In the simple hut, the fragrance of tea wafts.

Xiao Rui was asking Zhang Liang for his views on the future situation, and his answer was clear, basically the same as Jia Xu and Guo Jia's calculations, but Xiao Rui had more questions.

"Ofan, if the Yuan Kingdom goes south to plunder and provoke a war, how will the situation change?" Xiao Rui asked.

Zhang Liang smiled and said: "Your Highness, when Xia and Qin divided the territory of Zhao, does Your Highness think that the Qin State will move the capital?" Move the capital to the east of the Qinling Mountains? ”

"No!" Xiao Rui believed: "The Qinling Mountains are a constraint for the current Qin State, and they will be a natural barrier in the future. ”

Zhang Liang nodded and said with a smile: "That's right! Therefore, even if the Qin State occupies half of the territory of the Zhao State, it will only be set up as a province, and even if it sends troops to garrison, it is far less than our Great Xia's control of the occupied land! In addition, when the Yuan State goes south, it must pass through the Qi State to the south, and our Xia State and the Qi State have mountain ranges to block it, on the contrary, between the Zhao State and the Qi State is the Pingchuan River, and the best thing for the Yuan State is cavalry, their choice is obvious! Once the Yuan State plundered the Qin State, the Qin State must take revenge, and the northern expedition to the Yuan State is inevitable. ”

"Next, we can contact Wei State, and we will be happy to come to Wei State! However, the strength of the Qin State is undoubted, even if he is attacked on three sides, at most he will return his troops to the west of the Qinling Mountains and hold the three Xiong Passes, so he can sit back and relax. At the same time, while the above schemes are being carried out, they can also launch a rebellion against the Yuan State. ”

"Rebellion?" Xiao Rui felt that his head was not enough.

Zhang Liang explained: "Your Highness should know that the composition of the Yuan Kingdom is different from that of other countries, they are distributed by tribes, the large tribes have hundreds of thousands of people, and the small tribes only have tens of thousands, all of which are loyal to the Khan. As I just said, it is estimated that the weather will get worse and worse, and when the tribes are hungry and cold, and they go south to loot without success, what will happen to the seemingly stable tribes? It is bound to be the big ones that destroy the small, and the internal ones will inevitably fall into chaos and cannibalization. At that time, we can help a few large tribes and lure them with food, and we don't need our army to go north at all, and the Yuan country will definitely be divided! ”

"I have analyzed the history of the Yuan Kingdom, when the tribes are prosperous, the tribes will unite towards unification, which is to pursue greater rights. Once it decays, it will be self-defeating! And once the Yuan Kingdom is divided, it will be easy to destroy it slowly! ”

Xiao Rui gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "The ovary is really talented, and it is so thoroughly analyzed!" ”

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "Your Highness Liao praised, these speculations are just assumptions, everything in the world is constantly changing, I just speculate on one of the possibilities, no one can predict things like gods." ”

"What about Wei?" Xiao Rui asked.

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "Every country has its own drawbacks, and the death of Wei will also be its own death." ”

"Looking at the structure of the Seven Kingdoms, the Xia State abolished the three provinces and established a cabinet, and concentrated power in His Majesty, but if the cabinet and the celebrant were given greater power and could not be suppressed, the two sides would inevitably fight among themselves, forming a poisonous harm! You have to be cautious! Yan and Qi and Zhao are three provinces and six ministries, but also have advantages and disadvantages, the biggest drawback is that the emperor's rights can not be absolutely controlled, so it will form the Yan Emperor, Zhao Huang hatred of the ministers, greedy for power situation, if the emperor can not be enlightened and suspicious of the courtiers, it is the time of disaster. Needless to say, the State of Qin and the State of Wei are divided into feudal systems, which also has advantages and disadvantages, and the advantages are not mentioned for the time being, and the disadvantage is that when there are too many feudal vassal states, and the imperial court cannot give orders, it will inevitably affect the operation of the country! The Qin State is okay, and has always been cautious about this, but looking at the current Wei State, nine kings with different surnames and eighteen princes, why is the Wei State so eager to capture the Yan State, hatred and grievances are only superficial problems, and the biggest problem is that the Wei State must expand its territory in order to make the increasingly severe country cultivate. But this is not the solution, the desire of the kings and princes with different surnames is difficult to quench, and it will only intensify, so I say that the Wei State also died by itself! ”

……

Zhang Liang talked about it, although he lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, he had a particularly thorough analysis of the general trend of the world and the situation of various countries.

