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It has been more than 900 years since the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty. The surname of the country is Ying. The current emperor named Ying Zhai is an emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty. He is less than 40 years old and has reigned for 21 years.

Ying Zhai is of medium build, less than 1.7 meters and [-] centimeters tall, and slightly fat. As the emperor, his face is not rich, but looks like a bitter melon.

"President Wu Zheng Yuming sees His Majesty!" When Zheng Yuming saw Ying Zhai, he immediately bowed and saluted.

When Zheng Yuming came to Haojing, he discovered that there were many people descended from nobles here, and they paid great attention to etiquette.

Even if the descendants of the down-and-out aristocrats are poor, they will not go out without dark clothes, and they will not travel far without accessories.When you go out and walk on the road, you meet acquaintances, and when you meet each other, you greet each other carefully. In the busy city, there are few people making loud noises.

Zheng Yuming and Zhao Xuan traveled by car yesterday, the people of Haojing Aimei didn't want to leave, they followed the carriage all the time, no one uttered loud interruptions, they only whispered in low voices.

Zheng Yuming and Zhao Xuan turned back to the hotel, and the people who admired the beauty dispersed quietly.The ritual and music education of the residents of Haojing is obviously much deeper than that of the people in other places.

Since the common people in the capital of the emperor pay attention to etiquette, the nobles pay more attention to etiquette.Daqin originally ruled the country with etiquette, and this inheritance has not changed for more than 900 years.

It's just that Qin Tianzi's land became smaller and smaller due to the enfeoffment system, and his influence became weaker and weaker.Up to now, only the area around Haojing is under the jurisdiction of Qin Tianzi, and the land area is not as large as Ulsan County in Wu State.

"Zheng Qing, please get up quickly! I have heard of Zheng Qing's virtuous name for a long time, and seeing him today, it is indeed true!" Ying Zhai stepped down from the throne, helped Zheng Yuming up himself, and invited Zheng Yuming to take a seat with a very enthusiastic attitude.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the seat! Yu Ming wanted to pay homage to His Majesty a long time ago, but he suffered from the long distance and the inconvenience of walking, so he finally got his wish today." Zheng Yuming did not take any credit for helping Ying Zhai pay off his debts.

Ying Zhai is a very hard-working emperor.He ascended the throne 20 years ago, and the second year of his ascension is the year of pilgrimage for the princes.During the pilgrimage of the princes that time, Ying Zhai, the new emperor, was no longer in their eyes.

Ying Zhai was too young at that time, he had just ascended the throne, and his ability to handle affairs was not strong.When the kings and princes gathered for a banquet, due to the improper arrangement of seats, the monarchs of Qi and Lu countries had conflicts, and they drew their swords to meet each other at the banquet. The competition for the seat became the fuse of the more than ten-year war between Qi and Lu.

After the war between Qi and Lu, it will be the year of pilgrimage, except for some small princes around Haojing who will come to worship Yingzhai, and the monarchs of the six major princes will come to Haojing again. The generous princes will send envoys to send some tribute, and the stingy princes will start Nothing.The small and medium vassal states of the Great Qin followed suit.Ying Zhai really became a loner.

As an emperor, the fiefdom shrinks year by year, and the income becomes less and less.With less income, in order to maintain his status, the ostentation cannot be reduced, and the tribute from the princes has become the main source of the emperor's daily expenses.

As the princes and monarchs refused to pay homage in person, the tribute sent by envoys became more and more perfunctory. In recent years, the princes and monarchs even canceled the tribute on the pretext of disasters in the fiefdoms.

Without the tribute, Ying Zhai still has to spend.Last year, the Rong people broke through the Xiguan pass and entered the Dahe River Basin to plunder, and the villages outside the city of Haojing were severely damaged.After the Rong people retreated, the Xiguan pass and the small towns around Haojing had to be repaired and rebuilt, which required a lot of money.

It can be said that Ying Zhai has nothing in his pocket, and he has no money to repair the damaged city.The Xiguan pass to the west of Haojing is a necessary passage to resist the nomads in the north. If that place is not built and consolidated, the river basin will be open for the nomads to plunder at will.

