CHAPTER XVI
Some things in this era are very mysterious, and there is not a single person who comes down from the battlefield who does not fear the gods. As soon as Zhao Huang said that the season was leaking and dying, Xiong Jing's eyebrows jumped suddenly. Guan Ji is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, what did he leak?
'The Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things. That's what was written on the bamboo slip, a total of thirteen words, and nothing else. Zhao Huang took out this bamboo slip from a brocade bag, and when he presented it, the text was facing down. Xiong Jing was a little stunned when he saw it, and he didn't understand what the natural opportunity of this familiar sentence was.
"This is the Heavenly Machine?" He asked.
"Yes, yes." Zhao Huang replied, "Please burn it as soon as the king sees it." ”
The bamboo slip was handed to Changjiang and put into the stove in the hall. Under the baking of the charcoal fire, the bamboo slips quickly lit a dazzling open flame, and Xiong Jing looked at the fire in a daze. The ministers did not dare to speak out for fear of interrupting the king's meditation.
"No, I haven't been in Yingdu for half a year, and the secretaries have worked hard." When the flames dimmed, Xiong Jing stood up and waved at the ministers.
"The ministers don't dare." The ministers hurriedly got up to salute back, and Zhao Huang said: "The king is bloody, and many ministers are derelict in their duties. Now the Chu army has defeated the Qin army again, the six countries are sideways, the king is in charge, and the Weihe Quartet is also "
Zhitong eagle, which means fierce; 竞通勍 (qíng), which means strong, is to be fierce and strong. It is not appropriate for the king of the future to flaunt the competition, but this is a fact, the Qin army has suffered two consecutive defeats in the past eleven years, and the last time was the defeat of the Qin army by Xinlingjun.
Xiong Jing thought of Xinlingjun and thought of Hanguguan, but he still suppressed the matter first, and only said: "In this case, how things have happened in the country in the past six months, please tell Naoqing and Zhaoqing." Nao Qing and Zhao Qing are all secretaries. The secretaries first went out to wait for an hour, remember that each person only has a quarter of an hour to tell each other, and be sure to think about what needs to be told and what does not need to be told within their own duties, and they must be concise and to the point. ”
Debriefing, this is what Xiong Jing asked his courtiers to do. It's just a debriefing, and then it's a matter of discussion.
"Respectfully." Except for Nao and Zhao, everyone else went out. When Zhao Huang wanted to speak, Xiong Jing said again: "Nao Qing said it first. ”
Nao is cunning is Ling Yin, and Zhao Huang is just a fake Yin. Nao Qing was overjoyed when he heard this, and thought for a while before saying: "It is the fault of the ministers to save Chen Ying Naichen without attacking Ao Cang, to cut off the north of Pi so that the Qi State can send troops, and to marry the princess into Qin Yichen......"
As soon as Nao Cunning opened his mouth, he took responsibility, these three things are indeed important, and they are all unwilling by Xiong Jing. Xiong Jing waited for him to finish speaking and asked, "Why didn't the King of Qi send troops because he was afraid of Qin?" ”
"Yes, yes." Nao said slyly: "Xiapi is the land of Qi at the height of the country, and then it was taken by me, and the king of Qi doesn't want to, but he doesn't dare." Although Qu Guang said that the three kingdoms of the king of Qi divided the eastern county of Qin, the army of Qin and Wei pressed the border, and the king of Qi did not dare to do it without a fight. ”
"King Yu: Qi Xiang Housheng has been said by Qin Hou, Qu Guang is willing to bribe him with ten thousand gold, and Housheng will not accept it." Zhao Huang added. It was actually his idea to cede the north of Xiapi, and he was also responsible for handling the matter. "The country of Qi is like my country, and there are many Qin spies. There is a gentleman in the Jixia Society who openly preached the theory of surrendering to Qin, saying that the Qin country was the strongest, and he should surrender to Qin. ”
The two were saying that Xiong Jing had written down on paper that this was the topic to determine the next court meeting. For example, those big and small Qin Marquis and Qin spies in China should indeed be dealt with; Another example: some pro-Qin people in China should also be dealt with.
