Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Great Gamble
Although it was Li Shaoyun's suggestion, it was Zhuang Xun who was specifically implemented, and the wicked person who asked this kind of question was only suitable for him to ask.
When he asked the Empress Dowager Jiang who was making the child laugh with this question, the Empress Dowager Jiang was stunned for a few seconds, and then nodded slowly, which was considered to be accepted.
Zhuang Xun didn't want to hide it from her, she could hide it for a while, where could she hide it for a lifetime, so he slowly told Zhao Guo's current situation, what to do, and everyone's speculation about Zhao Guo, but he didn't say a response plan.
Zhuang Xun wanted to see what Empress Dowager Jiang's expression would be, and he also hoped that she could give up on Zhao Guo completely as she said, but he felt that it was impossible, this was not a letter of persuasion, and when he appeared in front of the soldiers to persuade him to surrender, it meant that there was no room for return.
Empress Dowager Jiang listened quietly, looked down at the child who had closed her eyes, looked at Zhuang Xun again, and whispered: "This is a big gamble!" ”
"It's a big gamble, it seems to be to escape from the dragon trap, what do you think of Zhaoyi?" Zhuang Xun saw that her attitude was unclear and continued to ask.
"The mourning family doesn't want to destroy Zhao Guo's plan in their hearts, but when it comes to this, the mourning family is ready to help you and persuade those soldiers to surrender, but whether they listen to the mourning family, the mourning family doesn't know."
Empress Dowager Jiang put the child on the bed, approached Zhuang Xun, gently hugged Zhuang Xun, and announced her decision.
"Huh?" Zhuang Xun was stunned, shouted, and looked up at the smiling Empress Dowager Jiang, without hesitation.
"What? Not convinced? Empress Dowager Jiang raised her eyebrows, she didn't look very happy, and her hesitation and entanglement had already been experienced after Zhao Guoshou's defeat.
"No, no, letter, letter, it's just Zhaoyi, are you shocked and happy to hear the news?"
Zhuang Xun said vaguely that he was quite conflicted about the Empress Dowager Jiang, he wanted to trample the Empress Dowager Jiang under his feet, but on the one hand, he felt that he did not have this ability.
He can accept that Empress Dowager Jiang is hypocritically kissing me and me with him now, and he can't accept the sudden change of Empress Dowager Jiang's position, especially when he feels that the conditions are not ripe.
Breaking through Jinyang, destroying the temple of Zhao State, conquering the entire Zhao State, and even conquering the Empress Dowager Jiang, or the blow has no will to resist, this is what Zhuang Xun thought, and now he has not completed this landmark event, and the Empress Dowager Jiang has voted, and she feels distrustful.
That is, it seems that there is still a chance to turn the tables, the outcome in front is unknown, and the child still needs to fall, but Empress Dowager Jiang has already held down the chess box and admitted defeat.
It is also Empress Dowager Jiang who is too impressed by Zhuang Xun, and she is resolute in doing things, this woman who works hard for Zhao Guo, now says that she wants to deal with Zhao Guo, although it is the direction that Zhuang Xun is looking forward to, but Zhuang Xun just has no sense of trust.
"It should be the plan of the Xuannu Niangniang, detached and bold, but the mourners think that it has no effect, these practices are gambling and do not touch the root of the problem of Zhao State."
Empress Dowager Jiang understands what Zhuang Xun thinks in her heart, but not everyone can understand it, she sees deep and far.
The two failures of the family, she saw not the problem of who alone, she saw the problem of the country, and the family seemed to have the ability to do good things badly.
"Xuannu Niangniang is going against the sky, she already knows that Zhao Guo can't do it, but she still wants to rely on herself to give Zhao Guo a way to live, but she can't do it."
Empress Dowager Jiang sighed and said that instead of looking at the problems of the two countries with prejudice and position, Zhuang Xun's political system is more dynamic, and the participation of the people is higher, and they are no longer trophies and slaves, but participate in the construction of the country.
For example, the officials of the Si Nong must have the knowledge of agriculture to work in the fields, and the officials of the Si Gong must have the knowledge of craftsmen and be able to make things in the workshop.
All walks of life can be officials, and scholars are encouraged to understand all industries, or officials come from all walks of life, so that they can better manage all industries.
The combination between the royal power and the people is close, Zhuang Xun is not a single husband, he is the most economical emperor that Empress Dowager Jiang has ever seen, the emperor who can share the benefits to the people the most, and the people and soldiers support him, so the vitality that bursts out of it is immeasurable.
However, the system of Zhao was rigid, and most of the interests were seized by the family, who colluded with the royal power and the people, and the people deviated from morality and regarded the officials and soldiers of Zhao as enemies.
If Shao Guoliang's sacrifice goes through and forms a demonstration, then Zhao Guo may be able to be saved, perennial ideological indoctrination, everyone still has a certain feeling for the word Zhao Guo, if it is appeased, the people will still suppress the anger in their hearts, and fear the perennial power of the family.