Just when Ying Zhai had no choice but to break his head, Zheng Yuming sent a letter of request for Tang Tang's rectification.

There are many Wu country merchants in Haojing. The goods produced in Wu country are flooding the Haojing market, and they are passed on by word of mouth by the merchants. Many deeds of Zheng Yuming are widely spread in Haojing. The rumors about Zheng Yuming are all positive, except for Zheng Yuming. To marry a wife is to find the right man, which will make some people complain.

In order to solve his financial difficulties, Ying Zhai reached a deal with Zheng Yuming.Ying Zhai is the name of Wu Guo's conquest of the Tang Dynasty. Wu Guo helps Ying Zhai initiate a pilgrimage call. Ying Zhai urgently needs the tributes offered by the princes and monarchs to be sold into coins to repair the West Pass.

The pilgrimage is in May, and before that, the Xiguan Pass cannot be left in such a dilapidated state.There are many rich merchants in Haojing, and Ying Zhai first borrowed coins from the rich merchants to repair key passes, and then repaired the city tower and palace of Haojing.

The palace where the hard-working Emperor Qin lived had not been maintained for fifteen or sixteen years, and the copper cladding on the palace gate was stained with rust. For the sake of face, General Ying Zhai also repaired the palace.

The day when Ying Zhai promised to return the money to the rich merchants was in May, and at the beginning of May, the merchants came to Ying Zhai to ask for money.The pilgrimage day for princes and monarchs is May [-]th, and Ying Zhai’s urgently needed tribute will only be received on that day. Before that, Ying Zhai was struggling with daily expenses, so he could not return the money to the merchants.

The merchant went to the palace gate to collect debts, but Ying Zhai avoided seeing him.The merchants blocked the gate of the palace to make a noise, Ying Zhai sneaked outside the palace to find a place to be quiet, but was discovered by the merchants and blocked on the high platform.

When Zheng Yuming followed Huangmen to meet Yingdi, he bribed Huangmen with ten Wu coins, and learned the ins and outs of Yingdi's hiding of debts from Huangmen.Knowing the cause and effect, Zheng Yuming was filled with emotion.

As the king of an empire, it is not sad to be in such a predicament.Ying Zhai, as an emperor, was not as arrogant and refused to pay back the money as the old men who owed debts in later generations, which made Zheng Yuming a little respectful.

After all, Ying Zhai still has thousands of troops in his hands, so he can use his identity and the army to threaten businessmen not to come to collect debts. Ying Zhai did not do this, but felt that it was very unreasonable to delay repaying the money. He dared not face the businessmen. Zhai is a more polite and reasonable emperor.

"Director Zheng, you are the third son of the Wu Kingdom, why don't you restore your original surname?"

Zheng Yuming is polite and has an outstanding appearance. He has great respect for Ying Di, and Ying Di likes him more and more.

"Your Majesty! Yuming was murdered by a treacherous concubine when he was young, and almost died. Fortunately, he was rescued by his adoptive father overseas. The adoptive father has no son, and Yu Ming is a fake son. If he returns to his original surname, he will surely be sorry for his adoptive father's rescue and upbringing." Grace." Zheng Yuming explained respectfully.

"Hey! Gu understands why Qing didn't inherit the position of the lord of Wu, but provoked the society of Wu! Your righteousness is rare in the world, and you are a benevolent gentleman!" Ying Zhai couldn't help but praise.

Ying Zhai thought that Zheng Yuming could not change his surname in order to repay the kindness of his adoptive father, so he humbly conceded the position of Lord Wu.

It is not something ordinary people can do to give up the position of the head of a country in order to repay the kindness.

In order to repay the favor of the Wu royal family, Zheng Yuming took up the political affairs of the Wu state without complaint or regret, which is not something ordinary people can insist on.

"Your Majesty's praise, this is the duty of a son of man!" Zheng Yuming continued to be modest.Often regarded as the young master Ming, in a trance, Zheng Yuming felt that he was the poor child who died young.

Ying Zhai met Zheng Yuming for nearly an hour, but he didn't say a word of thanks to Zheng Yuming. During this time, Zheng Yuming didn't mention the matter of repaying the money.

