But assisting the king requires not only talent, but also the ability to fight with the courtiers and preserve himself. Zhu Xiang doesn't have this ability.

Zhu Xiang is not only kind-hearted and cannot fight with others for power, he is also a gentleman who is easily "bullied". If he enters the court, his political enemies will set a trap for him, and he will set a quasi. Even Zhu Xiang knew that this was a trap, and in order to protect others, he might jump into it himself.

"Whether it is vertical and horizontal lobbying, or leading troops to fight, or governing one side, the Seven Kingdoms have talents who can do these things. But Zhu Xiang is the only talent who can increase the yield of civilian fields. Zichu knows very well the advantages and disadvantages of his best friend, "Let Zhu Xiang stand in the court and be the king of Zuozhicai, is to let the eagle sing, let the horse go to plough the land, and use the sharpest famous sword in the world to cut the millet grass." It can be used, but it is overkill. ”

The King of Qin understood Zi Chu's admonition: "Indeed, if Zhu Xiang is in the Qin State, the widow will definitely let him only worry about farming and not be affected by other mundane affairs." Listening to your words, Zhu Xiang knew his weaknesses, so he deliberately hid his talents, and hid his disciples. Why is Zhu Xiang actively seeking fame now? It's not good for him. ”

Zichu said: "My grandson can't figure it out. If Zhu Xiang wants to get ahead, he can wait until he returns to Qin with Zheng'er. He is a relative of Qin Guozong, and he is safer than in Zhao State. Although Zhu Xiang may not know when Zheng'er will return to Qin, from what I know about him, he is not interested in fame and fortune, so he should not be so impatient. ”

King Qin pondered for a while and hesitated: "He knows that he is not good at fighting people, but he prefers to do things that he is not good at. It's a bit like what you just said, there's a trap ahead, and you have to jump down. ”

Zi Chu's eyes widened suddenly, his back couldn't help but straighten, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

King Qin asked, "What do you think of?" ”

Zi Chu's lips moved, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

He clenched his hands into fists and slammed his legs, not even caring about his demeanor in front of his grandfather.

"Zhu Xiang ......" Zi Chu had a vague thought in his heart, but he couldn't believe it, "Could it be that Zhu Xiang has already noticed Ying Hou's discordant plan and wants to go to Changping instead of Zhao Kuo?!" ”

King Qin did not blame Zi Chu for his gaffe.

He knew that Zhu Xiang's status in Zi Chu's heart was like Fan Ju's status in his heart. Zichu's gaffe is understandable. As his grandfather, he won't care about his grandson's emotional leakage.

King Qin lowered his eyes: "No, if he is really a great talent like you say, he should know that no matter how famous his reputation is, it is impossible for King Zhao to let him lead the army." He is not only a civilian, he can't convince the soldiers of Zhao State, he is also related to you, and sooner or later he will return to Qin. With King Zhao's mind, he would not let half of the Qin people lead the troops to fight with the Qin State. ”

Zi Chu pursed his lips, his lips turned pale from excessive worry: "Sun Er can't understand why Zhu Xiang did this death!" ”

King Qin comforted Zi Chu and said: "Maybe he is disappointed in Zhao Guo and wants to gain fame, let the widow see his face, and bring Zheng'er back as soon as possible." As long as he enters Qin, the jealousy of others in the Zhao State will not hurt him. ”

Zichu said: "It's possible! No, he must have thought so. Zhu Xiang attaches great importance to his family, and he must have wanted to leave a way back for his family, so he made this risky move. ”

King Qin continued to reassure: "You should relax. When Zhao is defeated, I will immediately ask King Zhao to return the proton and reunite you with Zhu Xiang. ”

Zichu immediately fell to the ground and thanked him.

King Qin comforted Zi Chu a few more words before letting Zi Chu leave.

As soon as Zi Chu left, King Qin turned his head and asked, "Sir, the widow is becoming more and more curious about Zhu Xiang. ”

Fan Ju walked out from behind the screen.

Although he was wary of important ministers such as Bai Qi, he didn't care about young people like Zhu Xiang. As his lord said, when Zhu Xiang's qualifications and merits can threaten his status, he is estimated to have passed away. Zhu Xiang is the person left by the monarch to the prince Chu, not only will he not be jealous, but he will also help the monarch carefully cultivate this future auxiliary minister.

