Xinzheng.

In ancient times, it was called "Arikuma" and was settled by a tribe called "Arikuma". It is an ancestor of the Chinese bloodline who was born in this Xiong tribe, this person surnamed Ji, Xuanyuan, also known as the Yellow Emperor, and Emperor Yan are called the ancestors of China.

Later, during the Emperor Yu period of the Five Emperors, the Emperor Yu sealed Chongli and Wu Hui brothers in this place successively, and gave them the name Zhurong. And the direct descendants of Wu Hui of the Zhurong clan are the current Chu royal family - the Xiong clan.

Therefore, Xinzheng has two nicknames, namely "the ruins of bears" and "the ruins of Zhurong". It is not only one of the origins of the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization, but also the earliest birthplace of the Chu State.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Xinzheng was first owned by the State of Yi, and later became the capital of the State of Zheng.

In 376 BC, Korea destroyed the state of Zheng and completely annexed the entire state of Zheng. A year later, the then Korean monarch Han Aihou moved the capital from Yangzhai to Xinzheng, and more than 100 years have passed.

It was precisely because of the annexation of Jeongguo that Korea's strength increased greatly, and it became one of the Seven Heroes during the Warring States Period.

But after the annexation of Jeong-kook, South Korea's geopolitical disadvantages began to slowly manifest itself.

There is a saying in the game of Go: "Golden horn and silver edge, grass belly." ”

Specific to the world in this game of chess, Qin, Chu, Zhao, and Yan each occupy a golden horn, although Qi has only one east, but it is also a silver edge.

Only Korea and Wei, both of which are in the land of the four wars in the Central Plains, are out-and-out "grass belly".

Wei is okay, after all, when the Jin State was divided, Wei benefited the most, and in the early years of the Warring States Period, because of the foundation laid by Li Kui's reform and Wu Qi's reform, it quickly became strong and became the first hegemon of the Warring States, and had a good time of fighting invincible opponents all over the world for a while.

And what about South Korea? Although South Korea has also carried out the Shen Bu Harm Reform, although Shen Bu Harm, as the master of the Legalist power and technique, has indeed helped South Korea to become stronger, this kind of strength is extremely limited.

The combination of various factors led to the fact that South Korea played the role of a hegemon's follower for most of the hundreds of years during the Warring States period, and was the only country among the Seven Heroes that had never become a hegemon, and the most powerful contender for the penultimate position.

Due to the successive wars against Qin, although the city of Xinzheng is still a first-class Warring States city in terms of area, the prosperity of the city is obviously not as good as before the war, and even many places have begun to show a sense of desertion, especially in the palace.

The owner of this palace is naturally the Korean monarch who has been reigning for ten years, Han Wangran (Han Henghui Wang).

Han Wangran is nearly forty years old this year, dressed in a blue-gray regular dress, wearing a crown, and the most obvious thing in his long face is the pair of shining eyes, revealing a somewhat shrewd look.

In the midst of this autumn gloom and desertion, a high-spirited envoy of the Qin State came to the palace city of Xinzheng, raised his head high, and said these words to Han Wangran, the true owner of this palace.

"King Han, the king of my family has an order, ordering South Korea to order 50,000 troops on the same day, and under the control of General Sima Jin of Yewangcheng, send troops to attack Zhao! If not, King Han should know the consequences! ”

These words were straightforward, full of the domineering and majesty of a great power, and in his words, he did not regard Korea as the hero of the Warring States equal to the Qin State, so that even a single envoy in this area was arrogant.

Han Wangran's eyes showed a trace of anger, but this anger only flashed in his eyes, and after a while, the smile instantly covered Han Wangran's face like a creeper in spring, and even the tone of voice when he spoke sounded so like a spring breeze.

"The order of the King of Qin is known to few people. The envoy and please wait in the pavilion for a few days, and the widow will send troops to Zhao in a few days. ”

"No need!" The envoy of the Qin State flicked the sleeves of his robe: "I came to pass on the king's order, and now that the matter has been completed, I should return to Xianyang to resume my life." King Han is so self-conscious, don't miss the future of South Korea! ”

After saying this, the envoy of the Qin State turned away, but he didn't give Han Wangran the slightest affection, leaving only Han Wangran, who was pale, sitting alone in the palace, full of jealousy and gritting teeth.

There's no way, who made the Qin State the first male country today, and South Korea is just the penultimate number one who has been repeatedly defeated in front of the Qin army's soldiers and survived?

As the king of the mountains and forests, will the tiger be kind to a wild dog who bows down to his ears?

Weak country, no diplomacy!

After the envoy of the Qin State left, the enraged Han Wangran smashed everything he could grasp in his hands.

The next day, Han Wangran issued a mobilization order, and the whole country of Korea began a general mobilization for war.

But the envoys to Xinzheng were not the only ones in the Qin State.

Three days later, a secret letter from the palace city of Handan of Zhao was quietly sent into the palace of Xinzheng and delivered to the hands of the current Korean monarch Han Wangran (Han Henghui Wang).

This letter was followed by a messenger from Handan.

Former South Korean Shangdang County Guard, now Zhao Guohua Yangjun - Feng Ting.