But Shao Guoliang's ending has already told everyone that it won't work, doing this kind of thing is to be isolated by all the families, and finally to be squeezed out of the circle of the family.
Now, no matter if there are any advanced ideas, the family will not have the motivation and courage to solve the land problem, and Shao Guoliang's example is bloody.
Just changing these in the military system can only suppress the problem, not solve the problem, just cover up the ears and steal the bell, and if the essential distribution problem is not solved, Zhao State will naturally be one leg shorter than Xia State.
Zhao Guo's current approach is similar to someone shouting that there is a fire, and she covers the mouth of the speaker with a cloth, as if the flame will not burn.
Empress Dowager Jiang is not only because Zhao Guo lost its enterprising capital, but also because Zhao Guo lost systematically in the contest with Xia State, and while uniting as one, it fell apart.
This kind of failure is the most critical, for Empress Dowager Jiang, the two failures made her wake up to one thing, Zhao Guo lost the mandate of heaven, Zhuang Xun obeyed the will of heaven, and Zhao Guo was doing perversely.
As a cultivator, I am particularly sensitive to the Mandate of Heaven, not really having heavenly help for anything, but being able to see the national fortune of a country.
Maybe it's because he has a child with Zhuang Xun, who is not trapped by the cognitive barrier, and will not know that it is wrong, and will insist on going her own way, after a grief and introspection, she gave up.
gave up Zhao Guo, gave up the Zhao State she worked so hard to cultivate, gave up the status of Xuannu, and faced the influence of reduced cultivation and so on, calmly accepted it, and did not fight against new things.
What she said to Zhuang Xun, Zhuang Xun conquered her, not for fun and jokes, but for what happened, she felt the power of the new law, and recognized the new law.
Originally, it was only thought that it was a matter of priority, but now it is found that it is a question of the advantages and disadvantages of the system, and it was previously thought that Zhuang Xun would fall into three poor without the support of the family.
Poor talents, poor technology, poor financial resources.
can only jump for a period of time, it is impossible to dominate the world, and will soon be strangled by the family, trapped in the scarcity of talents, chaotic national governance, lack of financial resources, and rebellions.
As a result, now Zhuang Xun can still live a prosperous life without relying on the family, Zhuang Xun is not weak and can be destroyed immediately, he has used facts to go through a broad road.
Not only did it overcome all its shortcomings, but it also showed a lot of advantages, such as a highly administrative bureaucracy, a solid popular will, a united army that obeyed the command, and so on.
Empress Dowager Jiang saw the Mandate of Heaven, the Mandate of Heaven of the destruction of the Zhao Kingdom, and the Mandate of Heaven of the end of the family system.
Her submission became a matter of course.
"It's still very troublesome to be made by her, and it's difficult to deal with it when she is provoking people to fight when they are developing, so it's good that Zhaoyi can persuade the soldiers to join us."
Zhuang Xun didn't know the changes in Empress Dowager Jiang's inner feelings, and Empress Dowager Jiang did not resist but supported her attitude, Zhuang Xun was indeed relieved.
"Trouble? The battle of the trapped beasts, how can it not be troublesome, if Zhao Guo loses again, he will completely lose the country's capital, so what are you going to do to stop it. ”
Empress Dowager Jiang commented, then asked with some curiosity, and then thought of something to explain: "Don't say it if it's inconvenient, the mourning family understands your concerns and won't make it difficult for others." ”
"I really can't tell you, the only thing I can tell you is to invite you to help persuade us to surrender, so that more people can join us and replenish our strength."
There are still reservations about the Empress Dowager Jiang, at the beginning, Zhuang Xun wanted the Empress Dowager Jiang to stand on his side, and the Empress Dowager Jiang responded to the ice pick, and at this time it was Mrs. Jiang's turn to chase him and gain his trust.
"The mourning family understands, it's okay if you don't know, you know that you calculate and calculate every day, and it's uncomfortable to gamble and gamble, Zhao Guo's gamble on Yangmou, I don't know what the final result will be?"
Empress Dowager Jiang said lightly, accepting the future of Zhao Guoguo's failure, as soon as the knot in her heart is released, people will be relaxed, and it is nothing if Zhuang does not answer her questions, she is a woman and a smart person.
"Isn't the major national event just calculating, calculating, isn't Zhaoyi original? As for betting, Zhao Guo has already gambled, and we have to follow. ”
Zhuang Xun saw that Empress Dowager Jiang really didn't want to know this kind of thing, so she put her mind at ease and said half-in response.
"This situation is not only you gambling, Zheng Guoguo is also gambling, Jingguo is also gambling, no country is not gambling, this is the world's gamble."
It has reached this level, every country is gambling now, but everyone weighs in different directions, Zhao Guo and Xia Guo are all survival, and Jing Guo is helpless due to lack of strength.
For Zheng Guo, it was a difficult choice, on the side of Zhao Guo or on the side of Jing Guo.
