Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 386, Fusu opens his mansion

Before Fusu returned to Xianyang, Qin's rebuke to Zhao arrived in Handan.As the envoy of the State of Qin, Gongsun Bai did not give Zhao Wangqian any face. He scolded Zhao Wangqian in public. His words were so fierce that he almost pointed at Zhao Wangqian's nose and scolded him.

But it was indeed Li Mu who was at fault in this matter. Naturally, Zhao Guochaotang had nothing to say and could only endure Gongsun Bai's public humiliation. Zhao Wangqian himself, who was humiliated, had his eyes red even more, and he felt sorry for Li Mu in his heart. The hatred is even greater.

Seeing that everyone in the Zhao court did not dare to speak, Gongsun Bai did not just accept it, but continued to rise. In his words, he completely regarded Zhao Wangqian and Zhao as vassals of Qin, and even clamored for Zhao Wangqian to Go to Xianyang to ask for Ying Zheng's forgiveness.

As the saying goes, if the king insults the minister, he will die. This kind of insult has already made the ministers of the Zhao Kingdom unable to sit still.

"Envoy of Qin, do you still want to leave the Kingdom of Zhao?" a minister said angrily to Gongsun Bai.

Looking at Minister Zhao who wanted to tear himself alive, Gongsun Bai just smiled lightly and said

"How can you dare to enter Zhao if you don't have the will to die?"

When Guo Kai heard Gongsun Bai's words, he immediately signaled to calm down towards Zhao Wangqian who was on the verge of rage. He had already seen that Gongsun Bai's goal was to seek death.Li Mu's interception of Qin's army was already unreasonable for Zhao. Now if he kills Gongsun Bai, Qin will have more reasons to attack Zhao.

Zhao Wangqian looked at Guo Kai's frantic gestures, but Zhao Wangqian ignored him. He gritted his teeth and was about to speak when Guo Kai interrupted him first.
"The envoy of Qin is so courageous. This matter is indeed the fault of our Zhao State. As for Xianyang's apology, I, the King of Zhao, am the king of a country. How can I go to another country to plead guilty? I, the Zhao State, will definitely give Qin a reasonable punishment. If you have the answer, please ask the envoy of Qin to return to the inn and wait for a while. I will answer the envoy of Qin when Zhao Guo has the results!"

Gongsun Bai glanced at the angry Zhao ministers, then at Guo Kai, and couldn't help but think highly of the treacherous prime minister.

"In that case, I will wait for King Zhao's reply."

After saying this, Gongsun Bai left the Zhao court.After Gongsun Bai left, the angry Zhao Wangqian and Zhao ministers directed their anger at Guo Kai. As soon as one of the ministers wanted to accuse Guo Kai, Guo Kai spoke first.
"Please, Your Majesty, punish me for trespassing!"

"Guo Xiang still knows that he has transgressed!?" Zhao Wangqian threw the memorial beside him at Guo Kai and said.

"Of course I know, but I would rather overstep than see the king fall into Qin's conspiracy!" Guo Kai said solemnly, knocking on the ground.

Seeing Guo Kaixing's great gift, the ministers on the side were stunned, and the anger in their hearts could not help but subside. Zhao Wangqian looked at Guo Kai, suppressed the anger in his heart and asked
"What kind of treacherous plot does Qin have?"

"Your Majesty, the reason why the Qin envoy pressed forward step by step was to seek death! He wanted to use his own death to give Qin an excuse to send troops to attack Zhao. Originally, Li Mu intercepted the Qin army without authorization, but No matter how big or small, we only need to express our attitude to make Qin have nothing to say, but if we kill the Qin envoy, we will be criticized by the people of the world, and it will also attract Qin’s unrelenting attack! Your Majesty, think twice!" Guo Kai said word for word.

Hearing Guo Kai's words, Zhao Wangqian and the ministers of Zhao Guochao were frightened into a cold sweat. The anger just now had disappeared. They had been angered by Gongsun Bai's arrogant attitude and humiliating tone and lost their minds. He almost made a big mistake. The two countries were at war without stopping, let alone the two countries are not at war yet.

"I invite you, Prime Minister Guo, but I have misunderstood Prime Minister Guo. Without Prime Minister Guo, our country of Zhao would have inevitably suffered a military disaster." Zhao Wangqian looked at Guo Kai gratefully and said.

"This is my duty." Guo Kai said.

For a time, the ministers in the court began to praise Guo Kai one after another. Even those who disliked Guo Kai could not help but look at Guo Kai in a different light at this moment.Guo Kai naturally enjoyed this kind of flattery, not because he was so calm and witty, but because Gongsun Bai's verbal stimulation was simply not enough for Guo Kai.Guo Kai came from a humble background and had heard countless insults, tens of thousands of times worse than what Gongsun Bai said, so it didn't matter.As for saying that the king humiliated the minister and died, Guo Kai didn't care, otherwise he wouldn't have betrayed Zhao in secret.

