Chapter 269: Shaken
Zhuge Teng has lived in officialdom for a long time, and his ability to cut people is also excellent.
Although it was only the first time he had seen Zheng Guo, he could see from Zheng Guo's words and demeanor that Zheng Guo was by no means a scheming villain, and Zheng Guo had no reason to frame himself to King Han in terms of position or interests.
If you want the other person to believe in yourself, you must first open your heart to the other person.
It seems to be a drunken remark, but Zhuge Teng has been thinking about it for a long time.
"Intuition?" Zheng Guo shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Intuition is such a thing, sometimes it can be very harmful."
At the beginning, he intuitively thought that he would be reused by King Han, but he unexpectedly became an outcast who took the blame.
At the beginning, he intuitively felt that King Qin was planning to settle South Korea, but he was unexpectedly countered by Yingzheng.
"It's really harmful." Zhuge Teng sighed and said, "Perhaps, I haven't met the right person and the right thing."
Zheng Guo's eyebrows moved, thinking about Zhuge Teng's words.
The right person, the right thing......
I was forced to repair the canal for Daqin, but for more than a year, I had a feeling of realizing my own value, and even if I stayed in South Korea, I might not have any opportunities to show my strength.
However, the king of Qin gave him what he wanted, and basically never interfered in the construction of the canal.
Is this the right person, and is it the right thing?
"To be honest, now I really really want to build a canal for Great Qin." Zheng Guo said very seriously, "Putting aside the interests of this country and the country, this meritorious thing for future generations will definitely be completed even if there is great resistance."
"So...... It really has nothing to do with the Qin State or the King of Qin?" Zhuge Teng asked.
Zheng Guo thought for a moment before he said, "In all fairness, if it were another monarch, I might not have such thoughts, at least, I would not be so resolute."
"Oh?" Zhuge Teng narrowed his eyes and said, "So, Brother Zheng met the right person?"
No one had ever asked Zheng Guo a similar question, and he never seemed to have thought about it, but now he was suddenly asked, and he seemed a little at a loss.
After being stunned for a while, Zheng Guocai nodded and said, "It seems, yes."
"Hehe, congratulations to Brother Zheng, I finally met Lord Ming." Zhuge Teng said with a smile.
"Hahaha......" Zheng Guo laughed and stroked his beard, "I'm really ashamed, only now did I realize that I had set my heart on Qin."
"Good birds choose trees to perch on." Zhuge Teng said, "Today's Great Qin is like a towering tree, with a solid foundation and lush branches and leaves, and anyone wants to exert their strength there."
Zheng Guo asked puzzledly, "Listening to what Brother Zhuge meant, you also quite agree with Daqin?"
Zhuge Teng didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.
"I don't understand." Zheng Guo said, "At the beginning, but Great Qin destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which also caused Luoyi to end up like this, Brother Zhuge should be full of hatred for Great Qin."
"Hehe, it's true that Great Qin attacked and destroyed the Eastern Zhou, but he didn't kill them all." Zhuge Teng said with a smile, "The Eastern Zhou royal family has existed in name only for hundreds of years, even if Great Qin doesn't make a move, sooner or later there will be other states to make a move, and if it comes to that moment, who can guarantee that the Great Zhou royal family will not be cut down and eradicated?"
A rhetorical question, Zheng Guo didn't know how to answer.
"I don't know if I should thank Daqin or resent Daqin." Zhuge Teng sighed and said, "If you want to talk about resentment, Luoyi has fallen into such a situation, it is indeed because of Daqin, if you want to say gratitude, you must also owe it to Daqin who left the last bit of Da Zhou's residual vein and dignity."
Zheng Guo asked curiously, "Then I don't know, is Brother Zhuge more resentful, or more grateful?"
"Hehe, at first, of course, there was more resentment." Zhuge Teng said, "But now, I am extremely grateful to Great Qin."
A heart
It is true that changes in thread can change over time and in the changes experienced.
"Really?" Zheng Guo is a little different
Believe what he hears.
