After eating in a hurry, the two of them discussed one by one around the brazier of the stove. When it comes to the final correction of folk customs, Xiaogong does not understand the bad habits of the old Qin people in the west.

Wei Ying told the story of his overnight stay in Shanhe Village and the story of bringing him out. Xiaogong couldn't help but sigh with emotion, there were tears in his eyes, and finally laughed again, raising wine to celebrate Wei Ying's deep exploration. Forgetting love, I don't realize that the red sun is coming to the window again.

Hei Bo was so anxious that he couldn't think about it, so he hurried to the back courtyard to report to the Queen Mother, asking her to try to let the monarch rest.

When the Queen Mother heard what Hei Bo said, she was angry and anxious, raised her feet and walked to the front yard, and when she arrived outside the corridor of the Armory Hall, she thought about it and stopped, and sent a maid to summon Yingyu, who was reading in the morning, and instructed: "Your eldest brother is crazy again, and he has not rested to talk to people for three days and two nights." I wonder if he has met a strange talent? I'm going to be disappointed. You go and see it, send some good food, mess with them, let them rest for a while, ah. Yingyu smiled mischievously and ran away.

In the courtyard outside the government hall, Che Ying, who had been on guard for three days and two nights, kicked his legs and yawned in the morning light, and then he collapsed to the ground and fell asleep, with the long sword pressed under him, but he still snored loudly. Yingyu walked lightly carrying a clay pot wrapped in cotton cloth and a small bamboo blue, and found Che Ying lying on the ground, snoring, shaking his head and smiling, bypassing Che Ying, and came to the hall of the political hall.

In the room, Qin Xiaogong and Wei Ying each wrapped a piece of felt and leaned on the wall, with a large picture on the carpet in the middle, and a few cups and plates in front of them were scattered, both of them had red eyes and blue faces, but their expressions were excited and excited, and they were not tired.

Yingyu knew the temper of her eldest brother and didn't dare to rush in, so she quietly stood and eavesdropped, looking for an opportunity to enter. I only heard a slightly hoarse voice coming from inside the room: "The foundation of a strong army is to reward the people." If you work without success, and if you fight without reward, you will have different hearts. I heard the old Qin folk song in Shanhe Village, 'There is no reward for merit, there is no success in the year, there is no help, and there is land that is difficult to cultivate'. The people's livelihood is resentful, how can they strengthen the army? It is to reward the ploughing battle and reward the strong soldiers! ”

Xiaogong interjected: "Don't worry, don't worry, you can recite that folk song again." ”

The hoarse voice said, "I'll sing it to you." As he spoke, he coughed, and sang in a low voice, and the melodious and sad song flew out of the door, "The fire flows in July, passing through my mountains." The daughter cultivates and weaves, and the man is a soldier. There is no reward for merit, and there is no ploughing for land. There is no help, and there are years without success. Go to the sky and forget yourself. ”

After the singing, there was silence in the room for a long time...... Yingyu was deeply moved by the song and couldn't help but burst into tears.

I only heard the heavy sigh of the eldest brother and the low sound of choking and wiping away tears. A hoarse voice said, "Why are you worried? But with the ambition to change the law, the general is worthy of the people of Qin and the ancestors of Sheji. ”

The eldest brother's firm and deep voice said, "Yingquliang is determined to change the law, please ask Mr. to take on the big responsibility for me." ”

The hoarse voice said: "The king believes in the martingale, and the martingale will never give up." However, the deeper the change, the more difficult and dangerous the road becomes. Martingale carefully studied the changes of the nations, thinking that at least three conditions were needed, but I wonder if the king can do it? ”

"Sir, but speak."

"First, there is a group of people who wholeheartedly support the change of the law and occupy important positions. Otherwise, if the law is not upheld, the order is not implemented, and the government and the opposition will be carried out, and it will become the end of the crossbow. ”

"But don't worry, sir. Yingqu Liang should do his best to weave strength for Mr. ”

"Second, the true law does not avoid the powerful. Once the new law is implemented, the whole country will obey the law. Even if they are relatives of the palace family, they are guilty of the same crime as the common people if they break the law. This is difficult for ordinary people to do. ”

"This is not difficult in Yingquliang. But talk about the third. ”

"Third, the monarch must have no doubt about the ministers who are in charge of the law, and they must not be provoked or dissented. Otherwise, the minister will die and the decree will collapse. For more than 300 years since the Spring and Autumn Period, all those who failed in the new coup d'état law were all suspicious of the monarch and ministers. If there is no knowledge of life and death, it is difficult to succeed in changing the law. ”

At this time, the wind blew the door open silently, and Yingyu quietly walked in and stood behind the two.

Duke Qin Xiao shouted, "Strong Qin is my lifelong dream." For this dream, Yingqu Liang died nine without regrets, and all difficulties are not enough to disturb my heart! Over the past 300 years, the heroes of the reform have all died unexpectedly, which is the crime of the monarch. You and I know each other, and in my life, I will never fail the king! ”

Wei Ying's eyes were moist, "Gong is like a green mountain, martingale is like a pine and cypress, and he will never live up to Qin." ”

The two of them held each other tightly with four hands, and suddenly two steaming rice wine stretched out in the middle, and they heard Yingyu laugh with tears: "Hot wine is bare-hearted, heaven and earth are proof." Qin Xiaogong laughed heartily, "Well said! Little sister came at the right time, come, do it! Wei Ying took the first jue and said with a smile: "For the sake of the strength of the Qin State, do it!" The two men collided and drank bitterly.

