The reason for the Qin king's crusade against the Zhou royal family this time was that the Western Zhou Duke saw that the power of the Qin State was getting stronger and stronger, and felt that his position was not secure, so he secretly hoped to promote a new alliance and jointly crusade against the Qin State. Therefore, the Qin State attacked Luoyi, the capital of the Western Zhou State, and beat the King of Zhou by the way.

Seeing that Hezong had collapsed and he was in danger, King Zhou and the Duke of Western Zhou humbly sent people to send an edict of surrender, hoping to divide the city and beg Qin to withdraw its troops.

"Stand out!" Lian Po said angrily, "My soldiers have been brought to the gate of Luoyi, and you let me retreat?!" Give me a siege! ”

If it is an ordinary Qin general, considering the turbulence of the replacement of the old and new Qin kings in the country, maybe he will really slow down.

But Lian Po is a nobleman of Zhao State, and he is used to being free when leading troops. He finally overcame the psychological barrier and became the enemy of his homeland, and came all the way to Luoyi, and you let him return in vain?

Lian Po's short temper can't stand it.

He immediately ordered the soldiers of the Qin State who thought they would retreat to attack, saying that he would bear all the consequences.

The Qin soldiers roared and invaded Luoyi, capturing the king of Zhou and the Duke of Western Zhou.

Lian Po walked around Jiuding a few times: "Zhu Xiang's shaft once said wildly, saying that Jiuding is empty and wasteful, since it is a ritual vessel representing the authority of the state, how can it not be filled with millet." This time, we transported the grain of the Western Zhou Kingdom back to Xianyang, how about using Jiuding to pack millet? ”

Lian Po's subordinates: "......" can they say badly?

However, they did lack containers for things, so they simply made a few wooden lids, packed the stolen grain into Jiuding, and tied the lid tightly, so that they could transport Jiuding and grain without wasting too much space.

As a great nobleman, Lian Po understands the thoughts of princes and nobles very well.

Although now he went on his first expedition, he did not ask Wang Ling, and took the initiative to destroy the Western Zhou Kingdom. But as long as Jiuding is transported back to King Qin as a congratulatory gift, King Qin will not do anything to himself.

Moreover, as the king of Qin, he spent several cities to invite back to Qin, a veteran of Zhao State, and won the first battle to achieve victory, and the King of Qin would not blame himself for his influence. So Lian Po behaved fearlessly.

He laundered the nobles to reward the soldiers, boosted the morale of the Qin army, and robbed Wei and several cities in Korea on the way back to Qin.

The Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou states were small states sandwiched between Wei and Korea. After Lian Po captured the Western Zhou Kingdom, he glanced at the map and felt that the map of the Qin State was a little protruding between the Wei State and Korea, which was not very good-looking, so he built the "road" that protruded into it wider.

He accepted it when he saw it, and only asked for a large city and three or four small cities in Wei and Korea, saying that this was the price of Wei and Korea to support the Zhou royal family.

The king of Wei and the king of Han would leave after hearing that Lian Po wanted these cities, and they quickly cut the map to Lian Po, hoping that Lian Po would leave immediately.

So Lian Po went out for a walk, and basically took the Western Zhou State, Wei State, and part of the land of Korea without spending many soldiers, and presented it to the King of Qin together with Jiuding, which was full of millet.

After he returned to Xianyang, he swung the Jiuding full of millet into the Xianyang Palace, and the battle was really beautiful.

Bai Qi, who was still sick, looked at Lian Po's eyes even more sour.

"Alas, Bai Qi, why are you sick? There was basically no war in this battle, and the land was directly sent by the other party, and anyone who led the troops could do it. Lian Po saw Bai Qi's sour eyes, and his mouth was particularly sour, "It's like I've gone out to pick up a credit." ”

Bai Qi: "......"

The old King Qin was in a wheelchair, and it was difficult to get out once. Zhu Xiang pushed him around Jiuding several times, and the old King Qin looked at Jiuding, which was full of millet, and his eyes were shining.

Jiuding is full of millet, which not only means that all the land in the world belongs to the Qin State, but also means that there is a bumper harvest of grain in these lands. It doesn't bode better than this.

