"Zhu Xiang, many people say to the widow that the Qin State can unify the six countries. But in the eyes of the widow, when no one says this, he is as sincere as you. The old King Qin sighed, "Qin was once strong and then declined. Even the invincible Jin Kingdom has been extinct. Why are you so sure that Qin will be able to unify the world? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Whether a country is strong or not is closely related to the system it implements. Now the system of the Qin State has turned the Qin State into a chariot, and the civilians have only two paths: farming and fighting. As long as the wars pursued by the Qin state can benefit enough people, the chariot will be indestructible. ”

The old Qin King asked, "But do you think the chariot will stop after all?" Is there a limit to the territory of this world? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "The territory of the world is limited, but for the current Qin State, it is unlimited; However, although the territory is unlimited for the Qin State, the territory that the Qin State can control is limited. When the territory expands beyond the control of the Qin king, then it is not far from falling apart. The states of Jin and Chu are examples. ”

The old King of Qin pulled Zhu Xiang to sit down at a few (a kind of low table). Fan Ju immediately followed and sat on the other side of Zhu Xiang.

Bai Qi thought about it, pulled Zichu and Zheng'er to sit on the other side of King Qin, and sat next to Zichu and Zheng'er himself.

Cai Ze sat next to Bai and gave Xue a look. Xue immediately went out to greet the servants brought by King Qin to continue to clean up the furniture, and instructed the cook to start cooking, and pour sugar water for the old King Qin and others.

The old Qin king said: "Aren't the Jin and Chu kingdoms monarchs in decline? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "It is inevitable for every country to have a mediocre monarch, and two countries are so powerful that they only flourish and decline in four words." ”

Old King Qin took a deep breath: "Why did Shengji decline? ”

Fan Ju frowned: "Is it the way of heaven?" If you reach the top of the mountain, you should go down, and if you are in the prime of life, you should age? ”

Zhu Xiang shook his head: "No, it's just a law." Specifically, the difficulties faced by countries are different in each period of their development. Just like walking, when you encounter plains, sandy lands, mountain peaks, rivers, etc., you need corresponding tools to move forward. The prosperous era is the limit of the previous car's running, and before the limit, it is time for the king to tinker with the carriage. ”

Xue brought honey water, and the old King Qin personally handed it to Zhu Xiang with both hands: "Please continue." ”

Zhu Xiang took a sip of honey water and said, "Let's talk about the Jin State and the Chu State." The reason for their boom and fall is actually the same as Zhou's. The monarch should have been aware of the fact that the farther away from Xianyang is, the more difficult it is to manage. Even if it is also a county system, because remote counties can only submit documents once in a few months, the king's management of them is a few months behind. ”

Needless to say, the Jin Kingdom is broad. The state of Chu was the country that destroyed the most countries in the Spring and Autumn Period, and occupied half of the world when its territory was the broadest.

The old King of Qin said anxiously: "That's true, is there a way to solve it?" ”

Zhu Xiang shook his head: "A place, if the king's army can arrive in one day, the king can command it like a commanding arm; When the king's army arrives in January, the king will be able to play with it like a stick; If it takes a year for the king's army to arrive, then the king will have to accept its offerings. ”

Old King Qin sighed: "This is really difficult to solve. ”

Fan Ju interjected: "Is the place where the army can only reach in a year the limit of the territory of the Qin State?" However, the territory of Jin and Chu was not so wide. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "The monarch needs to hold a stick to manipulate the place where the army arrives in January, and the system is a stick." Instead of using sticks, they gave the servants what their hands could not reach. ”

Fan Ju's brows furrowed even tighter, and then stretched: "The wider the territory, the weaker the lord and the stronger the servant. ”

Zhu Xiang nodded: "The Qin State implements the county system, and there are no courtiers in the court who are stronger than the king, and the territory that the king can control is much higher than that of other countries. In terms of system, only the Qin State can rule the current Central Plains, so only the Qin State can unify the current Central Plains. No matter how far away it is, the Qin State cannot be transformed into national strength after it is defeated, and it cannot make ends meet. ”

"How to calculate the value of a piece of land, Your Majesty, Ying Hou should be better at it than me." Zhu Xiang sincerely complimented, "The king always fights foreign wars for a while and then stops the peace talks. Some places are collected as Qin soil, but in other places, it is only recognized as a vassal of Qin, and it is enough to offer grain, weapons, and horses to Qin. ”

Old King Qin and Fan Ju glanced at each other and both smiled.

