According to Cai Ze's judgment, the Qin State already had the strength to continue to encroach on Wei and Korea, and even destroy these two countries.

However, Qin Wangzhu decided to swallow a little bit of a country and temporarily move its national capital.

Even if the land of Wei and Korea only leaves the county and county of the national capital, as long as the country is not destroyed, the six countries will continue to be their enemies and will not unite.

When the Qin State destroys the Wei State or the Korean capital and completely excludes the Wei State and Korea, it is the time when the Qin State wants to annex the world in one go.

Now among the six countries, only Chu has grain and soldiers, and there are barely able to see the monarch and the not mediocre Xiangguo. If the main Chu state does not move, the other five states will not be able to unite again until the Qin state completely destroys the Wei state or Korea. Therefore, when King Qin Zhaoxiang was about to die, he specially sent Lin Yi to visit the state of Chu.

He has high hopes for Lin Xiangru's son, hoping that Lin Xiang can show Lin Xiangru's demeanor in this visit.

In addition to the "guaranteed mission" given to Lin Zhen by King Qin Zhaoxiang, Lin Zhen has more goals.

He didn't tell anyone about these goals before leaving, not even Zhu Xiang.

Lin Zhen said with a smile at the time, as long as the goal is known, otherwise it would be too embarrassing if it was not achieved.

"I hope Lin Zhen can come back before my father is buried." Qin Wangzhu sighed and said, "Father Jun loves Lin Zhen very much, he must want Lin Zhen to give him a ride." ”

Qin Wangzhu was always talking about business, so he couldn't help but say something "Father Jun loves it very much".

From people to things, from weather to scenery, the figure of King Qin Zhaoxiang lingered in Qin Wangzhu's heart.

When Qin Wangzhu was so tired that he was resting on his stomach on the desk when he was dealing with the paperwork, he often dreamed of King Qin Zhaoxiang.

King Qin Zhaoxiang will dislike him as always, he is not in good health, and he will be tired from dealing with such a little paperwork, and then let him rest well.

"Even if Zichu is very weak, you still have so many courtiers! It's really not good, let Zhu Xiang do it! He is so lazy every day, he is really not a son of man! ”

Qin Wangzhu sometimes woke up laughing, sometimes crying.

He never thought that he would miss his father so much.

"He should be able to catch up." Zhu Xiang said, "He may come back with the envoys who came to worship the king of Chu." ”

Qin Wangzhu smiled and said, "That's good." ”

……

To the south, Lin Zhen did return to Qin with the envoys sent by the king of Chu.

Li Mu originally wanted to come back with Lin Zhen, but King Qin Zhaoxiang specially gave Li Mu an edict to let Li Mu continue to stick to Jiangdong and not return to Xianyang.

Similarly, Mengwu also continued to hold on to Eyi, guarding the main road where the Han River and the Yangtze River intersected.

"Lin Qing, is Zhu Xianggong still in Xianyang?" The envoy sent by the king of Chu was Chunshenjun Huang Xie, who had resigned from the position of prime minister.

Because of the defeat in the Battle of Jiangdong, Huang Xie was snubbed by the King of Chu. When Lin Zhen signed the treaty with the king of Chu, Huang Xie was excluded.

However, Lin Zhen persuaded the King of Chu to reconcile with Huang Xie, and the King of Chu followed Lin Zhen's advice and recalled Huang Xie, but reduced Huang Xie's fiefdom.

After Huang Xie recovered, the first thing the King of Chu handed over to Huang Xie was to ask him to worship King Qin Zhaoxiang on behalf of the Chu State, and by the way, to inquire about the current situation of the Qin State.

The king of Chu used to be a proton in the Qin state, and Huang Xie was in the same state of Qin with the king of Chu, helping the king of Chu escape back to the state of Chu, so he was favored by the king of Chu.

This point is somewhat similar to Lü Buwei.

Huang Xie almost lost his life in the Qin State, and he had some hatred for the Qin State, and was a "hawk" who unswervingly advocated being tough on the Qin State.

He had very mixed emotions in his heart when he returned to the Qin State again.

On this trip, he decided that he must clearly see the advantages and disadvantages of the Qin State with his eyes, and then continued to persuade the King of Chu not to believe in the agreement with the Qin State.

The Qin people are barbarian! Cunning and rude! When have you kept your promise?!

Huang Xie looked at Lin Zhen and felt quite uncomfortable.

