At the end of November, on a hillside on the border of Wei State, Zhao Taizixuan was riding a horse looking southeast.More than 50 miles away is Qucheng, which is the destination he originally wanted to go to.Now because Beihou was killed and lost the food and grass supply and camping place, coupled with the sudden cold weather and heavy snow, Zhao Jun had to stop in a small city on the border of Weiguo.

"Prince, Beihou is really incompetent. A Qu city has been taken by hundreds of people." Zhao Wuzai patted the horse next to Zhao Xuan angrily. The army rushed day and night to recapture the city, but was blocked at the border by a heavy snow.Qucheng has already stationed [-] Wu troops, plus one or two thousand Qucheng soldiers who have surrendered. Relying on the high city wall and strong wind and snow, they can easily keep Zhao Jun out of the city gate.

"Hey, the governor of Luoyan seems to be lucky, even God is helping him." Zhao Xuan looked greedily into the distance.

If his cousin Prince Zhao succeeded to the throne of King Wu, Qucheng and several surrounding cities would be included in the territory of Zhao State.If Beihou is not dead, after Zhao Jun helps Beihou win the throne, these places will also be the territory of Zhao State.It's a pity that Beihou was too disabled, and he couldn't survive until Zhao Jun entered the fief and died.

"Report to the prince! The envoy of King Wei is asking to see you." A soldier came from the station on horseback to report.

"Prince, King Wei should have brought food and grass to our army." Zhao Wuzai smiled after hearing this.

Zhao Xuan laughed loudly: "Does he dare to obediently deliver food and grass to the army? Wu Guozheng is too busy to take care of himself, and Wu is no longer his reliance in the game!"

Zhao Wuzai turned his eyes, and stepped forward to offer advice: "Prince, after the snow melts and captures Qucheng, it is better to annex Weiguo after returning to the division."

"If the country of Wu is stable and the Wu army wins the battle with the Tang army, our army will not be able to take Qucheng at ease. As for the state of Wei..." Zhao Xuan thought for a while and shook his head. There is no reason for the extermination.

Zhao Xuan now hopes that King Tang will fight for his strength and not be vulnerable like Yiji and Beihou.What he hopes most is that Wu and Tang will fall into a tug-of-war like Lu and Qi. If so, Wu's military and national strength will be implicated, and he will not be able to control the northwest direction. Not only will Zhao be able to swallow Beihou with peace of mind. In the future, he can find an excuse to take Wu Guo's strategic buffer country Wei Guo into his pocket.

Zhao Xuan and Wu Zai returned to the barracks from the slope to meet the envoys of the State of Wei. The envoys sent by the State of Wei were Shihe, the youngest son of King Wei, and an old official.

"Father said that your country has worked hard for righteousness. Paishi sent some food and grass and other property. Please accept it with a smile." Wei Shi was only eighteen or nine years old, and his demeanor seemed a little immature. Shi must be careful and humble in front of Zhao Xuan, and must not offend Prince Zhao, making Wei Shi feel nervous when he sees Zhao Xuan.

"Thank you, Mr. Wei, for your kindness. Xuan accepted it with a smile." Zhao Xuan said kindly.

The old courtiers of Wei Guo quickly presented the reward list.

Zhao Xuan opened the list of gifts and looked. It listed enough food and grass for Zhao Jun to consume for a month, a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, brocade and silk, and finally six maids and two envoys.

"The military camp is full of rough-handed tigers. Our king was worried that the prince's daily life would not be used by his servants, so he carefully selected a few maids and waiters. How about the prince to take a look at it?" the old courtier of the Wei State said flatteringly.

Zhao Xuan smiled slightly, and understood that these maids and waiters were not here to take care of his daily life, but King Wu specially prepared to warm his bed for him.

"Your Majesty, worry!"

Although the country of Wei is small in size, it has always been rich in beauties. The six maids are all charming, and the two waiters have handsome faces, red lips and white teeth.After Zhao Xuan looked at them one by one, he could not help but secretly praise Wei Guo for its water and soil to support people.Satisfied with the gift from King Wei, Zhao Xuan set up a banquet to entertain the envoys from the Kingdom of Wei, and let the beauties sent by the Kingdom of Wei perform music at the banquet.

Wei Shi saw that Zhao Xuan was very kind to him, spoke elegantly and politely, not at all as sinister and overbearing as his father described, so he couldn't help but relax, he was no longer restrained at the banquet, and he was in the mood to enjoy food and wine.

Zhao Xuan lay reclined on the couch, propped his head up with one hand, and sipped lightly with the wine glass in the other.The six maids were singing and dancing. Their pretty faces and soft waists attracted the attention of everyone in the banquet.Zhao Xuan glanced at Wei Shi's seat, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.After Wei Shi relaxed, he drank a lot of wine. The maid who was singing and dancing at the banquet caught his attention. Wei Shi was fascinated by the graceful dancing posture, his face was flushed, and his mouth opened wide unconsciously.

