Qinse is in the imperial court, forgetting both favor and disgrace

"Ministers are valuable, the enemy masters disputes, the foreign city establishes the party, the country's laws are disrupted, and the master is robbed, but the country is not in danger. It is rare."

After Zhao Rang read this, he stopped his voice, and looked at Li Lang who was sitting upright and thinking in silence.

After a few days of silence, the emperor moved to Chengxian Palace in the afternoon to sneak away. Zhao Rang could hardly believe that Li Lang came here just to listen to him recite ancient books. Shouldn't this be an investigation between the royal father and son?

Sighing slightly, he put down the scroll and said with a soft smile, "Do you want the crown prince to start studying "Han Feizi"? Is it too early?"

Li Lang looked back at Zhao Rang, his eyes were full of red. He noticed the undisguised pity in Zhao Rang's eyes, he couldn't help but lowered his head, and said angrily: "Prince... I didn't expect that kid, although he is not good enough, He has his own ideas about what to do.”

Zhao Rang was surprised, and Li Lang continued with a smile, "He thought you were the emperor's kindness, so he came to the Yushufang to complain to you."

"This..." Zhao Rang suddenly realized the purpose of the prince's hasty departure yesterday. Apart from being surprised, he couldn't help but be moved. No wonder everyone said that "the heart of a child" is the most precious, sincere and innocent, and there is no falsehood.

But looking at Li Lang again, Zhao Rang couldn't let go of his anxiety.

The young emperor lowered his head and lowered his eyes, his thin lips were tight; he looked preoccupied, and occasionally met his gaze, but it was no longer as deep as a lake before, and his infatuation was still there, but it seemed to add a little more meaning.

He hesitated a little, but still asked slowly: "What's your intention in picking this paragraph?"

These few sentences originally came from "Han Feizi. Nei Chu Shuo Liu Wei", which was written when Duke Li of Jin, the six officials in the country were powerful, and the favored ministers Xu Tong and Chang Yujiao advised the king.

As a result, Duke Li of Jin only listened to the persuasion halfway, and Liu Qing killed three of them, but said: "I can't bear to destroy the three Qings in one dynasty." Divide the land.

Han Fei used this incident to say that one of the six minorities, the power is borrowed from the subordinates. If the monarch's power is used by his subordinates, it will be difficult to get it back. He also quoted Li Dan's words: "The sharp weapon of the country should not be shown to others."

Zhao Rang is no stranger to the remarks of the pre-Qin philosophers, so of course he asked this question.

Li Lang was silent for a long time, then he stretched out his hand suddenly, shook Zhao Rang's hand, and pressed against his forehead, sighing deeply: "Jing Du, I don't want to be the emperor anymore."

He closed his eyes and sank into Zhao Rang's arms, with a dejected expression and a tired look on his brows, and said wanly: "According to what he said, the leader of the people is most ruthless, cold-blooded and ruthless. Guarding against the outside world, accepting the destiny above, and sympathizing with the common people, they are destined to be lonely, not to mention siblings, even when facing parents and children, they will never dare to relax. Jingdu, you say, people live like this, Even if the world returns to the heart and sits firmly in the high position of the Ninth Five-Year Lord, what fun will I have left?"

When the voice fell, Li Lang's head slid down and leaned on Zhao Rang's shoulder, eyes still half closed, listless.

Zhao Rang was speechless for a while, and could only let Li Lang complain in front of him like a helpless child.After a long time, he heard Li Lang muffled, "Why don't you speak?" before he replied with a sigh: "As the son of heaven, he can only inherit the dirt of the country. It's not that the owner doesn't pay attention to filial piety, righteousness and benevolence, but... he's different from ordinary people. "

"Then, what about the love between husband and wife, and the meaning of marriage?"

After a long silence, Zhao Rang said in a low voice: "National affairs are the most important thing, so the only way to kill relatives is righteousness."

Hearing this, Li Lang suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were like torches: "Is this true?"

