Zhu Xiang found it very interesting that he suddenly had the ability to teach "the way of being a king", so he specifically mentioned this matter in the document he sent to Zichu and attached Ying Xiaozheng's homework.
When Zhu Xiang was writing the letter, he smiled and said to Zichu that Zichu's grandfather had asked Zichu to worship him as his teacher in public, so he was now here to teach Zichu.
When sending the letter, Zhu Xiang looked at the boat slowly leaving the shore with a somewhat melancholy expression.
He was considered diligent in writing letters to Zichu, Lin Zhi and Cai Ze, but with so many friends across the world, he could only exchange letters twice a year. It was the King of Qin who gave him the privilege to send letters with military intelligence.
The money he spent on a correspondence with Xianyang was enough for an ordinary person to spend for half a year.
Zhu Xiang missed the time in his previous life when he could chat with his friends every day whenever he wanted. If he felt like it, he could take a plane or high-speed train to meet friends from all over the world, even if it was just a weekend.
The ship carrying the letter was getting farther and farther away.
Zhu Xiang shook his head, turned around and went home.
He missed so many things from his past life, not just this one.
"Should we ask the merchant to deliver a letter to Lord Xinling?" Zhu Xiang thought of this friend he hadn't heard from for a long time.
Zhu Xiang was a man of action. When he thought of something, he would immediately grind ink and write a letter to greet Lord Xinling, scold the King of Chu, and brag about his own son Zheng'er.
The letter is written.
Zhu Xiang gave the letter to a merchant who was going to the Central Plains, asked him to spend more time to help him deliver the letter, and gave the merchant money.
The businessman couldn't refuse, so he took the money and left happily.
He would put the money into a brocade bag or have someone tie it into a string and hang it up as a talisman for himself and his family.
This is the money handed to him by Duke Zhu Xiang himself. It is imbued with Duke Zhu Xiang's ethereal spirit, talent, nobility, and benevolence. It will surely protect his elders from illness, himself from disaster, and his children from worries.
After Zhu Xiang's letter was sent away, Ying Xiaozheng was still working hard on his "homework".
He revised the plan several times, but then abandoned it and never showed it to Zhu Xiang.
Seeing that Ying Xiaozheng was getting stuck in a rut, Zhu Xiang taught him to brainstorm.
Ying Xiaozheng called Li Si and Han Fei to think about it with him.
Li Si and Han Fei were respectively a poor scholar and a royal family member, respectively. They had different statuses and looked at issues from very different perspectives.
Seeing that Li Si and Han Fei were arguing until their faces turned red but still couldn't come to a conclusion, Ying Xiaozheng became even more annoyed.
Seeing this, Zhu Xiang, half-intentionally, added two more people to the discussion with Ying Xiaozheng.
Zhu Xiang asked Fuqiu to temporarily follow Ying Xiaozheng, and personally arrested Meng Tian from the military camp, who refused to take off his armor, and forced him to return to his job as a clerk.
Fuqiu could barely be considered a local tyrant in the Six Kingdoms; the Meng family had lived in Qin for generations and was considered a hereditary noble in Qin. They also valued culture over military affairs, and their perspectives were very interesting.
Li Mu had not sent out troops recently. He and Bai Qi watched this interesting debate together and were deeply moved.
Only one member of the Qin royal family is missing. These few people cover all the interest groups that the King of Qin needs to consider.
Zhu Xiang smiled and said, "Are you still missing a royal family member? Cheng Jiao, come here."
Cheng Jiao came running over, threw himself into Zhu Xiang's arms, and was picked up by Zhu Xiang.
It had been less than a month since Zhu Xiang came back, but Cheng Jiao had already become very skilled at hugging his uncle's neck: "Uncle, what's the matter?"
Zhu Xiang said: "You join in too, then it will be complete."
Cheng Jiao: “Okay!”
Make trouble for the prince brother? With his uncle's support, he will do it!
