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Chapter 679: Excuse me?
Chapter 679: Excuse me?
"The princes are destroyed, the world is stable, the people's customs are changed, and the Qin Dynasty is difficult to pacify..."
"The worries of prefectures and counties are the dangers of overthrowing the country. The prefectures and states work together to extend their kindness to the world! The people live in peace and prosperity, but the poor people perish easily. In ancient times, there was Xia and Shang, and the world was unified, and there were also successive generations..."
In Xianyang, Qin State, in the royal palace, Ying Zheng came barefoot to the study room full of excitement late at night, hurriedly took the bamboo slips from Han Yezhe's hands, and opened them.
In the study room.
Ying Zheng walked back and forth step by step, carefully looking at the handwriting on the bamboo slips.
The handwriting inside described in detail the problems faced by the Qin State today, and every one of them made Ying Zheng feel as if someone was speaking his mind.
After the demise of the princes, the problems faced by the Qin State caused countless troubles to Ying Zheng.
The choice between the feudal system and the county system made Ying Zheng feel even more unbearable pressure. On the one hand, there were Qin's military clans and clan forces, and on the other hand, Ying Zheng's deepest thoughts.
A little carelessness between the two will bring huge turmoil to Qin.
After all, there are still two hours before he has to go to court.
Is it Chu, Wei, or Qi in the future? Or even all the territories outside Qin?
But if that's the case, isn't it just half done? In the future, what should be chaos will still be chaos, won’t it? There are so many places everywhere, how can there be any unification?
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng picked up the bamboo slip again and looked at the contents of the bamboo slip with doubts. When his eyes were on the words "Texting Grace to Eternal Life", Ying Zheng stopped.
"What? Qi State?"
Han Yezhe came in from outside the study and said to Ying Zheng.
"Bring it to me!"
Han Yezhe replied.
Not to mention other things, in the bamboo slips that I just saw, the old man pointed out the difficulties and difficulties that Qin is facing now, which is enough to prove that this gaze is not ordinary, let alone the few words revealed in the bamboo slips that were written in the past. That shocking system of meritocracy.
Han Yezhe nodded, turned and left. After a while, he brought a roll of bamboo slips and presented it to Ying Zheng with his hands raised high.
"Back to the king, last night's news about Lord Yao Jia has also been sent to the palace!"
"Yao Jia?"
Let's see if everyone can understand the word "Tui En".
Ying Zheng was a little surprised when he heard that Yao Jia had sent a message. After all, Ying Zheng asked Han Ye because he wanted to know that the old man sent a bamboo slip to Tian Ding's son Tian Xian and asked Tian Xian to send a message to the palace. Apart from this bamboo slip, the old man But there were other instructions or words.
The answer he didn't expect was news from Yao Jia.
Ying Zheng turned his head with an ugly expression and ordered to Han Yezhe, his expression was ashen and his eyes were cold.
Ying Zheng picked it up and opened it, wondering what news Yao Jia had sent.
“Counties and countries work together!”
In the study room.
Half an hour had passed since Ying Zheng came to the study. Under the night, Ying Zheng had been walking back and forth without saying a word for half an hour. Han Yezhe saw that it was getting late, so he could only come to remind Ying Zheng to be early. take a break.
In the quiet atmosphere, time passed bit by bit.
Ying Zheng was very puzzled. He, Ying Zheng, was not the emperor of Xia or Shang. His Qin State was more of the Xia and Shang dynasties. Why would everyone say that he did not care about the people and would end up like the Xia and Shang Dynasties? North Korea's mistakes.
"Your Majesty! It's late at night, it's time to go to bed and rest!"
Ying Zheng said.
Ying Zheng, holding the bamboo slips with a thoughtful expression on his face, walked step by step with a dazed look in his eyes.
Why do counties and states exist in parallel?
Not to mention implementing counties!
As for the enfeoffment system, it also involved military clans and clans, and Ying Zheng did not dare to tamper with it easily. When he saw the four parallel characters of the prefecture and the country, Ying Zheng could not help but frown in an instant.
However, it was okay not to look at it. When he looked at Ying Zheng, he was immediately shocked.
Ying Zheng couldn't figure out what "extending grace to the world" meant, or in other words, he didn't understand what "extending grace" meant. At the moment, Ying Zheng could only wait until after the court tomorrow morning, and then discuss it with Feng Quji, Wang Wan, Li Si and others.
As for the instructions on the back of the bamboo slips, Ying Zheng had heard those words countless times and used Xia Shang to warn him.
"Besides this news, is there any other news?"
Under the candlelight, many candlelights swayed slightly with a slight breeze, but fortunately there were enough candlelights, and the swinging of the candlelights did not make the study dark.
Seeing the old man's bamboo slips reappearing after a long time, and delivering them to Xianyang in person, Yan Ming delivered them to Ying Zheng.
How could Ying Zheng be unhappy? After all, Ying Zheng had admired the old men he had met for a long time, but he was unable to meet them in person.
