Zhu Xiang pretended to wipe his tears: "Zheng'er is mature." ”

Ying Xiaozheng: "......" fists are hard, but he can't beat his uncle, damn it!

Prince Qin Chu smiled: "Don't tease him. ”

Xue Ji twisted Zhu Xiang's arm.

Zhu Xiang hurriedly put away his strange expression and coughed dryly: "Zheng'er, it's time to go out." ”

Ying Xiaozheng awkwardly nodded and nodded: "Hmm." ”

Before he went out, he knelt down in front of Zhu Xiang and Xue Ji, kowtowed, and then got up to leave.

After he was crowned, he could no longer treat his uncle and aunt like a child; He can no longer serve his adoptive father and adoptive mother as an adopted son.

So before that, he had to do all the rituals.

Zhu Xiang and Xue Ji's eyes were red, and they couldn't hold back their tears.

When Ying Xiaozheng got into the carriage, Zhu Xiang and Xue Ji hid their faces and cried.

"Okay, don't cry, you still have to participate in the Zheng'er crown ceremony." Zichu said, "It's time for me to set off too." ”

Zhu Xiang and Xue Ji nodded, and helped each other into the carriage.

They will also bless the crown prince as Chang Pingjun and Lady Wu Jun.

It's just that from this moment on, the prince can no longer get along with them like ordinary parents and children.

The kings of Qin in all dynasties held crown ceremonies in the Yongcheng Qinian Palace, and the crown prince was no exception.

At this time, the Qi Nian Palace has been decorated very solemnly and solemnly, and all the ministers and doctors have returned from their respective counties and counties, waiting for the crown prince to wear the crown.

Prince Chu of Qin really added all the links that could be added to the crown ceremony of the crown prince.

The ministers of the Qin State changed to their right foot when they were tired of standing with their left foot, and they all smiled bitterly when they were tired of standing with their right foot and changed to their left foot.

They understood how much the King of Qin valued the crown prince. But every time they encounter this kind of time, they realize that they don't understand how much King Qin attaches importance to the crown prince.

Step by step, the prince walked to the high platform.

On the high platform, Prince Chu of Qin and the two queen mothers were waiting for him.

This time, Prince Chu of Qin deliberately asked the two queen mothers to also appear and participate in the crown ceremony of the crown prince as elders.

Prince Chu of Qin wore a crown for the crown prince, and the two queen mothers helped the prince change into new robes and accessories.

Changpingjun Zhu Xiang and Wujun's wife Xue Ji also made an exception and came to the high platform to wear long and short swords for the crown prince.

The nobles of the Qin State have always worn two swords, one long and one short. The long sword is a ceremonial sword, and the short sword is used to cut meat. This is a custom inherited from when he mixed with Beidi.

Prince Qin Chu said: "Zheng'er, when you grow up, the Qin State will be handed over to you in the future." ”

The crown prince looked at the haggard face of the monarch and said, "Yes, the monarch father." ”

Prince Qin Chu hesitated for a while, and when Prince Zheng straightened up, he suddenly held Prince Zheng in his arms and gently patted Prince Zheng's back.

The prince was stunned.

The ministers were amazed.

Zi Chu said: "Zheng'er, my father has a lot of unkindness to you, but fortunately Zhu Xiang and Xue Ji raised you." ”

The crown prince said in a low voice: "The monarch's father is very good to Zheng'er, and there is no unkindness. ”

Zi Chu said with a smile: "Zhu Xiang scolds me every day for just giving birth and not raising, I still have some self-knowledge. ”

The prince was silent.

Zi Chu said: "In the future, you will take good care of your uncle and aunt." They must be the people who value you the most in the world. ”

Tai Zizheng's voice lowered: "Well, Zheng'er knows. ”

Zi Chu let go of his embrace and said, "Okay, come, come with my father." ”

He took the hand of the crown prince and walked to a higher place step by step, and carried out the last step, sacrificing to the heavens and the earth, sacrificing to the ancestors, and worshiping everything in the Qin country.

Since then, the crown prince has been crowned.

……

At this time, the five countries were about to move.

There has been no locust plague for almost a decade. A locust plague of this magnitude has not been seen in decades. The five eastern countries underestimated the power of this locust plague.

After the locust plague raged, the five countries failed to harvest.

Later, heavy snow sealed the land, and the crops that saved the famine could not be planted in the snow; Animals such as pikas, which can feed on the ground, are also almost extinct; The vegetation was first eaten by locusts, and now it has been frozen to death by heavy snow, and there is nothing to eat.

Locusts even eat plant fibers such as mulberry hemp, and some people don't even have clothes.

They used to be able to fill their bedding and clothes with some dry grass, but now everything has been eaten by locusts. Not only are they hungry, they are also cold.

Hungry and cold, many people fell into this cold.

As soon as the number of people died, the plague came.

Just as after a long drought, there will be many locust plagues, and after the locust plagues there will be great plagues.

The funny thing is that when a large number of people froze to death and starved to death, the rats that could not be found suddenly appeared.

The hungry people immediately caught the rats and had no firewood to eat, so they contracted the plague.

The plague killed more people and attracted more rats. The rats were again devoured by the dying of starvation, and then many more fell ill with the plague.

The kings and nobles of the Five Kingdoms panicked at this time.

