Zhuang Hong nodded slightly: "It's good if you can remember it. However, you must be able to understand it after you remember it. Do you understand the purpose of your teacher's parting words now?"
Xia Lingpei knelt down and remained silent, saying, "I seem to understand a little bit."
"Alas!" Zhuang Hong sighed, "When we were leaving, Niu Youdao told me that he actually didn't teach you anything, apologized to me, and hoped I wouldn't blame him for misleading his disciples. He said that a man who can read a collection of poems
People who memorize everything can't be stupid, and they will grow up one day. He said that he has nothing to teach you, but for the sake of you calling him 'teacher', I will give you some advice to my mother and son.
That’s why I gave you that gift.”
"At that time, let alone you, even I didn't quite understand the meaning of his gift to you. Later, it was like a dream. You became the emperor and I became the empress dowager. I watched the founding of Qin and the
After staying in this palace for a long time, I have gained a lot of freedom and come into contact with more people and things. I have gradually understood the profound meaning of your teacher's words."
"You don't seem to understand a little bit, but you know it very well. Who is the sarcasm on your face meant for? You understand, but you are a little unwilling to do so."
"You asked a few days ago why the palace maid with whom you had a good relationship disappeared. I didn't know why she disappeared at first, but later I heard someone vaguely reveal that the palace maid said something to you that you shouldn't have said, and she was killed.
Since entering the palace, many people around my mother have disappeared one after another."
"Pei'er, you have to remember that you and my mother and son are just decorations. When we were running around, we were just decorations. Now that we are pushed to the stage, we are still just decorations. Don't think that those people have worked hard for many years to recover.
The country is loyal to you, my mother and my son, even if I had that intention before, it was still the past."
"Don't think that just because you are the emperor of the Qin State, you can speak with eloquence. Do you expect them to hand over power to you for the country they worked so hard to build? Do you expect them to be at your mercy? Everyone up and down is theirs.
, how many people around you, my mother and my son are staring at us?"
"They want you to be a competent emperor, but they only want you to be an emperor that meets their needs. They never want you to be an emperor who can influence their interests."
"Young people are inevitably bloody. You are my son. I know you very well. I can feel your growing energy. I am very worried that you will do something impulsive. Pei'er, I am also suffering.
I don’t know when this kind of life will end, and I don’t know what we, mother and son, will do in the future.”
"Later I heard about some of your teacher's actions in the outside world, and thought of your teacher's solemn advice, Fang Fan suddenly realized. Your teacher can turn the world upside down, and it is really extraordinary. The current situation of you, mother and son has been expected by your teacher.
Among them, your teacher's advice is a golden word. Your teacher knows our future situation and has already pointed out the way out for us, mother and son."
"If we, mother and son, want to do something, their interests will inevitably be affected, and they will be dissatisfied, and they may not support us in the future. On the contrary, if we, mother and son, do nothing, they will continue to support us, mother and son, even if they are disappointed.
The more you do nothing, the more loyal they will be to you and the more they will give to us. They will give you money if you ask for it. They will give you whatever you want for food, drink and fun. Even if you indulge in women, they will give it to you, and they will complain a few words at most.
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"Pei'er, let go of your young blood and your dissatisfaction. As your teacher said, continue to understand nothing, know nothing, just eat, drink and have fun, and don't care about anything else. Mom hopes you live a good life,
I hope to see you have children."
Xia Lingpei, who was silent, suddenly said, "Mom, do you want my children to live like pigs?"
Zhuang Hong shook his head: "Do you think mother is willing to live like this? It's embarrassing to say that mother even hopes to have a man to comfort her with love and affection, but it doesn't work. Mother is the empress dowager of Qin State. No one will allow mother to marry again and find another man.
My mother is destined to remain a widow for the rest of her life. Pei'er, in these troubled times, how many people have starved to death on the roadside in the outside world? Isn't it good to live a good life with good food and clothing? "
"If you are unwilling to give up, just think about what your teacher said. Our mother and son have been under house arrest and controlled by them for so many years. Your teacher is the only outsider we have had formal contact with since we left their side. Your teacher is also the only one who has the ability to remove us from them so far.
Can’t you just listen to the words of the people you keep away from you? You also said that your teacher is a capable person, so can’t you think about his words carefully and don’t you still understand the profound meaning of his words?”
Xia Lingpei: "My son understands that the teacher's meaning is very simple. Our mother and son are under their total control. We have no people or power of our own. Mother and son are dependent on each other. We are weak, powerless and incompetent. It is impossible to fight."
Win them. You can live well by pretending to be confused. Once you want to get rid of control, we, mother and son, are seeking death. We, mother and son, have no influence on the Qin State. An accidental death will not have any impact on the Qin State. They can establish another one at any time.
As long as we are willing to be that fig leaf, they will not tear down that fig leaf."
Zhuang Hong: "Since you understand, why don't you give in?"
Xia Lingpei leaned over and kowtowed, "The reluctance is just in my heart. My son knows that what the teacher said is right and he knows what to do, so he will continue to be confused."
Zhuang Hong was immediately relieved, stretched out his hand to help, and said: "Just understand, get up, it's late, go to rest early, they will take you to court early in the morning."
