Chapter 22 Meng Ben instigated
The news of Gan Mao's occupation of Yiyang came back to Xianyang, which made the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State who had been waiting for too long breathe a sigh of relief, especially when they imagined that after the occupation of Yiyang, the hinterland of the six eastern countries had been opened, and they were even more excited.
A few families are happy and a few are sad, and Gan Mao's victory means that Zhu Liji and others have lost in this political wrestling. Before Gan Mao was the left minister and the general, he was controversial, and now that he has conquered Yiyang, his influence is barely reasonable, coupled with the trust of the King of Qin, the limelight after the big victory, whoever touches this mildew at this time will wait for bad luck.
Zhu Li looked at Qin Wangdang with a flying expression, and couldn't stop sighing in his heart, but he also wanted to congratulate King Qin like everyone else. This was his first battle after his accession to the throne.
Qin Wangdang was quite satisfied with the victory in this battle, and ordered the front-line soldiers to be rewarded, and Gan Mao was the biggest beneficiary, and the reward was almost several times that of the previous one. Everyone knows in their hearts that this is King Qin saving face for himself: you were all against this matter before, but now it is proved that the widow's decision is correct, and rewarding the hero is naturally rewarding the widow himself.
His careful thinking is not worth it in the eyes of the officials who have been in the eunuch field for a long time, but no one will add to the blockage at this time, but instead shouting a tsunami to congratulate King Qin.
Meng Ben, like everyone else, was touting King Qin, but in his heart, he was up and down, which was another matter.
The Qin State strictly enforces the law, but no one can stop the death of the people, even if the King of Qin Zhao splits the Shang Dynasty and still acts in accordance with the law of the Shang Jun, but it cannot prevent the people below from stealing and playing tricks, and its deterrent power is naturally not as good as when the Shang Jun was there. Of course, compared to the six countries in the East, it is still much stricter.
For example, the most important household registration system, so that the six eastern countries want to infiltrate the Qin State, it is extremely difficult, non-Qin natives want to gain a foothold here, naturally it is very difficult, someone must be a guarantor, if the insured person violates the law, the guarantor also has to have the pain of sitting. It is precisely for this reason that the Qin people are naturally unwilling to provoke right and wrong, and their rejection of outsiders is particularly strong.
This is also the reason why almost all the six eastern countries have the organization of the spy agency of the Zhao State, but it is always difficult to break through in the Qin State, which also breaks the heart of Le Yi, who is responsible for establishing the intelligence network of the Zhao State.
Before Meng Ben came to the Qin State, he knew that his mission was to hide by the side of the King of Qin, be familiar with the temperament of this great king, find out the actions of the Qin State, and transmit the news back to the Zhao State in a timely manner. It's just that what makes Meng Ben puzzled is that even if he knows, how can he pass it back to the Qin State? Le Yi smiled slightly, and gave him three birds before coming, Le Yi said, this is called a carrier pigeon.
This should be another major invention brought to this era by Mr. Zhao Yong, a traverser in recent years. In fact, many years ago, when he knew that there was no so-called flying pigeon biography in this era, Zhao Yong couldn't wait to domesticate a batch of carrier pigeons as an important tool for Zhao Guo's military intelligence transmission. It's just that I've been busy with all kinds of things, but I have forgotten about this big thing. It wasn't until the people of Chu married Mi Xi and the gift included pigeons that he remembered about it. It turns out that in the land of Chuyue, this kind of pigeon has already been raised, but it is limited to nobles to have this hobby, and it is a problem for ordinary people to even eat by themselves, how can they still have the leisure to raise this animal? It is a matter of raising pigeons, which is not popular among the people.
Knowing the news, Zhao Yong resisted the urge to stew these pigeons, and asked Le Yi to send people to the land of Chuyue to collect and buy pigeons, and on the other hand, based on his own experience in his previous life, he guided the pigeon breeders who married with Mi Xi to domesticate pigeons. Thankfully, fortunately, there are people who are keen on raising pigeons, even in his time, and their friends' hobby is to raise pigeons. By crossing the river by feeling the stones in this way, he barely established a preliminary communication network between the frontier of Zhao and Handan.
Of course, Zhao Yong will not be stupid enough to use the flying pigeon to pass the book instead of the post station, because in comparison, the way of the flying pigeon to pass the book is too uncertain, if it is hunted by hunters or natural enemies, it is easy to have accidents, it is based on the communication network of Zhao State, which is mainly based on the post station. The carrier pigeon is only responsible for delivering secret messages, and it is supplemented by encrypted text, which is a much more complicated process.
For Meng Ben's entry into Qin this time, Le Yi combined the two methods and established a spy agency of Zhao on the border between Qin and South Korea, which was specifically responsible for the exchange of intelligence from Qin and sent back to Handan through the post station. In this way, it can greatly reduce the difficulty of infiltrating spies under the strict laws of the Qin State, and at the same time, it can also be familiar with the transportation arteries between Qin and Han, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.
And just before today, Meng Ben received a flying pigeon from Zhao State, the content is very simple, that is, Meng Ben wants to say good things for Gan Mao, and ask the King of Qin to go to the front line to reward Gan Mao. The purpose is to kill Gan Mao, the higher the honor that Gan Mao, a non-Qin person, gets, the deeper the contradiction between him and Zhu Liji, and provoke the infighting between the two, Zhao Guo will have a chance to take advantage of it. At the same time, it also made Zhu Lijian more marginalized, this figure known as the think tank of the Qin State, no matter who he was, could not be underestimated.
