Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 331, Radicals (4k!)
Listening to He Bo's narration, Ziyou and others also understood the love and hatred between He Bo and Ehuang, one of the Mrs. Xiang.Hebo, Mrs. Xiang, Xiangjun, and Yufu are the disciples of the previous generation of Yinyang family. Among them, Hebo and Ehuang Nvying are all disciples of the Water Ministry, and Xiangjun is a disciple of the Tubu.

The few of them were brought into the Yinyang family since they were young, and they were told their future identities when they entered the Yinyang family, so they were raised individually since they were young. Because He Bo and Ehuang Nvying were both in the water department, they had a very close relationship since childhood. Well, all in all, it's a childhood sweetheart relationship.

Originally, both Ehuang and Nvying were practicing goodness like water, but as they grew up, Ehuang and Nvying began to fall in love. In addition, the rebellious period has come, Ehuang is not too cold about the arranged future husband Xiang Jun, Especially with He Bo, a handsome, talented and beautiful man who grew up with him, Xiangjun was even looked down upon by Ehuang.

In addition, He Bo at that time was the most famous young talent in the Yin Yang family. Ehuang gradually found that he fell in love with this person who had grown up together, so Ehuang secretly abolished his cultivation as a good person and turned to And she practiced Bailu Qishuang in order to get rid of the name of Mrs. Xiang.

But things backfired. The Yin Yang family at that time changed for some unknown reason, and the supreme leader became the current Donghuang Taiyi, and the old head retreated to the Jieshi Palace. Since then, there has been no news. His majesty, ready to attack Ehuang.In order to keep Ehuang, He Bo, who is the direct descendant of the old head, made a deal with Donghuang Taiyi.He made the condition of leaving Yin Yang's house in exchange for Ehuang's safety.

Because at that time Donghuang Taiyi suddenly inherited the head, many people in the Yinyang family had doubts about him, and as the old head, He Bo was the leader among them. As long as He Bo left the Yinyang family, there would be no such leader. , then those who resist the Eastern Emperor Taiyi will not be able to achieve anything.So in order to stabilize the Yin Yang family, Donghuang Taiyi agreed.

Although the story between Hebo and Ehuang is very bloody, there are still some useful news that Quiet Ziyou noticed.

"As the direct descendant of the old head, don't you know what happened to the Yin Yang family at that time?" Ziyou asked with a frown.

"I don't know. When the Pishui Sword was born, I was sent out by the old head to look for the Pishui Sword. When I came back with the Pishui Sword, the head of the Yin Yang family was already Donghuang Taiyi." He Bo shook his head and said.

"Pishui sword? The legendary sword?" Ziyou asked.

"Don't think about the idea of ​​using the water sword. When I left the Yinyang family, I specially handed the water sword to Ehuang in order to ensure the safety of Ehuang." He Bo said coldly, "Your Confucianists are really a bunch of robbers. No wonder Zhuang Zhou said that sages never die and thieves abound, and you Confucians are the biggest thieves, and when you see something good, you want to take it for yourself."

"Oh, each other, don't you Yin Yang family often go to other sects to snatch disciples?" Ziyou said sarcastically.

He Bo wanted to refute something, but he couldn't get the words out of his mouth, because what Ziyou said was the truth, the Yin Yang family had very strict requirements on the talents of their disciples, but the world is so big and there are so many sects, it is impossible for their Yin Yang family to overwhelm the sky with one hand , if they want to get disciples who meet the conditions, they sometimes resort to the means of robbing disciples by force.

"I've told you everything I know, can you return the flute to me?" He Bo looked at Ziyou and asked.

"When did I promise to return the bamboo flute to you? I said not to burn it." Ziyou played with the bamboo flute and said with a smile.

"You are really shameless!! A Confucian villain can play with words!" He Bo cursed immediately.

Bai Feng immediately stepped forward and stuffed He Bo's mouth with a rag, and tied He Bo up with a rope. Ziyou glanced at Bai Feng with satisfaction.

"Keep an eye on him, I'll keep him useful." Ziyou said, it was hard to catch a person who knew something about the previous generation of the Yin Yang family. It would be a pity to kill or let him go easily. The best thing is to keep him. suitable.

After tying up Hebo, Ziyou and others had a delicious barbecue, and then took Hebo back to the camp of the Qin army. After Ziyou sent someone to guard Hebo, he took a few people back to his own camp.

The current Qin army did not make any moves. Apart from besieging Daliang, Qin army did not make any moves, nor did it attack other cities, so the next few days were very stable, even the city of Daliang, which was full of soldiers, could not help but feel nervous. My nerves relaxed.

