Chapter Seventy-Three: National Shame
The days when the grass grows and the warbler flies are most suitable for three or five teenagers, riding horses in light clothes, and going out of the city together.
The spring glow is splendid, the green grass is full, the courtyard is surrounded by water, the flying flowers cover the trees, there are spring swallows frolicking in the distance, the geese return, there are talented and beautiful people nearby, ignorant children. Often the literati and also sing more about this, spring is coming, and the spring outing out of the city lives up to this good time.
But in the Western Qin Kingdom, there is no such affectionate and tactful, compassionate Tsing Yi scholar, for the old Qin people, a thousand words, it is better than a secluded Qin sword on the waist and a hardwood Qin bow behind the back. The Qin people are not good at writing, but they are good at dancing and swords, so the spring is the day when the children of the Qin family go out of the city to hunt.
This year's spring has already arrived, and the snow on the castle tower of Liyang City has already melted, revealing large cyan stone slabs, accompanied by muddy roads from all over the Qin Kingdom, caravans loaded with countless goods have also arrived, and the lonely Liyang City has gradually become lively.
In previous years, the young people of the world who rode high-headed horses, bought all kinds of novelty goods along the street, laughed and scolded, and chased each other, but at this time, none of them were seen. However, with the long convoy with flags such as "Chen Cang" and "Qin" entering Liyang City, Liyang, which was already lively, suddenly boiled into the sky.
"Look, this is the convoy in Chencang County...", a middle-aged man on the side of the street pointed to the convoy loaded with countless goods not far away, and said to the person next to him.
"It's really magnificent." The other said, looking at the soldiers who were following on either side.
"Needless to say, the Chencang County Order beheaded 100,000 people, and also built a Jingguan, and the corpses were...", a man in burlap clothes compared to the person just now, how big is the 100,000 mass grave filled.
On the streets where the convoy passed, countless people of the Qin State crowded on both sides, pointing and shouting loudly. The shops along the street were also crowded with countless people at this time, looking at the long convoy with happy faces, and from time to time bursting into cheers of "Long live the Qin State".
The convoy in front of Qin was the convoy that delivered materials from Chencang County to Liyang City, and of course, there were also business trips from the Shu League to Liyang to do business.
Such a large caravan and such a big victory, the old Qin people have not seen it for a long time. Besides, after paying national taxes, all parts of the Qin State are self-sufficient, and there has never been a place to take the initiative to deliver so many goods to Liyang, how can it not be exciting?
The tall buildings erected on the street, the doors and windows that used to face the market, were also quietly opened at this time, and the people inside looked through the gaps at the endless stream of convoys below, dragging countless goods, and suddenly looked shocked, and then indignant.
"Alas, let this shaft become the climate...", an old man in gorgeous clothes, looking at the prosperity below, suddenly sighed. Five or six middle-aged people next to him who were also gorgeously dressed frowned when they heard this, looked at each other speechlessly, and shook their heads, at a loss.
At the beginning, Wei Kai was just a young man selling swords on the streets of Liyang, and he relied on some force to beat up the scoundrels, so he had some fame in Liyang City.
But who would have thought that in just three years, the ignorant young man relied on the importance of Gongzi Quliang to settle in the treasury successively, and proposed superb algorithms to solve the problem of account backlog;
Later, Zai Shaoliang offered a plan in the battle, defeated the Wei army in Hexi, and even was later given the identity of Keqing by the first king, and served as Chen Cangling at the age of the weak crown, becoming a local feudal official, full of strategy, the road of official career, and envy others;
Now it is even more in Chencang, with more than 10,000 troops, defeating the enemy who attacked several times, and slashing the generals and plundering the land, which can be described as a great achievement.
If it had been before, the people of the world would have argued that Wei Kai was just a favor from heaven. After all, the "Wei Kai algorithm" may have been passed down by his teacher, not created by Wei Kai; The battle of Shaoliang was also the battle of the Qin State and the cooperation of the whole country, which was not the work of Wei Kai alone.
But in the Battle of Changchuan, the Shi clan could no longer ignore the genius of this sixteen-year-old boy.
What Chen Cang is like, others may not know, but the old family of the Qin State knows it very well in their hearts. Not an inch of grass grows, and the deserted people are adjacent to the old capital of Qin, the most true portrayal of Chencang County.
But Rao is like this, Wei Kai only relied on 2,000 soldiers, through many obstacles, and easily entered the territory of Chencang, quelled the rebellion of the clan, recuperated, gathered the people's strength, and later led the old and weak soldiers to defeat the attacking enemy, which can really be described as a young hero.
But it is such an outstanding, unparalleled young hero, but he is the mortal enemy of the old family of Qin.
Whether it was the old clan gathering thousands of troops before, intending to attack and kill Wei Kai halfway; Not long ago, the Manchu clan united, together in the court, in front of the courtiers, counted Chen Wei Kai's crimes, and coerced the King of Qin to order Wei Kai to be killed, so as to make the people angry.
