Chapter 20: Clever Tongue and Fighting the Ministers (I)

"Hmph, this is a good opportunity for you to take charge of the army, and it is also the beginning of your efforts to win more capital for the future, Daqin will dominate the world sooner or later, and when the time comes, you have the right to soldier, are you afraid that there will be no women?" Lu Ziren looked at his son, who didn't listen to him, and said. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lu Ziren didn't refute his father, and he didn't dare, so he asked: "Father, I'm worried that if I lead the troops to the Qi Kingdom, there won't be much development, after all, they will restrain me." ”

"You don't have to worry, you just have to lead the troops forward, it is estimated that they will not dare to let your ten thousand elite soldiers go deep into the hinterland of Qi State, they should let you be stationed in Jinyang or Jinyun, and when the time comes, in the face of the Tang and Chu coalition forces, you will have a chance to make meritorious contributions."

"Father, won't the general have any objections to such an arrangement?" Lu Jinge asked with some concern. Lu Jinge knew that although his father was the prime minister of Qin, he was more in charge of the general Wang Dang on the issue of the army, and even the King of Qin could not ignore the opinions of the Wang Party and the influence of the Wang Party on the Qin army.

"You think about it, it's a good thing to think about it. I have already told the king about this matter, and the king agreed, and the general has no opinion, and Wang Mao, the son of the general, is also a leader in battle. What are you worried about. Lu Ziren dispelled his son's concerns, and he was happy that his son could think of other people's relationships and interests.

For so many years, he has been worried about his son, and he doesn't dare to take him lightly for a moment, he has to take the helm for him in everything, and immediately let him go out to lead the army alone, he was still a little worried before, but he was very relieved to see that his son could say this to him.

"Since my father has arranged it, I'm too worried." Lu Jingo said to his father with a smile on his face.

Lu Ziren glanced at the injury on his face and asked lightly, "What?" Got into a fight with Wu Zichang again? ”

Seeing that Lu Jinge nodded, Lu Ziren said earnestly: "You and him don't fight, both of them are such big people, why don't you know how to regress?" ”

"I can't blame me for this, his reputation among the Praetorian Guards is too great, and if I don't defeat him, I can't control the Praetorian Guard." Lukingo defended himself.

"Hmph, does it depend on this to establish prestige? Didn't I see Wu Zichang who didn't fight with people back then? Isn't it the same as the command of the Praetorian Guard, and now the command of the East Palace Guard? Lu Ziren criticized slightly.

"Yes Father, I see." Rukingo accepted his father's advice.

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"Chen Zichen, the widow asked you to choose one of the other two princesses, why do you only need the third princess?" King Qin asked with some displeasure.

"Return, King Qin, I, King Qi, love the three princesses alone, and the three princesses will not be married." Chen Zichen replied without hurry, humility or arrogance.

"Bold Chen Zichen, did you talk to King Qin like this?" A Qin Chen jumped out and pointed at Chen Zichen and asked.

"King Qin, I have always heard that the Qin State governs the dynasty and governs the country well, and the ministers of the court and the central government know the general situation, but when I see it today, it can be said that it responds to the old saying." Chen Zichen said deliberately.

King Qin asked, "Which old saying?" ”

"It's better to be famous than to see it, and it's better to see it than not to see it. Just now, this great man was so unreasonable that he interrupted the communication between me and the king, and he should be held accountable. Chen Zichen said slowly.

The courtier who had just jumped out immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty.

King Qin smiled slightly and said: "The widow has always liked loyal and patriotic ministers, what is the crime of Aiqing?" Get up. ”

"King Qin really sympathizes with his subordinates." Chen Zichen flattered.

"Okay, the widow asked you, you Qi country must marry the three princesses, otherwise you will not ally alliance, may I ask what is the sincerity of the alliance between Qi and Qin?" King Qin's eyes were like torches, and he asked aggressively.

"The king may be mistaken, it is obviously an alliance between the Qin State and my Qi State, how can black and white be reversed? My Qi State has not taken the initiative to ally with the Qin State? Does the passive party need to compromise with the active party? Chen Zichen thought for a while, and then sharply said, "Hmph, I don't think there is such an excellent woman as my third princess in Qi Kingdom, is it right?" King Qi belittled the women of Qi State to Chen Zichen, and secretly said that Qi Country was weak.

"What the king said is true, I see that the Qin State almost gave up the alliance for a woman, and for the Qin State, even if the Qin State is sacrificed, it is not as good as a little princess. What does the king think? Chen Zichen competed with each other.

Seeing that Chen Zichen didn't buy his account, King Qin snorted coldly and looked at the ministers below.

"Don't worry, envoy Qi, just now my king is just worried about the future of your Qi country, I want to ask, the king of Qi is in power, has not yet made achievements, no measures, now it is like the attic in the sky, and my princess of Qin has been smart since she was a child, raising her brother on behalf of her, and has the demeanor of a saint, dare to ask King Qi and the capital to marry my princess of Daqin." It was no one else who spoke, it was Xiangguo Lu Ziren, there was no way, the king of Qin looked at him, he couldn't stand still, he had to annoy the king of Qin, so he said something.