"So according to Prime Minister Guo, how should we respond to Qin's accusation?" Zhao Wangqian asked.

Guo Kai looked at Zhao Wangqian. Zhao Wangqian was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Guo Kai meant. Guo Kai wanted to implement his plan.

"The top priority is to see what the bottom line of Qin is?"

"This matter will be left to Guo Xiang to do. Go ahead and do it." Zhao Wangqian waved his hand and said.
"promise!"

After Zhao's court meeting was dissolved, Guo Kai hurriedly went to find Gongsun Bai. Gongsun Bai's attitude was very firm, that is, if King Zhao could not go to Xianyang to admit his mistake, he would fight. Guo Kai had no choice but to rely on time. Grind slowly.

Naturally, what happened to Qin and Zhao in Gongsun Bai was reported back to Qin verbatim, and Ying Zheng even publicly expressed Gongsun Bai's bravery in not fearing death.

In a palace in Zhangtai Palace, Zhao Gao was reading a letter sent by Gongsun Bai. The letter explained that during this period, the Zhao court was split into two parts because of Gongsun Bai's toughness.

Some demanded that Li Mu be handed over in exchange for Qin's forgiveness, while the other group was very tough and refused to hand over Li Mu. The former belonged to the forces of Zhao Wangqian and Guo Kai, while the latter belonged to the court forces left by Zongzheng Zhao Ji. , and the faction of prostitutes.

"The queen of prostitution actually defended Li Mu to the death. It seems that the queen of prostitution still has some sense." Han Fei put down his wine glass and touched his chin.

"How can a woman who can firmly grasp the heart of King Zhao Yan from a brothel woman and secure the position of King Zhao's queen be a simple person? It's just that the current development of Zhao Guochao has exceeded our expectations." Li Si He said with some regret.

Gongsun Bai's tough attitude was naturally under the instructions of Ying Zheng, not to start a war with Zhao State, but to disrupt Zhao State.As for Gongsun Bai's safety, there is no need to worry. Even the Qin State did not dare to use weapons rashly when facing envoys from other countries. After all, the Qin State had suffered losses in this regard.Qin State didn't dare, let alone Zhao State?

If Zhao really agrees to Qin's request, it doesn't matter. It is winter after all, and they will have a war against King Youxian next spring, so Zhao is naturally not in a hurry.If Zhao Wangqian really came to Xianyang to plead guilty, then this would be more useful than capturing ten cities of Zhao State.

But now the Zhao Kingdom is constantly arguing, and Gongsun Bai is still adding fuel to the fire. This makes the Zhao Kingdom vaguely divided. This is exactly what Qin wants. After all, Qin has no energy to go to war with Zhao.

"My intention is to continue to delay this matter. We have plenty of time. Let Gongsun Bai stay in the Zhao State and continue to disrupt the Zhao State, let it fight among itself, and weaken the Zhao State's national strength. When we finish defeating King Youxian, Teng Teng We are attacking Zhao State." Ying Zheng said.

"Your Majesty is right. This is indeed a good choice. However, I am afraid that it will be self-defeating. If I cannot get rid of Li Mu with both the jade and the unauthorized mobilization of troops, I am worried that it will be more difficult to get rid of Li Mu in the future." Lu Buwei said. .

Thinking of Li Mu, Ying Zheng had a headache. It was clear that Qin already had a huge advantage over Zhao, but Li Mu's existence was always a thorn in the side, making Ying Zheng dare not be careless. He could win with less and win with the weak. Strong things often happen. Even though Qin's national power now far exceeds that of Zhao, Li Mu's existence is still a danger.If the Qin State really relies on its national strength to attack the Zhao State, and there is another battle at Changping, although the Zhao State will be destroyed, the Qin State itself will also be greatly weakened, which is not worth it for the Qin State.It is not a suitable deal to have one's own national power greatly weakened in exchange for an unstable Zhao State.

"Wang Jian, what do you think of Li Mu?" Ying Zheng looked at Wang Jian and asked.

Wang Jian hesitated and said

"I can fight Li Mu, but I dare not say that I will win a big victory, I can only say that I will win by a narrow margin!

Wang Jian has always been very concerned about his opponent Li Mu. Wang Jian, who has always been invincible, has suffered losses in front of Li Mu more than once.With the same military and national strength, Wang Jian didn't even dare to say that he could narrowly defeat Li Mu.

Ying Zheng nodded. Wang Jian was extremely confident that he could win.

"The information just sent back by Gongsun Bai said that Gongzi Jia has been a little bit aggressive recently. Can we take advantage of it?" Li Si suggested.

Upon hearing Li Si's proposal, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then discovered that there was indeed a lot of room for maneuver. Li Mu belonged to the Gongzijia faction.After Gongzi Jia failed to compete with Zhao Wangqian for the throne, he gradually faded out of the Zhao court in order to protect himself. However, according to the intelligence from Qin's network, there were many people in the Zhao court who were secretly in contact with Gongzi Jia.