The contradiction between the old clan and Wei Kai cannot be resolved, either you die or I die. Although there is no large-scale battle now, the old clans of the Qin State all know that this struggle for life and death will completely break out sooner or later in the near future.
What's even more terrifying is that Wei Kai is only sixteen years old now, and in comparison, the person in charge of the family is already dying.
And among the descendants of the old family, there is no one who can be compared with Wei Kai, they only know how to walk dogs and ride horses, drink and gamble, that is, even if Wei Kai does nothing now, he can win without a fight if he waits for twenty years.
This made the old clan who saw that Wei Kai's power was getting stronger and stronger, but he couldn't do anything, how could he not be anxious?
So he began to order strict discipline of the children of all ethnic groups, hire famous teachers, and increase their talents, even if they can't be enemies at that time, but they are not powerless, and let Wei Kai slaughter them.
But now seeing countless convoys loaded with goods entering the city, those old clans who had been hit hard by Wei Kai's victory were once again shocked in their hearts.
Such a barren place in Chen Cang, in the hands of Wei Kai, can only be brought back to life in a year or two. Then when Wei Kai goes all out to deal with their old clan, won't it be able to capture them, even if they have passed away, I am afraid that the grave will not be stable at that time, and the ancestral spiritual position will not be stable.
"We have to find a way...", the old people who secretly watched the convoy along the street thought viciously in their hearts.
Full of strategy, there is a lot of talent in the belly, and there are talents that have passed through the heavens and latitudes, so you have to wait until you live to grow up completely, and you have to show them all, otherwise you can only lament your untimely death. From ancient times to the present, the Qin State does not know how many geniuses and talented people there are, but the Qin State is still the world of the old family.
Qin Palace, King Qin's study.
"The last general Wang Da, the villain Huang Xi visited the king."
Yingquliang, who was sitting in the hall, received a report from Wei Kaiyu half a month ago, saying that a large amount of materials would be transported from Chencang to Liyang in the near future to enrich the treasury of the Qin State.
At that time, Yingquliang was also happy to inform his eldest brother Ying Qian, Changshi Gongsun Jia, and Jing Jian of the matter, and several people were also very happy when they heard about it.
After all, the Qin family controls the economic lifeline, and the treasury of the state is often only enough for daily expenses, even if the new monarch has any good ideas, but there is no money and food to operate, so he can only watch the situation in the Qin State gradually decline in vain and try his best to alleviate it. But now, with this large amount of money and food, Yingquliang and them will not be so timid when they do things, and the Qin State Government can also have a comfortable year this year, and the officials of the various governments can also have the energy to continue to work hard for the Qin State. You must know that only when you have enough food can you have the strength to work.
Unexpectedly, only ten days later, Chen Cang's convoy rushed to Liyang City with the footsteps of spring.
Ying Quliang looked at Wang Da and Huang Xi who were tired in the hall, and immediately understood that the two of them had suffered a lot on this trip, so he hurriedly said to the Jing supervisor on the side: "Hurry up and serve a cup of hot wine and food...".
Wang Da and Huang Xi in the hall suddenly had tears in their eyes after hearing this, after all, the king in front of him, regardless of whether the huge amount of goods was delivered or not, he cared about his own nobodies, so he replied loudly: "Thank you."
A few glasses of hot wine, the two of them suddenly warmed their bodies, and then Yingquliang asked them some things, the two of them also knew everything, and said everything, and when it was noon, Yingquliang asked Jing Jian to take the two of them to dinner, and he stayed alone in the room, carefully reading Wei Kai's Chen Cang matters.
On the thick sheepskin, all the matters after Wei Kai entered Chencang were recorded in detail, from the appointment of Wei Kai's official government to the meals of the people in the countryside of Chencang.
However, what surprised Ying Quliang the most was that the troop allocation map of Chen Cang's subordinates was carefully marked with the number of garrisons and main generals in various parts of Chen Cang.
After a careful inspection, the mentally exhausted Ying Quliang sighed: "Mr. treats Quliang so sincerely, how dare Quliang live up to Mr."
Of course, Yingquliang also understands Wei Kai's good intentions, as the saying goes, you can see people's hearts over time, but you can also disperse people's hearts over time.
Chen Cang and Liyang, thousands of miles apart, a long time, coupled with the intentional or unintentional slander of the ministers of the clan, the mutual trust between Yingquliang and Wei Kai, even if it is strong, will be more or less affected.
Otherwise, the old empress dowager of Qin State would not have secretly persuaded Yingquliang to push Wei Kai out as a scapegoat when things could not be done. But the old empress dowager of the Qin State, doesn't she know that Wei Kai is dedicated to the country? Of course not, it's just that people often give up their distant nobility for the sake of what is in front of them.