But they weren't too panicked.

Aren't plagues and famines normal? At this time, it is enough to transfer the domestic contradictions.

In the history of Zhu Xiang's previous life, the locust plague of the Qin State was also "locusts came from the east, covering the sky and the sun".

But at this time gate, the young King of Qin and the newly ruled Lü Buwei were selling Jue to raise grain, and Zhao sent Li Mu to fight Yan, Yan was being beaten by Zhao, Wei was holding a funeral for King Wei, and King Han and King Qi did nothing.

As for the Chu State, the locust plague has nothing to do with them, so it's normal to ignore them.

At that time, there were no crops to save the famine, and there was no advance notice from Zhu Xiang, and the disaster in the east was even more serious than now. But they also did nothing.

Now they're ready to join forces to do something.

The cause was Guo Kai's proposal to Zhao Wangyan.

"Your Majesty, now that Zhao has lost its harvest due to the locust plague, the foolish people are very resentful, and they all praise Zhu Xiang. Why didn't the monarch send troops to attack Changping County in the name of welcoming back Zhu Xiang? Changping County has a lot of grain, which can solve the grain poverty of Zhao State. I heard that the people living in Changping County are all Zhao people, and they must have their hearts set on Zhao State. Perhaps as soon as the Zhao army arrived, they would open the city gates and surrender. ”

When Zhao Wangyan heard this, he agreed very much, and immediately convened a court meeting to prepare to send troops.

The secretary of state of Zhao also coveted the grain of Changping County, but did not dare to send troops without authorization, so he proposed that the king of Zhao unite the five countries to send troops together.

The other five kingdoms all suffered heavy losses, and even Yan put aside their hatred with Zhao and joined the allies.

Qi originally did not want to send troops, but after the other four countries threatened not to sell it food, they could only send troops to attack Qin.

There is no Changping Jun in Changping County.

And even if Changpingjun is in Changping County, if Changpingjun is in danger, Changpingjun will evacuate in advance. It is impossible for the Zhao people to welcome back Changpingjun, and Changpingjun will not go back.

All the scholars in the world understand this.

Changping Jun's nephew Prince Qin was crowned this year, and Prince Chu of Qin held a grand crown ceremony unprecedented in the history of the Qin State for Prince Zheng, which once again confirmed the solid position of the crown prince.

The crown prince must be the king of Qin, how could Changping Jun leave the Qin State and become an enemy of his only blood relative?

But the civilians of Zhao State didn't know.

They are really stupid.

I haven't read, I don't know how to read, and I haven't even left the village.

Their minds are empty except for survival, and they don't doubt. Whatever the king of Zhao sent to them, they foolishly believed it.

They really thought that if they had conquered Changping County, they would be able to welcome Changping Jun Zhu Xianggong back.

I heard that Zhu Xianggong killed the locust god in the Qin State, so not many people in the Qin State starved to death this year.

Zhu Xianggong also deterred the plague god, so there was no plague in the Qin State this year.

As long as Zhu Xianggong returned to Zhao State, Zhao State would definitely no longer have locusts and plagues.

Zhu Xianggong is also the embodiment of the god of agriculture, and he can make the land of Zhao grow endless food. The Zhao people no longer have to worry about hunger.

There was no food for the stomach, no clothing to cover the body, and the Zhao State did not even provide enough food and weapons for the common people.

Zhao people spontaneously joined the army, even if they drank blood and water along the way and ate dead corpses, they had to follow Pang Xuan to fight Changping.

Pang Xuan was very tormented in his heart.

He knew it was an outright lie. This group of Zhao people was sent to death by King Zhao.

Even if Changping County can't be defeated, as long as this group of hungry Zhao people dies, the crisis of Zhao will be lifted.

But he had no choice but to lead this group of people to death.

According to the requirements of the Zhao Dynasty, they will compile the sick into the vanguard. In this way, the plague can be transmitted to Changping County.

In doing so, it can not only drive away the epidemic people in the country, but also weaken the Qin state.

With a heavy heart, Pang Xuan ordered a group of generals who had already been listed by King Zhao, and asked them to lead more than half of the soldiers from the plague area of the Zhao army to attack Changping.

He took another army with him and joined up with the other allied forces of the four nations.

The state of Qin soon learned of the movements of the five kingdoms.

The Qin prince Chu ordered Wang Jian and Li Mu to return to the south of Huaishui. Wang Jian attacked the state of Chu, and Li Muzhou's division attacked the state of Qi, disintegrating the alliance of the five countries.

Lian Po and Meng Fu were the main generals to meet the allied forces of the Five Nations.

The crown prince found Zhu Xiang.

"Uncle, my father's health is already very bad." The crown prince said with a calm face, "Uncle, stay for some time, and go with me to persuade the monarch to rest, okay?" I came to supervise the country, and my uncle took care of my father's body and let him rest. ”

He gritted his teeth and said, "If the monarch does not agree, we, we will lock the monarch up!" ”

Zhu Xiang, who was packing his luggage and preparing to inspect the severely affected areas in the eastern part of the Qin State Guanzhong, and who also had to do a good job of spring plowing during the war, heard this, and showed a smile that the prince couldn't understand.

It seems to be bitter, as if it is pride, and as if it is helpless like indulgence.