Lian Po saw that King Qin really didn't pursue him, and he was in a good mood, and it was rare to talk and laugh with King Qin, and said an interesting story on the road.

Jiuding is heavy, and Lian Poyun Jiuding takes more waterways.

One day, a strong wind suddenly blew on the river, which blew all the boatmen into the water, and many of the booty in the cabin also suffered, but Jiuding stood still.

"That's a good sign!" The old King Qin sighed again.

"Isn't it because the dings are too heavy when they are filled with grain?" Zhu Xiang told the truth.

Then, in the angry eyes of the old King Qin, Zhu Xiang was beaten by Lian Po and Xunzi.

Zi Chu took over from Zhu Xiang to help the old King Qin hold the wheelchair, and said helplessly: "Zhu Xiang is really stupid sometimes, and he doesn't think about it at all before speaking. ”

The old King of Qin just pretended to be angry, and when he saw Zhu Xiang being beaten, he was happy.

After Lian Po beat Zhu Xiang, he said to the old Qin king: "But what Zhu Xiang said also makes sense. If he hadn't listened to Zhu Xiang's words and filled Jiuding with millet, maybe Jiuding would have been blown into the water. Although it will definitely be salvage, it may be broken. ”

Xun Zi said calmly: "This also shows that Qin's unification of the world is the destiny of heaven, even if there is a strong wind halfway, the millet filled in Jiuding can also ensure the stability of Qin." ”

Old King Qin pondered Xunzi's words, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a hint from God.

The unification of the Qin State is bound to have many twists and turns. And the unification of the world is not the end, but only the beginning. How to consolidate Qin's orthodox status is the most worrying thing for the old Qin King now.

Now as long as the successor King of Qin is not stupid or crazy, the set of courtiers that Qin has just replaced is enough for Qin to unify the world without danger.

But after reunification, what path should Qin take? Old King Qin himself hadn't thought it through yet.

Perhaps God told him that the crisis faced by the Qin State at the time of Jiuding could be solved as long as he "filled the Jiuding with millet".

And the proposal of "filling the Jiuding with millet" happened to be put forward by Zhu Xiang.

"Zhu Xiang, farm well." The old King Qin said meaningfully.

Zhu Xiang didn't hear the meaning of the old Qin King, he covered his arms, his shoulders and his back, bared his teeth and grinned: "Of course, farming is my old business. Your Majesty, it's windy outside, let's go inside. ”

Old King Qin gathered the fur on his body and looked up at the sky: "Yes, it's windy outside." ”

He has been on the sickbed for so long, from winter to spring, from spring to summer, and now it is late autumn.

The old Qin King felt that his limbs were even weaker, and the time he spent awake every day was getting shorter and shorter.

He really should have left.

After that, the old Qin Wang was idle.

This was probably the most leisurely period since he came to power.

After he took power, even if he did not expel the queen mother, he actually held great power, but he did not deprive the queen mother of her power. So as soon as he wanted to abolish the power of the Queen Mother, an edict could solve it.

The succession of the old Qin King was a very humiliating thing for the Qin State itself.

After the death of King Wu of Qin, although the Qin State had a dispute over the heir to the throne, Yingji was not supported by any faction of the Qin State.

One of his sons of Qin, who had no chance to inherit the throne, became the king of Qin, and it was King Wuling of Zhao who sent troops to directly force Qin to be king.

The monarch of one country was chosen by the monarch of another country, which simply treated the Qin State as a vassal state of the Zhao State, how much humiliation was it for the Qin State, which was already on the rise at that time?

Even if Yingji is a beneficiary, the process of his ascension to the throne also makes him feel humiliated.

In order to wash away this humiliation, Yingji can bow his head to anyone until no one dares to make him bow his head.

Why did Yingji allow Empress Dowager Xuan to share power with him for a long time after she became pro-government? Yingji is learning.

As a proton, he did not systematically learn any knowledge of governing the country. He also didn't have any power in the Qin state that could help him become a good Qin king.

But Empress Dowager Xuan will govern the country, and Empress Dowager Xuan has connections to govern the country in Qin. Therefore, if Yingji wants to be a good King of Qin, he must share power with Empress Dowager Xuan until he does not need Empress Dowager Xuan.

