Chapter 3 The Long-cherished Wishes of the Commoners
Right now, Bai Qi is alone in the mansion, thinking hard for a long time, for the future development of the Great Qin Empire, for the future development of the king, for how to encroach on the world, many things make Bai Qi's heart full of worries, sleepless all night: "Bai Qi has stayed up for half a life, and finally got the appreciation of the Ming Lord, and what Bai Qi should do is to do his best to assist my king to achieve hegemony, I Xidi, after the blood of several generations of old Qin kings, between hundreds of years, the Qin people have suffered from generation to generation, and we must get a fair result" The words paused, thinking a little, Bai Qi recalled the sufferings of the old Qin people that his ancestors had talked about, the bitterness of being besieged by the Sixteen Barbarians in the Western Regions, and the blood of the Che warriors in that song, and the various humiliations encountered by the Qin Land at the beginning of its founding.
Until the death of the Duke of Xian, Qin Xiaogong's hard work, a lifetime of painstaking efforts, thinking all night, Shang Yang changed the law to strengthen Qin Di, and then King Qin Huiwen had a hard life, Bai Qi's hands began to tremble, and the moment he clenched his fists, Bai Qi's eyes were closed: "It's a pity, it's a pity that Bai Qi won't cry, otherwise your ancestors in the spirit of heaven will be able to know how hot Bai Qi's blood is, but it's okay, Bai Qi is not a person who talks about misleading the country, Bai Qi is a general who is essentially Anbang, Bai Qi is a barbarian who doesn't know anything but loyalty, but Bai Qi knows very well in his heart that the world of Qin must be proud of heaven and earth in the struggle of Bai Qi's hands."
Suddenly, full of patriotic feelings and resentment of Bai Qi, the "Shang Yang Change" in his hand, very eye-catching, of course, because Qin Huiwen Wang Che split Shang Ying, so its classic manuscripts, all contained in the high-level of the Qin State, only the important ministers of the country have the pleasure to read such a classic, Bai Qi thought a little: "It is said that the Qin people are barbarians in the West, but the Qin people love to collect authentic works more than any vassal state"
"Shang Jun, Bai Qi respects you, your blazing blood at that time laid the glory of today's Great Qin Empire, and now, Bai Qi tastes your painstaking efforts, every word, you assisted the rise of filial piety to the Great Qin Empire, I Bai Qi must uphold your will, and assist Zhaoxiang Wang Yingji to let the Great Qin Empire dominate the world, the unique charm of Great Qin, inspires Bai Qi's bloodthirsty soul, the fist in his hand, the sword on his waist is resonating with the rhythm of the strings, the war song in his heart that the old Qin people will never forget, will make Bai Qi even burn out his life, I will also do my best to leap for the revival of my Great Qin Empire, what Bai Qi has given is not only the trust of the king, but also a responsibility for Great Qin, Bai Qi's shoulders are very heavy, from this moment on, Bai Qi will no longer be Bai Qi, but just an iron-blooded general of the empire, even if he dies, he will definitely not humiliate his mission" Bai Qi's voice ended, and the picture slowly ended.
At the same time, on the other side, the young Wang Jian and Meng Tian and others successfully mixed into the Wei military camp, spying on the behavior of the Wei soldiers, which can only be described in four words, unbearable, the rich and full of perfect Wei soldiers in the past, the fighting spirit of the Wei soldiers is full of vigor, but now it is gone, there is little brilliance, a lifeless, and lazy scene, appearing in front of Wang Jian and others, will not be like generals, soldiers are not like soldiers, scattered, compared to the new rise of the Qin State, it is not the same level at all.
"Is this really the Wei State that was extremely brilliant back then, and Qi and Chu were trembling?" Meng Tian said.
"Hey, today's Wei State is not as good as it was back then" A soldier commander answered, and then Meng Tian probed the source of the voice, and found that an old soldier commander was squatting in place and complaining, with all kinds of puzzlement, Meng Tian continued to ask: "We are all newcomers, what's wrong old soldier commander, why are you complaining here?"
After the words, the veteran commander looked back, and then sneered: "I still remember, when Lord Pang Juan led the Wei Kingdom, that kind of scene was called the real scenery, the food and drink were good, there were fish and meat... Whew... And good wine... Hee-hee, sometimes after taking the city, you can catch a few women and go home to give birth to dolls, wow, what a good feeling... Haha, when you think of this, you can die a few times, haha"
Listening to the veteran soldier, the veteran's military age should be very long, but no matter how long, according to the old soldier's current age, it seems that the age of the veteran soldier is not very in line with the sense of age of being a pawn under Pang Juan, which can make Meng Tian look puzzled: "Old soldier commander, I said that your age does not seem to be so vicissitudes, the soldier commander who has experienced the leadership of General Pang Juan, according to the age of the calculation, it is long time ago to retire from the army, how can he still serve as a soldier commander, and the wrinkles on this face are not too much"
The veteran turned his head and touched his forehead, there were indeed not a few wrinkles, and then the veteran patted his forehead, and then explained: "Oh, this thing, in fact, I just listened to the old soldier who was older than me before, I just imagined that feeling!" Why do you want to debunk it, you're so boring."