The old King of Qin smiled bitterly: "Although the widow understands that it is too much, but after listening to these words, the widow understands why it is too much, and how it is 'over'." ”

Fan Ju smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I am old, Zhu Xiang can replace me as the prime minister." ”

Zhu Xiang hurriedly waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "I can't." I'll just be able to talk about it. If I were the prime minister, even if I knew that the unification of the world would be better for the common people, it would be difficult for me to make up my mind to attack other countries...... Especially Zhao Guo. ”

"That's it, if you don't want to, you don't want to." The old King Qin continued to ask, "Because the Qin State has a stick in its hand, and the other countries give the land to their servants, the Qin State will definitely be able to unify the world, and the widow agrees." After the unification of the world, it is time to change the tools of riding? Do you want to change the law? ”

Zhu Xiang waved his hand and head together: "Your Majesty, don't scare me." Which of the people who changed the law had a good end? I still want to live long enough to bring grandchildren to Zheng'er! ”

Ying Xiaozheng moved around in Zi Chu's arms, who was so thin that he only had a handful of bones left, and he couldn't sit comfortably. Hearing his uncle calling himself, he hurriedly stretched his neck: "Zheng'er is here!" ”

Zichu pressed the chaotic Ying Xiaozheng back.

Old King Qin turned his head and glanced at it, pulled Ying Xiaozheng out of Zi Chu's arms, and stuffed him into Zhu Xiang's arms: "If you don't change the law, how can you change the ride?" ”

Zhu Xiang changed his sitting posture, allowing Ying Xiaozheng to nest in his arms as if he was sitting on a chair: "The chariot of the Qin State is already very strong, just change the parts, how can it be called a change?" ”

Zhu Xiang's eyes blinked, and he said vaguely: "Now the world is not unified yet, and I can't say for sure." About, although the county system is good, but there are too many counties, and all the little things are for the gentleman to see, isn't the gentleman reading the bamboo slips all night and can't sleep peacefully? Is there another level on the county? ”

"After the military merits become less, the title cannot be denied. There is no way to be promoted through military merit, nor can it be discovered by the monarch after becoming famous in another country. How do you select talents? Is it a recommendation, or is it an exam? ”

"After a large number of soldiers were disarmed and returned to the fields, because there was no war, the number of people increased greatly every year, but there was only so much land. In addition, the aristocracy can no longer expand their wealth by conquering other countries, and they will definitely rob the common people of the fertile land. ”

"After the unification of the world, after two or three kings, the common people may face a situation where they have no land to cultivate. At that time, there was starvation everywhere, and even if they took away the weapons from the common people, they would resist with stones and trees. Any nobleman who can take out a weapon raises his arms and ......"

Zhu Xiang saw that the old King Qin's face had turned blue-black, and quickly shut his mouth.

Ying Xiaozheng silently stretched out his arms to hold his head.

Don't read it, don't read it, uncle, Zheng'er's head has begun to hurt faintly!

Why do you need two or three kings? As soon as these troubles are unified, they will appear!

"Uncle, do you have a solution?" Ying Xiaozheng pursed his mouth, "I'm afraid these things will fall on Zheng'er." ”

Old King Qin was stunned for a moment, then patted his thigh and smiled: "That's right!" The widow is old! ”

The king of Qin was afraid of old age, and he was even more afraid that others would snatch his throne. But at this moment, he actually shouted happily, "The widow is old", and held Zheng'er, who claimed to be the king of Qin, in his arms and tossed around: "Hahahaha, Zheng'er, in the future, you and your uncle will have a headache, and the widow and Mr. will not be troubled." ”

Fan Ju stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there are some things that can be done now, and you can't pass them all on to future generations." Even if it is pushed to future generations, there are still Prince Zhu and Gongzi Chu. ”

The old King of Qin glanced at Zi Chu: "Zi Chu, study hard." ”

Zichu: "...... Be. "A little angry. Am I not as good as a child?!

