Zhao Cong and Sima Shang were defeated and killed.

Zhao Mu didn't dare to ask the Qin army for the land they had invaded from Zhao State, and only hoped that they could stop here and not continue to advance.

But it's easy to please God, it's hard to send God, if you have Yan Jun, I will help you fight Yan Jun, and if you don't have Yan Jun, I will beat you directly.

Prince Dan was deeply afraid of bordering Qiang Qin, and wanted to unite Qi and Chu to send troops to rescue Zhao. However, the State of Qi was frightened, and the State of Chu did not border with Zhao, so they refused to send troops, and the State of Yan could only send troops by itself if they wanted to save the State of Zhao. Zhao Guo has been disabled, and Yan Guo's own troops have no help at all, so he has to stand still.

The Qin army is invincible. Zhao Mu was trapped in Dai County, and he ran out of ammunition and food. Xiang Shaolong informed Wang Jian that Zhao Mu wanted to capture him alive, and at the same time repaired the book with Zhao Mu to persuade him to surrender.

When Zhao Mu asked Xiang Shaolong for help, he thought that he might be taken advantage of by the Qin State, but considering that if he fell into the hands of Zhao Cong, he would definitely die, and he had no choice but to ask Xiang Shaolong for help.

Now when he saw Xiang Shaolong's letter of persuasion and learned that Wang Jian wanted to keep him alive, he thought that it was because he had a friendship with Xiang Shaolong and Xiang Shaolong wanted to save his life, so Kaicheng surrendered.

didn't know that Xiang Shaolong was alive for the Queen Mother. Many years ago, when Xiang Shaolong sent an envoy to Zhao Guo, the Queen Mother wanted Zhao Mu's head. Xiang Shaolong considered that the time was not ripe and did not agree, but promised the Queen Mother that one day she would let her kill the enemy.

When Xiang Shaolong saw Zhao Mu again, Zhao Mu did not have the demeanor of the Julu Marquis when he was in power. He became old, haggard, and submissive, and he didn't even dare to raise his head to look at Xiang Shaolong.

Zhu Ji is now under house arrest in Yongcheng, so Xiang Shaolong did not directly hand over Zhao Mu to Zhu Ji, and was imprisoned in Xianyang first.

Xiang Shaolong did not dare to mention the matter of the Queen Mother to Qin Wangzheng. The queen mother's defilement of the harem was regarded as a great shame by Qin Wangzheng, and the viciousness gradually revealed by Qin Wangzheng also discouraged Xiang Shaolong.

At this time, there was a person named Mao Jiao from the Qi country, who admonished the king of Qin, not talking about right and wrong, but starting from the general trend of the world, the king of Qin imprisoned his mother, which would make the people of the world dissatisfied, which was not conducive to the unification of the world. King Qin listened to Mao Jiao's advice and welcomed back the Queen Mother.

Xiang Shaolong handed over Zhao Mu to Zhu Ji, and Zhu Ji didn't care whether he killed or killed Xiang Shaolong.

King Qin felt that Mao Jiao was not afraid of himself, had earned a good reputation for himself, and was a minister who dared to admonish, so he named him Shangqing.

The state of Zhao perished, and there were only four kingdoms left in the world: Qin, Yan, Qi, and Chu.

Qin Wangzheng took advantage of the prestige of Zhao State, triumphed in the army, strongly promoted reform, and implemented the "Three Princes and Nine Secretaries System".

Taiwei was the highest military commander, with a position but no one, and the military power was firmly in the hands of the King of Qin.

Xiang Shaolongguan worships the prime minister and is the head of the hundred officials. Mao Jiao was named the Imperial Doctor.

And Lü Buwei was only named Fengchang, in charge of the rituals of the temple, although he ranked first among the nine kings and had a very high status, but for Lü Buwei, it was almost the same as a dismissal.

Xiang Shaolong felt that such a distribution was unreasonable, and Lü Buwei was equivalent to changing from prime minister to an idle post.

