Wei Ying understood in his heart that this was the real beginning, and he smiled calmly: "A man who is full of knowledge, why did he come up with such worldly words? The mediocre are content with the world, and the scholar is indulged in what he has learned. If you keep this mentality, today is still the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Taishi should know that the three generations of Yao Shunyu have different systems, and the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants have different methods. The world changes, changes make strong, and strong advances. In the way of governing the country, the virtuous and brave create the law and establish the system, and the mediocre follow the old ways. The innovator lives, and the old one dies. The Qin State has followed the old system for hundreds of years, and has it been rich or strong? Or did you keep the land? ”

"Definitely." Gongsun Jia said lightly: "Taishi's intention, once the law is changed, the government and the opposition will be turbulent, weakening the country's combat strength, and if there is a war, there will be a danger of losing the country." How should Keqing respond to this? ”

His clever introduction of the topic of old-fashioned innovation to the future of the rise and fall of which no one can bear the responsibility for the crime is obviously a serious challenge.

Wei Ying said without hesitation: "First, the turmoil caused by the change of law is a conflict of interests, and proper laws and regulations can quickly quell the conflict and stabilize the people. This temporary upheaval is not a civil strife in the country, and it will not lead to the paralysis of the country's combat strength at all. On the contrary, changing the law can quickly increase the country's combat power in a short period of time. Second, after the collapse of the plot of the six eastern states to divide the Qin in the Fengze Alliance, Yan and Zhao were busy robbing Zhongshan State, Korean Qi State was changing the law, Chu State was busy preventing barbarian rebellion in the south, and Wei State was busy moving the capital to Daliang. Martingale asserted that there would be no major invasion of Qin for at least three years. Third, even in the event of an unforeseen crisis, the new law rewards agriculture and military merits, which can only enable the common people to fight bravely, so how can there be any risk of weakening the combat effectiveness? Moreover, all the nations have changed their laws, and all of them are strong. Why did the Qin State change the law, but you were worried about weakening the national strength? The meaning of the drunkard, is it really drunk? ”

This question, the sharp edge pointed directly at the secretive changes of the law, plus the previous three solid analyses, Gan Long and Gongsun Jia suddenly felt embarrassed.

Suddenly, "Smack! With a bang, Du Zhi took the case, and the halberd pointed at Wei Ying and said angrily: "Wei Ying, you can't come up with a way to pollute people's hearts, how can this be reasonable?" The ancients said that they could not change the law of 100 profits, and they did not change their equipment if they did not work ten times. If you want to change the Qin law, how much benefit can it bring to the Qin State? It's not that scholars lobby and confuse the public, but let me take the risk of losing the country! If you can't change the law, you pull your legs and slip away, who will clean up the mess?! ”

The atmosphere in the government hall suddenly became tense. Du Zhi stood tall, Ganlong Gongsun Jia was expressionless and silent, and Meng Xibai and the three of them were pale, as if they were ready to pounce on the sword guard martingale at any time. At this point, Wei Yan didn't need to speak, he stood there calmly, looking at Du Zhi with contempt.

No one in the political hall spoke, obviously waiting for Qin Xiaogong's decision. However, Qin Xiaogong was also silent, and he didn't mean to speak at all.

Zuo Shu Changying reverently held the long sword that could not be separated, slowly stood up and walked in front of Du Zhi, and sneered: "Taimiao Ling, a minister, with the heart of a villain, guesses the mind of the countryman, isn't he afraid of the shame of the world?" Mr. took the strong Qin as his own responsibility, ventured into Qin, braved the wind and rain, visited the Qin country, and the heart of the fist made people cry. Can you do it? Who in this room can do that? Who has ever been to a wilderness village? Who can sleep with the people? Who has traveled all over the pass fortresses of the Qin State again? Say, who can do that?! With such a high style, how can he pull out his legs and slip away? We were born as the descendants of the old Qin, and we didn't want to be ashamed, but we poured the rotten water on Mr. in order to steal peace, where is the conscience? ”

Ying Qian took a heavy breath and said fiercely: "I want to tell you that Mr. Tianci Yu Qin is the blessing of my Qin country, and it is a good omen for my Qin country to be out of the world!" Talking about politics is talking about politics, who dares to slander Mr. for no reason, I will be the first to spare this long sword! The words fell, and he pulled out his long sword, and the white light flashed, and the wooden case in front of Du Zhi was broken in half with a "click"!

Qin Feng secretly applauded in his heart, he wanted to make a move, but at this time, his position in the court, whether it was his title or prestige, was not enough to convince the public, so it was the best choice for Zuo Shu Chang Yingqian to make a move.

Du Zhi was so frightened that his face turned blue, and he stood there stunned and didn't dare to move.

The courtiers were also shocked by the awe-inspiring majesty of the pious courtiers, their faces were red and their hearts were beating, and none of them spoke.

Everyone understands that Ying Qian, as the brother of the monarch, the commander of the three armies and the commander of the left who holds real power, his strength is almost half of the strength of the Qin State.

And Ying Qian has been a famous warrior of the Qin army since he was a teenager, with a deep and violent personality, and rarely has attacks on weekdays, but once he has an attack, he has always dared to act like a thunderstorm and is reckless.

Everyone knows that in a fierce battle with the Wei State, his son lost the camp without obeying the order, and he was furious and cut off his son's head with a sword! Kill three more commanders in a row!

Fang Cai's sword didn't slash at Du Zhi, it was already Du Zhi's luck, who would want to hit this Thor's fire?