Ying Zhai waited for Zheng Yuming to leave, and sighed to the waiter beside him: "I never thought that the moral education has collapsed to this point, and there is such a virtuous and benevolent prince. Mr. Ming can be called the number one gentleman in the Qin Dynasty!"

Speaking of this, Ying Zhai recalled the domineering kings of other powerful countries, and he was cautious in the face of them, and couldn't help wiping away the tears that fell due to sadness with his sleeves. Since he ascended the throne, Zheng Yuming is the ruler of a powerful country who respects him the most.

After Ying Zhai was sad, he summoned the scribe to record today's meeting with Zheng Yuming, focusing on the content of the record, which is what Zheng Yuming did to preserve both life and grace.

As soon as Zheng Yuming returned to the hotel and sat down, Zhao Xuan brought Wu Mian over from the next door.

"Brother Yu, how did Tianjun thank you?" Zhao Xuan and Zheng Yuming were already very close, and as soon as he came in, he asked Yingdi the specific process of summoning Zheng Yuming.

"Heavenly Lord summoned Yuming to ask about the state of Wu, why did he say thank you?" Zheng Yuming rolled his eyes.

It is disgraceful for Ying Zhai to hide from the high platform to avoid debts. Even if he thanked Zheng Yuming for his help, Ying Zhai would not say it outright.

"Hey, Brother Yu, you didn't even mention the 30 gold?" Zhao Xuan was pragmatic by nature, and no matter how well he learned the Six Arts, it was just superficial.

Zheng Yuming's face was serious: "Brother Wang doesn't know something. Tianjun owed money to repair the important pass of the West Pass, and to keep the Rong people out of the pass. This is for the benefit of the people of the world. Yu Ming only hates it. Knowing too late, we cannot help sooner, which will cause Tianjun to suffer grievances."

In fact, Ying Zhai only spent [-] gold coins to rebuild the Xiguan pass, and the other coins were used to renovate the city of Haojing and the palace.

Zhao Xuan hurriedly made an apology: "This is for my brother's sake. Tianjun repairing the West Gate is also beneficial to our country. When I meet Tianjun, Xuan will express my gratitude."

Zhao Xuan said it nicely, but he despised Ying Di's incompetence in his heart. The emperor of a country was blocked by creditors, which is really incompetent. Zhao Xuan believed that Ying Di was not worthy of being emperor.

Zheng Yuming didn't come to Haojing to respect Emperor Qin, he came to Haojing to expand Wu's influence and establish Wu's benevolent image.He actually had the same idea as Zhao Xuan in his heart, thinking that Emperor Qin was too useless, and that the winner's throne of emperor would be taken away by the feudal lords sooner or later.

The two were talking, when Gongsun Pan came from the door, followed by a strange nobleman about 30 years old.

"My lord, this is the Governor of the Xu Kingdom, and he is of the same clan as the Headmaster Wang Jie." After Gongsun Pan, Zheng Yuming, and Zhao Xuan met the ceremony, they introduced the status of the nobles who came in.

"So it's Governor Wang!" Zheng Yuming stood up to greet him. The home country of famous scholar Wang Jie was Xu Country.

"Wang Zheng has met the young master, he has seen Jun Zhao!" Wang Zheng is the same generation as Wang Jie, and he is offering sacrifices to an ancestor.

"Governor Wang! Your country is full of talented people. It is really a place with a long history of culture and etiquette." Because of Wang Jie, many talented people from Xu State went to Wu State to serve. As a magistrate, Zheng Yuming wanted to be intimate with Xu's royal family out of emotion and reason, not to mention that Wang Zheng was still Wang Jie's younger brother.

"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your praise. Mr. Wang is impressed by his eclectic appointment of talents!" Zheng Yuming praised Xu Guo, and Wang Zheng was neither humble nor humble.

Wang Zheng came here specially to meet Zheng Yuming, and he admired Zheng Yuming's actions very much.

Zhao Xuan was listening, and his heart was sour. Zheng Yuming could appoint talents without any scruples, but for a promotion exam, he was tied up and had to compete with the nobles and aristocratic families of Zhao State.

