Thirteen Swords of Qin Shizhi's Desperate Beginning

dusk
Qinian Palace, outside the study door
Zhao Gao greeted him with a bow, and invited him sideways: "Mr. Changqing, please come in. Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time!"

Li Changqing's eyes fell on Zhao Gao, looking back and forth at the little eunuch, showing a mysterious smile.

Zhao Gao became more respectful and bowed his head even more.

Li Changqing walked with his hands behind his back and walked into the study.

Zhao Gao closed the door and retreated. As he walked away, his emotions fluctuated. He thought to himself: "Li Changqing is too scary. Although he didn't say anything, when he faced him, it seemed that there was an omniscient, omniscient man standing in front of him. Impossible God."

"Gods can read the thoughts of mortals. Gods can see the past, present, and future fate of mortals. This feeling makes one's scalp tingle."

Zhao Gao said in his heart: "From now on, don't provoke Li Changqing if you provoke anyone. Let's hand over such a difficult enemy to the Protector of the Sun to deal with."

"It's really strange...why can't the strong man in harmony of heaven and man make a move? If the master makes a move, Li Changqing will be lost forever with just one move."

"Could it be because Guiguzi, Beimingzi, Donghuangtaiyi and others restrain each other, so they made a rule that land gods can't do anything?"

"Or, is there something or someone stronger restricting them?"

"Forget it, don't think about it if you can't figure it out. In the eyes of the celestial beings, we are just ants. Isn't it ridiculous to use the eyes of ants to guess the mind of a giant elephant?"

Zhao Gao shook his head and walked away.

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In the study room, Ying Zheng wore the black dragon royal robe, the crown had already been taken off, and he was holding a brush in his hand to review the bamboo slips. From today onwards, he will be in charge.

Seeing this scene, Li Changqing was touched. In terms of diligence, the later kings are all Ying Zheng's younger brothers. No, many kings don't like to review memorials at all, and they don't care about state affairs.

However, the Han, Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties... could last for 300 or 400 years, and even shorter ones could last for hundreds of years. However, the vast Qin Dynasty, with millions of cavalry, why did it die in the second generation?

Ying Zheng put down his brush, raised his head and said, "Sir, please sit down."

Li Changqing stepped forward and found a seat to sit down.

Ying Zheng said: "Thanks to Mr.'s help, we were able to defeat Lai Ai's rebels last night and depose Lu Xiangzhi with great victories."

Li Changqing smiled, clasped his fists and said, "My congratulations to Mr. Shang from now on—the sea is wide enough for fishes to leap, the sky is high for birds to fly; when you come to Qin, you will show your grand plans."

"The sea is as wide as a fish leaps, and the sky is as high as a bird's flight." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "Mr. is talented and knowledgeable, and he often blurts out wise words. This sentence is really good."

Ying Zheng straightened his face and asked, "Sir, tomorrow morning, the widow wants to worship you as a minister, what do you think, sir?"

Shangqing, starting from the Spring and Autumn Period, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the princes of the world all have ministers, who are senior officials, divided into three levels: Shangqing, Zhongqing, and Xiaqing.

In the era of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, Qing, as a kind of title, was only awarded to ministers or nobles who had worked hard and made contributions. The rank was equivalent to the prime minister, but without the real power of the prime minister.

Of course, although they don't have much real power, any Shangqing is favored by the king.For example——King Zhao Huiwen of the State of Zhao and Shangqing Lin Xiangru, a pair of monarchs and ministers.

Yingzheng killed Lao Ai, defeated Lu Xiang, and took charge of Daqin himself. Li Changqing made the greatest contribution and should be the first.

The Qin State established the country with the military merit system, and it is impossible not to reward it; moreover, the position of Shangqing was the promise Ying Zheng made to Li Changqing at the beginning, and it was also a title he was willing to bestow.

Li Changqing clasped his fists and said, "Then, thank you Mr. Shang!"

Ying Zheng asked again: "With Mr.'s talent, the mere title of Shangqing is not enough to match."

"Great Qin Sangong Jiuqing, Great General, State Captain (similar to Da Sikong), Zuoxiang... and other positions, whichever one you like, the widow will not object to it."

Li Changqing was slightly moved, and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Shang, but fame and fortune are not what Changqing loves. It doesn't matter if you have a real power official position, a position of Shangqing is enough."

