Chapter 639: If etiquette doesnt cut off mourning? Its you who will cut you off.
Tian Ying followed Li Mu and chattered endlessly, starting from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to King Wuling of Zhao helping King Yan Zhao to regain his throne. From the Zhou Rites to the hundreds of schools of thought, from Confucian benevolence and etiquette to the unjust wars of the Mohists, from Duke Huan of Qi's attack on the mountain warriors, to the states.
If countries are friendly, big countries must maintain order in the world, and only if there is benevolence, justice and love can small countries support big countries.
This was the first time that Li Mu had been tortured in this way. Compared with Tian Ying, the Confucian and Mohist scholars he invited were simply dumb.
Li Mu would rather meet Bai Qi on the battlefield than Tian Ying.
Mental attacks are far more terrifying than physical attacks.
"Does the envoy know how to enrich the country and strengthen its army?" Li Mu suddenly interrupted Tian Ying.
"The king applies benevolence and righteousness, and governs the country with benevolence..."
"Speak realistically and don't talk nonsense." Li Mu said impatiently.
"..." Tian Ying opened her mouth but was speechless.
"Does the envoy know how to lead troops to fight and capture cities and territories?" Li Mu asked again.
"..."
"I don't know how to make a country rich and strong, nor can I lead troops to fight. Does the envoy know how to govern a county well, or how to make the formation harmonious?" Li Mu asked again.
"..."
"If the ministers of Yan State are all people like the envoy, they should be destroyed. Please ask the envoy to give a message to King Yan after he returns. The one who destroys Yan is not Zhao but Yan." Li Mu waved his hand and said.
Tian Ying wanted to say something else, but two guards behind Li Mu stepped forward and pulled Tian Ying out.
"I didn't think that Yan Xiangjiang Qu was anything good before, but now I suddenly realized that he is still very powerful. I heard that since King Yan came to the throne, he has been cultivating immortality every day and not asking about state affairs. The court is occupied by people like Tian Ying. General.
While suppressing his colleagues and rectifying the country's affairs, he was also dealing with foreign enemies. Under such circumstances, he could still mobilize an army of 100,000, which is really extraordinary." Sima Shang said with emotion.
"The country of Yan has been suffering for a long time, and it is difficult for manpower to recover." Li Mu shook his head.
If there was no foreign enemy like Zhao who was eyeing the enemy, Yan would have a bright king, and there would still be hope for revival.
However, the Yan State is in danger and full of contradictions internally. There are also powerful enemies like Zhao State abroad that are constantly suppressing the Yan State and seizing the hearts and minds of the Yan people. Even if King Zhao is reincarnated, he can only sigh that the sky is long, why should he be inferior to me.
To be fair, it was not easy for him to drag Yan Guo forward who was seriously ill.
At this time, the palace of King Yan was already in chaos.
No one expected that at the critical moment when Zhao Jun besieged the city, King Yan fell ill.
Since his cultivation as an immortal, King Yan's health has been deteriorating. In the past few days, because he was facing the danger of subjugating his country, he had to work hard, but people have their limits after all.
After the court meeting today, after confirming the peace proposal, King Yan felt a little relieved, but his body finally couldn't support it anymore and he fell ill in bed.
"I am not good at studying and my king is seriously ill..." The last imperial doctor stood up, sighed, shook his head, and stepped aside to stand with his colleagues.
"Quack doctors, they are all quack doctors, cough cough, get out of here, get away from me, how could I die? I want to become an immortal and live forever..." King Yan yelled hysterically, with veins on his face protruding like earthworms.
So ferocious, but without a trace of blood.
The imperial doctor hurriedly retreated, not daring to stay at all.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely invite a miracle doctor to treat Your Majesty." A minister stepped forward, leaned over and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty. You must take good care of your health." The ministers came forward one after another to express their loyalty.
"Ahem." King Yan coughed twice. He felt like stars were popping up in his eyes and he almost coughed out his lungs. He couldn't see the things in front of him clearly. The ministers became blurry and waved their hands impatiently, "You guys too
Back off."
"promise."
Soon, there were only two officials left in the room, and Duke Heshang, the teacher of King Yan.
"Your Majesty, I have an elixir here. After eating it, your Majesty will be alive and healthy. There will be no disease. Even the Seven Daughters of the Night will not be a problem." The Lord of the River mysteriously took out a gourd from his arms and poured out two pills from it.
The golden elixir rolls in the palm of your hand, extremely tempting.
When King Yan heard this, a bright light suddenly bloomed in his eyes, and he sat up suddenly, as if grasping the last life-saving straw, and tightly grasped the sleeves of Lord Heshang with both hands.
To this day, King Yan believes that what Lord He Shang said about cultivating immortals is true, but his heart is not sincere, so it doesn't work.