Ying Xiaozheng's phoenix eyes turned into dead fish eyes.
Is his uncle deliberately making things difficult for him
But his uncle was obviously making trouble for him, and it seemed to make sense, which made Ying Xiaozheng extremely frustrated and he could only follow Zhu Xiang's plan.
Li Mu asked privately: "Zhu Xiang, do you really want Zheng'er to come up with a perfect solution?"
Zhu Xiang smiled and shook his head: "There is no perfect solution. I just let him know there will be these problems."
Li Mu was a little worried: "Will Zheng'er be unhappy if he feels frustrated?"
Zhu Xiang said: "Now that Xia Tong is behind him, he is so reckless. When he was the King of Qin, there were too many things that were not satisfactory. He needs to make a choice between perfection and compromise."
Zhu Xiang sighed, thinking of the past when King Zhaoxiang of Qin suppressed his desire for expansion in his later years, stopped fighting and rested to recuperate.
"Restraining desires is what a wise ruler must do. These desires are not just bad desires, but also good desires, such as the ambition to become the greatest emperor of all time." Zhu Xiang said, "Each generation has its own work to do. If you want to do more, you have to overdraw the present. If you borrow, you must pay it back, and when you pay it back, you must pay it back with interest. If you can't calculate this account well, even if you become the greatest emperor of all time, but..."
Zhu Xiang smiled and didn't say the rest.
Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng has fans all over the world in modern times, and both men and women affectionately call him Brother Zheng.
But no matter how great his contributions were, Qin began with Ying Zheng and ended with Ying Zheng.
Less than a year after Qin Shi Huang's death, anti-Qin banners were everywhere. Before his death, the situation in Qin was already out of control.
If Qin Shihuang was given a world map as later generations said and allowed to continue expanding outward, it would have accelerated the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
Because at that time the Qin State had been dragged to the brink of collapse by military service and corvee labor.
The price of becoming the greatest emperor of all time was the death of Qin II. Do you like such an greatest emperor of all time, Zheng'er
Zheng'er said that he was going to jump up and smash his uncle's head off.
Oh, Zheng'er is already very tall now, so there's no need to jump up to hit him, Zhu Xiang thought to himself.
Li Mu said: "You are a very strict teacher."
Zhu Xiang said: "How could that be? It's just that Zheng'er has high standards for himself."
Li Mu said, "Let's just leave it like this. I'm leaving for Hainan again. If you want to go somewhere else for adventure again, please inform Bai Gong first and ask him to check for you. Remember to bring more people with you."
Zhu Xiang waved his hand with a dark face: "Go away, go away, don't say anything unlucky, I won't take the risk again!"
Li Mu crossed his arms and sighed.
You took the risk yourself, and you still say it's unlucky? Who is unlucky
Li Mu couldn't sit still, so he left Wujun again.
Bai Qi wanted to go too, but he had not yet adapted to the climate of Wujun and was recuperating with the help of Bian Que, so he could only stay in Wujun and often visit the new base of the fleet near Guangling City.
Seeing that Bai Qi could not sit still, Zhu Xiang handed over the military workshop in Wujun to Bai Qi.
He thought that Bai Gong would definitely like to be the first to get his hands on the Qin army's most advanced weapons.
Zhu Xiang "sent" Bai Qi in this way, asking him to do the work of a minor official, and people who knew Bai Qi's true identity were very surprised.
Later, when they saw that Bai Qi was getting better and better, they couldn't help but admire Zhu Xiang.
Duke Xiang of Zhu guessed people's minds again.
Zhu Xiang listened to their praises and shook his head with a wry smile. What kind of guessing is needed? Is there any leader who doesn't like new weapons
When modern generals see new airplanes, cannons, and tanks, they will go up and touch them.
Don't you people understand the romance of new military equipment
After listening to Zhu Xiang's words, some people understood, while others did not.
Zhu Xiang said to Fuqiu and Han Fei who did not understand, "If you retire and return home when you are old, do you want to stay at home and do nothing, or take a job as a bookkeeper where you can always see the latest versions of books?"