The momentary depression appeared on everyone's faces, because everyone knew very well that this veteran was bragging, of course, the matter had come to this point, everyone had to take this matter as a joke, after all, he was a veteran soldier, there was no need to make the atmosphere so embarrassing, not to mention, at this time, Wang Jian and others were most concerned about the Wei State of the State of Exploration, why they assembled on the border of the State of Qin, of course, from another point of view, it was easy to blend into the Wei State Soldiers, in terms of ability, it seems that this commando team seems to be a little bad.
When he was young, the veteran commander smiled and asked, "You must have mixed in to beg for rice, right?"
The question thrown up in an instant, Wang Jian and the others couldn't deal with it, and then the veteran asked: "The people on the border between Wei and Qin will sneak into the Wei army to eat and drink for a long time because of the difficulty in eating and drinking at home and the lack of rice and food, you two must be, you can't hide it from me."
"Why did the eldest brother say that?" Yan Ying spoke suddenly.
At this time, the old soldier commander pointed to a thin soldier next to him and said: "See, that skinny monkey is the one who came to the army to beg for food and drink, it is a native of Wei, what about you?"
"It is inconceivable that the Wei State is rich enough to starve the people of Wei to such a phenomenon," Wang Jian said.
At this time, Meng Tian hurriedly responded: "We... It's also from the Wei Kingdom" Yan Ying looked at Meng Tian, the veteran sneered, and then Wang Jian asked: "In your place, are there any Qin people mixed in?"
"Yes! Of course there is, there have always been, but there are still "veteran's repetitive and verbose words, which aroused the curiosity of Wang Jian and others.
Hearing this, Meng Tian's reaction was: "There are actually Qin people mixed in?" How can this be justified, let me see it, and I will fix them! ”
But at this time, the veteran explained: "The people, the people in the world are the same, the Qin people who used to have it should be that they can't open the pot at home, so they run to the barracks to eat, the quality of the Qin people is indeed not very high, but they are very backbone, especially when they are humiliated, the Qin people will never bend their waists for three buckets of rice, if something humiliates the dignity of the Qin people, then the Qin people would rather die than give in."
"And what is the explanation now?" Meng Tian asked, and then the veteran had sharp eyes and replied, "Aren't you the old Qin?"
"We?" Meng Tian was surprised.
"Okay, don't pretend to Lao Tzu, what scene does Lao Tzu have, who hasn't seen it, can you hide it? Anyway, Lao Tzu's requirements are not very many, first of all, I have the final say here, what kind of bullshit Wei Guo, the military salary given to our gang of brothers is not much, why should Lao Tzu be loyal to him, three money, you give Lao Tzu three dollars to say anything, look at you don't look like an ordinary poor family, the problem of three dollars should not be big" The veteran decisively blocked Meng Tian's quibbling words, and at the same time had a clear purpose, very small citizen thinking, of course, how could Wang Jian and others not see that this person was actually very easy to dismiss.
Then Meng Tian and Wang Jian and others took out three coins, a total of nine coins to the veteran, holding the money, the veteran captain smiled, his greedy eyes were outrageous, and the excited fingers caressed the money, and then looked at Wang Jian and the others and said: "You boys are bad, and you still say that you are not Qin people, this!" The currency used is the currency of Qin, haha, I can't care so much, anyway, it's money."
Everyone looked at each other, and seemed to be puzzled by the ugliness of the veterans, but perhaps it was this phenomenon that showed the cruelty of the princes fighting for hegemony in the last years of the Warring States Period, and the repeated conquests brought indelible pain to the ordinary people.
When I was young, the veteran asked: "I don't look like a few of you are ordinary people, you know that you are soldiers at a glance, and you are angry, but you are not moving, are you here to spy on intelligence?" ”
As soon as the veteran commander finished speaking, the soldiers on the side got up, and everyone picked up their weapons, trying to besiege these Qin State spies, but soon the veteran dissuaded everyone from sitting down: "What are you doing?" It's all the opposite of Lao Tzu? These are the masters, the gods of wealth of Lao Tzu, sit down, it's none of your business"
Seeing the situation, Wang Jian and the others then expressed their gratitude, but the veteran stopped everyone: "Don't, don't give Lao Tzu this set, no matter whether you boys are spies sent by the Qin State or not, all in all, there is one thing that we all have to say, if we really raise troops to fight, we can't kill us, in the future battle, let my brother live, and everything else is easy to say."
