An Guojun's health is very bad.

After the loss of his father, he became more and more emaciated, and for a long time, he could not even get up.

But even so, he summoned his ministers to his mansion and came with them to discuss the important affairs of the state. The ministers drew up a nickname for the deceased King of Qin, and the late King of Qin was the King of Zhaoxiang. The word Zhao represents the behavior of the king of Qin who is humble and kind, well, for example, he left the king of Chu as a guest in a friendly manner, helped the Zhou royal family share the pressure of governing the world, invited the Son of Heaven to go out on a tour, and took the initiative to help the kings of various countries to govern their territories and other behaviors.

Zhao also represents hard work, this is undoubted, the King of Qin worked hard to govern the country for fifty years, this degree of diligence, is really not comparable to any king, and Xiang, what represents is the expansion of territory, abundant martial virtues, it can be seen that the King of Qin is a person who speaks of martial virtues, he has spoken of martial virtues for decades, and successfully expanded the territory of Qin by one-third, and established friendly relations with all countries.

The ministers set a nickname, and An Guojun became the fourth king of Qin after King Zhaoxiang.

However, An Guojun was still keeping filial piety, and because of physical reasons, there was no way to ascend the throne earlier, so the ministers reported to him in his mansion and accepted his orders here. An Guojun sat on the bed, trembling and looking at the ministers below, Lu Buwei lowered his head and said seriously: "The minister heard: Chun Shenjun of Chu State, he wants to implement a change in Chu, I have read the content of the change, and the means of changing the law are very intense, leaving no room for it, which will definitely cause a rebellion within Chu State." ”

"And because of the previous rebellion, the Chu people did not have the ability to resist such an unreasonable change, the minister believes that the Qin State should help the Chu people to resist such a tyrannical and harsh system, and must not let Chun Shenjun persecute the people of Chu like this, please order General Meng Fu and General Wang Yu to attack Chu State and rescue the people in Chu." , Lu Buwei didn't blush at all when he said this, and it can be seen that he is already a qualified politician.

An Guojun squinted his eyes, coughed again, coughed for a moment, and then looked at everyone and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Wang Yi looked at An Guojun seriously and spoke; "I don't think what the prime minister said is right, when he was here before, the strategy formulated was to make friends with the Qi State, destroy the Three Jins, and then plot against the Chu State after the destruction of the Three Jin Dynasty, and now the strength of the Qin State is not enough to destroy the Chu State, and the Qin State will attack the Chu State, the Wei State and the Zhao State will definitely join forces to attack the Qin State, and the State of Zhao and the State of Wei should be attacked when the State of Chu has no time to take care of it."

The ministers were suddenly divided into two factions, some people felt that they should take advantage of the change of the Chu State to attack him, and some people felt that they should attack the Sanjin region first, so as not to interfere with the Chu State again.

An Guojun thought for a moment, then stretched out his hand and stopped the debate of the ministers, he looked at Han Fei among the ministers, and asked with a smile, "What do you think of this matter?" Han Fei said without hesitation: "Vachu." An Guojun was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Why?" ”

"Ying Hou's method of plotting the world cannot be said to be wrong, but the current situation is a little different, Zhao has Lian Po, Li Mu, Li Mu has trained hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in the border fortress, if Qin wants to crusade against Zhao, he will definitely encounter these elites, and Lian Po is good at using soldiers, I don't think the generals of Qin can defeat him. As for the Wei State, although it seems that there are no generals available, if the Wei State is in danger of destruction, the King of Wei will definitely let Xinling Jun command the Wei army. ”

"Xinlingjun's talent in using soldiers is not under Lian Po.... These two people are here, and there is no way for the Qin State to defeat them, unless, you can move my teacher and let my teacher serve as a general, he can defeat these two people. ”

"Therefore, you can let the army attack the Chu State, Jingyang of the Chu State is much easier to deal with than Lian Po and Wei Wuji, if the Zhao State and the Wei State send troops to rescue, I think the generals of the Qin State can still block their attack."