In this case, what to do next, Meng Ben knows it in his chest.
"King, Zuo Xiang won a big victory in this battle, and won Yiyang, or a big victory won by the king just after he succeeded to the throne, it is really worth celebrating. It is better for the king to come to the front line in person and express condolences to the labor army, which is the most appropriate. ”
As soon as Meng Ben finished speaking, everyone's eyes showed a look of regret, wondering why they hadn't thought of this. If you don't hurry up and pat Gan Mao's ass at this time, when will you stay? For a while, everyone's congratulations to King Qin turned into praise for Gan Mao. And after being by King Qin's side for a long time, Wu Shu and Ren Contempt know better, and there is one more thing that can make King Qin more tempting.
"King, I have long heard that there are nine tripods in Zhou Wangji, which was cast by King Yu when he gathered the gold of Kyushu, and was later obtained by Zhou Tianzi, and it became a heirloom treasure." Wu Shu said, "Since it is the top of Kyushu, it should be owned by Kyushu, and it should not be owned by the Son of Heaven alone." We have nothing to say about other princes, Yongzhou, this treasure tripod, should return to Xianyang and be owned by me. ”
Wu Yu and Ren Contempt are rough people, so they naturally don't understand the symbolic meaning of Ding, but this doesn't mean that others don't know. When the king of Chuzhuang went on the Northern Expedition, he sent people to Zhou Wangji to win the prize, but he was tactfully advised by Wang Sunman, so he gave up his thoughts, and now these two people still want to take it for themselves, how not to let these people be shocked.
"Well, it seems to make some sense." Qin Wangdang nodded, he was naturally not uneducated and unskilled, he naturally knew this allusion, and he didn't want to take it for himself, but he was a little interested in the importance of Ding.
"Never, my lord!" After enduring it for so long, he finally couldn't help it, even if he was resented by King Qin, he had to come out to stop it. "Although Zhou Tianzi's destiny is declining, he is still the co-master of the world and cannot be insulted. On weekdays, the princes of all walks of life do not take matters seriously, but if they really think about it and let the six eastern countries use this as an excuse to attack our Qin State, the situation that has finally eased up will definitely take a sharp turn. In addition, just occupied Sanchuan, the foothold is not stable, I am afraid that the six countries will be in trouble, Sanchuan will be lost and regained, so the money, food, soldiers and horses spent, Gu are all in vain, but also to deploy soldiers and horses to resist the attack of the six countries coalition forces, so, the day of death is not far away! As he spoke, he pointed at Wu Shu and Ren and said, "These two people are accustomed to the evil of the king, and they are treacherous villains, if the king does not turn them over to the law department, the minister is willing to behead them in the main hall." ”
As he spoke, he drew the sword at his waist and was about to slash at the two of them. The two really didn't expect that just a small suggestion would cause such an incident, but Zhu Liji was the minister of the former king, and he and he were not at the same level at all, so they dared to make a mistake, so they could only run and dodge. The two of them were still in hot pursuit, and the two of them were running non-stop, and the three of them were like a joke on top of the main hall, which really stunned everyone.
Zhu Li chased after him for a while, remembering that the culprit who caused this matter just now was actually Meng Ben, but seeing that he had been in good time for a long time, he didn't seem to plan to intervene, and he shouted: "Hmph, you are not a good person either!" With that, he rushed towards Meng Ben.
Meng Ben is not a Qin person, and he doesn't attach as much importance to Zhu Lijian as he is, seeing this rushing over, and he has no qualifications to meet the sword, he doesn't dodge, and with both hands, he grabbed Zhu Liji's wrist.
This person is indeed amazingly powerful, his hands were restrained, he couldn't break free at all, and he was horrified in his heart, and he really didn't have a false name. But if he is restrained at this moment, he can't do anything, so he can only roar: "Presumptuous! Quickly let go of me, a certain is the prime minister of the Qin State! ”
Meng Ben snorted coldly: "Since it is Xiangbang, it is natural to listen to the words of the king, the king has not given an order, why is Xiangbang so anxious." ”
After Meng Ben's reminder, King Qin remembered that he was the master of these people, so his face tightened, and he ordered Zhu Lijian to stop quickly. Zhu Li sighed in his heart, knowing that the matter had come to this point, and it was irreparable, so he could only accept his fate and return to his position. And Wu Yu and Ren Wei also returned to their positions and stood up, but they looked at this old minister vigilantly, lest they be hurt by his violent attack.
"What the right minister is worried about, the widow is clear. The widow naturally knows how to do it, and there is no need to say much about this. As he spoke, he turned to look at the people in the hall, "The front-line sergeants have been fighting hard for more than half a month, and it is the first big victory after the widow succeeded to the throne, and its significance is self-evident. The widow decided to go to the front line in person to express condolences to the labor army. This is the end of the matter, and no one can be further admonished. Between the words, there is already a lot of dissatisfaction. With that, he left the main hall directly and hung the others there.
I still have to be busy with exams in the past two days, and it's time for a critical moment. Today, I am busy writing two chapters, and everyone will solve their hunger first.
(End of chapter)