Chapter 166: Wang Pu made a move, and Wei Ying made a choice

Just when Huai announced that the next year was the first year of A.D., a major event also happened in Wei, Wei Hou, who had been in charge of Wei for 16 years, suddenly died of illness, and was nicknamed Wei Wuhou.

Wei Wuhou inherited the hegemony of Wei Wenhou, and for more than ten years, he fought in the east and west, making the territory of Wei larger, but Wei Wuhou did not inherit his father's vision and mind, and as a result, although Wei reached its peak in his hands, he also fell out with Han Zhao and offended the other surrounding vassal states.

What's worse is that because he did not set up a crown prince during his lifetime, he died suddenly, causing the sons to compete for the throne.

Within the Wei State, it was divided into two forces for a time, one supporting Wei Ying and the other supporting Wei Zhan, and the two sides directly started a war in the Wei State.

Because Wei Ying occupied Yecheng and Shangdang, he gained the allegiance of a large number of Wei soldiers and was stronger, while Wei was invincible, so he had to send his henchmen to Zhao and Han for help.

Zhao and South Korea have always been very worried about the strength of Wei and want to weaken Wei, this time the prince of Wei is vying for the throne, which can be said to be a godsend, Zhao and South Korea immediately decided to send troops to help Wei Xuan.

Sanjin's natural skills since their establishment exploded again.

Wei Huan, who was supported by South Korea and Zhao, rose sharply, and after uniting with Han Zhao, he quickly defeated Wei Ying. Wei Ying was besieged in a lonely city, and he was about to perish, and at this time, the contradictions between Han and Zhao also broke out.

South Korea wanted to divide Wei into two and completely weaken Wei's strength, while Zhao wanted to support Wei Xuan, who was close to Zhao, to ascend to the throne.

Originally, among the three Jin Dynasty, South Korea's strength was the weakest, if Zhao and Wei were to be allied, then what would he do with South Korea? Maybe as soon as the two countries are combined, they will directly divide up South Korea.

South Korea and Zhao did not give in to each other, seeing that Wei Jian and Zhao joined forces, they were about to abandon South Korea and forcibly annex Wei Ying, and South Korea saw that the situation was not good, so they immediately joined forces with Wei Ying.

For a while, the people who looked at the three Jin Dynasty were dazzled, and there was even a feeling of chaos between the states and the Zhou countries.

In the end, it was Wei Ying's superior skills, defeating Zhao Guo and Wei Huan, and succeeding Wei Hou. It's just that although Zhao was defeated, the strength of Wei was also weakened a lot because of this civil strife.

The Three Jin Dynasty fought infighting, which made both the Qin State and the Qi State breathe a sigh of relief. After all, if the Three Jin Dynasty had been united, it would be a huge pressure on both the Qin State and the Qi State.

Now that Sanjin has collapsed by himself, this can be said to be rare good news for them. In particular, the Qin State, after hearing that the Wei State was weakened, immediately took advantage of the fact that the Wei State had no time to look westward, and quickly implemented the reform of the law in the country in order to strengthen the country.

At the same time, the civil strife in Wei once again led to a large brain drain, and the Qin state fully supported the reform of the law, and the act of giving high-ranking officials to talented people attracted a large number of talents.

Any change in the law of the state does not depend on just one person, and the change requires a large number of officials to carry out the change. This turmoil in the Wei State caused a large number of Legalists to go to the Qin State.

And with these Legalists and scholars coming, the speed of Qin's reform of the law was rapid, and the system of Gongsun Martingale was rapidly promoted. The strict laws made the people of Qin have no choice but to join the army except farming, and there is no second way to go.

In order to reduce the people's sense of resistance, Gongsun Ying ordered that all Confucian classics be burned, and Confucian students were forbidden to spread the doctrine of a hundred schools of thought among the people.

After these decrees were implemented, they did make the Qin people very uncomfortable at first, but after a few years, the Qin State appeared that 'the road is not left behind, the mountains are free of thieves, and the family is sufficient. The people are brave in public war, cowardly in private fighting, and the situation of the township is governed.

This situation is not the great rule of the world, but the strict Qin law, and the people dare not cross the rules.

This kind of harsh decree made it very difficult for the secret guards of Huai State to act, Wang Pu felt that he should find something for Qin State, and immediately ordered: "Qin law is strict, those nobles will definitely not adapt, presumably the prince is the same, you send someone to investigate one or two, and then report anonymously." ”

"If Gongsun Ying insists on changing the law, he must follow the Qin law compiled by him, and the prince will be guilty of the same crime as the common people. If he really dares to punish the prince, then the change can naturally be implemented quickly, and no one dares to stop him, but if he doesn't dare to punish the prince, then those Qin nobles will immediately follow suit, and his change will become a dead letter. ”

"Your Majesty, if he really punishes the crown prince of Qin, then the change of Qin's law is completed, don't we help them?" A public office kid next to him asked subconsciously.

Wang Pu smiled slightly: "What if the change is completed, if Gongsun Martingale really does it, it will be the same with us or not, but if he really dares to punish the prince, when the prince ascends the throne in the future, how should he deal with himself?" Will the prince let him go? ”

"If he is not punished, the Qin State will naturally become a joke, and if he is punished, when the prince ascends the throne, he will naturally settle accounts with him."

"Doesn't he like to punish harsh punishments and punish heavy punishments for minor crimes? Let him taste the taste of self-killing. If you prosper like this, you will die with this! ”

After the secret guard got the order, he immediately secretly monitored the prince of Qin, and soon found out that the prince had indeed violated the laws of Qin, and many of his attendants relied on the identity of the prince to commit lawlessness, and the prince knew that he was not punished.

The secret guard immediately recorded the news, and then anonymously threw it into Gongsun Ying's mansion.

After seeing the content on the bamboo slip, Gongsun Ying's brows furrowed, and after the doorman next to him saw it, he immediately said: "Zuo Shuchang, the prince is the prince of the country, and he can't be punished, if those guards are punished, the prince will be regarded as not knowing."

"No way!" Gongsun Ying immediately refused: "Those nobles must know about this matter, if you let it go gently, the new law will immediately become a joke." I don't want to do it again in the future. ”

"But the prince is the prince of the country, and according to the law, he will be punished with a sword."

Gongsun Ying pondered for a moment and said: "The prince violated the law, and the prince's teacher was punished. ”

Gongsun Ying sent someone to investigate the guilt committed by the prince, and sure enough, it was exactly the same as the bamboo slips, and immediately Gongsun Ying brought people to the prince's mansion and arrested the guards directly.

The crown prince, who learned the news, hurriedly came and wanted to let Gongsun Ying release him, but Gongsun Ying directly pushed him back. Without giving the prince face like this, the prince's face was very ugly. But the stolen goods were both obtained, and there was no denial of it, so they had to admit it.

Just when he thought the matter was over, Gongsun Ying said again: "The subordinate commits a crime, and the prince knows about it but does not deal with it, and he should be punished according to the crime, but the prince is the prince of the country, and the prince violates the law, and his teacher teaches him not to speak, and he should be punished!" ”

"Someone will execute the prince's two teachers!"

"You dare!" When the prince heard Gongsun Ying's words, his face changed greatly, and he immediately shouted.

The soldiers did not dare to step forward for a while.

"Are you going to disobey military orders?" Gongsun Ying's cold words sounded, and the faces of these soldiers changed, and they immediately stepped forward to tie up the two masters of the crown prince and take them away.

(End of chapter)