After rewarding Meng Tian, everyone in the main hall began to discuss supporting the northern frontier of Qin to defend against Rong Di's attack. Wang Jian did not come to the court because of his poor health, but Wang Ben came and told everyone what Wang Jian had to say about the defense of northern Xinjiang.

Wang Ben said to King Yingzheng and Lü Buwei of Qin: "Your Majesty, Lord Xiangguo, my father told me before I came to the Imperial Court that if the King and Lord Xiangguo asked about the defense of the northern frontier, let me share some of his views with the King and many ministers. ”

Lü Buwei asked: "Oh, what does General Wang think, General Wang can say it, and the king and the prime minister will listen to him." ”

Wang Ben continued: "The Rong Di people have a good innate advantage outside the Great Wall of our Qin State, because the territory outside the Great Wall is vast, and the Rong Di people are naturally good at riding and shooting, they are not comparable to the cavalry cultivated by the Zhao State by learning their abilities. Although the enemy army is terrified wherever my Great Qin Iron Cavalry goes, for a nation like Rong Di where all the people can ride and shoot, and almost all the people are soldiers, unless our Great Qin Iron Cavalry completely suppresses them in terms of numbers, otherwise our Qin cavalry has no chance of winning at all when the strength is roughly equal. ”

Ying Zheng was a little displeased, and said, "The old general didn't just say these words that disappointed the widow, right?"

Wang Ben replied: "Wang Shang is wise, my father said that this time to the north, you only need to stubbornly defend the city, do not go out of the city to fight with the enemy army, and stay up until the weather is cold, the Rongdi people will naturally retreat." ”

After listening to Wang Ben's words, King Yingzheng of Qin said with some frustration: "What the old general said makes sense, it has now entered October, and the Northern Xinjiang Song reported that the Rong Di people came to invade our Qin State this time, the purpose is to plunder some food and clothing, there was a drought on the grassland this year, and many cattle and sheep starved to death, otherwise the Rong Di people themselves would dare to invade my border." ”

Lü Buwei continued Yingzheng's words and said: "What the king said is extremely true, since General Wang Lao has already taken measures, then General Wang and General Meng should stick to the city when they go north this time, and wait until the Rong Di people retreat before leading the army back to Xianyang." ”

"Just follow Xiangguo's performance, retreat from the dynasty. Ying Zheng said.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Meng Tian wanted to follow his father to visit Wang Jian at Wang's house, but before he could leave the palace gate, he was stopped by an attendant, saying that the king of Qin was invited. Meng Tian looked at his father, and Meng Wu saw that since he was the king who wanted to find Meng Tian, he said You go first, if you have nothing to do, you can leave the palace as soon as possible, and he will wait for him at the Wang's house. Seeing this, Wang Ben also said that it was okay, the king must have something important to summon, and it was more important to go to the king first. Meng Tian saw that the two elders said so, so he followed the inner servant.

At the gate of the palace summoned by King Yingzheng of Qin, Meng Tian saw Lü Buwei coming out of it, and when Meng Tian saw Lü Buwei coming out, he hurriedly bent down and saluted. When Lü Buwei saw that Yingzheng was about to see Meng Tian, he didn't say anything, and only said one sentence to Meng Tian: "Major General Meng, I wish you a victory in this Northern Expedition." And the prime minister wants to hold a banquet in the mansion tonight to invite the young general, I wonder if the young general can enjoy the glory and come?"

Meng Tian saw that Lu Buwei personally invited him, so he had to say: "Lord Xiangguo invites you, and the last general will not dare not go, but you still need to show your father and mother before you can go, I hope that Lord Xiangguo will not be surprised." ”

Lu Buwei waved his hand and said, "It's okay, in that case, the prime minister will wait for the young general in the mansion tonight." Then he walked in the direction of the Queen Mother's dormitory.

Meng Tian watched Lü Buwei walk towards the Queen Mother's bedroom, shook his head, and walked towards the palace. Ying Zheng in the hall was reviewing the music presented by the ministers this morning with the assistance of Meng Yi, and a pile of bamboo slips had been stacked high on the table in front of him. Meng Tian walked in and knelt on the ground, "Minister, Meng Tian see the king." ”

Ying Zheng saw Meng Tian come in and said: "Meng Qing is flat, in the future in the harem, there is no need to be polite in front of the widow." Come, give a seat. Meng Qing, you can sit down too. The latter sentence said to Meng Yi.