Ying Zheng looked surprised. He had only seen people seeking official positions, but he had never seen people who declined their positions.

Li Si, Mr. Changping, who is not seeking power?The prime minister of a country, the general of a country, the captain of the state of Qin... These positions can be called the first series under the king, and they need to spend a lifetime chasing after them.

As for Li Changqing, he declined directly, without any pretense, no nostalgia, no reluctance, his soft words were like rejecting an insignificant thing.

Ying Zheng thought for a while, and continued: "Since the king of Zhao appointed Mr. Zhao Guochang Qingjun, it is better for the widow to also give him a throne. lest the six eastern countries laugh at the widow who does not know how to cherish talents."

Li Changqing shook his head: "No, the Qin State established the country with military merits, and the matter of conferring the monarch is related to the foundation of the country. Mr. Shang can't easily confer the monarch. Moreover, I don't care much about whether you can confer the title or not."

"Besides, in the eyes of the rest of the Qin people, what I assisted Mr. Shang in suppressing the rebellion was internal troubles, not the expansion of territory like Lord Wu'an of Qin State Bai Qi, who defeated millions of enemies, and his military achievements were not enough to become a king."

The difficulty and treatment of Qin's kingship is equivalent to that of the country after the unification of Qin and Han, or the kingship of a different surname; therefore, the requirements for military merit are extremely high, and external resistance is not small.

Ying Zheng didn't give up, and asked, "What about Fenghou, sir, you won't refuse, will you?"

Li Changqing smiled slightly, and asked without answering: "Master Shang, do you know the reason why I entered Qin Dynasty to help you?"

"I don't know." Ying Zheng was puzzled.

Li Changqing said: "Firstly, Bloody Marquis, the Lord of the Night, is extremely difficult to deal with, and we cannot find his flaws in a frontal attack; only by overwhelming others can we find opportunities to fight."

"That's why I joined Qin to help you, Mr. Shang, take power, control Qin's military and political power, and help Quicksand completely defeat Yemu."

Yingzheng asked curiously, "This is one, is there another?"

Li Changqing nodded and said: "The second is my personal long-cherished wish. The people of Kyushu are suffering, suffering from wars for hundreds of years, changing their sons and eating them, their bones exposed in the wild, military disasters, bandit disasters, natural disasters... In troubled times, human life is worthless."

"If there is one country in the world that can rule a troubled world, it is Qin."

"If there is one person in the world who can bring peace to the troubled times, it is Mr. Shang."

Li Changqing said firmly: "This...is the personal reason why I joined Qin to help Mr. Shang."

When Ying Zheng heard the words, his face was moved, and his heart was filled with emotion.

He suddenly remembered that when they met for the first time, Li Changqing sent him the poem "Fu Ju after Meeting Mr. Shang", and then the grace of the guard in the battle of Zilanxuan.

Afterwards, the feeling of helping each other in Qin Dynasty, and the feeling of planning for the country of Zhao... One by one, one by one, it turned out that the person who helped me the most and had the deepest affection for me was the person in front of me.

Ying Zheng got up slowly, waved his long sleeves, and bowed with both hands: "Mr. Changqing, please accept my bow!"

"Young Master Shang, you don't have to do this!" Li Changqing raised his hands in vain, and with a distance of one zhang, he activated his true energy, stopped Ying Zheng's bowed figure, and slowly helped him up.

Ying Zheng stood up and said, "In this life, Mister will live up to Ying Zheng, and Ying Zheng will also live up to Mister."

Li Changqing coughed and said sternly: "Young Master Shang is polite, if you have nothing important to do, please leave first, and don't disturb Young Master Shang to deal with government affairs."

When the two big men said such things, the atmosphere was weird. Li Changqing was not there and just wanted to slip away.

Fortunately, it wasn't Liu Bei. If it was Liu Bei, he would definitely hold Li Changqing's hand and say one word—please stay, sir, you and I will fall asleep tonight.

Hiss... I can't think about it, goosebumps have already arisen.

Ying Zheng straightened his face and said, "Sir, there is one more person who wants to see you. As for meeting or not, Mister can decide for himself."

"Who?" Li Changqing asked.

Ying Zheng said: "The widow's mother!"

Li Changqing was startled when he heard that, Zhao Ji wanted to see him! ?

To see, or not to see?