Listening to Qin Zheng's youthful complaints, Lu Pheasant couldn't help but remember that he had said something similar in his previous life. At that time, Liu Ji was afraid that King Zhao would be harmed by her after his death, so he specially sent Zhou Chang, whom he respected very much, to serve as the prime minister of Zhao. He ordered to summon King Zhao into Beijing, but Zhou Chang refused many times on the grounds that King Zhao was ill, and the last time she summoned Zhou Chang to get angry with him, she said something like this.

At that time, Zhou Chang's face was disgraced, and after all, he failed to complete the order given to him by Liu Ji to protect King Zhao, and he died three years after King Zhao's death. Since the destruction of the Lu family, she has often reflected on what she has done not well enough to make her children and grandchildren unable to enjoy the world in peace.

Although she scoffed at "benevolence" in her early years, she finally understood it after seeing too many imperial tricks in the Han Palace. A monarch can be kind and friendly on the surface, but cold and the inside. In her last life, she used a cold and hard shell to protect herself, but she finally lost people's hearts. People's hearts are changeable, and people's hearts are also easy to obtain, depending on what kind of means the monarch uses.

Qin Zheng saw that he just said a few words loudly, and Lu Pheasant was distracted, and when he thought that he was scaring the other party, he saw her laughing.

"What are you laughing at? It's really more and more rude in front of the widow. Qin Zheng glared at her and said angrily.

"Have you ever heard the story of the 'Chinese riot'?" Lü Pheasant intended to tell the young king a story about history, but although she asked, she guessed that the king of Qin had not studied the history books. Otherwise, there are so many countries in history that have failed to end well, how could he hand over the world to Hu Hai alone, is it possible that he is old and confused?

Qin Zheng felt that the villain in front of him was really no worse than those old ministers in the court, and the style was the same. Good words and questions began to ramble, and the listeners were impatient.

"Let's hear it."

"During the reign of King Zhou Li, he announced the 'patent' policy, and the mountains, forests, lakes and rivers were directly controlled by the Son of Heaven, and no Chinese people were allowed to enter to make a living. The people of the country complained, and King Li sent ministers to monitor the subjects, but the subjects couldn't, and they could only show their eyes when they met on the road. King Li took it as his ability and became more and more unscrupulous.

The virtuous minister advised, 'The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of the river, and if the water collapses, many people will be hurt, and the people will be the same.' But King Li didn't listen. One day, the countrymen rioted and wanted to rush into the palace to kill King Li, who fled to the land and died of illness there thirteen years later.

If the king kills the minister for no reason today, it will not only make the hearts of the subjects cold, but also damage the name of the king's benevolence. Even if the king is cold and cruel, he must pretend to be merciful and generous. It is really stupid to be short-sighted like King Zhou Li, to force the people to follow the path and be expelled by the people.

If he pretends to be humble and gives in slightly, he can also appease the countrymen. The same is true for the king today, in order to protect the reputation of the queen mother, he cannot be reprimanded, not to mention that Lu Xiangbang is in office, recommending talents for the country and expanding Qin territory in the east, after all, he has merit. If Your Majesty is resentful, it is better to promote his son and leave him in the capital to recuperate.

can make him not leave the Qin State, and he has to work hard for his heirs. It can also show the kindness of the king of his subjects. It must be known that all mouths are gold, and they accumulate and destroy bones. If you go to a meritorious minister today, how can he know that the rest of the people who belong to him will not die and be sad? May the king consider it carefully. ”

Qin Zheng originally pretended to be serious with a straight face, but the more he listened, the more he felt that Lu Pheasant's words were reasonable, but there was one thing that he was very strange: "You must mention 'benevolence' when you open your mouth and close your mouth, could it be that you have some involvement in Confucius and Mencius doctrine?" ”

Lu Pheasant's mouth was a little dry, and he raised the crystal cup on the desk and drank all the water in it, before he sighed and continued: "Kong Meng asked the monarch to learn from the sage first, and then implement benevolent government. Why did the common people care about the king? The king is kind to his people, and the people are good to the king. In my opinion, it is far less quick to do the means than to do the means. It was rumored that Wu Qi was sucking, and the soldier's mother cried bitterly. Is Wu Qi's move benevolent? It's just buying people's hearts and serving their deaths. ”

Lu Pheasant, who said it, didn't realize that Qin Zheng's gaze at her became deeper and deeper. Never had she penetrated the analysis of Confucius and Mencius as she did, and no one had ever told him that "benevolence" could be used as a means rather than an end.

"Do you know what you're talking about? Aren't you afraid that the widow will be jealous of you? Qin Zheng looked at Lu Pheasant with a complicated expression, he didn't believe that she didn't know the meaning of what she said to a king, but she was unreserved in front of herself, why did she believe in him so much?

Lu Pheasant raised his head and saw Qin Zheng with a somewhat ugly face, his eyes stared at his deep pupils and smiled: "Didn't the king want to kill me?" I want to help the king rule the world, not just words. If the king does not know how to control people, and deceives his subordinates, will it not damage the great cause? ”

Qin Zheng saw her clear eyes and unconsciously believed her words. If the Queen Mother raised him and Lu Xiangbang supported him, the little Lu Pheasant in front of him woke him up, how to be a king.

Lu Pheasant saw that Qin Zheng had neither summoned his attendants to drag him down and behead him, nor was he angry, so he continued with satisfaction: "It is rumored that Jiang Taigong used a straight line for fishing, and the fisherman sneered. But I don't know that Taigong fishing King Wen is comparable to a fish. Today, if your subordinates love money, they will lure them with money. If the subordinates love the name, they will be praised by the name. So much for. ”

After Lu Pheasant was sent home by Qin Zheng's arrangement, Lu Gong asked her what she had said, but she simply talked about the harm of rumors and did not say much.

