Along the road were local pavilions. Under the leadership of officials, these people guarded various important roads, armed with crossbows, and entry and exit were strictly prohibited. Zhao Kuo's carriage was intercepted along the way. Of course, these people did not dare to attack Zhao Kuo without permission.
However, due to the harsh system of the Qin State, they still had to conduct an investigation. Han Fei had previously gone to Fufeng, and the soldiers on the road did not dare to interrogate him. Han Fei was furious and dismissed these officials.
From then on, local officials dared to intercept the prime minister when he was traveling, and they had to intercept him. Zhao Kuo was not angry or reprimanded for the behavior of these officials, because it was right and this was their behavior.
Duty, he can't be angry because the other party performs his duty, he is just a little worried about Lu Buwei. If Lu Buwei is executed, it will be a huge loss to the whole world.
Qin's opportunity to unify the world may be delayed by ten or even twenty years.
If Qin loses Lu Buwei, who else can take over? Han Fei's academic attainments are definitely sufficient, but it is probably not possible to ask him to handle the affairs of various countries. He can give good opinions.
He is more like a scholar with extraordinary attainments in the fields of governance, academics and other fields. It is probably not feasible for him to govern the country personally. As for Li Si, who is valued by Lu Buwei.
Li Si is young and lacks prestige. Although he has been busy doing a lot of things as Lu Buwei's deputy in recent years, his ability today is still not as good as that of a wily businessman. As for others, such as Zhao
Zhao Kuo felt that if he became the prime minister, the Qin State would definitely perish... Because he had a fatal flaw, he was too soft-hearted, especially when dealing with the common people, he could not be like
Lu Buwei is so sensible.
This is the reason why he refused to hold an official position.
Zhao Kuo has already determined to dominate the world, and Lu Buwei is the person who can best help him. If he wants to defeat other countries, it is not enough to have strong generals. He also needs a firm supporter in the country.
Behind the victorious Bai Qi is Fan Ju. Fan Ju can not only provide Bai Qi with strategic material assistance, but what's more frightening is that he can also provide political assistance.
War is a continuation of politics, and sometimes political means are more effective than military means.
Fan Ju can ask King Zhao to replace the difficult Lian Po, Fan Ju can easily dissolve the alliance of various countries, Fan Ju can make King Wei give up his most powerful general, Fan Ju can clear the way for Bai Qi. Then Lu Buwei,
Of course, he did this too. He continued to increase the national power of Qin. Externally, he also spent a lot of money to buy victory. Every year, he sent people to send precious gifts to Guo Kai and made friends with gentlemen like Li Yuan of Chu.
If the Qin State loses such a figure, until people like Li Si grow up, the Qin State can only defeat the enemy through simple wars. And such an approach will obviously bring huge losses. In history, after the death of Lu Buwei
, Qin State began to attack other countries without any thought, and paid a lot of price for it. It suffered several failures. Li Mu even annihilated one hundred thousand elites of Qin State in one fell swoop.
At this time, the State of Qin learned from the painful experience and began to recall those wise prime ministers in the past, and once again used political means to kill their enemies. Li Mu was a victim of such conspiracies.
Zhao Kuo took a long-term view. Even if he was not familiar with the subsequent history, he could still see Lu Buwei's influence.
Although the soldiers on the road would interrogate Zhao Kuo, they did not dare to force him to stay. If Zhao Kuo wanted to enter the city, they had no choice, because Zhao Kuo's title gave him the right to run wild wherever he liked.
He holds the highest title in the Qin Kingdom, and has a pass issued by the King of Qin, which allows him to travel freely to various places. This was originally because Zhao Kuo often went to various places to observe people's sentiments and cultivate land, but now he
It has played a huge role.
Lu Buwei in Xianyang has never put up any resistance.
Although he was extremely angry, bitter, and sad in his heart, he still did not resist. Until the people sent by the King of Qin completely controlled all his subordinates, Lu Buwei did not order any resistance. Only two of the soldiers Wang Jian brought were injured.
, they were injured because they wanted an unnamed barbarian in the prime minister's palace to hand over his weapons. The barbarian refused and a conflict broke out with them. Fortunately, King Qin's order had some effect. Wang Jian told him personally.