Although the Empress Dowager Xuan was deposed of the title of the Empress Dowager, she also died a good death after that. Yingji also built a beautiful mausoleum for him to meet the needs of the Empress Dowager Xuan as much as possible in terms of material conditions.

In this regard, Yingji and Zhao Dan are very similar - they will not govern the country when they are kings, and they all need the support of the Queen Mother.

Now Yingji has fulfilled his promise to himself.

King Wuling of Zhao sent troops to send him back to China to be the king of Qin, which was no longer a shame for Qin, but a joke for Zhao.

He lowered his head for many years, and his head gradually raised proudly, and now Jiuding has been returned to the Qin State, and Jiuding is still full of millet.

Yingji asked Zhu Xiang to push his wheelchair and prop up his sick body to worship King Qin Wu.

King Wu of Qin's obsession with Jiuding caused him to die when he lifted the tripod. Now that Jiuding has been returned to the Qin State, the king of Zhou has been deposed, and his brother can also be blinded.

In 255 BC, King Zhaoxiang of Qin disintegrated the alliance of Wei, Hanyan, Zhao and Qi, destroyed the Duchy of Western Zhou, captured King Zhou and Duke of Western Zhou, demoted King Yu of Zhou as king, abolished Duke of Western Zhou as a retainer, and returned Jiuding to Qin.

Since then, although the Eastern Zhou Principality is still surviving, the king of Zhou no longer exists, and the Zhou Dynasty has perished.

From 254 BC onwards, historians call it the first year of Qin.

This is a year later than the history of Zhu Xiang's time and space, but Zhu Xiang's Xianyang Palace in the time and space only has eight tripods with empty stomachs, and this time and space Xianyang Palace has nine tripods full of millet.

Jiuding loading millet has also become the most important etiquette in the Qin rites formulated by Xunzi.

When autumn went to winter, the old King Qin handed over everything to Yingzhu, left Xianyang Palace by himself, and went to Beizhuang where Zhu Xiang lived to recuperate.

In the past few months, Yingzhu has basically fulfilled the duties of King Qin.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the old King of Qin handed over the last thing representing the King of Qin to Yingzhu.

Seal of the King, Crown...... These are just symbols of this "last thing".

"Dazhu, it's up to you next." Yingji Road.

"Yes, Father." Yingzhu knelt in front of Yingji, crying silently.

He finally became the king of Qin. But at this moment, he did not cry with joy.

During this period of time, he and Yingji got along like ordinary father and son. He never imagined that he would be able to have such a warm time with his father.

"When you become the queen of Qin, you can't cry anymore." Yingji said, and then looked at Zichu.

Gongzi Chu is now Prince Zi Chu.

"Zichu, assist your own father well." Yingji said, "You are a very lucky person to be able to make friends with Zhu Xiang in Weimo." Never be afraid of Zhu Xiang. ”

Zi Chu said: "Father Wang, I will never be afraid of Zhu Xiang. ”

Yingji nodded, looking at the standing officials and the kneeling ministers.

He looked at Xianyang Palace.

It was all his, but not anymore.

He lifted the burden from his shoulders and his heart was empty.

He was terrified, but he felt a sigh of relief.

Ying Ji finally didn't have to stay up all night thinking about what this huge country should do tomorrow, he could sleep well without thinking about anything.

He's leaving.

"Get up, after that, this is your Qin State."

Yingji left this sentence and rejected Yingzhu's request to let him continue to live in Xianyang Palace, nor did he go to repair the other palaces, and continued to live in Zhu Xiang's house.

He chatted and played cards with the old ministers at Zhu Xiang's house every day, and occasionally checked Ying Xiaozheng's homework.

When he is in good health, he will be pushed by Zhu Xiang to go out, although there is nothing green to step on in the first month.

Yingji's body seems to be getting better, his face is much better, and he is full of energy.

But everyone around him knew that it was just an illusion.

If Yingji recuperates well this year, she may be able to survive it. But this year, the five countries formed a coalition army, the general situation of the world changed, and the Qin State was pushed into a dangerous situation.

Even if the process of settlement is not dangerous at all, the Qin State has no losses and has obtained land and Jiuding, but the situation is indeed dangerous.

As the king of Qin, Yingji not only failed to rest, but also further squeezed his physical strength and became more diligent than ever.