"Really!" Zhuge Teng said, "Now it seems that the Great Zhou Dynasty has exhausted its strength, and among the countries, there is an urgent need for an enlightened monarch who values the people to stand up and reunify China, and at the moment when Lü Buwei robbed Jiuding, I knew that Daqin had been making such preparations, and now, it seems that it is time to make a move."
"Huh?" Zheng Guoda was shocked and said, "Jiuding? You mean Jiuding, it's in the Qin State?"
"This is an important matter related to national affairs, and Great Qin must be highly secretive, so it's not surprising that you don't know." Zhuge Teng said, "Do you think that South Korea has the guts to rob Jiuding, which is coveted by all the heroes?"
Indeed, if you lend South Korea a few more guts, it will not dare.
"Well, that's it." Zheng Guo was puzzled, "Then since Brother Zhuge knew that it was Great Qin who robbed Jiuding, why didn't he make a noise and ask for help from other countries?"
"Asking for help?" Zhuge Teng sneered, "Do you want to ask the Chu State to snatch Jiuding back and then release it to the Chu State?"
Zheng Guo: "......"
The Eastern Zhou Dynasty has been destroyed, and Jiuding will naturally become the target of competition among other countries, and no matter who robs it, Jiuding will never return to Luoyi.
"What's more, if this matter is publicized to the whole world, it will inevitably cause the biggest scuffle in history." Zhuge Teng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "For the people, it will inevitably fall back into dire straits, if the situation gets out of control, the consequences are unimaginable, and at that time, Zhuge Teng will not become a sinner in the whole world."
Zheng Guo's brows sank, and his heart was churning.
It is undeniable that what Zhuge Teng said is the truth.
Zhuge Teng solemnly arched his hand and said, "I saw that Brother Zheng was benevolent and upright, so I told the truth, but I am willing to ask Brother Zheng to keep this matter strictly confidential and not to mention it to anyone, or, it should be all drunken talk."
Zheng Guo sighed and said, "Such a disaster for the country and the people, even if Brother Zhuge doesn't remind me, I will definitely not mention it to anyone, since King Qin is silent, he should have other plans."
"Not bad." Zhuge Teng said, "This is also the analysis below, Jiuding has changed hands, the world should be in chaos, but it seems unusually calm, all countries do not want to take the lead in restoring the royal power of the Great Zhou, and for the missing Jiuding, of course, they are just waiting."
"Then say, is there any of the nations who have heard of this and have not made a noise?" Zheng Guo asked.
"Absolutely." Zhuge Teng said, "Other countries don't dare to say it, but King Han must have sensed the clues, but there is no evidence, as long as he doesn't come forward to testify, anyone who says it can only be regarded as a frame."
Zheng Guo was shocked, he never expected that the factor that would determine whether the world was stable or not was in the hands of Zhuge Teng.
Immediately, Zheng Guo stood up, tidied up his clothes, looked at Zhuge Teng very solemnly, bowed down and bowed and said: "Brother Zhuge cares about the people of Li, and does not put the people in fire and water because of his own selfish desires, Zheng admires him very much, please accept Zheng Guo's worship."
Zhuge Teng also hurriedly got up, supported Zheng Guo, and said, "Oh, Brother Zheng, what are you doing here, this kind of thing, anyone will have such a choice."
Zheng Guo raised his head, his eyes were already full of respect: "Brother Zhuge attaches great importance to the overall situation, and he deserves to be worshiped here."
"Hehe, if it were you, it would have been the same choice." Zhuge Teng smiled, "So at the beginning of the next day, we are the same people, this is true."
"Hahaha!" Zheng Guo smiled, "Naturally, come, Zheng Mou will give Brother Zhuge a cup."
Zheng Guo leaned over and picked up his wine jue, and handed him Zhuge Teng's wine jue.
"!" The two saluted each other at the same time, and then drank it all.
"Hahaha......" The two of them laughed again.
"Rejoice!" Zhuge Teng shouted, "Brother Zheng, please sit down, let's meet as confidants for a long time, and then talk slowly."
