When the state of Chu fell into a treacherous situation, Ziyou had already left the state of Chu, and after returning to Xianyang, Ziyou went to the palace of King Qin to see Yingzheng as soon as possible.

"Meet the King." Ziyou saluted Ying Zheng.

"The teacher doesn't have to be polite, I am in a hurry to recruit you back because something happened in the north." Ying Zheng handed over a piece of information to Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao handed it over to Ziyou.

Ziyou opened the information, this information was sent by the Zuo Xian Wang, after reading the information, Ziyou also had a clear understanding of the current situation in the grassland, before they surrendered the Right Xian King in order to maintain the balance of the grassland, breaking Zuo Xianwang's idea of destroying the Xiongnu royal court. It is precisely because of this that the Xiongnu royal court was given a chance to breathe.

Mao Dun is also worthy of a generation of male lords, these years taking advantage of the stability of the grassland, constantly centralizing power within the Xiongnu royal court, although the ram Ling and Wei Zhuang also want to restrict Mao Dun, but they are not Huns after all, even if they have corrupted the Xiongnu nobles, but in the face of the problem of blood, Mao Dun has won the support of many old Xiongnu nobles with real power in their hands.

In order to continue to strengthen his power, Maudun used the most direct method, war. Because of the fall of the Zhao State, there was no check and balance between the Hu and the Xiongnu and Li Mu. The newly free Hu people thought that the Xiongnu had been in a long civil war and their strength was not as good as before, but what about their Hu people? After so many years of obscene development, coupled with the absorption of the tactical tactics of the Central Plains, it is not a matter of fighting a backward Huns.

Mao Dun believes that the Hu people live under the protection of Li Mu all the year round, and the Hu people are not united as one, and he not only has the army provided by the old Xiongnu nobles, but also the Praetorian Guards trained by this Wei Zhuang, although the Praetorian Guards he can not mobilize much, but it is enough to fight a Hu people, so the two sides hit it off and went to war.

As for the result, Mao Dun used a little trickery to separate the Hu people's army, and Mao Dun attracted the main force of the Hu people on the one hand, and let the Hu people defend the Hu people's army behind the back, and finally the Hu people were wrapped in dumplings by Mao Dun and swallowed whole. Relying on the prestige of attacking the Hu people, Mao Dun's prestige suddenly overwhelmed the ram Ling and Wei Zhuang, so he began to gradually grasp power.

And the ram order is also because of the old age, and can only continue to delegate power, after a year of centralization and recuperation, Mao Dun began to prepare to do it to King Zuoxian. Because King Zuo Xian has been fighting with the Great Moon Clan, his own strength has been almost consumed, and now Mao Dun is still ready to stab him in the back, so he is ready to seek foreign aid.

King Zuo Xian immediately asked for help from He Yangli and Abatu, who replaced King Youxian, but thought that He Yangli and Abatu were just vassals of Qin, so he sent someone to find Qin directly, so he had this information.

"The widow consulted with the courtiers a few days ago, and most of them thought that we should not send any more troops to the steppe now. If we help Zuo Xianwang to attack Maotun, it will inevitably greatly increase our logistical pressure, and even if we help Zuo Xianwang to attack Maotun, the result will be to return the grassland to normal.

If we don't send troops, Mao Dun won't be able to swallow Zuo Xian Wang's department at once, even if we eat Zuo Xian Wang's department, it is just a slightly larger ant for the Qin State. Ying Zheng said.

Now the grassland tribes, in front of the Qin State is indeed not worth mentioning, the Qin State now has the grassland nemesis Li Mu, and the army not only has the golden fire cavalry, but also the Wuling iron cavalry. Originally, the Wuling Iron Cavalry swept the world on the grassland, and the Qin State helped them equip them with Ma Sanbao and the latest armor and Mo Sword, so it can be said that the current Wuling Iron Cavalry has no opponent on the grassland.

Even if the soldiers trained by Mao Dun could block the Wuling Iron Cavalry, the Qin army still had the weapon at the bottom of the box, gunpowder.

"According to the current situation of the Xiongnu, even if Mao Dun defeats the Zuoxian Wangbu, he will not be able to annex the Zuoxian Wangbu, and can only let the Zuoxian Wangbu become a vassal like before and submit to the Xiongnu royal court." Ying Zheng continued.

