That night, after Que Guanzi and Pang Xuan left, Meng Zhong lay in the tent and tossed and turned, carefully thinking about what Crane Guanzi had said to him today.

After repeated thinking, Meng Zhong believed that the "sun and moon contending for glory" mentioned by Que Guanzi should refer to the father of Zhao and the father and son of Zhao Wanghe.

To be sure, the sun and the moon should be interpreted as "competing with the sun and the moon", because the phenomenon of "sun and moon competing for glory" is impossible – how can the sun and the moon appear under the same sky at the same time and shine at the same time?

However, the current situation of Zhao is the situation of "the sun and the moon shine together": Zhao's father, as the old monarch who has abdicated, is unwilling to be lonely and refuses to hand over all the power in his hands to the new monarch; As the new monarch of Zhao Wang He, he did not want to lose his throne and power.

In the words of Crane Guanzi, this violates the natural phenomenon of "the sun descends and the moon rises", and belongs to the "non-Tao" - that is, the reason for Crane Guanzi's sentence "The current Zhao country is not on the right path".

After interpreting this meaning, the rest of the words of the crane crown are easy to interpret.

Meng Zhong once thought that the contradiction between Zhao's father and Zhao Wanghe was only that Zhao's father's father gradually lost the support of Zhao's courtiers after he abdicated the throne, so he was unwilling, so he once suggested that Zhao Wanghe respect Zhao's father more.

But now after listening to Crane Guanzi's words, Meng Zhong suddenly realized that the contradiction between the father and son may not be as simple as he thought.

To put it more simply, what Lord Zhao's father wants may not just be that Zhao Wang He and Zhao Guo's courtiers respect him more.

Although Meng Zhong still didn't figure out the original reason, after communicating with Que Guanzi, he vaguely grasped one thing, that is, Lord Zhao's father really wanted to abolish the new monarch Zhao He he had once established.

Why?

Why does it have to be this way?

Meng Zhong lay on the couch and pondered this guess.

Suddenly, he thought of the kind of system that Master Zhao and Que Guanzi were discussing recently-Tianqu Rishu.

As for the "Tianqu Rishu", because Master Zhao and Que Guanzi did not avoid Meng Zhong when they were discussing, Meng Zhong also had a little understanding of this system.

He knew that this kind of system was born out of the old system of the Chu State, and it was a system that could strengthen the power of the royal family.

In today's world, there are only two countries that have followed this system, namely Chu and Qin, and according to the time when they adopted this system, Qin should have followed Chu's example.

After all, the Qin State was looked down upon by the Central Plains countries for a long time, and only the Chu State, which called itself a "barbarian", was willing to make friends and intermarry with the Qin State, so it was far behind the Qin State of the Central Plains countries in terms of national system, and it was also a reasonable guess to learn from and emulate the system of the Chu State.

But now if Zhao Guo wants to adopt the "Tianqu Sun Technique", it is much more difficult than the Qin State back then.

Because the state of Zhao came from the Jin state, and the Jin state has always used the governing model of the Zhou royal family, that is, "the king and the scholar rule the world", part of the king's power is scattered in the hands of the shiqing, and the status of the shiqing in their respective fiefdoms is actually like a king - only the difference between "name" and "instrument".

This mode of governing the country will lead to a problem, that is, the old aristocratic faction will not get rid of the tail and hinder the orders of the royal family, just like when the Zhao lord once implemented the Hufu cavalry shooting, due to the opposition of the old aristocratic faction such as Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, he almost made this change stillborn, so that the Zhao lord, who had been in power for 19 years at the time, actually had to persuade Anpingjun Zhao Cheng to implement a policy beneficial to the country.

I have to say, this is indeed an incredible thing.

On the other hand, the state of Qin, in fact, Meng Zhong did not know about the state of Qin, but he and his other brother-in-law, Tian Zhang, had talked about the policies of the state of Qin in a simple way, and knew that the state of Qin was far faster than other countries in this regard, and as long as the royal decree was issued, all local counties and counties immediately implemented new policies.

Perhaps this is the reason why the Qin State has developed rapidly in recent decades, gradually surpassing the countries of the Central Plains.

"If Master Zhao really wants to implement the Tianqu Sun Technique......

Meng Zhong thought about it carefully.

He must admit that forcibly implementing the Tianqu Sun Technique in Zhao will definitely cause a great impact on Zhao State, and even lead to endless civil strife between the royal family and the old aristocratic faction, but it is undeniable that as long as the reform is successful, it will also have great advantages for Zhao State in the future - after all, all power will be vested in the royal family from now on, and the monarch and the prime minister will be able to implement various policies suitable for the current situation more smoothly, and will no longer be hindered by some people.

