"That? As a king, how can you lead your people to survive in this troubled world? As a king, how can you sit down in this troubled world of princely strife? How about saving your people from the suffering of war? ”

The king of Qi, who was later the king of Qi Wei, was ashamed to ask Zhuangzi.

Zhuangzi saw that King Qi Wei did not have the mentality of teasing you like King Wei Hui, but was very serious, and couldn't help but have a little affection for him.

This also made him feel that Qi Jun had a bit of Qin Xiaogong's taste, but it was different from Qin Xiaogong. Qin Xiaogong treats people more sincerely and honestly. And King Qi Wei gives people the feeling that the city is very deep.

"Develop the population!" Zhuangzi said.

"Developing the population?"

"I checked the historical data of the Great Zhou Dynasty and found that the Great Zhou Dynasty was at its peak, and the population was so large that it was terrifying! It's so much that it's overcrowded. If we don't believe in the authenticity of historical records, can we go out into the wilderness? Almost all of our land has been cultivated.

And now? In the Great Zhou world, there was barrenness everywhere and there was no population. In fact! Our land, which can still feed countless people, can return to the heyday of the Great Zhou......"

During the Warring States Period, in ancient times, due to the lack of water conservancy construction and the absence of modern flood drainage equipment in modern society, the low depression could not be used as cultivated land. The flood season is coming, the flood is rampant, and there is an ocean everywhere. So! The arable area is very small.

"That? Where did the population go? One of the princes of Qi Jun asked.

Sun Bin smiled and said, "War! Let the population decrease year by year. And also! The famine after the war was more brutal than the war. The war deprived the people of the opportunity to farm and eat and store food. And in the war, there is also the practice of burning grain and grass, which makes matters worse. Without food, natural disasters will come, and the population will naturally decline. For hundreds of years, the population has been reduced in this way. ”

Zhuangzi started with the beginning, and everyone talked about the population issue very amicably. The atmosphere of the scene is quite harmonious. Those who had prejudices about Zhuangzi have now changed their attitude towards Zhuangzi.

Qi Jun listened to a rough idea and asked Zhuangzi, "So?" How to develop the population? ”

"Of course, to encourage childbearing and reduce taxes! The state remains on top of the previous taxes, and only by raising taxes can the people have the ability to develop the population. If you were to collect taxes based on the population and the area of land under cultivation, the people who farmed the land would not be able to feed the population, and they would not be willing to give birth to the population. For business, they should also be encouraged to have a population. As long as they are willing to have children, give him tax exemptions......"

On the issue of population development and tax reduction, he talked with Dai Benjia when he was in the Song State Lacquer Garden. Dai Benjia listened to his opinions and instructed the later King Kang of the Song Dynasty to develop the population, garrison the border passes, reduce taxes, and so on.

Qi Jun interrupted Zhuangzi and said, "I mean? How to develop the population? How can the population grow rapidly? At the end of a war, either the dead or the disabled! What's the use of a disabled person, they still have to eat state subsidies, isn't it? This population can't develop? Can't even develop quickly? ”

Zhuangzi thought for a moment and said, "We can not go to war!" ”

"No war?" Qi Jun shook his head and said, "How is it possible?" In this troubled world, no one can escape the doom of war if any vassal state can escape war! ”

"That's it! It is! In this troubled world, who can not go to war? ”

"Who can be alone in troubled times?"

"That's it! It is! To say that there is no war is a fool's dream! ”

“……”

In the hall, everyone said that it was impossible not to go to war.

Sun Bin listened and said: "The use of troops in troubled times cannot be avoided, where can there be no war?" ”

Rong'er, who was sitting next to Zhuangzi, also thought that in this troubled world, where could there be no war?

Qi Jun's eyes kept staring at Zhuangzi's face, observing the change in Zhuangzi's expression.

He agreed with what Zhuangzi said before, but he did not dare to agree with the topic of war.

It was only when everyone was talking about it that Zhuangzi began to explain his theory of "no war".

He said: "When I say no war, do I mean never go to war? That's not what it means! I mean, try not to fight, avoid it if you can! Fight! There are two situations that must be fought.

One! This battle must be fought when others invade our territory. Wars of aggression are better not to fight. Two! If you don't fight, you won't fight, and if you fight, don't be soft, you must use absolute strength to win the battle, and give the opponent a fatal blow, a devastating blow. In normal times, try to be patient, preserve your strength, and be ready to go. ”

"Hmm!" Qi Jun listened and nodded.

"The purpose of our non-war is to develop the population and develop the country's strength. When the population increases, the overall strength of the country becomes stronger. The fact that we do not fight a war does not mean that we do not develop our military strength, but we must also develop our military strength.

But? Not openly, but secretly, not to let the adversary know about our strength. Such! When war comes, we can win it in one fell swoop.

The development of population is linked to the development of military power. We encourage people to settle at the border, and we give tax breaks to those who settle at the border. For those who settle on the border, we militarize them.

For those who settled on the border, they were afraid of the coming of war as soon as their standard of living increased. But? Once the war came, they were more powerful than anyone else. The lacquer garden of the Song Kingdom is an example. The 30,000-strong army of Korea entered and was completely annihilated.

Why? Because! The invaders violated their homeland. In order to protect their homes and protect their loved ones, they will fight desperately.

Just like the Qin state, the Sanjin constantly attacked them, destroying their homes and killing their relatives, which made them hate. So! Their combat effectiveness far surpassed that of the Three Jin Coalition Army.

The purpose of developing the population at the border is to cultivate such a group of people who are sworn to protect their homeland to the death. If our borders are like this, and the people spontaneously form fighting teams, will the aggressors still dare to invade?

Of course! We still have to garrison troops on our borders. Our army must cooperate with the people's spontaneous forces to protect the frontier ......"

Zhuangzi talked to Dai Benjia about the border of soldiers, the development of the population, and the fact that all the people were soldiers. According to Zhuangzi, Dai's family taught it to the later King Kang of Song.

The Song and Qi states also became strong in population and defense because of the implementation of this method.

To develop the population, it will take more than ten years for the population to go up. If there is no war for twenty or thirty years, it will be overcrowded.

In order to show favor to the king of Qi, Zhuangzi did not want to provoke the disaster of killing, so he had to sell his method to King Qi Wei.

In the State of Wei, what he sold to King Wei Hui was the strategy of "enriching the people and strengthening the army", in fact! It was to persuade King Wei Hui not to engage in aggression.

King Wei Hui listened to it to some extent, and later he also restrained himself and tried not to invade. And one more reason! It was the Qin State that gradually became stronger, suppressing the Wei State and making it impossible for him to carry out aggression and expansion.

Zhuangzi was in the Qin State, and what he talked about with Qin Xiaogong and Wei Ying was the right way and the real preaching. And in the Wei and Qi countries, preaching and talking about their own strategies are just to cope.

If you don't come out with some real skills, you might die here.