Mrs. Qin Xiangguo

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In 236 BC, the Qin army attacked Qi.

General Wang Ben led the army, and the cavalry was like a broken bamboo all the way. Soon the soldiers came to the city and surrounded Linzi, the capital of Qi.

The news quickly spread to Qin State, and there were many discussions about it in the court.

"With Daliang first, I thought I could send someone to persuade him to surrender."

"Convincing people with virtue, not using swords, and not losing our soldiers, this is the best."

"No, when did the Qin State have Confucianism? Did the Wei people really surrender because of the benevolence of the Qin army? It wasn't because the Qin army was strong, they had no chance of winning!"

"It's all under the city, just fight!"

Civil servants and military generals held their own opinions, divided into several factions, and discussed endlessly.

After everyone discussed for a while, Li Si stood up slowly.

"Everyone," he said loudly, "whether it is persuasion or siege, the goal is to obtain Qi. Now that General Wang Ben has besieged Linzi, no matter what method he chooses, it is easy to win Qi. The most important thing at present is , After the six countries are unified, what should Qin do."

There was a shock all over the court.

Although Linzi has not been defeated yet, anyone with a discerning eye understands that it will happen sooner or later-it won't even take much time.

There is nothing wrong with Li Si's claim that this is after the discussion of unification.

As soon as he started, he immediately stood up boldly.

"Since King Ping of Zhou, the princes of the world have been separated and united for hundreds of years," said a civil servant. "Today, all the countries are united to Qin, which is enough to show that my king belongs to the destiny, and can be respected as the son of heaven like the king of Zhou."

When the voice fell to the ground, Qin Ting roared.

Some people agreed, some opposed, and there was another discussion.

Li Si stood there and patiently waited for them to finish their quarrel. When the quarrel was almost over, he said without hesitation: "In ancient times, King Wu defeated Zhou and destroyed Shang, and replaced him with the royal family of Zhou. But today is completely different from the past. The Qin State ended the princes. Chaos, I have never had any discord with Zhou Tianzi, let alone replace Zhou Tianzi. It is not appropriate to be respected as the emperor."

"Yes."

"The Qin family is not a descendant of the Zhou royal family, why do they want this title?"

"If you have to replace it, it will be practical."

While talking, the ministers began to clamor again.

But everyone present understood that Li Si's words were the words of King Qin.Without the monarch's permission, he will never stand up and make such a head.

So after further discussion, Qin Ting also roughly understood the meaning of the monarch.

After a decent discussion was almost over, Li Si turned and looked at the throne: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Qin Wangzheng on the throne: "The widow and the emperor of Zhou are neither related nor related. Since his shrine is enshrined, there is no need to replace it."

"I think so too."

Li Si said sincerely: "Not to mention the five emperors in ancient times, who were fertile and thousands of miles away. Although they were the sons of heaven, they could not control whether the princes and foreign barbarians worshiped or not. Today, the king has launched a large-scale righteous army, conquered bandits, pacified the Central Plains, set up prefectures and counties, and unified the law , is beyond the reach of the Five Emperors.

"The merit of the king is even greater than that of the five emperors. From this, I have a request: In ancient times, there were heaven, earth, and the emperor of Thailand. Among them, the emperor of Thailand is the most noble. If you risk your life to stand out, you can respect my king as the emperor of Thailand."

All the ministers were shocked!

The Son of Heaven is not enough, to be respected as the Emperor?

Throughout the ages, no one has thought of this!

But for King Qin...

"Tai will be spared," Qin Wangzheng said coldly, "you can use the character "Huang" and adopt the title of "Emperor" in ancient times, and the title is "Emperor". What do you think?"

What do you think?

None of the courtiers and ministers present dared to speak.

Everyone knows that when it comes to changing the name, it seems solemn, but it is actually more profound than the surface-the emperor of the week is no longer the emperor, and the future "emperor" will be higher than the emperor.

Then, is it possible to continue to use the weekly system that has lasted for hundreds of years?

The purpose of King Qin is not to change the name, he wants to change the system!

Even today is not a proposal, not to listen to suggestions, but to tell everyone in Qin Ting brightly: this is just the beginning!

After a long silence, someone still stood up.

"What a big deal this is," said the minister. "Should we wait for Xiangguo and Lord Xia Yang to return to the court before discussing it?"

A cautious proposal, so that everyone's eyes fall on the two empty seats in front of the throne.

Qin Wangzheng's head was lowered, and the crown covered the young monarch's sight and expression.The ministers couldn't figure out what was in their minds, but they also realized that King Qin also saw those two empty positions.

Yes, Lu Buwei and Zhao Weizhen are not here.

Both of them took leave at the same time.

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At the same time, Lu Mansion.

Zhao Weizhen walked slowly to the backyard, and saw Lu Buwei sitting alone in front of the chessboard under the tree, thinking with a jug in his hand.