"Okay, Zheng also has this intention." Zheng Guo said.
The two sat down again, looking at each other and smiling.
Zhuge Teng said, "Now that Brother Zheng knows the melon here
Ge, then help me analyze the current situation below, and I want to know what the current situation of Great Qin is."
Zheng Guo nodded lightly and said, "In my opinion, since the Shang Jun changed the law, Daqin's national strength has become stronger and stronger, and its foundation is now extremely strong, taking the matter of repairing the canal as an example, the South Korean side originally thought that Daqin's treasury would inevitably be gradually dragged down by this matter, but they didn't want Daqin to basically use the foundation, and now that the canal has been repaired for nearly half of it, they don't feel that the treasury is tight."
"This means that Great Qin's national strength is far beyond our imagination?" Zhuge Teng asked.
"Hmm." Zheng Guo said, "Great Qin is no longer the poor state that lives in a corner. Looking at it, Bashu and Yiqu are all owned by the Qin State, the Yingdu of the Chu State, the Kunguan of the Wei State, and the Hexi of the Zhao State are also occupied by the Great Qin."
"And in these two short years, Cheng Yu rebelled, Chang Yu rebelled, Lü Buwei was eradicated, and Great Qin can be described as an eventful season."
"But even so, Great Qin still shows no signs of turmoil, and King Qin has handled these things extremely properly, not only to gain insight into opportunities, but also to find the most reasonable way to deal with them."
Zhuge Teng's brows moved, and he asked, "King Qin...... What kind of man is he?"
Zheng Guo thought for a moment and said, "In my cognition, King Qin is very wise, thoughtful, and quite studious, he never likes to be polite to others, and he is probably not used to hypocrisy. It seems that some of them are young and old, and they always seem to have something on their minds or secrets, making it difficult to guess what they are thinking."
"The most important thing is that King Qin has a heart to help the world. I heard that Li Si once asked the king of Qin if he had the ambition of the world, and the king of Qin said that he would personally end the disputes of these countries for hundreds of years and return the people to a peaceful and prosperous world."
Zhuge Teng's eyes widened, his lips trembled a little, and his tone was obviously a little higher: "He...... Did he really say that?"
In troubled times, everyone wants to meet some like-minded people.
"It does." Zheng Guo said, "It is precisely because of this that Li Si decided to stay in the Qin State and assist the King of Qin."
Zhuge Teng's eyes shook violently a few times, and then he asked, "What kind of weapon is the "I" that Brother Zheng just mentioned?"
"I don't know if Brother Zhuge has heard of it, King Qin got an ancient divine weapon in a secret room deep in the mountains, this divine weapon, called "my weapon", shaped like a shield, it is said that it can be cut and stabbed, can be attacked and defended, very powerful, and now, King Qin has also specially formed a "our army", using this kind of divine weapon, and each person is also specially equipped with a continuous shooting crossbow."
"Before, the remnants of Yiqu united with Xiqiang to raise troops to attack, but they were defeated by this team. Now all the remnants of Yiqu have returned to Great Qin and taken root in Longxi."
"The Relics of the Righteous Canal?" Zhuge Teng said, "Why haven't I heard of it?"
"After Yiqu was annexed by Qin, some Yiqu people fled and lived in the territory of the Xiongnu for many years, and Chang Yu was the youngest son of the old patriarch of Yiqu." Zheng Guo explained.
"Huh." Zhuge Teng smiled, "This story is so bizarre, it seems that Chang Yu made a mess, and it was premeditated?"
"Exactly." Zheng Guo replied, "However, the current Yiqu patriarch has abandoned the king as a duke, and received the responsibility of guarding Longxi County, and has long abandoned his previous suspicions against Great Qin, and it is said that the young patriarch has also become a brother with the king of Qin."
Zhuge Teng's brows moved, carefully thinking about every word and word that Zheng Guo said.
And Zheng Guo, for Qin Guo, after all, was a foreign minister, and what he said was undoubtedly the most objective.