Qin State, Xianyang, in the main hall of Zhangtai Palace, Qin State Chaotang is holding a court meeting.

Ying Zheng sat on the throne, listening to the ministers below report on recent domestic affairs, and after Zhang Cang, the governor of the millet, arranged the food and grass to be transported to the front line, Ying Zheng said:

"Wang Jian sent back news that Shouchun City was broken and committed suicide. Li Yuan decided to cede Jiamang and Xiangsi, the thirteenth city north of Juyang."

Hearing Ying Zheng's words, all civil and military officials in the court were taken aback. At the same time, they couldn't help but envy Wang Jian. The seventeen cities ceded by Li Yuan were all to be counted on Wang Jian and his army. This is a fortune. Great military achievements, enough to make an ordinary person become a Marquis outside the customs.

"Is there any problem in Li Yuan's generous ceding of Seventeen Cities?" Lu Buwei said thoughtfully.

Seventeen cities north of Juyang, this is a big deal. If it is handed over to the Qin State, the Chu State's capital Shouchun will only have Juyang as a barrier. Although there was a previous covenant that said that all the cities captured by the Qin Army It belongs to the State of Qin, but it also needs to be attacked by the Qin army. Now you, Li Yuan, can cede it directly and directly, which directly changes from attacking to giving it away for free.There is no such thing as a pie in the world, and Lu Buwei is worried that there is fraud.

"Father Zhong is right. Zhao Gao, tell everyone why Li Yuan ceded Seventeen City." Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Guo and said.

"No!" Zhao Guogong took a step forward and picked up the military newspaper he had prepared long ago, and told the reason why Li Yuan ceded Seventeen City

"Li Yuan ceded the Seventeenth City because of the might of our Great Qin army."

Hearing that Li Yuan was afraid of the Qin army, he thought that Wang Jian and the Qin army would misunderstand what he said, so he thought of ceding seventeen cities to ease the relationship with Qin.All the civil and military officials in Qin laughed loudly.

Wei Liao looked at Wen Wu who was laughing out loud, expressionless, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.Among the five kingdoms in Shandong, only Chu and Zhao are still capable of fighting against Qin, and now Li Yuan of Chu is like this, which makes Wei Liao feel worried about his future.

Han Fei also couldn't help laughing. He never thought that the prime minister of a country would be so timid. Those who didn't know thought Li Yuan was Wang Jian's domestic slave.

"In the past, the great feat of King Chuzhuang to win the throne can only be remembered as history. Today, the Chu State has long been frightened like a lost dog by our Great Qin." Lu Buwei said with a smile.

Lu Buwei originally thought that Li Yuan would be able to escape from Shouchun to Gusu with the king of Chu, Xiong Han, from Shouchun under the double blow of carrying Qu Jingzhao's three families on the side of Changping Lord and Xiang Yan's relatives. The confrontation between the army and the two sides, no matter how you look at it, is a person with means and capabilities.Before, Lu Buwei thought that he would have a chance to talk to this Chu Lingyi, but now Lu Buwei only feels that meeting such a person is an insult to him.

"Li Yuan is nothing more than a strong outsider." Li Si cupped his hands and said.

"Regardless of Li Yuan, I would like to ask dear friends, we will definitely take these seventeen cities, but the people in Chu are different from other countries in the Central Plains. The people are extremely superstitious about ghosts and gods. If this matter is not handled well, I'm afraid I won't be able to convince the local people." Ying Zheng asked.

Hearing Yingzheng's question, Manchu civil and military officials stopped laughing immediately and began to think about it. Even in Qin State, ghosts and gods were very popular, but after Confucianism entered Qin, this kind of atmosphere gradually declined. Going on, except for some real ghosts and gods that are beneficial to the people's beliefs, especially the evil gods of adultery, all have been banned. In Ziyou's words, it means that Qin does not support useless gods.

"If you directly use the tough methods in the Qin State to directly ban it, I am afraid that it will not only appease the people, but also cause resistance from the local people. I believe that after sending troops to take over the city, we should send people to investigate the beliefs in various places, and select them to benefit the people. You can stay. Send people to investigate the events after these sacrifices. If it is discovered that someone is using the sacrifices to ghosts and gods to search for money from the people and force the people to sell their children and marry their daughters, first make the matter public, and then send troops to publicly arrest all the people behind it. Divide the corpse!" Li Si stood up and said.

