Yongcheng in the Qin State was a place that both Lu Buwei and the King of Qin subconsciously ignored.
The Queen Mother of Qin, Zhao Ji, lived here. When she complained that she was not feeling well, she came to Yongcheng to rest. After leaving, she never returned to Xianyang. The King of Qin had not seen her for a long time and probably could not remember her.
Qing her appearance. Zhao Ji was also happy to do this. She lived very happily in Yongcheng, so why did she care about the bad things in Xianyang? She covered her mouth with a smile and listened lazily to what the "eunuch" Lao Ai told her.
With those vulgar jokes.
Lao Ai looks extraordinarily strong, tall and thick. If it weren't for the beardless face, it would be hard to tell that she was a eunuch.
In fact, he was not an eunuch at all... When Zhao Ji wanted to seduce Lu Buwei, Lu Buwei was unwilling to destroy his ambition to become a saint because of a woman, so he sent Lao Ai to Zhao Ji.
This Lao Ai is not an ordinary person. He has an ability that makes many men jealous. He can use his own indescribable qualities to turn the wheel.
Well, the wheels of this era... they are very big. Even if you want to hold the wheel, it is not easy, let alone making the wheel rotate without using your hands?
Because of such advantages, even Zhao Ji heard about him, so she asked him to shave off his beard, cut off his eyebrows, and pretend to be an eunuch to serve him. Lu Buwei was also happy to get rid of this big trouble and never paid attention to them. Zhao
Ji loved this Lao Ai extremely. She first brought him to Yongcheng, and then continued to reward and confer titles on him. She even gave birth to two sons for him.
A few days ago, Zhao Ji even wanted to get a marquis title for Lao Ai. When she told Lu Buwei her idea and threatened him, Lu Buwei directly sent warriors to Yongcheng.
He caught Lao Ai and put him in prison and tortured him for more than ten days. It was not until Zhao Ji sent someone to plead for mercy that Lu Buwei released Lao Ai. After this incident, Zhao Ji no longer dared to make any demands.
But in my heart I also hated Lu Buwei extremely.
At this moment, Lao Ai stood in front of her. There were still some bruises on his face. He had not fully recovered from the beating he received in prison. When he first came to Zhao Ji, he was still a little scared, but as time went by,
Zhao Ji gave birth to another son for him, but the matter was not revealed, so Lao Ai became more and more arrogant. He began to cultivate his confidants, because Zhao Ji had the Queen Mother's Seal in his hand, allowing him to issue edicts through the Queen Mother.
However, they only arranged some personnel arrangements in the harem. This time they tentatively attacked Lu Buwei. Lu Buwei almost turned him into a real eunuch. This made Lao Ai suddenly restrain his original arrogance and become cautious again.
, just like when he first entered the palace, Lao Ai found that his strength was still too weak in the Qin State and was not enough to shake people like Lu Buwei.
Zhao Ji looked at his injured face and felt lucky that although he had been beaten, he could still turn the wheel.
Lao Ai was from a very low background, so he did not appear restrained at all in front of Zhao Ji. He would blurt out his own vulgar jokes, often making Zhao Ji laugh uncontrollably. Zhao Ji looked at Lao Ai who was kneeling in front of her.
Then he said seriously: "Don't worry, Lu Buwei is already old... I heard that Lu Buwei has many doctors in the mansion to treat his body. He will not be arrogant for long."
Lao Ai narrowed her eyes. Even if Lu Buwei died, King Qin was still alive, and King Qin continued to grow up. When King Qin began to rule personally, wouldn't it be more terrifying than when Lu Buwei was in power? Lu Buwei could at least tolerate their messing around.
, does not interfere in these matters, but if it is the King of Qin, can he tolerate it? Every time Lao Ai thinks of these, he always shudders, he really hopes that Lu Buwei can live a long life.
He thought for a moment and then said with a smile: "I'm not worried about Marquis Wenxin. What I'm worried about is your son Ying Zheng... If he knows these things, he will definitely not show mercy, but we don't care.
, let him do whatever he wants, but we still have two sons... They must also be executed." Lao Ai is a very weird person. He is obviously saying some terrible things, but there is still a smile on his face.
Smiling.
No matter when, including when he was being beaten, he always had such a smile on his face.
Zhao Ji heard this sentence again, she hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You don't have to worry about this, I am his biological mother... When he grows up, we will go to Bashu and go to a place farther away.
alright..."
Lao Ai nodded, but she didn't think so in her heart. Escape can't solve any problems. If you want to protect yourself, you can only continue to increase your power, starting from Yongcheng... In Lai Ai's mind
He already had a detailed plan. He wanted to succeed Lu Buwei in governing Qin and wanted to continue to evade the King of Qin. However, he did not tell Zhao Ji about his crazy plans.