For King Zheng, he is also very entangled, he is in the prime of life, he lacks a sense of stability, he still seems a little anxious, in the face of this kind of information, he can't understand it, and his joy and anger are invisible.
The main reason is because he is moved.
"National teacher, should we agree?" After reading the information, King Zheng and the other old man in Taoist robes asked anxiously.
The attitude is already obvious, the heart is moved, it is very heartbroken, agree on two lands, and give Zheng Guo the opportunity to annex Jingguo, so that Zheng Guo's strength will grow by leaps and bounds and become a top power.
"On the contrary, Your Majesty has carefully considered it, the purpose of Zhao Guo throwing the bait now is obvious, it is to get rid of the trapped dragon situation, is this benefit really enough for us to make a move?"
Not only to see the honey, but also to see what the bad traps are, to eat the honey and fall into the pit, then it becomes a negative example of being ridiculed for stupidity.
"Two lands, our goal is to dominate the world, we can get two lands without much effort, why don't we do it, if we divide the land with Xia Jing, it will be more complicated, and it will not take advantage, it is better to take it now."
He can't get rid of a word of human nature, greed.
It feels too good to get something for nothing, the bait of honey is moving, and King Zheng has a conclusion in his heart, he is not looking for someone to object, he is looking for someone to find a reason for him to do this, but he is not looking for someone who can give him a whisker and a horse.
"That's right, but this is a big gamble, the ideal state is naturally that we destroy Jingguo before Zhao attacks Xia Guo, so that we can continue to control the momentum of Zhao State, but what if we can't destroy Jingguo, let the Zhao State attack?"
They are all smart people, everyone understands the interests in it, and there is no such thing as friendship between countries, and Zhao Guo will pay the price for Zheng Guo to transfer his interests.
Zheng Guoshi pointed out the risks and expressed his disapproval, this is to grab time with Zhao Guo, and it may not be able to grab it, if it fails, it will be over, Zhao Guo is doing this in order to get rid of the predicament, Zheng Guo is not necessary, the risk is too great.
This can still be perceived, and he doesn't know what traps are waiting for Zheng Guo to step on in the undetectable places, he doesn't want Zheng Guo to enter Zhao Guo's rhythm, and now trapping Zhao Guo to death is the most important thing.
"Steadily let Jingguo recover? Dividing up Zhao with Xia State, we don't have any advantage, and when the time comes, it will evolve into a stalemate, with the three scattered countries holding each other down, and finally being broken by more powerful forces from outside. ”
The world is Kyushu, not only Jizhou and Yuzhou, you are deadlocked here, people are fighting bloodshed and finally leading the forces of multiple states to attack, even if the largest state in the world, the state of division can not be dealt with.
"Our agreement with Zhao Guo has given us a chance, a chance to quickly end the chaos in Yuzhou, and the destruction of Xia Guo by Zhao State is also what we want to see, the family generally has a disgust for Xia Guo, Jingguo is not what it used to be, and now it is not friendly to us, let him grow, it is our henchman."
King Zheng continued to explain his reasons, hoping to convince the national teacher that he had the right to decide this matter for himself, but no one supported the endorsement, which seemed to be lacking in confidence, and he was also supporting the support of the courtiers.
Talking one by one, expressing one's own meaning, seeing what the courtiers meant, weighing the resistance to one's own advancement.
"Your Majesty is right, but the minister is not a family, I can't see how good it is for Zhao Guo to deal with Xia Guo, I still have to remind you, how big the benefits are, how big the risks are, you fancy the two lands of the people, Zhao Guo looks at the whole country of Zheng Guo, Zhao Guo, tiger and wolf."
The tone of the national teacher also sharpened, he is not a family, he is a cultivator, he just wants Zheng Guo to be good, because it is linked to the luck of his own cultivation, such a risk is not a necessary reason, and cooperating with a jackal like Zhao Guo is not afraid of being swallowed in the end.
"I also know, so the first to talk to the national teacher, the family may have selfish intentions, you won't, but missing this opportunity really made Jing Guo recover, trapped Zhao Guo, will Jing Guo and Xia Guo deal with us together."
King Zheng found a reason, this Jingguo looked like he had to fight.
"Your Majesty wants to gamble, at least the current winning rate is high, and as you said, if you win, you may be able to end this troubled world in advance, but the minister suggests adding some chaos to Zhao Guo, don't be hostile to Xia Guo, but should give help, the longer Zhao Guo consumes in Xia Guo, the more beneficial it is for us, after all, now Zhao Guo is asking us not to take action when he reforms the military system, and if we don't help Xia Guo, we can also have a rhetoric if we are discovered."
As a courtier, he can only persuade this step, and he only makes intuitive judgments about Zhao Guo, and there is no more conclusive evidence to prove that Zhao Guo has other conspiracies, because Zhao Guo is really just trying to escape from the trapped dragon situation.
"I understand, national teacher, what do you think we should help Xia Guo."
"Send some armor."
(End of chapter)