Mrs. Qin Xiangguo

095

In 245 BC, Xia Yangjun Zhao Weizhen was sent to Wei State.

During the Wei period, Zhao Weizhen persuaded the king of Wei to cede fifteen cities to Qin, and the two countries signed an alliance.Qin State stopped attacking Wei.

Zhao Weizhen sent an envoy stationed in Wei, and ordered that after she left Daliang, ten thousand taels of gold should be delivered to Lord Xinling's mansion with beating of gongs and drums, congratulating Lord Xinling on "immediately becoming king".

By the time Lord Xinling planned to settle the score with Zhao Weizhen, she had already dragged her family to the border of Qin and Wei early.

At the same time, Zhao Weizhen also ordered the caravan to pick up the family members of the old general Lian Po, and when they returned to Xianyang along the way, they placed the old general's family in Xiayang City.

Coming and going, plus the time of the mission, she was away for half a year after such a business trip.

The carriage entered the city gate of Xianyang, Zhao Weizhen didn't even return home, and ordered Wei Xing to drive the carriage directly to Zhangtai Palace.

Zhao Weizhen stepped into the side hall, and as soon as he crossed the threshold, he saw the young man standing up straight after the long case.

Ying Zheng put the white pages of the book on one side of the long case, took two steps, and greeted him proactively, "Ma'am!"

Zhao Weizhen was stunned by the hoarse voice when the teenager changed his voice. Before she could react, she was surprised by the change of Ying Zheng's figure.

Zhao Weizhen stared wide-eyed: "Your Majesty, why are you so tall?!"

Puberty children grow rapidly, only half a year, Ying Zheng, who had just entered puberty when he left, has not only changed his voice, but his height is almost equal to that of Zhao Weizhen!

Because of the fast draw, the 14-year-old juvenile monarch looks thinner than half a year ago, and the last trace of immaturity and innocence in his face has also disappeared with the change of lines.

Except for those sharp phoenix eyes that have never changed, Ying Zheng now looks like a young man with sharp edges and corners.

Even……

Whenever future generations have seen Ying Zheng and Ying Zichu, Zhao Weizhen muttered in his heart, they would never question who his biological father was.

After the round curves disappeared completely, the facial features of the young Yingzheng were almost exactly the same as those of the former Prince Chu.

It is that his face is more angular, his temperament is more ruthless, and the 14-year-old monarch still has the unique spirit of a young man, which completely distinguishes him from his father.

Zhao Weizhen is called a sigh.

As if yesterday, he was still a little douding who had to be hugged by his mother to escape.

Now he looks like an adult!

"Fortunately, I came back quickly." Zhao Weizhen said with emotion: "If it takes a few more months, I'm afraid I won't be able to recognize the king."

When Ying Zheng heard this, a smile flashed across the eyes of the phoenix.

He has always been calm, and when he heard Zhao Weizhen say this, he only softened his tone on the face: "Madam won't. The widow has clearly ordered you to go on, Madam can rest first, and it doesn't matter if you come back another day."

That doesn't work.

When it comes to business, Zhao Weizhen's expression is serious, and he ascends to the pole and pushes his hands.

"I have come to apologize to the king."

Zhao Weizhen said: "It was said that we should ask the king of Wei for [-] cities, but in the end only [-] cities were decided. It is Meng Kai's dereliction of duty, and I ask the king to punish him."

Ying Zheng quickly reached out, supported Zhao Weizhen's forearm, and helped her up.

"It's just five cities." Ying Zheng dismissed it with a hoarse voice: "If you don't give it today, you will call back tomorrow. What is wrong with my wife? It's a pity that General Lian Po didn't come to Xianyang with his wife. He left Handan that year. , I have to thank the old general."

Ying Zheng was only six years old at the time, and many people felt that he did not remember his childhood.

But Ying Zheng actually remembered everything that happened since he met Mrs. Weizhen.

It is true that General Lian Po fought countless battles with Qin throughout his life.But Ying Zheng also remembered that when the old general saw him, he sighed, "It's just a doll, how can I send it to suffer".

"It doesn't matter if you don't come."

Without waiting for Zhao Weizhen to respond, Ying Zheng said again: "Even if he came, the old general would not really help Qin. He has righteousness in his heart."

It's just that at the end, the tone of the young monarch doesn't seem to be commendatory.

Zhao Weizhen knew that it was a pity in his heart, so he said with a smile: "If your majesty misses it, you can send something to Xiayang. It doesn't need to be too much, lest the narrow-minded man in Handan hold grudges."

Ying Zheng nodded: "Just give me some food and clothing."

Zhao Weizhen: "Okay."

After speaking, Zhao Weizhen glanced at the long case behind Ying Zheng.

