Qin State, Xianyang.

A heavy snow has dressed Xianyang into a world covered in silver. It was the first month, the providence was cold, and in the Xianyang Palace, the fire was booming. The eunuchs who passed by Xianyang Palace almost subconsciously put their steps extremely lightly, for fear of disturbing the King of Qin in the palace. The attendants in the hall carefully burned the fire in the hall even more.

This year's Spring Festival was very torturous for the Qin State, because the King of Qin was seriously ill, the imperial court ordered the cancellation of all gatherings, and the Prince Zhu personally set up an altar to pray for the King of Qin. The court was in turmoil, and the people were naturally panicked. The King of Qin is the Dinghai Divine Needle of Great Qin, especially in the past few years, the Qin State has been pressed step by step by the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, and at this time, the Qin State needs a backbone. Although the prince pillar is old and serious, compared with the king of Qin, the difference is quite far. Fortunately, the sky does not die Qin, King Qin survived this time, and after being in a coma for three days, he came to his senses, and also suppressed the selfishness of the nobles.

This time, the Xianyang general Huan Qi was good, with no more than 4,000 casualties and more than 10,000 Wei troops annihilated. If it weren't for the serious illness of King Qin, Prince Zhu was worried that he would not be able to suppress those nobles without soldiers in his hands, and recalled the Huan Qi army in the name of the prison state, and the results of Huan Qi would have been greater. The king of Qin naturally rewarded and punished clearly, and raised Huan Qi's title by one level and restored it to the public seat.

Wei Wei Wang Qian's appearance is also remarkable, in the face of Zonggui's wooing, Wang Jian was unmoved and strictly guarded the palace. This is also the expectation of King Qin for Wang Qian. The most taboo thing for the guards in charge of the palace guard is to form a gang, even if it is the crown prince. Wei Wei's allegiance is only one, and that is the current King of Qin. Therefore, Wang Qian's insistence on the principle this time added a lot of points to King Qin's heart. The king of Qin recorded this sentiment, but he only rewarded him with a close-fitting sword, the meaning of which is self-evident.

Lang Zhongling, who was in charge of attacking the direction of Wuguan, suffered nearly 30,000 casualties, which could be regarded as a rout. However, considering that the casualties of the South Korean army are also more than 10,000. The Duke of Qi withdrew from the army privately because of the Savior's heart. King Qin remembered the old feelings, but only lowered the title of Duke Qi and did not do other punishments.

Of course, these rewards and punishments were only carried out after the King of Qin emptied the imminent Zong Guisu. During the period when King Qin was in a coma, some nobles bullied the prince Zhu Renyi, and even arranged for his henchmen to infiltrate the Xianyang defenders. The more daring ones even build armor on their own. When the King of Qin woke up and heard about it, an edict relegated these people to the bitter cold land of the border, and what awaited them was all kinds of difficulties and interrogations from local officials.

King Qin suddenly fell seriously ill this time, and the root of his illness was the fire that fell during the rebellion in Prince City. At first, King Qin was only suffering from a cold, and the diagnosis and treatment were not timely enough, so he almost caused a catastrophe. The queen was furious and killed more than a dozen imperial doctors and eunuchs involved in the matter. With such a lesson from the past, everyone in the palace is in danger. He was extremely cautious about serving King Qin.

Serious illness is like a mountain, and illness is like a thread. Even if the body is not healed. King Qin still dealt with the most important things, held a court meeting, and stabilized the situation. After doing this, King Qin moved into Xianyang Palace and recuperated with peace of mind. Even if King Qin is not at ease, he can only be supervised by the crown prince Zhu, Wei Ran assists the country, and the consul general is the court.

King Qin thought he had a lot of time. But this serious illness made King Qin realize that his limit might be approaching. It's time to let go and let Prince Zhu temper more. Even if Prince Zhu makes more mistakes now. also helped to make up for and suppress the ministers. If you don't let go now, if you really die, the crown prince will be at a loss and subject to Zonggui like when he first succeeded to the throne. King Qin had already experienced such a thing once, and he really didn't want his prince to come again.

Prince Zhu once again came to King Qin's sickbed after the court meeting. In a concise and concise manner, he reported the major events of today's court meeting one by one, and also made his own strategy one by one. King Qin listened patiently, and gently pointed out the shortcomings, and the truth was something that Prince Zhu could comprehend. King Qin didn't care anymore. King Qin is not afraid of Prince Zhu making mistakes, as long as it is not the same mistake, King Qin is still very generous. He only has such a son-in-law, and he must inherit his wisdom and wisdom in order not to disgrace the bloodline of the Qin royal family. In fact, the prince pillar is very smart, and the king of Qin often understands the prince pillar at all.

However, where there is satisfaction, there is dissatisfaction. The biggest problem of the prince pillar is benevolence and righteousness, if it is to rule the world, the king has the quality of benevolence and righteousness is naturally very good, but now it is a troubled time, if benevolence and righteousness are excessive, the courtiers will disrespect the king, and even use benevolence and righteousness to make trouble. The enemy country doesn't care whether you are a righteous king or not, and it is impossible to be merciful to you just because you are loved by all the people. How about the Patriotic Monarch? Compromise and seek perfection, Corporal Lixian, but in the end, Weiguo was not annexed by Zhao State all at once?! Speaking of which, this is still an era of the jungle. It can't maintain a strong combat power and can't deter the world, and benevolence and righteousness are synonymous with ridiculousness. The Qin State was founded by law, and strict laws ensured that the people of the country abided by the law. Whoever is a king is most jealous of a woman's kindness. It takes iron and blood, and it takes wrists, so that the subjects can be convinced and the enemy country submits.