And he didn't avoid the important and trivial, and also talked about the shortcomings of the Xia Kingdom, but overall, the current Xia Emperor's governance methods are the best among the Seven Kingdoms, otherwise he would not have spent more than twenty years to govern the barren Great Xia so prosperously.

In the end, Zhang Liang smiled and said: "The death of the Yuan State and the Wei State is the situation. At that time, it will be Xia and Qin. As for who can win the unification of Shenzhou, Your Highness, this question should be answered by Your Highness! ”

Xiao Rui also smiled, nodded and said, "Listening to the words of the ovary is better than reading a book for ten years!" With the ovary by my side, the changes in the world in the future will also be witnessed by you! ”

"Fortunately, I didn't lose my life!" Zhang Liang got up excitedly and bowed his hand.

Xiao Rui helped him up, looked at him and laughed.

Next, Xiao Rui ate coarse tea and light rice here, and was ready to return to Kyoto, while Zhang Liang was alone, with only one scholar, and he started his journey at thirty, and his heart was also very turbulent.

The next day, everyone returned to Kyoto, Xiao Rui took Zhang Liang to see Guo Jia and Jia Xu, the three strategists said a few words, and they sympathized with each other, well, and put Xiao Rui aside, making Xiao Rui quite bored, so he could only return to the palace.

When I returned to Kyoto, I heard that I was not in the Yangxin Palace, and when I asked, I learned that the queen Zhou Xiangyun was sick and bedridden, after all, she was the queen, so Her Majesty also had to visit.

Since the assassination of the King of Chu, coupled with the accident of the Zhou family, it has dealt a great blow to Zhou Xiangyun, and there are signs of madness when I hear that the little queen Yan.

You can't live if you do your own evil! Xiao Rui didn't have any pity.

His Majesty was not there, Xiao Rui didn't bother to review the chapters, he sat there comfortably, drinking the tea made by Yan Xiaoxiao himself, this is life!

"The little brewed tea is delicious!" Xiao Rui praised.

Yan Xiaoxin was careful with a smile, smiling like a flower, and said: "Your Highness likes to drink it, Xiaoxiao has been making tea for His Highness!" ”

Xiao Rui nodded and said, "Okay!" That's it! ”

Yan Xiaoxiao nodded again and again, and said obediently: "Hmm! ”

While speaking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and I saw Emperor Xia enter the palace, followed by a person behind him, King Ruyang!

Seeing King Ruyang, Xiao Rui's eyes were stunned, and then the smile on his face became even worse.

"Father, Lord!" Xiao Rui stood up and saluted.

When King Ruyang saw Xiao Rui, he smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Emperor Xia sat on the dragon chair and said, "There are no outsiders, let's all sit down." ”

"Yes!" The two of them answered and sat down.

Emperor Xia said: "Prince, King Ruyang hurriedly entered the palace this time because Emperor Zhao sent a group of Jiuyin forbidden troops to secretly lurk in Kyoto and try to assassinate the emperor's relatives. In order to avoid startling the snake, the king of Ruyang specially entered the palace to prepare, ready to think of a foolproof plan to catch the other party. ”

Xiao Rui already knew about the collusion between King Ruyang and King Duan Xiao Feng, and Xiao Feng colluded with Zhao Guo, King Ruyang must also know it, so he must have a big conspiracy to come to this thief to catch a thief now!

Xiao Rui pretended to be angry and said: "Emperor Zhao is really insidious, he is the king of a country in vain!" Fortunately, this time the prince found out about his trick, otherwise it would be troublesome. By the way, that's how the prince discovered? The Nine Yin Forbidden Army is hiding and hiding, and the process of being discovered by the prince is bound to be tortuous and exciting, can you tell me and listen to it? ”

King Ruyang smiled: "I disappointed the prince, there are no twists and turns, just coincidences." Recently, the guards in my house noticed that someone was peeping, so I sent a master to follow, discovered the secret of the peeper, and then secretly monitored for many days before discovering their plot! After it was confirmed, he hurried into the palace. ”

Believe you, you rough old man!

