Lin Zhen looked at Zhu Xiang with indescribable eyes: "This has just been raised, why do you look like this child was born by you." You can't have children. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "I'll tell you the truth. ”

He rubbed Ying Xiaozheng's bare head: "Ignore him, eat yours." ”

Ying Xiaozheng was praised for the first time, and his face was blushing worse than the candle flame next to him.

He shrunk his nose and gave a faint "um", his small body straightened up.

Etiquette is to eat and sleep, but most of the time people are too lazy to follow this etiquette, but instead chat and chat most happily while eating and sleeping.

Lin Zhen twisted the leg of a salt-baked chicken and took a bite, and said, "He does look smarter than the child next to him, but he is not too smart." Didn't you say that he called himself Yingzheng? This claim is wrong. ”

Ying Xiaozheng raised his head and looked at Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen smiled and said, "I am your uncle's friend, you can call me uncle." Uncle told you, it's not right for you to call yourself Ying Zheng, the man is called the clan, you should be called Zhao Zheng. ”

Ying Xiaozheng's face changed greatly, he put the wooden spoon firmly on the table, and was about to refute it, but Zhu Xiang opened his mouth and said first: "You are wrong, he claims that Qin Zheng is fine, and it is definitely not right to call Zhao Zheng." ”

Lin Zhen raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Where did I say it wrong? The Qin royal family and the Zhao royal family were originally the same clan. ”

After Zhu Xiangnan drank a bowl of porridge, he wiped his hands clean, sandwiched another chicken leg, and tore off the meat on the chicken leg one by one: "The surname is the source, and the family is precious." The clan is the fief of the family, so it will change with the fief. This is how many clan branches under the same surname came about. ”

"The ancestors of the Zhao royal family and the Qin royal family are all the ancestors of the Ying surname, Fei Lian. Fei Lian has two sons, the eldest son is evil, and the second son is Ji Sheng. ”

"Evil comes as the ancestor of the Qin royal family, and Ji Sheng is the ancestor of the Zhao royal family."

"Evil Lai was originally the suzerain, but Evil Lai was the minister of the Shang Dynasty. When Zhou attacked Shang, the evil came to die in battle, and Ji Sheng was designated by King Zhou as the suzerain with the surname Win. ”

"Later, Ji Sheng's fourth grandson made a meritorious contribution to the driving of King Mu of Zhou, and sealed Zhaocheng, so 'Zhao' is the clan."

Zhu Xiang put the torn shredded chicken into Ying Xiaozheng's bowl.

Ying Xiaozheng just kept his head buried in the porridge and remained motionless at the side dishes on the table. Zhu Xiang saw that he was restrained, so he helped him tear the chicken well.

"The fifth grandson of the evil came to raise horses, sealed the land of Qin, called Qin Ying, and tied with Zhao Ying. From this time on, the clan of the Qin royal family should be 'Qin'. Even if it wasn't at that time, after Qin Xianggong escorted King Zhou Ping and was named a 'prince', the clan must have been 'Qin'. ”

Zhu Xiang said as he tore a piece of chicken breast for Ying Xiaozheng.

Ying Xiaozheng looked at the shredded chicken in the bowl, a little dazed.

Zhu Xiang smiled: "Eat, don't be restrained." ”

Lin Zhen put down his chopsticks: "Why don't you say it directly, the evil line has a bad relationship with Ji Sheng, and you don't want to be attached to Ji Sheng's line and call it 'Zhao'." After that, Qin was a vassal state, and Zhao was only the Marquis of Jin Zhao, so he disdained to use 'Zhao'? ”

Zhu Xiang glanced at Lin Zhen: "I didn't say it, you said it." ”

Zhu Xiang was not afraid of Lin Zhen at all and buttoned his hat. In this era, the scholars and doormen dared to say anything when they closed the door, and Lin Zhen and other friends often ate and drank in their own homes, while pointing fingers at the princes of the whole world, including King Zhao. What he said was purely academic, far worse than what his friends often say.

Lin Zhen smiled: "You, you, you really dare to say anything." ”

Zhu Xiang defended: "I didn't say anything, I just combed through the genealogy of the Qin royal family and the Zhao royal family, and you are talking nonsense." ”

Lin Zhen smiled and said nothing, and changed the topic: "According to what you say, isn't it wrong for him to call himself Yingzheng?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Since the king of Zhou moved eastward, wars were frequent, and etiquette collapsed, the world has gradually ceased to continue the previous surname rules, but the surname or surname is called together. Moreover, after the Qin State became king, it avoided calling itself by surname to the outside world, and only called itself a title or position......"

Zhu Xiang paused and closed his mouth.

Lin Zhen laughed and said, "You say, why don't you continue to say it." ”

Zhu Xiang shook his head.

