"O prince, the minister went to Shuzhong, and he understood why Sima mistakenly said that when King Qin Hui attacked Shu, he said: Take the land, it is enough to expand the country; The wealth is enough to enrich the people and soldiers. ”

In the thirty-eighth year of Qin Shi Huang, in the spring of March, Lu Jia, the "Bajun Shou" who rushed back to Xiangyang from Bashu, was standing in front of Heifu and talking.

He stretched out his arms and gestured: "Chengdu is a large basin, thousands of miles of fertile fields, fertile soil, rich people, and full of goods. There are many salt wells in its land, and Yandao and Qiong all produce copper, and Wuyang, Nan'an, Linqiong and Jiangyang produce iron, and the annual city tax is almost equivalent to the field rent. ”

In short, this place is very rich, but the transportation is inconvenient, and the cost of transporting money and grain to Guanzhong is too high, but it is more convenient to go east to Nanjun by ship out of the river - provided that the luck is not too bad, and the ship does not destroy people in the Three Gorges.

After fighting for more than half a year, the finances of the two regimes in the north and south were somewhat tight: the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Qin drank to quench their thirst, and they violated their promises and added endowments, causing a lot of complaints. In order to mobilize Guanzhong grain to Nanyang, it was announced that Guanzhong could not eat new grain for 300 miles, and it is said that the price of rice in Xianyang has been as expensive as a stone!

The Northern Expeditionary Army is not much better, the foundation in the south is thin, and it has to raise more than 100,000 troops, although Xiao He is in the back, but after eating the autumn harvest grain, in order to save military food, Heifu has to take the lead in drinking porridge.

So after the beginning of spring, the money and grain of Shu County, which came with Lu Jia, gave them a mouthful of blood, and now they don't have to worry about the season when there is no food to eat.

A large number of Ba people joined the Northern Expeditionary Army, followed Wu Chen to Hanzhong, and took advantage of being good at mountain warfare to fight with the Guanzhong soldiers who were several times their size.

In addition to finance, strategically, Bashu also brought rich feedback to Heifu: Shu County Shouchang sent troops to occupy Jiameng and hit Shiniudao; Bajun Zhao Tuo and Wu Chen led the army out of Micang Road, cooperated with Nanjun, and under the attack from three sides, Hanzhong was crumbling.

This is also the reason why Heifu focused his spring offensive on Hanzhong.

After asking about the military and political finances, Heifu took a sip of water and asked, "When will Chang Yu send Gongsun Jun here?" ”

Gongsun Jun, the eldest son of Fusu, was sent to Qiongdu by Qin Shi Huang, and Hu Hai sent an envoy to poison him, but he was protected by Chang Qi.

Lu Jia said: "Chang Yan said, Gongsun is young, so he can't be surprised, it's better to wait for the Northern Expeditionary Army to capture Xianyang and return to the old capital, and then send it directly over......

He reminded Heifu: "The prince, the Shu land pass, the south across the Qiongdu, the north of the stone cow, the west is Diqiang, separated by the sword mountain, the poor and dangerous is extremely steep, this alone country also, although Chang Qi responded to the Northern Expeditionary Army, but regardless of military and political, they are all their own faction, and they must not be guarded against." ”

Heifu sneered: "What, Chang Qian is not honest? ”

Lu Jia shook his head: "It's not, now that the Northern Expeditionary Army is gradually gaining an advantage, Chang Qian is aware of the situation, but he just doesn't let Shu County go all out, he is still planning for himself." ”

Heifu shook his head: "I know, however, the Bashu Han is one, if the three counties are all there, it is an excellent place to divide the territory, but once one of them is lost, this self-defense momentum will be destroyed, and it will not last long, Chang Qian is a smart person, he has chosen, and he will not do foolish things." ”

He paused and asked, "When you were in Chengdu, how did you look at Gongsun Jun?" ”

Lu Jia sighed and said: "The little son is only ten years old, but he was completely stupid by all kinds of changes, he always smiled at people, he was stunned, and he was secretly tested, not like a fake." ”

"It's sad."

Heifu sighed: "When Fusu was the beginning, he left him like this? ”

"This is not what I think the eldest son would do."