"Princess Qi married into the Qin State, and although the King of Qin treated her with courtesy, he did not withdraw as agreed. Therefore, Qu Zi thought that it was the reason for suing the temple and returned to China with Princess Qi. Zhao Huang continued, "When we arrived at Jiyi, the Qin people did not allow the convoy to return to China on the grounds that the war was not over. A few days ago, the king of Qin chased to Jiyi, and after the 100,000 troops who attacked Chengyang retreated, the convoy returned to China. ”
Xiong Jing also learned about it in the past few days, and he thought that like later generations, men and women would go to bed on the night of the wedding. Right Shi explained that if he did not tell the temple to close the bed, it was to deceive the ancestors, and if the woman was pregnant with someone else's heir, it would be chaotic. also cited "Guan Ju" as an example, the so-called "dreaming of clothes, tossing and turning" is about the lovesickness of men and women living in the same hall and not being able to share a bed when the temple is not reported.
"But Mi Qian doesn't want to return to China?" Xiong Jing endured some thoughts, he is no longer a descendant, just a Chu person.
"Yes, yes." Zhao Huang was helpless. "Qin Wangyan has ordered the withdrawal of the army, Princess Qi believes in it, and Qin Ye stays."
"Cunning is so unwise?" Mi Qian looks beautiful, but it is not Xiong Jing's dish, not to mention that it can't be incest, even if it can be incest, he also dislikes Qi Qian's legs. It's short, thick, and it seems to be a bit of a loop, but it's not straight anyway, how can there be a curtain......
"There are also concubines who don't want to stay in Qin, and Mi Xi is fierce, and she will lie down when she gets out of the car." After hesitating for a while, Zhao Huang still talked about it.
"Mi Xi?" There are too many sisters in the harem, and Xiong Jing doesn't remember who Mi Xi is.
"Mi Xi was born to Concubine Yue's concubine, and her nature is noble. Hearing that the king had died, he vowed not to marry the king of Qin. Zhao Huang said again, with a long sigh.
"Alas!" Xiong Jing also sighed. He turned his head and told Chang Jiang Dao: "You write down, Mi Xi is buried thickly, and he is clean." ”
"Yui." Chang Jiang responded. Zhao Huang and Nao Cunning just wanted to say that it was inappropriate. It is generally a king, a doctor, and a scholar is rarely a doctor, not to mention a woman, but Mi Xi is indeed worthy of the word "clean", he and Nao Cunning glanced at each other and no longer objected.
"Lady Xuan...... Zhao Huang hesitated again, but still talked about Mi Xuan. …… I wanted to enter Chu with the convoy, but along the way, I was accidentally recognized by the Qin people, and Princess Qi pleaded, and the King of Qin had ordered her to return to Xianyang to serve the Empress Dowager Huayang. ”
When it came to Qi Xuan, Xiong Jing's heart was tight, and he was very worried when he heard that she was recognized by the Qin people, and in the end he was disappointed.
"The king, the princess and the king have the same surname." Nao Cunning had to say that he had long since stopped treating Xiong Jing as a child, only as an adult. "And the king has married the Qi country."
"The first gentleman married many people with the same surname." Xiong Jing had a cold face, "Then the third palace will be the next one, and there will be dozens of concubines, will Nao Qing marry only one wife?" ”
"I don't dare." Nao was a little stammered, this thing is really not easy to say. "The minister thinks that the king should not know about men and women early, and this is not good."
"You!" Xiong Jing is unhappy, now he can do anything, but he can't do it there. "Ling Yin deceived me for being young?"
