Zhu Xiang's big moves in Dong'ou gradually caused tension among the Dong'ou nobles.
They thought Zhu Xiang was just standing by the field giving orders, but they never expected that Zhu Xiang was actually leading the Qin army to cultivate the fields.
At first, the Dong'ou nobles thought they had gained a great advantage, as if the Qin army had become their slaves.
But soon, they realized something was wrong.
When the Qin army all over the mountains went to the fields to farm, did the vast fields in Dong'ou still look like their fields
What exactly does the Qin army want to do
When they saw that their serfs were becoming increasingly uneasy, they immediately felt the urgency of the situation.
Even though they could not predict what would happen next, they were keenly aware that they must immediately stop the Qin army from continuing to cultivate the land.
The Qin army was powerful, and they condescended to help the Dong'ou people cultivate their land. It would definitely be inappropriate to drive them out directly and forcefully. They hurriedly sent a letter to the King of Dong'ou, hoping that he would come back to resolve the matter.
The spies sent by Li Mu discovered this.
Ying Xiaozheng said unhappily: "Uncle, you see these people are ungrateful, you shouldn't have come to help them."
Zhu Xiang wiped the head of Ying Xiaozheng who had just washed his hair: "They reacted so quickly, they are not too stupid."
Ying Xiaozheng was puzzled: "Hmm? What did you react to?"
Zhu Xiang asked, "Zheng'er, you see, Wu County is short of people to cultivate wasteland. The King of Chu said he is willing to send 10,000 Chu troops to Wu County to help us cultivate the land. Do you agree?"
Ying Xiaozheng said without thinking: "Get lost!"
Seeing the smile on Zhu Xiang's face, Ying Xiaozheng stretched his neck awkwardly and bumped into his uncle's hand that was wiping his hair. He said with a straight face, "They just realized it now. How stupid!"
Zhu Xiang laughed.
No matter what the Qin army did when it landed, Dongou State had already done something wrong when it stayed in the coastal plain where Dongou had the largest permanent population for a long time.
Li Mu was worried that there were too few soldiers who could serve as spies.
"Not only that, I let the Qin army go to the fields to cultivate, and let the serfs here see another way of life." Zhu Xiang said, "The nobles of Dong'ou only account for less than 20% of the population of Dong'ou. As long as they yearn for Qin and the Central Plains, it will be much easier for Qin to take over this land."
Zhu Xiang did not talk to Ying Xiaozheng about the hardships of the lower classes or the liberation of slaves.
Over the years, Zhu Xiang has deeply understood the meaning of the boring words in his previous life's textbooks.
It goes against the laws of reality to use moral persuasion to make the vested interests of the aristocrats feel guilty and take the initiative to help the lower-class people live a better life.
There may be people within a class who betray their class, but there will never be a class that betrays its class.
If Zhu Xiang wanted the ruling class to do something practical to benefit the people, he had to let the ruling class know what benefits they could get by doing so.
This benefit must not only be greater than the price they pay, but many times more, making them "blinded by greed" and willing to change their current habits and ideas.
Because changing habits and thoughts requires a huge project and causes great turmoil, the cost is far greater than the apparent cost.
Xunzi advocated "benevolent king" and "righteous army", but no king was tempted.
In fact, the monarchs knew that this would be beneficial, but they never did it, because to do so, the monarchs had to reform a series of policies and laws from military merit to governance.
The same is true when Zhu Xiang wanted Ying Xiaozheng to treat civilians a little better in the future.
For Qin Shi Huang, the policy of exhausting and abusing the people was the correct path that the Qin State had proven to be since Shang Yang.
Even though Zhu Xiang knew that this path would no longer be correct when the external environment changed, just as it was difficult for Shang Yang to reform, it was also difficult for Qin to turn around from the "tyranny of Qin".
Zhu Xiang must let Ying Xiaozheng see enough benefits from now on, so that Ying Xiaozheng will change his mind.
Although Qin Shihuang was an emperor of all ages, he was also an emperor, and an emperor during the transition from slavery to feudalism. He was the man at the top of the pyramid of the ruling class, and all the people in the Qin State were legally his servants, supporting his ambitions.
The State of Qin was his private property, and he could decide where he wanted the country to go.