Secondly, King Qin was still concerned about the issue of the heirs of the crown prince. Prince Zhu is now thirty-four years old, he is in the prime of life, but he has never had an heir. There is also whether the new queen mother will interfere in politics after her death, just like her biological mother Empress Dowager Xuan did. You must know that Prince Zhu's biological mother is Tang Bazi, and his queen is Ye Yanghou. Now that they are in power, they are naturally cautious. After the death of the only one who can restrain them, the crown prince will be filial piety, and there must be two queen mothers in the Qin State. Will their ambitions swell? Even if they are self-denying, will their relatives form a huge force of relatives? These Qin kings have to take precautions. Thinking of this, King Qin always felt that he didn't have enough time, and he needed a little more, a little more.

"Prince, what do you think of today's general trend?" King Qin said suddenly. King Qin knew that if he wanted to hurry, he couldn't reach it, and although he was anxious, he could only slowly transform the crown prince pillar and make him a qualified successor of the Qin State. And the first transformation is the benevolence and righteousness of the prince's pillar.

Prince Zhu was obviously stunned, in the past, the King of Qin was always on a case-by-case basis, and he analyzed how to deal with the best affairs of the court and how to balance the forces of all parties in the court. I didn't expect King Qin to suddenly come up with such a big topic today. However, this issue was discussed between the prince and the guests under his door, but some remarks were really not suitable for the king of Qin, otherwise it would be detrimental to the condition of the king of Qin.

Therefore, the prince Zhu avoided the important and said lightly: "All the strong are around, trembling, but at the moment, Zhao and Qi and Wei are not in harmony, Yan is strictly neutral, and there is only one enemy in Korea. ”

King Qin naturally didn't want to listen to these flashy things, and seeing that the prince's words were so flickering, King Qin snorted coldly in displeasure and said, "Is this all the prince knows?" Bullying the widow and the old? ”

Prince Zhu immediately bowed his head, sweated coldly, and knelt down to thank him: "Erchen doesn't dare!" Father's Spring and Autumn Prosperous! It is a good time to lead my Great Qin Jedi counterattack and pass through the six countries of Shandong! The son lost his words and asked his father to punish him. ”

King Qin's prestige is by no means cultivated overnight, and he can eradicate the relatives who have been pressed on his head for decades in one fell swoop. Seeing that King Qin was furious, Prince Zhu was half distressed by King Qin and half afraid that he had annoyed King Qin.

King Qin waved his hand and withdrew from the inner servants in the palace, and returned to normal: "Now there are only two people left in the palace, you and me, father and son, and Wang Er can confess to his father and the king according to the truth." What the king said, out of your mouth and into my ears, no third person knows. What kind of wind and waves have my father never seen, why should he be afraid of the king's mantra! My father is very clear about the general trend of the world. But what my father is worried about is that you don't know! So, you should take this as your father's examination school! ”

Prince Zhu's expression eased at this time, since King Qin defined this as a conversation between father and son, it was disrespectful to King Qin to avoid the important and talk about some generalities. Let's report it according to the truth! Don't dare to face these up, how can you lead the Qin State to fight back against other countries?!

After considering his words, Prince Zhu spoke: "All the countries in the world, led by the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, and Han, are the four kingdoms of Qi, Wei, Chu, and Yan. Today, Han, Wei, and Qi have become a succession, and Qin and Zhao have joined forces, and the strength of the two sides is comparable. If he wins in a row, my Daqin will have to shrink into the pass to protect himself. If he wins, my Great Qin can naturally go east out of the Central Plains, regain the counties of Sanchuan, Hedong and Nanyang, and dominate the world can be expected. ”

After hearing this, King Qin nodded slightly, and asked, "If Qin wants to compete with Han and Zhao for hegemony, what are the drawbacks?" ”

Prince Zhu replied: "Since my Great Qin lost the five counties of Hedong, Hexi, Sanchuan, Nanyang, and Hanzhong, the strength has been greatly inferior to before. The most terrible thing is that the belief in winning a hundred battles in the past has collapsed, and the people are quite uncomfortable with this. In the past, I was elated, but now I do have relatives. My Great Qin implements a military merit system, if it is not possible to expand the territory, how can I reward the meritorious soldiers. This is a disadvantage! ”

"Secondly, my Great Qin has repeatedly profited from conspiracies in Shandong, and every time there are more wars, the countries of Shandong are called Qin as the country of tigers and wolves. In the past, our Great Qin was most likely to dominate the world, and the scholars of Shandong countries who had never met were naturally coming and going to Xianyang endlessly. However, now South Korea has a new law, a new policy, Corporal Lixian and loves to use talents, and South Korea is located in the Central Plains, close to Luoyi, and the people of various countries in Shandong are all called the state of faith. The two disadvantages of this Qin State. ”

"Third, if I want to regain the hearts of the people and increase my strength, I am bound to expand my territory. However, now there is Hanzhong as a hindrance to the south, and Wuguan and Hangu Pass are blocking the way to the east, and they cannot be used. South Korea, on the other hand, can either go south or west and occupy the initiative. Even if it is the Zhao State, no matter which direction the troops are used, there is no danger to the fortress as a block, and the three disadvantages of the Qin State are also! (To be continued......)