyal to the country and the monarch, and tomorrow they felt that it was not good here, and they could also switch to other countries to be loyal to other monarchs in minutes.

They are more like those migrant workers in later generations, the country and the king are the company and the boss for them, and it is not for nothing that they have been loyal to the monarch and patriotic all their lives, but there are very few.

Of course, this kind of job-hopping practice is actually understandable from the standpoint of the scholars themselves, after all, people go to higher places. But for a monarch like Zhao Dan, who is equivalent to the boss of a company in later generations, it is obviously not allowed for talents from his own country to jump to other countries.

Since it was decided to win over Lü Buwei, then Lü Buwei should be firmly tied to the chariot of Zhao, so that Zhao would get a good minister, and Qin would permanently lose a famous minister, and lose Qin and benefit Zhao, wouldn't it be wonderful?

It seems that digging the foot of the wall seems to be imperative.

But - how to dig it?

Zhao Dan glanced at Zhao Bao beside him, and after thinking about it, he smiled and said to Lu Buwei, who was excited, "The widow listens to what people say, Mr. Lu once said that mentioning Zhao Yiren, the proton of the Qin State, is really a strange commodity to live in. I wonder if this is true? ”

When Lu Buwei heard this, his body shook violently, and the whole person seemed to fall from heaven to hell in an instant.

"Strange goods can live" refers to that Lü Buwei's plan to establish Zhao Yiren as the monarch of Qin!