Chapter 7: The Soul of the Warring States
Handan, Zhao Wangcheng.
After a few days of understanding, Zhao Yong has some understanding of the pattern of Handan. Generally speaking, the pattern of Handan in Zhao is very special, and his royal city and the outer Guo Dabei city are divided into two parts that depend on each other. The Great North City is in the northeast of the royal city, and it is the Guocheng of the royal city.
Close servants Xi and Zhao Yongfen said that there are three parts of the royal city: the east city, the west city, and the north city, and the three cities are distributed in the shape of "product". In terms of form, in accordance with the requirements of "Zhou Li", the pursuit of "five doors and three dynasties".
Beicheng is the outer area of Zhaowangcheng, from there, you can look at the Great Beicheng across the water. It is also the so-called foreign court, which is the office of the minister and doctor, responsible for discussing state affairs, handling prison lawsuits, promulgating decrees, and holding ceremonies.
Dongcheng is the so-called ruling dynasty, and it is the place where the king will administer affairs on a daily basis, deal with the ministers' recitals, and accept letters from all the people. Of course, there are also two point generals here, and ordinary soldiers will point out here. This is where Zhao Yong is most excited.
Xicheng is the living area of the royal city, which is also known as the "Yan Dynasty". It is the place where the king receives his subordinates, discusses with the ministers, holds ordination and feasting activities, and is also the residence of the concubines and princes. The most exquisite building in the entire West City is the "Dragon Terrace". Not only are the buildings connected by flying arches, but also the joints between buildings are also designed with bucket arches. There are about 100 steps between the dragon platform and the ground, which once made Zhao Yong daunting. However, Xi told him that King Zhao usually met with ministers in Xicheng, and would not go to Dongcheng unless he encountered a major national event and needed to hold a great court meeting.
Just like now, on the side hall next to the main hall, Zhao Yong was wearing filial piety clothes and sitting there. Just came to the Warring States, he was still used to sitting, but fortunately, Feiyi said that this was not a court meeting, he could do it at will, so he sat generously.
On the two sides of his head, they are Feiyi, Zhao Bao, Gongzicheng, and one person, Wu Guang, the newly appointed Bowen Master. If nothing else, this is the core of Zhao Yong's reign in the three years that Zhao Hou has become pro-government. Among them, Fei Yi is the main person in charge, responsible for teaching Zhao Yong's way of being a king, Zhao Bao handles state affairs, Gongzi Cheng is responsible for royal work, and Wu Guang is responsible for military advice. Of course, the specific allocation is not as detailed as this, but it is just emphasized.
Several people sat around, of course, not to chat, but because Zhao Guo was in a very dangerous situation now.
"You must already know that Qin, Chu, Yan, Qi, and Wei have frequent border movements and frequent horse exploration activities, mainly for our country. And the country of Zhongshan in the northeast direction is also ready to move, and there are soldiers and horses gathered in the area of the house. What do you think our country should do? Zhao Yong said. I didn't expect that I would face such a dangerous situation just after I came to the Warring States. It's not good, take a day trip to the Warring States, and after you go back, you may wake up at KTV.
"Your Majesty, there are two ways to choose for today." As the general person in charge of this team, Fei Yi naturally spoke first. "One is to cut the land and seek peace, and after the funeral of the Marquis of Su, His Majesty will be in charge, and then reorganize the army and regain the lost land."
"I disagree!" Gongzicheng, as the spokesperson of the royal family and Zhao Yong's uncle, couldn't sit still when he was the first one. "Since the ancestors of the Zhao family opened up the territory, it has been passed down for several generations, even if only Zhao Wengong and Zhao Wu have been left, there has never been the humiliation of cutting land and seeking peace. If I wait for the descendants of the Zhao family, I can't even hold the land that my ancestors have beaten down, and I won't have the face to face my ancestors! The mood of an old indignant young man is overflowing.
