The envoy's question completely crushed the last bit of King Wei's reason.
Because Wei Wuji was unwilling to fight with the Chu State, the Wei State was completely at a disadvantage in the war with the Chu State. Jingyang completely crushed the generals of the Wei State and pursued them to fight. Jingyang, as Bai Qi's opponent for many years,
, the generals who fought against Meng Ao and others, these people in Wei except Wei Wuji were not his opponents at all. This made King Wei very angry, and this war also allowed the people of Wei to see the grace of Lord Xinling
.
Because when Lord Xinling commanded the army, the Wei people could even defeat their own powerful enemy, the Qin people. But when other generals came to serve as commanders, the Wei army could not even defeat the Chu people! And Jingyang
The army he commanded was not even as large as the Wei people, and Jingyang was winning with less. This naturally made the Wei people respect Lord Xinling even more, and they all asked the King of Wei to end the war.
In fact, King Wei had long regretted that he did not dare to start a war with Chu rashly. However, the more he heard ministers speaking for Lord Xinling, the angrier King Wei became. On the contrary, he was unwilling to end the war until Jing Jing
Yang led his army and almost reached Daliang. King Wei had no choice but to stop the war and not only sent back the cities originally occupied by him, but also sent back a few more.
But these things made the relationship between King Wei and Lord Xinling very bad. King Wei never wanted to see Lord Xinling again, and even withdrew all the rewards he had given him before.
It aroused dissatisfaction among the people in the country, because it was Lord Xinling who led the army to protect Wei State, but now, King Wei's behavior is too unkind, taking away the reward after using the other party?
As a result, many Wei officials resigned from their positions and left Wei.
Lord Xinling's retainers were also very angry. They expressed their dissatisfaction with King Wei in public many times, which made King Wei even more afraid of Lord Xinling. Fortunately, there was Lord Longyang.
, Lord Longyang has been persuading King Wei to stay calm, to put the country first, and to trust Wei Wuji... However, Lord Longyang himself did not expect that the envoy of Qin would ask King Wei
Lost my mind.
The King of Wei was furious. He thought that Lord Xinling wanted to rebel, so he immediately sent warriors to surround Lord Xinling's courtyard. Lord Xinling was in the State of Wei, just like Zhao Kuo was in the State of Zhao. These soldiers sent by the King of Wei
The warriors did not dare to take action against Lord Xinling, and some even committed suicide directly for refusing to carry out the king's orders. As for Lord Xinling's own retainers, these retainers even felt that Lord Xinling could replace King Wei as the leader of Wei State.
king.
But Lord Xinling didn't say much. He just looked at the warriors in front of him drunkenly, and then said with a smile: "Why are there so many people coming to drink with me today?", and he invited these warriors to come.
Drinking... After a long time, Wei Wuji appeared staggeringly in front of his brother. King Wei's eyes widened and he looked at him angrily. King Wei asked: "Today is the anniversary of my mother's death! How dare you
Drinking?!”
Wei Wuji was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked unsteadily: "Is it today?"
The king of Wei was furious and immediately said to his left and right: "Catch him and throw him into prison!" Lord Longyang stood up in a hurry and bowed down, saying: "Your Majesty, you can't do that, Lord Xinling.
He has just defeated the Qin Dynasty and has made such great achievements. Please allow him to make up for his mistakes and don't punish him again..." King Wei gritted his teeth. He looked at the ministers around him again. He saw the eyes of several ministers.
of fear and even anger.
We cannot deal with Lord Xinling. Dealing with Lord Xiling will lead to rebellion, and may even plunge Wei directly into civil strife. Lord Xinling's prestige is really too high... It is not that the King of Wei is unaware of these things.
The king looked at the ministers around him. In fact, he had not thought about arresting Wei Wuji. He just wanted to see how many of his ministers were devoted to Wei Wuji.
Now, he also has confidence in his heart.
He saw anger and hatred in the eyes of several ministers. Obviously, it was time for these ministers to leave Wei... The King of Wei snorted coldly, and then looked at the drunkard brother unhappily, and waved his hand.
, said: "You should go back to your own fief and reflect on yourself. I have heard that Zengzi said, I reflect on myself many times every day. Do I do my best when doing things for others? Is it sincere in dealing with friends?