"Are you afraid of death as a soldier?" Wang Jian asked.
The veteran smiled, laughed so vicissitudes, laughed so tactfully, a little tearful and a little sour, the veteran at this time gently touched the money in his hand, and then burst into tears: "Who is not patriotic, who does not love his family, which man has no iron blood, who is willing to be a coward on this bastard shit battlefield!" At the last sentence, the veteran suddenly raised his voice.
Then the veteran looked at the brothers sitting on the ground, and then turned his eyes to Wang Jian and the others: "Just such a little military salary" couldn't help pinching his little thumb: "Do you want me to sacrifice myself?" Love Wei State, Lao Tzu loves more than anyone else" The veteran suddenly pulled away his battle armor, and then the scar on his back was revealed: "But what did Wei State do to me?" When you can use it, you will push us to the front line to fight with clever words, what is the reward for surviving? Nothing, a few nice words, but when it was useless, he put aside our brothers who had been born and died, and without discussion at any time, the usually idle and treacherous governor took all the credit left to us... It's just hurt and hurt, scar and scar, to say it from the bottom of my heart, I really want to be patriotic, but now, I don't expect anything from Wei."
Seeing the veteran's excited emotions, Wang Jian replied calmly: "It's not a matter of whether your governor can't stop the credit, but the battle between the seven heroes is too long, everyone is tired, your Wei State was too rich before, so everyone is thinking about their own selfish interests, and it is these people who are for their own selfish interests that there will be so many disputes.
At the moment, Meng Tian and Yan Ying didn't know what to say, but Wang Jian continued: "You're right, we are not only Qin people, but also soldiers of Qin State."
"Wang Jian you!" Yan Ying was excited, and the veteran glanced at Yan Ying, then pointed at Wang Qian, and said with a smile: "Boy, you have the courage, do you want to know why our Wei State detectives are here?"
Wang Jian rolled his eyes calmly.
"Otherwise, why did you get in, needless to say, I want three dollars, but you gave me nine dollars, from the perspective of personal relations, you are very interesting, I tell you, why are our Wei soldiers here" After the old soldier's words, Wang Jian and others listened, it seemed that Meng Tian and others were skeptical of the old soldier's words, but Wang Jian firmly believed his judgment.
"It's not a secret, at this time the Qin State is the moment when the Zhaoxiang King Yingji seizes power, and the Marquis of Ran is unwilling to lose his power like this, my king sent us to the Qin State, wanting to secretly meet with the Marquis of Ran, and make a long-term plan"
"This is to plot against the upper echelons of the Qin State," Wang Jian said.
Then the veteran said: "But Ran Hou is still hesitating, in fact, at the earliest, he only valued the position of the Great Sima, and the others didn't seem to care very much, and now, I don't know what he is hesitating about, the current situation, it is said that the new King of Qin intends to replace Ran Hou with Bai, so..."
"So Wei Ran has been operating in the Qin State for many years, and he will not give up the upper rights of the Qin State so easily, if he really wants to rebel, it is estimated that this possibility will not be very great, after all, the Qin State has been run by Ran Hou's most respected sister Mi Yue so far, so it is normal for him to hesitate at this time, or even refuse directly."
Wang Jian analyzed, but then the veteran said: "There is another secret, you must not tell it"
Everyone listened carefully, and the veteran said: "Today's Wei State, the treasury is empty"
"Ahh The treasury is empty? What do you mean?" asked Meng Tian.
But at this time, the veteran said: "In fact, the condition that Wei and Wei Ran made this time is to let Wei Ran use the savings of Qin and hand them over to Wei privately, and at the same time supply Wei a large amount of materials, and then Wei deliberately lost to Ran Hou on the strategic basis, and when dealing with other vassal states, Wei and Qin reconciled and allied together" At the end of the veteran's words, Wang Jian immediately got up and prepared to leave, Meng Tian and Yan Ying quickly followed, after everyone walked a few steps, Wang Jian turned back and said: "Leave your name, He will not kill you on the battlefield in the future."
"Yuan Chi, it's their commander, don't kill my brothers"
"Good! I promise you"
"Who Are You?"
"Wang Qian"
"Wang Qian?" The veteran's muttering, in exchange for the turn of a few Qin soldiers, looking at a few people, the veteran has a strange feeling in his heart, he always feels that these people are different from ordinary people, although he can't say why, but these people in front of him, he will definitely not be ordinary soldiers.