Chapter 70: Ruins of Luoyang

After thinking about it for a long time, Pang Juan's ambition rose sharply, and he decided to personally lead 100,000 iron cavalry to fight a tough battle with the Qin State and destroy the main force of the Qin State in one fell swoop.

He has twelve points of confidence in his own rigorous training of iron cavalry combat power. But to fight a big battle, there must be an order from the king of Wei, but can the king of Wei agree to it?

For the first time, Pang Juan felt that he had lost his grasp of King Wei, and vaguely felt that King Wei seemed to be restricting himself. The Six Nations Alliance, the envoy was originally made by Uncle Acne; After the alliance, he also inexplicably shelved his proposal for rapid marching; The prime minister is obviously his own, but he is inexplicably blurred......

So, if he proposes to fight with Qin this time, will King Wei agree? Suddenly, he felt that it seemed inappropriate to always put forward his own plans on weekdays, and the other important ministers were always silent, and they would definitely do everything possible to criticize him behind his back.

This kind of criticism accumulates day by day, isn't it eroding his position in the eyes of King Wei bit by bit? It seems that the grand scheme of the future must be moved together by the conspirators. So what about this time? After thinking about it repeatedly, Pang Juan thought of Gongzi. He faintly felt that this seemingly heroic royal nobleman was jealous of himself and his influence on the King of Wei, if he could conspire with him, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?

It not only eliminated the jealousy of Gongzi, but also enhanced the feasibility of the plan and his position in the heart of King Wei? Okay, that's how it works.

Pang Juan is very proud of the move he thought of, and his power has changed, and his true colors are also.

Pang Juan Yin invited Gongzi Wei, enthusiastically put on a grand banquet for him, and sincerely put forward the willingness to conspire with Gongzi Wei to build the hegemony of the Great Wei Dynasty, and then carefully described the plan to fight with the Qin State, which was painstaking. However, Pang Juan couldn't have imagined that Gongzi Wei was noncommittal, but just laughed again and again, saying that the Qin State could destroy Rong Di's 80,000 army, which proved that the Qin State's combat strength still existed, and he should not be in a hurry.

Pang Juan's eyes widened in surprise, when he met the alliance, Gongzi Wei was much more fierce and determined than him to destroy Qin, and once upon a time it became a "Xu Xu Tuzhi"? Then, Gongzi invited him to evaluate a "first sword in eternity" with great interest. Pang Juan sneered: "The first weapon of the country, the good general Ruishi." Then he sat silently, disdainful of words.

Gongzi laughed and walked away. Pang Juan couldn't bear it anymore, and he was so angry that he overturned the long case.

Childe was so comfortable that he almost floated. How can it be so heavenly? He was worried about how to persuade the King of Wei to cancel the destruction of Qin, and the news of the failure of the Rongdi rebellion came, and he immediately had a justified reason.

He itched all day long for Pang Juan's indisdain for himself, and this Pang Juan warmly invited him to conspire with him and build a great cause with him. Originally, he only had a vague admiration for the prime minister's position, and he never imagined that it would be his turn to be the prime minister.

But it happened that Rong Di was defeated, and he insisted on persuading the King of Wei to postpone the dispatch of troops and be cautious, and the King of Wei praised his old Chengmou and expressed his readiness to make him the prime minister of Wei in person. It was all so smooth that he could not have predicted it, how could he not feel the favor of heaven for him?

Especially when he saw Pang Juan's humility and enthusiasm and concern today, how could he not laugh? What's more important is that when he became the prime minister, he could justifiably hand over the arms trading and salt and iron trading of the Wei State to Yiyuan, so that he could sit on half of Yiyuan's wealth without knowing it, isn't it wonderful?

With so many good things and such a full of comfort, Gongzi felt that he had to find someone to talk to. This person cannot be a temple friend, these important things are a secret to them; It can't be Mrs. relatives, etc., these big things are an aura of dignity for them.

Suddenly, he thought of Yiyuan, this person is a small country and a big businessman, secretive and understanding, and he will be his own source of wealth in the future, so he can use this to sell a big favor, killing two birds with one stone, and it is wonderful! He clapped his palms and ordered the elder of the family to immediately prepare a car to go to Dong Xiangchun to invite Yiyuan to come.

Half an hour later, the elder returned empty-handed, bringing back the news that Mr. Yiyuan had gone to Chu three days ago. Gongzi was stupid for a long time, and simply went to the Shushui River Valley to hunt.

Just when Gongzi Wei was excitedly searching, the bronze chariot had already approached the east gate of Luoyang City. On the carriage, the luxurious Xue State Grand Shang Yiyuan became a black-clothed Qin general Jing Jian, the jade-faced handsome servant driving the car also became a Qin knight with armor, and the other servant was also dressed in a Qin State military uniform, which was extremely powerful. The more than 20 guards behind the car were Qin State iron riders.

Yes, Qin Feng and Jing Jian had already left Anyi City three days ago, because they had something more important to do, and that was to rush to Luoyang, the ----capital of the Son of Heaven.

When Jingjian and his entourage could see Luoyang in the distance, it was midsummer morning. On the vast field, the grains are pale and yellow and the trees are verdant, but Luoyang City is like a declining old man curled up on the north bank of Luoshui, and there are no defenders on the arrow tower of the ancient and dilapidated city gate, only a faded "Zhou" character Daxu flag is lonely and lazy.

