Chapter 365: If You Can, You Do It!

"Is it Zou Yan's theory of the Great Nine Provinces?"

Upon hearing Su Xuan mention that there are nine provinces outside the nine provinces, Xun Zi immediately thought of Zou Yan's theory of the Great Nine Provinces, "This is the consistent rhetoric of your Yin-Yang School."

Zou Yan is a genius of the Yin-Yang School.

He is slightly older than Xun Zi. He once stayed at the Jixia Academy, and Xun Zi once served as the libationer of the Jixia Academy, so he can be considered to have had interactions with Zou Yan.

"Why? Does Xun Zi think the theory of the Great Nine Provinces is a fallacy?"

Su Xuan looked at Xun Zi.

Xun Zi said in a deep voice: "Perhaps, outside the nine provinces, there are indeed other territories and human traces, but it is definitely not as Zou Yan said, that outside the Red County Divine Province, there are other nine provinces..."

Su Xuan said: "What Zou Zi said is just a conjecture he made based on the nine provinces recorded in the Yu Gong, Zhou Li, and other books."

"The world outside the nine provinces, although not as Zou Zi said, is not a wasteland. Does Xun Zi know that outside the nine provinces, there are other dynasties that can be compared with the State of Qin, and the territory they rule is even larger than the territory ruled by the State of Qin."

"Oh?"

Although from the conversation until now, Su Xuan and his opinions were not unified, Xun Zi did not reprimand Su Xuan like he did when he disparaged the Hundred Schools of Thought back then. He was old, and now he was no longer the hot-blooded sprayer he was back then.

At this moment, after hearing Su Xuan's words about the world outside the nine provinces, he immediately felt some curiosity.

"How do you know the world outside the nine provinces?"

Su Xuan's mouth curled into a mysterious smile, "My means and the things I know are beyond Xun Zi's imagination!"

Xun Zi rolled his eyes. The Yin-Yang School, although it has some skills, ultimately cannot change the habit of playing gods and ghosts.

Su Xuan smiled calmly, then waved his hand, and a clear light flew out, then stopped in front of Xun Zi, and then condensed into a bright mirror.

Xun Zi thought Su Xuan was about to take action if he didn't agree, but after seeing the object condensed by the clear light, he found that he had guessed wrong.

Immediately after, a map appeared on the clear light.

"Xun Zi, please look, this is the map of the world we are in!"

Su Xuan, as he did in front of Ying Zheng, began to popularize some geographical knowledge to Xun Zi.

Xun Zi initially thought Su Xuan was playing tricks, but when he saw the map clearly, especially when Su Xuan pointed to some places on the map and spoke with reason, Xun Zi could not help but be stunned.

"Could it be that what he said is all true?"

Xun Zi had some guesses and gradually became indecisive.

The truth of the world surprised him.

Afterward, he also understood why Su Xuan said that outside the nine provinces, there were other dynasties that could be compared with the State of Qin.

If it was as Su Xuan said, then the Persian Empire and the Maurya Empire could indeed be compared with the State of Qin.

"Unexpectedly, outside the Central Plains, there is such a vast world." After listening to the world pattern described by Su Xuan, Xun Zi sighed with unfinished meaning.

It can only be said that there are people outside people, and there is a sky outside the sky.

Although this current leader of the Yin-Yang School is young, he has indeed shown him a broader world.

"Is this the reason why you said the military merit system still has soil for existence? If it is as you said, there is still a world outside the nine provinces, it can indeed continue to expand outward."

"First conquer the Hundred Yue, then attack the Xiongnu. After both are destroyed, you can directly march toward the European continent you mentioned, but have you thought about a problem? Continuous war, while allowing the military merit system to continue, what kind of burden will this bring to the people of the world?"

For war, logistics is an extremely important guarantee.

The State of Qin emphasizes punishment and official governance, and has a strict set of requirements for the daily behavior of all people in the territory, prohibiting entertainment, working on time, serving corvee labor on time, and paying taxes. It is precisely because of the restrictions of many harsh laws that the State of Qin can ensure the maintenance of logistics during war, but this actually brings a great burden to the people of the State of Qin.

If they chose to recuperate after destroying the six countries, it would be fine.

But listening to Su Xuan's remarks, he was preparing to let the war continue.

Xun Zi seemed to have seen the world where the people were miserable after the State of Qin unified the world.

"If we rely on the old methods, continuous war will indeed bring a heavy burden to the people, but what I want to say is that the times have changed!"

Su Xuan looked at Xun Zi's solemn expression and continued: "Does Xun Zi know the grain production of the State of Qin in these years?"

Xun Zi shook his head.

Su Xuan told Xun Zi the answer: "Compared to a few years ago, the grain production has increased by more than three times, and it will increase next year!"

"How could it be..."

Xun Zi was very surprised.

Even though the people of the State of Qin did not dare not to work because of the harsh laws, this was by no means the key factor in the increase in grain production.

"After the Zheng Guo Canal was completed, there were ten thousand hectares of fertile land in the Guanzhong area, but what really changed all this was the agricultural tools manufactured by the Mohist school. The power of tools far exceeds the limit of human power. Under full operation, one tool is enough to be worth the hard work of dozens of people!"

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"Technology is the primary productive force!"

"If you don't use too much manpower and material resources, you can easily get several times the harvest of the past. At this time, does Xun Zi still think that continuing to fight will bring a burden to the people?"

Xun Zi was silent for a while, and then he said: "Perhaps, the State of Qin has a way to solve the logistical problems of war, but I still don't think the State of Qin's system of emphasizing punishment and neglecting benevolence can last long."

"So, this requires the Confucian school to change all this!"

Su Xuan said it as a matter of course.

"Since Xun Zi has seen the drawbacks of the State of Qin, then go and change it! For the sake of people's livelihood, the Mohist school has manufactured many agricultural tools, which has now increased the grain production of the State of Qin several times. Then what about the Confucian school? Where is the Confucian school, another prominent school of the current age?"

Xun Zi was silent again. The Confucian school, the Confucian school did nothing.

On this point, they are indeed not as good as the Mohist school.

Su Xuan asked Xun Zi another question: "What does Xun Zi think of paper?"

Xun Zi was stunned, and then said his personal experience: "It takes the strengths of both bamboo slips and silk. If it can be promoted to the world, it can become a divine tool for education!"

"Since Xun Zi thinks the value of paper is so extraordinary, we have already provided you with tools, so the Confucian school should exert its strengths more and educate the world, so that the State of Qin can have a few more points of benevolence!"

— Author's Notes —

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