Heifu always had a feeling that Fusu would not be silent......

Lu Jia didn't care about Fusu, and arched his hand: "After the prince enters Guanzhong, he wants to support Gongsun Jun as the new emperor? ”

Heifu was noncommittal: "I deny Hu Hai, I don't recognize him, and when I really enter Xianyang, I have already punished the puppet emperor, and if I want to be recognized by the Qin people, I still need a banner." ”

Or rather, puppets!

"According to you, Gongsun Jun is the most suitable...... Chang Qian must also be happy to see it happen, so he will have the merit of supporting it. ”

Lu Jia solemnly: "Dare to ask the prince and the marquis, support Gongsun Jun as the emperor, and then what?" ”

"What do you want to do with Yi Yin and Zhou Gong?"

……

Regarding Lu Jia's question, Heifu was noncommittal.

"Yi Yin, Zhou Gong, aren't they highly recommended by Confucianism?"

Lu Jia said: "As a Confucian scholar, Lu Jia should be highly respected, but as a minister, Lu Jia does not recommend the prince to follow these two. ”

He bowed again: "Please ask the prince to let the ministers explain the fate of Yi Yin and Zhou Gong in detail." ”

"Everyone in the world said that Emperor Taijia had been in office for three years, unknown, tyrannical, did not follow the soup law, and messed with morality, so Yi Yin put it in Tonggong. For three years, Yi Yin was the ruler of the country and the princes of the dynasty. ”

"Emperor Taijia lived in Tong Palace for three years, repented and blamed himself, and rebelled against goodness, so Yi Yin was the government of Emperor Taijia. Emperor Taijia cultivates virtue, the princes return to Yin, and the people are Ning. Yi Yin Jiazhi is the three articles of Taijia training, praising Emperor Taijia, and calling Taizong. ”

After telling the first version of Yi Yin's story, Lu Jia's voice changed.

"However, in addition to this, the minister has heard another theory."

"Some people say that Yi Yin put Taijia in Tong, which is self-reliance. Yi Yin ascended the throne and put Taijia for seven years. Taijia sneaked out of Tong to kill Yi Yin, and set up his sons Yi Zhi and Yi Fen, and ordered his father's field house to be restored and divided into ......"

After hearing this, Heifu was immediately happy: "Lu Sheng, isn't this the words of the Legalists?" How did you say it from the mouth of a Confucian student? So you think the latter is true and the former is false? Are you going to deny the book? ”

Lu Jia said with a smile: "Mencius's words, as much as you believe in books, it is better to have no books, although Meng Ke has many words that he does not listen to, but this statement, the minister thinks it is true." ”

"I believe in your ghost!"

Heifu was slanderous in his heart, he had heard Zhang Cang complain about this sentence, it is better to believe in books than no books, it sounds like it refers to reading books and not sticking to books or superstitious books, which are often quoted.

But this is actually taken out of context!

Mencius's original words are obviously: "For the article "Wucheng", I can only write two or three sentences in the letter, as for the rest? It's not worth believing at all! The benevolent people are invincible in the world, the king of Zhou Wu and the benevolent king of Zhou, the merchant soldiers defected, and surrendered the soldiers without a fight, but on "Wucheng", why do you say that the battle of Muye was bloody? What nonsense! ”

This is obviously only believing in one's own subjective opinions, not in objective records.

If it is good for you, you will believe it, and if it is not good, you will not believe it, and you will not even see it.

Oh, it doesn't seem to be any different from the forum trolls of later generations.

But when it was another person's turn to tell the story, Lu Jia believed in the ancient records again.

"Duke Zhou rescued the chaos in one year, Ke Yin in two years, practiced in three years, built Hou Wei in four years, and camped into Zhou in five years."

"In the sixth year, the Duke of Zhou made ceremonial music, the suburbs, the mountains and rivers, the division and brigade were not set up, the criminal law was suspended, and within the four seas, the worship came to Zhen, the king of Yuejiao, and retranslated to the dynasty. The Duke of Zhou was in administration for seven years, became the king for a long time, and the Duke of Zhou rebelled against the government and became the king, and the north was the position of the ministers......"