Fuqiu and Han Fei understood immediately.
Li Si muttered: "Even when I get old, I don't necessarily have to retire."
He just wants to die in phase!
Zhu Xiang patted Li Si on the shoulder and said, "It's a good thing that you want to devote yourself to the Qin State. Zheng'er, remember this, Li Si will never be allowed to retire in the future."
Ying Xiaozheng said: "Okay. If he retires, I will send him to the most remote place to be a county governor."
All of Li Si's new and old friends laughed, except Li Si.
It is a good deal to sacrifice Li Si's smile and make more people laugh.
Zhu Xiang and Ying Xiaozheng both smiled with satisfaction.
Li Si looked at the smiles of Duke Zhu Xiang and Crown Prince Zheng, feeling extremely aggrieved but not daring to get angry. He could only glare at the silly-smiling Han Fei and made a note of Han Fei in his little notebook.
Seeing Li Si glaring at him, Han Fei gave Li Si a questioning look in confusion and continued to laugh.
Li Si: “…” One day, he will be pissed off to death by Han Fei!
Ying Xiaozheng continued to revise his homework, and after several months he had not yet handed the final version to Zhu Xiang.
Perhaps he himself understood that it was impossible to come to a perfect conclusion.
It's autumn harvest again.
Zhu Xiang's letter arrived in Xianyang City and also in the hands of Lord Xinling.
When Zichu saw the letter written by Zhu Xiang, he was first angered by the words Zhu Xiang wrote at the beginning: "I am your teacher, come on, call me teacher."
Zichu slammed the table and said, "When I saw Zhu Xiang's smug tone, I wanted to punch him twice!"
Cai Ze said: "But Zhu Xiang is indeed the master's teacher."
Lin Zhi said, "Really? Is it true that he became a disciple in public as Zhu Xiang said? I seem to have heard Zhu Xiang mention it."
Cai Ze nodded: "Yes."
Lin Zhi smiled and said, "Ah, Your Majesty, since you have become my disciple, it seems that I can only call Duke Zhu Xiang my teacher."
Zichu sneered: "I dare to call him, does he dare to answer?"
Lin Zhi said: "Of course he dared to answer. Zhu Xiang not only dared to answer, but also put his hands behind his back, raised his chin, and proudly called you 'student'."
Zichu: “…”
He changed the subject: "Zhu Xiang said that he accidentally taught Zheng'er how to be a king. Is he joking or is he really stupid? Doesn't he have any self-awareness at all?"
Lin Zhi said: "It's really stupid."
Cai Ze said: "No self-awareness."
Zichu said, "Let's see what he wrote. How could he embarrass Zheng'er like that?"
Zichu began to read, reading one page and giving one page to Lin Zhi and Cai Ze.
After reading it, Zichu was silent. Lin Zhi and Cai Ze were both rubbing their temples.
Lin Zhi joked, "Your Majesty, is the homework of Teacher Zhu Xiang very simple? He asked you to finish your homework quickly and send it to him for inspection. Have you decided what to write?"
Zichu glanced at Lin Zhi and said, "I will let the Prime Minister write for me."
Cai Ze sighed deeply, interrupted Zichu and Lin Zhi's chatter, and said, "Zhu Xiang's question is very sharp. Your Majesty, you really should start thinking about it from now on."
Zichu: “…”
Zhu Xiang, ah Zhu Xiang, this homework of yours is really too difficult.
"Let's gather more people to discuss this." Lin Zhi returned to his serious work state. "National affairs require collective wisdom and efforts."
Cai Ze said: "After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the military merit system could no longer be implemented. A new way of selecting officials was needed, and the academy system was an attempt. I didn't expect that the academy system would have such a big drawback. Why didn't Zhu Xiang bring it up at the beginning?"
Lin Zhi said: "Maybe the reason is what he said to Zheng'er, that he took too big a step and hit his balls?"