The official road outside the east gate was originally the hub of the world's thoroughfare, the carriages and horses are flowing day by day, but now it is a few cars and horses, the rammed earth avenue that was more than six zhang wide in the past has shrunk to the width of the wheel spokes, and even the tall greeting pavilion on the side of the road is also submerged in the swaying wild grass. Jing Jian couldn't help but feel a desolate and sour feeling in his heart.

The old Qin people have a special complex emotion for the Luoyang royal family. More than 300 years ago, at the critical moment when the Rongdi cavalry destroyed the Haojing princes and had no Qinwang, the old Qin people marched eastward, not only annihilated the Rongdi cavalry in a battle, but also escorted the king of Zhou Ping to Luoyang for six months.

King Ping of Zhou was grateful to the old Qin people for turning the tide, so he gave all the Guanzhong Basin, the foundation of the Zhou royal family, to the Qin people, and the Qin tribe, which had been wandering and turbulent for hundreds of years, became a first-class princely power in one fell swoop.

If it is said that the terrain is dangerous, it is far better than the four princes of Jin, Qi, Qi, and Yan. When King Zhou Ping canonized the Qin State, he once said with emotion, "Zhou and Qin have the same roots, and they are out of the Western Land, and the Qin State must be great in the world!" ”

For hundreds of years, even when the Zhou royal family was in decline, it never forgot any victory of the Qin state. Five or six years ago, when Qin Xiangong defeated Wei and captured his uncle in Shimen, the Zhou royal family also sent a special envoy to celebrate, and gave Qin Xiangong the most noble god of war dress - 黼黻.

It was the highest reward that Zhou Tianzi bestowed on the commander of the royal division who had returned from the great victory, with a huge battle axe embroidered with black and white silk thread, and a hollow longbow with a black and blue pattern that was almost in the shape of a "Ya". As for the old Qin people, in the Spring and Autumn Period when the royal power fell to the princes and fought for hegemony, although they also did a few things to challenge the royal power, they were small compared to other princes after all.

The Luoyang Zhou Dynasty and its own founding princes, the Qin State, have always maintained a long-standing courtesy and respect. It is a pity that since entering the Warring States Period, the Luoyang royal family has declined to only seven large and small cities, and the Qin State has become poorer and poorer, and the land has shrunk by half compared with the first feudal princes. The two old tribes that had risen in the west had both declined, and both were struggling on the verge of life and death.

Jing Jian and Qin Feng rushed to Luoyang from Anyi, and received a secret letter from Qin Xiaogong, informing him that the crisis of Qin State had been slightly reduced by the great victory in the west, and instructing him to quickly take Luoyang from Anyi to meet the King of Zhou to see if he could lend a batch of grain, salt and iron. At present, the Qin State has almost no allies among the Warring States and the princes in Shandong. The six major warring states restricted their own merchants from doing business with Qin, and the small and medium-sized princes were forced by the power of the great powers to dare not do business with Qin.

As a result, there was a long-term shortage of grain, salt, iron, and linen that the Qin State urgently needed. Only the Luoyang royal family and the Qin State have never severed contacts, and there is still a wisp of ancestral precipitation. Qin Xiaogong's idea was that the Luoyang royal family had no war consumption for a long time, and there was no need to pay tribute to other princes, and there might be some leftovers accumulated over the years, and they could borrow as much as they could, so as to accumulate a little strength to resist the upcoming attack of the Six Kingdoms.

Jing Jian had never been to Luoyang, let alone Qin Feng. The rumored Sanchuan Katatsu once left him with a heavenly Luoyang Wangji in his memory, leaving behind a glorious royal dignity and unparalleled wealth and wealth. When he was in Anyi in Wei, he imagined that Luoyang should at least be as prosperous as Anyi. Today, when he approached this great royal city, he almost didn't believe that the city in front of him would be Luoyang!

As a general in the army, when he felt that the aura of royal power had disappeared from a distant place, he could not have imagined that the ancient holy land of royal power would be so decayed and dilapidated. The Luoyang in front of him suddenly shattered a beautiful dream for him, and he suddenly felt empty. He sat down in the car and sighed heavily, tears pouring out of his eyes.

In accordance with etiquette, Jing Jian's chariot went to the state post house where the envoys were received to rest. This national post house is as deserted as a broken temple, with cobwebs and dusty cobwebs and barren grass. It was easy to find a white-haired and hobbling old official, no matter what the person said, he couldn't hear it, but he just hoarsely said in a hoarse old voice: "Doctor, Fan Yu." He's in charge. ”

"General, can this kind of royal family really lend grain, grass and weapons?" Qin Feng asked in a hoarse voice. The ruins of this Luoyang City far exceeded his expectations. Caught him off guard.

"Alas. Let's take it one step at a time. Jing Jian sighed.

Fan Yushang's name, Jing Jian knows. It was this Fan Yu who, with witty rhetoric, mediated three times to resolve the crisis of Wei, Chu, and Qi coveting Luoyang.

With him, maybe it's a little bit useful.

Jing Jian and his entourage went straight to Fan Yu's mansion. Fan Yu was very surprised, the Luoyang royal family actually had an envoy visit, which shows that there are still princes in the world who remember the Son of Heaven, isn't it a great thing?

Fan Yu enthusiastically arranged for Jing Jian and his entourage to live in his mansion, and then received a small banquet for Jing Jian in the main hall. When Jing Jian frankly presented Qin Xiaogong's letter and explained his intentions, Fan Yu was speechless in thought, and asked for a long time: "Dare to ask the Qin envoy, one, if there are utensils, how to transport them to Qin?" Second, if Zhou helps Qin, how can he repay him? ”