Lin Zhen smiled: "What is there not to say?" The whole world is the territory of the Son of Heaven, so the Son of Heaven has no name, and the surname is the name. King Qin's wolf son is ambitious, he doesn't talk about his surname, he is waiting to take over the world of Zhou before claiming it! ”

Ying Xiaozheng opened his mouth wide, and the shredded meat in his mouth fell off.

He finally knew why he casually called himself "Ying Zheng" in his dream, and why he was ridiculed and disgusted every time he called himself "Ying Zheng"!

The Son of Heaven has no name, and takes his surname as his name, so he has already ruled the world and become the emperor's future self, which can only be "the first emperor's government" and "Yingzheng".

But this title, of course, he can't call himself now!

No one had taught him before, only looking at the scattered memories of his future self, and he would not understand these things at all. Ying Xiaozheng realized at this time that he really couldn't call himself "Ying Zheng" now.

He said solemnly, "I see." In the future, I will be Gongzizheng! ”

Lin Zhen: "......" He was arguing with Zhu Xiang, why was he suddenly a little embarrassed?

Zhu Xiang immediately put on a kind smile: "Zheng'er is so smart!" ”

is worthy of being the first emperor cub, he has been domineering since he was a child! Even if you claim to be wrong, you are going to the self-proclaimed Son of Heaven!

Zhu Xiang sighed in his heart.

Lin Zhen almost choked, he coughed a few times, and said, "Okay, yes, yes, your nephew is the smartest." I'm done eating, and I'll go back first. Qin Guo's proton has lived in your house, I still have to talk to my father, I don't know if my father will have a headache. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Where to live is not to live? Qin Guozi lives in a common people's house, and King Zhao should be more at ease. ”

Lin Zhen was silent for a while, and said with a wry smile: "He will indeed be like this, alas. ”

He got up to leave, Zhu Xiang hurriedly washed his hands and went out to give him a ride.

When Lin Zhen got into the carriage, he looked back at Zhu Xiang for a while, but finally didn't ask what was in his heart, and only said goodbye to Zhu Xiang with a smile.

The carriage headed for the city. Lin Zhen closed his eyes and sighed for a long time before talking to himself.

"Zhu Xiang, if King Zhao has been refusing to use you, will you go back to Qin with Zheng'er?"

He couldn't ask.

Chapter 4 Steamed Salt-baked Chicken

When Lin Zhen returned home with a whole salt-baked chicken wrapped in large leaves, Lin Xiangru was writing something on the bright candle flame.

Seeing Lin Zhen coming back, Lin Xiangru put down his pen and said angrily: "Such a big thing happened, you still have to eat at Zhu Xiang's house before coming back?" ”

Lin Zhen smiled and lifted the leaf bag in his hand and said, "Salt-baked chicken, do you eat it?" ”

Lin Xiangru: "Eat!" ”

Lin Zhen asked people to basket the salt-baked chicken and steam it, and said: "Seeing that my father can still eat chicken for supper at night, I can rest assured when I am a son." ”

Lin Xiangru snorted coldly and did not answer.

He was really not in good health a while ago, but Zhu Xiang set him a recipe for three meals a day, and he didn't take much medicine, and his body bones actually became strong again.

When he was sick, the old man cried at him, and when he saw that he was getting better, he sneered at him, so angry that he chased Lian Po the whole street with a broom.

Lin Zhen saw that Lin Xiangru was a little angry, sat opposite Lin Xiangru, and said, "It's just that I adopted the proton of the Qin State, what kind of big deal is it?" Today and tomorrow are all the same, why should Father wait? Besides, if I don't come back to report, doesn't my father already know? ”

Lin Xiangru sneered: "Just adoption? The concubine that Yiren got from Lü Buwei Na was actually Zhu Xiang's sister, how could there be such a coincidence in this world?! ”

Lin Zhen sighed: "What if it happens, what if it doesn't happen by chance?" Jun Shang refused to use Zhu Xiang one day, and Zhu Xiang would be used by others sooner or later. Can we still restrain Zhu Xiang and let him wait for death in Zhao Kingdom? My father is old, and I won't be able to protect him in the future. ”

Although he very much hoped that Zhu Xiang could stay in Zhao State and work with him, he didn't want his friend to sit in the air for a lifetime, and he didn't want his friend to die innocently.

Although he really hates Qin Guo.

Lin Zhen said in front of his father that his father was dying of old age, the corners of Lin Xiangru's mouth twitched slightly, and he threw an unused brush and smashed it at Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen caught the brush, put the brush into the pen holder, and continued to complain: "Father, you have worked hard for so many years, and you have continued to recommend Zhu Xiang with yourself and even the entire Lin family as a guarantee, but what did you say?" ”

Lin Zhen turned his head, and the yin and yang weird qi imitated.