He was dressed in light white and dark clothes, and his long hair was tied up with a hairpin casually.With the flagon in the left hand and the sunspot in the right, sitting in front of the chessboard is not out of shape, and there is a little comfort in being casual.

What he asked for was sick leave, but Lu Buwei's appearance has nothing to do with being sick.

"Play chess alone?"

Zhao Weizhen stepped forward, seeing black and white pieces on the chessboard fighting together, he said indifferently, "Shall I accompany you?"

Lu Buwei immediately laughed out loud: "Forget it."

Zhao Weizhen: "I despise me."

Lu Buwei: "It's not because I hate it, um... Weizhen's chess skills may not be solved."

Zhao Weizhen raised his eyebrows.

If you say you can't solve it, then you can't solve it, then she is too shameless!Hearing this, Zhao Weizhen became competitive, and simply lifted the corner of his skirt and sat beside Lu Buwei.

However, when she took a closer look, she realized that she really didn't quite understand.

"It's really murderous at every step." Zhao Weizhen's level of chess skills is indeed limited, so he can barely watch it all: "Heizi has the upper hand?"

"On the face of it, it does."

Lu Buwei didn't mind analyzing with Zhao Weizhen.He weighed the sunspot in his hand, and then stretched out his hand.

The slender fingertips put it on the chessboard, but they didn't drop the sunspot: "Put it here, how about Weizhen?"

Zhao Weizhen was very clear: "Heizi will lose."

"Yes."

Lu Buwei nodded: "This is a remnant game between me and the late king."

Zhao Weizhen: "..."

Mentioning the old man, Zhao Weizhen's expression became solemn, but Lu Buwei smiled wantonly: "It's okay, it's just a random game of chess when killing time. Back then, I was holding the sunspots, and I realized the situation when I came down here. The former king also found it interesting when he saw it, so he Immediately give up the game and start studying with me."

"What are you studying?"

"Study how the sunspots can win." Lu Buwei said calmly: "Just looking at it horizontally and vertically, this chess game seems to have the upper hand for the sunspots, but no matter how you go next, it will be a dead end."

Saying that, Lu Buwei shook his head.

"After the late king left, I often took it out and thought about it, but I really couldn't come up with a result." He regretted.

"Then what should we do?" Zhao Weizhen asked again.

"Nothing to do." Lu Buwei said, putting the sunspots in his hand back into the chess urn.The man brought the jug to his mouth: "When playing chess, sometimes you just admit defeat and openly admit that you are powerless, which is also a kind of victory."

Lu Buwei is rarely so presumptuous.

He has a good face, so he strictly abides by etiquette in every move, and even the strictest Confucian scholars can't think of picking trouble from him.Drinking directly from the flagon like today, he would never do it in normal times.

"Admit defeat, at least lose gloriously." Lu Buwei pointed out: "It's better than killing without leaving any bones."

Zhao Weizhen turned his head sideways.

She looked at him, then lowered her gaze, and reached for the man's flagon.The beautiful and exquisite wine jug has a big belly and is not small in volume, but Zhao Weizhen shook it lightly and found that there was not much liquid in it.

It's not like he just pretended a little.

This turtle son...

Lu Buwei didn't look at her, his breathing was steady, and there was no smell of alcohol.But after Zhao Weizhen took the jug, and with a little more force, the man's cheek finally turned around.

Their gazes collided, and Lu Buwei's eyes were foggy.

In broad daylight, I drank a lot.

"Buwei doesn't understand."

Meeting Zhao Weizhen's eyes, Lu Buwei whispered slowly: "Why is Weizhen so indifferent?"

He put down the hand of the chess piece and slowly caressed her cheek.

"From the man who narrowly escaped death in Handan and became the king of a country, to being a woman who owns a fief and has a place in the Qin court. Everything is so hard-won, how can Weizhen... say no, just don't want it?"

Whatever happens next is a dead end.

Heizi was talking about himself.

Zhao Weizhen heard about Li Si's run on him in the Qin court before, and then Lu Buwei kept asking for leave.

In the pre-Qin period, court meetings were infrequent and there were no major events. He was the prime minister, and no one blamed him for taking leave.It's just that Lu Buwei has been diligent and diligent for more than 20 years, and "hid" once he hit a wall.

Prove that he is really troubled.

Lu Buwei didn't want to let go, Zhao Weizhen understood.

He didn't want to let go, so he didn't understand why she could calculate so easily.

"You ask me?"

Zhao Weizhen lowered his voice.

It was rare for her to take the initiative and put her arms around the man's arms.Lu Buwei has always been thin and tall and strong for more than 20 years.Surrounded, I feel warm and powerful, even the faint smell of alcohol that can only be smelled close to it doesn't affect it.Zhao Weizhen slightly raised his head, his forehead brushed against the man's cheek: "Then let me tell you a secret."

Lu Buwei looked down at her.

"Because I came back from a later life." Zhao Weizhen's voice was barely audible.

Then Lu Buwei suddenly laughed.

