In fact, he didn't like this great-uncle very much, and he was very jealous of great-great-great-uncle.

Father Zeng is too suspicious, even more so than he was in his dreams.

Obviously, he is so young, and his uncle is completely unambitious, but his great-uncle is always tempting to come and go, which is really boring.

Uncle was forced to be in a very bad mood by Father Zeng, and he was also in a bad mood, he really didn't like Father Zeng.

But this period of getting along made Ying Xiaozheng's heart gradually disappear from the old Qin King's mustard. He gradually regarded this famous old Qin King as his great-grandfather.

But why didn't Father Zeng give them a little more time and leave now?

Zhu Xiang quietly looked at the old Qin King's peaceful sleepy eyes, and the scenes with the old Qin King flashed in his mind.

The old Qin king who was in peace, the old Qin king who greeted him, the old Qin king in Xianyang, and the old Qin king in Jiangdong...... There is also the old King Qin who is still desperately trying to be the king of Qin at the last moment of his life, and the elder Yingji who has unloaded the burden of the king of Qin.

"Your Majesty, let's go." Zhu Xiang grabbed his trouser legs tightly with both hands, and tears fell from his face one by one, smearing the hem and trouser legs with tear stains one by one.

In 254 BC, in the first year of Qin, Qin Wangji died at the age of seventy-one.

Chapter 106: Milk and Fresh Fruit Drink

Qin Wangji collapsed and died, and he was nicknamed King Qin Zhaoxiang.

Qin Wangzhu, who was sick, was still grieving, so he had to get up from the hospital bed immediately and face countless problems.

Qin Wangzhu has been the king of Qin for a few months, but before the death of the old Qin king and after the death of the old Qin king, his work is difficult at two levels.

He even had the illusion that even the workload was completely different.

In the past, after he finished processing the paperwork every day, he could still have time to chat with his father. Now he opens his eyes to government affairs, and it won't take long to open his eyes after closing them.

There are no major matters in the Qin State, and the slightly complicated matters have been handled by the monarch's father before he died. He still looked like he was in a mess.

If the government affairs are complicated, Qin Wangzhu can also straighten it out after spending some time. However, the different attitudes of the courtiers, especially the clan and relatives, towards him after the death of the monarch's father, made it difficult for Qin Wangzhu, a man with a temper, to suppress his murderous intentions.

King Qin Zhaoxiang's coffin had not yet entered the mausoleum, and the clan and relatives had spoken out one after another, asking him to "correct" King Qin Zhaoxiang's harsh attitude towards the clan and relatives, and issued an edict to treat the clan and relatives leniently.

Qin Wangzhu did indeed plan to appease the clan and relatives, and the content of the edict was thought out. But he is now distracted by the heavy government affairs, and it is when he misses King Qin Zhaoxiang the most, others persecute him, and use the wording "correction", which makes Qin Wangzhu immediately have a rebellious mentality.

At this time, my sister was named the queen, which caused Yangquanjun, who was a little floating, to be pushed out as the first bird, and even Zhu Xiang was climbed by him.

He said that Zhu Xiang was only the younger brother of the prince's wife, and the king treated him too leniently. If you don't reward their group of clan relatives, you can't reassure people's hearts.

What Yang Quanjun means is that he didn't get such good treatment from Zhu Xiang when he was the younger brother of the prince's wife before, and now how can the younger brother of the prince's wife be higher than him, the younger brother of the queen of Qin?

He, Yangquan Jun, is not a real seal like Zhu Xiang Changpingjun, and Zhu Xiang has also received a lot of rewards!

Qin Wangzhu stared at Yangquan Jun faintly for a long time, and sneered: "The Qin State has its own laws, and the inmeritorious people of Qin Gongzi are also white. Does Yangquanjun want to say that your merits are greater than those of Changping Jun, or do you want to say that you, the queen's brother, have a higher status than Qin Gongzi and should be the first person in Qin to make an exception? ”

Yang Quanjun's face turned pale.

