To be honest, Cheng Jiao is smart enough.
One hundred words! A full one hundred words! Not only can I read them, I can also write them!
Zhu Xiang's heart melted when he saw He Chengjiao tightly gripping the brush, trying to straighten his limp body, and writing huge characters on the paper.
He couldn't help but mention how cute Ying Xiaozheng was when he was a child.
"When Zheng'er was a child, he tried hard to hold the pen and write on a wooden tablet. The wooden tablet was too narrow, and Zheng'er's hand shook, and the wooden tablet was completely ruined."
"Zheng'er has a bad temper. He always breaks the wooden tablet, rolls on the chair for a few times, and then continues writing."
"Xue often said that Zheng'er eats a lot because he moves too much and can't calm down to write..."
Zhu Xiang held Ying Xiaozheng's head against his, recalling the daily life he spent taking care of his nephew.
Zichu looked at the Crown Prince Qin, who was about to spit fire from his nose, and said, "He is also very angry now."
Zhu Xiang said kindly, "It's good to have a big temper. If you have anything on your mind, just let it out. That way you'll feel good and live longer. If you keep everything in your mind, you'll get sick easily."
Zichu pretended to be disgusted and said, "A ruler needs to be able to control his emotions. My grandfather was very good at this and lived a long life."
Zhu Xiang was stunned, then pushed Ying Xiaozheng's head aside: "I can't refute it!"
Zichu laughed.
"Uncle! Don't tell anyone about my childhood!" Ying Xiaozheng said angrily.
Zhu Xiang said: "Why would I tell this to outsiders? There are no outsiders here."
Ying Xiaozheng: “…”
Lin Zhi smiled evilly and said, "Zheng'er, we have all watched you grow up, why are you stopping us? Even if Zhu Xiang doesn't say it, we still remember it."
Ying Xiaozheng: “…”
He stood up silently and stopped butting his head against his uncle.
Well, it is.
The people in front of me are the elders who watched me grow up. Damn it!
Zichu felt very relieved when he saw his arrogant son being humiliated.
Ying Xiaozheng didn't want Zichu to feel comfortable, so he said in a muffled voice, "Father, you should let my uncle and I go back to Wujun."
Zichu said angrily: "You, the crown prince, don't stay in Xianyang. If something happens to me, do you want to lead the troops back to Xianyang?"
Ying Xiaozheng said without hesitation: "Okay."
Zichu threw a wooden paperweight towards Ying Xiaozheng. Zhu Xiang immediately reached out to take it and put the paperweight back on the table in front of Zichu.
"Wait until you are out of mourning before going. I will leave in February next year." Zichu said, "I really don't know why you like to go out."
Cai Ze felt helpless. You don't know why Zheng'er likes to run away, why do you indulge Zheng'er
Ying Xiaozheng said: "I can learn the skills required to stay in the palace. But it is difficult to learn things outside the palace after becoming a king. So I have to take advantage of my father's presence to see what the farthest place from Xianyang Palace is like."
He glanced at his uncle.
Ying Xiaozheng gradually formed this idea after following Zhu Xiang.
Zhu Xiang always told him that the king was high above everyone else and to the common people, he was like a god in heaven.
But this country is supported by the common people. If the monarch cannot see the common people, the more powerful the country is, the more unstable it will be.
The king may look down, but he is in a high position and the common people are too far away from him, so he can't see much real things when he looks down. Therefore, the king who has experienced hardships in his early years and has been in contact with the grassroots is often more likely to become a wise king.
For example, King Wuling of Zhao sent two miserable hostages who were neglected by their own country back to become kings. One became King Zhaoxiang of Qin and the other became King Zhao of Yan.
Moreover, Ying Xiaozheng was also a person with a strong desire for power. Although Zichu was good to him, he always felt that he was restricted and it would be better for him to follow his uncle and become the head of a county.
Being the head of a county is still the head, and it is so far away from Xianyang, it is no different from a fiefdom, so he feels more at ease.
After spending some time with Ying Xiaozheng, Zichu had almost figured out Ying Xiaozheng's character.
