Chapter Seventy-Six: The Lonely Moon Descends to the Infant Spirit
In the middle of the night, Zhang Ji sat at his desk to draft a plan for military reform, and the oil lamp in front of the desk was bright and dark. Zhang Ji looked at the oil lamp in front of the desk, got up and paced around in the lobby, lowered his head and continued to ponder, at this moment, I don't know where the baby's cry came, its cry was so powerful. Zhang Ji was frightened when he heard his cry, and walked out of the lobby to stand in the courtyard, and his baby's crying stopped abruptly. At this time, a maid walked in from outside the gate, still carrying a box in her hand, and it was so mysterious.
"What's in this box? Open it and take a look," Zhang Ji walked up to the maid and panicked.
"Madame's health is not good, this is a decoction, it is for Madame's body."
Madame was about to give birth recently, and it was time to make up for something, so she ignored the matter, and said casually: "You go," and no longer asked about this matter.
Gongzi Qi built water conservancy in the Buddha City to benefit the people, returned with the joy of victory, and entered the main hall of the Ba Wang's Palace. The king of Pakistan set up this celebration banquet for his son, and invited hundreds of civil and military officials of the court. The king of Ba sat on the banquet and said happily: "Qi'er rectifies the rule of officials in the Buddha City, kills corrupt officials, builds water conservancy, and solves the problems that the widow has been having. ”
"Father, Qi'er doesn't dare to be greedy for heavenly merit alone, the merit is not in the sons, the merit is in the local officials and their people in the Buddha City, the county lieutenant An Guofu does not avoid the powerful, sacrifices his life for righteousness, and secretly investigates corrupt officials, which can be described as loyal; Yang Yunkai, the county leader, was calm and steady, assisted his ministers in punishing corrupt officials, and loved the people to build the dam, which can be described as benevolent; Clever and wise, she gave porridge to help the people when natural disasters came, and they should be the first to take the credit, and ask her father to give them a reward. The people of the Buddha City are united and harmonious, and the water is prosperous and the rivers are connected, and the father should set an example by exempting the local people from paying taxes for three months," Gongzi Qi stood and looked at the royal road of the country of Pakistan above the main hall.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise, with the meritocracy of His Royal Highness the Prince, the prosperity of my country, the wealth of the country and the strength of the army," the civil and military officials in front of the desk praised Gongzi Qi and admired him very much.
"The country needs to be assisted by capable ministers to be rich and strong, and you need to recommend more talents for the country, not how virtuous the individual is," Gongzi Qi sat at the desk and looked at these civil and military officials.
"Qi'er's words are reasonable, Qi'er is not greedy for merit and is fair, Lord Xiangguo, what do you think of the prince's suggestion?" The king of Pakistan shifted his gaze to Gongsun Zichou.
"Gongzi is far-sighted, this move is a benevolent and righteous move, and the minister has no objection," Xiangguo Gongzi Sun Chou made his debut.
"Okay, you can do the specific measures, and the draft charter will be issued as follows."
"The king is wise," said Xiangguo Gongzi Sun Chou, who returned to his place and sat in front of the desk.
"The King. At present, our country is facing the threat of Qin, Chu, Qi, and Zhao, the four major powers, and it can be said that it is full of dangers, and there is a risk of destroying the country. Qin State is the only one among the three kingdoms of Qi, Zhao and Chu, and after weakening Han Wei is Chu State, Yan State is weak and not worth mentioning, Qi State and Zhao State have been reconciled to Qin State and Qin State since they broke with Chu State, Zhao State monarch is short-sighted and only attaches importance to immediate interests, who is strong, who has strength will fall to whom, and obtain some benefits from it like grass on the wall. Now Qin's only goal is Chu, Qin's strategic goal for Chu is to merge with Bashu and capture Chu, Qin did not weaken Chu in the battle of Lantian, but the only barrier of Chu is our Bashu dangerous place, Qin can attack Bashu to rush its reserve forces, and there will be no worries about attacking Chu. In order to eliminate this trouble, the only way to do this is to strengthen its military, implement military reform, learn from King Zhao Wuling's Hufu cavalry and archery, establish a strong cavalry, and cooperate with armoured soldiers, infantry, chariots and crossbows to fight together.
A eunuch beside the king of Ba walked down the steps and stood in front of the great priest Zhang Ji, took the book in Zhang Ji's hand and looked at it, and said to the prince: "Prince, you are the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, and you have the soldiers and horses of the country of Pakistan. ”
The king of Ba handed over the book in his hand to the hands of this eunuch, and the eunuch walked down the steps again and handed it over to Gongzi Qi, who took the book and watched it carefully, read, and then stepped forward to stand in the main hall, and said: "This reform plan is very good, but it requires a large number of recruits, which increases the burden of military service on the common people, and is not conducive to the development of production. However, weapons, food, etc. need to be prepared, serve at the age of 20, be exempted from military service at the age of 60, if there is a war, its generals can learn the art of capture, and the central government appoints generals to lead the expedition, after the end of the war, the troops will be scattered and the provinces will return to the court, and they must take turns guarding the Beijing division every year in peacetime, and they also need to regularly suppress the frontier. The elite sons and daughters of the peasants above the sixth rank usually work in their hometowns, receive military training in their spare time, and in case of war, they are ordered to recruit and transfer, and train elite soldiers and strong generals, as well as the art of riding and archery, and the joint operation of armor soldiers, chariots and crossbows, so the soldiers and farmers are united. In addition, the soldiers of each general's palace distributed weapons to the country and cooperated with the battle in a unified manner, which was to be supplemented by the ministers. ”
"Okay, just do what you want," the king of Pakistan was very pleased and agreed to Gongzi Qi's move.