"I heard that the state of Qi is in chaos, does Governor Wang know about it?" Zhao Xuan wanted to know the situation of the civil strife between Qi and Lu. Xu State is adjacent to Qi State. As Wang Zheng is an official of Xu State, the situation of Qi State may be clear.

Hearing Zhao Xuan's question, Wang Zheng let out a long sigh. "The state of Qi is in great chaos this time!"

"Why is the state of Qi in such chaos this time?" Zheng Yuming knew the reason for the state of Qi's chaos, but he still had to pretend not to understand.

"Qi State has fought against Lu State for more than ten years, and the people are already suffering due to tax increases. In addition, the severe drought and cold disasters in recent years have made it even worse." Wang Zheng shook his head when he said this: "Zheng was sent to Qi State last year. After entering the country, a strange phenomenon was discovered, many villages in Qi had no children."

"No children?" Zheng Yuming was puzzled. Could it be that everyone in Qidi was starving and infertile?

"Did he starve to death due to lack of food?" Zhao Xuan guessed the reason.

"No!" Wang Zheng couldn't bear it: "It's because most of the people of Qi don't adopt children."

Gongsun Pan traveled to many places, and immediately found out a reason: "Is it because the people of Qi have bad customs? Don't you have children in a calamity?"

People at this time do not understand natural phenomena, and when encountering an evil year, they will kill the child conceived in that year at birth, thinking that the child conceived in an evil year is born of evil spirits.

"It's not a bad habit." Wang Zheng continued to shake his head. This kind of bad habit is too cruel and has been opposed by people with knowledge. This kind of behavior was banned by the kings of Zhao and Wu a hundred years ago.

"Then why?" Zhao Xuan's face was serious, and he thought of a possibility.

"Qi Min can't support himself, and he can't raise children after giving birth. Qi Min can only kill after giving birth! This is why there are no children under the age of seven or eight in many places in Qi!"

What Wang Zheng meant was that the people of Qi State had killed newborns seven or eight times in a row.

"Bang!" Zhao Xuan clapped the case: "Without a child for seven or eight years, that means seven or eight years of hard life. If things go on like this, Qi will perish!"

Zhao Xuan valued people's livelihood. Last year Zhao Xuan was devastated by the army in the northwestern border of Zhao State. Zhao Xuan did his best to help his people. Zhao Xuan did not agree with the monarch of Qi State who allowed his people to struggle on the verge of death for seven or eight years.

"What Mr. Zhao said is very true. Nowadays, there are villagers rioting everywhere in Qi State, and Qi Wangting is in danger! This pilgrimage, Qi Jun may not be able to make it." Wang Zheng guessed.

There are still three days before the day of pilgrimage. Among the six great powers, apart from the two countries of Zhao and Wu, the king of Chen and Er, the eldest son of Chu, also came. The son Er represents the king of Chu.The kings of Qi and Lu did not arrive.

"I heard that the country of Lu is not peaceful? Is it the same?" Zheng Yuming asked Wang Zheng again.

"Qi and Lu have been fighting for more than ten years, and they also suffered from famines. The situation should be similar." This is Gongsun's answer on behalf of Wang Zheng. Wang Zheng has never been to Lu, and he doesn't know the situation of Lu, but Gongsun Pan, who has traveled in both Qi and Lu. However, I have some understanding of the situation of the two countries.

"Hey, the king is stupid, and the people suffer." Zheng Yuming sighed.

"The master of mediocrity should be replaced by Ming Jun!" Zhao Xuan snorted coldly.

"That's right! Mr. Zhao is right. Qi and Lu should re-elect their kings." Wang Zheng nodded in agreement.

Zheng Yuming and Gongsun Pan glanced at each other, they both understood what Zhao Xuan meant, Zhao Xuan wanted to replace him, Zhao Xuan's ambition was the same as that of Wu Guo.

On the fifteenth day of the fifth month, the kings of Qi and Lu did not come to worship, and they did not even send a pilgrimage envoy.Seeing this, many kings and lords privately accused King Qilu of being impolite.

Another middle-level country that was absent was the country of Yan. The monarch of the country of Yan also did not come to Haojing, nor did he send envoys. For the country of Yan, which was not considered a powerful country, the voices of the kings and lords were much quieter.