A carriage galloped all the way towards the Qin people's city of Qianyi, rolling up a layer of dust on the land of Longchuan in winter, spreading forward. [with _ dream]ā..

"Report to ---, Doctor Qianyi, the royal family has come." Just when Yingkang and the others were thinking about the future of the Qin people, their subordinates came to report.

The royal family is here?

Ying Kang, Ying Zhao, Zhao Boyu and others couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

At this time, the royal family came? What's going on? A sense of foreboding passed through Yingkang's heart, and it didn't seem like a good thing.

"Qianyi Doctor Yingkang received the edict--- "Just before Yingkang and the others had time to think clearly about the original intention of the royal family, the palace attendants had already entered Yingkang's mansion.

Yingkang and the others did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went out to wait for the edict of the inner servant.

Because at the beginning of the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, the Duke of Zhou took many measures to consolidate his power, set up various rules and regulations and ritual music systems, and established a political system centered on the patriarchal system, of which etiquette is a very important link.

According to the records of "Zhou Li", according to the status and relationship between the two sides, there are three divisions: earth, time, sky, special, travel, and side. Among them, the heavenly bow is used on formal ceremonial occasions to perform this salute to the eldest. When bowing, stand with your body up, your hands clasped together, your left hand on top, and your palm facing inward; When leaning over to push your hands, slowly raise your hands to your forehead (slightly higher than the center of your eyebrows), lean over about 0 degrees, and when you get up, return to your posture.

Inheriting the edict of the Son of Heaven is a very important thing, so Yingkang and others need to wait for the edict.

After everyone was stunned, the palace attendant said loudly: "Qianyi doctor Yingkang listens to the edict, recently Bo Rong invaded the border and conquered many cities in Cheng State, and King Lone ordered you to immediately lead the Qin soldiers to Cheng Guo to exterminate Bo Rong and defend the northern border of the royal family." ”

Well?

After listening to the edict of the palace attendants, Yingkang and the others couldn't help but be stunned. I thought to myself, what's going on?

This Bo Rong invaded the territory, and did not choose to march into Guanzhong from the nearest Jiankuoling area, but actually ran to the east to attack Cheng Guo; Second, even if Bo Rong attacked Cheng Guo, it should be the nearest royal family to send reinforcements, how could they give up the near and far and let the Qin people in the northwest of Guanzhong go to reinforce Cheng Guo?

Just when Yingkang and the others were stunned, the royal chamberlain spoke, "Doctor Qianyi, hurry up and receive the edict!" ”

"Oh---, Yingkang took the edict." With that, he took the edict from the palace attendant with both hands forward.

Afterwards, Yingkang said to the palace attendants: "Please go to the palace to rest, and we can also express our hearts a little." In fact, the reason why Ying Kang sincerely invited the palace attendants to sit for a while was to understand his doubts from his mouth.

But those chamberlains who stayed in the palace all the year round were also as good as monkeys, and they quickly heard a different taste from Yingkang's words, so they said: "I understand the good intentions of Dr. Qianyi. However, I am also the king's order and dare not delay, I have already announced this edict, and you have taken the edict of the Son of Heaven in your hand. Even if my mission is completed, I will hurry back to Hojing to resume my life, and I will go to your house to sit again when I have the opportunity in the future. ”

After that, the palace attendant turned around and walked outside, for fear that he would be stopped by Yingkang to eat if he walked slowly.

Looking at the palace attendants who were gradually moving away, Yingkang felt a sense of melancholy in his heart.

"Doctor, what's going on? This Bo Rong attacked Cheng Guo and asked us Qin people to lead troops to rescue, so many countries in Guanzhong, Ya Guo, Zheng Guo (not the later Zheng Guo, Zheng Guo at this time was still in the Guanhua Mountain area), Rui Guo, Bi Guo, etc., which one does not need our Qin people to be close? Why did you choose us Qin people to help Cheng Guo? Before Yingkang could react, Sima Boyu shouted out.

Ying Kang didn't speak, walked into the room with the edict, and casually said to the subordinates beside him: "Go and ask the middle doctor to come over." ”

"Nuo---" subordinates replied to ask the middle doctor Liu Tong,

What he had been fearing for a long time finally happened, and Rong Di not only came, but also launched a direct attack on the periphery of Hokyo, the capital of the royal family.

After Liu Tong came in, Yingkang handed over the edict of the Son of Heaven in his hand to him.

After everyone sat down, Ying Kang asked, "Now that the Son of Heaven has decreed, everyone will talk about how to deal with this matter." ”

"Don't go, my opinion is very clear, no matter what, you can't lead troops to rescue Cheng Guo." Without waiting for the others to speak, Sima Boyu took out his opinion.

"Why?"

"Needless to say, after so many years of war, the Qin people finally waited for a relatively stable time, can we not cherish it? If you lead troops to Cheng Guo at this time, you will inevitably provoke Bo Rong. Once there is a dispute with Bo Rong, the Qin people will not have a good time in the future. Zhao Boyuan said his thoughts.

"Well---, there is some truth in what you said, but now that the edict of the Son of Heaven has been issued to us Qin people, can we disobey the order?" Ying Kang continued to ask, "Besides, we Qin people have been in Guanzhong for so many years, how can the Son of Heaven give us an edict. Today, through our efforts, we finally got the edict of the Son of Heaven, if we do not obey it, the life of the Qin people in Guanzhong will be even more difficult in the future. Have you thought of these consequences? ”

"This?" After listening to Yingkang's words, Zhao Boyu was embarrassed.

After so many years of hard work with Yingkang in Guanzhong, he also has some opinions on political matters. Know that many things are not as simple as you think.

"But have you ever thought that once we obey the edict of the Son of Heaven and send troops to Cheng Guo, our own lives will be in trouble in the future, so don't imagine living as comfortably in Longchuan as we do now."

It's not that Yingkang hasn't thought about this, in fact, he has been thinking about this since the beginning of winter.

He knew very well that today's edict of the Son of Heaven was actually a ghost made by Father Yu Shi behind his back, deliberately leading the Qin people into the whirlpool of war, so that he and all the Qin people under his command would not have a good time.

"Tell me, how are we going to deal with this?" Seeing that Zhao Boyu no longer spoke, Yingkang consulted other people.

A few people, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't speak. In the end, all eyes fell on Liu Tong.

"Doctor, tell me your opinion." Since everyone unanimously fell on Liu Tong, Yingkang asked Liu Tongdao.

Liu Tong handed over the edict in his hand to Yingkang, and then said, "Actually, this matter can be divided into two aspects. On the one hand, the fact that the royal family was able to directly issue an edict to a Qianyi Qin people who had not yet established a state fully shows that the status of our Qin people in Guanzhong has been significantly improved and has been valued by the royal family. ”

After listening to Liu Tong's words, everyone nodded, if the Qin people did not defeat Feng Rong's attacks on Guanzhong one after another, the royal family would definitely not have thought that there were Qin people stationed on the edge of the distant Longshan Mountain.

"But on the other hand, the edict contains big pitfalls." Liu Tong continued.

Is there a trap in this edict?

As soon as Liu Tong said this, it immediately attracted the attention of Yingkang and others, and they all looked at him in unison.