When he heard that the samurai of the palace were coming, Ying Yiren hurriedly hid in the side room, Lü Buwei took out the bamboo slips, pretending to read, the warriors walked into the inner room, saw Lü Buwei in front of him, looked at it, but did not find the figure of Gongzi Yiren, Lü Buwei hurriedly put down the bamboo slips, stood up with a smile, and said enthusiastically: "Hu, are you here to find me?" It's been a long time since you've asked me for a drink. ”

The samurai smiled and said, "I came to find Childe Yiren because of the king's orders. ”

Lu Buwei sighed, and then said with a smile: "Gongzi is not in the mansion, but don't worry, he will be back soon...", he casually talked to the samurai for a few words, and then asked: "I don't know what the king has to tell him to find Gongzi?" The samurai looked around, then lowered his voice and said, "After Ying Hou met the king, the king gave the order, and I don't know what it is." ”

"Okay, please go back first, I'll send someone to find Gongzi and ask him to hurry to the palace."

After sending off the warriors, Lu Buwei walked into the side room, frowned, and said, "It seems that it is related to Fan Ju, it should be about Zhao Guo, and it should be about Zhao Kuo if it is related to you, Gongzi." Ying Yiren, or Zhao Zichu, was still calm at the moment, his eyes were squinted, and his expression was eight or nine points similar to King Qin, and he said, "Then how should I deal with it?" ”

Lu Buwei pondered for a moment before he said with a smile: "Tell the truth." ”

.......

In the palace, King Qin and Fan Ju looked at the young son, since Ying Yiren arrived at the palace, he met his father twice, and his eldest father had never seen him in turn, King Qin was very disappointed in his son, and he was also very disappointed in his son's son, and he did not feel that there were talents worthy of his own attention. Fan Ju looked at this son who was calmly facing King Qin, without the slightest fear on his face, and there was more appreciation in his eyes.

"The idea of replacing Lian Po with Ma Fujun is your proposal?" , King Qin asked indifferently.

It seemed that he was questioning him and wanted to put the blame for the defeat of the war on him, but Yiren was not afraid, he heard that the king of Qin said that Ma Fujun, not Yingkuo, in Qin, the generals often called Zhao Kuo Yingkuo, and called him by his surname to express his hostility. Yiren raised his head and said seriously: "When I arrived in Zhao Kingdom, the nobles of Zhao Kingdom despised me and did not want to make friends with me. ”

"Zhao Kuo is my friend and often talks to me about his ideas."

"I thought he was a person with no talent and could only talk emptyly, so I proposed to Ying Hou that he could replace Lian Po and become the general of Zhao State."

King Qin didn't ask anything more, his half-hidden eyes were slightly disappointed, Yiren smiled, and said: "However, after I proposed, I realized my mistake, he is a really talented gentleman, what he said to me before, maybe not empty talk, but what he can really achieve, he once told me that it is not difficult to defeat Wu Anjun, as long as he leads the army of Zhao, the army of Qin cannot win." ”

"I thought he was a man with low eyes, but when he easily defeated the Yan army, I understood that he was not lying. Zhao people love him, because he is benevolent, kind, and can treat friends sincerely, in terms of morality, I have not seen a more noble person than him, I think, he is because he really regards me as a friend, so that I can see his conceited and arrogant appearance. ”

"The fault for the defeat of this war lies with me...", the Yiren bowed down towards the King of Qin and bowed.

King Qin asked very keenly: "You said, he once told you that it is not difficult to defeat Bai Qi?" ”

Ying Yiren nodded and said, "He did say so. ”

King Qin asked again: "On weekdays, is he always so arrogant and conceited?" ”

"No, when he hosted a banquet for me, he said this to me alone, but on weekdays, he is a humble man who can respect everyone, even those from humble backgrounds..."

King Qin suddenly looked at Fan Ju, Fan Ju squinted, not knowing what he was thinking, and after a while, Fan Ju asked again: "I heard that you handed over your wife to Ma Fujun to take care of?" Yiren said with a wry smile: "The Zhao people want to harm me, I can only flee Handan, my son has just been born and can't walk, so I can only hand him over to Ma Fujun, Ma Fujun is an upright person, he will take care of my son." ”

King Qin laughed, he waved his hand at Yiren, Yiren hurriedly walked in front of him, King Qin looked at him seriously, nodded, and said with a smile: "Yes, it's not like your father." The Yiren was stunned and speechless, so the King of Qin took his hand and continued to ask about Zhao Kuo's situation in Zhao State, Ying Yiren did not have any to hide, and told Zhao Ren's attitude towards Zhao Kuo and Zhao Kuo's deeds in Zhao Country one by one.