Hearing this vulgar metaphor, the corners of Zichu and Cai Ze's mouth twitched.
Zhu Xiang gave Zichu "homework", which gave the monarch and his ministers in Xianyang City, who already had a lot of things to do, one more thing to worry about.
Xinling Jun was very idle when he received Zhu Xiang's letter.
Xinling Jun sent troops to rescue the State of Zhao without authorization. The King of Zhao was very grateful to Xinling Jun at first, but soon, discordant voices were heard in Handan City.
As a general of the State of Zhao, how could Lord Xinling send out troops privately? Did he consider himself a general of the State of Zhao
After Xinling Jun learned about this, he began to pack his bags, ready to leave as soon as King Zhao asked him to hand over his military power.
Xinling Jun was so ready to leave because the King of Wei sent someone to write another letter to reconcile with him.
Lian Po beat up Wei and Han from time to time, which made both Wei and Han very nervous.
The King of Wei finally remembered his capable brother and wrote a letter asking Lord Xinling to return to the country and appoint him as prime minister.
He was always like this. When he needed Xinling Jun, he would call Xinling Jun back, and when he became suspicious of Xinling Jun, he would drive Xinling Jun away.
Xinling Jun also knew that his brother was like this, but he would be "tricked" every time.
What can be done? Xinling Jun was a prince of Wei State, and he wanted to keep Wei State. For this reason, no matter how disappointed the King of Wei made him, as long as he was asked to return to Wei State, he would go back.
Xinling Jun's followers had become accustomed to the life of resisting the northern barbarians.
Life here is not refined, but it is very unrestrained. There are neither so many intrigues nor so many etiquette constraints.
Xinling Jun and his followers were typical knights who did not like too many restrictions.
Seeing that Lord Xinling was persuaded by the King of Wei, his followers all tried to persuade Lord Xinling.
Even those whose family members were in Wei advised Lord Xinling not to return to Wei.
Although the King of Wei seems to have repented now, if he becomes suspicious of Xinling Jun again next time, Xinling Jun will probably have no chance to escape.
Changping Jun even wrote a letter asking Xinling Jun to stay in Zhao State. Didn’t Xinling Jun agree to Changping Jun’s request
When Xinling Jun was hesitating, the matter of Chunshen Jun reached his ears, which temporarily put his plan to return to Wei State on hold.
When he saw Chunshen Jun, it was like he saw himself.
Xinling Jun not only wrote a letter asking Chunshen Jun to come to Zhao State to guard the border with him, but also made preparations to send his retainers to rescue Chunshen Jun.
He also contacted the Zhao royal family members he was familiar with in Handan, and asked them to persuade the King of Zhao to invite Chunshen Jun to Zhao.
Xinling Jun was the brother-in-law of Pingyuan Jun and was familiar with many members of the Zhao royal family.
Even though Pingyuan Jun has been dead for many years, his influence among the royal family still exists.
In addition to Xinling Jun's own reputation, many Zhao royal family elders who had already ignored state affairs came to the palace to persuade King Zhao to accept Chunshen Jun into Zhao.
At that time, King Zhao had already listened to the advice of younger and more radical ministers around him and joined the ranks of those trying to alienate King Chu and Chunshen Jun.
But after hearing what the clan elders said, he also felt that Chunshen Jun was so capable, and it would be great if he could be brought to Zhao and work for him, so he sent people to pick up Chunshen Jun.
Before the people he sent out left the border of Zhao State, Chunshen Jun was sentenced to death by the King of Chu.
When the envoy returned, he told King Zhao that Lord Changping had gone alone into a dangerous place to see his friend off, and that he had left the gifts to Lord Chunshen's family.
Even though the young King of Zhao had disliked Lord Changping Zhu Xiang, who gained fame by stepping on him, he could not help but sigh for Zhu Xiang's righteousness.
