After the Handan people lost Lord Mafu and Lord Pingyuan, they finally heard a rare piece of good news. General Lian Po defeated the Yan State and humiliated their monarch. This incident became the only interesting story for the Handan people. They lost their
I admire Ma Fujun the most, but life must go on. The dead will rest in peace, while the living need to continue to live.
The busy farming season has gone far, and the country of Zhao has become cold again. However, in this cold winter, the Zhao people have no sun to shine on them, which makes them feel even colder and shivering. There are few pedestrians on the streets.
, cries can often be heard, this is sending away another person who cannot withstand the cold. King Zhao did indeed mean what he said in the general direction. He reduced and exempted the people's taxes and exempted them from these
Some corvées during the year.
As for officials, those who have made meritorious deeds will also receive corresponding rewards, and those who have done evil will be punished.
General Lian Po will show no mercy at all. In terms of trial, few people can escape. Coupled with the previous series of policies, the situation in Zhao State has begun to improve. This is really confusing. In the past,
They didn't have enough to eat and didn't have warm clothes, but they still lived happily. They often gathered together to talk about Ma Fujun's feats and listened to learned people describing Ma Fujun's words and deeds.
But now, they are finally no longer hungry, but they can no longer hear the laughter of the past.
In a small courtyard in Handan, the elderly Pang Gong was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at Tian Dan lying on the bed, his face full of worry. Tian Dan was weaker than before, and his forehead was hot. King Zhao
It is a good thing that medical officers have been set up in various places. Now there are doctors treating Tian Dan. There is no worry or anxiety on Tian Dan's face. Instead, he looks a little relaxed.
He looked at Pang Gong beside him, shook his head, and said with emotion: "Pang Gong... It seems that I can't survive you... I have to leave first."
Pang Gong also smiled and said: "Not many people can survive me... The world says that King Qin lives a long life, but this King of Qin will never survive me. Do you believe it?" Tian Dan laughed, and then
Breathing heavily again, he nodded and said, "I believe this. How do you maintain a long life?"
"You want to learn?"
"No, I'm just curious."
"Go to bed early and get up early, dance with the sword in the early morning, don't eat too much, don't drink too much."
"That's it?"
"That's all."
Pang Gong said with a smile: "When you get better, you can move to my home..." Tian Dan shook his head and said seriously: "No need, longevity is not necessarily a good thing. Most people in the world envy it.
But you don’t know that the longer you live, the more painful you will be.”
"It's true... I gave away my three sons and my seven grandsons, and now even one of my great-great-grandsons has died of illness..." Pang Gong said with a wry smile: "My past
Of those friends, there is only one actor left, and I am now very worried that he will be killed by Lian Po..."
"Pang Gong... I hope you can leave as soon as possible."
"Why are you cursing me?"
"I just don't want you to see the fall of Zhao State... Hehe, Lord Ma Fu has left, and no one can stop Qin State anymore..." Tian Dan squinted his eyes and said seriously: "Just like that
As Kong Bin said, in twenty years at most, the world will return to the Qin State... I don't care, even if the Qin State destroys the Qi State, I won't feel anything. After all, my Qi State has long been
Perished..."
"But you are different. You are dedicated to Zhao. If that day comes and you are still alive, you will be very painful even if you have not been insulted by Qin... After all, you can do some violations for Zhao.
The matter of my heart... When Ma Fujun was about to leave Zhao, someone told him that he could send warriors pretending to be Yan people to intercept and kill Ma Fujun. Is this person you?" Tian Dan asked with a smile.
Pang Gong lowered his head and said nothing.
"Because you know that if Ma Fujun rushes to Qin State, no one can stop Qin State, and Zhao State will definitely be destroyed... But, you are wrong. Even if Ma Fujun stays in Zhao State, Zhao State will definitely be destroyed.
It will be destroyed. Zhao Dan is cunning. It's not that he doesn't know the benefits of reform, he just doesn't want to give up the honor of reform to his ministers... As soon as Ma Fujun left, he began to fully implement Ma Fujun's policy..."
"Is this because of regret? Or because Ma Fujun can no longer preside over the reform?"