Because of Lu Buwei's lesson, Lao Ai did not dare to do these things blatantly. Through his relationship with the Queen Mother, he helped others seek official positions, thus gaining a group of people who were willing to serve him. He arranged these people in the palace
Outside the palace, he put pressure on the officials of Yongcheng through the Queen Mother to increase his control over Yongcheng. When the King of Qin did not personally rule, the Queen Mother's Seal was still very effective.
It is not difficult for Lao Ai to obtain the right to use the Queen Mother's Seal, as long as she turns the wheel for a while.
Lu Buwei and Zhao Kuo were busy with the work of sorting out books, but they ignored the Qin cancer that was growing crazily in Yongcheng... Lu Buwei felt that he had completed his virtue and completed his merits, so the next step was naturally to talk about this.
Things are very important and related to the evaluation of later generations. Therefore, he worked very seriously. Lu Buwei almost mobilized scholars from the Qin State to compile it.
No matter what you write, even if it's a way to spin a wheel, you can send it over.
Therefore, Lu Buwei's sorting work became very difficult. In Zhao Kuo's view, these articles included many subjects such as philosophy, science, history, etc. He classified them according to his own method and created a subject classification system.
, "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" is indeed broad and profound, and its traces can be found in Confucianism, Legalism, Taoism, Mohism, and almost all schools that Zhao Kuo knows.
Zhao Kuo originally proposed to absorb the theories of hundreds of schools, but Lu Buwei was the first to do so. Zhao Kuo only borrowed the essence of each school, while Lu Buwei summarized the theories of each school into one theory. Therefore, this
Both of them are considered important figures in the Zajia school. Of course, Lu Buwei still has no way to compete with Zhao Kuo for his position in the Zajia school. Of course, Zhao Kuo cannot avoid adding some private goods.
Fortunately, so many documents are not organized by one person, but there are also many people who help organize them, so the sorting speed is not too slow.
The State of Zhao used Li Mu to train its soldiers and increase its national strength. At the same time, it ambitiously set its sights on the State of Yan and the northern lands, hoping to expand its territory... Zhao State's tentative approach soon aroused the dissatisfaction of the King of Qin.
The King of Qin summoned his ministers to discuss a plan to weaken the State of Zhao. However, in this battle against the State of Zhao, the King of Qin did not call Zhao Kuo. He did not want his father to attack the State of Zhao.
Wei Liao, Wang Jian, Meng Wu and other confidant generals sat next to the King of Qin, discussing the battle plan against Zhao. Because of the death of his father, Meng Wu seemed to be silent a lot, so he just listened most of the time.
Wei Liao was analyzing the situation of Zhao State. Wei Liao firmly believed that he would go to war with Zhao State. Wei Liao said: "If you want to rule the world, you must get the three Jins. Now that South Korea has perished and Wei State is extremely weak, only
The only State of Zhao is the biggest enemy of Qin State, and it must continue to weaken Zhao State."
Wang Jian did not agree with Wei Liao's view. Wang Jian said seriously: "There are two things we need to be concerned about. The Qin State has spent a lot of food in building canals and attacking various countries over the years. Now the Qin State cannot summon a large number of people.
When the soldiers came to attack the State of Zhao, they could summon up to 150,000 people to attack the State of Zhao. This is the first thing I want to say. The second thing is that Li Mu of the State of Zhao, who used Li Mu as his general, trained
One hundred and fifty thousand elite soldiers were produced."
"Today's crusade against the State of Zhao will definitely encounter strong resistance from Li Mu. Li Mu is not an incompetent general. I'm afraid that the State of Qin will spend a lot of manpower and material resources, but there is no way to defeat him." Wang Jian squinted his eyes.
He said seriously: "If you want to defeat the State of Zhao, you need to let Li Mu leave the State of Zhao, or let him pass away. I heard that Li Mu offended King Zhao because of Gongzi Jia's incident, and King Zhao stopped summoning him. Maybe this is
A good opportunity.”
"If we can take advantage of the discord between King Zhao and Li Mu to make Li Mu leave the Kingdom of Zhao, then the Kingdom of Zhao can be defeated... However, although King Zhao is incompetent, he values Li Mu very much and wants to
Asking him to expel Li Mu cannot be done easily."
The King of Qin was stunned for a moment and then said: "I know Li Mu... You are right. We still have to find a way to make Li Mu leave. It is best to come to Qin."