, only then did he hand over his weapons.
The King of Qin sent an envoy again and asked Wang Jian to bring Lu Buwei to the palace.
Lu Buwei came to the palace. The King of Qin did not summon the ministers. There was only a lonely King of Qin in the palace. Wang Jian sent him here and left. Only Lu Buwei and the King of Qin were left. The young man who had just reached the crown
Ying Zheng, he looked proudly at Lu Buwei below. Of course Lu Buwei didn't understand the reason for King Qin's sudden attack. He just looked ahead blankly and didn't even pay homage to King Qin.
"Marquis Wenxin...how long do you want to keep it a secret from me? Are you going to turn a blind eye to Lao Ai's matter and pretend it never happened?" As soon as Ying Zheng opened his mouth, he mentioned Lao Ai, and in this
At this moment, Lu Buwei trembled all over. He raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng, his eyes full of fear. At this moment, he was truly afraid. He finally knew the reason why King Qin launched the attack, and he also knew that he had fought hard.
My lifelong ambitions seemed to be shattered at this moment.
Lu Buwei pursed his lips and said, "I am guilty..."
Ying Zheng chuckled, and said nonchalantly: "Not long ago, Lao Ai rebelled. He wanted to lead his army into Xianyang, wanted to kill me, and support his descendant as the king of Qin.
...Hahaha~~~" Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing. He shook his head, looked at Lu Buwei in front of him, and asked: "Where did you find this fool? I was surprised. Qin Guozhi
Is there such a fool among you?"
Lu Buwei looked dazed and said nothing.
Ying Zheng suddenly stood up from his seat. He walked slowly in front of Lu Buwei. He walked around Lu Buwei in front of him and said as he walked: "Look at you, how do you still look like the prime minister of Qin?"
"I'm not angry about Lao Ai, or ashamed. I just feel a little disgusted... What makes me angry is that you have been hiding this matter from me and not letting me know..."
"I heard that a wise king cannot be blocked by his ministers, and his judgment cannot be influenced by others..." Ying Zheng finally stopped in front of Lu Buwei. He grabbed Lu Buwei and pulled him up.
Looking at his face, he smiled and said: "Marquis Wenxin, what do you want to say?"
"I am guilty."
"Alas, this is not what I want to hear..." Ying Zheng shook his head. He looked at Lu Buwei in front of him and said, "You look a little different from before... Why is that?
?", Lu Buwei's eyes were full of despair, he didn't answer at all, he just murmured: "I am guilty." The news of Lao Ai's rebellion was like a thunder, shattering everything in him.
Lu Buwei had great ambitions. He wanted to become a saint. He had completed his virtues and meritorious service, and even the book was about to be written. At the last step of establishing his words, which was Lu Zi's last step, Lao Ai conspired to rebel. Later
What would people say? Lu Buwei is a traitor. He committed adultery with Zhao Ji and sent villains like Lao Ai to her side to participate in rebellion? At that moment, Lu Buwei seemed to see those empresses pointing at his grave.
people.
Ying Zheng looked at the ashen Lu Buwei in front of him. He shook his head and said, "Prime Minister...are you just giving up like this?"
"Mencius said: When God is going to place a great responsibility on such a person, he must first make his heart suffer, make his bones and muscles tired, make him suffer from hunger, causing his skin to become thin, make him suffer from poverty, and make him do things.
Things that are confusing and always unsatisfactory are used to make his heart alert, strengthen his character, and increase the talents he does not possess..."
"You have ambitions that no one can match, but you can't stand ordinary humiliation... How can such a person become a saint?"
Lu Buwei slowly raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng in front of him. Ying Zheng then said with a smile: "Is the humiliation you have suffered comparable to that of me? You are afraid that future generations will talk about your misconduct, then you can
Have you ever thought about what kind of criticism I will suffer because of this matter? Is King Qin’s biological mother a slut?" When Lu Buwei saw Ying Zheng saying these words, there was no trace of emotion on his face.
King Qin smiled and said: "My ambition is not inferior to yours. I want to end these hundreds of years of war. I want all the people in the world to become one family, let all the land in the world become my land, and let all the talents in the world become my own."