Ying Zheng's eyes widened, his face changed drastically, and his breathing suddenly became rapid and uneasy.
now.
Ying Zheng looked at the words on the bamboo slips, and this idea that came to him for the first time kept echoing in his mind, full of surprise.
That old man must not be allowed to serve Qi State!
Not to mention the Yingzheng of the Qin King, I am afraid that anyone who is a king will inevitably feel unhappy when he hears these taboo words.
Looking at the bamboo slips again, Ying Zheng confirmed that inside the bamboo slips, Yao Jia said that Mr. Qi had been promoted and had taken the old man to Linzi. Ying Zheng could no longer remain calm.
"Immediately write a letter and order Bai Yan to immediately persuade the King of Qi to surrender. If the King of Qi refuses to surrender, he will raise his troops to attack and defeat Linzi!!!"
Since the destruction of the kingdoms, how to govern the former vassal territories has always been a headache for Ying Zheng. It is no exaggeration to say that the number of thieves and bandits alone is enough to make it difficult for Ying Zheng to govern various places in a short period of time. proper.
Thinking of this, even though Ying Zheng admired the old man very much, he couldn't help but feel a little gloomy in his heart.
"promise!"
Sensing Ying Zheng's anger, Han Yezhe nodded quickly and turned to leave.
In Xianyang City.
The next day, in the mansion built by Daliang of Qin State, Tian Xian followed his servants and walked into the mansion step by step, and saw Tian Feiyan in the pavilion.
Bai Yan's mansion is very large, and the only place to meet guests is in the front yard, while the female family members live in the backyard. Even though Tian Xian is Tian Feiyan's brother, Tian Xian cannot set foot in the backyard without Bai Yan. The same is true for people.
Therefore, every time Tian Feiyan saw Tian Xian, he would be in the pavilion in the front yard.
"Little sister! The bamboo slips have been sent to the Xianyang Palace. That brother-in-law seems to be determined to save Qin!"
Tian Xian knelt down behind the wooden table and looked at his younger sister Tian Feiyan. When he thought about how his younger sister handed him the bamboo slips at midnight last night and asked him to send them to the palace, he showed a helpless expression.
"Father will arrive in Xianyang in two days!"
Tian Feiyan saw his brother's eyes and seemed to be aware of what Tian Xian was thinking, so he said.
This sentence seemed to explain why he was so anxious last night, and seemed to be telling his brother about his father. After hearing this, Tian Xian's face froze and he smiled bitterly.
"If father knew that my brother-in-law was that old man, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to spare you!"
Tian Xian said he was reminding Tian Feiyan, but he was not talking to himself.
Previously, he was worried that his father would stay in Qi State. In order to allow his father to come to Qin State, Tian Xian also deliberately concealed Bai Yan's affairs and did not tell his father the truth in the letter. Every time he thought of this, Tian Xian couldn't help but feel his heart beating, wondering how his father would reprimand him.
"Then thank you! Does my little sister know what my brother-in-law means?"
Tian Xian sighed, as if accepting his fate, and turned the topic to the bamboo slips last night.
On the way to Xianyang, Tian Xian was also curious about what his brother-in-law wanted to send to Ying Zheng as an 'old man', so he looked directly at the contents. Likewise, Tian Xian was keenly aware that the entire bamboo slips contained Nei is the most important and critical word "Tui En".
All last night, Tian Xian was thinking about what it means to extend grace and how to extend grace!
"Who knows him!"
Tian Feiyan was wearing Qin clothes, with a look of resentment on his face.
It seems that the bamboo slips Bai Yan gave to Ying Zheng had more words than the bamboo slips given to her, and he was very upset.
The pretty face turned to look at the spring yard and the green trees. What appeared in Tian Feiyan's mind was the scene when Bai Yan left in the past.
"Little Master, this is the news from Chu Di's Qi Martial Arts!"
The maid He came to Tian Feiyan step by step and handed a piece of cloth to Tian Feiyan.
When Tian Feiyan heard the word "Chu Di" in He's mouth, he immediately thought of the people sent by his father to protect the Zhan family, so he reached out and took the cloth from the maid's hand, opened it and looked at it.
"Ying Zheng, now! I'm afraid I'm going to be in a hurry!"
After seeing it, Tian Feiyan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and then asked He to take the cloth to show to his curious brother.
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"Quick! Quick!!!"
"drive!!"
Outside Linzi City, twenty people were riding together, speeding along the official road. All the carriages along the way, regardless of their identity or who they were, ignored them all.
Such a rushing scene naturally attracted countless people to stop and watch, especially when entering the Linzi City Gate. These people who were riding together ignored the crowds of people and rushed towards the Qi King's Palace quickly.
"what happened?"
"I don't know! In such a hurry, could it be that the army stationed on the border is fighting the Qin army?"
"Hiss, no! Fighting?"
Countless people and scholars of Qi State started talking after seeing Qi Qi's appearance.
