Chapter 75 The Master and Disciple of Jixia Academy
Qin State and Xianyang were fine, and time soon came to the end of the third year of King Qin's administration.
But thousands of miles away, Linzi, a state of Qi, was in trouble because of the arrival of a Qin man.
It has been nearly a hundred years since King Xuan of Qi established the Jixia Academy of Qi State. Now it has become a gathering place for hundreds of schools of thought. Thousands of scholars from the seven countries have gathered here.
Among them, the studies of law, military, Confucianism and Mohism are particularly popular.
Here, there are truly elites from hundreds of schools. The gathering of people from hundreds of schools not only makes Jixia Academy prosperous, but also brings about a problem, that is, no one is convinced by the other. Such contradictions are also
Let's get a lot of them.
But amidst all these controversies, there is one person who can truly convince hundreds of schools of thought. This person is the Confucian Xun Kuang, who is honored as Xunzi by Jixia Academy, a true master.
However, Xunzi, who was admired by everyone in Jixia Academy, did not leave his study for another month to teach the scholars of Jixia Academy. No one knew what this Confucian master was doing hiding in his study.
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Except for the close disciples who delivered food to Xunzi on a daily basis, no one saw the master in a month.
"Junior brother, teacher, is he okay?" In front of Xun Kuang's yard, Han Fei asked his junior brother Li Si who was walking out of the yard carrying a food box.
In Jixia Academy, there were many scholars who studied with Xun Kuang, but there were only two scholars who could really call Xun Kuang their teacher. One of them was Han Fei, who was born in the Korean royal family.
, and the other person is Li Si, whose ancestral home is Chu State.
When Xun Kuang was in seclusion in his study, the person who brought him food was Li Si.
As for why there are so many Han Fei, Xun Kuang probably disliked Han Fei, who came from a royal family, for not being considerate enough. Therefore, in the past month, even Han Fei had never seen his teacher Xun Kuang.
"Senior brother came just in time, which saved me a lot of time looking for you." Li Si smiled.
"Does the teacher want to see me?" Han Fei asked in surprise.
"That's right, senior brother, come with me." Li Si turned around and walked into the courtyard.
This was an ordinary small courtyard, not big, so Han Fei and Li Si soon appeared in Xun Kuang's study.
Han Fei was shocked when he saw his teacher Xun Kuang again after a month, because in front of him was an old man with messy hair and beard. If he didn't know his teacher very well, he would have already forgotten the man in front of him.
The old man thought he was a beggar.
Although Xun Kuang has a humorous personality, this was the first time Han Fei had seen him look so sloppy.
"Teacher." Han Fei greeted respectfully.
"Has Yao Jiake of Qin left?" Xun Kuang said with red eyes. It was obvious that he had spent a lot of energy in the past month.
"I haven't left yet, but almost all of Qi's food has left Qi," Han Fei replied.
"There are experts in Qin." Xun Kuang sighed.
A month and a half ago, Yao Jia, a native of Qin, appeared in Linzi, the capital of Qi, and bribed the prime minister with a heavy sum of money to win. Later, it was reported that Qin had purchased Qi's grain at a price half a percent higher than that of the two families.
For matters involving the purchase of grain from a country, no matter how strictly confidential it is, it is impossible to prevent even a trace of information from leaking out.
This kind of abnormal thing happened in Jixia Academy, which naturally caused huge waves. These people were idle and smart enough, and countless speculations appeared in Jixia Academy.
Even Xun Kuang was curious about this. What was Qin's purpose of buying grain from thousands of miles away at such a high price? Doesn't Qin know that buying grain from thousands of miles away was just to transport it back to Qin?
Is the country's losses along the way an astronomical figure?
Is Qin stupid?
"The real nightmare of the Six Kingdoms is about to come." Xun Kuang sighed after hearing this.
"Does the teacher already know the reason why Qin bought food at all costs?" Han Fei asked curiously.
He heard another meaning from Xun Kuang's words.
"The peasant family has completely degenerated. The things recorded in these bamboo slips were compiled by me in this month. You two should take a look," Xun Kuang said.
"Yes." Han Fei and Li Si looked at the pile of bamboo slips piled on the desk at the same time.
As the bamboo slips were opened, lines of familiar handwriting appeared in front of the two of them.
"In the thirteenth year of King Ping of Zhou, there was a severe drought in the State of Zheng. In the fourteenth year of King Ping of Zhou, a plague of locusts came out of the State of Zheng and wreaked havoc on both sides of the river..."
One title after another appeared in the sight of Han Fei and Li Si. The two slowly finished reading the bamboo slips, both of them looked puzzled. Then they looked at each other and picked up another bamboo slip at the same time.
This time, with the sound of the bamboo slips turning, the two people's brows slowly tightened. Before finishing one scroll, the two of them grabbed the other bamboo slips at the same time.
After doing this several times, Han Fei and Li Si put down the bamboo slips in their hands at the same time.
"Teacher, there is a severe drought in the land east of Wei and west of Chu this year?" Han Fei couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, the entire Huaihe River Basin is in severe drought." Xun Kuang said.
"Then, there will be a big disaster next year?" Li Si asked uncertainly.
"Now, I finally understand why the Qin State made such a seemingly loss-making deal. Who is it? Who can have such knowledge?" Xun Kuang sighed with curiosity.
"South Korea?" Han Fei suddenly thought of South Korea. In the first half of the year, South Korea had been hit hard. He even learned from a letter from a friend that his sister Honglian, who had always had the best relationship with him, was sent away by his father.
Qin State.
If there is another large-scale locust plague next year, Wei, Han and even Zhao will be severely damaged, but Qin can minimize the destructive power of the locust plague because of the food purchased from Qi. Then, what will South Korea face?
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If Qin takes action against South Korea next year, will South Korea still have hope? A dark cloud is coming over Han Fei.
"Teacher, if this news spreads, might Qin be stopped?" Han Fei asked eagerly.
"How to stop it? Does South Korea dare to touch Qin's food, or does Wei dare? Or does Zhao dare to attack Qin and Qi at the same time?" Li Si said.
"You must know that it was the army of Qi that sent the grain out of Qi, and it was the army of Qin that took over." Li Si continued.
"It's useless. Qin State doesn't need to send grain back to the hinterland of Qin State at all this year. They only need to hoard the grain in Taoyi. Han Fei, you don't have to worry about South Korea. The one who will be really unlucky next year is Wei State.
" said Xun Kuang, who saw Han Fei's thoughts.
"Wei State?" Han Fei asked confused.
"Since King Qin Zhuangxiang, the Qin State has been attacking eastward along the river. Its purpose is to completely separate Korea and Wei from Zhao. In this way, it can concentrate its efforts to attack Zhao or annex Korea and Wei.
, and in the first half of the year, Qin has already captured the northern border of South Korea, and next year it will be the turn of Wei's subordinate states to defend the country." Xun Kuang said.
"Qin State? Qin State? Qin State!" Han Fei vaguely saw a huge shadow rushing toward him overwhelmingly, but he was powerless to do anything.