Although Confucianism later became the mainstream of Chinese thought, and the Legalist school was also regarded as a representative idea of tyranny and harsh government and no one dared to mention it, the idea of jutsu has been retained, and has become a necessary technique for the rulers of Chinese dynasties to maintain their rule, which is the so-called imperial science.

It was not until 1513 that the Italian scholar Machiavelli wrote the book "The Monarch", in which many of the ideas were similar to Shen Buxi, such as the most famous idea in the "Monarchy": the monarch must have both the courage of a lion and the cunning of a fox. It's almost the same as Shin's point of view. However, the [Theory of the Monarch] appeared more than 1,800 years later than Shen Buxian. This also shows that China's ancient wisdom is indeed broad and profound.

However, the biggest limitation of Shen Buxian's idea of governance is that he attaches too much importance to the use of power to strengthen the power of the monarch, and ignores that the most fundamental foundation of a country is the strength of the country.

If too much emphasis is placed on the rule of law, and the rule of law is generally implemented as the main means of governing the country, the whole country will inevitably fall into a situation in which the monarch and the ministers are deceitful, the officialdom is intrigued, and the top and bottom peep at each other, the country's legal system exists in name only, all kinds of unspoken rules and responsibilities are rampant, people are scheming, do not follow the right path, and do things in a way that is biased, and no one has the heart to work pragmatically and rightly, and the strength of the Chinese family is also exhausted in such constant infighting.

If you want to govern the country well, you still have to use legitimate means and the rule of law as the basis, and the rule of law can only be used as an auxiliary means of the rule of law.

The different development fates of Korea and Qin after the reform of the law are very telling, Han Zhaohou appointed Shen Bu harm to change the law, and after a short period of strength, Korea declined rapidly, and as a result, it became one of the weakest countries among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and could only be in the company of Yan and others. After the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Qin State gradually became rich and strong with the core of rewarding and encouraging cultivation and warfare, and became the first of the seven heroes.

In fact, South Korea also applied this kind of domestic conspiracy to the struggle between the nations, and the fuse of the Battle of Changping actually began when the Qin State sent troops to attack the land of Shangdang in Korea, and the Shangdang Taishou Feng Ting planned to use the power of Zhao to resist Qin, so the seventeen cities of Shangdang County were dedicated to Zhao State. Sure enough, it successfully triggered a decisive battle between Qin and Zhao, and as a result, Qin won a crushing victory and Zhao suffered a crushing defeat, which also determined the general trend of the late Warring States period.

Later, South Korea sent the hydraulic engineer Zheng Guo to the Qin State, saying that the Qin State invested a lot of manpower and material resources to build the Zheng Guo Canal, which is the so-called tired Qin plan, and the Qin State really gathered the strength of the country, and it took more than ten years to repair the Zheng Guo Canal, which also made South Korea survive for more than ten years.

The use of these two schemes can not be described as unsuccessful, but because of South Korea's own lack of strength, and the lack of determination to settle down and go all out to develop its own national strength, although they both won a lot of time for South Korea, they were all wasted in South Korea's own internal friction, and they could not make full use of the great opportunities created by these two schemes to make South Korea strong again.

Zhang Liang is a Korean family, of course, he is very familiar with the historical situation of South Korea, but he didn't expect that at this time, Han Wangcheng, Duan Da, Yan Lei and others still did not forget to fight for power and profit. Originally, Zhang Liang was full of enthusiasm for the restoration of Korea, but at this time, he couldn't help but feel disheartened, so although there was a lot of noise in the hall, Zhang Liang couldn't even say a word.

Such a quarrel will naturally not have any results, so Han Wangcheng was annoyed at first, so he waved his sleeves and turned back to the harem to drink and relieve his boredom, and when the ministers saw Han Wangcheng leaving, they also felt that they had not crossed the line, and they all dispersed.

But evasion is not a way, on the next day, Duan Da also went to Xinzheng with a seal, severely reprimanded and severely withheld grain and grass, and guided him to fail to capture the weir city, and asked Han Wangcheng to severely punish him, and very implicitly proposed that if Han Wangcheng did not punish him, he would never return to the army.

Yan Ti naturally couldn't accept Duan Da's attack, and was about to defend himself in front of Han Wangcheng, but at this moment, someone came to report that the new city had been broken by the Qin army.

At this time, the monarchs and ministers of South Korea were really panicked, after all, as soon as the new city was lost, the Qin army could directly attack Xinzheng, and at this time, the defenders of Xinzheng were less than 10,000 people, and they were unable to resist the Qin army at all. Therefore, many ministers couldn't hold their breath, led by Li Ping, and then told Han Wangcheng that they must be severely punished before Duan Da could send troops to rescue Xinzheng. As a result, the ministers who advocated severe punishment suddenly accounted for the majority, including some ministers who originally supported severe punishment, and at this time they also rebelled and demanded that Han Wangcheng severely punish them.

