Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 497, Intermarriage, Immortality Medicine
After the Minyue Royal City stabilized, Ren Xiao finally dared to leave with his army and begin to conquer the remaining tribes of Minyue.

Before the army left, Ziyou summoned Ren Xiao.

"Greetings to Master Wang. I wonder what your instructions are for calling me here?" Ren Xiao saluted to Zi Xuan.

"Nothing, just a few words for you." Ziyou looked at Ren Xiao and said.

Ren Xiao immediately became serious when he heard Ziyou's instructions. Being able to receive Ziyou's guidance and instructions was a great benefit to Ren Xiao. There are countless people in the Qin court who hope to receive Ziyou's teachings. Even a few words of Ziyou's teachings are enough for them to benefit from for the rest of their lives.

In addition, if you can listen to Ziyou's teachings, you will naturally be regarded as one of your own by the Confucianism represented by Ziyou, thus invisibly adding a lot of political resources to yourself.

"The first thing is, you kid, don't go crazy and blow up the temple again. Baiyue people regard totem belief as more important than their own lives." Ziyou said.

Ren Xiao scratched his head in embarrassment.

"I really didn't blow up the temple in the Minyue Royal City on purpose. Who knew that the ballista would blow up the temple by such a coincidence. I immediately rebuilt a better temple for them afterwards. But they didn’t accept it,” Ren Xiao said.

Hearing this, Ziyou couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Ren Xiao and said.

"This is the second thing I want to say. You built the temple according to the totems of other people's beliefs. You just used the black bird of Qin as the main sacrifice. Why did you put other people's totems second? Ji, if you want to imitate Chen Ping and Li Xin and force Fujian and Yue to rebel, so as to cause a massacre, just say so." Ziyou yelled at Ren.

Ren Xiao felt guilty and touched his nose. After building the temple, he looked at the totems in the temple and thought that Minyue had been conquered by the Qin State. They had to sacrifice the black bird of the Qin State, so how could they sacrifice it? What about those bugs that you can’t tell what they are?
"I know you want to make progress, but it also depends on the time. Baiyue's religious loyalty is much higher than that of the Central Plains. The Central Plains' portrayal of ghosts and gods is out of their own needs, but Baiyue is different. Baiyue is because of their living environment. They cannot defeat nature, so they can only rely on their own faith." Ziyou patiently explained to Ren Xiao.

Among the generals appointed by Ying Zheng to conquer Baiyue this time, Zhao Tuo and Tu Sui were both good, but Ren Xiao was not cautious enough.

"I realize my mistake, Mr. Wang. I will never do such a thing in the future." Ren Xiao said with a salute.

Seeing Ren Xiao correcting his mistakes after he realized it, Ziyou nodded and said
"This third thing, do you want to get an astonishing wealth?"

Ren Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes filled with fire.

"Master Wang, please speak frankly!" Ren Xiao said nervously.

Being able to be supported by Ziyou is what countless people dream of. Didn't you see that Yang Duanhe, Zhang Han, Zhao Gao, Chen Ping and others were not from good backgrounds at the beginning, but with Ziyou After being promoted, each of these people was promoted faster than the last. It was said that these people were either Ying Zheng's confidants, holding the power of life and death, or they were feudal officials and lords of a county.

"What do you think is the fastest way to break the ice between Qin and Baiyue?" Ziyou said.

"What?" Ren Xiao asked in surprise.

"You know the source of Qin and Jin's good fortune, right?" Ziyou said.

"Of course, the good thing about Qin and Jin is the many marriages between Qin and Jin. Outsiders think that except for Qin and Chu, the most powerful countries at the time all had the surname Ji, and were close relatives of the royal family of the Jin Dynasty. The Chu State was a barbarian, and only the Qin State had merit in defending the King of Zhou from moving eastward, so the Jin State chose the Qin State for multiple marriages. But in fact, the Jin State wanted to go eastward and south to conquer the surrounding countries, in order to prevent the Qin State from behind the scenes. He wanted to attack himself, so he chose to marry Qin." Ren Xiao paused for a moment and suddenly realized.
"My lord, are you saying that you want to imitate the good practices of Qin and Jin and marry Baiyue? But this matter should be discussed with the king."

"It's not the king who wants to marry, but you and your army. Intermarriage is the best way to break the direct relationship between the two nations. At the beginning, Ouyue also relied on intermarriage with the Cangwu Ancient Kingdom to occupy the Cangwu Ancient Kingdom." Ziyou Looking at Ren Xiao, he said.

"Me?" Ren Xiao's eyes were filled with confusion.

