Emperor Qin

There is no such thing as swimming the great river with arms.

As soon as King Qin arrived in Dongjun, he was overwhelmed by the various memorials that followed, and he couldn't spare time to play.

What surprised Yan Jiang even more was that Dawang's classical orchestra and Yan Taizi Dan were also following him this time.

Not long ago, during the peace talks between Yan and Zhao, the State of Yan traded the land of Yuyang next to the Dai County of the State of Zhao in exchange for the land of Dukang, which was occupied, so Prince Dan of Yan’s mission in the State of Qin was officially completed, and he wanted to say goodbye and return to Yan. .

However, Qin Guo is the one who comes and goes whenever he wants, Qin Wangzheng is not a shameless person!

So not only did he not let him go back to the country, but this time when the king came to Henan, the king of Qin also took him with him, intending to let him experience the pain of his homeland being as far away as a moat.

The conditions on the boat were limited, so the King of Qin asked three or five of them to come into the hall to perform... and he especially liked to name Gao Jianli.

So I turned arm-to-arm swimming into enjoying fun with the same case.

Yan Jiang and the king sat together to listen to Gao Jianli's attack. The handsome young man on the opposite side looked unassuming, with unruly brows.

With that momentum, Yan Jiang saw that if Qin Wangzheng sat closer, this Gao Jianli might smash the dog's head of Qin Wangzheng with a heavy building.

Fortunately, the king of Qin also has a reputation for knowing himself. He heard that unless A Jiang was present when he was building, Meng Yi was there to guard him. The other party looked like he wanted to kill but couldn't move him. And the lack of appetite, so as long as you eat, you have to order him to play music.

Yan Jiang was also taken away and there were very few dried radishes left on the road. He was worried and a little worried that King Qin's figure would be out of shape. Wen, will you really gain weight in the future?

So the history books really didn't black him out, getting fat in middle age is an irresistible pain for most men...

His eyes were too undisguised, and Qin Wangzheng lost his appetite even if he had delicious food to eat. He put down his silver chopsticks and turned to stare at Aiqing: "What shameful things are you thinking about?"

Yan Jiang is not afraid of being exposed, but instead persuades King Qin to get up and exercise more, so as not to gain weight in middle age, like Wang Jian and Lu Buwei, holding his belly up is not good for walking and bad for his health.

Qin Wangzheng was indifferent, saying that he would practice sword for half an hour every day when he got up with the rooster, without a day's rest. Aiqing's kindness was appreciated by everyone.

Meng Yi, who was on duty on one side, also very appropriately praised the king's amazing swordsmanship and understanding, which is not inferior to himself who has practiced swords all the year round.

This flattery was too timely, for a moment, Qin Wangzheng looked at Meng Yi with satisfaction.

Yan Jiang really didn't pay attention, because there is one His Majesty, he sleeps late all the year round, and the morning is when he sleeps the most soundly, anyone who disturbs him will be bitten by Huahua, suddenly knowing that King Qin is also a master of swordsmanship, his eyes became curious.

So King Qin dismissed his entourage, took off his fine clothes, and practiced two hand-to-hand fights with Aiqing in a single suit.

Yan Jiang's fighting skills have been certified by the countries of the Silk Road. His Majesty is far behind in experience. Although he is easily fell and suppressed, he is not angry at all. It can almost be said that the more he fights, the braver he is. Stronger, and even threatened Yan Jiang many times.

At the end of the fight, the two of them lay down on the mat to rest together.

Qin Wangzheng said leisurely: "Qing is half unwilling to hold back."

Yan Jiang smiled slightly, but did not answer.

Qin Wangzheng didn't care about it, but recalled how he managed to suppress A Jiang under the table before, but unfortunately, he lost his mind for a moment, and was overthrown by him. This kind of exercise is more interesting than practicing swords.

"If there is a next time, would you still like to compete with me?" King Qin turned to look at him.

Yan Jiang turned to look at him, smiled and said, "Why not?"

……

So Qin Wangzheng liked to compete with A Jiang at night, which made the two guards, Meng Yi and Li Xin, feel that something was wrong.

Li Xin regarded Yan Jiang as a good brother, so he couldn't help asking at night: "Brother Yan, what is the relationship between you and the king?"

Yan Jiang was feeding His Majesty at that time. Hearing this, he chuckled and hooked the bird's chin: "Come on, baby, tell this one, what is the relationship between me and the king?"

Li Xin said angrily: "Brother Yan, please be serious, don't make trouble, that's the king, how can you hit him so hard every day, leaving bruises on his body, if the king is angry and remembers one day, how will you take care of it?"

Yan Jiang smiled leisurely: "That was a few days ago, aren't these days gone?"

"That's because I'll lay out more than a dozen layers of straw mats in the inner room in advance!" Li Xin sat next to Yan Jiang, grabbed the shredded fish meat for the birds and stuffed it into his mouth. After tasting it and found it delicious, he even served it After walking the whole plate, "The king's side is like a tiger's side, you are not still in the world now, can there be some differences between the king and the minister?"

Yan Jiang pointed to the tiger Huahua next to him, indicating that he was by the tiger's side every day, and said casually: "Thank you for your teaching, brother, I will remember it."

"How can you be so inconsiderate!" Li Xin saw that he was still feeding the birds carefully, and said sadly, "Aren't you afraid of danger at all?"

"Just don't say a few words, I know it well." Yan Jiang comforted, "Your Majesty is just a whim, and I may not live there often, but if you agree, you will come, and if you don't agree, you will leave."

"Your Majesty will never let you go." Li Xin felt dizzy.