Given Ying Xiaozheng's inherent tyranny, if he stayed by his side for too long, even with Zhu Xiang's mediation, he and Ying Xiaozheng would still have conflicts.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. It is better to send this little tiger cub to another vast forest, where he can be the king of the world out of sight.
Anyway, with Zhu Xiang around, no matter how powerful Ying Xiaozheng is, he will not covet the throne.
Zichu was very clear about his own health, and it was unlikely that he would have any other children. Even if he did, even if he was jealous of Ying Xiaozheng when he was old, he was the King of Qin, and he would not do anything that was detrimental to the Qin State.
Only Ying Xiaozheng can succeed to the throne, which is in the best interests of Qin. This is the heir candidate that has been decided since King Zhaoxiang of Qin. Just like when his father was still the crown prince, he was already determined to be the third King of Qin.
"After Zheng'er and I leave, you must take care of yourself." Zhu Xiang started to nag, "Don't stay up late right after I leave..."
Zichu covered his ears and said, "Alright, alright, it's only September now, it's still too early for you to leave."
Lin Zhi couldn't help laughing. Cai Ze also couldn't help laughing.
Every time they saw Zhu Xiang talking about Zichu, it made it difficult for them to make Zichu the King of Qin.
Did Zhu Xiang also say the same thing to the previous two Kings of Qin? Oh, that's fine, it's Zhu Xiang's problem, not King Qin's problem.
Small towns were built at these large passes, and soldiers also needed business needs when stationed there. Therefore, in peacetime, many merchants passed through the fortress.
After Wang Jian occupied this place, he immediately opened the market and invited merchants to continue their trade.
The Jianghan Plain was developed early, has a relatively prosperous economy, and has many businessmen.
Merchants from Qin also liked to go south along the Han River. After finishing their business on the Jianghan Plain, they would go to the State of Chu through the Three Passes of Zhiyuan.
The Qin State originally banned Qin merchants from doing business with the Chu State on the grounds that the Chu State intervened in the fight for the throne and participated in the assassination of Crown Prince Zichu.
When Zichu saw that the Chu State was in chaos, he "showed kindness to the world". He not only introduced a series of policies to treat the royal family well, appeased the court that was nervous because of his assassination, but also allowed civil exchanges between Qin and Chu again.
Wang Jian guarded these three passes, collected tolls, and quietly raised his troops.
When Wang Jian served as Li Mu's deputy general, he learned a lot of Li Mu's skills in stationing and maintaining troops, which came in handy now.
Otherwise, Li Mu could be self-sufficient when leading his troops to fight, but he always asked the King of Qin for money and food, which made him seem incompetent.
Wang Jian is now comparing himself with Li Mu in his heart.
After Wang Jian captured the three passes of Zhiyuan, Li Mu also stopped sending troops.
He did not allow Qin to occupy much territory in this battle, only a few cities on the north bank of the Yangtze River. But no one in the world dared to say that he had gained nothing from this battle.
The capable generals guessed some of Li Mu's intentions, so they slapped their thighs and lamented that King Zhao was stupid for sending this general to King Qin; the incompetent people could not guess Li Mu's intentions, so they closed their eyes and boasted about Li Mu. Anyway, they all knew that Li Mu must have some purpose when he went to war, so they just boasted about it.
As for Wang Jian's battle, his intention was very clear and there was no need to exaggerate.
As soon as the leaders of the two families, the King of Chu and the Jingzhao clan, received the report of the defeat at Zhiyuan Sanai, they immediately hung up a sign to avoid fighting.
Originally, they wanted to fight a few more times, barely decide the winner, and then negotiate to decide who gets more benefits. Now both sides are evenly matched, if they negotiate at this time, I'm afraid no one will get anything good.
But the situation did not allow them to take their time. Even though the King of Chu was still hesitating whether to stop, the rulers of Wei, Han, Zhao, Yan, and Qi all sent envoys to Chu, hoping that the civil war would stop.
Not only did they send envoys, they also sent coalition forces to station on the border of Chu, as if they were going to attack Chu if it continued.
