Shang Yang felt a question mark on his face.

Why?

Since you want to pay tribute, then to get the title of earl or even higher, just don't want it in vain!

If you don't want a title, then this tribute will be pushed!

Shang Yang's mind felt a little confused.

As a formal political capital negotiation, both paths work.

It's okay to go to celebrate birthdays, to pay tribute. But to take the knighthood.

It's okay to refuse a knighthood. But at the same time refuse tribute.

Anyway, it makes sense to go to the tribute, and it makes sense to refuse the title, but if you want to do these two things together, you just can't figure it out......

If it weren't for the fact that the person in front of him was the king, Shang Yang would have scolded him a long time ago.

Fuck, playing like this, isn't it purely because you have a lot of money and want to lose your family and country?

But for the majestic king, Shang Yang couldn't afford to question it, but insisted on thinking and trying to figure out the deep meaning of the king.

But it's so hard!

Shang Yang felt that his brain cells were burned out, and he couldn't think of any benefits that would bring to Wang Guo or Haiguo......

Shang Yang really felt that now, he was probably getting farther and farther away from the king's thoughts......

Or, the king has been standing on a high place, and only when he used to look at him pitifully did he give a hint. But now that the king doesn't give hints, he hasn't grown up yet......

It's his dereliction of duty as prime minister!

Shang Yang had a headache here, and he couldn't figure out the deep meaning of the king.

On the other hand, Wang Guo had already finished negotiating with Lear.

Wang Guo did not accept the title of his son, and will go to congratulate his son on his birthday next year.

After the negotiation, Wang Guo was very satisfied, and asked Sima Wanyi to shout "retreat from the dynasty", and then went back to the harem to eat his wife's cake.

However, in the chorus of everyone shouting "Minister, get out", Lear was startled.

……

Sea country, the capital, in front of the royal palace.

Shang Yang wiped his cold sweat and retreated.

Now in the court, he will misunderstand the king's intentions several times, which makes him feel very uncomfortable.

It's not that he is greedy for the glory and wealth of the power, but if he can't understand the king's deep meaning well, he is afraid that there will be deviations in governing the country!

Just as he wanted to go back and rest and think about the king's deep meaning, he suddenly saw Lear walking in front of him.

Shang Yang's heart moved, urging the servant to follow quickly, he wanted to talk to Lear.

Hurrying to catch up, the merchant bank saluted and said, "Messenger!" ”

When Lear saw it, he hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Prime Minister! ”

Shang Yang didn't directly ask him about the doubts in his heart, but knocked on the side and said, "Messenger, how do you feel when you see our king today?" ”

Lear nodded again and again, and couldn't help but praise: "Good! It is worthy of being a generation of heroes, thoughtful and thoughtful, far from being comparable to others! ”

Shang Yang looked at Lear's sincere and fiery gaze, which didn't look like pretentious and curvy, but seemed to mean something, and couldn't help but wonder: "Can you give an example?" ”

Lear groaned and asked rhetorically, "What do you mean when you retreat from the court, you shout 'The minister is out'?" ”

Shang Yang looked embarrassed.

After all, this is a strategy that will be implemented when it comes to the next expansion of the Sea Kingdom, and it doesn't seem appropriate to explain it to Lear in detail.

So Shang Yang took a look: "This is the conquest strategy that our king envisioned, and we, as courtiers, in order to show our resolute support for the king, use this as a slogan to encourage ourselves at all times." ”

Anyway, in this era, it is no secret that the nations are conquest, and as long as the target that the king intends to attack is not revealed, it is still not a big problem.

Lear nodded and said, "It's similar to what I thought, it must contain some kind of wisdom of Haijun." ”

"But I think that if you look at it this way, you must have experienced your own analysis, but it still seems insufficient."

"Haijun's words are on the negative layer on the surface; But you have gone to the next two levels through your own analysis. But as everyone knows, Haijun is watching you on the fifth layer......"

Shang Yang was shocked. I haven't analyzed the king yet?

Originally, he thought that he had analyzed that the word "roll" contained the meaning of targeting the Lu State, which could be regarded as the best reflection of the king's deep meaning.

But now, under Lear's prompting, he finds that he is still standing at a low height.

No wonder I have always been unable to guess the king's thoughts recently, and I often make mistakes!

can't keep up with the king's thinking, this is his dereliction of duty as prime minister!

Thinking of this, Shang Yang's cold sweat fell.

Lear laughed: "Prime Minister don't have to be nervous. You can figure out the deep meaning of the second layer from the appearance of the negative layer, and you have already shown that you are extremely wise. ”

"The rest is that you and I stand on different positions. You like to understand the microcosm, but naturally you don't have enough understanding of the macro. ”

When Shang Yang heard this, it seemed that he had picked up a treasure, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "I would like to hear about it." ”

Lear said: "If I remember correctly, Prime Minister, you are learning the art of the Legalist, right?" ”

Shang Yang nodded in acknowledgement.

Lear continued: "The art of Legalism is more focused on governing the country, and it is more about how to rise from the crowd at the national level, how to stabilize the country, and how to continue to suppress other princes. So you can analyze Haijun's ambition to conquer other countries from the word 'roll', which I can't see. ”

"But you can't see our Taoist perspective either. We Taoists pay attention to the rule of inaction, pure and leisurely. After all, everything is one, and there is no escape from the simplicity of the road. So in my eyes, the word 'roll' is a pure word 'roll'. In other words, Haijun doesn't need you. ”

Shang Yang was stunned: "Don't need us?" ”

"Or, there is no need for this bureaucratic system." Leardow.

Shang Yang didn't understand very much: "But when the nations conquer, can they employ fewer people, and can they really let themselves go and rule by doing nothing?" ”

"What if the nations stop conquering?" Lear smiled at the corner of his mouth.

"How can the nations not ......" Shang Yang's words suddenly froze.

It is true that there is no such possibility if the nations do not conquer.

With the existence of nations, the attacks and crusades against each other must not stop.

But what if there are no more nations?

Shang Yang's heartbeat gradually accelerated.

There are no more nations? The king wants to rule the whole country?

"In the past, the martial kings were warned, and the Zhou Dynasty was first established, that is, under the Taiping, there were no soldiers, and there was even a scene of 'swords and guns in the warehouse, and horses in Nanshan'." Lear patted Shang Yang on the shoulder.

"If it really comes to that point, won't you guys get out? Hahahaha! Lear couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hiss......" Shang Yang couldn't help but gasp, and his heart was shocked.

Can the king of this border country, which started with only three cities, have such ambitions?