On the long table, there is clearly the "Thousand Characters" bound with paper.

Zhao Weizhen understood: "Is this passed to Wang Shang?"

Ying Zheng turned around following her gaze, and couldn't help laughing when he touched "Thousand Characters".

The young monarch turned his head and picked up a thin book. The pages of the book, which were much lighter than the bamboo slips, flew up and down in his hands with his movements.

"On the day this book was printed, the queen mother stuffed more than ten volumes into my palace." Ying Zheng said, "I want the widow to give it to the ministers."

Zhao Weizhen: "..."

This is really Zhao Ji's style!

Of course, Zhao Weizhen can also understand her.By analogy, Zhao Ji is a newcomer to the workplace for the first time, and completed the first production project in which she participated in the whole process.

Whoever it is, everyone will be proud!

What's more, this brand new project supervisor was still a housewife before that.

I'm afraid there is nothing more self-worthy than this.

"I still have to thank my wife," Ying Zheng said earnestly, holding a booklet. "After the death of my father, my mother has been in a daze, unable to find a backbone. If my wife hadn't entrusted my mother to find something to do, I am afraid that my mother will miss it."

Then... Zhao Weizhen felt that Ying Zheng underestimated Zhao Ji.

She can definitely think about it, and probably think too much.

Zhao Weizhen was concerned about keeping Zhao Ji busy, just to keep her busy.

Now it seems that she is very busy and caring, so Zhao Weizhen feels relieved.

——In this case, there is nothing wrong with Lai Ai, right?

"What do you think of the book?" Zhao Weizhen asked.

Ying Zheng tilted his head when he heard the words.

His black and white eyes drooped down, looking at the book in his hand.

Wearing white paper and black clothes, the young man is thin but tall and straight.From this point of view, the 14-year-old monarch is also a handsome young man.

"This paper book has a lot of raw materials and is light in weight." Ying Zheng said: "It is easier to carry than bamboo slips, cheaper than silk books, and the production process is not complicated. These "Thousand Characters" are just the beginning. The theories of various schools, the laws of Qin and the laws of Qin can all be printed into volumes, and even ordinary people can afford to buy them."

"Yes." Zhao Weizhen nodded approvingly.

"It's just that officials can print books, and private ones can." Ying Zheng hit the nail on the head: "If someone uses it to make trouble, it's easy. Qin Law doesn't allow the leader to have two minds, but this paper can easily brew two minds."

how to say?As expected of Ying Zheng.

Throughout the ages, in periods of historical turmoil, it has always been pamphlets in the hands of literati that have brought about ideological change and cultural dissemination.

Things like paper carry too much meaning of civilization.

Ying Zheng was born a king, and he could see the disadvantages at a glance.

but--

"For the king, the paper book is also good." Zhao Weizhen vowed.

"Ah."

Yingzheng thought for a moment, and agreed: "The price of printed books is very low, even poor students can afford it. There is no benefit in a year or two, but in ten or 20 years, people who can work for Qin in the future will become More."

If you can afford it, you will have more books to read, and the possibility of class leapfrogging among ordinary people will increase. In the future, it will be possible to break the monopoly of the aristocracy on cultural knowledge.

Of course, Zhao Weizhen knew that this was a long-term battle.

As Ying Zheng said, even if it works, it has to be in the future.

Also, it's impossible to push with paper alone.

"One step at a time." Zhao Weizhen said.

"Madam used to talk about the way of centralizing ()power." Ying Zheng thought about it and said, "This book is intended to start with people's ideas."

Zhao Weizhen raised a bright smile.

"Your Majesty is always easy to understand." Zhao Weizhen praised.

Ying Zheng quickly twitched the corners of his mouth, and then he said, "Since Madam asked the workshop to print "Thousand Characters", are you planning to reopen the school?"

Zhao Weizhen: "I do have this idea."

Ying Zheng: "That's fine, Deyin and Wenyin should also be enlightened."

Zhao Weizhen: "..."

Ying Zheng: "What?"

Zhao Weizhen stared at Ying Zheng's face for a while, and then said with emotion: "What the king said seems to tacitly agree that I will teach Deyin and Wenyin personally, but he didn't consider that they are girls."

Even in the pre-Qin period, men and women learned differently about Enlightenment.

Three or four years old is fine, but when you are seven or eight years old, you won't be teaching in the same school.

But Deyin and Wenyin are destined to be exceptions.

Zhao Weizhen was appointed by King Xianzhao to run a private school, and she is also the teacher of the current monarch. If she reopens the school, there will be many nobles and ministers who want to send their heirs to her.

At the same time, Zhao Weizhen will not just find a female official to teach Deyin and Wenyin.