King Qin let out a long sigh, looked at him, and asked, "Is there any way you can invite Ma Fujun to the Qin Kingdom?" ”

Yiren thought for a moment before he said, "Father, it's difficult... He is the most disgusted to serve the monarch and the people, like the killing of the people. King Qin laughed again and said, "It is precisely because there is no virtuous person like him to admonish in the Qin State that there will be such an unkind and righteous thing, so he should come to the Qin State even more." The stranger was helpless, and said: "There are many villains in Zhao Guo, and Ma Fujun's reputation is very high, so he can try to make King Zhao jealous of Ma Fujun." ”

"As long as King Zhao can't tolerate Ma Fujun, we can propose to exchange the city for Ma Fujun, and at that time, the frightened King Zhao will definitely agree."

King Qin looked at Fan Ju and asked, "Can this method be implemented?" Fan Ju stroked his beard with a smile and said: "Ma Fujun once told Xu Li the allusion of Zengzi's murder, and there was a person who said to King Zhao that Ma Fujun was going to rebel, King Zhao may not believe it, but if it is three people, what about more people?" ”

"Please write a letter to the king in person to invite Ma Fujun to enter Qin." , Fan Ju said again.

King Qin was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and said with a smile: "The widow should often write letters to him, please do the same." ”

The two of them laughed, Ying Yiren was stunned for a moment, and when he left the palace, he understood their intention to separate, and couldn't help but sigh, compared to the eldest father, he was really still immature. After sending away the stranger, King Qin said to Fan Ju: "Uncle Fan, the widow thinks that Wu Anjun is not a fraud, what Lou Xuan saw was deliberately pretended by Ma Fujun, and he wanted to borrow the widow's hand to kill Wu Anjun." ”

Fan Ju was silent for a moment, then nodded and said seriously: "Ma Fujun is a virtuous person, I no longer feel ashamed to lose to him." King Qin glanced at him deeply, perhaps, this is the reason why Fan Ju values Ma Fujun so much, he has always regarded his failure as the biggest shame, and felt that he was calculated by Zhao Kuo, who was far inferior to himself, and belonged to the tiger being bullied by dogs, but when he found out that the opponent was also a tiger, this sense of shame was no longer so strong.

.........

When Pang Xuan left, Zhao Kuofang remembered an important thing, he originally wanted to find the children of the peasant family through Pang Xuan.

Entrusting the child to his mother, Zhao Kuo took Han Fei and rushed to Handan, Han Fei knew that the teacher was looking for a farmer, Han Fei was very disgusted with many schools of scholars, he thought that these scholars did not contribute anything to the country, and talked nonsense all day long, except for the peasants, Han Fei was heavy on agriculture and believed that agriculture was the foundation of everything, so for these scholars who could guide the people to farm, and had no pursuit of status, they were still more recognized. Love Book House

When Zhao Kuo came to Pang Xuan's courtyard, the old man's spirit was very bad, speaking of which, he was frightened by Zhao Kuo, in his opinion, Zhao Kuo did not want to innovate, he wanted to create a new system out of thin air, he wanted to change not only the rule of officials, but also according to his idea to implement, this impact is not less than Shang Ying's reform in the Qin State, which will create a new Zhao State that is different.

Pang Xuan sat indoors, looking at the two young people in front of him, the young people's bodies were full of fighting spirit, they didn't worry about anything, they didn't have any fear, they could do what they wanted, but, obviously, Pang Xuan thought more than them, compared to Zhao Kuo's vision of the glorious future of Zhao Guo, he saw more of the bloodstained spear on that road, and wanted to completely change the system of Zhao State, which would kill countless people.

Even if Shang Ying was at the beginning, with the full support of King Qin, he still couldn't avoid bloodshed, and even in the end, he even ended up dying.

Perhaps because he lost the recklessness and bloodiness of his youth, Pang Xuan didn't dare to talk about reform anymore, and subconsciously became indifferent to Zhao Kuo, with a straight face, without saying a word, he didn't want to participate in Zhao Kuo's reform, such a thorough innovation, whether it was success or failure, the innovator only had a dead end, and there was no possibility of survival.

Zhao Kuo had already seen his deliberate alienation idea, but he didn't blame it, he knew how difficult and dangerous it would be to do what he wanted to do, but no matter what, he had to do something.

The Zhao people are not nothing, they still have Ma Fujun!

Therefore, Zhao Kuo did not ask about innovation or official governance in the future, he asked about the situation of the farmer directly, talking about the farmer's family, Pang Xuan Fang let go of that thick guard, he recalled for a moment, and then said: "I do have a few friends from the farmer's family, but they are all in the Qin State, I can write to them and see if they can send a few disciples to help you." ”

"The relationship between the Qin State and the Zhao State is so bad, will they come?" , Zhao Kuo asked with some concern.