"King Xie. The two brothers thanked King Yingzheng of Qin and sat down.

Ying Zheng asked Meng Tian: "Did you meet Lu Xiangguo at the door just now?"

Meng Tian replied: "Yes, Lord Xiangguo will also hold a banquet in the mansion tonight and invite me to go." ”

Meng Yi said beside him, "Big brother has agreed?"

Meng Tian shook his head, "I said I had to go back to my father and mother before I could go." ”

Ying Zheng laughed and said: "The banquet of Lord Xiangguo has never been to it once, I remember that when my father was alive, Lu Buwei would invite his father to a banquet in Lu Mansion, and his father was also very face-saving, basically every time he would go, even if he didn't go, he would send someone to send gifts or order the imperial chef in the palace to make a few imperial dishes and send them to Lu Mansion." Since the widow ascended the throne, I heard that the Lu Mansion held banquets several times, but the widow did not receive an invitation, and I didn't expect you to receive the invitation earlier than me. ”

Meng Tian heard some different meanings from Ying Zheng's words, and glanced at Meng Yi, who was sitting opposite, Meng Yi saw that the eldest brother was looking at him, and nodded slightly. Meng Tian understood that the king had already started a secret fight with Lü Buwei, so he said to Yingzheng: "King, if the king wants to go, then Lü Xiangguo must not be able to ask for it." When the first king was alive, he was grateful to Lü Buwei for helping him break away from Zhao and help the first king ascend to the throne, so the immortal king would take such care of Lü Buwei when he was alive, why should the king worry?"

Meng Yi said to Meng Tian: "Brother doesn't know, now I don't know how strong Lü Buwei in Qin is, a few days ago, the Queen Mother ordered the king to crown Lü Buwei as the Marquis of Wenxin, and rewarded him with 100,000 fiefs of the previous Zhou Dynasty, but now the Manchu Dynasty has a group of generals who support the king in front of the old generals, so they have not yielded to Lü Buwei for the time being." Lü Buwei wrote a book "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period" in his home, wanting to use this book to make a name for himself, and Mrs. Li said to the king after reading this book, if this book is read by the people of the world, then everyone in the Qin State knows Lü Buwei but does not know the king. ”

Meng Tian asked, "What is this book about?"

Meng Yi took out a roll of bamboo slips from the table beside him, stood up and walked to Meng Tian's side, and handed it to him, "Nuo, it's this book, there are a lot of things written in it, national politics, military, agriculture, science and technology, and calendars are basically all there, it can be said to be an encyclopedia of my Qin country." ”

Meng Tian took a look at what was written on the bamboo slip, and after reading it, he said to Ying Zheng and Meng Yi: "This book does contain a lot of things, it seems that our Lord Xiangguo is not small." In this way, you and I will go to the Lu Mansion for a banquet tonight, and I want to see what this Xiangguo Lord wants to do. ”

Ying Zheng looked at Meng Yi and said: "That's fine, you two brothers are now my ministers, it's not a secret now, I don't have to worry about the two of you going together, you will go for the widow first to see what this Lü Buwei has planned, the investigation of Lü Buwei still has to be carried out in secret, not only does the palace have Lü Buwei's eyes and ears, but even the queen mother has placed people around the widow, so there are not many people who can believe in the widow." From the first day of the widow to Xianyang, there are only the two of you who are the closest friends, and I hope that in the future, you can assist the widow to make the Qin State the strongest in the world. ”

Meng Tian and Meng Yi stood up from their seats, walked together and bowed down to Ying Zheng and said, "Minister Meng Tian (Meng Yi) swears allegiance to Your Majesty. ”

Ying Zheng let the two of them calm down, and then asked Meng Tian some things on the battlefield, and then Meng Tian said that he was going to visit the old general Wang Qian, Ying Zheng let the two brothers leave, and asked Meng Tian to greet Wang Jian on his behalf, hoping that the old general would recover as soon as possible and go to the court to discuss matters.