Hearing Han Fei's words, the ministers were in an uproar, Wang Di, Meng Wei, Meng Wu, Hu Yang, Sima Terrier, Zhang Tang and others were all very angry, including those young generals, who were also very angry at the moment, they all made a loud noise, and their words were full of dissatisfaction with Han Fei, Han Fei's words were almost pointing at them and saying: Don't beat Zhao and Wei, you garbage can't beat Lian Po and Wei Wuji, at most you can only resist their attacks.

The generals are all arrogant, especially the arrogant generals of the Qin State, where can they endure such insults?

So, they quarreled directly, if it weren't for Qin Fa, I was afraid that they would have to drag Han Fei to a duel now.

Even Lü Buwei and the others were also a little angry at the moment, Li Si wanted to say something, pondered for a moment, but did not speak, but Lü Buwei said to Han Fei with a smile: "I heard that you are close friends with Lian Po, Wei Wuji and others, but you also underestimate the strength of the Qin State... Of course, I agree with you that Qin should indeed attack Chu, but not for the reasons you said. ”

Han Fei raised his head, ignoring everyone's annoyance, just looking at An Guojun in front of him, without any intention of justifying.

An Guojun squinted his eyes and said: "Just send someone to the State of Chu, I heard that the King of Chu is a cruel king with no morals, if someone wants to support someone else to serve as the King of Chu and take his place, the State of Qin can help him.... General Meng Fu, please get ready...", An Guojun had already given the order, and the ministers didn't want to say anything more, so they hurriedly agreed, and when they left here, everyone looked at Han Fei with very friendly eyes.

Han Fei didn't pay attention to them, but just drove to the teacher's mansion.

As soon as everyone left, An Guojun lay down, he seemed a little painful, he sat like this, which also made him very uncomfortable, he was lying on the bed, Mrs. Huayang was feeding him medicine, An Guojun was drinking medicine, but he was still thinking about the affairs of Chu State, and was thinking, Mrs. Huayang suddenly said: "I haven't seen Changpingjun for many days, where did he go?" ”

An Guojun was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Qi?" ”

Mrs. Huayang nodded and said with a smile: "He usually likes to come to visit me, after the death of the king, he has never come, he is alone, without relatives and for no reason, it is really distressing...", An Guojun said: "You don't have to worry... I heard that he is by Wu Chengjun's side, studying with Wu Chengjun, and he may be busy with his studies, so he doesn't have time to visit you. ”

"Huh? He's studying with Wu Chengjun? Then when he finishes his studies, you can appoint him. ”

An Guojun suddenly realized something, he looked at Mrs. Huayang on the side with a smile, and asked, "Is it the old man of the Chu State who came to visit you?" Mrs. Huayang nodded and said, "Yes, they brought me some gifts and asked me about Changpingjun's situation, and the king of Chu seemed to be very worried about him, and said that he wanted to take him back to Chu." ”

"Huh, worried about him?" , An Guojun sneered, he said: "His father, who never took care of him for a day, still wants to use him? Ruthless and unrighteous beasts, they should be hanged! Mrs. Huayang's face changed greatly, and she hurriedly asked, "Did I do something wrong?" ”

An Guojun smiled mildly and said, "Don't worry, you didn't do anything wrong.... Well.. The son of the King of Chu...", An Guojun suddenly thought of something, and he said to the warriors beside him: "Please call Lü Buwei." After a long time, Lu Buwei, who had already returned to his mansion, came here in a hurry, and An Guojun asked him to sit beside him.

"I want to support Changping Jun as the king of Chu, what do you think?"

"Nope."

Lü Buwei vetoed it bluntly, and Lü Buwei explained: "I understand your thoughts, you want to control the Chu State through Changping Jun, but this is impossible, Changping Jun is a Chu person, although he grew up in the Qin State, but if he becomes the king of Chu, he will definitely find a way to revitalize the Chu State, a person who has been a king, there is no way to bow his head and be someone else's courtier." ”

"What's more, Changping Jun is a talented person, if you let him be the king of Chu, he will become the biggest enemy of Qin by virtue of his understanding of Qin, he can serve as the minister of Qin, but he can't be sent to Chu. In the state of Qin, he is a courtier, but in the state of Chu, he can be a king, not all people can refuse such a temptation, please don't have such thoughts. ”

An Guojun thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I know." ”

At this time, Han Fei had already come to the teacher's mansion.