Lian Po also cultivated land on the border of Chu State.
After he completely destroyed the Zhou royal family, he was originally planning to return to Xianyang to pay homage to the new King of Qin, but Zichu issued an imperial edict to let him lead 50,000 people to continue farming on the border of Chu State, and he did not need to come back.
Lian Po thought about it and decided, okay. Anyway, he didn't want to go back to pay respect to the King of Qin whom he had beaten. It would be too embarrassing.
When Zichu was working as an accountant for Zhu Xiang, he was often led astray by Lin Zhi and Zhu Xiang, and did things that were unbearable to the elders. Lin Xiangru had a good temper and mostly just scolded them. Lian Po, who had a bad temper, stepped forward and kicked the three juniors one by one, making them roll on the ground.
Lian Po crossed his arms and thought gloomily, he actually kicked the King of Qin to the ground. Which general of his generation could do this
Even Bai Qi couldn't do it.
"They are no match for Bai Qi. Li Mu and Wang Jian are on their way up again." Lian Po recalled the battle reports of Li Mu and Wang Jian and couldn't help but smile bitterly. "Lian Po is old, Lian Po is old, alas."
Lian Yuan, the elderly servant behind him, also smiled bitterly.
He also felt that the general was old and it was time for him to return to Xianyang to retire.
The general conquered many cities of Han for Qin and destroyed the self-proclaimed emperor of Dai in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He also made considerable military achievements in Qin and can go back to live out his retirement in peace.
But the general refused to admit his old age and insisted on staying on the battlefield.
The same goes for the King of Qin. Can't he issue an edict to let the general go back
"Although Lian Po is old, he is still much stronger than the villains of the six kingdoms." After sighing, Lian Po put down his arms and said, "Humph, you actually want to scare me, come on, follow me and scare them back."
Lian Yuan sighed: "Yes."
In November of that year, Lian Po dispatched his troops at night and launched a surprise attack on the coalition forces of five countries stationed on the border of Chu State. He captured and beheaded nearly 10,000 people and forced the camp of the coalition forces of five countries to retreat 500 miles and they dared not look west to the border of Qin State again.
Originally, when the coalition forces of the five countries were intimidating the State of Chu, they also provoked the State of Qin. They deliberately stationed not far from Lian Po's camp and often harassed Lian Po.
The generals of Wei, Qi, Han and Yan were impressed that the old general Lian Po was still so brave. The general of Zhao remained silent, and the morale of the Zhao army was also very low.
Although Lian Po had left Zhao State for nearly ten years, and the common people of Zhao State may have been replaced by a new generation, the people of Zhao State still passed on Lian Po's reputation and injustice from mouth to mouth.
Many young soldiers in the Zhao army grew up listening to the legend of Lian Po. Now that they are facing Lian Po directly, the feeling in their hearts is indescribable.
Xinping Jun, the patron saint of Zhao State, has become Xinping Jun of Qin State for almost ten years.
Lian Po also saw the flag of Zhao State. He sighed for a while and rode back to the camp without much emotion.
"What are you looking at? I told you to look! Now let's see if you dare to look." Lian Po muttered, "Send all the captives to Southern Qin to farm. Zhu Xiang and Zheng Er should go to Southern Qin again, right? I wonder if he received the craftsman I sent him. It's good to go to Southern Qin. I heard that the vicious woman became the Queen of Qin? Go to Southern Qin as soon as possible to prevent her from causing trouble for Zhu Xiang and Zheng Er."
"The queen asked me to go see her?" Ying Xiaozheng put down the scroll in his hand and sneered at the palace servant who came to deliver the message.
The palace maid bowed her head. Perhaps because the fire in the palace was too strong, beads of sweat kept falling from his face.
"My father and uncle have repeatedly warned me not to meet her in private." Ying Xiaozheng stood up slowly and rolled up his sleeves.
The palace servant knelt down with her face on the ground and said, "I will report to the queen right away. The prince is busy with affairs and cannot go for the time being."
Ying Xiaozheng waved his rolled-up sleeves and put his hands behind his back: "No need, lead the way."
(End of this chapter)