Pang Xuan said seriously: "The people of the peasant family never become officials, they are all busy in the muddy field with the civilians, and there is no difference between countries in their eyes, they know that you are interested in developing the affairs of Zhao Guo Nongsang, they will come, however, I don't know if the Qin people will let them leave." ”

Zhao Kuo could only hope that they would have their own methods, and after pondering for a moment, he asked again: "I intend to raise poultry in captivity, but I heard from the old man in the neighborhood that this matter is not easy to do, and said that you have done such a thing before, I want to ask you for advice." Pang Xuan recalled again, nodded and said: "I did it before, but all the poultry I raised died, because of this incident, I still feel very ashamed..."

Subsequently, the two talked about the experience of raising chickens, Zhao Kuo understood, it seems that his plan to raise poultry on a large scale is only afraid that it will fail, but maybe you can buy chicken cubs and distribute them to the people to raise, but the feed may become a problem again, the people of Zhao State, many of them are poor, and they will save the grain during the autumn harvest, until the autumn harvest of the second year, they have to rely on these grains, and they don't even dare to eat more.

A garment can be worn for many years, and some garments will be used as funerary objects to be buried with their owners, because this is already the most precious private property they have.

"Plains-kun didn't come back with you?" , Zhao Kuo asked about Zhao Sheng's situation again, Zhao Sheng had helped him, what did he want to do in Zhao State, if he could get the help of Pingyuan Jun, this would be the easiest to succeed, but this time Pang Xuan returned from Wei State, and Zhao Sheng was not in the team that came back. Pang Xuan couldn't help laughing, and he said helplessly: "The King of Wei takes Pingyuan Jun as the Minister of Wei, and in the short term, I'm afraid he won't be able to come back." ”

"What? Minister of State?? ”

Zhao Kuo was dumbfounded, what kind of operation is King Wei, King Wei and King Zhao have a wave of exchanges? If you take my brother as the minister of state, I will take your uncle as the minister of state!

Pang Xuan also looked a little crying and laughing, he said: "There is a Longyang Jun by the side of the King of Wei, this is his proposal, the King of Wei actually accepted, Pingyuan Jun was originally unwilling to serve as the Minister of State, but the King of Wei repeatedly came to visit him, treated him very respectfully, and refused to let him leave the Wei State, Pingyuan Jun had to agree to him, now he may be more comfortable than in the Zhao State... More... Safe. ”

After chatting for a while, Zhao Kuo said goodbye to Pang Xuan, and was about to leave the courtyard, Pang Xuan suddenly stopped him, Zhao Kuo turned around, Pang Xuan walked in front of him with a cane, and said to him seriously: "Xunzi once told me something, I want to tell you." ”

He said: The car in front has overturned, but the car behind still doesn't know how to change! When you go back, the road is more bumpy, please look at the carriage ahead, pay attention to the road, and do not drive in a direction that is prone to overturning, I will bless you. ”

Zhao Kuo grinned, and he said, "Xunzi is right, but I also want to tell you something." ”

"Say it, please."

"Life is what I seek, and righteousness is also what I pursue, if these two things cannot be obtained at the same time, then I will give up my life and choose righteousness. Life is what I seek, but what I value is what is better than my life, so I don't do anything to steal my life. Death is what I hate, but what I hate is worse than death, so there are calamities that I cannot avoid. ”

"There are things that some people pursue that are more precious than life, and there are things that some people hate, and things that are more serious than death, not only the virtuous have such a nature, everyone has it, but the wise people can not lose this kind of righteousness."

"I want to free the people of Zhao from suffering and let them live, this is something more important than my life, if I will bring disaster to myself because of my pursuit like this, I will not be afraid, I am not a sage, but I have not lost my pursuit."

Looking at Zhao Kuo's extremely firm face, Pang Xuan was stunned.

At that moment, in the eyes of everyone, Zhao Kuo's body was so tall and majestic, he smiled, said goodbye to Pang Xuan, and left here.

Pang Xuan stood in front of the courtyard door in a daze, motionless and speechless for a long time.

His retainers looked at Pang Xuan with some surprise, for some reason, Pang Xuan suddenly cried, tears came out of his eyes, the cry came out of his throat, he slammed the ground with his cane, and several retainers around him were frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

"Master, what's wrong with you? What's wrong? ”

"Mencius's sacrifice of life for righteousness... I've also read... I've read it too! ”

"I read it in vain... I've read so many books in vain! ”

ps: Severe insomnia last night, sleepless all night, today's mental state is very poor, and the update is also very slow, please understand.