The cold night followed the sunset, and the first winter snow slowly fell from the sky above Jingyang City like goose down, and soon piled up on the ground into a thick white quilt, as if to cover the filth of the world with its cleanliness and whiteness. The moonlight shone through the thin clouds in the sky on the snow, and the light spread out in all directions, illuminating everything around at once, as if it was calling the dawn in this cold night.

In a palace in disrepair, an old man with gray hair was lying on the bed, his face was haggard, his long hair was a little messy, and even his breathing was a little weak. The beating fires in the four stoves next to the bed make the whole room particularly warm, dividing the dormitory and the cold space outside into two worlds. The two young palace maids stopped and bowed their heads to the side, waiting for the old man's dispatch at any time.

Kneeling in front of the old man's bed was a young man who was upright and weak, and the young man was delicate and white, with a weak air. He lowered his head and frowned, his face sad and his eyes full of worry.

After a few even breaths, the white-haired old man struggled to get up, and the young man who was kneeling hurriedly got up and ran to the old man's bed, and helped the old man up with his hand on the old man's neck. Seeing this, the palace maid next to him hurriedly brought the futon and stuffed it in the gap between the old man's back and the head of the bed, and as soon as the palace maid stuffed the quilt, the young man put the old man down so that he could lean on the quilt.

After the old man who lay down again took a few breaths, he faintly ordered the palace maids: "You all stand down."

Hearing the old man's order, the two palace maids replied at the same time: "No!" Then he walked out of the old man's dormitory with small steps.

The old man looked at the young man with a slightly worried tone, because he was about to return to heaven, and he was not sure whether his only son would be able to sit in the place he had left him after his return. The old man said: "Wei Si, your father's time is running out, can you take on the responsibility after your father leaves?"

The worry about himself when the beloved monarch was dying made Wei Si sad in his heart, and he replied with a crying voice: "Monarch father ten thousand years, monarch father ten thousand years"

"I don't want to be lonely for 10,000 years, what I want is that you can pick up the burden of Weiguo after you return to heaven, so that Weiguo can survive forever in your hands, do you tell your father that you can take on this great responsibility?"

Seeing the young man's reaction, the old man was slightly disappointed, and said in a slightly reprimanded tone.

"Father, sons and daughters must make the kingdom immortal!"

The old man's reprimand inspired Wei Si's fighting spirit, and he shook off his sadness and replied confidently in his tone.

Seeing that Wei Si was full of fighting spirit and full of confidence, the old man was a little relieved and asked: "How can we ensure that Wei Guo will not be destroyed under the attack of Huai Guo and Hui Guo in the future?"

"Internally change the law to be strong, and externally welcome and take advantage of the situation"

The boy said.

Hearing Wei Si say this, the old man was surprised, he couldn't imagine that his only son, who didn't learn and only coveted pleasure, would have such an opinion, and asked excitedly: "Si'er, tell the monarch in detail."

"Father, now such as today's disputes and wars, since the implementation of the law change in the Xilongjing State fifteen years, from a poor and weak country bullied by the country to a strong country that stands out from the crowd, on the other hand, his country because of the old system and from the rich and powerful country of the year to the territory of only three percent of the weak country, the world is changing with each passing day, the pattern of the world will be redivided in 20 years, if the law is not implemented, the country will be swallowed up by the torrent of disputes in the world sooner or later. Wei is located between the two powerful countries of Huai and Huiguo, it is really a gap to survive, in order to ensure that the country is not destroyed, Wei Guo has to pay a large number of tribute to these two countries every year, which leads to the national strength of Wei has always been difficult to prosper. And the reason why Wei Guo can survive from the destruction of the Son of Heaven in Kyushu is really dependent on the position of the barrier, Wei Guo is between Huai and Hui Guo, just from the barrier between the two countries, there is Jing Guo in the west of Huai State, and there are countless casualties in the war between the two countries for many years, if Huai Guo has Wei Guo behind him as a barrier, he can prevent Hui Guo from sneaking up on Hui Guo when Huai Guo attacks Qiu State, because Hui Guo must borrow from Wei Guo if he wants to sneak attack Huai State. And Wei Guo will definitely not offend Huai Guo by borrowing the Tao to benefit the country, and if Hui Guo is destroyed because he does not borrow the Tao, Huai Guo will definitely come forward to stop it. Therefore, when Huiguo was still in its strong period, Huai would inevitably not destroy Weiguo. On the other hand, Huiguo is bordered by the East China Sea to the east, so there are no enemies to the east of Huiguo, and there is a kingdom to the north. There is also friction between Huiguo and Xiaoguo, and Huiguo also needs a barrier in order to prevent Huaiguo from taking the opportunity to unite with Xiaoguo to flank him when there is a war with Xiaoguo, and Weiguo is this barrier. Therefore, Huiguo will not easily destroy Wei when Huaiguo is still in its heyday, because Huaiguo will not agree. However, as long as either Huiguo or Huaiguo is weak, the fortunes of Weiguo are unpredictable, and Erchen thinks that Huiguo and Huaiguo will still be among the great powers in 40 years, and Weiguo will take advantage of the pattern of the world to take advantage of the momentum of Huai and Huai to stand shoulder to shoulder with the great powers within 40 years."

After listening to Wei Si's remarks, the old man was stunned, and his originally godless eyes suddenly came to the spirit, he looked at Wei Si, and said: "Si'er, what you said about changing the law is not an easy thing to do, Wu Daozi, who is a combination of soldiers and legalists, was killed by random arrows because of the implementation of the law change in the country, and the monarch of Ran State enabled Han Ming's law change, and finally the capital was broken and the monarch was captured and died, what should Wei Guo do if he wants to implement the law change?"