Let us govern this country together, and we will create an unprecedented world, where no one will starve to death, no one will freeze to death... everyone in the world can live a life far superior to that of the people of Yao and Shun!"
"Therefore, I don't care about this. As long as I realize such a world, future generations will talk about me. What they think of first is my great deeds, not my biological mother. What do you think?"
"You have to assist me and open up such a world for me. Later generations will only remember you as a sage who helped me create great achievements. As for villains like Lao Ai, they are not even worthy of mentioning it with us.
And..." King Qin said, and then he stretched out his hand to adjust the clothes of Lu Buwei in front of him. Lu Buwei looked at the King of Qin in front of him blankly, he couldn't believe what he heard.
"Your Majesty, rebellion is a serious crime..."
"I know...so don't let my senior brother know about the matter between you and Lao Ai."
At this moment, Zhao Kuo came outside Xianyang and met the last group of patrolling soldiers. The leader saw Zhao Kuo from a distance and got off his horse excitedly. Zhao Kuo also looked at him in surprise. This was exactly
Xing, Xing looks a little fatter. Among the disciples who came to Qin State with Zhao Kuo, the best one was probably Li Yu. He has become the county guard, and the happiest one is definitely Xing.
Fortunately, he married a wife and had many children and grandchildren. Although his official position was not high, he lived very happily every day, and he became a bit like Dong Chengzi.
Xing paid a visit to Zhao Kuo and Zhao Fu. Naturally, he was very happy to meet his friends. However, Zhao Kuo had more important things to do and could only leave in a hurry. Xing told Zhao Kuo that he would definitely go out of time to visit them. Zhao Kuo arrived.
Xianyang hurriedly arrived at the palace. The warriors did not dare to stop him, so they took him into the palace. When he arrived at the palace, Zhao Kuo was stunned. He saw King Qin and Lu Buwei sitting together with a smile, chatting about the country.
government affairs.
Ying Zheng was a little surprised to see Zhao Kuo suddenly come back. He stood up quickly and asked with a smile: "Why are you back? Is the matter in Yongcheng over?"
Zhao Kuo was speechless for a while.
King Qin looked at Lu Buwei beside him in confusion, and then asked again: "What happened?"
Zhao Kuo shook his head and sat aside. Lu Buwei stood up to pay his respects. The three of them sat down. Zhao Kuo sat in his seat and thought seriously for a moment. He immediately understood the cause and effect of the matter because of his trust in King Qin.
, he was led from two places like this, Zhao Kuo shook his head again, he looked at King Qin in front of him with a complicated expression, and said with emotion: "You have indeed grown up."
Lu Buwei also said: "You are right, the king has reached adulthood. Of course, in the future, the king will also come to rule personally. I came here this time just for this matter..." Lu Buwei said again: "The King of Chu is here
After his death, Li Yuan indeed killed Huang Xie and appointed himself the Commander-in-Chief of the State of Chu... This man was just cunning as a villain, but had no talent for governing the country... The State of Qin needed to make friends with him."
"As long as the State of Qin can support him, he will definitely donate the land of the State of Chu to thank us."
King Qin nodded seriously, and it could be seen that he very much agreed with Lu Buwei's statement.
After discussing for a while, Lu Buwei left the palace. Only Zhao Kuo and Ying Zheng were left here. Only then did Ying Zheng put down the arrogance on his body. He walked to Zhao Kuo in small steps and looked at his face.
The vicissitudes of the old father, he bowed down and said: "Please forgive me for my crime. I didn't mean to deceive you, I just had to..."
Zhao Kuo said nothing.
Ying Zheng said firmly: "I will never let you pay so much in vain... You are not alone, and I should go all out for your ambition... Until one day, people like Ping Gong will not
People like Duke Du will not die in vain if they lose their children, people like General Lian Po do not have to sacrifice, people like Lord Xinling can stay happily by their friends..."
"What's more important is that people like you can let go of the fatigue in their hearts..."
ps: This time, what Lu Buwei faced was not the angry King of Qin who wanted to force him to death, but the King of Qin who wanted to achieve great things and end the world's suffering.