Mrs. Huayang was extremely favored, and when Qin Wangzhu was still the prince, she was extremely affectionate to Yangquanjun. Yang Quanjun didn't expect that he would give advice for the first time in the court, and he would actually get such a heart-wrenching word from Qin Wangzhu.

He immediately said, "I have no intention of doing so!" ”

Qin Wangzhu said: "Then what face do you have that compared to Changping Jun?" Zichu! Changpingjun's status is because he is your brother-in-law? ”

The crown prince Chu said respectfully: "At that time, when the first king exchanged Handan City from Zhao State to Changping Jun, I was just a proton who had just returned to Qin State from Zhao State. ”

Qin Wangzhu suppressed the anger in his heart with a deep breath, and said indifferently: "Before the monarch died, he was worried that the widow would be kind. It seems that the widow is indeed too kind-hearted as the monarch said. ”

He ended the court meeting directly, leaving the ministers looking at each other and leaving with his sleeves up.

Yangquanjun stood at the foot of the throne steps, not daring to move for a long time.

The other doctors looked at Prince Chu.

King Qin has already left, will they leave or stay, and the prince will say something?

Zi Chu didn't say a word, his head drooped slightly, like a sculpture.

The doctors had no choice but to look at the two prime ministers at the front.

"Prime Minister, are we still waiting?" They asked quietly.

Xunzi's eyes were closed, as if he was pretending to sleep.

Cai Ze said: "The king will naturally send someone to order us to leave." ”

The crown prince and the prime ministers had to wait, so they had to wait. It wasn't until half an hour later that Qin Wangzhu sent palace people to inform them of their disbandment.

The doctors looked at the prince Chu and the prime ministers on the left and right, and their eyes were very complicated.

During the reign of King Wu of Qin, the Qin State added the left and right prime ministers as the deputy of the Xiangguo under the Xiangguo to weaken the power of the prime minister and increase the power of the monarch.

Since then, the position of the prime minister and the position of the prime minister on the left and right are often vacant, and they may not be matched at the same time.

For example, when Fan Ju was the prime minister, the left and right prime ministers were not matched; After Fan Ju stepped down as prime minister, the position of prime minister of Qin has been vacant.

Before the throne of King Qin Zhaoxiang, he was equipped with the left and right prime ministers for the Qin Wangzhu - Xun was old and respectful; Cai Ze is young, shrewd and capable. Together, the two of them can deal with most of the problems of the Qin State.

And these two prime ministers are good friends with Changpingjun Zhu Xiang, so rumors have appeared in Xianyang, saying that although Changpingjun Zhu Xiang has no name for Xiangguo, he has the reality of Xiangguo.

What's more, there are terrible rumors that Zhu Xiang is the actual ruler of the Qin State and that Qin Wangzhu is nothing more than a puppet with a seal.

Perhaps it is too outrageous to say that Zhu Xiang, who didn't even go to the court, as the "king behind the scenes" of the Qin State, so the rumor turned into the real power figure of the Qin State is the prince Zi Chu, saying that the prince Zi Chu has set up the Qin Wang Zhu.

The body of King Qin Zhaoxiang is still placed in Xianyang Palace waiting for the funeral, originally Xianyang will spread rumors under the instruction of King Qin Zhaoxiang, and now all kinds of ghosts, snakes and gods have emerged.

Qin Wangzhu was busy with government affairs and had not heard the rumors yet.

He was depressed today, and left his government affairs to go to Bizhuang to find Zhu Xiang to eat, and only then did he hear rumors on the way.

Zhu Xiang wrapped his turban and carried a bucket of milk to greet Qin Wangzhu, and was very surprised when he heard this: "The voice of the rumor-bearer can be so loud that the king in the carriage can hear it?!" ”

Qin Wangzhu was originally in a state of thunder, but after hearing Zhu Xiang's surprise, he didn't know why his anger suddenly leaked.