"Father, the country is a country of strength and prosperity, the old scholar clan of the kingdom is hereditary from generation to generation since the Son of Heaven divided the world in Kyushu, the scholar clan is more and intricate, and its power is also deep-rooted, Wu Daozi is too eager to change the law, and it is difficult to succeed if it hurts the interests of the scholar clan, and Wu Daozi finally ended up with a thousand arrows through the heart. Ran's change of law did not know how to converge and showed his power of changing the law, which caused jealousy and panic in other countries, and finally led to the joint attack of Ran, Hui and Huai, and Ran also ended up in the destruction of the country. The Wei State is different from the Xiao State and the Ran State, the territory of the Wei State is only 30% of the Huihuai and the real estate is scarce, far less rich than the two countries. There are only three old scholar clans in Wei country, our Wei clan, my mother's Min clan and Bai clan. If the Wei country changes the law properly or can benefit it, if the mother can persuade the Min family to support the change, the Bai family does not dare to resist although they have the heart of opposition. At that time, the law can be implemented"

Wei Si's remarks impressed the old man, and he was also happy in his heart, knowing that Si'er was by no means a useless person in the eyes of others. Then he said: "Si'er, your mother's Min clan has occupied half of the court, and it is difficult to say whether your mother will support you in changing the law after you ascend the throne, and your road to changing the law will be extremely difficult."

"Father, the sons know, but if they can keep the kingdom from dying of poverty in the future, the sons are willing to do their best."

"Si'er, it's not wishful thinking to change the law to be strong, you have to have the help of a virtuous minister who can affect the country, can you go smoothly, do you have a virtuous minister by your side?"

"Father, all the wise men in the world can be used by my country"

Wei Si swore back.

Hearing Wei Si's words, the old man was very curious, and asked with doubts:

"How do you use it?"

"Corporal Lixian, all the wise men in the world can be my teacher, all can be my master, all can be my relatives, and all can advise me in words and deeds"

"A good wise man in the world can be my teacher, all can be my master, all can be my relatives, and all can advise me in words and deeds! Son, everyone thinks that you are weak and powerless, lack assertiveness, have no ambitions, only care about enjoyment, and have no domineering king, and have always thought that you will be useless in the future, but the monarch has always understood in his heart that you are a good man, wise and foolish, introverted, and invisible. The humble opinion of others about you will surely make you a blockbuster one day. ”

"Father, the sons don't care what others think of the sons, if they can make the country strong and the sons are willing to be looked down upon by the world, they look down on the sons and daughters, and they can better bring the kingdom to strength"

"I know that my son has great ambitions, where will you take the kingdom of Wei after inheriting the unification?"

"Father, within forty years, I want to make the Wei Kingdom proud of the others, I want to be the king of the world in my lifetime, I want to turn the Wei Kingdom into a kingdom, I want to let the descendants of the Wei family rule the world in the future, end the disputes of these hundreds of years, end the wars of these hundreds of years, the world will no longer be miserable, and the people of the world can live and work in peace and contentment."

Wei Si's ambitious expression caused the old man to be very excited, he struggled to get up again, seeing his monarch struggling to get up, Wei Si hurriedly ran to the old man's side to help him up, afraid that his monarch father would not be able to support his body due to weakness, Wei Si took the old man in his arms and let the old man rely on his body.

After leaning on his son's arms for a while, the old man turned his head to Wei Si and said, "Si'er, the Wei clan has taken root in this land since the world of Kyushu was divided. Since the destruction of the Son of Heaven, the world has fallen into endless wars, the world is full of mourning, your father has no ability to govern the country, nor is he the king of the world, since he succeeded to the throne, he only thought about how to protect the country from being destroyed by other countries, never thought of implementing changes in the country in order to be strong, and did not dare to think that the country could stand among the great powers to become a kingdom. Father Jun will bless you with success under Jiuquan! ”

The old man's heartfelt words caused Wei Si to feel sad in his heart, his monarch was about to leave him, and he had no choice but to listen to his words before parting. Wei Si said sadly: "Father, the son still wants you to spend more time with the son, but the son doesn't want you to go west."

Listening to Wei Si's true feelings, the old man was very relieved and moved, and said weakly: "Si'er, it is the destiny of heaven to die of old age, sickness and death, and the time is running out, and the monarch will watch you bring Wei Guo into the ranks of strength in heaven."

"Father, the son will live up to his father's expectations! Bringing the kingdom of Weiguo into the ranks of strength"

Wei Si replied with a crying voice.

"Si'er, there will be that day, there will be that day......"

After a pause, the old man continued: "Si'er, the monarch is tired, let the monarch sleep in your arms for a while"

After saying that, the old man closed his eyes.

"Father, go to sleep"

About half an hour later, Wei Si, who was holding the old man, touched the back of the old man's hand with his hand and found that the back of the old man's hand was cold. After feeling that something was wrong, Wei Si stretched his fingers to the old man's nostrils to probe his breath, and after not feeling the old man's exhalation, tears unconsciously flowed out of Wei Si's eyes, and he shouted out of the door in grief: "The king returns to heaven, the king returns to heaven, the king returns to heaven......"

Wei Si's cry alarmed the eunuchs and palace maids waiting outside the door, they rushed into the dormitory as soon as they heard the cry, and saw Wei Si holding the old man sitting on the bed and crying bitterly, they knelt on the ground and cried, and then shouted with Wei Si: "The king returns to heaven, the king returns to heaven......"