"This idea is correct, it is indeed no good to help Zuo Xian Wang fight Mao Dun, and Mao Dun is not dangerous for us to swallow Zuo Xian Wang's department. Swallowing Zuo Xianwang's department, Mao Dun also needs time to absorb, enough for us to free up our hands to destroy him again. Ziyou said in a changed voice

But there is one point that the courtiers may have miscalculated, if it were someone else, they might not swallow the Zuo Xian Wang, but Mao Dun has already experienced the benefits of centralization, and the Zuo Xian Wangbu has been constantly trying to abolish him since he succeeded Shan Yu, and now that he has finally defeated the Zuo Xian Wang, how can he still let the tiger return to the mountain? ”

Ying Zheng was also stunned when he heard this, because he didn't expect this either, but Ying Zheng suddenly woke up when he was so little surprised, and suddenly there was a fear in his heart. The current grassland is no longer the tribal grassland at the beginning, with the ram order and the toss of Weizhuang, although there has been great differentiation and civil strife within the Xiongnu, but correspondingly, centralization is no longer nonsense within the Xiongnu, and many Xiongnu people have also accepted the form of centralization alone.

Now I don't know when the war in Chu will end, there is still Qi after Chu, and there is Baiyue after Qi. By the time the Qin State completely pacifies the world, the grassland may have become a powerful country long ago, not a tribe, and it will not be so easy for the Qin State to attack the grassland at that time.

"Are we going to send troops to help King Zuoxian?" Ying Zheng asked.

"No, the Qin State can't send troops, counting the Zhao State, the current Qin State has two wars of annihilation a year, and the pressure on the Qin State is too great, on my way back, the people in some places have tightened their clothes and food, and they can't eat a full meal.

In order to defeat a powerful enemy, it is not necessary to defeat the opponent by force, and the best way is to disintegrate him from within. Ziyou said.

The Qin State relies on years of accumulation, and its family background is very solid, but if it destroys the two countries in one year, it still has to send troops to the grassland, so the efforts of the Qin State for more than ten years will be in vain.

"Dismantle them from within? How to disintegrate? Ying Zheng asked curiously.

"When Shang Jun changed the law in Qin, who was the biggest enemy?" Ziyou asked rhetorically.

Ying Zheng suddenly realized and exclaimed

"It's the old warriors inside. The current Xiongnu royal court is also facing the current situation, Mao Dun seized power through the power of the old Xiongnu nobles, but Mao Dun obviously wants to build the Xiongnu into a country like the Central Plains, so it will inevitably touch the interests of these old aristocratic tribal leaders, so it is impossible for them to let Mao Dun succeed in centralizing power! ”

"That's right. The reason why the old Xiongnu nobles supported Mao Dun to take back his power was because Ram Ling and Wei Zhuang were reformers within the Xiongnu royal court, and their ideas were to weaken the power of the Xiongnu tribes, so as to enhance the power of the Xiongnu royal court. Because the strength of the two is too great, these old nobles can only pinch their noses and let the two weaken their strength.

But they couldn't let the power in their hands be taken away, and it was at this time that Maudun showed his desire to take back power, and these old nobles naturally chose to support Maudun, wanting to interrupt the reform of Weizhuang and the Ram Order. But when these old aristocrats found out that Maudun was actually a person who supported reform, these old aristocrats would definitely not support Maudun.

When the time comes, let Wei Zhuang and Ram Ling secretly reduce their support for Mao Dun, I believe that these old nobles will inevitably have a single Yu that he Mao Dun did, can't I do it! Ziyou said.

Yingzheng is no stranger to Zi You, because this scene once happened to Qin Guo, Mao Dun was the original King of Qin Huiwen, Wei Zhuang and Ram Ling were Jing Jian and Shang Ying, and the old nobles were Qin Laoshi. At the beginning, the old scholars helped King Qin Huiwen kill Shang Ying and regain power, and King Qin Huiwen coaxed the old scholars on the one hand, and continued to implement the Qin law on the other hand.

And now Mao Dun's thoughts are the same as those of King Qin Huiwen at the beginning, but the difference is that Mao Dun did not expect that there was a more powerful external force ready to pierce his thoughts and put him in a dilemma.

"Let the net do it." Ying Zheng said.

"This matter should not be rushed, and too much haste will inevitably attract the attention of Maudun. First send people to provoke a few old nobles, so that they are weak and unable to become a climate. According to Mao Dun's idea to attack Zuo Xian Wang's department, he must want to eat most of the power of Zuo Xian Wang's department, and give a small part to the old nobles who support him, and then we will provoke these old nobles to break with Mao Dun. Ziyou said.

"Mao Dun wants to strengthen his own strength, and attacking Zuo Xian's royal department will definitely let his people take some land with abundant water and grass, but in order to stabilize the old nobles, he will inevitably let his people come forward to take the lead, so that people have nothing to say. At that time, Maudun's strength would inevitably lose a lot after a hard battle, and then let the old nobles do it against it, even if they couldn't let it die, but it could completely dispel their ambition to dominate! Ying Zheng stood up and said.

"It seems that the king already has a plan in mind." Ziyou said with a smile.

