Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 460: Stealing the country again

In Xianyang, the palace of the King of Qin was full of joy. The courtiers in the previous court were smiling. Even when they met people who disagreed with their political views, they no longer treated them coldly and nodded calmly. What made the ministers of Qin so happy was that the military reports from the front line came back.

Li Mu has surrounded Yingdu, and Wang Jian has also captured Jingling. He went upstream to cut off the support from the south of the Yangtze River and the possibility of Yingdu's waterway evacuation. Yang Duan and his army led by Li Yuan of Chu State captured Jingling, with 40,000 soldiers. Yang Duanhe swallowed 30,000 of the Jiangnan army, and the remaining 10,000 troops were divided into Zifang and Xiashou. It was only a matter of time for Yang Duanhe to capture these two cities.

The radicals of the Qin State believed that the war in the Chu State was about to end. This time, they launched two wars to destroy the country in a year, which was enough to demonstrate the strong martial virtue of the Qin State. Although these militants did not go to the battlefield in person, Qin State's foreign policy Victory is their victory, and they share the glory.

The conservatives felt that the Chu State's war was going far more smoothly than they imagined. Originally, they were prepared to bite the bullet and try their best to prevent the Qin State's vitality from being severely damaged and fight for more than half a year. However, now Li Mu, Wang Jian, Yang Duan and the three armies have been fighting for a month. The soldiers surrounded Ying in a short period of time, and what was shortened was not time, but a large amount of food, grass and money. How could this not make them happy, especially Zhang Cang, who was the governor of millet.

Zhang Cang grinned as Zhao Gao read the military orders sent back by the Third Army. The most painful thing in this battle to destroy the country was not the soldiers on the front line, but him, the logistics manager. These days, he had to plan the food and fodder for the Third Army and support Zhao. The country's food and grass consumed a lot of Zhang Cang's energy. During this period of time, Zhang Cang only married three concubines, which proved how tired Zhang Cang was.

"Hahahahaha, I have indeed seen the right person. Let Wu Anjun face the enemy head on, Wang Jian support from the flanks, Yang Duan and others will go around the rear, and they will advance in three directions to directly surround the capital of Ying." Ying Zheng laughed.

Ying Zheng was very proud at this moment. In Ying Zheng's view, attacking Yingdu could not be regarded as opening up territory, but could only be regarded as regaining lost territory. Not only that, Xiong Qi defected directly from the Qin State. A traitor occupied the original land of the Qin State and became the king. This was a shame for Ying Zheng. If it were not for the purpose of splitting Chu and consuming Chu's national power, Qin would not have attacked South Korea first, but Xiong Qi, the capital of Ying.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty, we will soon regain the lost territory!" Ziyou led the courtiers to salute and congratulate Ying Zheng.

As Lu Buwei gets older, he has gradually let go of Qin's government affairs. Now he spends most of his time at home, taking care of himself. Although he is still nominally the prime minister of Qin, in fact the prime minister's responsibilities have been divided into On Ziyou's body. There are two secretarial agencies, the Prime Minister's Office and Wenyuan Pavilion, which are responsible for daily affairs. Ziyou, the hands-off shopkeeper, does not need to deal with various affairs every day.

"Hahaha, today is a great blessing. When Yingdu is captured, Xianyang will be announced. After the meeting today, the officials will have a day off." Ying Zheng said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The courtiers shouted excitedly.

The Qin State was as strict with officials as the Qin Law was with those who broke the law. All holidays were clearly stipulated, and every move during work was strictly regulated, so when I heard about it, Everyone is very excited during the holiday. After all, not everyone is Ziyou and Lu Buwei. They don't have the guts to fish at work.

"Your Majesty, now that the capital of Ying is about to be recaptured, His Highness the Crown Prince is still in the Western Tomb of Chu State, should we recall His Highness the Crown Prince now to prevent anyone among the people of Chu from doing evil things?" Li Si stood up and suggested.

After hearing Li Si's words, the courtiers immediately understood the connotation of what Li Si said. They were worried that someone was lying about the assassination of Fusu and were preparing for Fusu to come back early. After Yingdu was captured, the army took advantage of the situation and directly destroyed the entire Chu. The country is true, after all, now is the best opportunity.

The area north of Shouchun, including Juyang, was under Qin's control, and Shouchun had no defensive city. Half of the elite troops of the Chu State are in the hands of Yang Duanhe. As long as Yang Duanhe controls these people and prevents them from supporting the Chu State, relying on the existing military strength within the Chu State, it is impossible to fight against the Qin State. As long as Shouchun is defeated Capture, then hold Li Yuan and Xiong Huai hostage, and make Chu surrender. This is the most suitable deal.

After some calculations, Wang Wan, the conservative leader of the Qin State, and Feng Jie, the imperial censor, decided that it was feasible. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If they missed it, the money and food needed to attack Chu would be doubled. .

The radicals naturally had no objections to this proposal. After all, this matter was proposed by Li Si, one of the leaders of the radicals.

The entire Qin court is now divided into three factions. The radical faction is headed by Li Si, Han Fei and Gong Yangru. They focus on reforming and implementing various new policies in the country. The Legalists are responsible for the specific connotation, and Gong Yangru is responsible for helping them provide reasonable solutions. Legal debate, in turn, the Legalists also supported Gongyang Confucianism's idea of ​​external expansion. It can be said that the radicals are also hawks.