What about honesty? Have you reviewed the knowledge taught by the teacher?”
"You should also go back to your own fiefdom, reflect on yourself more, and correct your mistakes!"
Wei Wuji looked at King Wei with drunken eyes and then started to laugh.
King Wei's face suddenly turned red, and he seemed to see Wei Wuji's disdain for him from his smile. Wei Wuji shook his head, then turned and left the palace, but the warriors around him did not dare to stop him at all.
Lord Long Yang stared blankly at this scene, and suddenly remembered what Pang Gong said back then. It seemed that he was the one who saw the most thoroughly... The ministers watched Lord Xinling leave, and everyone was watching.
Silent, without saying a word.
Only Duan Ganzi was still smiling and drinking, and kept flattering the King of Wei. He wanted to take advantage of such a good opportunity to please the King of Wei. Unfortunately, his flattery fell on the horse's hoof, and the King of Wei became furious.
He ordered the ministers to leave, but of course, Lord Long Yang stayed by his side. King Wei looked at Lord Long Yang and said angrily: "All my ministers have betrayed me! This is a crime worthy of death!"
Lord Longyang looked at King Wei angrily cursing his ministers. After King Wei cursed for a long time, he calmed down his anger. He gradually regained his senses. He sighed helplessly, and then said: "I and my
This brother has been incompatible since he was a child... He was so good when he was young, but the older he gets, the more he ignores others, and always disobeys them... and goes against them!"
"You are his elder brother, don't you know him well? These are Qin's alienation tactics. Lord Xinling will never want to rebel... He doesn't care about the throne at all. I think it's better than
After becoming the king of Wei, what he wants more is to drink more wine..." Long Yangjun said.
King Wei was stunned, and then whispered: "I know... I know... But that may not be the case for his disciples... His disciples, and those who drink with him, they are eager to give in."
Wuji came to serve as the king of Wei, so that they could take advantage of Wuji's weakness to achieve their own goals... I... I just didn't want these people to harm Wuji. I even thought about giving the throne to Wuji.
avoid."
Long Yangjun's eyes widened, and he bowed to King Wei in fear, and then hurriedly said: "Please don't say that again."
King Wei shook his head and said: "I am already old... I can feel that my body is getting worse day by day..." King Wei paused and then said: "After my death, the state of Wei
What should we do? He has a weak temperament and is not like the son of a widower at all..." Long Yangjun said: "Master Zeng is a kind man... In the future, he will be a benevolent and righteous king."
"If it was when Wei was the most powerful, there would be nothing wrong with a benevolent and righteous king, but in such a critical time..." King Wei shook his head and then said: "I think it's better to be a benevolent king.
Wuji is more suitable to succeed me, but Naihe, his disciples are really impatient!" Long Yangjun was immediately speechless, and then King Wei asked: "By the way, how is Zeng's situation?"
Long Yangjun then said: "I heard that because of the war with Wei, the Qin people wanted to kill Zeng. Fortunately, Zeng was studying next to Ma Fujun... The Qin people did not dare to hurt Ma Fujun's disciples, so they let him go.
After hearing this, King Wei just nodded, but did not ask any more questions. He asked again: "How about the Qin bamboo slips made by the Qin people? Have our craftsmen made them?"
"According to your instructions, those Mohists who have settled in Wei State are working hard to create... Well, the results have been achieved and will be produced soon."
King Wei then laughed and nodded.
In fact, these craftsmen had no results at all, but Lord Long Yang still did not tell the truth because he knew his superior very well. If he knew that there were no results, he would definitely expel these craftsmen and would not continue to invest manpower and material resources.
When doing this... Your Majesty saw clearly many times, but his irritable personality often made him lose control. Lord Long Yang really wanted to go over and appease Lord Xinling, but he didn't dare.
At this moment, Lord Xinling was already packing up his belongings, and the faces of his retainers were very gloomy. They had just helped King Wei defeat Qin, and in the blink of an eye, King Wei had taken away all the rewards from Lord Xinling, and
He was asked to leave Daliang and return to his own fiefdom to reflect. Who should reflect? Through this battle, the name of Lord Xinling spread throughout the world, and no one dared to underestimate Wei.