He changed the subject and said, "How are you carrying a bucket of milk?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Isn't Xunzi clamoring to keep filial piety for a few years?" I'm worried that the last stipulated vegetarian diet will affect the health of Junshang, Xia Tong and Zheng'er, and I'm thinking about making some dairy products to deal with it. ”

Although the "Book of Rites" writes that the father died and emphasized filial piety for three years, it was not common to observe filial piety for three years in the pre-Qin period, otherwise Confucius and Zai Yu would not argue about keeping filial piety for three years or keeping filial piety for one year.

Later generations of Confucianism, such as Kong Yingda, etc., mostly said that the three years of filial piety began from the time of Yao Shun. However, later historians have proved that the Yao Dian and Shun Dian on which they are based were written by Confucian disciples after Confucius, and are not true history.

The oracle bone inscriptions unearthed by the Yin Shang can prove that the Yin Shang "mourned countless periods", and the "Spring and Autumn Period" and the "Zuo Chuan" also recorded the three-year mourning of the Zhou royal family and the vassal states. It can be seen from this that it was not popular to keep filial piety for three years in the pre-Qin period.

Proceeding from reality, it is impossible for the rulers of Yin Shang Zhou to practice a three-year mourning among the nobility. Because of the three-year funeral regulations in the "Book of Rites", the prince and the prince are not only filial piety for three years, but also three years without asking about government affairs, and being managed by the prime minister or retainers.

Zhu Xiang read "The Book of Rites" and almost laughed out loud when he read this.

Isn't that pure? Let the prime minister or retainer regent for three years, and the heir is afraid that most of the time the seizure of power will be accompanied by blood, causing social unrest in vain.

Look at the great purge done by the princes who did not reach the crown before the succession to the throne, and the lessons from the past are there.

However, Zhu Xiang can also understand why Confucianism would say this, because the Confucian concept of governing the country is that the king rules by hanging the arch.

Confucianism clearly sees that the prosperity and decline of the country are now dependent on the monarch alone, so in order to maintain the long-term peace and stability of the country, it is necessary to make the monarch "selfless".

The selfishness of human nature is unavoidable, so it is better to let the scholars govern and the monarch "rule by hanging the arch". In this way, the country will not have problems because of the selfish interests of the king; And if there is a problem with the ruling scholars, the king can replace them at any time.

In this Confucian idealized system of governance, the monarch does not need to be very virtuous, but only needs to be able to recognize people, or the state formulates a selection system that can recognize people, so as to achieve long-term peace and stability.

Legalism actually has similar ideas, the difference is that Confucianism wants to use morality to restrain the king, and Legalism wants to use laws to restrain the king.

The ideal governing concept of all the sages in ancient China was basically to restrain the power of the king to limit the destruction of the country by the king's selfishness.

It's just that their ideals don't fit reality, or rather, they are too advanced. Therefore, the Legalists or Confucianists who could be accepted by the monarch have undergone changes to adapt to the times.

In today's stage of economic and cultural development, it is precisely what is needed for centralization and absolute monarchy. It is precisely because the Qin State is more centralized than the Six Kingdoms that it has been able to reach the current position of hegemon.

Xunzi is a very pragmatic person. Looking at the entire history of China, he is estimated to be the most realistic Confucian.

However, "three-year mourning" is the most basic criterion of the Confucian etiquette system, and Xunzi also supports "three-year mourning". It's just that support is support, and reality is also important.

You let the King of Qin go to guard filial piety for three years and ignore national politics? I'm afraid that the Six-Nation Coalition will not be reorganized again immediately.

Xunzi considered that he had been filial piety for three years but only banned alcohol and meat, and government affairs were handled as usual; Or simply follow the ridiculous proposal of Zhu Xiang, who was beaten by him, to keep filial piety for three years with days and months, and it is enough to promote filial piety.

Xunzi's change of etiquette system is also reasonable. The purpose of keeping filial piety for three years is to promote the importance of filial piety, and the edict of King Qin Zhaoxiang hopes that King Qin will not keep filial piety, and everything will be important to the Qin State. A true filial son should obey the wishes of his elders.