The same radical faction is also the result of the recruitment of scholars by the Qin State. Most of the branch members are not from the old Qin, but from the Six Kingdoms of Shandong. But now, except for those from the Qi State and the Chu State, the others have They are from Qin.

The conservatives were originally the authentic old Qin people headed by Lu Buwei. Now the old Qin people's voice in the Qin court is no longer as low as before. With the continuous establishment of township schools, county schools and county schools, the old Qin people no longer valued martial arts over literature, and many young talents were selected from the local areas step by step to become officials of the Qin State.

Ying Zheng also followed Ziyou's suggestion and used the Old Qin people to check the Baijia and the Six Kingdoms of Shandong. As a result, the Old Qin people's voice in the Qin court continued to increase and became one of the most important forces. The old Qin people had been languishing in the Qin court for so many years, and now they have once again seen the channels for becoming an official besides going to the battlefield to fight. They are grateful to Ying Zheng who has given them hope again, and their sense of belonging to the Qin country is even stronger. On the upper level, coupled with the gradual changes in Qin's laws, the situation in history where the old Qin people were dissatisfied with the Qin State will basically never happen again. However, as Lu Buwei gradually faded out of the court, the conservatives were now led by the left prime minister Wang Wan and the imperial censor Feng Jie. One of them was an authentic old Qin person, and they still represented the ideas of the old aristocracy. The Feng family, who is also known as the slave of the Ying family, only has Ying Zheng in their hearts, so they naturally became the leaders of the conservatives.

As for the third force, it was the He Xini faction headed by the clan. As the clan's decentralized efforts in stabilizing the people became more and more effective, the Qin clan, which had once sunk in the Qin court, became more powerful again.

Ying Zheng's broad-mindedness and magnanimity prevented him from worrying that the clan members might gather public opinion and rebel, so he was willing to delegate power to the clan. The clan now has a large number of clan clans who are responsible for stabilizing people's hearts at the local grassroots level and have the power of supervision. Wu Youchuiliyi, the chief general of the Northland Princess, could be said to be both civil and military. The Qin clan seemed to be dreaming back to the period of King Huiwen. During King Qin Huiwen's period, the military had the Great Qin God of War to win against China, and the Wen had the Great Qin's wise men to win against the disease, and they are almost there now.

"Currently, Fusu is stationed in Xiling. It is the rear area of ​​Yang Duanhe's army and cannot be easily changed. We will discuss this matter after the war in Yingdu becomes clear." Ying Zheng said after thinking for a while.

"It's my fault that I didn't think carefully." Li Si said with his hand.

Xiling is the rear area of ​​Yang Duan and his army. It depends on Fusu to be in charge to stabilize the rear area. If Fusu leaves now, it is inevitable that the Chu State will have some evil intentions. If the other party cuts off Xiling, Yang Duan and the army will be completely destroyed. There is no way out.

"I think you can send someone to talk to Li Yuan about this matter." Ziyou stood up and said.

"Talk to Li Yuan? What to talk about?" Ying Zheng asked.

Wang Wan and other ministers were also confused by Zi You's words. What could they talk to Li Yuan about now? Do you want Li Yuan to promise not to do anything to Xiling? This guarantee is like the paper in the toilet.

"On the way back from the Chu Kingdom, I heard that King Xiong Huai of Chu had been infected with wind and cold for more than a month. He had been taking various medicines and stones, but his body still showed no improvement. Even when he went to court, Li Yuan was in charge," Ziyou said.

Many ministers were secretly surprised when they heard Ziyou's words. Ziyou didn't say everything he said, but everyone understood the meaning of Ziyou's words. Wind-cold is a serious disease. Once it gets sick, the mortality rate is extremely high. As Xiong Huai is the king of Chu, once he gets sick, he must be treated by a Chu imperial physician. He should be cured soon. However, it is now announced that he has not recovered yet. This shows that Xiong Huai has not recovered yet. Huai is most likely going to die.

As for Ziyou's talk, some ministers had already guessed a little bit about it. Wang Wan stood up and said

"Could it be that the Taiwei wants to send someone to the Chu Kingdom to help the King of Chu with his medical treatment?"

Ying Zheng glanced at Wang Wan in surprise, and secretly thought that Wang Wan was also a bad student. Wang Wan's talk of seeing a doctor was fake, but in fact he was trying to beat Li Yuan.

"Of course, the King of Chu Xiong Huai is the only person in the royal family of the King of Chu who is qualified to succeed the King of Chu. If something goes wrong with him, the Chu country will be in chaos again. The Qin and Chu countries are in-law countries, and even more so. We have been allies for hundreds of years, more like brothers than brothers, we should send people to see the King of Chu," Ziyou said.

Shameless! After listening to Ziyou's words, this was the first thought that came to many people's minds. Yes, the State of Chu and the State of Qin are really good brothers, and the State of Qin really stabbed the brothers in both sides, but this knife was inserted into the body of the State of Chu.

"I feel that something is wrong. The State of Chu has its own imperial physician. If our State of Qin does not negotiate with the State of Chu and then rashly sends someone there, it will really harm the etiquette and law and is not the behavior of the superior state." A doctor stood up to object. road.

What Ziyou means is that it is a lie to send someone to see Xiong Huai, but it is true that it is to see how many days Xiong Huai has to live. If Xiong Huai cannot live for a few days, he can naturally let Xiong Huai spend the rest of his life in peace. If Xiong Huai gets better , then help Xiong Huai and let the disease defeat Xiong Huai. This made Meng Chang, an old scholar, unable to stand it.

(End of this chapter)