At this time, Gongsun Jia said with a solemn face: "Zuo Shuchang's words make me feel guilty. Gongsun Jia thought that the plan described by Keqing was indeed not bad, and the courtiers of Qin State should fully support the change. ”

Gan Long coughed and said in a hoarse voice: "It's a good thing to change the law, how can there be any objection?" ”

When Du Zhi saw it, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Du Zhi lost his temper and apologized to Mr." As a descendant of Lao Qin, Du Zhi should change his mind and support the change. ”

All the ministers in the government hall echoed in unison: "The ministers support the change of the law." ”

Qin Xiaogong got up from his seat solemnly and looked around the political affairs hall, "Since the ministers have no objections, this duke is determined to change the law in the Qin State." So saying, he walked down the steps, through the corridor where the courtiers were seated, and came to stand in front of the stone tablet behind the pillar of the government hall. The ministers also rose from their seats and came to the stele. But I saw the two big blood characters in purple and red on the majestic monument - national shame! It's shocking.

Qin Xiaogong pointed to the stone stele, "Ladies and gentlemen, this national shame monument is a sign of shame for the old Qin people and the old Qin country. In order to rebuild the Qin State, this duke swore with the courtiers in front of this monument of national shame: change the law with one heart, wash away the national shame, if there is a different heart, heaven and earth will not tolerate it! ”

The ministers chanted in unison: "Change the law with one heart, wash away the national shame, if there is a different heart, heaven and earth will not tolerate it!" ”

Qin Xiaogong: "From today on, this prince worships Wei Ying as the head of the left, presides over national affairs, and implements law changes. Ying Qian was reappointed as a general. ”

After speaking, he took the copper plate with the seal of Zuo Shu from Hei Bo's hand, bowed deeply to Wei Ying, and held it in front of Wei Ying with both hands.

Wei Ying solemnly bowed deeply to Qin Xiaogong and took the copper plate of the seal letter. Qin Xiaogong untied the long sword at his waist and looked around at the ministers, "This is the golden sword of Zhenguo left by the ancestor Mu Gong, and the order refers to it, and those who disobey will not be forgiven." This prince today gave this sword to Wei Ying to change the law, and those who spoil my plan to change the law, although the clan relatives of the public family, act according to the law, and judge the crime according to the law! After speaking, the golden sword "clicked" on the large copper plate in Wei Ying's hand.

For the first time, the ministers saw the king so deep and intense, and there was silence, and only the sound of gasping could be heard.

Wei Ying held the bronze plate of the seal sword, and said loudly: "Wei Ying is entrusted by the king, and he should sacrifice his life and forget his death, and implement the law change." The Qin State is not strong, and he vows not to give up! ”

The ministers seemed to wake up and echoed in unison: "The Qin State is not strong, and I will not give up!" ”

On March 20, the wind and the sun were beautiful, and the south market was much more lively than usual.

Nanshi is a large market for the trading of agricultural and animal husbandry goods under the inner city wall of the south gate of Liyang.

To be honest, it's just a relatively open square. There is a wooden fence gate at the entrance of the market, and the two big black characters in the center of the gate - Nanshi.

Entering the gate, tents are lined up, crowds of people are crowded, livestock, mountain goods, farm tools, leather goods, pottery, homespun cloth, vegetables and grains are spontaneously mixed under various dilapidated big tents.

Occasionally, there are bright and new leather tents, and the big sign at the door reads "only sell, not change", which is the account of oriental merchants. Only a small number of well-dressed "countrymen" entered and exited this kind of big tent, using copper coins, iron coins, or knife coins to buy goods.

Most of the peasants and herdsmen walked into the dilapidated tents of Qin merchants and government officials and merchants, bartering, or exchanging a wild sheepskin obtained from hunting for a few clay pots, or exchanging a few eggs for a half-blue sunflower, or exchanging a homespun cloth for a ewe.

However, most people trade all kinds of things for food and farm tools. Qin people agricultural proverb, "March to the market, grain agricultural tools." "The harvest of May is approaching, the farmer's family's annual grain stock is also at the bottom of the urn, and the broken farm tools used in spring ploughing are also in urgent need of renewal or repair. If you don't change some food, don't repair and update farm tools, how can you have time to do such things when you are busy with harvesting?

Nanshi is not a stable commercial market. The Qin people called it a "big set", and the listing and trading was called "catching a set". The so-called "set" is a simple market that has been agreed for a long time and is regularly traded in a certain place.

In the early Warring States period, due to the backwardness and poverty of the Qin State, there was no stable commercial metropolis in the country, but only a market where each county town traded regularly.

Even the national capital of Liyang mainly relies on the market for exchange, and the daily market is extremely deserted.

Because it is the national capital, the South Market Market has become the largest market in Qin, once every ten days, every ten is the market.

On the day of the market, it is not only a major event for the people in the city, but also a grand event for farmers, hunters, herdsmen and herdsmen within a radius of tens or even hundreds of miles.

The big set on March 20, just before the busy May season, is doubly lively. From the morning, the people from near and far will flock into the south gate of Liyang City in an endless stream, and by noon, the market is already crowded with people.

At this time, there was a small commotion in front of the official shop in the center of the market, and many people rushed over to see the excitement.

The official square is a bluestone wall where the government hangs notices, more than one zhang wide, eight or nine feet high, and there is a circle of wooden fences outside.

On normal days, the government's various orders and proclamations about the city are hung on the stone wall, and two scribes are guarded next to them, who are specially read and explained to the people.

When the day came, the scribe put away the proclamation and hung it up again on the next day. For some shrewd farmers and animal husbandry hunters and Liyang people who know a few big characters, the official square of Nanshi is a place they pay special attention to.

Today, there is no proclamation in Shifang, and naturally no one is watching and discussing.