"Could this be the purpose of Master Zhao's desire to regain power? Because he knew that Zhao Wang He and Gongzi Zhang would not be able to carry out this kind of reform in a short period of time?"

After thinking about it for a long time, Meng Zhong still didn't know.

The next day, when Meng Sui, Le Yi and others were selecting the best young and strong soldiers to expand the Xinwei army among the miscellaneous soldiers and nearby towns, Meng Zhong rode back to Handan and came to Zhao Xiang Feiyi's mansion, asked Feiyi to see Feiyi, and implored Feiyi to allocate a batch of armaments to arm the newly expanded 500 new soldiers.

After learning of Meng Zhong's arrival, Fei Yi immediately met with the former.

At the first moment of seeing Meng Zhong, Fei Yi said in a regretful and emotional tone: "It's a little brother......

After Meng Zhong left Handan yesterday, it didn't take long for Fei Yi to learn about it, and learned that Master Zhao ordered to recruit Pang Xuan's Tan Wei to replace the Xinwei Army as a guard, and Fei Yi realized that Meng Zhong was most likely "out of favor".

As for the reason for the "fall from grace", it is nothing more than Meng Zhong's involvement in the internal contradictions of the royal family.

This is the reason why he sighed, lamenting that Meng Zhong lost the favor of Zhao's father in order to save the civil strife of Zhao State.

As for regrets, that is, through this incident, he also verified one thing, that is, Master Zhao did not support Zhao Wang He, and even favored Gongzi Zhang - otherwise, why would Master Zhao transfer Meng Zhong, who was interested in helping Zhao Wang He, out?

"The matter of armament and conscription is wrapped up in the old man."

After learning the intention of Meng Zhong's trip, Fei Yi, who felt guilty about Meng Zhong, did not hesitate to respond.

To tell the truth, the allocation of armaments, as well as the permission to recruit soldiers for the Xinwei Army, even if Feiyi is the minister of Zhao, it is not easy to do - at the beginning, because of the order of Zhao's master's father, the rest of Zhao's courtiers did not dare to hinder it, but now Feiyi wants to use his own power to help Meng Zhong and help Xinwei's army, so as to make up for Meng Zhong's debt to Zhao's master's father because he wants to help Zhao Wanghe, which is not an easy task.

After all, since the incident of Xue Gongtianwen, Meng Zhong has long been regarded as an enemy general who "cannot be underestimated" by Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, Fengyangjun Li Dui and others.

"Thank you."

Seeing that Fei Yi agreed, Meng Zhong had a better impression of this old minister of Zhao State.

"The little brother doesn't need to be grateful, the old man just wants to make up for the debt. If it weren't for this matter, the little brother would still be the guard Sima next to Lord Zhao's father, whether it is conscription or armament, it will not be ......" Speaking of this, Fei Yi sighed slightly, and immediately, his heart suddenly moved, and he said to Meng Zhong vaguely: "Meng Zhong, a few days ago, when the old man entered the palace, he met the letter period, and the old man talked to him about you at that time, as far as the old man knows, the letter period is very interested in the soldiers you trained, if you are interested, the old man can recommend to the king and transfer you to the palace guard...... The old man can guarantee that it is no less than serving as a guard Sima by the side of Lord Zhao's father. ”

With such an obvious solicitation intention, how could Meng Zhong not hear it?

He shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but Master Zhao promoted me to be a guard...... Well, Xinweijun Sima has taught me and my companions martial arts, so I can't turn my back on Master Zhao. ”

Seeing that Meng Zhong attached so much importance to love and righteousness, Fei Yi was very emotional.

Immediately, when Meng Zhong was about to say goodbye and leave, Fei Yi asked casually: "Little brother entered the city this time, didn't you go into the palace to visit the king?" ”

Meng Zhong hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head and said: "It is no longer the identity of Lord Zhao's father, the guard Sima, and it is inconvenient to enter the palace, not to mention, if the persuasion fails, there is no shame to go to see the king......"

Indeed, what's the point of going to see King Zhao at this time?

Is it just to let Zhao Wanghe remember his "dedication"?

Meng Zhong is not the one to do such a thing.

Fei Yi nodded, watching Meng Zhong walk out of his study, until Meng Zhong was about to step out of the threshold, Fei Yi suddenly said: "Meng Zhong, the king values you very much, I hope you stick to your heart, don't go astray and live up to your trust......"

"Misguided?"