"I'm getting more and more curious about him." Fan Ju said, "Could it be that he really wants to use his talent to let the monarch help him return to Qin as soon as possible?" If that's the case, he's quite arrogant, and that's good. ”

After Fan Ju learned about Zhu Xiang, he didn't have a deep impression of Zhu Xiang. Fan Ju is a sharp-edged person who will repay him. Zhu Xiang's overly low-key and tolerant attitude made Fan Ju a little disdainful.

Now Zhu Xiang has given him a little good impression.

Although Zhu Xiang did this, he did put himself in a dangerous situation. But what is it for talented people to take some risks in order to show their talents? In the past, Zhu Xiang was just a talented person, but now Zhu Xiang is a person with lofty ideals in the eyes of Fan Ju.

Fan Ju said: "Your Excellency, don't worry, when I send people to Handan to divide Lianpo, I will also let them protect Zhu Xiang and Gongzizheng." ”

King Qin got up and held Fan Ju's hands, and said movingly: "The widow still has to rely on Mr." With Mr.'s words, the widow can rest assured! ”

The palace man silently shrunk his neck and hid the goosebumps on his neck.

It's coming, it's coming again, and the king is expressing his feelings to Xiangguo again.

……

Under Zhu Xiang's high-profile, although he was treated as a "doctor", he still failed to be an official with real power.

Lin Xiangru was so angry that he fell seriously ill, and Zhu Xiang was so frightened that he served Lin Xiangru with no clothes.

"Lin Gong! Now that Zhao and Qin are at war, King Zhao doesn't need me to be very reasonable, don't be angry, Duke Lin, I'm a doctor, and my official position will only be higher than this in the future. ”

Under Zhu Xiang's relief, Lin Xiangru gritted his teeth and got up from the hospital bed: "Yes! I can't be sick, I still have to protect you into the Zhao Kingdom! ”

"Yes, I rely on Lin Gong to protect me." Lin Xiangru held back his breath, and Zhu Xiang tried to raise Lin Xiangru's body again.

Lin Xiangru's doctors were very surprised, and they gathered around Zhu Xiang every day to discuss medical theory, believing that there was potential for good doctors.

Zhu Xiang had no choice but to talk to the doctor in Lin Xiangru's house about the "relationship between body and mood" and fool the doctor.

He's really not good at healing or anything. Lin Gong obviously had a heart disease because of him, and he was able to let Lin Gong's body recover. If it were someone else who was really sick, Zhu Xiang couldn't do anything.

After Lin Xiangru recovered from his illness, Zhu Xiang returned home and closed his door to thank guests and rested for a few days.

Ying Xiaozheng climbed onto Zhu Xiang's belly who was taking a nap, and said aggrievedly: "Is my uncle free to accompany Zheng'er to study today?" ”

After he finished speaking, he stepped on Zhu Xiang's stomach twice.

Zhu Xiang scooped Ying Xiaozheng into his arms, covered his stomach and groaned: "Recently, my uncle has been too busy and has snubbed Zheng'er, and my uncle apologizes." Uncle will accompany Zheng'er to study. ”

After waiting at the door for Ying Xiaozheng to wake up Zhu Xiang, Xue walked in the door: "Since Zheng'er's birthday, you have always left Zheng'er to me, and you don't play with Zheng'er anymore, Zheng'er misses you very much." ”

Although the atmosphere at home was tense and depressing this year, Zhu Xiang still celebrated Ying Xiaozheng's birthday.

There was no big deal on this birthday, Zhu Xiang only tried his best to make a table of delicious food for Ying Xiaozheng, and specially made a jam steamed cake for Ying Xiaozheng.

In order to help Lin Xiangru take care of his body, Zhu Xiang exposed his ability as a "gourmet cook" in the world, and Ying Xiaozheng rolled on the ground after eating a meal, wanted to eat more steamed cakes, and almost slapped his aunt's butt on his birthday.

Zhu Xiang's reputation for being good at cooking food also reached the ears of King Zhao.

