Xianyang.

Three days ago, a grand enthronement ceremony was held in the Xianyang Palace.

After this enthronement ceremony, because of the one-year mourning period of Qin Wangji's death, the original Qin prince An Guojun Zhao Zhu ascended the throne as the new Qin king, for Qin Wangzhu.

This was also the first secret court meeting held by Qin Wangzhu after his succession with the participation of many important ministers of Qin.

It's already summer, and even though Miyagi is located on a high platform, the scorching heat in the air still lingers, and people can't help but feel impetuous.

Qin Wangzhu sat on the throne, and his whole face looked somewhat pale, giving people a feeling that his body was not very good, which made several important ministers of the Qin State under him a little worried.

But what was completely different from his extremely pale face was Qin Wangzhu's expression that looked quite excited.

After waiting for so many years, the throne of Qin finally fell into the hands of the widow.

This feeling of being in power, the eldest and the second in the world, is really - wonderful!

Qin Wangzhu took a deep breath and made his words sound as calm as possible: "Zhuqing must have known the outcome of the battle of the Gaotang Dynasty. In Zhuqing's opinion, what should Great Qin do next in order to achieve the goal of rising again? ”

It sounds a little strange, Qin Guo has just suffered a few defeats, and finally stopped for a year, why did he start discussing the matter of fighting if he didn't continue to recuperate at this time?

This is actually related to the military merit system of the Qin State.

The military merit system was destined to be a highly expansive system from the beginning of its establishment, which was not determined by any one Qin monarch, but by the characteristics of the system itself.

At this time, there was no imperial examination, and the economic activities in the Qin State were not developed, so it was not possible for the commoners to enter the government or devote themselves to business.

But the problem is, if the people of the fart will always be the people of the country, then who is willing to risk their lives to fight for the king?

No one wants their children and grandchildren to be ordinary people who are bound to the land forever and live at sunrise, and everyone hopes that they can use their own struggles to make their families and future generations live a better life.

There must be a way to give civilians an upward path, so as to arouse their enthusiasm to fight for their country.

The military merit system is the answer given by Shang Ying to this question.

As long as you go to join the army to fight and get military merits, then the land country will give you, the money country will give you, and the knighthood country will give you.

In short, if the military merits are sufficient, whatever country you want will give you.

Military merit has become the only way for the vast majority of Qin people to rise except for a few top nobles.

No one will willingly risk their lives to fight for some illusory future on the battlefield, but if there is only one choice in front of them, then there is actually no good choice.

Therefore, the Qin state needs war, not only from the will of the monarch or the ruling class, but from the will of the people at the bottom of the Qin state.

When the military merit system has developed to the present, its beneficiaries have spread all over the Qin State.

Soldiers need to fight wars to become officers, officers need to fight wars to become generals, and generals need wars to be promoted to high ministers......

This is a force that even a monarch cannot disobey.

So the state of Qin had to fight.

And to win the battle.

Because according to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, if you lose the battle, basically there is no credit to be paid, and even the generals and officers who lead the troops will be punished.

It can be said that, apart from Zhao, Qin should be the country most eager for war.

Under such circumstances, the Qin State, which had just passed the period of national mourning, naturally put war on the agenda, and no one would have any objections.

War is inseparable from the vertical and horizontal, the envoy sent letters back and forth to negotiate, and then added the time to prepare for the war, basically another year passed, which is equivalent to two years of cultivation in the Qin State.

You must know that in the thirty-three years from 289 BC to the present, only two years of the Qin state have not been at war, and the other thirty-one years have been constantly fighting.

Two years of recuperation was already a very luxurious thing for the Qin State, which was known for its belligerence.

As soon as Qin Wangzhu asked this, Yangquan Jun Michen was immediately the first to stand up and said to Qin Wangzhu: "Great King, now that the Zhao country is powerful, it should be connected to all countries to resist Zhao." ”

After Qin Wangzhu ascended the throne, Mi Chen's sister Mrs. Huayang was named the king of Qin, so Mi Chen can now be regarded as a spring breeze and has a lot of influence in the political arena of Qin.

As soon as Qi Chen's words came out, they immediately resonated with many Qin ministers present.

Although Qin and Zhao have the same surname and have a good marriage, the ministers of Qin know very well in their hearts that if Qin wants to continue to become strong, it is a must to overthrow Zhao State.

The state of Zhao will not collapse, and the revival and rise of the state of Qin will be a mirror and a pavilion in the sky.

Qin Wangzhu bowed slightly, and agreed with Mi Chen's words: "Yangquan Jun's words have won the hearts of widows. It's just that this matter of resisting Zhao should be handled exactly? ”

Mi Chen said: "In the opinion of the ministers, the two countries of Qi and Wei have now suffered heavy losses in the hands of Zhao State, and they are forced to cede land and sue for peace, so they must have a grudge against Zhao State. Therefore, the king only needs to send an envoy to one of these two countries, and they will inevitably respond. In this way, the three kingdoms are in a row, and they only need to persuade Han and Yan to join, then breaking Zhao is just around the corner. ”

As soon as Qi Chen's words fell, there was a sneer next to him that couldn't be more obvious.

Qi Chen was furious in his heart, turned his head to look and found that this person was Cai Ze, sneered at the moment, and said, "Gang Chengjun, isn't he a high opinion?" ”

Cai Ze touched his beard and said with a smile: "I don't dare to take it seriously, but in my opinion, Yangquan Jun's strategy is a little too taken for granted." ”

Qi Chen's eyes were fixed on Cai Ze, his face full of anger.

Of course, Mi Chen knew why Cai Ze made sarcastic remarks, wasn't it because Cai Ze felt that Mi Chen had snatched the position of Xiangbang?

Over there, Cai Ze completely ignored Qi Chen's anger and continued to speak: "Now the two countries of Qi and Wei do hate Zhao State deeply, but the battle of the Gaotang Dynasty has proved that the Qi and Wei alliances are not the opponents of Zhao State. In this way, Qi Wangjian and Wei Wangyu must be timid, how can they be willing to attack Zhao again? If Qi Wei was unwilling to attack Zhao, then it would be impossible to talk about Lian Heng. ”

When Cai Ze said this, Mi Chen's complexion inevitably changed, and it took a long time before he said: "If that's the case, then what does Gang Chengjun think about Daqin?" ”

The subtext of Mi Chen is that you, Cai Ze, don't just say that I can't do it, put your own ideas out for everyone to hear.

Cai Ze was waiting for Mi Chen's words.

So after Mi Chen's voice fell, Cai Ze immediately spoke: "King, the minister has a strategy, if it can be done, then the matter of the countries even breaking Zhao is not empty talk." ”