"Really." Zhao Weizhen looked very serious: "Why don't you believe it?"

"letter."

Lu Buwei nodded heavily, as if playing with you to the end.He replied in a serious manner: "Weizhen's mind is full of strange and weird ideas, often with witty words and eclectic thinking. If the descendants return, it will make sense."

"Yes." Zhao Weizhen went on to say, "So I know that you will become the prime minister of Qin, and that Qin will unify the world. In my opinion, this is the same as Zhou's destruction of Yin and Shang. It is a matter recorded in history books."

"That's why it's so easy for Weizhen to let go."

"These things can't be brought or taken away. Without me, the world will still function as usual."

"Na Weizhen should also know what will happen to Buwei after that." Lu Buwei said meaningfully.

"I know." Zhao Weizhen shook his head, and replied truthfully: "Lu Buwei and Qin Wangzheng are completely divorced. You are obsessed with power, and you are domineering in the court. There are three thousand diners in the mansion, and all the diners from all over the world are friends with you. Qin Wangzheng I am afraid of you just like the King of Wei is afraid of Lord Xinling, he reprimands you for not serving the country, falsely calling you the Marquis of Wenxin and the father of King Zhong of Qin, and wants your whole family to be exiled to Shu."

"Just exile?"

Lu Buwei held a faint smile, and seemed to argue seriously: "If Buwei can do this, the King of Qin will definitely not allow Buwei to live."

"You were afraid of harming your family. On the way to Sichuan, you committed suicide with a glass of poisoned wine." Zhao Weizhen added calmly.

"Really? That's too scary." Lu Buwei said deliberately: "Is Weizhen trying to persuade me, or threatening me?"

"You'd better take it seriously."

Zhao Weizhen said: "It's easier to think of it this way."

Lu Buwei: "But Buwei never thinks simply."

"Yes." Zhao Weizhen paused: "So you should understand. No matter how Heizi goes, he is a dead end. If King Qin doesn't move you, I will do it."

"So it's threatening me."

"so what?"

Lu Buwei wasn't annoyed, but his eyes were slightly drunk with emotion.

"This is the Weizhen I know." He whispered, "Buwei is very angry when he hears it, but he is very happy in his heart."

"Lu Buwei."

Zhao Weizhen's tone suddenly changed a bit.

Her voice was still clear and calm, but the end of a name only added intimacy and annoyance.

"People live their whole life, seeking profit when they are young, seeking power in middle age, and in the end, what they want is a reputation after death? Now that you have abandoned your son and surrendered, you can still leave a glorious and good reputation."

Zhao Weizhen held up the man's cheeks: "I also know that you should take in three thousand diners. People have such a reputation, so you ask them to compile history books and keep their names in history. I advised you not to accept diners. I will write this history book with you. How about you?"

Lu Buwei couldn't help but raised his arms to hold Zhao Weizhen's hand: "Am I drunk, or is Weizhen drunk?"

Did he mean it?

But that being said, Lu Buwei still understood what Zhao Weizhen meant.

"It's an opportunity." He murmured: "The unification of the Qin State is to settle the old affairs. If you want to beat the old ministers and the nobles of the countries, demoting and punishing the two important ministers of the country will definitely be effective."

"You sell well."

Zhao Weizhen reminded: "The monarch will accept your love and miss you forever."

Lu Buwei: "Otherwise, if I sit here and do nothing, I will be a target."

He is still very clear.

Thinking clearly, but unwilling to let go, Zhao Weizhen can also understand.

If she hadn't come from a later life, I'm afraid she wouldn't be willing to do it—every penny, every penny, every name, every fortune, the great power and status are all earned by herself.Why let it go?

Because of this, Zhao Weizhen was willing to persuade him patiently.

"Think about it," she said, "don't let what you can't hold on to get you."

"I know."

Lu Buwei said: "Weizhen is sober, and Buwei is not a fool."

At this point, there is already a sense of agreement between his words.

Zhao Weizhen put down the jug and was about to speak, Wei Xing hurried over.

"Master, ma'am," he said before he had time to confess his sins, which showed that there was something serious about it, "Brother has received news that General Wang Ben has won a great victory, and King Qi has surrendered!"

Lu Buwei and Zhao Weizhen were both stunned.

The two looked at each other, and then breathed a sigh of relief in unison.

When Qi falls, the six kingdoms are finally united.

Zhao Weizhen closed his eyes and stood up: "Go and prepare."

Wei Xing was taken aback: "Do, what are you going to do?"

Zhao Weizhen smiled: "Why did King Qin Zhao give me the Commandment Sword back then?"

He wanted her to be Mrs. Lunyi, a person who supervised the Qin court, and gave her a sword as a token.When the world is unified, she will personally return the Commandment Sword to King Qin.

The sword was given to Zhao Weizhen by Ying Zheng.

At that time, others were not even much higher than this sword.

"This sword."

Zhao Weizhen was filled with emotion: "It's finally the day to return it."