Pang Gonggong said seriously: "At least, Zhao State is on the right path, and Zhao State will become stronger and stronger in the future."
"You are wrong...I think the current prince is arrogant and domineering, despises the law and despises ministers. Zhao Dan wanted him to learn from me, but he was not willing. He said: He would rather die than learn from others.
The way to govern the country. Do you believe it? Today's reforms will be destroyed after the prince succeeds to the throne... And now these ministers who are fully assisting Zhao will be expelled by him... Zhao Dan doesn't know what to do
He educates his own sons... and is not willing to use laws to govern Zhao."
Pang Gong said seriously: "I am from Zhao. No matter what the cost, I will protect my country."
"I remember that your ancestor Pang Juan was from Wei?"
"I was born here and grew up here."
Tian Dan nodded and said: "You are right... You are right. However, sometimes, the country you want to protect may not be able to appreciate it. This is the tragedy of being a human being. Everything is wrong.
It will not develop as you want. From common people to kings, no one will not suffer. The common people have no food to fill their stomachs. Merchants endure harsh taxes. Soldiers are constantly being killed. Ministers are feared.
Expelled, without the opportunity to display his talents, the king watched his country gradually decline..."
Pang Gong didn't say anything more. He stood up tremblingly and said: "This does not make me give up. I will still try my best to complete my responsibilities and live up to my mission... I will come to see you another day.
.”
"No need...just go about your own business...Shan died a long time ago...even if he dies again, it won't matter..."
"I have a letter written to Mr. Ma Fu. Can you send someone to deliver it to him?"
"good."
Three days after Pang Nuan left, Tian Dan passed away. He left very quietly and slept for a while. The next day, the retainers walked in and found that he had left. This general who had been abandoned by his country
, did not want to bury himself in Qi State, but King Zhao still buried him according to the custom of Qi people. King Zhao was very sad. His talents left one after another. Now, he has lost them again.
A top talent.
Tian Dan's face was full of relief. Perhaps he was completely relieved at the end of his life.
There were still many people who came to pay their respects to the funeral. Tian Dan was very famous and many people knew him. It was just because he was too cold that no one came to visit him. Tian Dan's cemetery was very close to Le Yi's.
A former rival has become a permanent neighbor after working together for many years.
When the news of Tian Dan's death reached Qi State, it finally caused a huge sensation in Qi State. The people of Qi State spontaneously sent Tian Dan off. They walked neatly onto the streets, including common people and merchants.
There were knights and scholars. At this moment, all these Qi people put aside their own affairs and gathered together. They wore sackcloth and mourning, walked on the streets, howled loudly, and called out the title of Tian Gong.
Qi people believe that after death, people should return to their hometown.
To get them to come, you need to keep calling their names and let them listen to the voice and return to their hometown.
The people of Qi unfurled the banner of Lord Anping, which was Tian Dan's title when he was in Qi. Gathering under this flag, the people of Qi shouted loudly: "Lord Anping!! Please come back! Lord Anping!! Please come back."
Come back!!" King Qi was also startled by this gesture and hurriedly asked the ministers what happened. One of the ministers told him that Tian Dan had passed away.
King Qi asked with some confusion: "I know this, but why do the people do this?"
The minister was a little unable to answer.
This kind of mourning behavior spread throughout Qi State, and more and more people participated. The older people stood up excitedly, and talked about the restoration of Lord Anping with tears in their eyes. They listened to the shocking news.
The slogans seemed to have returned to the past. They waved the non-existent weapons in their hands, as if they wanted to return to Lord Anping. Some old men who were already unconscious, vaguely returned to the past amid the slogans, and then
He yelled angrily: "Restore the Qi Kingdom!! Kill the Yan people!!"
The people of Qi never forgot their savior, and the state of Qi never abandoned his heroic general.
The only ones who abandoned him were the foul-smelling moths.
Even when the King of Qi passed away, there was no such treatment. All the people of Qi were crying for their hero, and this ancient country whispered the name of its outstanding son.