Li Si is a native of Chu State, and once held an official position in Chu State, so he has a good understanding of Chu State's affairs, especially the practice of sacrificing ghosts and gods, which is popular in the entire Chu State.The worship of ghosts and gods in Chu State can no longer be described as popular, it should be described as obsession, one village has one god, ten different beliefs are absolutely exaggerated, even in Chu State this is a very common thing.

As an official, Li Si had heard of some of the dirty deals behind these sacrifices to ghosts and gods, so he was particularly disgusted with this kind of thing, and he had already had certain thoughts about this kind of thing in his heart.

"Isn't such a method too harsh? Dividing the body by five horses can be replaced by public execution." A minister stood up and retorted.

It is obvious to all that Li Si and Han Fei are radicals in the Qin court, and their radicalism is against everyone. Even if Confucian disciples make mistakes, they will not be merciful at all if they fall into their hands.

"Public punishment may not be enough to deter people's hearts. Chu and Qin are feuds. In addition to comforting them, they should be deterred from overstepping. Softness and thunder should coexist." Li Si immediately retorted.

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate. I understand what Lord Tingwei said, but there are extreme and ordinary methods of thunder. Dividing a corpse by five horses is really too cruel. The most important thing is the law. Lord Tingwei should know it." The minister just now continued. Said.

For a while, the court quarreled again because of the radicals and conservatives. If it was because of any punishment, it would not be necessary for everyone to argue, but there was a big gap between the radicals and conservatives, and they had differences on many things. At the beginning, the two ministers were arguing about how to use punishment, but the debate turned into other things.

Looking at the quarreling and debating court, Ying Zheng raised his head slightly, and Zhao Gao immediately stood up and shouted
"quiet!"

When Zhao Guo shouted, he specially used a little internal force, which immediately shocked everyone, and everyone immediately saluted Ying Zheng
"I have violated the etiquette of my ministers. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Ying Zheng waved his hand to signal that the matter was over.

"I think it is indeed strict to dismember the body by five horses, but execution in public may not be enough to deter. If the crime is extremely heinous and the chief culprit, the body will be dismembered by five horses; the remaining perpetrators and those with less serious crimes will be punished according to their crimes, and the most severe one is beheading in public. What do you think, dear ministers? "Ying Zheng said.

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

"Since you love ministers have no other opinions, the prime minister's office is responsible for selecting suitable officials, and the imperial censor sent people to Chu to investigate and supervise local officials. At the same time, let Wang Jian sign a land cession proposal with Li Yuan on behalf of the widow at the front line." Ying Zheng said.

"I'll take your orders!" the ministers said with their hands raised.

Ying Zheng nodded slightly, and then the entire court meeting started again, just as the court meeting was about to end.A fast horse rushed into the city of Xianyang, and the soldier on the horse held a document and shouted loudly
"Wei Guojun News, get out of the way quickly!"

"Wei Guojun News, get out of the way quickly!"

After the people in the city heard the shouts of the soldiers, they all gave way to the soldiers to pass smoothly. At the same time, they all looked in the direction of the palace, with a little curiosity in their eyes, and some people even went directly to the palace. He went to the palace, preparing to know first-hand the battle of Wei State outside the palace.

When he came to the palace, the soldier got off his horse and showed his badge, and said to the guards
"The military report of Wei State, the military report of General Feng and General Dunruo!"

"Quickly move forward!" The guard immediately moved out of the way.

The servant in charge of delivering the military report had been waiting for a long time, and under the leadership of the servant, the soldiers headed towards the main meeting hall. Outside the entrance of the main hall, the servant in charge of delivering the news whispered, and an servant came to Zhao Guo's side. Whispering about the delivery of Wei Guojun's report.

"What happened?" Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Gao and asked.

"Your Majesty, it was reported by Wei Guojun, General Feng and General Dunruo." Zhao Gao cupped his hands and said.

"Submit it quickly!" Ying Zheng said immediately.

The reason why the entire Wei war was stopped was to wait for the news of Feng Quji and Dun's weakness.

"promise!"

Zhao Gao nodded to the servant at the side, and the servant walked out of the hall immediately, and nodded to the waiting Junhou, who immediately walked into the hall holding the military newspaper in both hands.

"Chen, Habayashi Jun, Jiaziying Junhou, Bai Ruo pays homage to Your Majesty."

"Get up, how is the battle ahead!?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Five days ago, General Feng and General Dunruo led the army to ambush the Yan army in Zhuzao. 3 people defeated [-] Yan army, beheaded more than [-] people, captured more than [-] people, and captured some food, grass, military equipment and horses. The military report is here. , and ask your majesty to check it out," Bai Ruo said.

"Bring it up quickly."

(End of this chapter)