Chapter 10: The Northern Expedition to the Xiongnu
In the early dynasty of the Qin court, Yingzheng deliberately got up early to change his clothes and came to the court. King Qin continued to pretend to be sick and crooked, and went to the court hall with the support of the attendants and servants, and after sitting down, he looked down the hall, and saw that Yingzheng was also among the courtiers, and his heart was relieved. He was really a little afraid that Ying Zheng would fall in love with that stubborn man and leave again, regardless of the affairs of the Qin State.
King Zhuang Xiang pretended to cough lightly a few times and said, "Ahem, cough~~!" It's rare that all the important ministers have arrived today. Let's have a good discussion about the matter of Qi Guo's Yan. The State of Qi sent troops to the Northern Expedition to the Yan State, intending to destroy Yan and improve himself! Yan Guo, my lover, came to my Qin State for help, hoping that we can send troops to Yan State. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty now have different opinions on this matter, so today they will discuss this matter in the court, and whether to send troops or not, they will all have an understanding. Let's all have our opinions! β
As soon as King Zhuang Xiang's voice fell, Cheng Jiao clenched his fists and bowed forward and said: "Father Qi, Qi and Qin have no grievances, and Qi Guo's attack on Yan is purely to take revenge on King Qi Min Shi Le Yi to attack Qi. At this time, if the Qin State intervened, I am afraid that it would damage the reputation of the Qin State. Therefore, Erchen did not approve of Qin sending troops to rescue Yan. β
Lu Buwei on the side didn't say anything when he heard the deal, but in his heart, he also didn't want Qin Guo to save Yan. But Cheng Jiao and he have always had political disagreements, and it is precisely because of the contradictions and balances between the two of them that King Zhuang Xiang will allow their respective factions to influence the situation in the Qin Dynasty for so many years. In fact, it is said that it is to influence the current situation, but it is more through the relationship between the two of them to balance the balance between the old and new factions of power in the Qin State. Zi Chu, the grandson of King Yingji of Zhaoxiang who leveled the four seas back then, how could he be an incompetent mediocre monarch? Therefore, LΓΌ Buwei definitely didn't want to directly show that he and Cheng Jiao had the same opinion in front of King Qin.
LΓΌ Buwei was silent on the side, and after King Zhuang Xiang heard Cheng Jiao's words, he was naturally dissatisfied in his heart. However, since no one in the Manchu Dynasty cultural relics has kicked out different opinions, although they have not said it explicitly, it can also be seen that in this matter, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military no matter what they think, but their position has already stood on the change of not sending troops. But although King Zhuang Xiang is not a holy monarch, he is not confused.
In today's general trend, as long as the Qin State cannot maintain its dominance and maintain a strong national strength that can defeat one enemy and six enemies, it will be a crisis for the Qin State. The State of Qi sits on the coast of the East China Sea and the benefits of fish and salt, but it is located in the land of Qilu and lacks war horses. Chariot cavalry is also lacking, so there is basically no field attack power against other countries. In the early years, when King Min of Qi controlled the Yan Kingdom, with the help of the Yan Liao Land of the Qi State, in addition to obtaining war horses from the Yan State, he could also allow the well-trained Qi army to enter and exit the Xiongnu area to grab horses.
But since Le Yi Vaqi, there are no such good external conditions. This is also the reason why the Qi State relied on its strong national strength to attack the Yan State, but it has not yet achieved any decent results. Once the Qi State eats the seemingly thin flesh of the Yan State with only bones left, it is equivalent to adding a few hard bones to himself, and the Qi State is likely to have the strength to compete with the Qin State at that time. If you add those small countries that have always had grievances with Qin, Qin will be sleeping on the chopping block from now on. Don't think about a good life anymore.