If no one is severely punished, Duan Da will never return to the army, and without Duan Da's army, it will be difficult for Xinzheng to hold, and at this time, he can only ignore the tiredness.

Yan was tired and frightened and angry, he didn't expect that the situation would take a sharp turn for the worse, and he tried his best to defeat Duan Da, who knew that such a reversal had happened now. Of course he was unwilling to admit defeat like this, and he did this himself, wasn't it also Han Wangcheng's acquiescence?

Just when Yan Ti was about to defend himself, he only heard Han Wangcheng say sharply: "Come on, take Yan Ti." ”

The soldiers on the left and right immediately rushed up, and before Yan Ti could react, they grabbed Yan Ti's hands behind his back. Yan Ti was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Han Wangcheng had decided to sacrifice himself in order to let Duan Da send troops to rescue Xinzheng. But it was too late at this time, because Yan Ti had already been carried by the guards and left the main hall.

At this time, Han Wangcheng ordered Li Ping to send an edict to Fencheng again, and let Duan Da lead the army to Xinzhenglai. At the same time, he ordered Zhang Liang to send an envoy to Chu and asked Chu to send troops to aid Korea. Because the last time Zhang Liang brought Xiang Yan's letter, it was also regarded by the whole South Korea as having a way in Chu, so the task of sending the rescue to Chu could only be handed over to Zhang Liang.

Although Zhang Liang was very disappointed with the behavior of Han Wangcheng and the Han family, he was also Korean after all, and he couldn't bear to see that Korea had just been restored, and it was immediately destroyed by Qin, so he still accepted Han Wangcheng's order and sent an envoy to Chu. Before leaving, he repeatedly warned Han Wangcheng that he must strictly guard Xinzheng and wait for reinforcements.

―――――――― the dividing line ――――――――― dividing line―――――――― Wang Ben rode into the new city, and couldn't help but sigh, Han Teng's subordinates really had a few outstanding talents, otherwise it would be impossible to go down the new city so quickly.

Although the scale of the city of Xincheng is not large, and the city walls are not high, the Qin army rushed to Yingchuan to quell the chaos as much as possible, and did not bring large siege equipment, such as tower carts, bed crossbows, trebuchets and other equipment, even the siege ladders were not much, only more than sixty.

Although at the beginning, Wang Ben led the cavalry army, with lightning speed, to capture three cities in one day, but that was when the Korean army was unprepared, and even the city gate was too late to close, so Wang Ben led the army into the city.

But after that, the Han army in each city strengthened its vigilance, the city gate was closed, and Wang Ben's cavalry naturally lost its power, and the later siege and land grabbing were actually completed by Han Teng's army. In fact, Han Teng's method of attacking the city is very simple, although the Nanyang army has been wiped out, but still a military general takes the lead in attacking the city, relying on his own super force, to carry out a strong attack, defeat the defenders, and seize the city. This kind of siege tactics is not very effective for a fortified city like Daliang, but it is extremely effective for an ordinary small city.

For example, in the battle to capture the new city, the fire and the sun personally climbed the city wall and opened a gap for other soldiers with his own strong martial arts, and as a result, more and more Qin soldiers climbed to the top of the city, and in less than half an hour, the battle was over. And Wang Ben, who witnessed this battle, couldn't help but admire the superb martial arts of the flaming sun, and like this, Han Teng had more than one of his subordinates, it seems that Han Teng's subordinates not only relied on the super combat effectiveness of the Nanyang Army.

Wang Ben is not very old, but he is a typical military character, straightforward, not as sleek as his father Wang Jian, and he also admires heroes and heroes very much. Since Han Teng surrendered to Qin, he defeated Han and defeated Zhao and attacked Wei, and made a lot of military exploits, and there were many brave generals with strong martial arts under him, so Wang Ben also admired him very much.

At this time, I saw Han Teng riding a carriage into the new city, Wang Ben immediately dismounted, saluted Han Teng, and said, "General." ”

Han Teng hurriedly got out of the car and said, "General Wang, don't be polite. ”

Wang Ben said: "After capturing Xincheng, Xinzheng is also just around the corner, it seems that this time the chaos will end soon." ”

Han Teng said: "Being able to go down like this, General Wang won the three cities on the first day, which is also indispensable." ”

Wang Ben shook his head and said: "The general is too awarded, he has some achievements on the first day, and then he has done nothing, so to be able to have such a result, it is all the work of several fierce generals under the general, and I don't dare to take credit for it." ”

Han Teng smiled and said: "I just received the news that now the rebel army has less than 10,000 troops in Xinzheng City, and the army is stationed in Fenjing and is rushing to Xinzheng, if they are allowed to rush to Xinzheng, it will definitely bring trouble to our siege, so I want General Wang to immediately lead the cavalry to intercept immediately, and I will send Cao Wushu and Shi Wuwei to help General Wang." ”

When Wang Ben heard this, he hurriedly said: "Yes, the last general will send troops to rush immediately, and he will never let the rebels rush to Xinzheng." ”