Volume 1 In Search of a Thousand Years Chapter 21 The Sword of the Heart

Qu Yuan: "So, you listen to the content later, so those who are good are not good teachers; Those who are not good are the assets of good people. Don't value his teacher, don't love his assets, although he is a big fan of wisdom, it is said to be wonderful. "The king who treats others well" is the teacher of "the king who does not treat others well"; "A king who does not treat others well" is a reference to "a king who treats others well". If you don't respect your teacher, if you don't cherish it, if you don't care about it, you will be completely confused when you govern the country with wisdom and intelligence, this is what I call a clever trick. In fact, I also want to instill these things in the king, and gradually soften them into the law and policy."

Zhao Yue: "The effect of the change of King Chu and Wu Qi is certainly significant, but they are too eager to achieve it, and those nobles can't accept it, so what are the plans of Lingjun if they want to change the law?" ”

Qu Yuan: "From the geographical point of view, the Seven Kingdoms, the Western Qin State, the Eastern Qi State, the Southern Chu State, the Northern Yan State, the Central Han, Zhao and Wei Kingdoms, Zhao is in the north, Han is near the west, Wei is in the middle, Han Wei is closest to the Qin State, and was attacked by Qin first. The state of Chu was backward in agriculture and did not have a strong army, but it often opened up its territory and had no one to govern it.

Indeed, for the state of Chu, there is a vast territory and land, as far north as the Central Plains, and Han, Wei, Song, and Qi are neighbors; In the west, there are Qianzhong (Yuanling County, Hunan) and Wujun (Wushan County, Sichuan), which are neighbors with Ba and Qin, and it is precisely because of this that Qin must first weaken the Chu State when it goes east, and when the Chu State has neither the ability to resist and fight back, nor the strength to unite other countries, it will begin to annex other small countries one by one."

Qu Yuan paused, drank a sip of water and continued to analyze: "In the face of Qin's plan to unify the world, the Chu State must not only unite with the equally powerful Qi State to form a strong momentum, but also win over the Three Jin Dynasty to prevent them from forming a strong force with the Qin State. In addition to self-preservation, they can also attack Qi Chu, so the alliance of various countries Chu must win over an alliance state. In addition, we also have to establish a good relationship with Yiqu, because when there is a conflict in Qin, it can also create civil strife in the rear of Qin, once the six countries are formed, they may not be able to attack Qin, but it can ensure temporary stability is not a problem, at least we can leave time to recuperate... In addition, Chu's own borders are often invaded by the Yue Kingdom, and they are not stable."

Zhaoyue: "At present, the land area of Chu is the largest, followed by Qin Zhao, followed by Qi Weiyan, and Han is the smallest. The population is the largest. Chu has one million soldiers, and according to the calculation of five people and one soldier, there should be a population of five million. There were 700,000 Wei soldiers, and there should be a population of three or four million. There were 600,000 Qin soldiers, 450,000 Zhao soldiers, and the total population of Qin and Zhao was 5 or 6 million... I want to tell you that on the basis of the prosperity and strength of the people, the combat effectiveness of the army of Chu should also be improved, and the rulers and leaders of the aristocracy account for more than ninety percent. But how to take back the power in their hands little by little in a way that everyone accepts, and how to return the population to the court, you have to think about it in the long run, and if you are not careful, personal life and death, honor and disgrace is small, and the country loses the capital again, but it is a fatal blow to the country. ”

After listening to Zhaoyue's words, Qu Yuan also felt a little in his heart, it is true that personal life and death do not care about honor and disgrace, even so, how can he recover power and population from the hands of those old forces, since the death of King Mourning and Wu Qi, the change of law came to an abrupt end, and the court was controlled by aristocratic forces, and it was indeed necessary to plan carefully.

This time and Xiaoyue's hometown revisited, Xiaoyue's temperament is not inferior to that of a man, but it's a pity that he can still get along with Xiaoyue like this after marrying.

After thinking about it for a long time, I remembered what Xiao Yue said to go with the flow, or look forward and have its own arrangements in the dark......

Xiao Yue picked up the bamboo slips and saw the content that Qu Yuan had just discussed, and continued to read a few volumes.