During this time, Xiao Rui has not moved the king of Ruyang for a long time, firstly, he has just become the crown prince and wants to keep a low profile for the time being, and secondly, because of Xiao Qingqing. originally thought that Xiao Feng would be honest when he left Beijing, but now it seems that this guy's hands and feet will not stop.

Only, what is this old guy's intentions?

When Xiao Rui was thinking about it, Emperor Xia said: "Since the national war has begun, Kyoto should also strengthen its vigilance, and the sea companion will give the order to the patrol battalion, so that the patrol battalion can strengthen the defense of each city gate, and the people are not restricted from going out of the city. ”

"Yes, slave understands." Hai Dafu said respectfully.

Although this method will cause the people to be nervous, it can play a great role in warning, since the increased vigilance of the people also deters the assassins in the shadows.

At this time, the King of Ruyang took the initiative to answer and asked, "Your Majesty, did you notify the patrol battalion to round up this group of Zhao State assassins, or Jinyi Wei?" The minister suggested that it should be solved quickly, and the round-up should be made as soon as possible, and changes would occur later. ”

Emperor Xia nodded and said: "Let the deputy commander make Mu Chen take the Jinyi guard to round up, and the patrol battalion will be on guard on the periphery, and all must be captured, if there are those who resist vigorously, there will be no forgiveness!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister recommends himself! I ask Your Majesty's permission to allow your ministers to participate in the round-up. King Ruyang stood up and clenched his fists and pleaded.

Emperor Xia seemed to think of something, and said: "It's difficult for you, I am approved, and you will preside over this round-up, and the Jinyi Guard and the patrol battalion will be dispatched by you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." King Ruyang looked emotional and said in a deep voice.

Xiao Rui looked confused, what kind of dumb riddle did the two play?

Subsequently, Mu Chen entered the palace to receive the decree, and went out of the palace with King Ruyang to plan the round-up.

Xiao Rui hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "Father, is there an enmity between King Ruyang and Zhao Guo?" Why are you so keen on round-ups? ”

Emperor Xia sighed and said, "These are all old things... You should know that the king of Ruyang has no children under his knees, and only one daughter, the county lord of Lanling. ”

Xiao Rui nodded.

Emperor Xia continued: "Actually, King Ruyang once had an heir, but unfortunately he was killed by the assassins sent by Emperor Zhao... Back then, the king of Ruyang was the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and there were too many enemies, especially Zhao Guo, who was beaten like a lost dog, and Emperor Zhao would now send someone to assassinate him, which he used to prefer. Therefore, he directly sent the dead soldiers to attack the mansion of the king of Ruyang, although there were a large number of guards to protect it, but in the end, the dead soldiers seized the opportunity and captured the children of the king of Ruyang. During the pursuit, the child was killed by the angry dead man, and finally jumped into the cliff with the dead man, falling into a bloody blur, and the child's body was nowhere to be found. ”

After listening to His Majesty's eloquent words, Xiao Rui was surprised.

If this is true, then King Ruyang and Zhao Guo should have a hatred that shares the sky, so how could he collude with Xiao Feng and seek skin with Zhao Guo and the tiger?

It shouldn't be!

"Father, the son of the King of Ruyang was really killed?" Xiao Rui shouldn't have asked this sentence, but he couldn't help but ask.

Emperor Xia took a deep look at Xiao Rui, nodded, and said, "The person who pursued the dead back then was the Marquis of Zhongyong, and he saw the dead soldier kill the baby with a knife, how could it be fake?" ”

Xiao Rui did not continue to ask.

He was not sure of His Majesty's attitude towards King Ruyang, and it stands to reason that he was very trusting, so if he revealed the meaning of slander, His Majesty would think too much. Although His Majesty is optimistic about being the crown prince and has already set himself up as the prince, he can't do anything nonsense, which will damage His Majesty's trust and respect.

So it's up to you to investigate!