Meng Zhong stopped, glanced back at Fei Yi, and suddenly understood what Fei Yi meant, barely showed a chuckle, and finally walked out.

He knew that the wrong way that Fei Yi said was probably to assist Gongzi Zhang and assist Master Zhao to do something unfavorable to King Zhao.

“……”

The doorman who walked slowly to the study, looking at the back of Meng Zhong leaving, Fei Yi stroked his gray beard and sighed long.

The reluctant bitter smile before Meng Zhong left made him vaguely guess a little.

For example, if the contradiction between Master Zhao and Zhao Wang He is really to the point where he must tear his face, then this young man who values love and righteousness will probably stand on the side of Master Zhao and be their enemy.

"If only I had left this son behind and sent him to the palace to accompany you......"

After a long time, Fei Yi sighed again.

What he was referring to was obviously when Meng Zhong first arrived in Zhao and had not yet met Master Zhao's father.

But to be honest, although Fei Yi had already learned that Meng Zhong was a disciple of the Taoist and famous families, who would have thought that Meng Zhong, who was only fifteen years old, was a talented person with both civil and military skills, and his strategy and courage were far beyond ordinary people?

After thinking about it, Fei Yi still went to the palace and told Zhao Wang He about Meng Zhong.

At this time, King Zhao knew that Meng Zhong had been transferred to the outside of Handan City by Master Zhao's father, and said with guilt on his face: "It was the widow who harmed Meng Qing......"

I have to say that although Master Zhao's father "taught" Meng Zhong in the name of "expanding the army", how could people who have been in the palace for a long time not see the clues?

Within two days, the news that "Sima Mengzhong of the Xinwei Army fell out of favor and was transferred to the outside of the city by Zhao's father" spread among the celebrities in Handan, and Zhao Cheng, the king of Anping, also specially set up a banquet at home to celebrate.

It's no wonder that since he was scolded by Meng Hu as a "shameless old thing" at the palace banquet that day, and then ridiculed and ridiculed by Meng Zhong, Anpingjun Zhao Chengcheng has a deep grudge against Meng Zhong's group of people.

Now Meng Zhong arrogantly intervened in the contradictions in the royal family, but instead lost the favor of Lord Zhao's father - even if it was only a temporary fall from grace, which also made Anpingjun Zhao Cheng feel quite happy.

However, Fengyang Jun Li Dui felt that this might be an opportunity to "rebel" against Meng Zhong, so when Zhao Cheng was about to kill the batch of armaments that Meng Zhong pleaded with Fei Yi, Li Dui dissuaded Zhao Cheng and suggested to Fei Yi that his son "Li Ji" escort this batch of armaments and wait for an opportunity to restore relations with Meng Zhong.

After all, after removing Meng Zhong's position, Fengyang Jun Li Dui still admires a talented young man like Meng Zhong.

Fengyang Jun Li Dui's intentions, Feiyi can naturally guess a few points, but he doesn't think that Li Ji can "rebel" against Meng Zhong - with Zhao Wanghe and his friendship between Feiyi and Meng Zhong, he can't take the opportunity to win over Meng Zhong during the period when Meng Zhong "fell out of favor with Zhao's master", let alone Li Dui's people?

However, in line with the intention of "there is no harm in trying", Fei Yi still agreed.

Sure enough, a few days later, Li Dui's son Li Ji escorted the armament to the Xinwei army's barracks, although he was also received by Meng Zhong, but Meng Zhong did not pay attention to Li Ji's vague solicitation.

In the blink of an eye, it was the last day of June, and Le Yi, Meng Sui, Hua Hu, Mu Wu and others were busy with the expansion of the Xinwei army, and after obtaining Handan's permission, they selected about 1,000 sturdy men from the nearby villages, plus about 150 candidates from the miscellaneous soldiers, and conducted the final screening outside the barracks.

The criteria for selection are very simple, that is, let these about 1,200 candidate soldiers, follow the daily training of the veterans of the Xinwei Army, can keep up with the training intensity of the veterans, and can persevere to the last 500 people, they are qualified to become a member of the Xinwei Army.

I have to say that during the screening period, when the veterans were dressed in three layers of thick armor and running around the barracks with a log on their shoulders, the young men who had been recruited were dumbfounded one by one - but the about 150 men who were screened from the miscellaneous soldiers of the Xinwei Army carried the log without hesitation and ran with the veterans of the Xinwei Army to train their physical fitness.

It's no wonder, after all, these people have long been accustomed to the daily training of the Xinwei Army, how can they be as dumbfounded as the more than a thousand foreign candidate soldiers.