"Father Xie," Gongzi Qi retreated to his original position, and the king of Ba raised the wine bottle to celebrate with the civil and military officials. After the banquet, an official hurriedly ran to the king of Pakistan and said, "Oh no, my lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the intention of rebellion, and it is not easy to hand over the military power to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
"Who did you listen to? The prince is benevolent and righteous, how can he have the heart of rebellion, and Hugh has to talk nonsense. ”
"The king, the whole court, and the people are rumored to be rebelling against the prince, but the attendants are afraid of trouble and dare not say it."
"Are you not afraid of evil coming out of your mouth now? The widow is going to kill you now, believe it or not, and you will not retreat. ”
The official was very frightened and withdrew from the palace gate. The king of Ba let the prince control the soldiers and horses of Ba Guo, and it was inevitable that he would have doubts, and ordered the eunuchs close to him to secretly monitor Gongzi Qi.
Gongzi Qi returned to his East Palace, changed into civilian clothes, and walked towards the mountains in the suburbs of Langwai outside the palace walls. Xiong Ganglie led the elite soldiers to kneel down and said, "The last general is here to greet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
"Everyone, please get up like this, the soldiers are trained like this?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, each of them has experienced a hundred battles, and they can fight with fierce beasts."
"Very good, you are the elite division of the imperial court, I will hide this elite here, deliberately ready to attack, when the strong enemy attacks in the future, you will be a strange soldier, a strong strange soldier."
"Thank you for the appreciation of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, we swear to serve the court and the country to the death."
Then he returned to the school field to train his troops, and all the strong men rushed to join the army and enter the government first, and the whole country of Pakistan was a wide range of soldiers, and the country's strength and prosperity were just around the corner. Gongzi Qi personally boarded the chariot to train these recruits, the two chariots rushed over, the long Ge in his hand came out, the soldiers on the chariot were frightened, and were picked off by Gongzi Qi, and taught him to ride and shoot, shoot the eagle in the sky, the wind and sand fluttered, the horse hissed long, and the mighty male voice shook the heavens and the earth.
In the dead of night, Zhang Ji and his wife went to the bed at the same time, who knew that Mrs. Zhang Ji's abdomen was unbearable when the night was quiet, and she got up and asked, "Madam, what's wrong with you?" ”
"I don't know what's in my stomach, it's a pain in my heart."
Zhang Ji got up and got dressed, passed the maids and their subordinates from Zhang's mansion into his mansion, and said hurriedly: "Look, what's wrong with Madame?" ”
A maid stepped forward and said, "My lord, maybe Madame is about to give birth." ”
The urgent look on Zhang Ji's face eased slightly, and he said, "Hurry up and enter the palace to send the imperial doctor to treat your wife." ”
A maid hurriedly stepped out of the door of the house and entered the Taiyi Pavilion to call out the Taiyi, and then ordered the servants to exit the door and wait. Zhang Ji stood anxiously in front of the bed, pacing around, looking at the lady lying on the bed. Mrs. Zhang Ji was lying on the bed, her stomach was constantly expanding, as if a balloon that had been blown up was about to burst, and she let out a last wail, making a very painful appearance and saying, "Husband." ”
"Madam, the imperial doctor will be here soon, bear with me," Zhang Ji stepped forward and sat in front of the bed, looking at the expanding belly, there seemed to be a breath of qi in the stomach, concentrating a little sharp fingernails from Mrs. Zhang's stomach, and finally piercing the stomach, the long nails were like sharp knives, slowly cutting Mrs. Zhang's stomach, Mrs. Zhang Ji's stomach was screaming, and finally closed her eyes and swallowed. A bloody baby's head was exposed in the belly, with pointed ears and erect eyes, looking at Zhang Ji and blinking his eyes non-stop, with a cold smile on his face, and finally the fierce light was revealed, and he let out a piercing scream. Zhang Ji stood up in a panic, was startled and kept retreating, and sat on the ground with a limp body. This thing is petite and agile, jumping out, in the blink of an eye, stretching out its claws and spurting blood, a scream that makes people's hearts go straight to the hair.
The people stood outside the door and heard Zhang Ji's screams, and when they walked in, they found that Zhang Ji was lying in a pool of blood, and the flesh and blood were blurry so that they couldn't see clearly.