Ren Xiao actually rejected this matter in his heart. Although Ren Xiao's background was not as good as those of the top dignitaries, he was still from a good family and had many meritorious deeds. Otherwise, he would not be able to become Ying Zheng's bodyguard.

"I know you are very confused, so I won't force you. If you do this well, it will be a great achievement. If you don't do it well, it won't matter. After I return to Qin, I will report to the king and ask him to transfer the son-in-law, prisoners, and The deceased people and merchants were sent to Baiyue to intermarry with the local people." Ziyou said.

"Sir, my soldiers probably won't say anything. But I still need to think about it," Ren Xiao said.

Most of the Qin army are single and unmarried men, and they are all upright, masculine and healthy in age. Just because they captured Minyue does not mean that they can leave Minyue and return to Qin. A considerable number of them will stay and garrison in Minyue. As long as these people are allowed to intermarry in Minyue, they will be happy.

Those who joined the Qin army and exchanged their heads for military honors and money all shouted: Kill the enemy, exchange for military honors, go home and build a house and marry a wife. These people couldn't find wives in the Central Plains, so there was no problem with them marrying the Baiyue people. After all, there was no difference between the Baiyue people and them.

"Think about it carefully. If you are willing, I can send someone to set up a connection for you." Ziyou knew that Ren Xiao would not accept this matter so quickly.

"Okay, thank you Master Wang for the tip, I'll take note of it," Ren Xiao said.

"Remember, I'm talking about marriage, not for you to commit adultery. If you let me know that someone under your command has raped a woman, don't blame me for punishing you!" Ziyou said coldly.

Ziyou is still a little worried that this kid Ren Xiao will do something stupid in order to make progress quickly. At that time, let alone Ying Zheng who wants to keep Ren Xiao, he will kill Ren Xiao as soon as possible to quell the public anger.

"Don't worry, Master Wang. Although I, Ren Xiao, am not as smart as Zhao Tuo, I will not let my subordinates do evil. When the time comes, you don't need to send people to get me. I will deal with those people first and I will do it myself." Commit suicide to apologize." Ren Xiao said seriously.

As an authentic son of a good family among the old Qin people of Zhengheiqi, Ren Xiao has his own pride. Along the way, Ren Xiao strictly abides by the discipline of the Qin army. It can be said that he has made no mistakes in his mistakes. .

"I believe you on this, but you also have to be careful. Although some things are small, they often turn into big things that are beyond your control." Ziyou said.

"I understand, my lord."

Ren Xiao saluted Zi Xuan and left.

"Is there really hope for intermarriage?" Yan Lingji looked at Ziyou and asked.

"What's so hopeless? I married you, the Flame Saint, uprightly. Why can't we intermarry?" Ziyou patted his chest and said.

"In this case, why do you still want Ren Xiao to marry? You want Ren Xiao to marry just to open up a hole so that Baiyue and Qin Jun will no longer conflict with this matter. There is no one in Baiyue who is better than me now It's higher, and your status in the Qin Kingdom is second only to the King of Qin, which is already the most appropriate." Yan Lingji blinked and asked. "Cough cough cough. I forgot." Ziyou scratched his head and said.

Shao Siming glanced sideways at Ziyou, but did not reveal Ziyou's true thoughts.

"Isn't it true that because Ren Xiao bombarded the Minyue Royal City and made you trek here overnight, you came up with this idea to avenge yourself?" Concubine Yan said angrily.

"I am a great scholar after all, how could I be so narrow-minded?" Ziyou said, touching his nose.

Yan Lingji, Yan Fei and Shao Siming all rolled their eyes, expressing that they did not believe Ziyou's words.

Ren Xiao, who had already left with his army, didn't know Ziyou's thoughts. At this moment, he was struggling with the matter of intermarriage. After thinking about it again and again, Ren Xiao finally let go of his prejudices.

"If you intermarry, intermarry. If you intermarry early, I can still marry a high-status princess, the most beautiful one. If Zhao Tuo and Tu Sui know about this, they will definitely do it faster than me." Ren Hao Na Na said to himself.

Although Ren Xiao, Tu Sui and Zhao Tuo are all personal guards of Yingzheng, in fact only Ren Xiao is a serious Qin native, Zhao Tuo's ancestral home is Zhengding, Yan, and Tu Sui is a Chu native. Neither of them is as good as Ren Xiao, so the two of them don't care that much.

"Vice general!" Ren shouted.

"What are your orders, general?" the deputy general stepped forward and asked.