"If they yearn for Qin in their hearts, then when Qin attacks Dong'ou, they will encounter much less resistance." Ying Xiaozheng thought, "Once Qin occupies this place, they will be more likely to obey Qin's management."
Zhu Xiang said: "Not only will it benefit us in the future, but we can also benefit greatly now."
Ying Xiaozheng pondered for a while, then smiled mockingly: "The Qin army has already landed to help Dongou farm. They want us to return to the ship. How can we do that without paying a price?"
Zhu Xiang said: "I suggest that Lü Buwei should do this. He is very good at doing business."
Ying Xiaozheng's sneer fell. He didn't want to give credit to Lu Buwei!
"Can't we let Li Si, Meng Tian or Han Fei take over?" Ying Xiaozheng muttered, "Why must Lu Buwei take over?"
Zhu Xiang said: "Every profession has its own specialties. In this matter, Li Si, Meng Tian, and Han Fei are not as good as Lü Buwei."
Zhu Xiang sighed deeply and tapped the finally dried Ying Xiaozheng's head gently: "You let Han Fei, that little stutterer, go and bargain with the King of Dong'ou? Do you want the King of Dong'ou to raise an army and turn against the State of Qin right now?"
"Pfft..." Ying Xiaozheng grinned, "That's not bad either."
Zhu Xiang put away the cotton cloth he used to wipe Ying Xiaozheng's head and said, "If you don't want Lü Buwei to go, why don't you try it yourself?"
Ying Xiaozheng raised his chin: "The King of Dong'ou is not worthy of discussing this with me!"
"What about Lu Buwei?" Zhu Xiang asked.
Ying Xiaozheng snorted coldly: "It's a bargain for him."
Although he hated Lu Buwei, Ying Xiaozheng still listened to his advice when he needed him.
Zhu Xiang said: "Although you are unwilling to negotiate directly with the King of Dong'ou, you should also think about what benefits Qin can gain from this negotiation so that Lü Buwei can realize it."
Ying Xiaozheng asked: "Uncle, what benefits do you think we should gain?"
Zhu Xiang smiled and said, "Think about it together, and then we can exchange notes. Do you want Li Mu to write a note as well?"
Ying Xiaozheng nodded: "Okay!"
The uncle and nephew found Li Mu and played this "game" together.
Li Mu wrote on the note that he wanted to set up a camp in an area near the port for fixed supplies.
Ying Xiaozheng spread out the note. In addition to what Li Mu wrote, there was also a request for labor fees for the Qin army's farming.
Zhu Xiang spread out the note, which read "General Li Mu and Master Zheng are right! I think so too!"
Li Mu and Ying Xiaozheng: "..."
Li Mu said to Ying Xiaozheng, "Zheng'er, I will help you restrain Zhu Xiang, and you beat him."
Ying Xiaozheng clenched his fist: "Okay!"
Zhu Xiang ran away immediately: "Hey, are you serious? Ouch! Are you serious?"
Li Mu held Zhu Xiang down, and Ying Xiaozheng punched Zhu Xiang on the back several times. Zhu Xiang screamed that Ying Xiaozheng was unfilial.
The three of them made a fuss for a while, and Ying Xiaozheng's just washed body was covered with sweat again. Only then did Li Mu and Ying Xiaozheng let Zhu Xiang go.
After being beaten, Zhu Xiang took out another note. In addition to the words written on the previous note, there was also a suggestion that the King of Dong'ou should give to the Qin army the slaves who had communicated with the Qin army when they were working with the Qin army in farming.
Ying Xiaozheng and Li Mu were both very confused and did not understand the purpose of Zhu Xiang's action.
Zhu Xiang said: "After the King of Dong'ou sends the Qin army away from the fields, the slaves who have communicated with the Qin army and have become distracted will probably be killed. If we ask the King of Dong'ou for these slaves, he will most likely give them to us as a favor."
Ying Xiaozheng sighed: "Uncle, you are being too kind again."
Zhu Xiang smiled and said, "I'm not being too kind. If we want to attack Dong'ou, we have to use Dong'ou's people."
Ying Xiaozheng frowned and thought, while Li Mu, a man who had been through many battles, had already reacted.