Just as the singing and dancing were in full swing, Zhao Guo's secret work in Wu's capital sent the latest news of Wu.

"Zheng Yuming refuses to inherit the throne?" Zhao Xuan was surprised.

"Yes, the court ministers of the King of Wu knelt down to ask Mr. Luoyan to succeed him, but he refused." Xizuo followed the habit of the people in Kangcheng in addressing Zheng Yuming.

"Hehe, it's just a pretense." Zhao Xuan sarcastically said, who doesn't want to climb to the pinnacle of power, pretending to shirk is just to secure the throne.Zhao Xuan was dubious about Zheng Yuming's son status, but for the benefit of Zhao country, he couldn't admit it.

"Mr. Luoyan said that he fled overseas 11 years ago. He only returned to Wu to visit his father and elder brother. He was ordered by his elder brother to lead the army to quell the chaos. Now that the overall situation of Wu State has been settled, his mission has been completed. Governor Luoyan not only does not care about himself. I would like to inherit the throne, and I also recommend Xihou and my uncle as candidates for the throne."

"Nominate two candidates? Who has the chance of winning?" Zhao Xuan stroked his chin, thinking about Zheng Yuming's motives.Xihou is also a concubine, he is the uncle of the King of Wu, and Gong Ziming's concubine is the only surviving younger brother of the King of Wu. If Gong Ziming does not want to be the King of Wu, these two are the closest blood relatives and the most qualified.

"It's Xihou, son Ming's concubine uncle has a bad character and was rejected by the court ministers. This concubine acted as an accomplice when the treacherous concubine made trouble and killed another concubine brother." Doctor Jiang, who was in the prison in Wangcheng, confessed the dirty things about the candidate for the throne.

"Then the next king of Wu will be Xihou?"

"That was the opinion of the court ministers of King Wu when I came out from the royal capital." Because of the snow and the difficulty of traveling, Zhao Guoxizuo rode five days from Kangcheng to Zhao Xuan's place.The news of the secret work was five days ago.

"Why doesn't Mr. Luoyan take the throne himself? Is he really a fake son? Afraid that his position on the throne will be unstable?" Zhao Xuan's eyes lit up when he thought of this: "How is the war between Wu and Tang? Is Wu Jun at a disadvantage? Location?"

"Wu's army is not at a disadvantage. The news from Wu's border to the capital is that Tang's army has been surrounded by Wu's army. They lack food, clothing, and firewood for heating. Tang's army dies of frostbite and starvation every day. The people in Cannes guess that Tang's army has surrendered." It took two days for the news to reach Cannes from the border, and the people of Cannes firmly believed that Tang Jun would not survive two more days and nights of hunger and cold.

Zhao Xuan was stunned after hearing this, and murmured: "Could it be that Mr. Luoyan is really Mr. Ming? It's because of humility that he refuses to inherit the throne?"

The Northern Marquis was destroyed, the Tang army was trapped, Wu was no longer a threat, the army was in the hands of Chu Chaohui and Wei Ren, even if Zheng Yuming was a fake son, he could still sit on the throne, but the stable throne was given to others, it can only be said that he It's really humility.If this Zheng Yuming is not a fool, he can only be described as a real gentleman.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xuan began to feel irritable.If Zheng Yuming ascended to the throne, Zhao Guo could also use Beihou's letter to question Zheng Yuming's sonship, and use soldiers to occupy Qucheng from Wu as a reason for Beihou's revenge.But now if the throne of King Wu is inherited by Xihou, Zhao Guo will have no excuse to send troops. Xihou's successor qualifications are higher than that of Beihou, and Zhao Guo has nothing to question him.

Zhao Xuan seemed preoccupied when he returned to the banquet, he was really not reconciled to Zhao Jun spending [-] yuan and working hard for half a month but returning without success.Zhao Xuan was drinking and meditating, but was interrupted by a scream from the singing and dancing maid.He looked up, and it turned out that Mr. Wei was drunk, stood up and staggered to the table to grab the skirt of the dancing maid.The young master's out-of-the-ordinary behavior caused the generals of Zhao State to laugh at the banquet.

Zhao Xuan watched this scene, the corners of his mouth turned up, and there was a smile in his eyes. He had no excuse to ask for land from Wu, but taking advantage of Wu's vital energy, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire Wei. .As for the reason for the annexation, there is no immediate possibility of making one.

When Zhao Xuan was thinking about annexing Weiguo, Xihou was lying dying on the big bed in the palace of Kangcheng due to an old injury.