How could Lin Xiangru's son go to the land of barbarians to serve the king of barbarians? Since you don't care about any barbarians, it's better to come to Chu State, the King of Chu is better than the King of Qin.

As for Zhu Xiang, his mood was even more complicated.

At the beginning, he had already sent someone to invite Zhu Xiang into Chu! Just a little bit, just a little bit, Zhu Xiang is the Zhu Xianggong of Chu State!

Every time Huang Xie thought about it, he would wake up at night and slap himself.

Why didn't I send someone sooner? Why not let them go faster? If it was the State of Chu that rescued Zhu Xiang from prison, what Lin Zhen, Cai Ze, Li Mu, and even Lian Po and Xunzi might be the virtuous ministers of the State of Chu!

Therefore, Huang Xie sent an envoy to Qin this time, and he also had the idea of lobbying Zhu Xiang.

Although Zhu Xiang was already a relative of Qin, it was unlikely that he would leave the Qin State, but what if? In case King Qin was a stupid king who was afraid of Zhu Xiang like King Zhao, wouldn't he be able to save Zhu Xiang?

"The first lord regarded Zhu Xiang as his grandchild, and Zhu Xiang regarded the ancestor as his grandfather. Now Zhu Xiang should be in the Spirit Palace to guard filial piety for the ancestors, of course in Xianyang. Lin Zhen knew what Huang Xie was thinking, and ruthlessly shattered Huang Xie's dream, "When the monarch was still the prince, he was very close to Zhu Xiang, and the monarch was extremely filial to the ancestors, I am afraid that Zhu Xiang has always been with the monarch." As long as Chun Shenjun sees Junshang, he will definitely be able to see Zhu Xiang. ”

Huang Xie was in a low mood: "Zhu Xianggong is also valued by the King of Qin now? ”

How so? Isn't it a monarch and a courtier?

Lin Zhen smiled and smiled: "Of course." Zhu Xiang's name of benevolence is known all over the world, what virtuous monarch would not value Zhu Xiang? When you see Zhu Xiang, you understand. Chun Shenjun missed the opportunity to meet Zhu Xiang in Jiangdong last time, so he should take a good look this time. ”

Huang Xie's expression froze.

He glanced at Lin Zhen deeply: "Jiangdong? ”

Lin Zhen was surprised: "Chun Shenjun doesn't know? Chun Shenjun was across the river from Zhu Xiang and the ancestors, and Zhu Xiang also watched the fire by the river. ”

Huang Xie: "......" The battle of Jiangdong was his most humiliating defeat, Lin Yi didn't open any pot, and told him that his decision was not wrong, but the Chu army was too weak to achieve his goal.

King Qin is really in Jiangdong, and even Zhu Xiang is in Jiangdong. If he had won at the time......

It's a pity that there are no ifs.

Huang Xie still thought that it was not his own decision-making that was wrong, but that he was dragged back by those big nobles of Chu State.

He profoundly understood from the battle of Jiangdong that his previous compromise and his previous behavior of trying his best to integrate into the nobles of the Chu family were not only useless, but he might also be ridiculed and despised by the nobles of the Chu family.

Even if he is Chun Shenjun who leans towards the government and the opposition, in the eyes of the nobles of the Chu family, he is still a poor and lowly man who cannot be put on the stage, no different from the common people.

He will never be accepted into this group.

Lin Zhen talked about the battle of Jiangdong, and Huang Xie lost the mind to continue talking with Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen's ears were finally quiet, and he could calm down to write down the surrounding scenery and roads, and at night he would pick up the lamp and draw a map.

He had already learned the ability to draw maps from Lin Xiangru, and after befriending Zhu Xiang, Zhu Xiang taught him the knowledge of modern mapping such as contour maps in later generations. The Mo family also made a few small props according to the principle of map mapping tools mentioned by Zhu Xiang.

Lin Zhen made an envoy in the hinterland of Chu this time, and while showing his identity as the heir of Lao Zhuang, he traveled the mountains and rivers, like a gentleman who did not take the matter of the envoy to heart, and at the same time memorized the mountains, rivers and roads in his mind and drew them on paper.

When he returned to Xianyang, this was the first gift he presented to the new Qin king.

The second gift was the "official route of import and export" that he negotiated with the king of Chu when he negotiated the treaty.

Zhu Xiang once mentioned to him the "food war" and the current food crisis in Qi State.