Tian Gong's soul must have returned to his hometown. Amidst the cries of the Qi people, and their calls that resounded throughout the world, he flew back to his hometown, happily watching everything, and immersed himself in the crowd.
's embrace.
This farewell ceremony in memory of Mr. Tian lasted for seven days in Qi State before it ended.
In the cold winter, the new year arrives.
In the fifty-sixth year of King Qin's reign, Zhao Kuo received a letter from his homeland.
He originally thought it was sent by Lord Xinling or Li Mu, but when he opened the bamboo slip, he was surprised to find that it was a letter written by Tian Dan to himself.
"Kuo, I see my old self in you. We are all the same people, people who fight to the death for our countrymen. But people like us are always betrayed and forced to leave our hometown.
.As early as the first time I met you, I understood that you were destined to leave the State of Zhao. Because no king can tolerate a minister in his country who is followed by his countrymen."
"At the beginning, someone once advised me that I could take the opportunity to kill the King of Qi and become the king of Qi myself... But I didn't do that. I didn't want my country to fall into war again. I just asked him to withdraw from the war.
Walk out... I think that's probably the case for you... You are in Qin now, but don't think that this embarrassment will end if you leave your hometown, unless you say nothing and stay in the mansion.
Go out, otherwise, you will definitely be persecuted again..."
"However, the child you raised...if he had been the King of Qin, perhaps he would not have such worries."
"You are so lucky..."
Tian Dan wrote a lot, and Zhao Kuo read it for a long time. This time he finished reading his letter. There was no advice or explanation in the letter. It was just some casual conversation, just like talking to his friends. Tian Dan wrote
There are many things he has hidden in his heart, and there are even some interesting anecdotes, including the grievances between him and Zhao She. Tian Dan and Zhao She had a fierce quarrel. Their ideas were completely different. Every time they got together, they were always unhappy.
And disperse.
Tian Dan still feels that except for educating children, Zhao She is not as good as him in other fields.
It was obviously a lot of anecdotes, it was just a chat between friends, but Zhao Kuo still read a strong sadness, a sadness hidden by humor. Tian Dan and Zhao She quarreled because Tian Dan felt that the country only needed to raise one child.
It is enough to have an elite army, and there is no need to recruit too many soldiers. This is because when he fought with Le Yi, all the people of Qi State were in arms, which severely damaged agriculture. The cultivated land of Qi State was empty and there was no one to take care of it.
There are orphans and widows everywhere.
He had seen the greatest disasters caused by war, so he felt that it was necessary to save people's strength.
But what Tian Dan said, "You are so lucky..." was his greatest misfortune.
Zhao Kuo felt vaguely uneasy after receiving the letter. A few days later, he received the news that Tian Dan died of illness in Handan.
Zhao Kuo was very sad and felt unspeakably uncomfortable in his heart.
In the following days, Han Fei talked about what he knew. It was said that a funeral event broke out in Qi State. All the people of Qi rushed to the streets to call Tian Dan's name and mourn for him. Han Fei scolded him.
Zhao Kuo felt that this kind of behavior was of no use and only delayed farming and other normal work. But Zhao Kuo didn't think so. He didn't know why, but Zhao Kuo felt a little relieved.
At least the people of Qi have not forgotten Tian Dan.
Shortly after Zhao Kuo received the news that Tian Dan had passed away due to illness, a major event occurred in the Qin State.
King Qin fell ill.
The tiger who looked extremely majestic and always full of energy, making people afraid to look directly at him, and the King of Qin who was so talented and brilliant that he swept through the six kingdoms and made others afraid to compete with him. Finally, he fell ill in this cold winter.
When Lord Wu'an fell, the soldiers were a little uneasy. When Marquis Ying passed away, the ministers missed him very much. When King Qin fell ill, the entire Qin State was in chaos.
Lord An Guo and Zhao Yiren hurriedly went to take care of King Qin.
The ministers even gathered in the palace to discuss the next situation.
Even Zhao Kuo took Zhao Zheng to visit the King of Qin.
The weak King Qin lay on the bed, holding Zhao Kuo's hand tightly, and said sadly and angrily: "It would be great if I were given another ten years... ten years... ten more years."