Chapter 16 Striving for Reform
On this day, Wei Si was holding a national funeral for Hui Shi, and when he was preparing to offer incense, he suddenly saw Gongsun Xi running towards Wei Si with a sweaty head.
Gongsun Yan stopped Gongsun Xi:
"General Gongsun, what's the matter, let's wait for the king to finish the incense!"
Gongsun Xi said very anxiously:
"Gongsun Xiangguo, don't you know that now the Qin army, with Zhu Liji as the main general, has dispatched an army of 300,000 to approach the capital of the king of Zhou?"
Gongsun Yan asked:
"So what did South Korea do?"
Gongsun Xi replied:
"South Korea is to hold on to all cities, not to offend the Qin soldiers, and to guard Yiyang with heavy troops to monitor the next move of the Qin army!"
Gongsun Yan replied:
"Then the Qin State just wants to take revenge on Zhou Tianzi's support for our Hezong State when the Five Kingdoms invaded Qin, right? Now that the Five Kingdoms' invasion of Qin has ended, this matter naturally has nothing to do with our Wei State, just let the nearby counties along the line close the city gates to prevent the Qin army from raiding! ”
Gongsun Xi immediately said again:
"Gongsun Xiangguo, what you think is too simple, this time the Qin army is in the name of crusading against Zhou Tianzi, but in fact, it may be the intention of destroying the Emperor with a false way?"
Zhai Zhang also came over at this time and said:
"General Gongsun just said that the Qin army attacked Zhou, our Wei State must be cautious, think about it, if the Qin State is just to crusade against Zhou Tianzi, 70,000 soldiers are enough to level the Zhou royal family, but this time it dispatched 300,000 soldiers and horses, this motive is worrying!"
After Wei Si gave Hui Shi incense at this time, he walked over to Gongsun Yan and others:
"What were you just discussing?"
Gongsun Xi immediately reported the incident just now to Wei Si again.
Wei Si also remembered at this time, he had learned before, after the failure of the Five Kingdoms to attack Qin, the Qin soldiers immediately sent troops to retaliate against the Three Jins, and also defeated the Han Zhao army of 80,000 people in Xiuyu, because he had recently dealt with other domestic cumbersome matters, but he forgot about it for a while.
Thinking of this, Wei Si immediately understood Qin Jun's intentions at this time, so he hurriedly said to Gongsun Yan and the others:
"Now all of you immediately follow me back to the main hall for urgent discussion!"
After a while, everyone was summoned to the main hall, and at this time, there were obviously a few more unfamiliar faces in the hall, one was Chen Zhen who was left by Wei Si, and the other was Su Dai, who had just come to Wei from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to worship Hui Shi and was retained by Wei Si.
Wei Si first said to everyone:
"I just heard General Gongsun's report and knew that the Qin soldiers wanted to invade our Sanjin again this time, so I urgently summoned everyone over!"
Dr. Chen asked:
"But as far as the old minister knows, Qin Bing's target at this time can be cut down Zhou? It has nothing to do with our Wei State, and according to Lao Chen, I guess that the Qin soldiers sent these 300,000 soldiers and horses to take this opportunity to force Zhou Tianzi to sacrifice Jiuding, right? After all, this Jiuding is something that all countries want to get! ”
Dr. Li Qi also said:
"I agree with Dr. Chen, it seems that this matter has nothing to do with our Wei State now, and the Qin soldiers are traveling south of the Yellow River at this time, and they have not invaded the Hedong and Hanoi lands of our Wei State along the way?"
Wei Si glanced at Sun Yan, the prince of Xiangguo, and saw that he had been silent, as if he was thinking about something, so he was about to ask him, but he heard Su Dai speak on the side:
"Doctor Chen, Doctor Neishi, what you think is too simple, Qin Su is known as the country of tigers and wolves, just like what General Gongsun Xi said before, the Qin army must have the intention of destroying the city in the name of the false way, in fact, I guess the target is the national capital of South Korea, Xinzheng, or the capital of our Wei State, or the capital of Zhao State, Handan."
After Chen Zhen finished speaking, he also spoke:
"I think what Mr. Su Dai said is not unreasonable, since Zhang Yi entered Qin, the Qin army has never played cards with common sense, just like the previous several attacks on our Wei State, they all captured our Wei State city, and then returned it to us immediately, so this time we must be prepared just in case, I don't know when the Qin army will turn its head to our Daliang City!"