"Now that Qin has me, the grain output is several times that of the other six countries. If we export cheap grain and buy the specialties of the six countries, I am afraid that not only will the coins of the six countries go to Qin, but their citizens may not want to farm. ”

Coins can be minted into weapons, and even if the Six Kingdoms do not sell copper and iron ore to Qin, Qin can use other countries' minerals to craft weapons.

And if the citizens of the Six Nations do not think about farming like the people of Qi, even if it is only reduced by one and a half percent of the people to cultivate, once the Qin State stops supplying grain to the Six Nations, many people in the Six Nations will definitely starve to death.

Zhu Xiang was drunk when he said this, but after he sobered up, he did not tell himself who heard this plan not to use this vicious plan.

Lin Zhen knew that Zhu Xiang would not lose his memory when he was drunk even if he was drunk, and he must be very conflicted if he didn't tell himself.

On the one hand, Zhu Xiang knew that this plan would cause many ordinary people to suffer, and on the other hand, Zhu Xiang knew that if the plan succeeded, it would be easier for the Qin State to unify the world, and maybe more people could be saved.

For a small price, you can reap huge benefits.

But these costs are people. Why should they be the price? Would you like to exchange it for your current price?

Zhu Xiang has always adhered to this kind of thinking. So how uncomfortable did he feel when he came up with one vicious plan after another that required a price?

Lin Zhen obviously knew that he also used the strategy proposed by Zhu Xiang.

Zhu Xiang has already suppressed his moral conscience to give him advice, if he doesn't use it, he will live up to the struggle in Zhu Xiang's heart.

However, he started from the Chu State, where even if there was not enough food, wild grass and wild things could support the common people until they crossed the Yangtze River to go to Southern Qin to farm, and it was difficult for people to starve to death. If this plan succeeds, Zhu Xiang's psychological burden will not be too heavy.

Lin Zhen looked at the mountain peak with empty eyes, measured the distance with the palm of his hand, and smiled on his mouth.

Of course, no one in the world will know that this plan was conceived by Zhu Xiang.

Such a fierce and vicious scheme, who could have thought of it except for my Zongheng family?

That's right, I, Lin Zhen, am a member of the Zongheng family today.

……

Soon, the envoys sent by the princes of the six countries arrived in Xianyang one after another.

Zhu Xiang received Xunzi's inhumane training as a courtesy, and now he is presentable and very temperamental, which impresses his friends.

Zichu: "I saw a monkey not only put on clothes, but also finally learned human etiquette. ”

Cai Ze: "The day I saw Zhu Xiang like a Confucian student again, the last time I saw him like this was in Handan City." ”

Ying Xiaozheng: "Is this still my uncle?" Uncle, uncle, where are you? Zheng'er can't find you! ”

Zhu Xiang immediately gave Ying Xiaozheng a head, and then Xunzi quickly gave Zhu Xiang a head.

Qin Wangzhu smiled.

The closer he got to the funeral, the more depressed and heavy Qin Wangzhu's mood became.

After the people sent by the princes of the six kingdoms to pay respects, his father will be buried. From then on, he never saw his father again.

Whenever his mood was too heavy, Zhu Xiang, Zichu and others would change their ways to make him happy.

Qin Wangzhu also has more than 20 sons, and when those sons see Qin Wangzhu, they will only cry more sadly than Qin Wangzhu, and then shout the words "Father's Day Mourning" with a fainting expression.

Obviously, these sons have not seen their eldest father very much.

Every time Qin Wangzhu saw this scene, his heart became more and more uncomfortable.

At that time, he would take Zheng'er and stand in the mourning hall to chat with King Qin Zhaoxiang and pour out his inner anguish.

"Father, that group of people still thought they were clever and slandered me, saying that Zichu was busy with government affairs and didn't miss you at all." Qin Wangzhu said with a gloomy face, "Missing someone is not about whose tears flow more. ”

When Zichu was dealing with government affairs with him, he occasionally handed the documents in the wrong direction, occasionally showed a trance-like look, and occasionally shouted the wrong title, all of which proved that Zichu missed his father like himself.

"Father, don't cry too much in front of Great-Father, Great-Father will scold." Ying Xiaozheng handed over the handkerchief.

Qin Wangzhu rubbed Ying Xiaozheng's head: "Yes." ”

The envoys of the Six Nations came, and he must not show weakness in front of the people of the Six Nations.