King Zhuang Xiang secretly looked at Yingzheng and coughed loudly: "Ahem~!" "The meaning is obvious, it is to let Yingzheng say something quickly and suppress these two groups. But Ying Zheng didn't pay attention to him at all, King Zhuang Xiang glanced at Ying Zheng, pursed his lips, and said directly: "Ying Zheng! You are the great good man of my Qin State, the soldiers and horses in charge of the whole Qin State, and it is up to you to decide whether to send troops or not. You also come and talk about it, Yan Guo, can you save it or not? β
Ying Zheng heard King Zhuang Xiang call himself, so he stood up from the ranks of the courtiers, and said: "Back to my father, my sons have been wandering around the world these days, and I have some experience in the customs and customs of Shandong countries. But since the father asked, the son couldn't help but say it. If there is anything wrong, I hope that my father and the ministers will be Haihan. β
When King Zhuang Xiang heard Yingzheng's words, he secretly said in his heart: "Stinky boy! What nonsense! Don't you just want you to embarrass me? Waiting for me how to clean you up! King Zhuang Xiang said weakly while thinking: "Then you can tell your opinion and let everyone hear it." β
Ying Zheng was indeed a little dissatisfied with King Zhuang Xiang in his heart, so he deliberately hung King Zhuang Xiang, and now since King Zhuang Xiang spoke first, Ying Zheng naturally would not refute his face too much. So he said, "Return to my father." According to what Erchen saw, when there is no one in the six countries today, there is no one in the temple who does not hate Qin and hate Qin, and it is definitely not something that can be resolved by Qin State being able to sit back and watch Qi State destroy Yan and become bigger. Therefore, in this battle to save Yan, Qin had to fight. β
When King Zhuang Xiang heard Yingzheng say this, his heart was a lot happier. Xin said: "Rabbit cub, I finally said a few words!" β
And just when King Zhuang Xiang wanted to speak, Lu Buwei suddenly stood up from among the courtiers, clasped his fists and said: "Qi my king, the minister has a foolish opinion, and he and Wu Anjun dare not agree!" β
"Get in the way!" King Zhuang Xiang thought in his heart, and at the same time, he had to take care of this Xiangguo who was leading the government in the court in terms of face, so he could only say: "Xiangguo is high, hurry up and be on the field." "Actually, what kind of insight can you have? said it very clearly, I don't agree with Yingzheng to send troops to save Yan!
LΓΌ Buwei arched his hand and said: "Qi is my king, although the annexation of the Qi State to the Yan State is a great power, and it is not beneficial to the Qin State, but the expedition to the Qi State, whether it is through Zhao Wei or receiving South Korea, has to worry about a problem. What if the Qi State contacted other countries at this time to attack the army of the Qin State expedition from behind? During the reign of King Huiwen, the State of Qi attacked Wei, and the State of Wei asked for help from the State of Qin, and after the State of Qin sent troops, it was the State of Wei and the State of Qi that were attacked before and after, and they suffered a crushing defeat! Although the six kingdoms of Shandong have always had grievances, their grievances with each other are very clumsy and cannot make up for the common hatred between them and the Qin state. Therefore, even if the Qi State attacked the Yan State on the one hand, it could persuade the Yan State and the Three Jin and Chu States to fight the Qin State together with them. Therefore, please forgive the old minister's vain words, the matter of Qi State's attack on Yan, Qin State is really not easy to make a move, and it is nosy. β
"Lu Xiang's words are wrong!" After Ying Zheng heard LΓΌ Buwei's words, he retorted loudly: "Qi Guo is going to be bigger. What is it that you do? It is not to supplement the war horses that are in short supply in Qi and expand the military strength. Why did the state of Qi expand its armaments, and for what? Is it for the Three Jin Dynasty or the Chu State? The bottom line is to prepare for the future! Even if everyone in the world doesn't care, even Yan Guo himself doesn't care! The Qin State must also be managed! Could it be that the ministers and sons of the court who eat the Qin State still want to dedicate cities to other countries and welcome them into Xianyang to kill your parents, wives and children! β
As soon as Ying Zheng's words came out, the court, which was originally silent, immediately became noisy. Since Xiaogong released the recruitment list to manage the scholars of the Six Kingdoms, even during the period of King Zhaoxiang, the dictatorship of the three nobles headed by Wei Ran was polite to the scholars of the Six Kingdoms who traveled between the Qin State. As long as there are people who are really talented and learned, they will be honored as guests. Xiang Yingzheng pointed directly at the faces of these scholars, and said that it was the first time they had eaten inside and out!
"Wu Anjun's words are presumptuous!" One of the courtiers pointed at Ying Zheng and scolded loudly, "I've been waiting for Qin since I came in, which one of them hasn't worked hard and done his best!" When have you ever had a little selfish distraction! The prosperity of the Qin State today is not only due to the great talents of the king, but also to the merits of our people. Wu Anjun said that we were so unbearable for no reason! It's too unruly! β
Ying Zheng turned his head to look at the minister and said: "When you didn't come, King Zhaoxiang ruled the world and swallowed the princes of the world with one enemy and six, but now he can only hold on to the old land of Qin and let the six countries of Shandong become independent. Think for yourselves! Feel your conscience! Have you done it or not? βγ
King Zhuang Xiang was very happy when he heard Yingzheng scolding them, but the court was not a place for quarrels after all. So he said, "All right! It's all noisy! β
Then King Zhuang Xiang asked Yingzheng again: "What Xiangguo said is not unreasonable. The soldiers of the Qin State should not take this risk. Yingzheng: You said, is there any way to avoid this kind of thing from happening? β