Speaking of this, Lu Jia was stunned: "However, at this time, someone was in front of King Cheng, saying that Duke Zhou intended to usurp the throne, which was not conducive to King Cheng. King Cheng was suspicious, and Duke Zhou had to flee to Chu in order to avoid suspicion. It wasn't until later that King Cheng flipped through the documents collected in the treasury and found that when King Wu was sick, Duke Zhou was willing to die on his behalf, so he sent someone to welcome Duke Zhou back......"

"Therefore, Yiyin released the king and was killed by Taijia."

"The regent of the Duke of Zhou is suspected by King Cheng."

"The ministers looked at the historical books and found that since ancient times, the young lord succeeded to the throne, and when he became an adult, the ministers who upheld the government, even though they had made many achievements, were not suspected by the king, and there were very few. In addition to Yi Yin and Zhou Gong, King Min of Qi suspected Meng Weijun, King Zhaoxiang of Qin suspected Marquis Wei Ran, and Emperor Shi suspected Lü Buwei. ”

Although these three people themselves are not clean.

He said earnestly:

"Without the relatives of Duke Zhou, you can't do the things of Duke Zhou, so for the sake of the prince and marquis, Yi Yin and Duke Zhou can't follow suit!"

It is not recommended to be Yi Yin and Zhou Gong, so what does Lu Jia think, what should Heifu do?

The answer was in his mouth, and he was about to come out!

But this Confucian knew that the time was not yet ripe, so he hid half of his speech, and even stopped talking.

After Lu Jia left, Heifu smiled helplessly.

"Not only for me, but also for yourself, as well as for all the heroes and soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army?"

……

The careful thinking of his subordinates, Heifu still doesn't know? Since the beginning of the army, Lu Jia is not the only one who has been persuaded to advance.

From the moment the army was raised, Heifu walked on a single-plank bridge, flanked by an abyss, full of bones and beasts......

Back? That's impossible.

Someone in front of you? Even the last person you want to be your enemy will have to push it down!

If you want to go to the other side smoothly, you can't rely on one person, but fortunately, Heifu has the old department of Nanjun, as well as Xiao He, Han Xin, Lu Jia and other newly recruited capable ministers, who can be Sasuke.

But the crowd is not a tool of death, but a self-aware person.

If you are human, you will have desires.

Some people want to show their talents and live up to what they have learned in their lives.

Some people want to strengthen the university school and occupy a place in the court in the future.

Some people want to glorify their ancestors and reward their fields.

Some people want to slaughter the world, and they will personally cut the flesh of the world.

Some people want to be crowned marquis and worship the general, return to their hometown in fine clothes, and leave a name in history......

The premise for the realization of these long-cherished wishes was that the Northern Expeditionary Army won the war.

And so, the old ministers, the new ministers, and the infinite desires of all the people, joined together, and became the powerful hand behind the black man, pushing him forward, speeding across the abyss of war, and marching towards victory!

The demands of his subordinates must be respected, taken care of, and understood.

This is the reality, and he who is not naïve in the slightest, and who ignores the desires of all will be abandoned by him.

Even Heifu is no exception! Once you find that you can't satisfy your desires, maybe the pusher will become a black hand!

But while cautiously satisfying everyone's desires, Heifu also had to be careful.

Because of this force, intentionally or unintentionally, they will try to manipulate Heifu and frequently induce Heifu to go in the direction they want!

The further back you go, the more violent the thrust behind you becomes, and at that time, you may not be able to tell the difference.

Is he leading them forward, or is he forced to rush forward, and once he stops, he is pushed and staggered by his ministers? Like a prisoner in shackles!

While they pushed, they also said: "They are all for the lord and the lord, and for the lord and grandson......"

For the heroes of the war, the higher Heifu climbs, the better, it is best to kick the descendants of the first emperor and sit in the world himself, so that the rewards and benefits they get can be maximized and guaranteed!

"But Hef, don't you forget, who you are, what is the purpose of all this?"

Alone in the tent, Hauff murmured, asking himself questions and answers.

"I remember."

Walking out of the curtain, the warm spring sun shone through, making Heifu squint.

"I want to be the ...... of Qin Shi Huang"

"'The Diadochi'!"

……

PS: This is yesterday, goo-goo.