"What is Zhu Xiang's surname? Whose family is it? ”

"A person with no surname and no name?!"

"Then which sage did this Zhu Xiang learn from?"

"No teacher? Lin Gong, are you joking with the widow?! ”

"Hah!" Lin Zhen slapped his thigh, skimmed his kneeling legs, and sat down in front of his father and said, "And that Pingyuanjun, say that father, how can you be the same as that Xinling Jun, you must be a 'scholar' if you raise a 'scholar', don't pull anything dirty and smelly into the door, 'make it unlikely, I'm afraid of damaging your reputation'!" ”

"The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, even your friend Father, my good uncle General Lian, sneered at Zhu Xiang, saying that if the common people want to fight for merit, they have to go to the battlefield to fight, and what kind of hero is it to be busy in the fields?"

Lin Xiangru threw another brush and smashed Lin Zhen's hairy legs that were exposed because he was sitting. Lin Zhen caught the brush again and put it back into the brush holder, obediently changing from sitting back to sitting in a regular manner.

"That's their stupidity." Lin Xiangru said indifferently, "A group of idiots, especially Lian Po's idiot!" When you are in the prime of life, you are lame, and when you are old, your eyes are even more lame! ”

Lian Po once looked down on Lin Xiangru's background and the merits he made with only one mouth, and was later impressed by Lin Xiangru's character and bearing, and Lin Xiangru has been a friend in life and death for many years.

Life and death friends are equal to friends who can scold when they open their mouths, Lin Xiangru mentioned Lian Po is angry, full of scolding.

If Lian Po stood with him and guaranteed to recommend Zhu Xiang, even if Zhu Xiang was only in charge of Zhao's farming, Zhu Xiang's ability would definitely make King Zhao abandon his prejudice against Zhu Xiang.

Unexpectedly, Lian Po's brain was also confused by prejudice, and there was no one in the Manchu Dynasty who stood on Lin Xiang's side.

Although Lin Xiangru had a more glorious ancestor, after the destruction of the Lin Kingdom, he had an empty surname and lived like a commoner. So he can understand that there are people among the common people who are not inferior to the minister.

But Minister Zhao did not admit it.

After the establishment of the Seven Kingdoms, the country successively changed its laws and became strong, and Zhao was no exception.

King Wuling of Zhao's change was a military reform based on "Hufu cavalry shooting", so that Zhao's military strength once pressed Qin, and even interfered with the succession of Qin's monarch.

However, the only countries that changed the law in all aspects such as the official system, the legal system, and the military system were the Qin State and the Chu State.

The reforms of Qin and Chu were liquidated by the old aristocracy after the death of the king who presided over the reform. But the difference is that the King of Qin continued to continue the New Deal after killing Shang Ying to quell the anger of the public, while the State of Chu abolished many New Deal measures one after another.

The most important new policy that the Qin State was able to continue was that the common people could become knights through wars, farming, and inventing tools, and became among the ranks of "scholars".

The state of Qin deviated from the Central Plains, and the scholars all regarded Qin as the last place of lobbying. In other words, other countries don't want them, so they go to the "guarantee" of Qin.

With the talents who picked up the leaks, the Qin State can gradually leap to the upper reaches of the Seven Kingdoms, and Lin Xiangru clearly sees that this is definitely closely related to the Qin State's expansion of the "scholar clan" system.

"Country" is a galloping carriage, the king who drives the carriage is very important, the galloping war horse is very important, and every inconspicuous piece of wood on the carriage is also very important.

The carriage of the Qin State may not be better than that of other countries, and the carriage may not be larger than that of other countries, but every detail from the wheels to the reins is extremely strong, so that the carriage runs so fast and does not fall apart.

Lin Xiangru's benefactor, King Zhao Huiwen, realized this, so he was willing to entrust Lin Xiangru, a poor scholar recommended by the lowly temple people (castrated palace people).

The former masters of the other vassal states also realized this. Although they did not dare to make changes in the system like the Qin state, they tried their best to eliminate identity bias when selecting talents.

Today's King Zhao is obviously not the master of Ming, and his vision and mind are far inferior to his father King Zhao Huiwen.

After Lin Xiangru obtained the paper-making technique, he immediately knew that if this artifact was announced by the Zhao State, it would probably be far more attractive to the poor scholars than the harsh title promotion system of the Qin State, so he tested the King of Zhao with the paper-making technique.

Both King Zhao and Secretary of Zhao were very reluctant to do so.

If a noble book is not recorded on a stable bamboo slip and jade slip, how can it be recorded on a piece of straw paper that breaks when the hand is torn and the water is poured and rotten? Just to reduce costs and let people who can't afford to read read?