Chapter 590

"Zou Yan's Great Nine Provinces theory?"

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

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

He was slightly older than Xun Zi and had once stayed at the Jixia Academy. Xun Zi had once served as the libationer of the Jixia Academy, so they could be considered to have had interactions.

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

Su Xuan looked at Xun Zi.

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

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

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

"Oh?"

Although from the conversation until now, Su Xuan and his opinions were not unified, Xun Zi did not scold Su Xuan like he did when he disparaged the Hundred Schools of Thought back then. He was old after all, 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 about the world outside the nine provinces?"

Su Xuan's mouth curled into a mysterious and unpredictable 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 had some skills, ultimately could not change the habit of playing gods and ghosts.

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

Xun Zi had thought Su Xuan was preparing to attack if they disagreed, but after seeing what the clear light condensed into, he found 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 had done 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 truly saw the map clearly, especially when Su Xuan pointed to some places on the map and spoke with reason, Xun Zi couldn't help but be stunned.

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

Xun Zi developed some guesses and gradually couldn't make up his mind.

The truth of the world surprised him somewhat.

And then, he also understood why Su Xuan said there were dynasties outside the nine provinces that could be compared with the Qin Guo.

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

"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.

One could only say that there are people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens.

Although this current leader of the Yin-Yang School was young, he had indeed let him see a broader world.

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

"First conquer the Baiyue, then attack the Xiongnu. After both are destroyed, you can even march directly toward the Europe you mentioned. But have you thought about a problem: continuous war does indeed make the military merit system continue, but what kind of burden will this bring to the people of the world?"

For war, logistics is an extremely important guarantee.

The Qin Guo values criminal law and administration, and has a set of strict requirements for all daily behaviors of the people within its territory, prohibiting entertainment, working on time, performing corvée labor on time, and paying taxes. It is precisely because of the restrictions of many cruel laws that the Qin Guo can ensure the maintenance of logistics during war. But in this way, it actually brings a great burden to the people of the Qin Guo.

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

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

Xun Zi seemed to have already seen the world where the people were in dire straits after the Qin Guo unified the world.

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

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Su Xuan looked at Xun Zi's solemn expression and continued, "Does Xun Zi know the grain production of the Qin Guo 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..." **Chapter 592**