Because He Shang Gong always made two parts of the elixir every time, giving the good part to King Yan, and taking the worse part for himself. Although He Shang Gong did not get younger and younger, he showed no signs of getting older, and his strength became stronger and stronger.
, even King Yan’s personal bodyguards are no match for him.
This is also the reason why no minister of Yan State advised the King of Yan, and the King of Yan did not doubt Duke Heshang.
Mr. He Shang gave you all the best elixirs to take, so what else can you do if you take the bad ones yourself?
That must be your own fault.
"To... to the widow..."
"Hiss... Your Majesty, you have taken advantage of me." Duke Heshang did not expect that the critically ill King Yan would burst out with such great power that even he would feel pain.
King Yan quickly let go of his hand.
"Your Majesty, here you go, take one tonight. Take another one tomorrow morning, and your Majesty will be cured." Duke Heshang placed the two elixirs in King Yan's hands.
King Yan quickly took the elixir without asking for water. He raised his head and swallowed it. He begged the immortal to bless him.
In all these years, I have never been so pious.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, King Yan's face became visibly rosy, his energy became better and better, he stopped coughing, and his eyes could see clearly.
King Yan reached out to touch the bed board and wanted to get out of bed.
The eunuch quickly stepped forward and supported King Yan on one side and the other on the right.
"Get out of the way, I don't need support." King Yan pushed the eunuch aside, stood up alone, and walked to Duke Heshang, "Thank you very much, teacher."
"Your Majesty, this is serious." Heshang Gong said with a smile.
He was happy from the bottom of his heart to see King Yan getting well.
It seems that I have not taken the wrong path.
"Call the noble concubine to come and sleep with you." King Yan said.
He usually likes women but is not obsessed with them, but today he was in a good mood and asked his favorite concubine to accompany him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When the officials of Yan State heard that King Yan was well, they hurriedly came to visit him again and asked the imperial doctor to check King Yan again.
As a result, none of the imperial doctors agreed. Instead, they spent all their money to build connections and fled back to Jicheng with their whole family overnight.
Tian Ying was also able to see King Yan again.
King Yan was in a good mood and was not angry. He just encouraged Tian Ying to do her best after arriving in Handan and try to persuade King Zhao to withdraw.
The next day, Tian Ying left Jicheng and headed for Handan.
King Yan also climbed up from Concubine Wang's body. He felt a little tired. He quickly swallowed the remaining pill into his stomach. After a while, he felt better. He followed Lord Heshang to practice immortality for a while. He was much more serious than before.
Then start processing the memorial.
With a formidable enemy at hand, Yan's efficiency has never been faster.
All men of appropriate age have been drafted, organized into an army, issued weapons, and trained to defend the city.
Many nobles also dedicated their retainers and servants to serve as soldiers.
What makes everyone feel at ease is that there is still a lot of food and grass in Jicheng.
This was the food and fodder he had raised for the 100,000-strong army, most of which had not yet had time to be transported to the front line.
At night, King Yan felt a little tired. Lord He Shang quickly took out two pills.
"Your Majesty, it's normal for you to be tired after a hard day's work," Heshang Gong said.
King Yan nodded, took the elixir, and after taking one, he felt a little unsatisfied, so he took another one. Then he called two noble concubines to come over and sleep with him.
In the early morning, the two noble concubines opened their eyes, took off King Yan's arm, and called the king softly twice. When there was no response, the two noble concubines felt the coldness of King Yan's body, and an unknown premonition came to their hearts.
, his face suddenly changed.
The more courageous Concubine Wang cautiously stretched out her hand and probed towards King Yan's nostrils.
"Ah~"
A harsh and sharp sound resounded through the palace, and the eunuchs and guards rushed over. However, because the imperial concubine was inside, they could only stop outside the curtain to ask.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has passed away."
Now the eunuchs and guards didn't care that the concubines were inside, and rushed in. The two concubines quickly stepped aside and hurriedly got dressed.
"Quick, summon the officials, the king has passed away." The eunuch said hurriedly after checking.
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Qingshe and Feng Wuze finally led the army to the front line, and Yuan Hua also led the navy upstream along the river to block all waterways in Jicheng.
"When will we start attacking the city?" Qingshe and Feng Wuze asked excitedly.
When they learned on the road that the Yan army had surrendered, they were all stunned. The order they received was to assist Li Mu in defeating the Yan army. Now that the Yan army has surrendered, should they continue marching or return?
Fortunately, new military orders were issued soon, to go north to destroy Yan.
Qingshe and Feng Wuze were afraid that Li Mu would destroy the Yan Kingdom without waiting for them, so they hurried as hard as they could and finally arrived at Jicheng.
"The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the third is to attack the city." Li Mu said calmly, even if only the old, weak, sick and disabled were left in Jicheng, the Zhao army would still have to pay a lot of casualties if they wanted to capture it.
If done well, these casualties are completely unnecessary.
After everyone heard this, they all looked at Li Mu, waiting for Li Mu's arrangements.