Later, in the process of screening, the scene was very cheerful for a while—I don't know if the veterans of the Xinwei Army deliberately gave these newcomers a dismount, so they deliberately accelerated the speed of running with the logs, so that many young men could not keep up with the rhythm, and fell to the ground tiredly, panting wildly.

"What a bunch of rubbish!"

"So it can't be sustained? You haven't put on three layers of armor yet! ”

"Just a little cub like you, what qualifications do you have to join my Faith Guard? Go home and feed! ”

I don't know if it was influenced by Zuo Sima Leyi, the veterans of the Xinwei Army were still carrying logs and running in circles, and when they passed by the newcomers who fell to the ground, they spoke ill of each other, many of them greeted the female elders of the other party's family, and some of the newcomers were full of anger and jumped up to scuffle with those hateful old soldiers, but they were beaten by the old soldiers and their faces were swollen.

"There are a dozen newcomers there, besieging six or seven old pawns, won't you stop them?"

Seeing that there were several old and new people scuffling together, Meng Sui whispered to Le Yi.

Le Yi shook his head expressionlessly, and said lightly: "Hmph, the old pawn in the army, how can he not even deal with a few newcomers?" ”

"I don't have any questions...... I'm afraid that the newcomers will be beaten to death by the old soldiers.'"

Secretly speaking, Meng Sui shook his head and said, "I mean, after all, it was the old pawn who provoked first...... Don't you stop it? ”

Le Yi shook his head again and said, "The foundation of these new pawns is very poor, and they need more motivation to grit their teeth and persevere......

"You call those vulgar greetings motivation?"

Meng Sui was speechless.

“…… What's more, those recruits have not yet completed the test, and in my eyes, they are not a member of my Faith Guard, so how can they be respected? At the beginning, Ah Hu and Wu Ying also relied on gritting their teeth and training with the old soldiers, so they were gradually recognized by the soldiers? Le Yi said indifferently.

"That's just as well."

Meng Sui nodded slightly.

Indeed, unlike the two of them who were "opportunistic" Zuo Sima, the five pawn chiefs Menghu, Wuying, Huahu, Mu Wu, and Lejin were indeed gradually recognized by the soldiers by sharing weal and woe with the soldiers.

But the strange thing is that in addition to Meng Zhong, in the end, it is Le Yi who has the highest prestige in the Xinwei Army - somehow, the old soldiers are afraid of Le Yi.

No, seeing that the situation was gradually escalating, there were more and more recruits who couldn't stand the ridicule and ridicule of the veterans, so when Le Yi immediately stepped forward to stop the dispute, the veterans who were still provoking the newcomers immediately changed their faces, stood up straight one by one, and said in unison: "Zosima!" ”

"What are you doing?" Le Yi asked those old soldiers with a straight face: "Reply to me!" ”

Immediately, an old soldier said with a serious expression: "Back to Zuo Sima, we think that these guys who have no perseverance are not worthy of being a member of the Xinwei Army......

Hearing this, Le Yi's face turned slightly pale, but he still scolded unceremoniously: "Are these people qualified to join the Xinwei Army, do you have the right to ask?" Keep training! Immediately! ”

"Whoa!"

Not only did the dozen or so veterans immediately resist the logs and return to the team running in circles, but even the veterans who did not participate in this matter, when they passed by Le Yi, they all looked serious and did not squint.

Seeing this, a few hints of satisfaction flashed in Le Yi's eyes, and immediately, he turned his gaze to the recruits who were still staying in place, and scolded coldly: "What are you still doing in a daze?!" Keep training! ”

“……”

Seeing that those hateful veterans were all respectful to this young Zoshima, these recruits naturally did not dare to disobey, and they all carried logs to continue training.

After a while, these recruits also realized the poisonous tongue of Le Yi, Zuo Sima, in a word: If you feel that you are not a waste, you want to be respected by others, and you want to make your family proud, you will grit your teeth and insist on it!

But this meaning, Le Yi can be expounded in more than a dozen or even dozens of different sentences, each sentence is meaner than the other, and the sentence is more vicious than the other, which makes people angry from the bottom of their hearts, and they do not hesitate to give up everything, but also let this bastard who looks down on them see their perseverance.

Of course, this is only for these recruits, as for the veterans, they have long been accustomed to Le Yi's vicious and mean words, and even during training, if they can't hear those mean and vicious words, they always feel uncomfortable, as if something is missing.

Therefore, there were also a few old soldiers who were gradually slippery and deliberately slowed down to provoke Le Yi to scold them.

All in all, the process of selecting the soldiers was a joy.