After Chen Cang's business trip came, the people of Liyang City competed for all kinds of strange goods, and when the enthusiasm for buying and selling had not dissipated, a strange rumor suddenly exploded in Liyang City, completely making the Qin people crazy.
"Shameless ,...", Ying Quliang struggled to throw the bamboo slip in his hand on the desk, and roared angrily with a flushed face.
The general Ying Qian, the general of the court, the grandson of Changshi Gongsun, the general Su An of Liyang, the old lady Gan Long, Du Zhi and other major ministers of the Qin State also had ugly faces at this time and did not say a word.
It turned out that the Wei State sent envoys to Qi, Zhao, Han, and Chu in the previous day, inviting the kings of the four countries to meet in the Great Liang of Wei to discuss how to divide the Qin State.
The state of Qin, like the states of Shandong, was an authentic vassal state canonized by Zhou Tianzi. Now the despicable and shameless King of Wei, what reason does he have to gather other princes in Daliang for no reason to discuss the division of the Qin State, a big country, simply without putting the Qin State in his eyes, and not taking the Qin people in his eyes.
Moreover, the arrogant and rude King of Wei had just been defeated by the Qin people he had bullied, and as the victorious side, the Qin State did not ask the Wei State for property and land, but took the initiative to withdraw from the land of Shaoliang after the war.
Even if the Qin people were defeated and compensated, but before the two countries went to war, they couldn't wait, and came to humiliate the Qin State with the arrogance of the victors.
"Your Majesty, at this time, the nations are menacing, and your majesty has already made a final decision...", Gan Long frowned, looking at the Qin King Yingquliang, who was furious just now, with a gloomy face at this time, and said without saying a word.
Before Yingqu Liang could speak, Ying Qian on the side suddenly said loudly: "What are you discussing, mother, these six countries of Shandong have always looked down on my old Qin people."
Now that the alliance is coming to attack, my old Qin people are all iron-clad men, and it is a big deal to defeat the Qin State, and it is also necessary to beat the six countries to pieces", he took out the sword in his hand as he spoke, looked around at the people around him, and suddenly the sword light flickered, and the meaning of the decisive battle was unclear.
Seeing this, everyone in the hall did not speak, the situation of the Qin State is now very critical, the five countries are attacking, and the disaster of destroying the country is in front of them.
The whole country is fighting to the death, of course everyone present has no opinions, and now the five countries clearly do not take the Qin people in their eyes, how can the Qin people, who are full of blood and iron bones, endure it? Even if you fight hard, you have to pull the five countries off the horse;
However, if there is any way to resolve this crisis, it would be great, after all, as the saying goes, it is better to die than to live, and everyone is not agreeing, and it is not okay if they do not agree, so they are speechless.
"When does the Covenant start?" , Yingquliang, who was silent, suddenly asked the Jing Jian next to him. At this time, Jing Supervisor, who was also full of sorrow, hurriedly said, "Five days later."
As soon as the words fell, everyone's hearts sank, five days later, the Qin State would not be a country? The complexion suddenly became difficult to look at, and I didn't know what to say.
"After you go back, please immediately stop the spread of the rumors about the attack on Qin by the Five Kingdoms, and prevent the people from fleeing in large numbers in panic.
Big brother, I bother you to go to the front line of Chongquan, step up and stabilize the defensive line, if it is unstoppable, the troops of the five countries will attack from the east of our army, Yuezhongquan, and Zheng County...".
The ministers present were shocked when they heard what King Yingquliang of Qin said. Yes, these ministers, who have been through the vicissitudes of the world for a long time, are all frightened by the attack of the Five Kingdoms at this time; If those rural people heard about it, wouldn't they suddenly feel that the sky was falling apart and fleeing in a hurry? Then the Qin State will definitely be defeated without a fight.
Suddenly, one by one, they returned to the house with heavy hearts and went to settle the hearts of the people of the Quartet.
Looking at the minister of the clan who was pale and had a ghost in his heart and left at this time, Yingquliang also sighed in his heart, and his heart immediately became solemn again.
The Five Kingdoms are coming, the Qin State that has just improved slightly, and instantly fell into a desperate situation, if the Qin Guozuo, which has been inherited for hundreds of years, died at the hands of his Yingqu Liang, then what face does he have to see his father, the Qin State is the monarch.
Then he said in a deep voice to the Jing supervisor on the side: "For the matter of the Great Liang Alliance of the Wei State, strictly investigate."
When Jing Jian heard this, he immediately said in a loud voice: "No."
After everyone left, Yingquliang picked up the bamboo slips he had just thrown away, and said to himself: "Sir, sir, what should Yingquliang do?" ”
I saw that the bamboo slip that recorded the news of the Five Nations Alliance read: "....... The Great Wei attacked Qin, but Qin Jun secretly hid my Wei sinner, Wei Kai,.....".