"The minister doesn't dare, the minister doesn't dare." Zhao Huang was already about to laugh, the king thought of women when he was young, and of course he was happy to be a courtier. All the kings of Chu who had many children had done something, and King Wen also robbed other people's queens for his own use. It's .jpg exciting to think about
Xiong Jing didn't see Zhao Huang's smile, and said solemnly: "I didn't say that he would marry Mi Xuan one day, and there is no need to discuss this matter in the future." ”
"Yui." The two Ling Yin replied, and then looked at each other again, Zhao Huang smiled, and Nao was cunning and worried,
"Xixian, Xincai, Qisi, Dang, Xiang, Mang, Pengcheng, Xiao, Gaoping, Zhongli, Chengfu, Juyang, Yangling, Xiacai......" Zhao Huang spat out a large list of counties, and the list was so long that he had to pause twice before finishing it. On the grounds that the county officials complained of illness, they did not pay the county pawn, did not pay grain, and did not pay the city tax, which was the dereliction of duty of the minister. ”
"Why isn't Ludi among them?" Xiong Jing listened for a long time and found that there was no Ludi County.
"Ludi is not among them." Zhao Huang said: "Most of the officials of Lu Di are sick, but the people of Lu are loyal to the king, so they go on behalf of the officials, and Mu Ling Pass is also guarded by 30,000 soldiers of Lu County led by Sima Dongye Gu, in case the Qi people take the opportunity to invade the territory." ”
"Good!" Xiong Jing unconsciously approved, although he did not have a good impression of Confucianism. "In this way, it is all the Yin of Song Di, Rushui, Yingshui, Huaishang, and Wu Di who are evil."
"The king, this matter involves a wide range of reasons, and the reasons for each county are different, and there are Yangwenjun and Yin to make the work." Nao said slyly, he was worried that Xiong Jing would kill in a rage. "Yang Wenjun has been imprisoned for plotting rebellion, the general has won a great victory, the king is unharmed, and the county is now afraid."
"This dereliction of duty!" Xiong Jing shouted angrily. "If you dare to derelict your duties, you will not ask for guilt. However, before disposing of it, it is necessary to distinguish which counties are hereditary and which are under the jurisdiction of officials. ”
"What does the king mean?" Nao cunning didn't know what Xiong Jing was going to do.
"Yu Dawang: Rushui, Yingshui, and Huaishang counties are mostly clans for Yin, all of which are hereditary; The counties of Songdi, Ludi, and Wu were mostly scholars and officials, and most of them were ordered by Huang Xie. Zhao Huang said.
"Since Lu Di is not involved, he is exempted. In the rest of the counties, those involved in this matter were dismissed from their posts, waiting for Yingdu to send someone to take over. All the sick county officials were dismissed. Xiong Jing said in one breath. He was so annoyed by the mention of this that he decided without deliberation. "The hereditary county of the public clan is limited to the Yin of the county within one month, and those who do not come or are late will be removed from office and severely punished."
"King! Before the war is over, the country will be in chaos. Zhao Huang was shocked, although he was Ling Yin, he never dared to say cruel words to the below, but persuaded him gently.
"Those who are ministers do not follow the principles of kings and ministers, and the country will be even more chaotic." Nao's opinion is completely opposite to him, and his intention has always been to punish severely.
"Now that the mansion is empty, and the grain and straw are all dependent on the Qi country, in this way, the counties and towns can even more excuse not to pay taxes and not to lose grain." Zhao Huang was still shaking his head. "Now that the counties are afraid, please ask the king to deal with them after the war."
"When was that after the war?" Xiong Jing asked rhetorically: "Those who violate the order should be killed quickly, otherwise they will follow." In the military, literate scholars have been selected, and counties and towns that have been dismissed or removed from office can be handed over to the jurisdiction of honorable people. ”
"Huh?!" Zhao Huang was almost crazy. The plan, which was implemented three years later, was put into effect within a few months.
"Every party has its own people, and in this case, each party will send two more honorable people......" Xiong Jing continued to say his idea.
"King, if the scholar is not a person from this county, he will not be able to understand his words." Zhao Huang said again. "Honorable people are not familiar with people, and they don't kill people, and the people are afraid."
"Teachers and scholars can send to help. Scholars can enter the school and are naturally literate. Xiong Jing said. This is his supplementary plan.
The party is already a basic organization, and there are more than 900 parties in the country, and one party sends two honorary men and eight first-class soldiers or retinues. There are more than 2,000 teachers in each school, and one or two teachers are assigned to each party, and the manpower is sufficient. Coupled with the Chinese people elected last year, the cooperation of the three can completely kick the officials away.