"What this old man said is, but this lord can know that my Qi Wang Gui is the lord of a country, ruling the eight directions, shocking the four seas, protecting the interests of all the people, making the country peaceful, sitting in the pavilion for all the people to admire, and now my king lacks a virtuous princess, for my king to run the harem, extend the bloodline, the existing Qin princess is virtuous and virtuous, isn't it a match made in heaven, this kind of match, you can obstruct it in every way, isn't it against the will of heaven? Those who go against the will of heaven and become a country and a person are all disobedient. Chen Zichen blew his own king into the sky, saying that the two people were a match made in heaven and could not go against the will of heaven, otherwise they would be punished.

After a lot of boasting, what he said was like the truth, and the ministers of the court and the central government were turned to each other one by one, and there were many people who said that the mandate of heaven could not be violated.

"Lord Chen is so eloquent, let me ask you, now that the Qi country is weak, the people are all poor, the officials are greedy, and the soldiers are powerless, is this country also ruled by the king of Qi?" Lu Ziren saw that what he had just said was used by Chen Zichen, and now he is satirizing the weakness of Qi State.

Chen Zichen saw that it was really difficult to answer, this was the current memory of the Qi State, and it was also the real situation of the Qi State, so it was not easy to answer immediately, so he said: "Lord Lu said this, although the people of my Qi State are weak, but there is no chaos, dare to ask the Qin State Although there are rich people, is it chaotic?" Although the official of my Qi country is greedy, he is greedy for outsiders, dare to ask Lord Zhang? My Qi soldiers can't fight, dare to ask if there is no chaos in Qi and the people are safe, who will defend it? I am the king of Qi in the world: although the people are poor, but the wind is right; If officials are corrupt, they will also be punished; Although the soldiers are weak, they are brave. ”

Chen Zichen spoke at length, hitting back at Lu Ziren's questions one by one and answering them one by one. Lu Ziren never thought that Chen Zichen would answer so beautifully, although the people of Qi are poor, the officials are corrupt, and the soldiers are weak, but there is no matter of the people being poor and rebelling, there is no matter of officials being corrupt and not punished, and there is no matter of the army being weak and not defending the city, but although the Qin State is stronger than the Qi State, these things have happened, although there is no now.

Ma Daoyuan wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, although summer has not yet come, but he is too hot now. Lu Huan looked at the eloquent man standing in front with some admiration, he was a little thin.

King Qin's face looked a little unsightly, and he was still a little happy when he heard the question Lu Ziren asked, but now he couldn't be happy, because what Chen Zichen said was very similar to what he had been pursuing and ignoring all these years.

Lu Ziren flicked his sleeves and retreated indignantly.

King Qin looked at the young man in front of him, and suddenly felt a love for talent, so he said: "Lord Chen, you have great talent, are you willing to come to my Qin State as an official?" I will treat you as a guest. ”

All the ministers were confused by King Qin's words, and they talked about it. There was only one person present who could understand King Qin and understand everyone. He is Fang Ping, the most relied on advisor of the King of Qin.

"Zichen Xie Qin is very loving, but those who have a country do not serve the lord of another country, and those who are loyal do not change their loyalty to others." Chen Zichen politely rejected the King of Qin.

"Okay, the widow asks you, if the widow gives the third princess to you, are you willing to stay in the Qin Kingdom?" King Qin said earnestly and earnestly.

"What? How can this be? A minister questioned.

"Why, my lord." A minister knelt down and admonished.

"The king's actions are inconsistent with etiquette." Qin Guoli Department Shangshu said.

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Chen Zichen glanced at Ma Daoyuan and signaled that this piece had to be taken out by Ma Daoyuan. Ma Daoyuan also panicked at this time, but fortunately, he was a person who had been immersed in officialdom for many years, and Ma Daoyuan had to come forward and say: "King Qin, as the saying goes, marriage matters, parents' words, matchmakers' covenants, all kinds of etiquette are unavoidable, Lord Chen does not have the blessing of reconciliation with the princess, I want the king to appreciate Lord Chen, and I don't want Lord Chen to bear the name of abandoning the king for a woman and betraying the country to seek wealth." ”

"What Lord Ma said is very true, and the minister agrees." The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Qin State echoed.

Chen Zichen cast a grateful look at Ma Daoyuan, although he could refuse this matter just now, but as a party concerned, it is not good for him to refuse directly, only to send someone else to come forward, Ma Daoyuan said a few heartfelt words, which moved King Qin. King Qin had no choice but to give up.

"Well, the widow was just joking. Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry. King Qin said with a smile, and in his words, he had already apologized to everyone in the current court.

Although this matter is over, Chen Zichen can easily escape today.