Qin Wangzheng's mind has been clearly revealed, he wants to use the same means to deal with Cheng Jiao to deal with Lü Buwei, force rebellion, and then eliminate, he wants to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. Ever since the rumors spread that he was Lü Buwei's son, he had already had this thought.

Lu Buwei finally recognized the true face of his son, he already felt that he was black enough, but he was far less ruthless than his son, and he didn't recognize his relatives.

Lü Buwei knew that even if he didn't rebel now, he would be forced to a dead end sooner or later, and Qin Wangzheng just wanted his life.

Lü Buwei didn't dare to rebel, Qin Wangzheng dared to give such an order, so naturally he had made all the preparations, just waiting for him to enter the trap.

Lü Buwei resigned, scattered all the guests, and went to the fiefdom of Henan with his family in an attempt to save his life.

As soon as Lü Buwei left, Qin Wangzheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiang Shaolong felt that even if Lu Buwei resigned, Qin Wangzheng might not let him go, but this was no longer his concern.

Xiang Shaolong is not yet thirty-five years old, but he is now the most powerful minister in the court, and he must always be vigilant against himself not to anger Qin Wangzheng. The previous harmonious relationship could not be his talisman, so Xiang Shaolong became more and more low-key. When discussing politics, he rarely expressed his opinions, and even if he had opinions, he would report them to Qin Wangzheng in advance, and generally echoed Qin Wangzheng.

Qin Wangzheng also found that Xiang Shaolong was more low-key at this time than when King Zhuang Xiang was in power, and basically never objected to his opinions, and greeted him in advance when he had anything, knowing that he was afraid of provoking his own suspicion, but he was also happy to do so, so he often summoned Xiang Shaolong alone.

Qin Wangzheng smiled and asked: "Now that the Zhao State has been destroyed, the remaining countries, can the Prime Minister have a plan?" ”

Qin Wangzheng had a close attitude and did not treat Xiang Shaolong as an outsider, but Xiang Shaolong strictly abided by etiquette and did not dare to treat the king as a child anymore.

Xiang Shaolong said: "King Qiyu, the State of Qi has not participated in the war in the Central Plains for many years, partly because of the corruption of officials, accepting bribes from my Great Qin, and also because he was afraid of being beaten by the coalition forces back then. Since then, I have been very weak, coldly watching my Great Qin annex the Three Jins, it is not difficult to win, it is best to persuade you to surrender. Prince Yan Dan is a character, but unfortunately Yan Guo is weak, Yan Wang is happy and mediocre, he is alone. The state of Chu is the most difficult, fertile and thousands of miles, with a large population and strong strength, but he is also the best to do. The state of Chu adopted the same feudal system as the Zhou family, the central power was scattered, and the royal family was weak, but the feudal monarch was strong. It was difficult for him to integrate the country's forces, his decision-making efficiency was inefficient, his mobilization for war was slow, and the transportation of grain and grass was not smooth. The royal power was constrained by Ling Yin and the major families and clans. Partition prevented the state of Chu from becoming truly powerful. We don't treat the state of Chu as a country, but treat every small country he divides as a country, and we can only send a large army to annihilate them one by one, and don't hope that if the royal family is destroyed, the entire state of Chu will surrender. ”

He knew that in history, Li Xin lightly said that 200,000 would destroy Chu, but he was defeated by Xiang Yan, and finally the veteran Wang Jian led an army of 600,000 to destroy Chu for nearly two years.