"Send someone to find out who is the most virtuous and respected person in Fujian and Yue? Does he have any children?" Ren Xiao said.

"No!" Although the deputy general didn't know what Ren Xiao wanted to do, he still obeyed and did it.

In the Baiyue Palace, when the Minyue King learned that his Minyue Royal City had been breached, Ren Xiao had already set off again.

"Assholes, a bunch of idiots. How come my royal city was breached!?" King Minyue roared, smashing things in his room.

The waiters outside the door lowered their heads and did not dare to look at the roar of the King of Minyue, for fear that the King of Minyue would spill his anger on them.

Next door to the King of Minyue is Tianze's palace. Tianze listened to the roar of the King of Minyue with disdain on his face.

"It's hard for such a person to be dignified. I really don't know why the old Minyue King gave him the throne." Tianze said disdainfully.

"I don't know either. There is a lot of movement in Minyue. Ren Xiao broke through the Minyue royal city, but also blew up the Minyue temple. Before his death, the Minyue shaman issued an order for the two golden Qin armies to fight to the death. . But then Ren Xiao invited Mr. Ziyou. Yan Lingji used her identity as the Flame Saint of Baiyue to spread her faith. What is even more surprising is that on the night of the same day, the great witch of Minyue, especially the Minyue King City, All the people dreamed about the great god Chi You and the ancestors of Baiyue in all dynasties, thus pacifying Minyue." said the exorcist.

"Is there really a god in this world?" Tianze said, looking at the snake-shaped tattoo on his hand.

"Maybe." The exorcist said, "The news just came from Dong Ou that Zhao Tuo has conquered the royal city of Ou Yue. However, what is worth pondering is that Zhao Tuo did not encounter any resistance during the attack on Ou Yue. Even Ouyue King City surrendered after only a symbolic resistance."

"This is expected. Do you really think that Prince Fusu is doing business with us just to strengthen our control over various tribes in Baiyue?" Tianze said.

"What do you mean?" asked the exorcist.

"The land of Minyue has the closest connection with Chu State, and the terrain is the best among Baiyue. Except for a few large mountains, the terrain is relatively easy to navigate, so it is convenient to transport grain and grass. But Yangyue, Ouyue and Cangwu is different. The terrain of the three places is rugged and difficult to pass through. It is easy for the Qin army to attack with insufficient food and grass. Therefore, Chu's caravans are allowed to trade with various places in advance to transport food and grass in advance. As long as the Qin army is short of If you have enough food, you can buy it directly from these caravans." Tianze said

"Although the King of Ouyue is useless, he is not stupid. Although the Chu State's caravans left from us, most of them went to Ouyue. How could he not see such an abnormal thing, even if he couldn't see the people around him? People can also see it, otherwise he would not have gone to Shouchun many times to meet Prince Fusu."

"As expected, no one who can become a king is a fuel-efficient lamp." said the exorcist.

"I'm afraid King Ouyue was the one who hid the deepest. King Xiou was killed directly. This is probably what King Ouyue wanted to do. Otherwise, there would be no movement among King Xiou's cronies in Xiou." Tianze said. .

"Then what should we do now?" the exorcist asked.

"After other places are calmed down, we will take action to kill King Minyue and King Cangwu. Then we will announce our attitude." Tianze said.

"it is good."

Qin State, Xianyang.

Li Si, Han Fei, and Zhang Cang came to Lu Buwei's house together. The three of them looked very serious. Lu Buwei, who was sitting opposite the three of them, looked at them with a smile.

"The three of you came to my house at the same time. It seems that something big happened in the court." Lu Buwei said.

"To be honest with what the Marquis said, something big did happen in the court. To be precise, something big happened around the king." Li Si said in a deep voice.

Lu Buwei said with a smile
"You are talking about the king's headache, which was cured by an alchemist using elixirs."

"Yes, Lord Marquis, this alchemist is indeed capable, and it is a good thing to cure the king's stubborn illness. But this man wanted to trick the king into refining some elixir, and asked the king to build an alchemy palace for him. It is said that this man Thirty boys and girls were specially selected from among the people to help him refine the medicine," Han Fei said.

Lu Buwei nodded and said that he knew these things.

"Master Marquis, wonders will disturb the country. Similarly, if the king is addicted to elixirs, it will also delay state affairs. I once obtained the alchemist's elixirs and gave them to the doctors for research. I found that there are many strange things in these elixirs. There are fewer ingredients that are harmful to the body." Zhang Cang said.

"I also know this, and I also advised the king, but the king didn't listen. No one can resist the temptation of immortality." Lu Buwei said.

(End of this chapter)