Wei Liao shook his head and said: "You said you wanted to alienate Li Mu, which is of course correct, but the crusade against Zhao must also be carried out. It is enough for you to lead a hundred thousand troops to crusade against Zhao.
."
Wang Jian thought for a long time and said: "If the king wants me to attack the State of Zhao, I will definitely not refuse... However, I am not sure that I can conquer the State of Zhao and defeat Li Mu... If I have an army of 300,000
, I can do this... Instead of wasting manpower on such a war, it is better to wait for a period of time until Zheng Guoqu can play its full role, and then directly conquer Zhao State with large-scale troops. If Qin State
We have mobilized an army of 300,000 to 400,000 people, and even if Lord Wu An is reincarnated, we will not be able to stop him."
Wang Jian seemed to have some truth. The King of Qin frowned. The Qin State spent every year on water conservancy projects and also sent out troops. Instead of such small fights, it would be better to gather forces and pacify the world with one blow...Wang Jian
But he said: "If you insist on attacking Zhao, you can let Wu Chenghou command the army. Wu Chenghou has a miraculous effect on the Zhao people and can destroy their morale. Even Li Mu will be in a dilemma..."
"I heard that Li Mu regarded Marquis Wu Cheng as his teacher and respected him very much... and the people of Zhao loved Marquis Wu Cheng very much... If he could lead 100,000 soldiers to Zhao, I could probably defeat him.
Li Mu’s.”
King Qin clenched his fists, his face full of tangles. He hesitated for a moment, then let go of his hands. He shook his head and said: "No...Wuchenghou was injured just now when he attacked South Korea. He can't do it yet."
As the commander-in-chief, not to mention he is still busy compiling the collection of essays..." Zhao Zheng found a reason for his father and found a reason why he could not go to war. Wang Jian frowned and said: "You can let him serve as the nominal commander-in-chief.
Commander, this way I can also use Wu Chenghou to attack Zhao people's morale..."
"If we can use horses to subdue your banner, the Zhao people will be defeated without a fight..."
Zhao Zheng was sitting in the upper seat, but many pictures were flashing in his mind, the villagers who lined the road to see him off, the gentleman who let him kiss him before he left, those playmates of the same age in Mafu Township, those kind people
...Zhao Zheng did not speak, he remained silent, "Ma Fujun's flag is not used to kill Zhao people...You don't understand."
Wang Jian was stunned for a moment and then looked at Wei Liao.
"In this case, it is better to send troops to Zhao State in the future."
The King of Qin made a decision, but Wei Liao said angrily: "Sending troops to the State of Zhao is necessary and cannot be stopped!" He asked: "The State of Qin will send 100,000 troops to fight with the State of Zhao for three months. What impact will this have?
Going to Qin’s farmland to sow mulberry trees? Will it affect Qin’s national strength?” Wang Jian seemed to understand something, and he said: “No.”
"Then the State of Zhao sent 150,000 troops to resist the State of Qin and fought fiercely with the State of Qin for three months. Will this affect the farming of the State of Zhao? Will it affect the national strength of the State of Zhao?"
"meeting."
"Yes, Zhao's problem is the lack of food, and the Zhao people are also trying to find ways to accumulate food. No matter whether Qin can defeat Zhao or not, it will go to war with the Zhao people. It will fight with them every year, so that
They were unable to farm with peace of mind, which weakened their national strength. Every time Qin went on an expedition, Zhao had to use all its strength to stop it. This would definitely affect their farming, and if their farming was affected, the number of soldiers they could recruit would change.
Shao, this cycle continues until Zhao is destroyed!"
King Qin's eyes widened, and he understood somewhat.
Wang Jian was stunned for a moment, then he bowed to Wei Liao and said, "You are right, I shouldn't value the gains and losses of the war... I am not as good as you when it comes to marching and fighting."
Wei Liao shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't say that. I can only stand in the palace and say a few words. If I are really asked to lead the army to fight, I will definitely be captured alive by Li Mu."
Such a strategy requires a steady and prudent general who can put pressure on the enemy and will not be easily defeated by the enemy... In Qin, there is no one more suitable for this position than you. I can only persuade the king to send troops.
, and the one who leads the soldiers to attack Zhao can only be you."
"How can you say you are not as good as me?"
King Qin looked at this harmonious scene and felt very happy. He nodded and said, "Okay, then let's invite General Wang Jian to attack Zhao."
ps: Speaking of Lao Ai, when I was in college, some of my best friends called me Lao Ai, because my name started with the character "Ai". Later, one of my professors heard that they called me Lao Ai.
When he arrived, he looked at me, shook his head, and said with emotion: Why do you call me this name? Can you spin a wheel?
From then on, I never allowed others to call me Lao Ai.