Yingyu looked at Wei Ying intently, and her face showed an innocent touch.

The upper-class clan of Liyang quickly spread the news: Qin Gong and Wei Guoshizi Wei Yang had been secretly discussing for three days and nights in a row, preparing to make a big move in the Qin State! For the first time, the Qin clan felt shocked and panicked, and they rushed to tell each other and talked about it.

Compared with the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, the number and power of the Qin clan were very small, and the scale of financial resources and private armed forces was even smaller.

If the old system was maintained, the Qin clan would have little threat to the government.

However, there are two outstanding characteristics of the Qin lineage, one is that the lineage has lasted for hundreds of years, and there are very few families that have been wiped out halfway; Second, they have commendable contributions to the country, and their first generation is often a great hero.

However, the clans of the six eastern countries have undergone destruction and regeneration in the more than 300 years since the Spring and Autumn Period, and the real old clans that have lasted for more than a hundred years have almost all been submerged, and they have been replaced by the new clans born in the new coup law.

Qin State is not, the Ying clan before the founding of the country was originally the old clan left by the Yin Shang, in the long-term contest with the western Rong Di, the power of the clan has always been the backbone of the Ying clan, and the level of generals and officials is almost the same as the clan layer.

After the establishment of the country as a great prince, many new clans were born in successive wars. Due to Qin's seclusion in the Western Regions and the contempt of the East, it rarely had close communication with the Central Plains countries, and there was rarely political turmoil in the country. In the history of Qin, except for Qin Xiaogong's father, Qin Xiangong, who succeeded in seizing power in exile, there were few major coups and economic turmoil.

Long-term domestic stability and long-term foreign wars complement each other, and war strengthens stability, and stability wins wars.

This is the mystery of how a poor and backward Qin State can stand side by side with the East for a long time.

Due to backwardness, poverty, stability, and war, the various disparities between the Qin clan and the rural common people are far from being as different as those between the eastern clan and the common people.

The casualties of the Qin clan in the war were no less than those of the common people, and there were no conditions for luxury in life. Once the war is in trouble, the common people of the world generally suffer and bleed.

All the children of the clan are young men in the army, fighting bloody battles, and any family can count hundreds or thousands of war dead in the past.

This small difference makes the Qin family have deep roots among the people in the mountains and wilderness, and in a sense, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are integrated.

It is this kind of stability and harmony that makes the Qin clan and the rural people have no strong desire to change the status quo.

There was no new landlord like the one in the East, nor did there be a class of scholars like the one in the East; Although the common people had complaints and grievances, there had never been a group of bandit rebellions like the almost equally backward Chu State, or a hundred workers uprising like Luoyang in the Zhou Dynasty.

For more than 300 years, the government and the opposition of the Qin State have not changed this desire of "being one poor and sharing weal and woe". This is true of the common people, and even more so of the people.

Now, under the bewitchment of a foreign scholar, the monarch wants to make a big move, can he not be shocked and in an uproar?

The first to spread the news was the West Arc of the right of the office.

This West Arc is a descendant of the famous general Xi Qishu during the Qin Mugong period, and can be regarded as a famous family of the Qin State.

Rong You is one of the generals of the Qin State Office's escort army.

West Arc is in his thirties and is unusually alert. He guarded the state palace and blocked more than 20 ministers for three consecutive days, so he naturally knew that these three days and three nights were extraordinary.

The first thing he looked for was his immediate boss, Wei Wei Che Ying, to listen to the tone.

Che Ying's position is higher than him, and he is also a descendant of the world, but his age, prestige and military merits cannot be compared with him, so he has no scruples when he speaks, and asks straightforwardly, "Dare to ask Wei Wei, the monarch and this white-clothed scholar have been talking secretly for three days and three nights, do you want him to change the law in the Qin State?" ”

Who knew that Che Ying replied coldly: "General Xiarc, you have a lot of things to think about, let's rest." Xi Arc touched a soft nail and went to talk to his "Meng Xibai" circle.

This "Meng Xibai" is very famous in the Qin State, and it is said that the three famous generals of Qin Mugong, Meng Mingshi, Xi Qishu, and Bai Yibing.

These three people have successively served as the commanders of the Qin army, fought together for a long time, and have a very good friendship, and have always been good friends.

After the death of the three generals, the three major families of Meng Xibai became family friends, and they have been married from generation to generation for a hundred years, and their marriages have become intertwined.

Among the three major families, although "Xiqi" is a compound surname, the old Qin people call it "Meng Xibai" according to their usual simple expression.

At present, the descendant of the Meng family is called Meng Kun, an official residence, and is in charge of the external affairs of Rong Di's contact. The descendant master of the Bai family is called Bai Jin, the official residence is on the right, and he is in charge of the charioteers of the Qin State.

Due to the gradual elimination of the chariots of the Qin State, among the three families, Bai Jin was slightly cold. Both the West Arc and Meng Kun occupy prominent positions.

Xiarc went to Meng Kun's house first, and then sent someone to invite Bai Jin.

As soon as Xi Arc said the news, Meng Kun and Bai Jinxian didn't care, changing the law is changing the law, what's the big deal? After saying that the law was changed by the West Arc, it suddenly dawned on me and felt bad.

But in addition to scolding that Wei Ying, the three of them don't know what to do?

West Arc is alert and proposes to go to see Doctor Gan Long and listen to his ideas.