"When I was in Yanmen County, I recruited young and strong Hu people as cavalry. The Hu people are good at riding and shooting, familiar with the terrain, and understand the grassland language. If they can be completely subdued, they will be of great use." Li Mu said, "Those slaves would have been executed, but Zhu Xiang... The Qin army rescued them, and they will definitely be loyal to the Qin State."
Ying Xiaozheng's brows relaxed: "I heard that the Yue people are brave and aggressive, maybe they can be trained into a strong army."
Zhu Xiang said: "These slaves are smart. If they can be trained well, they may be able to replace the old nobles of Dong'ou and become the new nobles of this area."
It is possible to conquer Dongou in a short period of time. Just like the current Tusi system was followed by the reform of Tusi. Now most of the lower-class people of Baiyue are very ignorant. They have become accustomed to their exploited lives. Under the dual oppression of religion and customs, they regard the "clan leader" as the spokesperson of the gods and dare not and are unwilling to submit to the Qin State.
There were already enough precedents in Zhu Xiang's previous life when he eliminated serfdom in minority areas just after founding the country.
To change all this, we must first physically defeat the old aristocracy, and then, while letting the lower classes accept new ideas, we must also distribute land to them.
Zhu Xiang did not dare to touch upon the issue of land distribution at this time. The land distribution would probably have to wait until the Qin Dynasty unified the world and the great achievements of Qin Shi Huang, who was "unprecedented and unrivaled", could be implemented.
To change people's minds, we cannot use the methods of later generations, because people at that time were more ignorant than those then, and the scholars did not regard the lower classes as human beings and would not teach them patiently.
In the feudal era, the ideological unification of the "ignorant common people" was achieved through a combination of subtle influence such as immigration and economic exchanges and the forced implementation of political decrees.
First, train a group of Dongou's original slaves, and let the slaves of Dongou see that they may become nobles because of their military merits when they arrive in Qin. Then Qin will open the door to let Dongou become Qin-ized.
Ying Xiaozheng and Li Mu had a heated discussion about this matter, and then they found other officials to help them find out the shortcomings and fill in the gaps in this matter.
Zhu Xiang took the lead but did not follow up.
He took advantage of the fact that the matter had not yet been settled and continued to go to the fields with the Qin army.
Most people in the Dong'ou coastal plain make a living on the sea. They often wear short-sleeved shirts and shorts in summer, and they don't always let their hair down. Sometimes they will put a bun at the back of their heads, but they don't wear a crown.
In order to drive away evil beasts in the water, they would tattoo snake, fish and other scales on their bodies. If they were nobles, they would often tattoo dragons on their bodies.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Qin Jun was so hot that he also changed into short-sleeved shirts and shorts.
Although Zhu Xiang changed the style of his clothes to make it more convenient for farming, he still wore long sleeves and long pants, and when farming, he tied his sleeves and trouser legs tightly.
He does this to prevent mosquito bites and... schistosomiasis.
The entire area south of the Yangtze River, which is densely populated by water networks, is severely affected by schistosomiasis.
Zhu Xiang brought enough protective medicines, such as garlic and pumpkin seeds, and also prepared strong alcohol. Every night before resting, he would rub allicin on his body and then take raw pumpkin seeds.
Long sleeves and long pants can also provide some protection.
But the Qin soldiers were not as extravagant as Zhu Xiang and did not care about their clothes being damaged.
When they were farming, they often used a piece of cloth to wrap their lower body and regarded it as pants. Sometimes, if they couldn't even afford the cloth, they would just not wear it.
A group of big men in the army were covered in mud, and they thought they were not naked.
Fortunately, there had been a good pumpkin harvest for several years, and Zhu Xiang accumulated a large number of pumpkin seeds, which he distributed to Qin soldiers as medicine.
But even if there were a lot of pumpkin seeds, it was impossible for the Qin soldiers to take them every day. Zhu Xiang could only let them check for themselves to see if they were bitten by schistosomiasis and then take them.
But sometimes people don’t feel anything when schistosomiasis enters the body.
Despite the dangers of schistosomiasis, the Qin army was very enthusiastic about farming with Zhu Xiang.