Old King Qin stretched his sore legs and said, "Zhu Xiang, you may not be the Qin Xiang now, but when Zichu or Zheng'er is the King of Qin, you will be the Qin Xiang, now you go to the farm first." My husband and I, as well as Wu Anjun, will work hard for a few more years. ”

Zhu Xiang immediately said: "Thank you!" Your Majesty, may you let me go to the kitchen first? It's not me who cooks, and the chef may not be to your liking. ”

"Hurry up." The old King Qin waved his hand to drive people away, "I'm hungry, bring some food first." ”

"Okay." Zhu Xiang got up.

Ying Xiaozheng also wanted to get up: "Father Zeng, Zheng'er go and help!" ”

"Stay here, will you help steal the food?" Zhu Xiang pressed Zheng'er's dishonest head.

After Zhu Xiang left, the old King of Qin took a sip of sugar water, laughed for a while, and then said, "Zichu, you, a friend, have a lot of hidden skills. ”

Zi Chu said cautiously: "Zhu Xiang may not be hiding, but he really doesn't think he has much talent. Even though he was already famous in seven countries, he still didn't face up to his talent. ”

"Cai Qing, you are familiar with Zhu Xiang, why is Zhu Xiang like this?" The old King Qin asked, "Could it really be that King Zhao suppressed him too much?" ”

Zi Chu glanced at Cai Ze.

Cai Zedao: "Zhu Xiang is indeed talented, but he has always thought that he can't be used in practice, just empty talk, and empty talk misleads the country, so he is only willing to undertake what he can do." For example, Zhao Kuo, he is familiar with the art of war, but he does not know how to fight. Zhu Xiang believes that in the field other than farming, he is Zhao Kuo. ”

Bai Qi, who had been silent, couldn't help but speak: "How can Zhu Xiang use Zhao Kuo to humiliate himself?!" ”

Cai Ze said: "Zhu Xiang thinks that he is self-aware, which is far better than Zhao Kuo." ”

Fan Ju said: "When Qin Xiang doesn't need to do everything by himself, he only needs to formulate a direction, select the corresponding talents as officials, and let the officials do it." ”

Cai Ze sighed: "He thinks that he can't select officials for the king." Because the officials appointed by the king do not only choose the virtuous people. The children of the clan and the Shilu family, the relationship between them is complicated, and he doesn't understand. The monarch and the minister also believe that Zhu Xiang is not suitable for the prime minister. ”

The old King Qin said in a deep voice: "Why? He's your friend, shouldn't you nominate him? ”

Cai Ze said: "Xun Ziyan, Zhu Xiang is too benevolent, that is, cowardly. Confucius said, repay grievances with directness, and repay virtue with virtue. Zhu Xiang faced the insult, but frowned and left; In the face of betrayal such as the abandonment of his brother, he just stopped contacting ......"

"In the face of his friend's adulteration of interests but not to the detriment of his use, he will in turn comfort his friend." Zi Chu interrupted, "Zhu Xiang will not retaliate excessively because he was humiliated, and he will not show favoritism for the sake of favor. Such a man has the power to appoint officials, and those who hate him are not afraid of him, and those who are gracious to him resent him. He will be isolated by everyone, and there will be only a dead end left. ”

Zi Chu knelt and took a few steps back, faced the old King Qin, and said prostrately: "Father, Zhu Xiang does not have the wisdom of Wang Zuo. ”

The old King Qin looked at Zi Chu deeply for a long time, and when the heat in the cup dissipated, he said quietly: "That's it, the widow said let him farm, and he will go to farm." ”

"Father, Xie." Zi Chu straightened up and breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that his eldest father would put Zhu Xiang in the position of the prime minister. If there is fierce opposition from the DPRK and China, the eldest father will never protect Zhu Xiang.

When Zi Chu stepped forward to protect Zhu Xiang, the old King Qin showed a trace of murderous intent in his heart.

It is not a good thing that one courtier has such a profound influence on two generations of kings.

But he quickly calmed down.

It may not be a good thing for other people to have a deep influence on the king, but Zhu Xiang is not. Zhu Xiang is a very stupid person, he regards others more seriously than himself, and he has no heirs, and Zheng'er is his only bloodline.