As soon as he came here, he heard the teacher's voice, Han Fei cautiously opened the door, tried not to make a sound, and quietly sat in the last position, Zhao Kuo sat in the middle of the crowd, and was lecturing seriously, Zhao Kuo said: "Some gentlemen actually think that people who are engaged in agriculture and mulberry are lowly, but if no one comes to engage in farming, what will he eat?" How can a man who eats the food grown by others and reprimand these people be called a gentleman? ”

"Some gentlemen think that craftsmen are lowly, and that the people who develop these instruments are not doing their jobs properly and are villains who do not know morality, but the craftsmen have made a grinding plate, which has made many people full of food and saved a lot of people, and how many people can be saved by gentlemen who are full of moral articles? Such a person who has no merit to the people of the country, and only knows how to hold books to reprimand other professions, is the lowest villain I know. ”

"How is morality to be increased? I think that a moral person is not a person who reads through the books of the sages, but a person who has merit and the people, which is the difference between saying and doing, and distinguishing whether a person is moral or not, not by what he says, but by what he does... In ancient times, there was a Jizi, and many of the books he left behind were inappropriate words, but he never did anything impolite in his life, and delved into the history of language.... Can such a person be considered a villain?"

"In ancient times, there was also an official surnamed Qian, who studied morality all his life, and even served as a ceremonial official in charge of sacrifices, but when the Hu people destroyed his country, he did not dare to commit suicide by jumping into the water, and personally surrendered on the grounds that the water was too cold... Is such behavior a gentleman? ”

Han Fei listened carefully, and couldn't help but smile, the teacher began to make up stories again, the ancient stories that the teacher said, just like the stories that Han Fei said on weekdays, were all made up to express his political demands, but the teacher could say it with a beginning and an end, and he could make it up in such detail, this is where he was inferior to the teacher, Han Fei suddenly saw Zhao Zheng sitting on the side.

The little one was holding a pen and a bamboo slip and was recording his father's words.

Seeing that his writing speed was extremely fast, Han Fei poked his head out in surprise, but saw that the notes on the bamboo slip were messy, and if he didn't read it carefully, he couldn't see what was written at all, Han Fei shook his head helplessly, pretending, this was his most annoying behavior.

After Zhao Zheng noticed Han Fei's gaze, his handwriting suddenly changed, and he didn't dare to scribble like just now.

Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Looking down on craftsmen, not paying attention to technology, this is a very bad thing, this is the most unfavorable thing for the country, in the future, no matter who he is, no matter what purpose he has, but anyone who reprimands technological reform, thinks that these technologies are strange and ingenious, and are used to please women... They will be sinners through the ages, and only by constantly studying and governing the country with advanced technology can the country gradually prosper. ”

"Therefore, the knowledge of arithmetic, optics, and motion are all very important and must not be underestimated."

Zhao Kuo told for a whole day, and his mouth was a little dry, so he stopped teaching, and the disciples stood up and thanked the teacher, Han Fei was also among them, and thanked the teacher, and everyone stepped forward to ask about their confusion, the first to come up was a luxuriously dressed nobleman, Zhao Kuo knew that he was called Xiong Qi, and he had only recently come to learn from him, but he didn't know other things, such as his identity or the like.

This young man is probably a nobleman of a certain Chu State, and there are many such nobles of Chu State in Qin State.

Xiong Qi asked: "Teacher, the technology you just mentioned, I want to ask you one thing, when the king made sculptures that could spew spring water and make exquisite puppets that could be controlled, he spent the country's energy to make these things to please his concubines, but it was of no use to the country, how should we look at such a technology?" Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "Who said that such technology is useless?" ”

"Can the principle of sculpture be used for irrigation?"

"Can a puppet that can be manipulated make a puppet that can help us farm?"

"There will be no useless technology, as long as it is used in the right place, it will be beneficial to the country."

In order to make the Chinese civilization continue to value the concept of technology, Zhao Kuo also tried his best, he only hoped that the later Huaxia could respect these craftsmen, more inventors could appear, and more things could be made, and he didn't want this tradition to be reprimanded and forgotten.