Feng Ting stood in the main hall, looking at the familiar monarch above, countless strange looks flashed in his eyes, and finally he leaned down deeply.

"Zhao Chen Feng Ting, I've seen the king."

Compared with the envoy of the Qin State, Feng Ting, who was the envoy of the Zhao State, was much better in terms of etiquette and attitude.

Han Wangran sat on the throne and looked at Feng Ting expressionlessly.

As we all know, in the history of South Korea, there has been a change in the law, and the person who led this change is the representative of the Legalist school of power - Shin Buxian.

Shen does not harm this person, and it can be said that he was the first person to systematically put forward the concept of "imperial mental art".

He believed that the monarch should rule by means of "seeing alone", "listening alone", and "making decisions alone", that is, "those who see alone are clear, and those who hear alone are wise." Those who can make decisions can be the lord of the world. Sovereigns should rule the world with the right opportunity, so a word is right and the world is determined, and a word is leaning on the world. "It is an out-and-out authoritarian dictatorship.

In general, those things like "Leadership" and "Thick Black Studies" in later generations are basically their ancestors who are not harmful.

To summarize the doctrine of Shen Bu Harm in three simple and direct words, that is, "scheming dog".

However, the limitation of Shen Buxiao's thinking lies in the fact that he overemphasizes and attaches too much importance to the way of playing with power, and focuses too much on how to control the bureaucracy, which is actually not the right path.

It is impossible for any eloquent monarch to reach the pinnacle of this world by relying only on intrigue and intrigues.

Shen Buxian's "power technique" emphasizes too much on intrigue and trickery, emphasizing "technique" over "law", invisibly ignoring uprightness and underestimating uprightness, and also leading South Korea to a wrong path.

It can be said that it is an extremely sharp contrast between South Korea, which "emphasizes art and ignores law", and Qin, which "attaches equal importance to magic".

It is precisely for this reason that although the successive monarchs of South Korea have strong control over the country, South Korea's national strength has not been able to rise, resulting in the position of sitting firmly at the end of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.

Even so, successive Korean monarchs still enshrined the doctrine of Shin Bu Harm as a guideline and practiced it, and Han Wangran was no exception.

So now, even if Han Wangran is no less shrewd than his father, South Korea can still only sit firmly in the penultimate position of the Warring States.

The shrewd Han Wangran looked at Feng Ting in front of him, and he was also quite emotional in his heart.

Feng Ting, loyal minister.

To be honest, at the beginning, the number one candidate Han Wangran wanted to send to replace Jin Huang was not Feng Ting, but someone else.

But those people all rejected Han Wangran's request, and some even fled with their families overnight after refusing, wanting to escape from Xinzheng.

Of course, all of these people who tried to escape were later beheaded.

The reason why this is so is mainly because although people in these years are actually not very face-saving, they pay attention to fame on the table, which is the so-called both being a bitch and setting up an archway.

As soon as this kind of thing that leads the Korean Shangdang County to surrender Zhao is done, he is a traitor in South Korea, and the reputation is really ugly!

So at that time, Han Wangran suddenly found that his imperial mind had suffered a setback.

Maybe Han Wangran's power skills can make the ministers dare not betray, but it can't make the ministers loyal to Han Wangran.

The only one who dared to come forward was Feng Ting in front of Han Wangran now.

Even Han Wangran knew very well in his heart that Feng Ting did not come forward because of loyalty.

Feng Ting was born in Shangdang County, so he hoped to save the Shangdang army and civilians by himself, so he accepted this task that was destined to be infamous.

As soon as he thought of this, Han Wangran's heart couldn't help but feel a little gloomy. Why is there a million soldiers and civilians in the widowed South Korea, but no one can be loyal to the widow with all his heart!

Countless thoughts stirred back and forth in Han Wangran's heart, but there was no expression on his face, his eyes were cold, and he slowly spoke.

"Feng Ting, you are a traitor to South Korea, how dare you return to Xinzheng, don't you think that the widow does not dare to punish the three clans!"

Hearing this, Feng Ting slowly flattened down, and glanced at Han Wangran calmly.

What even Zhao Dan didn't know was that in Feng Ting's heart, he didn't have much loyalty to Han Wangran.

In fact, not only Feng Ting, but among the ministers of the entire South Korea, there are few who can be loyal to Han Wangran.

The reason is also very simple, who would like a boss who knows how to play tricks every day, calculates this and that all day long, but does not focus on the development of the company at all?

Working under a boss like Han Wangran is not only precarious, but also the head may move at any time, so Han Wangran still wants to be loyal? It's a joke!

The reason why Feng Ting is willing to bear the infamy of this traitor is only because Feng Ting is a member of the party, and only because Changping, where Qin and Zhao's million-strong army are facing each other at this moment, is Feng Ting's hometown!

For the sake of his hometown fathers, Feng Ting can give up everything, and even sacrifice his life, what is the infamy?

It is also for the sake of his hometown fathers, so Feng Ting's heart is very clear that he will persuade the Korean monarch in front of him, who is focused on playing with power, no matter what, to contribute to Feng Ting's victory over Qin for Zhao State.

Otherwise, the entire Shangdang, including Changping, will fall under the rule of the Qin State!

Feng Ting took a deep breath and slowly spoke.

"The king's words are ridiculous!"