After a moment of silence, the tea was boiling on the stove, Qu Yuan opened the tea barrel, the dried chrysanthemums in it, Qu Yuan took out a few grains and put them in the two-person cup, plus the boiling water, the water did not enter the teacup for a long time and the chrysanthemum fragrance overflowed.

Zhaoyue was attracted by this aroma, put down the bamboo slips, and approached the cup: "It's so fragrant"

Qu Yuan: "This is the last issue of chrysanthemums last year, and I made chrysanthemum tea"

Zhaoyue: "Drinking the dew of magnolia in the morning, and falling in the autumn chrysanthemum at night"

Qu Yuan: "Haha, Xiaoyue made fun of it, but this kind of life is enviable"

This is a sentence in Qu Yuan's "Lisao", Qu Yuan has not yet written "Lisao", of course, Zhaoyue also hopes that Qu Yuan will never experience the pain of degrading exile to the point of writing a masterpiece of heart-weeping.

Qu Yuan: "Taste the tea, I like to smell the tea"

Zhaoyue continued to smell the fragrance of chrysanthemums coming from the teacup in front of her and sighed: "The flower note and tea bowl are fragrant for thousands of years, and the clouds and shadows are shining on the first floor." ”

Qu Yuan carefully admired the poems recited by Zhaoyue, and looked at the woman opposite blankly, her hair fluttering and scattering on her back in the breeze.

Zhaoyue drank slowly and savored the tea in the cup, and when she put down the teacup, Qu Yuan refilled it for her.

Zhaoyue: "Thank you Lingjun, I just saw you bring a piano, I want to hear Lingjun's piano, I don't know Lingjun is willing to play a song"

Qu Yuan: "Since Xiaoyue wants to listen to it, then I'll improvise a song"

The strings were plucked, the slender fingers were beating on the strings, the tune was slowly remembered, and a scene flashed in Qu Yuan's mind, playing a bright melody on the high mountain, which made people excited after listening to it, and full of hope for life, so he played the tune in his dream according to his memory.

Zhaoyue only felt that this tune was inexplicably familiar and friendly, but she couldn't say why. I searched my stomach and searched for my memory, and I couldn't remember hearing this song before.

Zhao Yue has also studied the guqin in modern times, and can also stroke the qin a few songs, listening to familiar tunes that poke into the depths of the soul.

Qu Yuan noticed Zhaoyue's strange appearance and quickly stopped: "Xiaoyue, what's wrong with you?" Isn't it uncomfortable?"

Zhaoyue: "I'm fine, I just think Lingjun's qin music is inexplicably familiar, but I really haven't heard it"

Qu Yuan: "This song is also something I often hear in my dreams, I am on the top of the mountain and play this song, people are excited, and everyone is full of hope, so I follow the memory and I pop it up."

Zhaoyue was stunned, it turned out to be so magical, but the two of them didn't notice the strangeness in the sky.

Donghuang Taiyi: "It's not good, Lingjun wants to break through the memory seal, he has already remembered the "Nine Heavens" he often plays"

Emperor of Heaven: "Don't meddle in the affairs of the god of fire in the world, you should remember it, when he remembers all the obsessions of the god realm and can let go of the obsession of the mortal world, he can return to the godhood, and now I am more worried about the moon god, the moon god from the later generations has caused fluctuations in the development of history, and she knows what the fire god will experience in the mortal world, I am worried that she will forcibly change history"

Donghuang Taiyi: "If this is the case, what will happen to the moon god"

Emperor of Heaven: "If the moon god changes the direction of history, not only subverts the existence of the future generations, but even she will disappear completely, not dead but completely erased from the divine realm"

Donghuang Taiyi: "Then where will the moon god go?"

Emperor of Heaven: "She will go to the ruins, that is, the gap in time, wandering between parallel worlds, no world can find her, and just now the mortal fire god played "Nine Heavens" has stimulated the memory of the moon god in the god realm"

In the middle of the night, before the song was played, Qu Yuan stopped: "I'm sorry, Xiaoyue, I remember so much from the memories in my dreams."

Zhaoyue: "It's so bizarre, Lingjun, could it be your memories of your past life?" ”

Qu Yuan: "Ha, Xiao Yue laughed, if I really wanted to know what my identity was in my previous life, Xiao Yue is also a person who understands the qin, why don't you play the qin for Lingjun, how about it?" ”