Because of his emotion for Zhu Xiang's loyalty, the young King of Zhao's fear and dissatisfaction with Wei Wuji was slightly alleviated, and he suppressed the discussion in the court that wanted to drive Wei Wuji away.
Wei Wuji also knew about this.
He first cried for Chunshen Jun, then laughed while crying, saying that if he encountered such a thing, maybe Zhu Xiang would come to see him off. In order to prevent Zhu Xiang from taking risks alone, he should take care of himself and not be killed easily.
Because of this incident, Wei Wuji suppressed the idea of leaving and continued to guard the northern border for the State of Zhao.
Later, Zhu Xiang's letter arrived.
Wei Wuji happily opened Zhu Xiang's letter, which contained what he cared about most.
He wanted to ask Zhu Xiang whether he had really repelled Xiang Yan's attack. He had met Xiang Yan and found him to be a good general.
He also wanted to ask about the details of Zhu Xiang's farewell to Chunshen Jun, and whether the people of Chu really came to see them off.
Zhu Xiang wrote down everything he wanted to know in great detail.
Wei Wuji smiled and said to his retainers, "Zhu Xiang said that when Xiang Yan came, he had already withdrawn all Qin officials from Guangling City and replaced them with local scholars as county magistrates. Who knew Xiang Yan wanted to massacre the city? He wrote a letter asking Xiang Yan to save his face, but Xiang Yan refused. So he had no choice but to defend the city."
The retainers all laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs. They said that Duke Zhu Xiang still had a temper. If you don't give me face, I will beat you until you have no face left. You are indeed a friend of Lord Xinling.
Wei Wuji sighed and said, "I didn't expect that when Chunshen Jun died, it was even more tragic than what was said outside. All his followers died, the Chu people saw him off for thousands of miles, and the Chu and Qin armies guarded the coffin... If I die, you must not die with me. I would rather you go to join Changping Jun."
After he finished speaking, he asked someone to bring paper and pen, and asked the servant to promise him that he would never do such a thing.
He also assured his followers that he would never be as stupid as Chunshen Jun. Although he would be soft-hearted and return to Wei, if the King of Wei wanted to kill him, he would definitely run away immediately and not give the King of Wei a chance to kill him.
Wei Wuji laughed and said, "I am his brother, if he kills me it would be unfilial; I am a prince who cares about Wei, if he kills me it would be unvirtuous. Now Wei is in danger, if the king behaves unfilially and unvirtuously, it will lower his reputation and alienate the knowledgeable people in Wei, and then Wei will really perish. So for the sake of Wei, I absolutely cannot die at the hands of my brother."
Wei Wuji's smile was very free and easy.
But the guests' expressions in response were bitter.
They wanted to ask the King of Wei, "Doesn't the King of Wei know this? Even if he doesn't want to use Xinling Jun, he shouldn't want to kill him."
Wei Wuji put away Zhu Xiang's letter, handed one of the pages with the new recipe written on it to a retainer who was good at cooking, and held a banquet to share the dishes sent by Zhu Xiang.
At the banquet, the half-drunk Wei Wuji said again: "I absolutely cannot die at the hands of my brother, otherwise the State of Wei will surely perish."
"Chun Shenjun should not have died at the hands of the king of Chu. If he was loyal to the king of Chu and the state of Chu, he should have fled when the king of Chu sentenced him to death. Because if the king of Chu believed the slander and sentenced Chun Shenjun to death, it would also lead to the demise of the state of Chu."
"Chun Shenjun is confused!"
The names of the Four Princes of the Warring States Period were known throughout the seven kingdoms.
Although the world-famous Four Princes of the Warring States Period later became five people, Xinling Jun's reputation has never diminished.
Mengchangjun was not of the same generation as the later princes of the Warring States Period and had died long ago.
Pingyuan Jun worked tirelessly for the State of Zhao and has been dead for several years.
After Chunshen Jun was executed by the King of Chu, only Xinling Jun was left among the four princes of the Warring States Period.