They usually farmed, so who hadn't seen a few bugs? Was farming more dangerous than going to the battlefield? They might not have received extra rewards when they went to the battlefield last time. This time, they could count how much they earned from farming.
Zhu Xiang also knew that if he used schistosomiasis to prohibit the Qin army from helping to farm and earn extra money, it would be a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. He could only remind them to drink hot water as much as possible, take pumpkin seeds and garlic in time, and not eat raw food, especially frogs and snakes, which the Yue people loved the most...
I don’t know how useful these reminders will be.
It is very likely that the Qin soldiers may find it troublesome and will not do as they are told.
In particular, the prohibition of Qin soldiers from following the Yue people in eating frogs and snakes really worried Zhu Xiang.
The eating habits of the Yue people were very different from those of the people in the Central Plains, and they particularly regarded snake as their top delicacy.
Modern people all know that snakes have a lot of parasites on their bodies, and even if they are stewed in a pressure cooker, they may not all be killed.
But Zhu Xiang could only control Ying Xiaozheng from eating snakes, and he couldn't control Li Mu and Wang Jian, because these two generals would roast any meat they caught during the war.
Zhu Xiang could only remind them not to eat it raw.
Life in ancient times was really difficult.
A few days later, Lu Buwei arrived majestically on a warship and negotiated with the King of Dong'ou on behalf of the State of Qin about the Qin army's help in farming.
Zhu Xiang led the Qin army to clean up the typhoon debris again and now began to sow autumn beans.
Zhu Xiang originally wanted to replant rice, but the soil salinity was unknown, and the rice seeds he had might not be suitable; it would take a lot of time to build water conservancy projects that could reduce the soil salinity, and the King of Dong'ou would not give the Qin army so much time; rice required intensive labor to produce a good harvest, and given the slaves' enthusiasm for production, they might start to manage the land in a rough manner as soon as the Qin army left...
After considering the above, Zhu Xiang decided to replant soybeans, which was the life-saving food for all the lower-class people from south to north in this era.
Soybeans are not very picky about the land, and they can produce good yields even with extensive management. They are also easy to store. Except for the poor taste of bean rice, there is almost nothing to complain about.
Now half of the Qin army’s rations are soybeans.
In addition to autumn beans, Zhu Xiang also planted some rice, wheat, millet and other crops in the plains close to the inland.
He did not leave potatoes and pumpkins to the Dong'ou people. If these two crops were left to them, it would have been easier for the Dong'ou nobles to hide in the mountains.
Although it would be easy for the Dong'ou people to sneak into Wujun and steal pumpkins and potatoes if they wanted to, they were used to fishing and hunting and did not have the awareness to do so, nor did they dare to rashly try food they had never eaten before. Zhu Xiang was not worried that they would come to steal.
The autumn beans grown in Zhuxiang are the same variety of autumn beans that are often grown by local people.
The local varieties are definitely the most suitable for the local soil and climate. As long as they are managed a little more carefully than before, even the autumn beans that were used to be grown will produce much more than before.
Before Zhu Xiang's system was activated, it was able to double the per-acre yield of Zhao's civilians.
When Zhu Xiang taught the serfs how to grow beans, he also collected local rice and millet seeds.
Millet is not only the most important food crop in the north, but also because it is easy to grow, many people in the rice-producing areas in the south also grow millet.
The Dong'ou people also often eat millet.
As for rice, it can be said that it has been around since ancient times.
The original rice on the coastal plains of Wenzhou are all salt- and alkali-tolerant varieties.
After the Southern Song Dynasty, when the south was developed, water conservancy was developed, and manpower was sufficient, the acid-base balance of saline-alkali land was artificially adjusted. The original salt-alkali tolerant rice varieties had low yields and poor taste, and were gradually eliminated. High-yield rice cultivated in the Central Plains and the Yangtze River Delta was planted. These salt-alkali tolerant rice varieties disappeared, and only the rotten or even carbonized rice seeds excavated during archaeological excavations proved that they existed.
Relying on the system to supply seeds is far from enough. Even with simple tools, Zhu Xiang is working on cultivating hybrid grain varieties.
Now, while he is still young and can travel around, Zhu Xiang has collected a lot of grain seeds.