Ying Zheng walked down and took Ziyou's hand and said

"Thanks to the teacher for waking up the widow, we can wipe out the danger of the Huns without a single soldier. The wisdom of the teacher is really incomprehensible. ”

"It's just something that can't be put on the table. In addition to the affairs of the grassland, the minister also wants to talk about the affairs of the Zhao State. Ziyou said.

"Zhao Di? Zhao Di has Chen Ping and Li Xin, there should be no problem. Ying Zheng said.

"That's right." Ziyou told Xiong Qi about letting Guo Kai contact the old nobles of Zhao State, and handed over the list to Ying Zheng.

After Ying Zheng finished reading the list provided to him by Ziyou, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared. Ying Zheng didn't have a good impression of Zhao itself, if it weren't for the sake of stabilizing the world, when Handan fell, Ying Zheng wouldn't have let Zhao people go so simply.

"At the beginning, the teacher regarded the magnates of the Six Nations as their greatest enemies and wanted to exterminate them, but the widow disagreed, thinking that they were just lost dogs. Their countries have been destroyed by the Qin State, how much ability can these people who rely on oppressing the people under their own country have? The most the widow thought about was to move them to Guanzhong, let them leave their hometown, and cut off the possibility of their rebellion.

But now it seems that the widow was too merciful and let them live, and they even thought about rebellion. Especially among these powerful people, there are also widows who personally pardon and reward! The widow gives them a way to live, they don't want it, then the widow lets them die! Ying Zheng flicked his sleeves and said angrily

"Zhao Gao!"

Zhao Gao, who was standing outside the palace, was so frightened by Ying Zheng's thunderous anger that he suddenly shuddered, pushed open the door of the palace and walked forward to salute

"What's the matter with the king calling slaves?"

Zhao Gao didn't dare to look at Ying Zheng, but the majesty of the rage emanating from Ying Zheng's body had already made Zhao Gao tremble. Following Ying Zheng's side for many years, Zhao Gao began to see Ying Zheng so angry for the first time.

Ying Zheng ignored Zhao Gao, but picked up the pen on the table and wrote quickly on the edict, and then threw the edict in front of Zhao Gao and said coldly

"Tell Li Xin and Chen Ping that whoever makes trouble in Zhao will be beheaded by civilians, the powerful and the three clans, and those who rebel for the officials will be exterminated by the five clans!!"

Zhao Gao was stunned for a moment when he heard Ying Zheng's words, he didn't expect Ying Zheng to be so angry. In normal times, the three clans are already the biggest punishment in the Qin State, and Yingzheng rarely uses this kind of punishment, but this time it is even more used to exterminate the five clans. Zhao Gao couldn't think of what kind of thing made Ying Zheng so angry.

But these things are not something he can inquire about, Zhao Gao picked up the edict on the ground and said respectfully

"No!"

When the superior is angry, the more respectful he is as the subordinate, this is one of the things that Zhao Gao has learned in the Qin Palace for so many years. Zhao left the main hall with his head high and low and held the edict, and went to find someone to convey the edict to Chen Ping and Li Xin.

Ziyou glanced at the angry Yingzheng and didn't say anything. Ying Zheng's anger was something Zi You expected, and the rebellion of the old nobles of Zhao Guo was equivalent to slapping Ying Zheng in the face, and it was still the loudest kind.

did not liquidate the old nobles of Zhao State, it was already Yingzheng to repay his grievances with virtue, and he gave these high-ranking officials Houlu, compared to the death of Han Weiyan and the exiled magnates of the Three Kingdoms, they can be said to be living in heaven, but they are now plotting to rebel, which is tantamount to losing Yingzheng's face, and it is no wonder that the king of a country is not angry when he is treated like this.

"The king is angry, Chen Ping and Li Xin will do these things well." Ziyou comforted.

Ying Zheng did not doubt the ability of Chen Ping and Li Xin, Ying Zheng calmed down and said quietly

"Teacher, do you think I'm too kind? If it is handled like South Korea, there should be no traitors in my Great Qin in the future, right? ”

Listening to Ying Zheng's words, Ziyou's heart also skipped a beat, he has been instilling the idea of loving the people in Ying Zheng all these years, isn't it just to avoid this situation?

"Did the king ever think that it was the powerful who rebelled, not the people? Xiong Qi asked Guo Kai to contact hundreds of people, but only these dozen or so agreed, and the others sent the person who delivered the letter to the government as soon as possible, so that the government could deal with it. It is enough to see that the people of the world still have a sense of belonging to Daqin.

Killing to stop killing will only lead to greater rebellion and killing, and the best way is to bring the people to their hearts. If the people of the world only have me Daqin in their hearts, who will rebel? Ziyou said.

Ying Zheng pondered for a moment and said

"It's the outnumbered people who are extreme, and their thoughts are affected by these people."

(End of chapter)