After supporting her son, she also stood up and wanted to leave.
Just a few steps away, Xia Lingpei suddenly sighed, "I was ignorant before, but after reading everything, I realized that the teacher is indeed a person. He came out of the mountain with a breeze, but he was able to overcome obstacles for the Shang Dynasty and clear all obstacles. Now he is also ranked in the Zijin Cave."
The elder has a large army and is good at conquering and fighting, and has a great influence on the Yan Kingdom."
"And the Qin State was able to establish the country because of the teacher's role. I can be the emperor because of the teacher. I can feel that whenever I talk about the teacher, Yu Cang's eyes are very cautious, and Yu Cang seems to be a little bit cautious.
Be afraid of the teacher."
"It's a pity that I never saw the teacher again after leaving Maolu Villa. To be honest, I was really confused at that time and missed the opportunity to ask the teacher for advice and study. Queen Mother, I really want to see the teacher again and have a good talk with him.
I’m sure I will benefit a lot, but unfortunately I don’t know if the teacher can come out alive in the holy territory, and I don’t know if there will be a chance to meet again in the future.”
Zhuang Hong sighed: "Don't think too much, just rest early."
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In the 534th year of the Wuli calendar, the Jin army assembled on the front line and launched a brazen battle against the enemy.
Tai Shuxiong almost regarded this as the center for handling military and national affairs as it was an important place for military aircraft, and he stayed here almost day and night.
The war started, and the stakes in the first battle were very important. He was afraid of any accidents, so he was very nervous and anxious. He had been waiting for the battle report from the front line.
Feihua, the head of the Qiyun Sect, almost lived here and paid close attention to the war. He stayed here to facilitate the dispatch of Jin monks and cooperate with the Jin army in the battle. During this battle, he was calm on the outside but very nervous on the inside.
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"Good news!" There was a call outside the door, and Tao Lue, the general manager of the internal affairs department, immediately rushed over, received the battle report with his own hands, and quickly presented it with both hands when he came back.
Tai Shuxiong got the battle report and quickly opened it to check. After reading it, he shouted, "Okay! General Yin has lived up to the high expectations of the solitary king!"
Although this attack was prepared in advance, it could be launched in a hurry. It would take a lot of time for the army to be fully assembled. This attack was the first batch of vanguard troops assembled by the Jin State. They did not wait for the Jin State army to be fully prepared before launching it alone.
The first attack.
For this first attack, General Yin Chu of the Jin State was urgently sent to the front line. A large number of masters from the Qiyun Sect rushed to escort Yin Chu to the front line to personally command the forward troops in combat.
There was no other way. In order to keep it secret beforehand, Yin Chu was called upon when the matter came to pass.
According to the battle report, the first battle was successful. Yin Chu led his army with overwhelming force and broke through the Weiguo border defense in one fell swoop, killing the Weiguo defenders and routing them into a rout.
This victory was very easy. Yin Chu praised Taishu Xiong's heroism in the battle report. The preparations before the battle had a great impact on the guards. The guards were almost vulnerable to the Jin army's offensive. They were defeated like a mountain.
However, the Wei army was defeated, leaving the lonely Wei monks unable to recover. Faced with a swarm of sharp armored attacks by the tiger and wolf divisions coordinated by the Jin monks, they fled after suffering heavy casualties.
Yin Chu said in the battle report that he had led his lone army deep into Weiguo to implement Jin's special strategy. This trip could be said to have put the lone army to death. He hoped that the subsequent imperial army could arrive in time and invade Weiguo's territory to relieve their lone army.
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After reading the battle report, Taishu Feihua also nodded and said: "Well done, this Yin Chu is good!"
Taishuxiong nodded, winning the first battle, and finally let go of his hanging heart.
"Report!" Another message came from outside the door.
Tao Lue once again took the letter in person and delivered it to Tai Shuxiong in person, and reminded him, "It's a letter from Mr. Shao."
When Tai Shuxiong opened the letter, he saw that Shao Pingbo once again emphasized in the letter that Xuanwei must try his best to stabilize people's hearts when the Wei Kingdom was in chaos, so Yin Chu's army must have a strong deterrent effect in the first battle, which would have a great impact on the imperial court's previous efforts.
The preparations made within Weiguo have produced positive results.
The reason is very simple. Some rebels within the Wei Kingdom will inevitably sway in the face of Xuan Wei's actions to stabilize people's hearts. Once Yin Chu's army's offensive is blocked, the attitude of those people is likely to be biased towards Xuan Wei. And once Yin Chu's army's offensive is sharp
, once the guards are vulnerable, the attitude of those people will be directed towards the Jin State in order to find a way out, which will produce a series of positive effects.
So the first battle is very important.
Another thing is that once Yin Chu's army invades the territory of Weiguo, it should not stay and march eastward quickly. It must capture and control the Xiping Pass at the junction of the Western Three Kingdoms and the Eastern Four Kingdoms, and guard it at all costs, and must not give the eastern countries a chance to advance.
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On the route of Yin Chu's army heading east, Shao Pingbo had specially put in a lot of effort to lay the groundwork. Whether it was to clean up with Xuan Chengtian's help or to instigate rebellion afterwards, that was Shao Pingbo's top priority, just for convenience.