Two thousand years of grain seeds are a natural treasure trove of hybrid seeds.
Zhu Xiang bought a lot of rice seeds that could grow on the coastal plains, and after returning to Wu County, he hybridized them with the high-yield rice seeds he had extracted from the system.
If he can produce results, he can summarize his experience and knowledge into a book and pass it on to future generations. There will always be future generations who will follow the path he has opened up.
A small incident occurred when Zhu Xiang was buying rice seeds. A noble sold him cooked rice seeds.
The State of Yue had deceived the State of Wu in this way before. This nobleman might have been fooled by reading books about his ancestors and actually wanted to deceive the State of Qin.
Zhu Xiang selected the seeds himself and could tell the difference just by grabbing a handful.
Zhu Xiang immediately had the noble tied up and sent to the Dong'ou Palace with the cooked seeds for the king to decide. He did not go to the Dong'ou Palace and continued to buy seeds.
Zhu Xiang selected rice seeds from different plots in the coastal plains, and planned to buy some more from the coastal plains in Taizhou.
The King of Dong'ou was already at a disadvantage in the negotiations with Lu Buwei. When Zhu Xiang tied the man up, Lu Buwei immediately turned hostile, overturned the table and refused to talk anymore.
"Lord Changping has devoted himself to you, Dong'ou, and even went to the fields to farm for Dong'ou himself. Is this how you treat Lord Changping?"
"In terms of power, Lord Changping's fiefdom is larger than your Dong'ou, and is equal to you, the King of Dong'ou!"
"In terms of status, Lord Changping is a great sage in the world. The four princes of the Warring States period are only worthy of carrying Lord Changping's shoes!"
"Once this matter gets out, everyone in the world will disdain to associate with the Yue people!"
"Ouyue are barbarians!"
Lu Buwei pointed at King Dong'ou's nose and scolded him angrily, and his saliva sprayed on King Dong'ou's face.
The King of Dong'ou was shocked and furious. The guards around him drew their swords and wanted to kill Lu Buwei, the daring idiot who dared to offend their king.
Lu Buwei also drew out the fancy golden bronze sword at his waist: "You insult the Lord of Changping, and you insult our entire Qin State and our entire Central Plains!"
The Qin man behind him also drew his sword and looked extremely angry.
At this time, no one criticized Lu Buwei's grammatical errors and asked when the Qin State belonged to the Central Plains.
"Everyone, step back!" King Dong'ou shouted at the people behind him, not even daring to wipe the spit off his face. He said humbly, "This was done by him alone. I will definitely give Lord Changping an explanation!"
After saying this, he immediately raised his sword and chopped off the nobleman's head. He then took his entire family as slaves and gave them, along with their wealth, to Zhu Xiang as an apology.
The family's land was also exchanged with the land he held in the coastal ports to build camps and farmland for the Qin army.
Only then did Lu Buwei put away his sword and expressed his willingness to continue negotiations with King Dong'ou.
"The Qin State got the money and land it wanted; the King of Dong'ou only spent a little money, and the majority of the land was paid by that stupid noble, who also frightened the disobedient nobles; the only outcome achieved was that the noble was injured." Zhu Xiang concluded, "I really don't know what that person was thinking."
Li Mu said: "After torture... interrogation, the noble's retainers said that they wanted to weaken the Qin State in this way."
Zhu Xiang shook his head. What is metaphysics, empiricism? Can Qin and Wu be the same? Can his buying of seeds be the same as Qin's buying of seeds
The seeds he bought were not enough to plant the private fields of the governor of Wu County, and he wanted to plunge the entire Qin State into famine? Doesn't the person who came up with this stupid plan know how to do arithmetic
"From this incident, we can see that the Dong'ou nobles are hostile to the Qin State." Ying Xiaozheng said unhappily, "They deserve to be killed."
Li Mu said: "And the King of Dong'ou is a bit unusual."
Ying Xiaozheng snorted coldly: "It is indeed not easy to be able to bend and stretch. We can't let him become bigger and integrate Dongou."
Li Mu said: "Minyue and Manyang will not give him the opportunity to integrate Dongou. This autumn bean harvest is good, and Minyue and Manyang will definitely come to plunder in winter."