Qin Wang Zheng said: "Then where do we take it first?" ”

Xiang Shaolong said: "Send troops to the grassland, expel the Xiongnu and Donghu tribes, occupy the Korean Peninsula, and put pressure on the Yan State in the north." Over the years, our army has adapted to grassland warfare, not relying too much on supplies from the Central Plains, plundering the materials and population of the grassland, and feeding the war with war. Qi country with troops, after the destruction of Qi to form an encirclement of Yan State, Yan State has always been weak, must not be able to resist. ”

Qin Wangzheng asked, "What if the state of Chu sends troops to attack us?" The north and the south are at war at the same time, as you said, Chu is a big country after all, and I am afraid that the division of troops will fall into a bitter battle on both fronts. ”

Xiang Shaolong said: "For the Chu State, we just need to stick to it." Over the years, we have been attacking, and my arsenal has produced a lot of sharp weapons to defend the city, which have never been used, and this time they were all sent to the Qin-Chu border. The people of the Ink Guild are good at defense, Yan Ping, as the leader of the Ink Guild, uses printing to spread the ideas of the Mo family, and the Ink Guild has developed greatly, and has been seducing Chu Mo's people to help defend the city. We must concentrate our superior forces to pacify the north as soon as possible, and then immediately move our troops south, and then decide whether to fight or make peace at that time. With regard to the state of Chu, we must be prepared to use the strength of the whole country to fight a protracted war. ”

In order to celebrate the accession of Qin Wangzheng and the annexation of Zhao, the two brothers Changpingjun and Changwenjun invited Ji Fengfei, the first in the world, to perform.

Feng Fei can be called the superstar of the emperor of this era, but ordinary people are not qualified to appreciate it, and those who are fortunate enough to enjoy her dancing are a group of dignitaries.

Being able to perform in front of King Qin, Feng Fei worked extra hard.

The jewel-like eyes, the white and red skin, and the petite and delicate carcass look so lovable. With a melodious singing voice and graceful dancing, she is indeed worthy of the reputation of the world's No. 1 Ji.

Although Xiang Shaolong felt pleasing to the eye, with his appreciation ability, he didn't see that it was much better than those court singers, but the bonus of star halo was still there.

After a palace song and dance performance, Qin Wangzheng smiled faintly and said to Changping Jun: "Very good, let them go to the military camp to perform a few more times, it can be regarded as a reward for my brave soldiers of Great Qin." ”

Changping Jun was stunned, the barracks are so big, there are many soldiers, and there is no TV broadcast, this has to be broadcast live, how can it be performed? And these are all performers he paid for, but they are not his own singers or subordinates, he can do whatever he wants, and he didn't talk about these things when he came.

But the king of Qin didn't care about this, and ordered to go down, and the rest of the things were left alone.

Xiang Shaolong even glanced at Changping Jun and asked him to come down, now is not the time to raise difficulties.

Changping Jun hurriedly said yes.

After Changping Jun came down, he complained and said, "Prime Minister, how do you act in the barracks?" The barracks are also too big, and there are so many people that you can't see anything at all when you are far away. ”

Xiang Shaolong smiled slightly and said: "The king's words are orders, if there are difficulties, you must go up, and if there are no difficulties, you must also go up." There is no difficulty, which shows your ability. ”

Changpingjun didn't pay attention to Xiang Shaolong's humor at all, and he couldn't get the laugh point of this sentence, and said: "I don't want to show my ability, I mess up, and I'm even more troublesome." ”

Xiang Shaolong said: "There are always more ways than difficulties. It's just a concert tour. It's just like this court show, it's just a different place. The scale is well controlled, and there are a few more performances, the king cares about the soldiers, and he can't waste a piece of the king's heart. ”

Changpingjun frowned and said, "I just played with her at the beginning, and the cost is not small." ”

Xiang Shaolong laughed and said: "The time has come to share the worries of the king, for you, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, not everyone has the opportunity to slip the beard of the king." If you can't do it, just let it out, and some people want to do it for the king. ”

Changping Jun thought about it, and the king said casually, that is also a holy decree, what to do, you have to figure out how to do it, and said: "If the Prime Minister helps me, I didn't say that I would perform so much when I invited people!" ”

Xiang Shaolong said: "When did my Great Qin become so civilized? How can you say that you are also a royal family, and you can't even a singer? ”