"Have you brought all the prisoners I wanted?" Li Mu asked.
"General Zhen, I have brought them all. They all live in Jicheng and have a good impression of our Zhao country." Qingshe said. When he rushed to Wuyang, Jin Pao was already ready. He just needed to bring him over.
Already.
"Take me to meet them. Whether our army can capture Jicheng at the minimum cost depends entirely on these prisoners." Li Mu said.
"promise."
After meeting the prisoners of the Yan army and understanding their thoughts, Li Mu became more confident in the plan and began to discuss matters with the generals. Even Yuan Hua came and sat in the first position on the right.
At this moment, news came from Jicheng: King Yan passed away.
"Really?" Even Li Mu was not calm now.
"I'm from Yan, how could you lie to the general about something like this? At this time, our Jicheng City has been covered with white cloth, and you can see it when the general leaves the camp." The Yan envoy said in a deep voice.
Li Mu still didn't dare, or rather didn't want to believe it, so he left the camp in person and came to the foot of Jicheng, looking at Jicheng covered with white cloth.
His face suddenly darkened.
Ritual does not overwhelm mourning.
After the death of King Yan, according to etiquette, Zhao Jun should retreat at this time, showing that he is a righteous soldier and will never take advantage of others' danger to covet Yan's land.
This was also the purpose of Yan's envoy coming to see Li Mu.
But Zhao Jun finally managed to get to the foot of Jicheng, and he would soon be able to break through the capital of Yan State and destroy Yan State.
Everyone in the Zhao army is waiting for military merit and rewards!
How could it be possible to withdraw troops like this!
"General... what should we do?" Sima Shang swallowed and looked at Li Mu unwillingly.
All the generals' eyes were also focused on Li Mu. At this moment, no one was willing to retreat.
But this is related to the reputation of Zhao State, and no one dares to ignore it.
"Go back to the camp first and send a message to the king." Li Mu sighed. Only Zhao Kuo can decide this matter.
Soon, Zhao Kuo received a message from Li Mu.
"What do you think?" Zhao Kuo called the ministers over to ask.
"When the King of Yan passes away, the mourning ceremony is not carried out. Our country should withdraw its troops, return the land of Yan State, and arrange for envoys to go to express condolences." Kong Bin said.
"Rituals do not stop mourning? When our state of Zhao, Suhou, passed away, and Qin, Chu, Yan, Qi, and Wei led their armies to attend the funeral, why did they not say that rites do not stop mourning? Ritual and music have been broken for hundreds of years. At this time, we say
"Living without restraining mourning is as ridiculous as saying that if you control the flood well, you will gain control of the world." Lin Xiangru said dissatisfiedly.
"At that time, the armies of various countries did not arrive in Handan, but were only at the border. They still sent envoys to express their condolences," Kong Bin said.
"That's because King Wuling of the Zhao Kingdom was young and wise. He realized that the five countries had bad intentions and responded in time. Otherwise, the armies of all countries had already arrived at the city. How could we still have the Zhao Kingdom? How could the internal history have the opportunity to sit here and talk?" Lin Xiangru
said.
"At this time, the various countries in the Central Plains are fighting, and the opportunity to destroy Yan is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. How can we stick to the ancient etiquette. When the war between the countries is over and we intervene in the Yan Kingdom, our Zhao Kingdom will not be as simple as it is now if we want to destroy the Yan Kingdom." Cai
Ze stood up and said.
"I support the destruction of Yan. Our Zhao State's reform is an old law. How can it be abandoned halfway because of conservatism? The Yan army has suffered a new defeat, the King of Yan and the Prime Minister of Yan have died, and Jicheng is about to fall. Not only should our army not retreat, but we must step up our efforts.
Attack the city." Zhao Sheng said.
Zhao Bao frowned and said nothing.
Although he did not agree with attacking Yan when King Yan died, he knew that the fighting capabilities of Lin Xiangru, Cai Ze, and his younger brother were not comparable to his.
I didn’t notice that even Kong Bin was no match.
"Aren't you worried about the criticism from the world?" Kong Bin asked.
"The people of the world will not blame, only the princes of the world will blame. As long as we annex the Yan State, our Zhao State will be able to overlook the entire world. By then, even if all the princes in the world are enemies of our Zhao State, what will we, Zhao State, have to fear?"
Cai Ze said in a deep voice.
The development of Zhao State exceeded his original plan.
At first, Cai Ze felt that Zhao needed to annex Yan and Qi in order to have the capital to fight against the world.
But with the elimination of the Xiongnu, the annexation of the Hetao, and the implementation of reforms step by step, Cai Ze suddenly discovered that unknowingly, Zhao's national power had surpassed Qin's and became the number one in the world.
As long as it annexes the Yan State and eliminates the enemies behind it, the Zhao State will not be afraid of the princes in the world at all.