If they didn't plunder, they would disguise themselves as Min Yue and Man Yang and go plunder.
Li Mu captured many prisoners of war when he attacked Minyue and Manyang. Some prisoners of war who performed well in farming could be incorporated into the Qin army to give them the opportunity to make military achievements.
The negotiations were finally completed at the end of September.
Zhu Xiang and Ying Xiaozheng returned to Wujun first, while Lu Buwei and Li Mu still had some things to do.
The slaves taken from Dong'ou also went back with them.
Ying Xiaozheng sent those stupid nobles to the Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou Plain to cultivate land. He also took with him the slaves who had cultivated land with the Qin army and would have been killed.
Ying Xiaozheng wants to train his own death warriors.
The Yue people were brave and aggressive, and had good fighting ability. They were slaves of Dongou, and had no relationship with Qin or the other six countries. Their backgrounds were simple. Zhu Xiang saved them from death and promoted them from slaves to guards. Such kindness was enough to make them die for him...
After considering various matters, Ying Xiaozheng believed that it would be more appropriate to train this group of people to become his own death warriors rather than choosing people from his grandfather or uncle.
"Do you need your uncle's help?" Zhu Xiang asked, "Or just give it to Li Mu and let him train you well before sending you back."
Ying Xiaozheng shook his head: "I want to try it myself." After all, he had received instruction from Bai Qi, Lian Po and Li Mu, three famous generals who made the world tremble with fear. It would be too shameful if he couldn't even train his own death squad.
Zhu Xiang said: "Okay, uncle believes you."
Ying Xiaozheng said confidently: "Uncle, wait for my good news!"
Xue Ji was very dissatisfied when she saw Ying Xiaozheng bringing back a group of strange people. They spoke incomprehensible words, had scary tattoos on their bodies, ate with their hands, were not clean at all, and did not know any etiquette, just like savages.
She pinched Zhu Xiang and complained that Zhu Xiang didn't stop her.
Zhu Xiang said, "Zheng'er wants to train his own guards, why are you pinching me?"
Xue Ji pinched Zhu Xiang's arm again and said, "How young is Zheng'er? He played too much, you should stop him. If he wants guards, you can ask Jun Shang and Xia Tong to give them to him."
"He just wants to train a group of people who will only obey his orders." Zhu Xiang said, "His teacher is Li Mu, so training soldiers is easy for him."
Xue Ji frowned: "You can also choose a good family boy, that group of people..."
Xue Ji felt creepy thinking about the tattoos on those people. How could Zhenger keep such people around? They are not as human as the Hu people in the north.
Zhu Xiang knew that people in the Central Plains disliked the customs of the Yue people, so it was normal for Xue Ji to feel uncomfortable.
However, it is rare for Zheng'er to challenge something he has never done before. Even if he is pinched by Xue Ji, Zhu Xiang will support Zheng'er.
Zhu Xiang thought that even Qin Shihuang would never do such a thing.
I don't know if his family will really ride on horseback to fight. As an elder, he must be unwilling in his heart. Swords have no eyes, and accidents may happen on the battlefield.
But if Zheng'er really wants to make military achievements, it is indeed necessary to train a group of loyal and brave guards.
Even if Zheng'er did not go to the battlefield, this group of brave Yue guards would probably not be as powerful as the palace guards, who were sons of nobles. Qin Shihuang encountered several assassination attempts, but not even a single murderer was caught.
Although Xue Ji was very dissatisfied with the "savage" that Ying Xiaozheng brought back, she would only pinch the soft flesh on Zhu Xiang's arms and waist to express her dissatisfaction. Xue Ji would definitely not pour cold water on Ying Xiaozheng who was full of motivation.
Ying Xiaozheng worked so hard that he even considered eating and living with this group of people. How could Xue Ji have the heart to stop him
However, Zhu Xiang prevented Ying Xiaozheng from eating and living with the Yue people.
Ying Xiaozheng was not a general, he was the "master" of these Yue people, so he should not treat these Yue people the way a general treats soldiers or a monarch treats wise men.
Not only would this not make the Yue people, who are accustomed to being slaves, grateful, it would also arouse their fear and make them look down on Ying Xiaozheng.