"So what?" Yan Jiang hooked His Majesty's head, and kissed Li Xin's contemptuous and murderous eyes, and got a reply, and the murderous aura dissipated a lot, "If it wasn't the most dangerous here, I wouldn't will stay."

He met His Majesty's eyes and both laughed.

Maotouying even shook his feathers proudly. His family, A Jiang, likes to do big things, and he likes the thrill of being on the edge of life and death. In his words, this is how he can feel the meaning of life and experience the true meaning of life. live.

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The next day, Li Xin was recruited by Qin Wangzheng to encourage him, saying that the position of Langguan would be of little use to him, and then sent him to work under Wang Jian's command, not to mention staying away from the royal court. After scolding him, he asked him if he was doing something hot-headed again, which offended the king.

Li Xin wrote back and argued that there was absolutely nothing, and that the king valued him, and hoped that he would go down to Southern Chu and be a military successor like his grandfather and father. He would definitely do better than his parents in the future. Served by family law.

Qin Wang continued to tour the East County.

However, Dongjun is an enclave of the Qin State, and it has not been occupied for a long time, so the various resistance forces have basically never subsided. Therefore, it is impossible for King Qin to play around like Yan Jiang for his own safety.

At most, he could follow the convoy to inspect the prefectures and counties under his rule, and at night he would return to Puyang, the county town of East County, to rest in the heavily guarded palace.

Yan Jiang can take His Majesty to wander around Puyang City.

Puyang is a real ancient city. More than ten years ago, it was the capital of Wei State. Wei State was the vassal state proclaimed by King Wen of Zhou. It was the younger brother of King Wu who defeated Zhou. The Western Zhou Dynasty added up to be longer.

Puyang is the new capital of the Wei State, and it still has a history of 400 years. There are still a large number of architectural styles and historical relics of the Spring and Autumn Period in such an ancient capital city. Because it is between Qi, Wei, and Zhao, it is a place for cultural exchanges. , There have also been a large number of outstanding talents.

Talents from all over the world basically come from here, such as Li Kui of the Wei State Reform, Shang Yang of the Qin State Reform, Wu Qi of the Chu State Reform, as well as Lu Buwei, Jing Ke, Nie Zheng, Zilu...

"It's a pity that these people don't reuse Weiguo." Yan Jiang is very sorry. The reason why the Warring States period is a cultural paradise is because the east and west are bright, and Weiguo, a small country, is not bright. Let's go to Weiguo, a big country like Weiguo. Liang, go to Chu Qin Zhao Qi, there will always be someone who can take a fancy to us.

His Majesty stood on his shoulder, seeing the desolate night street, lost in thought, stretched out his wings to poke him, let him rest quickly.

Yan Jiang understood that he wanted to see the details of the lives of the people here, rubbed the bird's head, and knocked on the door of a house on the side of the street at random, and asked who and what was the matter warily inside the door?

Yan Jiang said that because of King Qin's arrival, the guesthouses in the city were overcrowded, and he had nowhere to stay as a traveler. He wanted to ask your family if it would be convenient for him to pay compensation, but the other party refused cautiously.

His Majesty flew up to the wall to take a look, and found that there were only an old woman and a few children in the courtyard, and there were no men, so he fell back to Yan Jiang's shoulder.

Yan Jiang took His Majesty to knock on the doors of several houses, but was rejected several times, and finally found a poor family with males who dared to take in tourists.

He gave a piece of salt as remuneration, asked for firewood, and with the help of the head of the household, he boiled hot water, and asked why no one on the street was willing to take in guests.

The head of the household looked tired, and sighed: "It's not because of the conscription of the Qin State."

It turned out that after the Qin State occupied Dongjun, because Dongjun was very close to Zhao and Wei, and the population of Puyang was rich, this time when Huanju attacked Zhao, he recruited soldiers from Dongjun wantonly, even reaching the ratio of three out of three. The number of people is frightening. Puyang is a prosperous place of business and trade, and there have been giants like Lu Buwei, but in the Qin Law, business is the first type of conscription, and merchants will draw men from farming households if they cannot be recruited. For a time, people's livelihood in Puyang declined, a large number of merchants fled, and people's lives plummeted.

The head of the household looked at the fifty people, and he remembered the days when the monarch of Wei State ruled. Although Wei Yuan Jun was not aggressive at that time, he never disturbed the people under his rule, even though Wei State was later wiped out by Wei State when Song Dynasty was destroyed. , Wei Guo also does not have such a terrible war. At the age of [-], you have to serve the "Battle of the Dead". One month a year, you have to repair the city walls, roads, canals, feed cattle and horses... and then there is the "Battle of the Dead" "I have to train and maintain city guards in the army throughout the year.This is not the end, after that there is still a "battle of the soldiers" who have to go to the border to fight...

The head of the household was almost in tears when he said it: "I am 47 years old this year, and I don't have a few years to live. My children and grandchildren have been confiscated, and I don't know if they will return. How do I live this day?"

Yan Jiang glanced at His Majesty indifferently, and sighed: "Yes, tyranny is fiercer than a tiger."

The "tyranny" scratched him on the shoulder to express his dissatisfaction.

One person and one bird are resting on the narrow grass bed, and His Majesty is crawling on the alphabet, indicating that although there is no tyranny in Weiguo, the country is destroyed. In your eyes, is the people more important than the country?

"Your Majesty..." Yan Jiang touched it lightly, looked at the moonlight outside the window, and said leisurely, "Sand and gravel can build tall buildings and palaces, but look, there is no tall building and palace that can be eternal, and the gravel is unbearable When the burden is heavy, no matter how magnificent and majestic the palace will collapse, only the gravel itself will never be destroyed."

His Majesty looked at A Jiang thoughtfully, without saying a word, and had a sleepless night.