Originally, the three factions of Zhao Wangqian, Guo Kai and the prostitute queen worked together to control the entire Zhao court, but now because of Li Mu, the prostitute queen and Zhao Wangqian and Guo Kai had conflicts. This was a good opportunity for Gongzi Jia, but it was very difficult. Everyone quickly rejected the proposal. Even if they could not disrupt the Zhao State, they would still have to prevent Li Mu from getting the full support of the Zhao State.

Once Young Master Jiazhen takes the opportunity to gain power in the Zhao court, it will be even harder for them to get rid of Li Mu.Zhao Wangqian was mediocre, but Gongzi Jia was still good.

"My suggestion is to maintain the status quo. We only need to continue to disrupt the Zhao State and buy us time. As for Gongzi Jia, I think Zhao Wangqian and Guo Kaimei were the first to attack him." Ziyou said.

Ying Zheng thought about it for a while and then agreed. Sitting on the throne, Ying Zheng understood the appeal of this throne better than others. This was the case for Cheng Jiao back then, and Gongzi Jia had been a prince before, and The throne was only one step away, but being taken over by King Zhao, Gongzi Jia was definitely not willing to accept it.And Zhao Wangqian naturally understood the reluctance of his brother Wang. As long as Gongzi Jia showed a little bit of strangeness, Zhao Wangqian would definitely kill Gongzi Jia.

"Fusu will be back tomorrow," Ying Zheng said.

After hearing Ying Zheng's words, everyone immediately understood that Ying Zheng wanted to be a strict father, but he also wanted to train Fusu, and Fusu's return tomorrow would be a good signal, officially showing Ying Zheng's will to the entire Qin State. manner.

After everyone dispersed from the small meeting, Lu Buwei went to inform Chang Feng, who was in charge of etiquette, to be responsible for welcoming the prince tomorrow.

The next day, outside Xianyang City, hundreds of officials and a group of soldiers led by Lu Buwei, Ziyou and Feng Quji greeted Fusu outside the city. When Fusu's carriage appeared, Fusu was inevitably driven away by the front. The formation was frightened.

In addition to the palace etiquette, music and flags belonging to the prince's rank, the three princes and nine ministers led hundreds of officials to welcome him. This is a treatment that only Ying Zheng can have.What's more, one of the three current men is Lu Buwei, whom Ying Zheng calls his father-in-law, one is Ying Zheng's teacher Zi You, and the other is Ying Zheng's absolute confidant, Feng Quji.

The officials naturally understood the signal released by Ying Zheng. It had been almost ten years since Fusu was born and designated as the crown prince, so they waited until today for Ying Zheng to approve Fusu's entry into the court.

"Bye!" followed Chang Feng's order.

The three princes headed by Ziyou, Lu Buwei and Feng Quji saluted Fusu. After Fusu stepped forward to help the three princes, the ministers behind him straightened up, and then Fusu entered Xianyang City surrounded by hundreds of officials.

After today, some ministers began to contact Fusu secretly, but now Fusu has not opened a mansion, so they cannot contact Fusu, but this cannot stop them. There are many people on the way from Fusu to Lu Buwei's mansion. Opportunity.

But Fusu did not go to Lu Buwei's house, but came to Ziyou's house.

"Young Master, I must have thought it through when you asked me to eat fish cakes." Fusu said to Ziyou.

"How?" Ziyou asked.

"What Young Master wants to say is that Fusu is the prince of Qin and the future lord of the world. Fusu has the right to refuse, and he also has the right to let others eat this fish cake!" A flash of light burst out in Fusu's eyes. said.

An invisible temperament formed on Fusu's body. Anyone who knew how to look at luck would find that Fusu's body had begun to condense the luck of an emperor.

Ziyou looked at Fusu with satisfaction and said

"Remember your words, now that the king has allowed you to participate in government affairs, what are you going to do now?"

"I want to apply to my father to open a mansion." Fusu said.

"Opening a mansion is no small matter and requires a lot of manpower. Do you have a suitable candidate?" Ziyou asked.

"I plan to let Xiao He be my East Palace official. The concubine, Xima and others have not been decided yet." Fusu shook his head and said, although there are many talents in the Qin State, they have basically been appointed by Ying Zheng in various positions, and Although Xiao He is now in charge of the Talent Recruitment Hall, Ying Zheng intends to let Fusu be temporarily in charge of the Talent Recruitment Hall, so Fusu wants to make Xiao He the official of the East Palace.

"Xiao He is a good choice to serve as the official of the East Palace. As for the concubines, you need to find them yourself. There is a man named Cao Shen in the recruitment hall who can wash the prince's horses." Ziyou said.

"Thank you, Master, for your advice." Fusu said.

The next day Fusu's order to open his mansion was issued, and Fusu also moved out of the palace and settled in the Prince's East Palace. At this time, the second generation helmsman of the chariot of Da Qin was officially established.

(End of this chapter)