Since the first three days were just to let the new pawns experience the training intensity of the veterans, even if many people could not support it halfway, they did not fail until the fourth day, when the real screening began, and finally the new pawns began to be eliminated.

According to Le Yi's regulations, 100 new pawns are eliminated every day, 700 are eliminated every 700 days, and only the 500 new pawns who can hold out to the end are eligible to be a member of the Xinwei Army.

Because every day you can see the unsuccessful people leave, the rest of the people are all doing their best, after all, Lord Zhao's father has not completely deprived the Xinwei Army of the status of "guard", so the soldiers of the Xinwei Army, everyone can get the status of "Shi", which is very tempting for ordinary civilians, especially for those prisoners in the miscellaneous soldiers.

In the end, after a full eleven days of screening, Le Yi selected 500 new pawns with a decent foundation, as he expected, among the nearly 150 new pawns from miscellaneous soldiers, 78 passed the primary election, and nearly 60 passed the assessment - I think these people are the most eager to get the status of "Shi" to offset their criminal crimes.

After the screening, Le Yi told Meng Zhong the results.

Unlike Le Yi and Meng Sui, Meng Zhong has been a little idle these days, because he is still thinking about the contradictions and entanglements between Master Zhao, Zhao Wanghe, and Gongzi Zhang, trying to find a breakthrough from them.

Seeing Meng Zhong sitting on the couch in the tent with his arms folded and meditating, Le Yi also asked curiously, "Did you think of anything?" ”

"A little bit of a gain."

Meng Zhong let out a long breath and said to Le Yi: "Through the reflection of the past few days, I finally understand why I failed to persuade Gongzizhang...... I misestimated Gongzizhang's thoughts, what he wanted was not actually to 'get' the power he had lost, he wanted to 'retaliate' against Zhao Wanghe, so that Zhao Wanghe could also experience the taste of 'loss' he had tasted, whether it was to let Zhao Wanghe abdicate, or to deprive him of the title of Empress Hui. …… And I took Zhao Wanghe's promise to persuade Gongzi Zhang, the reason why Gongzi Zhang always refused to agree, it was because Zhao Wanghe did not 'lose', that is, he did not pay the price, Zhao He is still Zhao Wang, and Wu Wa still has the nickname of Empress Hui, how can Gongzi Zhang be satisfied with this? ”

"In other words, the contradiction between Zhao Wang He and Gongzi Zhang cannot be resolved, is this what it means?" Le Yi asked curiously.

"Well, I guess I can't resolve the ......"

Meng Zhong sighed slightly, and finally understood the meaning of the phrase "do not do it".

He must admit that in looking at this matter, Que Guanzi has to see it more thoroughly than him, whether it is the contradiction between Zhao Wanghe and Gongzi Zhang, or the contradiction between Zhao Wanghe and Zhao's master's father.

Yes, there is actually an irreconcilable contradiction between Master Zhao and Zhao Wang He, which is far from being as simple as Meng Zhong once thought.

It's just that Meng Zhong can't be sure about this matter for the time being.

"Report! There were several Tan guards who came from Handan to convey the orders of Master Zhao's father! ”

At this time, a soldier's announcement came from outside the tent.

Glancing at Le Yi, Meng Zhong summoned those guards.

Among those Tan guards, the leader was Sima Zhao Hao, who Meng Zhong had seen a few days ago, and after he saluted Meng Zhong with his fists, he said: "Meng Sima, Master Zhao's father intends to go to the sand dunes to survey the site of the mausoleum two days later, that is, on July 14, and order Meng Sima to lead the letter guards to guard the left and right with my Tan guards. …… Ask Monsa to take the order. ”

“…… The minister received the order. ”

Meng Zhong clenched his fists and answered, but a few traces of confusion flashed in his eyes.

After Zhao Hao said goodbye and left, Meng Zhong frowned and said to Le Yi: "I thought that Master Zhao would have some 'big action', and I didn't want to investigate the site of the mausoleum...... Brother Tian Zhang once said to me that if Lord Zhao had the intention of abolishing Zhao He, most of them would be this year, but now, Lord Zhao actually went to survey the site of the mausoleum, as if he acquiesced to the throne of Zhao Wang He, and if something is abnormal, it must be a demon, I think this matter is a bit strange. ”

Hearing this, Le Yi nodded, and then lowered his voice and said, "Maybe this is Master Zhao's 'big action'!" ”

“……”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong's face changed slightly.

At this time, his ears seemed to echo the words that Crane Guanzi seemed to intend to mention that day.

"Go with the flow."

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