After he cooked a meal for King Zhao, King Zhao asked Zhu Xiang if he would like to enter the palace as the imperial chef.

This time, King Zhao didn't say that Zhu Xiang should be a temple person, but Zhu Xiang still refused.

Zhu Xiang said that the ambition is not here. He is willing to train an imperial chef for King Zhao, and if King Zhao wants to eat anything new, he is on call.

Because of Zhu Xiang's cooking skills, King Zhao was much closer to him.

However, Zhu Xiang entered the palace to cook for King Zhao, which once again made him suffer a reproach. King Zhao's close ministers made a statement to King Zhao, worried that Zhu Xiang would do something in King Zhao's food. The person who cooks for King Zhao should be the person most trusted by King Zhao, and Zhu Xiang has a relationship with the Qin clan, so obviously he should not be the person trusted by King Zhao.

King Zhao had no choice but to dispel the idea of letting Zhu Xiang enter the palace to cook for him, and only let Zhu Xiangjin offer recipes and let the palace chef cook for himself.

The people of Handan sighed, and Zhu Xianggong once again lost the opportunity to become a close minister of King Zhao.

After Ying Xiaozheng's birthday, Zhu Xiang used the excuse that he was too busy to let Xue accompany Ying Xiaozheng every day. Even when he slept at night, he mostly burned the oil lamp in the study to write down his farming experience, and let Xue and Ying Xiaozheng sleep first.

Xue and Ying Xiaozheng are getting closer and closer. Ying Xiaozheng already dared to play coquettish in the snow's arms, and he was not even afraid of being naughty sometimes by the snow and being beaten by the snow or with a big ass.

Ying Xiaozheng has already discovered that although her aunt has raised her hands high, she is very light when she is beaten, and she is reluctant to hurt herself. Even if it was a little painful at the time, after sleeping for one night, the redness and swelling subsided the next day.

Smart children are always quick to understand what it means to be fearless. Ying Xiaozheng has begun to test the bottom line of the snow, jumping repeatedly on the edge of being beaten.

With the increase in time together, Xue also became closer and more intimate and doted on Ying Xiaozheng, and now he has commanded Ying Xiaozheng to step on Zhu Xiang's belly who is taking a nap.

Zhu Xiang looked at the closeness, kindness, and doting in the eyes of Xue looking at Ying Xiaozheng, and the slightly sour smile on the corner of his mouth was fleeting.

Zhu Xiang accompanied Ying Xiaozheng to read a book for a day, and then threw Ying Xiaozheng to the snow belt.

He locked himself in his study and continued to write and organize his farming experience and how to let the people recuperate after the unification of the world.

He will leave all these to Zheng'er.

As the paper books on Zhu Xiang's table were stacked higher and higher, the time entered April.

The Battle of Changping broke out.

Lian Po fought and retreated, firmly blocking the Qin army on the east bank of the Dan River.

The Qin army couldn't attack, and Lian Po not only avoided the battle, but also baked potatoes on the barrier, mocking the Qin army for not having enough to eat.

"You've been fighting for almost three years, and you've eaten almost all the grain and grass, right? Are more than half of your soldiers' families in the Qin Kingdom dying of starvation? What's so good about Changping, planting a potato grows so small, it's not much use to fight down, it's better to withdraw from the army. ”

Wang Yi couldn't help but sneer in anger. Changping is nothing good, so what are you Zhao people doing with a bar?! Wait for King Zhao to replace you away, I will see how rampant your Zhao army is!

When Lian Po avoided the battle and couldn't come out, the people sent by Fan Ju to Handan finally took action.

They spent money like dirt and kept building momentum for Zhao Kuo.

The Qin people first recounted the exploits of Zhao Hao, who had died of illness, in Handan. By the time of King Huiwen of Zhao, the army of Zhao was already weaker than that of Qin, and almost never defeated Qin. In the battle of Yanhe, everyone in the world thought that Zhao State could not win, and even Lian Po and Le Cheng opposed Zhao State's sending troops. Zhao Hao defeated the Qin army, and this miraculous battle made him famous in one fell swoop.

The King of Qin who was defeated at that time is the old King of Qin who is now on standby for a long time.