Under the city gate, Pingzheng left Linzi City with his beloved and four men. Three of the four men were scholars with cloth robes, but their energy was good enough. It can be seen that there is a clear difference from ordinary people.
That is a kind of confidence unique to scholars.
Outside Linzi City, in the water village among the rolling peaks, Bai Yan's home.
Bai Yan, who got up early that day, stood outside the small garden with Mr. Wei, looking at the fields in the distance.
"There is news from Linzi that the person who was brought back to Linzi by the young master was drugged after going to Jixia Academy! The King of Qi, the ministers of Qi State, and the royal family members were all accompanying him!"
Mr. Wei said that Mr. Wei had a premonition about the mysterious old man. The old man was drugged, and it was probably directed and acted by himself.
He was drugged in Jixia Academy. Who could have such ability? And why didn't a person with such ability poison the old man to death?
"Before sunset! The iron cavalry and side cavalry should be able to reach Linzi!"
Mr. Wei looked at the distant mountains and forests and said with emotion.
In the blink of an eye, the life and death of Qi will come. If Bai Yan can successfully persuade King Jian of Qi to surrender, Qi will be included in the territory of Qin. But if King Jian of Qi does not surrender, I am afraid that because of Yingzheng's nature, he will not give up until his goal is achieved. Bai Yan will be ordered to send troops to destroy him.
No matter which outcome, Qi will eventually perish, and it will be very close to Qin's unification of the world.
At this time, after the Zhou Dynasty, more than 800 years ago, the world once again ushered in great changes.
Thinking of this, Mr. Wei couldn't help but turn his head and look at the disciple on the side. Mr. Wei recalled in a daze five years ago that when he first met this only disciple, he deliberately threw the wine bottle into the river.
Watching Bai Yan pick up the wine pot over and over again, at that time, he did not expect that the two of them, master and disciple, would witness the upcoming changes in the world.
"There are not many defenders in Linzi City, so my disciple has no intention of leaving any more gaps this time!"
Bai Yan nodded to Mr. Wei.
The siege of the city was about enclosing the city in three directions, leaving an exit specifically to allow the defenders and generals in the city to think of escaping. Only in this way could the city be exchanged for the minimum price.
This was the case when Yan was destroyed in the past. The Qin army was able to conquer Jidu in a short period of time, but the King of Yan kept abandoning the capital and fled north.
But now, since he has decided to destroy Qi, facing the crowded Linzi City, Bai Yan has no intention of leaving a gap. Either the King of Qi will surrender, or Bai Yan will attack the city, win over the forces in the city, and break Linzi.
"Uncle! Uncle!"
Behind him, in the small garden, the sound of milk was heard. Bai Yan turned around and saw Shu'er getting up and running over.
Seeing the helpless look on his brother-in-law Junhan's face, Bai Yan and Mr. Wei looked at each other and smiled at each other. Then Bai Yan turned around and squatted down to pick up his nephew who ran out of Xiaoyuan.
"Uncle, Shu'er wants to ride a bull today!"
Xiao Shu'er looked at Bai Yan with longing, and when he mentioned Lao Niu, Shu'er's eyes were full of obsession.
"Shu'er! Don't mess around!"
Junhan was in the yard, sighing deeply, taking clothes and preparing to go to the stream to wash with her mother later. When she heard Shu'er's words, as a mother, she immediately scolded her.
Looking at his brother-in-law, there was a deep sense of powerlessness in Junhan's eyes. In this family, his brother-in-law doted on Shu'er more than his mother did.
“No bull riding today!”
When Bai Yan heard what his brother and sister-in-law said, he glanced at her brother and sister-in-law. When he saw his brother-in-law and sister-in-law's satisfied look, and when he saw Shu'er's look of disappointment, he started laughing.
"Uncle takes Shu'er to ride a horse today!"
Bai Yan said.
When Xiao Shu'er heard what her uncle Bai Yan said, her eyes widened with surprise and surprise on her face, and her little eyes were full of excitement.
"Horse riding, uncle wants to take Shu'er to ride a horse? Oh! Oh! Oh! Great, Shu'er can ride a horse! Shu'er wants to ride a horse!"
Shu'er danced excitedly in Bai Yan's arms, shouting at the same time.
"what happened?"
In the small courtyard, Junhan looked at his eldest son, and then at his brother-in-law. He didn't want to say anything more. Hearing his mother's inquiry as she walked out of the house, and watching her husband slowly walk out, Junhan could only look at each other helplessly.
Shui Shou looked at his brother Zhong outside the yard and his wife's appearance, and couldn't help but laugh. Shui Shou actually knew better than anyone else that his wife was happier than anyone else when she saw that brother Zhong liked Shu'er.
"This child! Alas!"
Only when she heard her mother's helpless voice did Shui Shou's smile fade away. Knowing that her mother was blaming Brother Zhong and talking big words, her mother was worried that she was like she was when she was a child. If word got out, she would inevitably be laughed at by the people in the village. , and even people from other villages, behind their backs, treated Brother Zhong as the butt of jokes in their conversations.
(End of this chapter)