In the Xianyang court, Qin Zheng made a big show that he wanted to keep Lu Xiangbang, but Lu Xiangbang insisted that he was too old to be used. The two sides exchanged eight times, and in the ninth time, Qin Zhengcai reluctantly announced to the courtiers: "Lu Xiangbang has contributed to the country, the widow can't keep it, the widow has not been crowned for a long time, and everything is messy, so I have to leave Lu Xiangbang in the capital to ask for advice from time to time." Lu Xiangbang's son Lu Yu was specially named Lang Guan, guarding the palace. ”

The last time, Lü Xiangbang had to attend the court meeting in person, and heard that Qin Zheng used his son to appease him on the one hand, and on the other hand, he made his son a small official. If it is an ordinary small nobleman, he can enter the door of Lang Zhong's order to guard the door for the king, which is also considered a beautiful difference, and he can go out to serve as an official after a few years under Lang Zhong's order. But when he was to stand guard for the king with them, he had no reason to oppose it.

The subjects of Xianyang City all praised Qin Zheng's benevolence, not only leaving the old Xiangbang who resigned to tell the old man, but also left his eldest son as a lang official. When Lu Xiangbang heard such an evaluation from the city in his mansion, he was really angry for a few days. But it's better to be able to retreat from the phase than not to die well. He called his sons and grandchildren, and told them not to retreat from the people of Donglu when they saw them, and not to contend with them.

He can see that Lu Pheasant is really extraordinary, and now he has made the king mature a lot, all thanks to her. Although he has not been to the court for many days, he still has some eyeliner who King Qin has seen. Although I don't know what she said, Qin Zheng was still a little rough before, but now he has gradually become much more sleek and clever in exercising it, which is really terrifying.

Although Lu Buwei himself felt that he had retreated, he was already very good in the eyes of others. This made him bitter and unspeakable, it was much more interesting than sending him back to the fiefdom to be a prestige, and Qin Zheng somewhat relieved his depression.

During the Changyu Rebellion, the local Qin people in Yongcheng, as well as the military nobles, came up with a plan to expel the people of Kwantung, to be precise, in fact, the defeat of Shang Ying was not unrelated to the counterattack of the old forces of Qin. It's just that although Shang Jun is dead, his law still exists, and the Meng, Xi, and Bai clans in Yongcheng are already the only few major princely forces left during the Qin Dynasty.

Speaking of the Gong family, we have to talk about the feudal tradition of feudal statehood. The king owns a large area of land, but there is no man to govern the country. Not only would he appoint his relatives as officials, but he would also give them fiefdoms. For example, Zhou Tianzi divided many vassal states with the surname Ji, and the new vassal monarchs took them as their feudal states. These princes divided their own sons in their own countries, so there were more princes in the princes who had the same surname as the king.

"The gentleman's ze, the fifth generation and beheading" is said to be such a thing, the princes of the vassal states cut off the blood relationship with the princes in their own country, and no longer recognize themselves as the princes of the same clan, and start a small sect. The famous "Quwo Dynasty Jin" in the history of the Jin Kingdom is the story of the rebellion of the small sect and the forcible seizure of the foundation of the large sect in the Spring and Autumn Period, which is naturally a manifestation of the collapse of etiquette and music in the eyes of Confucianism.

The bitter lesson of the Jin State was just around the corner, and the Qin State had to impose more restrictions on the power of the domestic clans. Although Qin Zheng disagreed with the old man's suggestion to "evict guests", the country still had to rely on these old Qin people, who were the mainstay of Qin's Quartet campaign.

Qin Zheng's "eviction order" had to be issued, but I don't know if anyone can go to the book to advise him. There were different opinions in the capital about the Qin king's latest "eviction order", and some Qin people supported it, believing that the people of Kwantung had seized their official positions and forcibly seized their land. There are also long-term Qin people who think that the Kwantung people work for Qin, and they still have merit and the country, and they can't "cook a cunning rabbit and a good dog".

Li Si saw that there was shouting in the city, and his colleagues in Kanto were worried. There had been a precedent before that the person who advised the king of Qin to welcome back the queen mother was killed, and although the Kwantung people had a stake, none of them dared to advise the king of Qin. Li Si felt that this was an opportunity for him, and he was ready to write an article as his own strength.

King Qin sat in the hall and finally waited for the article he wanted, and when he saw that it was made by Li Si, he remembered in his mind that he was a middle-aged petty official, from Lu Xiangbang's disciple. He once told himself that Qin Neng merged the six countries, and vigorously touted the legal system, and was still a disciple of Xunzi. He opened the scroll in his hand and read it slowly, and saw "...... The etheric mountain does not allow the soil, so it can become big; The river and the sea do not choose a trickle, so they can be on its depth".

Naturally, he would not have this article alone, and immediately ordered the eunuchs to spread this article to the national capital. The princely forces and the military nobles were greatly disappointed, believing that Qin Zheng, like his ancestors, was a monarch who did not pay attention to the old Qin people. Although they complained, they had to endure it, but it was really difficult to compete with the thieves of the Kanto region by relying solely on military merit.

But they don't know that Qin Zheng, who is resented by them, is being attacked by Lu Pheasant at this time: "Confucius once said, 'Don't suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, do not suffer from poverty but suffer from anxiety' Nowadays, people in the Kanto region are often in high positions, but military nobles are long below them." It's not a blessing.

If the king imitates the founding of the Qi State, he recruits the children of the old princes and military nobles as disciples, and the king personally receives the duty of sacrificial wine, and invites masters such as soldiers and law to teach.

and all the students have achieved success, and the king himself will use it. His people must be grateful to the king, and they can also accept the hearts of the old Qin people. I wonder what the king thinks? ”