It is a pity that the King of Wei and the State of Chu rashly started a war, but it quickly changed the views of the people in the world. It was not that the State of Wei should not be despised, but that the State of Wei, with Lord Xinling as its commander, should not be despised.
Lord Xinling held the wine bag and looked at everyone busy, he just smiled stupidly.
"Why are you still laughing? You suffered such an insult that even we wanted to commit suicide because of shame, but you didn't care?" Finally, a guest asked angrily. Lord Xinling looked at him and spoke.
Said: "When Huizi was the prime minister of Wei, Zhuangzi went to see him. Someone told Huizi: Zhuangzi came to Daliang and wanted to replace you as prime minister. So Huizi was very panicked and searched the capital for several days and nights."
"Zhuangzi went to see him and said: There is a bird in the south. Its name is the phoenix. Do you know it? The phoenix takes off from the South China Sea and flies to the North Sea. It's not that the plane trees don't live in it, and it's not that the bamboo fruits don't eat.
Don't drink the sweet spring water. At this moment, an owl picked up a rancid mouse. The owl flew in front of it. The owl looked up at it and made a "scare" sound. Now you want to use
Is your Wei State coming to threaten me?"
Lord Xinling blinked and then said: "Now there is a kind of bird in Wei State. His name is Fenzui. Fenzui always lands in places where it has no friends. It doesn't like to drink wine brewed with black millet and turmeric.
Wine...Similarly, he has no interest in rancid rats!"
The diners laughed heartily.
Soon, Lord Xinling left Daliang with his disciples. He sat on the carriage and sang loudly with his disciples, all the way towards his fiefdom. The people on the side of the road all endured.
He kept stopping, watching this scene, and singing with Lord Xinling from time to time. Lord Xinling was so happy that he got out of the carriage and invited these common people to drink with him regardless of their status and etiquette.
When the news of Lord Xinling's departure from Daliang reached Xianyang, Lu Buwei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Buwei smiled, looked at Li Si sitting next to him, and said seriously: "I didn't expect that the words you arranged for the envoy to say would cause Wei to lose its most powerful barrier. Now Lord Xinling is not in Daliang.
, I no longer have to worry that the princes will unite to attack Qin." Li Si just shook his head and said: "This is not because of my strategy, but because of King Wei's short-sightedness and stupidity."
"The same strategy may not be implemented by King Zhao, King Chu and others."
"What? The plan to alienate Lian Po failed?" Lu Buwei was stunned and then asked with a smile.
Li Si nodded and then said: "I underestimated King Zhao. King Zhao was not moved at all... He even continued to seal Lian Po and reward Lian Po..." Lu Buwei chuckled.
Nodding his head, he said: "I understand King Zhao. Although everyone in the world laughs at him because he forced Wu Chengjun away, this man is not a king with no achievements. He longs for talents and will use them as a last resort.
At that time, he could completely trust his ministers..."
"When Yinghou arranged for the warriors to become Lord Xinling's retainers and launch a rebellion, King Zhao could still continue to trust Lord Xinling... If such a thing had happened in Wei, King Wei would have sent people to kill Lord Xinling long ago.
It’s Lord Ling!”
Li Si listened humbly and nodded from time to time.
When Li Si left, the smile on Lu Buwei's face disappeared. How could Li Si not see that Lian Po could not be alienated? After accomplishing a big thing, he made a trivial mistake... This young man
He is also an ambitious person, Lu Buwei thought to himself, but he ignored it. Li Si did not threaten his ability at all. The more he behaved like this, the more he would feel at ease with this successor whom he valued.
ah.
Ying Zheng was sitting in his classroom, listening to Zhao Kuo's lecture.
"I heard that people are destined to die, but some people's death is heavier than Mount Tai, and some people's death is lighter than a feather. This is because they pursue different goals with death..."
Ying Zheng carefully recorded these words and deeds, because of his current status, no one dared to sit next to him, and to his left and right, there were only Xiong Qi, the Lord of Changping, and Zeng, the Duke of Wei.
Their noble status allows them to sit next to Ying Zheng and listen to lectures. Even though Ying Zheng doesn't care about sitting with other senior brothers and listening to lectures, others don't dare to approach him, let alone treat him as casually as before.
he.
As a result, Ying Zheng's only friends in the school were Qi and Zeng.