Therefore, even though Xinling Jun was in Yanmen County, the seven countries were very concerned about this only remaining of the four princes of the Warring States Period.
His words at the banquet soon spread to the State of Chu and the State of Wei.
The King of Chu and the King of Wei were both furious.
Although the King of Chu regretted killing Chunshen Jun, the more he regretted it, the more he could not tolerate others saying that he had killed the wrong person.
Because he was really scared.
The Chu State lost one-tenth of its territory in his hands, and then he gave half of it to the Southern Chu State. He was already in a bad mood, and after he ordered Chunshen Jun to be executed, his mood became even worse.
He is too familiar with Chunshen Jun.
During the ten years he was a hostage in Qin State, he and Chunshen Jun were almost together day and night, and it could even be said that they depended on each other.
He and Chunshen Jun were originally closer than any blood relatives.
But after returning to China for many years, those friendships faded.
After killing Chunshen Jun, the King of Chu would always dream of the years when he and Chunshen Jun lived together in Qin State when he was young.
Some dreams are very happy and warm, but when he wakes up, he will see terrible hallucinations.
He saw Chunshen Jun standing at the head of the bed and asked him why he had been unjustly killed.
The King of Chu believed that Chunshen Jun's ghost was seeking his life, so he ordered many wizards and witches to enter the palace to exorcise the evil spirit for him.
He gradually ignored state affairs and handed over all power to the prince's uncle Li Yuan, saying that Li Yuan was Zhu Xiang of Chu and had great trust in Li Yuan, who had never shown any talent.
Then he plunged headfirst into witchcraft.
When Wei Wuqi's words reached his ears, he became furious and said that he would send troops to attack the State of Wei.
Li Yuan also wanted to do something to show his ability, so he strongly advocated an alliance with Qin, to jointly attack Wei and divide up Wei's territory.
The King of Wei was already feeling resentful about Wei Wuji's words.
When Wei Wuji said this, didn't he mean that his previous actions were all foolish acts that led to the demise of the State of Wei
He was originally forced to call Wei Wuji back. Now he is even more dissatisfied.
When the State of Chu threatened to send troops to attack the State of Wei on the grounds that Wei Wuji insulted the King of Chu, the King of Wei was happy.
You see, I said Wei Wuji was a disaster.
Now Chu was just a spent force, having lost Chunshen Jun and most of its territory. Wei was not afraid at all, and pulled in Han, Zhao, and other states to attack Chu together.
The State of Chu requested an alliance with the State of Qin, but the King of Qin refused and said to the King of Chu that Lord Xinling Wei Wuji was right and asked the King of Chu to reflect on this.
Therefore, the State of Chu had to pull in the State of Yan, which had a grudge against the State of Zhao, to resist the coalition forces of Wei, Zhao and Han together.
As for the State of Qi, it was naturally just slacking off, with an attitude of "it has nothing to do with me".
Lord Xinling Wei Wuji never expected that his drunken words would cause a war between several countries.
Qin Wang Zichu didn't expect this either.
He really thought about whether to help Chu. But thinking about Zhu Xiang's anger towards the King of Chu, Prince Chu of Qin decided to hold his troops and let them fight.
Cai Ze used Qin's intelligence organization to deliver the latest military reports to both sides, helping whichever side was weaker.
Lin Zhi commanded the super useful Lu Buwei, and the great businessman appeared again and sold the weapons eliminated by Qin to the five countries.
When Zhu Xiang, who was far away in Southern Qin, learned of this, the two allied forces had already engaged in battle. The Chu-Yan army was led by Xiang Yan, and the Wei, Han, and Zhao army was led by Wei Wuji. The battle was extremely fierce.
Zhu Xiang was so frightened that the pumpkin in his hand fell off and his instep became swollen.
“Ouch!”
"Hahahaha, uncle is so stupid, he actually hit his own foot with a pumpkin! Cheng Jiao, come and laugh with your brother."
“Oh, hahahaha!”
(End of this chapter)