After Chu Chaohui knew Zheng Yuming's thoughts when he returned to the king, he went out of the palace early the next morning to do something. He took Huang Zhong to the prison to interrogate Dr. Jiang.On the third day, Dr. Jiang and the rest of the party accused King Wu's concubine's incriminating statement in front of the court ministers.The only surviving candidate for the succession of the three concubines of the King of Wu was immediately rejected by the ministers of the royal court.General Hussars and many nobles once again asked Zheng Yuming to succeed him, but Zheng Yuming still resolutely refused.

Xihou father and son and Wei Shen supported the coffin of son Guang and entered the capital under the escort of Guo Si.Yiji is gone, Dr. Jiang and Xi Sima of the remaining party have been arrested, son Guang's vengeance has been avenged, and after his wish is fulfilled, the coffin will be buried in the royal tomb.

Only when Xihou arrived in the capital did he know that he had become a candidate for the throne. When Zheng Yuming asked Xihou to succeed him, Xihou asked Zheng Yuming to inherit the throne in turn.The two repeatedly yielded in front of the throne, and finally Xihou was weaker than Zheng Yuming, so Zheng Yuming forcibly pressed him on the throne to accept the congratulations from the court ministers.

After Xihou was forced to inherit the throne, he was always in a bad mood. It was not until Zheng Yuming had a long heart-to-heart discussion with him at night that Xihou's brows slowly eased. The next day, Zheng Yuming was appointed as the prime minister in the royal court. In terms of administrative affairs, Chu Chaohui was the general secretary of the military and commanded the Wu army.The post of chief minister was established by Xihou, the executive chief minister was the head of civil officials, and the military chief minister was the head of generals.The two Prime Ministers are directly responsible to King Wu.

After the overall situation in the capital was stabilized, Chu Chaohui returned to the border.The army led by Zhou Cheng, Dong Sima and Nan Sima had surrounded the Tang army. Under the hunger and cold, the Tang army was desperate. Facing the desperate situation, the king of Tang sent envoys to discuss peace with the Wu army.Chu Chaohui returned to the army to reap the fruits of victory.

The author has something to say: Butterfly believes that democracy is relative to dictatorship.

The feudal family system can be called a republic in Chinese history, and the republic essentially means co-governance, which means co-governance with the princes.Under the enfeoffment system, in fact, the highest privilege is substantially restricted by the scattered privileges, that is, the privileges are divided.Therefore, the highest privilege can be weakened on the one hand, and on the other hand, a substantial restrictive relationship is formed between the privileges.We can see from the historical facts of the struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period that the privileges of mutual checks and balances reserved the necessary space for the growth of social rights.On this point, we can also draw the same conclusion from the historical facts of the growth of the British rule of law.The other is that highly centralized privileges are capable and bound to exercise total dictatorship over society.That is to say, privilege must extend into every cell of society, and society is extremely eroded or even wiped out by privilege.Scholars who study Chinese history or culture regard the transformation of China's national system from the feudal family system to the centralized family system as a historical progress.In fact, this is just the improvement of the dictatorship system itself and the further strengthening of privileges, and it is definitely not a blessing for society or the people.These people only saw the wars that occurred under the enfeoffment system, but did not see: the space reserved for the growth of society and rights due to the division of privileges.The prosperity of Chinese culture in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods is the fruit of this space.Besides, how can wars really be avoided under the centralized system?

Butterfly chooses this space-time background because he thinks it is suitable for cultivating democratic consciousness.Democracy that many readers understand is the most advanced democracy in the world, but there are still endless debates about which kind of democracy is the most advanced in the world. Butterfly still doesn’t know which kind of democracy is most suitable for human beings. , Look at the people next door under the rule of Big Fatty Jin, you can't help but hate this system.

There is no fixed system in the world. It has been continuously improved with the progress of mankind. Even in today's modernization, there are various political systems on the earth, and those in power all think that their own political system is the best.

Now I feel that the most perfect system may be eliminated in the next few hundred years.As long as the earth is immortal and the consciousness of democracy is deeply rooted in people's minds, one family will never become the mainstream again.

In addition, readers should not criticize Xiao Zheng. His so-called democracy is not outdated and forcibly implemented. In addition, everyone should not use our country's development laws to refute Xiao Zheng. The villa given to Xiao Zheng by butterflies is a golden finger against the sky. The common people have enough food and clothing to free up their labor force to develop industries.Just imagine America went directly from slavery to capitalist society.According to the metaphor of Butterfly Chaos, Zheng Chu is like the Mayflower ship in another world, and the people of Wu are like the passengers on the Mayflower wooden boat. Of course, the people of Daqin are not Indians.After having an economic and cultural foundation, can't democratic consciousness germinate slowly?These two foundations, Xiao Zheng will spend his whole life working hard!

In fact, when it comes to ideological issues, there has always been only debate and no unity.Butterfly is YY's work. Since it is YY, there are inevitably loopholes everywhere. Interested readers can continue to read.I would like to thank the subscribers for their support. From the first book, it is because of your existence that the fourth novel of Butterfly is possible.

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