Moreover, Ying Xiaozheng will have many sons of noble families as his attendants in the future.
The status differences in this world are real. If Ying Xiaozheng treated the Yue slaves like this, how would he treat the noble guards in the future
After Ying Xiaozheng was enlightened by Zhu Xiang, he only sent people to teach them the language and writing of Qin, and walked around in front of them every day to establish his status as "master" in their hearts.
After this group of people learned the Qin language and simple Qin characters under the threat of death and hunger and were able to communicate directly with Ying Xiaozheng, Ying Xiaozheng began to train them directly.
Physical training, discipline training, loyalty training... these had already been used by the Qin army, and Zhu Xiang could only give some unhelpful suggestions.
For example, some fun training.
Once Ying Xiaozheng decides to do something, no matter how difficult it is, he will stubbornly do it to the end until he succeeds or fails completely.
Now he devoted himself to the training of his own guards. Zhu Xiang was worried that Ying Xiaozheng was too tired, so he took over Ying Xiaozheng's job as the prefect of Wujun.
If he didn't take the call, Ying Xiaozheng would train during the day and correct documents at night and still be able to do a good job.
"But I just want you to have a good rest every day!" Zhu Xiang knocked Ying Xiaozheng's head loudly, "Can't you just listen and combine work and rest?!"
Ying Xiaozheng shook his iron-like head and said, "I combine work and rest. I sleep when I want to."
"When you want to sleep, it's almost dawn!" Zhu Xiang really wanted to press Ying Xiaozheng on his knees and spank him. If Ying Xiaozheng hadn't grown up, he would have complained to Xue Ji.
Is the symptom of this child entering a rebellious period that he wants to work hard every day
What kind of horrible rebellious phase is this?!
Zhu Xiang was furious when he thought of Ying Xiaozheng's father who also liked to be the King of Rolls.
It's all Xia Tong's fault! Look at what kind of genes he inherited!
"A-choo." Zichu pulled his fur robe closer, held the stove with both hands, and looked towards the southeast, "I wonder how Zhu Xiang, Xue Ji, and Zheng Er are doing?"
"I'm definitely better than you." Cai Ze pinched his nose and said, "If Zhu Xiang knew that you were sick again, I don't know how sad he would be."
Lin Zhi said angrily, "It's just a reward for the troops. What if you give it to your brothers? Do they think that by rewarding the troops once, they can establish their reputation in the army and surpass you?"
Zichu smiled bitterly: "How long have you been talking about this? I didn't expect it would rain heavily on the day of the military visit. The soldiers are standing in the rain. Do you want me to leave alone?"
"You could say the rain is too heavy and you're worried that the soldiers will get sick, so you could ask them to withdraw quickly, instead of standing there in the rain with them pretending to be stupid." Lin Zhi never hesitated to spray venom on his friends.
Zichu said: "The atmosphere was so good at that time, I just went with the flow."
Cai Ze sighed: "You just went with the flow and stayed in bed for another half a month."
Zichu lowered his head and said, "I know I was wrong. Next time I will definitely hide from the rain." He really didn't expect that just one rain would make him lie in bed for half a month. He was also scared.
The Qin army soldiers' good impression of him was far less important than his health.
If he passed away, Zheng'er would probably have to force his way out of the palace to inherit the throne.
"I heard an interesting piece of news when I went to Wei this time." Zichu quickly changed the subject, "Did you know that Wei Wuji actually asked King Zhao to let him guard the border in Yanmen County!"
Cai Ze: “Oh.”
Lin Zhi gave Zichu a look of contempt.
How could you know the news earlier than the two of us
Zichu coughed dryly and said, "Of course I know. You must have learned about this from the spies planted in Zhao. But there is one thing you definitely don't know."
Cai Ze said: "Oh?"
Lin Zhi said, "I don't believe it."
Zichu said proudly: "I heard that it was Zhu Xiang who wrote a letter to Wei Wuji, persuading him to defend the border for Zhao!"
Cai Ze: “…”
Lin Zhi opened his mouth wide for a moment, then smiled and said, "Hearing what you said, it is indeed something Zhu Xiang can do."
Cai Ze took a deep breath and said, "I thought Wei Wuji gave up on himself, but it turns out that Zhu Xiang instigated him."