On the basis of obeying the wishes of his elders, Qin Wangzhu said to the outside world, "Although I listened to the wishes of the ancestors, filial piety still has to be kept, and both are correct", which can not only weaken the degree of filial piety, but also put gold on King Qin's face.

Now Xunzi is quarreling with the disciples of other Confucian factions and the ceremonial officials of the Qin State every day, and he wants to make clear about the filial piety of the Qin King Zhu before the princes come to worship the Qin Zhaoxiang King.

No matter which way of keeping filial piety, Zhu Xiang had to accompany Qin Wangzhu and others to eat vegetarian for a period of time.

Fortunately, at this time, Shouxiao's vegetarian diet is not too strict, not only can you eat meat and eggs when others are invited or when you are sick, but dairy products are not counted as meat. In some places, they even only avoid five spices, and don't eat heavy dishes such as ginger, garlic, and leeks.

And if you secretly eat meat and eggs behind closed doors when you are filial piety, as long as you don't drink wine and play music and feast, ordinary people won't care.

With Xunzi staring, Qin Wangzhu, Zichu and Ying Xiaozheng are indeed grieving for the death of King Qin Zhaoxiang, and they will not save on vegetarianism. It is not good to eat soy products to supplement protein, so Zhu Xiang started the idea of dairy products.

He doesn't know much about dairy products, he has only seen people in the hospital make them, and he knows some principles. To make it yourself, you still need to try a lot.

When it came to keeping filial piety, Qin Wangzhu couldn't help but complain: "Lu Ru is really noisy. How good is the Confucianism led by Xunzi, can't they stay in the East? To enter Qin, you must abide by Qin's rules! ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Fundamentalists are annoying everywhere, they are different from Xunzi, they don't have the ability to follow the trend of the times, so they don't allow others to progress." What do you say about Zhou Li, King Zhou is gone, and Zhou Li is gone. Confucius reflected on whether he had done it correctly every day, and warned his disciples that if they did not stop learning, they would retreat if they did not advance. That group of people is good, Confucius is perfect and does not allow change, so isn't the disciples taught in this way not as good as the generation? Tut. ”

Qin Wangzhu's depressed mood improved in Zhu Xianglian's crossbow arrow-like complaints, and he smiled: "You can say so, why don't you talk to that group of people with Xunzi?" ”

Zhu Xiang looked aggrieved: "I went once, and they said that I would chase after me and beat me." I couldn't beat them, so Xunzi wouldn't let me go. ”

Qin Wangzhu's smile stiffened, and he sighed: "Why are you still moving?" ”

Zhu Xiang sighed: "Xunzi said, you don't have to do it, but at least you can protect yourself." But if you want to protect yourself, you have to do it, how can I do it to a group of old people? ”

Qin Wangzhu smiled: "You have a good temper and are not suitable for debate." It's better to stay at home and raise your children. ”

Zhu Xiang continued to sigh: "Although I promised the ancestor to stay in Xianyang to assist the monarch, I always feel that I can't do anything, it is better to go south to help the monarch farm the land, so as to produce more food." ”

Qin Wangzhu joked: "What can't you do? With you in Xianyang, I can eat a few more bowls a day. ”

Zhu Xiang couldn't help laughing: "That's right, I'm still very useful!" ”

Zhu Xiang and Qin Wangzhu returned to the small courtyard, Ying Xiaozheng was learning swords, saw Qin Wangzhu coming, gave Qin Wangzhu a sweaty hug, and wiped the sweat on his face with Qin Wangzhu's sleeve before continuing to study.

Qin Wangzhu gave Ying Xiaozheng a brain breakdown.

"Wait a minute, I'll make you the milk you just learned." Zhu Xiang carried the milk back to the kitchen.

Qin Wangzhu sat in the shade and watched Ying Xiaozheng learn the sword, and the servant shook the hand-cranked fan with ice cubes in front of him to send a cool breeze to Qin Wangzhu.