"I also don't agree with the idea of ceding land and suing for peace." Although Wu Guang is a core member of the replacement become, he himself is the Sima of Zhao State, but he is mainly engaged in logistics work and will not go to war. However, it is also militarily insightful. "The Five Kingdoms have cut down Zhao, how much land can I give up in Zhao Kingdom? Can't you give up Handan and return to the northwest? The first monarch set the capital of Handan, although the land of four wars, there may not be no intention of defending the country. Because once the land of Handan is ceded and returned to the northwest, Zhao will become the meat of the slaughter, and there is no need to be afraid. Rather than this, it is better to fight to the death and defend the glory of Zhao. "Another angry young man.
"Despite this, Handan did not have the tools to defend the city, and the generals were also ordered to be stationed outside. Once the Five-Nation Alliance really attacks, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for us to defend ourselves. "Zhao Bao is Xiangguo, so he is naturally more rational than the two of them who are empty-blooded. He first talked about the difficulties, and did not say whether to cut the land or not, and let the others think about it.
"It's okay, it's a big deal to live and die with Handan City!" Wu Guang said.
"Yes, the ancestral temple is here, and if you can't defend the land, you will die on the land!" Gongzi Cheng gritted his teeth and said, his eyes were red, his eyes were hideous, if it wasn't for another meeting, no one would doubt that this old man might go to the battlefield with a knife in the next moment.
The integrity shown by these ministers greatly surprised Zhao Yong. In his opinion, he is the monarch of Zhao State, and he should be most responsible for himself, and these ministers, in this era, are at best slaves of the Zhao family, and there is no need to put their lives into it for their own future.
In Zhao Yong's previous life, he was barely a Qi person, not a Zhao person. In his previous life, when he was in the business world and obsessed with his career, he often warned himself that he was staying in the green mountains and not afraid of running out of firewood. He couldn't understand that these people told him what it meant to "rather be broken than broken". This made his heart numb, and gradually gained some flesh.
Zhao Yong will not understand that this is definitely an era of great change and development in Chinese history. Inheriting the turbulent times of the Spring and Autumn Period, the etiquette collapsed, the hundreds of schools of thought contended, and science and technology flourished, and the next step was to see who could unify the six countries and end the war. Therefore, the people of this era are generally a kind of flesh and blood. That innate wildness and bloodiness are the most important spiritual core in the hearts of the Chinese nation.
If he wants to live, he must find his own Warring States soul.
"Shaojun?" Fei Yi looked at Zhao Yong and was a little stunned, and called him.
"Yes, master." Although Fei Yi said that Zhao Yong could call him Qing, Zhao Yong still insisted on calling him master, and he could see that Fei Yi was loyal to Zhao Suhou, otherwise, he would not have become a trusted minister.
"What does Shaojun think?"
Zhao Yong looked at the ministers below, Gongzi Cheng and Wu Guang, all of them puffing up, obviously supporting-for-tat; Zhao Bao is also purely worried about the consequences, and he is not completely opposed to confrontation. As for Feiyi, the appearance of the gods and gods is expressionless, which makes people feel mysterious. The slightest cowardice in Zhao Yong's heart was defeated without a trace.
Death is death, just as a day trip, what is the death of a person, is it a dream, hit!
"The ancestor has just passed away, and he has not yet been in power, so he shouldn't have asked about political affairs. But now, the overthrow of the Zhao State is imminent, and Lone also has to make a decision. Zhao Yong finally convinced the cowardice in his heart and talked eloquently, "Since the ministers are going to fight-for-tat, then let's discuss how to fight this battle." The proposal of land cession can be shelved. After he finished speaking, he nodded towards Fei Yi.
A smile appeared on Fei Yi's face, he was actually testing Zhao Yong just now, even if Zhao Yong was against competing with the Five Kingdoms, he was sure to make him change his mind, but in that case, Zhao Yong's evaluation in his heart would be much lower.
And now, Zhao Yong has finally made up his mind to go to war, and he can finally rest assured that he can give him advice.
To put it bluntly, he is also an old and angry young man.