Her daughter, her heir, of course she has to teach herself!

This also means that if Zhao Weizhen runs a school again in the future, those who want to accept her as apprentices will have to weigh whether they want their son to be classmates with the two girls.

——Besides, since there are two girls, it is not too much for Zhao Weizhen to recruit a few more talented girls, right?

She had had this idea for a long time, and probably expected to encounter some old and stubborn opposition.

But for Ying Zheng...

The young monarch just sneered, and didn't even bother to waste any more words on it.

"Ma'am, I'm afraid she doesn't just use the books for school."

Instead of discussing what the old diehards think, Ying Zheng chose to get straight to the point.He weighed the "Thousand Characters" in his hand: "Madam's school will never fail to provide the slips."

Zhao Weizhen smiled: "Indeed, I want to give it to others."

After Ying Zheng thought about it, he immediately followed Zhao Weizhen's train of thought: "Madam, would you like to run a government school?"

Zhao Weizhen's body suddenly stopped.

"It's better to use paper and printing as early as possible." Ying Zheng said firmly: "In order not to spread it in time, it will be used by those who are interested. With paper, more people can afford books In this way, the state of Qin will set up an official school to educate the common people, and teach them the laws and laws of Qin, which is better than waiting for other vassal states to attack Qin."

At the end, Ying Zheng snorted coldly.

"It is said that the country of tigers and wolves is nothing more than because Qin is located in the western corner of the country and is a descendant of the Shang Dynasty. The traditional customs are different from the culture and etiquette of the Central Plains." The Central Plains learned from Qin."

This……

This coincides with the plan in Zhao Weizhen's mind.

But the reason why Zhao Weizhen thinks this way is because she knows history, she understands the importance and necessity of ideological unification, and she also knows that writing books and running schools is the best way to spread ideas.

But Ying Zheng is not!

These days, where does compulsory education and higher education come from, and where does cultural transmission come from?

The young monarch is only keenly aware of this by virtue of his own thinking.

After growing up, Yingzheng no longer kept his mouth shut and said "it's enough to unify", and he no longer suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder because of disharmony in minor details.

It's just that this attachment turned into a more useful political vision, which was firmly engraved into his bones and blood.

It's all up to this point, Zhao Weizhen doesn't need to say much.

She looked deeply at Ying Zheng, raised her hand and saluted again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your approval." Zhao Weizhen said, "I'll plan this matter later."

"Can I find a place to run a school for my wife?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Need not."

Zhao Weizhen was expressionless: "Lu Buwei has a lot of land."

Ying Zheng: "..."

There was a bit of humor in the eyes of the young monarch: "Then trouble Father Zhong and Madam with concern."

After talking about the business, Zhao Weizhen asked Ying Zheng a few more questions about his parents.

Fortunately, nothing happened in the past six months. After confirming that everything was fine, Zhao Weizhen said goodbye and left the palace to go home.

It was early summer when I left, and it was late autumn when I came back.

Zhao Weizhen returned to the Lu Mansion in a hurry, but found that only his father Zhao Liang was in the mansion.

"Madam is back!"

The servants in the mansion rushed up to greet him one after another, after Wei Xing helped Zhao Weizhen get off the car, without her needing to say anything, the servant stepped forward and said: "Master was invited by the envoy of Yan and went to the posthouse."

As soon as Zhao Weizhen's feet landed, he raised his head in astonishment: "Emissary Yan?"

The waiter beamed and said: "Yes, it is said that the King of Yan planned to send the crown prince to host Qin, but the king refused. The King of Yan thought it was the master's credit, so he wanted to give the city to the master as a token of gratitude."

Zhao Weizhen: "..."

The waiter felt that this was a good thing, so he was naturally very happy.

But Zhao Weizhen pulled his face down on the spot.

She frowned, instinctively realizing something was wrong.

In history, Yan State did send Lu Buwei city, no more, no less, exactly ten cities in Hejian.

The battle of Qin and Zhao attacking Wei is over, but the attack on Yan is not over yet.When King Yan came to give gifts, he also hoped that Qin State could suspend its alliance with Zhao State and stop helping Yan State to beat him.

But the Ten Hejian Cities——

As long as your Qin Congress uses divisive tactics, will other countries fail?

Zhao Weizhen took a deep breath: "We'll talk about it when he comes back."

Before leaving, I had a little disagreement with Lu Buwei, that's all.When she came back, she had just landed from the rickety carriage, and the sudden news made Zhao Weizhen's heart hang again.

It can only be said that luckily she came back at the right time.

If Lu Buwei really took over the city sent by the envoy of Yan State in a few days later, things would be troublesome!

This gift from Yan Kingdom, no matter what it is given, no matter how it is given, it must never be accepted!