With Zhu Xiang's affectionate temperament, even if he shirks it in every possible way now, for the sake of Zichu and Zheng'er, when no one is available, he will definitely grit his teeth and do things that he is not good at or like.

It is not so much that Zhu Xiang influenced the two generations of kings with his feelings, but that the two generations of kings after the Qin State could control Zhu Xiang with his feelings.

"It's a blessing to have such a friend. No matter what the tough situation, you have people you trust. After the old King Qin figured it out, he revealed a little family affection to Zichu for the first time in his smile, "I am over half a hundred years old before I have to meet Mr." Cherish it. ”

Zi Chu said excitedly: "Yes, eldest father." ”

"Zheng'er, you also have to respect your uncle well, the elder who will wholeheartedly plan only for you, which is rare in the world." Old King Qin touched the head of his fat great-grandson, "Don't you want to eat it secretly?" Go ahead. ”

"Good!" Ying Xiaozheng jumped up from the arms of the old Qin King, "Where is the kitchen?" Take me there! ”

Cai Ze reflexively picked up Ying Xiaozheng and looked at Zi Chu, who was about to hug Ying Xiaozheng.

"You two go, the widow wants to talk to Mr. and Wu Anjun for a while." Old Qin Wang said.

Cai Ze and Zichu respectfully retired.

Old King Qin withdrew the people who were waiting, stretched out his legs and beat them twice: "I don't know when the Qin chair will be ready, my legs." Sir, Wu Anjun, you are also loose and loose. ”

Fan Ju shook his body, but Bai Qi didn't dare to move.

Fan Ju said with a smile: "I heard that the prince is smart, and when I saw it today, he deserved his reputation." ”

Old King Qin smiled and nodded: "Zheng'er is also a junior." Just call him Zheng'er. Zheng'er has not yet shown all his intelligence. Alas, I really don't know how to teach him. Where did I find another Lin Qing and Xunzi. ”

Although Fan Ju was in his heart, he still smiled and said, "Do you want to build a school palace?" ”

Old King Qin thought about it, shook his head and said regretfully: "The chariot is going in one direction. When the chariot has stopped, the crowd can be summoned to discuss which direction to go next. The establishment of the school palace is probably decided by Zichu and Zheng'er. ”

The big pillar is also old. Old King Qin remembered his son's wrinkled face and overindulgent body, and regretted why he didn't beat him a few more times.

But at that time, who would have thought that the Qin army would be defeated in the battle of Yanhe, which had the absolute upper hand, and then defeated by Lian Po, and was harassed by the originally suppressed Han and Wei countries, so they could only send the prince to take advantage of the fire to rob the Wei State as a hostage. Only two years later, the elderly prince died of illness in Wei?

The old King of Qin had only two sons. The crown prince born to the queen of Chu died of illness, and the relatives of Chu were panicked, and they had the intention of supporting the younger brother of the old King Qin as the king of Qin. At this time, Fan Ju persuaded the old Qin king to abolish the Empress Dowager and expel his uncle and brother, so that the old Qin king would immediately obey.

When Empress Dowager Xuan was in power, she did not limit the power of the old Qin king, and the two of them decided after discussion, otherwise the old Qin king would not have pressed his relatives to death as soon as he turned his face. But as soon as the crown prince died, the old King Qin could only pave the way for An Guojun.

But with such a paving of the road, originally Qin Guoxian was mostly relatives of Chu, but now they don't contribute. As soon as Fan Ju and Bai Qi die, who can assist Prince Zhu? Why doesn't the noble lady of the Chu State of Prince Zhu have no son!

Yiren took Mrs. Huayang's door back to Qin, which made the old King Qin really relieved.

Well, Chu's relatives have hope again, and they won't skip work.

In fact, the old King Qin also knew that he could not always rely on his relatives outside Chu, otherwise when the state of Chu was destroyed, his relatives outside Chu might rebel. But there is no way, there are few talents in the Qin State.

"Zichu's cousin is well chosen." The old King Qin praised, "Not only is he talented, but he doesn't take power, but he also attracted Cai Qing to help." ”

Although Fan Ju knew that Zhu Xiang would not threaten his position, his heart was also sour.

Who asked Zichu to say that Zhu Xiang "does not show favoritism", it seems to be sarcastic about him?