Zichu was very proud. He said that even they didn't know about this because the spies would not open Zhu Xiang's letter and Wei Wuji was alone when he read the letter.
"How do you know?" Lin Zhi asked curiously.
Zichu said, "The King of Wei came to see me, and when I was chatting with him, I mentioned that Wei Wuji had written him a letter, in which he wrote this."
Zichu sneered and said, "He wants Wei Wuji to return to Wei."
Cai Ze raised his eyebrows: "He is really amazing. He lets Wei Wuji come back when he can use him, and lets Wei Wuji leave when he feels there is no danger."
Lin Zhi said, "Wei Wuji's rejection of him finally makes him somewhat worthy of the reputation of Lord Xinling."
Even though Wei Wuji was a prince of Wei, it was too spineless for him to be tortured like this by the King of Wei.
At least he, the descendant of Laozi and Zhuangzi, doesn't like it.
Zichu said: "Wei Wuji said that he would continue to be suspected after returning to Wei, and his suspicion would surely make Wei's wise men have opinions about the King of Wei and split the Wei court. So he went to the north to fight the Hu people for Zhao. Resisting the Hu people's southward advance was also to protect Wei. Then he said that this was what Zhu Xiang said."
Lin Zhi laughed: "Zhu Xiang hit the nail on the head for Wei Wuji. But I didn't expect that Wei Wuji, a rich and noble man, would actually make up his mind to go to the north."
Cai Ze said: "It seems that King Zhao has not agreed yet."
Zichu said, "Of course. Wei Wuji is a prince of Wei after all. If the king of Zhao lets Wei Wuji take charge of the army, he must be a little scared."
Cai Ze said: "Since this is Zhu Xiang's wish, should we help Wei Wuji?"
Zichu smiled and said, "I told you this for exactly this reason! If Wei Wuji goes to Yanmen Commandery, he will probably never come back to Wei State. From now on, Wei State will no longer be a threat."
This time he came to reward the troops because General Lian Po felt that he was too old and might not be able to fight for a few more years, so he requested the King of Qin to give him a chance to make some more military achievements so that he could attack the Kingdom of Han.
Therefore, if Zichu did not go to visit the troops in person, it would have no impact on his own reputation.
Lian Po naturally stood on his side.
But precisely because of this, Zichu decided to go.
Lian Po was Zhu Xiang's elder and had taken good care of him in Zhao State. Lian Po said that this might be his last expedition, so how could Zichu not go to comfort the troops in person
Lian Po attacked the State of Han and frightened the State of Wei.
The King of Wei, a monarch, actually came in person to pay a visit to Zichu, the Crown Prince of Qin.
You have to know that the princes of the Warring States period were mostly consumables, and were often sent abroad as hostages. Even if they were not hostages, the princes of the Warring States period had almost no power and could be replaced at will by the monarch.
A monarch actually came to pay a visit to the Crown Prince of Qin in person and treated him with the courtesy of a monarch and his subject. Even if the King of Wei intended to sow discord between the King of Qin and the Crown Prince, his action was too demeaning to himself.
This move was comparable to the King of Han personally wearing mourning clothes and crying for King Zhaoxiang of Qin.
When Zichu received the King of Wei, he was full of ridicule in his heart.
The King of Wei would rather kowtow to a prince of Qin than treat his younger brother well, who had never shown any ambition for the throne of Wei.
Even the foolish King Zhao had come to his senses and entrusted the affairs of state to Lord Pingyuan. The King of Wei was even worse than the King of Zhao.
Compared with the kings of the six kingdoms, the current King of Zhao can actually be considered a wise ruler.
The King of Wei's visit to the Crown Prince of Qin not only failed to sow discord between King Zhu of Qin and Zichu, but also made King Zhu of Qin, who was suffering from insomnia due to being too busy, happily eat an extra bowl of rice and sleep soundly all night.
King Zhu of Qin was not afraid of Zichu, he just envied Zichu. Why didn't he have such a good thing when he was the crown prince of Qin
Even when his father was in power, if another king treated him with the courtesy of a subject, his father would happily eat an extra bowl of rice and would not be afraid.
The King of Wei thought too much.
(End of this chapter)