I heard that Zhao Kuo inherited his father's ability to lead soldiers, and he has been carefully taught by Zhao Hao since he was a child, and he is even more powerful than Zhao Hao back then, and he has never lost a battle with others.

Lian Po didn't dare to rescue Yan He back then, but now he can't avoid the war. He was afraid of the Qin State, so he didn't dare to fight with the Qin State, and consumed the grain and grass of the Zhao State in vain. The only thing that Qin was afraid of was Zhao Kuo, the son of Ma Fujun Zhao Hao, and he was afraid that Zhao Kuo would reproduce the miracle of the battle of Yan and He.

"In the battle of Yan and Yan back then, Ma Fujun was able to win the battle that he was bound to lose; Now in the Battle of Changping, the Qin army is tired, and it is far away from the homeland to fight, and the Shangdang people all support King Zhao. Zhao Guo has taken advantage of the right time, place and people, and Ma Fuzi will be able to easily win this battle! ”

……

Zhu Xiang looked at the arrogant young man in front of him and was speechless for a while.

"I heard that you have never been defeated in the army, so I came to ask for advice!" Zhao Kuo arched his hand perfunctorily, raised his chin, and looked at this famous civilian with the corner of his eye.

Chapter 22: Soil Stained with Grains

Zhu Xiang didn't expect Zhao Kuo to come.

He had received many scholars who had come to ask for advice. But those scholars are all low-level scholars, and most of them are nobles, and learning from Zhu Xiang is also a way for them to make a name for themselves, which can be regarded as a win-win situation.

For those noble children who have become famous, or have a way to make them officials at home, going to Zhu Xiang is to carry a sedan chair for Zhu Xiang, which is harmful to themselves.

Zhu Xiang's famous move, in the eyes of the nobles in the high, was a group of monkeys playing monkey tricks to show them. When they saw that they were pleased, they chose the most powerful monkey from among them, and cloned him with a crown, and allowed him to become a man.

Pingyuan Jun, one of the four gentlemen who was famous for being a corporal of Lixian, went to visit Zhu Xiang, and he issued Zhu Xiang with a certificate of success in monkey play and could be a person.

Zhao Kuo is a horse suit, even if he can't be reused for the time being because of his father's words, he should be a member of the monkey show sitting on the monkey mountain, and he should not jump into the monkey mountain to fight the monkeys.

It's like Zhu Xiang is now so famous, as a friend of the children of the official eunuchs and nobles, there are still only Lin Zhen and Li Mu.

In this era, too much attention is paid to identity, even if Zhu Xiang becomes famous in the future, there will still be countless people who use his background to talk about things, and many talented and virtuous people will look down on him because of this.

During the period of Qin Shi Huang, Shangqing Yao Jia made great contributions, and Han Feizi still criticized Yao Jia's background, saying that Yao Jia was "the son of the world's eunuchs, the great thief of Liang, and the minister of Zhao", even if Yao Jia has merit, he should not be rewarded, and he should be expelled or even killed, otherwise it is not conducive to the rule.

Li Sijin said that he killed Han Feizi because he was jealous, and Yao Jia Jinyan killed Han Feizi was indeed Han Feizi's first move.

Han Feizi's slanderous remarks against Yao Jiajin are of course due to Yao Jia's breaking of the four-nation alliance and putting South Korea in danger. But he would ask Qin Shi Huang to kill or exile Yao Jia on the basis of Yao Jia's origin, which proves that in this era, even if a person makes great contributions, the article "origin" can directly condemn him to death.

Zhao Kuo, a high-ranking nobleman who can inherit the title and fief, came to Zhu Xiang to argue, even if he looked down on Zhu Xiang, in the eyes of outsiders, he also surrendered his identity and could not understand.

Zhu Xiang hesitated for a moment, and invited Zhao Kuo, who was looking at people with his nostrils, into the door.

In the door, Lin Zhen was leaning against a tree, holding a feather duster in one hand for Ying Xiaozheng to pounce, and holding the wine jar in one hand to drink.

Lin Xiangru was seriously ill again, although Lin Zhen only learned about it after Lin Xiangru barely recovered, he immediately hung up the seal and returned home, but Lin Xiangru refused to leave with a stick.