Gongsun Yan also spoke:
"Mr. Su Dai and Mr. Chen Zhen are right, after all, Luoyi is far from Xinzheng, the capital of Han, if you travel day and night, you can reach it in less than a day, and it will only take two days to reach our Daliang, and it will only take three or five days to go to Handan, but it will only take three or five days, so we have to quickly notify the allies of Han and Zhao to mobilize troops and horses to defend against the Qin army together with our Wei State."
魏嗣 says:
"Okay, since it has been agreed, the widow will now order someone to send the book to Xinzheng and Handan as soon as possible to inform the monarchs of the two countries.
After the waiter prepared the book and sent it out, Wei Si said:
"The widow still has a decision to arrange today!"
Seeing that everyone had their eyes on Chen Zhen and Su Dai at this time, Wei Si said:
"That's right, it seems that everyone has already received the news, the widow is going to announce today that he will appoint two talents who are willing to serve our Wei State as the important task of our Wei State, among which Chen Zhen will be the lieutenant doctor of our Wei State in the future, in charge of selecting talents and appointing talents, and promoting officials for the widows, Su Dai is the middle doctor, in charge of the etiquette of our Great Wei State, and assists Gongsun Xiangguo in handling diplomatic relations."
As soon as Wei Si finished the announcement, Dr. Chen, Dr. Li Qi and others stood up against it, only to hear Dr. Chen say:
"Hasn't the matter of selecting and appointing talents always been handled by the old minister? Why do you want to change someone else today, and this person is still from Qichu, aren't you afraid that this person is a concubine? ”
Li Qi also said:
"Yes, in the past, the affairs of the etiquette of the Wei State were handled by Doctor Uncle Yan, but why can't I see Doctor Uncle Yan today?"
Wei Si replied to Dr. Chen first:
"Doctor Chen, you are the elder of my Great Wei Dynasty and the commander of the widow, and now the widow is also to understand the busy business of the teacher, after all, you used to deal with the affairs in Daliang City, and you also had to teach the studies of the children of hundreds of officials, so the widow wants to reduce your burden, after all, you are also old, if the widow remembers correctly, you are now nearly seventy years old, right?"
Doctor Chen, at this time, seemed to understand what Wei Si meant, so he replied to Wei Si with some negative anger:
"Since you can be the master of the house now, you feel that the minister is old and useless, then please allow the old minister to resign and go home and retire for the rest of his life!"
Wei Si naturally knew that this Doctor Chen was saying some negative things and threatening himself, but his prestige in the court was too high, and he categorically couldn't agree to him like this, otherwise the Wei State would be in chaos, so he immediately comforted:
"Doctor Chen, can you be like this, you and Gongsun Xiangguo are the two pillars of our Great Wei Dynasty, and they are also the mentors of my Wei heir, the widow has no intention of being idle, but our Wei State needs strong and young people in the prime of life to revive, so I hope Doctor Chen, you can understand this king's decision!"
Dr. Chen replied very unhappily:
"Okay then, forgive the old minister for retiring first!"
Wei Si then set his eyes on Li Qi again:
"Doctor Li, you are the first king of the king, Li Kui, I believe you should be able to understand the heart of the widow to revive the hegemony of the Wei State by now, right?"
Li Qi replied:
"The old minister doesn't understand, after the uncle Yan is the Marquis of Wen, my king's only cousin, is diligent and diligent in the charge of the sect's etiquette, and has never made any mistakes, and you actually deposed him like this today, which can't help but chill the hearts of our old ministers!"
After saying that, he left the main hall with the other ministers.
At this time, in the entire hall, there were only six people left, Gongsun Yan, Zhai Zhang, Gongsun Xi, Chen Zhen, Su Dai and Wei Si.
Wei Si walked up to Zhai Zhang and said to him:
"General Zhai Zhang, you are the Minister of State Zhai Huang, can you help me persuade Dr. Li Qi?"
Zhai Zhang replied helplessly:
"King, I can't do anything about this, how can I know how to persuade people as a general?"
Gongsun Yan suddenly said at this time:
"My king, since the courtiers are all against it, it is better to suspend the appointment of Chen Zhen and Mr. Su Dai for the time being!"
Wei Si replied angrily:
"If the widow has been subject to these people like this, what else will I do as the king of the Wei Kingdom, the widow must first rectify the court of our Great Wei State this time!"