At that moment, Xun You suddenly said, "Master, it would not be good to simply ignore them."
"Why don't we take some measures?"
"What measures? Gongda, tell us." Wenren Sheng smiled.
"We can use the strategy of watching tigers fight from the mountain." Xun You spoke with utter confidence.
"That is, let the lords of the realm slaughter one another while we sit back and watch the outcome."
"While they kill each other, we will develop our industries and use the natural defenses of the mountains and rivers to stockpile grain and fodder."
"While they focus only on building Military Strength, we will concentrate our strength on enlightening the common people."
"They value only the great clans and powerful families, concentrating their strength among the middle and upper classes."
"While we treat everyone equally."
Everyone nodded at his words.
Xun Yu, however, sighed softly at the sight.
His ambitious grandnephew.
To put it plainly, Xun You had already decided to abandon the interests of the family for the sake of achieving a name that would endure for ages.
What happened to the Xun family did not matter.
Xun You wanted to fulfill his own ambitions of becoming a ruler.
That was perfectly normal.
After all, there had been Wang Mang before him.
Wang Mang had also wanted to thoroughly reform everything through the methods of the Confucian School.
That meant a complete return to antiquity.
The Confucian School had always claimed that ancient times were wonderful and the Rites of Zhou were lofty.
Yet after restoring the old ways, Wang Mang had turned the realm into a complete mess.
He had thoroughly proven that truly governing the realm through Confucianism alone was a joke.
It could only be Confucian skin, Legalist bones, management of wealth...
And so on—mixing all sorts