Zhao Rang said with a smile: "If you want to kill relatives with righteousness, there is no exception. If your majesty wants to achieve great things, you should... you shouldn't have the heart of your own sons and daughters."

He supported Li Lang to sit upright, and condensed deeply into the depths of the other's pupils, "Returning the world to a clean sea, a prosperous and peaceful world, is the greatest benevolence and righteousness for a king."

Li Lang didn't say a word. He approached Zhao Rang with his lips, and said with a smile: "Okay, I will keep Jingdu's words in my heart. By the way, I heard from the prince that you asked the servants to rehearse." Dance? Is it to prepare for the banquet in the palace to add to the fun?"

Zhao Rang was stunned, and laughed for a while: "Dancing? How does the prince describe you? This child is extremely intelligent--Alang, I think the prince is clearly a malleable talent. Don't be jealous because of his background. Your Majesty..."

"It's too early," Li Lang waved his hand, "You might as well show me your carefully prepared dance first."

Zhao Rang backed away slightly, and said with a smile, "My minister obeys the order."

Not long after, Li Lang was in a daze to enjoy the dance rehearsed by the palace servants in the back garden of Chengxian Palace—it was more like a practice than a dance.

Fifteen people lined up in three rows to form a square formation. Each person held a wooden stick about three feet long. The first row held sticks against their shoulders. The leftmost servant served as the captain and shouted the slogan "Go" , the rest of the people in the same row responded in unison.

Immediately, the first and second rows did not move, and the third row went up to the front of the phalanx. After the same operation, the second row neatly lined up in front of the team.

Repeatedly, the entire phalanx advances slowly.

After marching for about half a cup of tea, the team suddenly changed, and it was still 15 people. They trotted and changed into a hollow square formation with four people on each side. The stick stood still.

Li Lang finished appreciating it with relish, and found it extremely interesting. At the same time, he couldn't help secretly praising the neat movements of these masculine servants, which already looked like well-trained soldiers. The talent of a soldier can also be seen in a tube.

He pointed to the motionless phalanx, turned his head and smiled and asked Zhao Rang who was sitting beside him: "Won't Jing Du explain something?"

Zhao Rang didn't answer right away, but said in a deep voice: "The minister has his own sacred intentions, so he should first accuse him of the crime. Your majesty needs to forgive the minister's reckless actions, so that the minister can explain it."

Li Lang raised his eyebrows, quite dissatisfied: "Jing Du?"

"Before your Majesty left, he told his ministers that he wanted to give them a special gift."

Different from Zhao Rang's calmness, Li Lang showed his face unexpectedly. He did not hesitate to show his true intentions in front of Zhao Rang, and asked with a tongue-tied voice: "You, you can guess what I want to give you?"

Zhao Rang smiled slightly: "It's special, but it's not unusual. Your majesty can also give gifts to the minister's heart now. It's nothing more than a minister's daughter, and the minister...before the strange catastrophe, what was left behind That roll of blueprints."

Li Lang was dumbfounded, stared at him, and after a long while, he smiled generously: "Jing Du, Jing Du! I really..."

Before he finished his words, he took a deep breath and said to Zhao Rang seriously: "You guessed right. It's that thing. Your calligraphy and painting are very detailed. I have ordered someone to make it. This thing looks like a firecracker , but it is connected with it, a weapon that borrows the power of gunpowder?"

This time it was Zhao Rang's eyes that flashed a hint of appreciation, and he nodded in praise: "That's right."

It’s just that the new thing is not exactly the same as the traditional firecracker. It has no rope to light the fire, but a trigger lever with a flint sandwiched between it. The hammer and the flint are used to smash out sparks and ignite the gunpowder in the gunpowder pool.

In addition, there is a more thorough improvement, that is, there is a tubular hollow under the gun barrel, which is specially used to fill the matching bayonet.

After this change, this object can not only be used as a long-range weapon like a bow, but also can be used for close hand-to-hand combat, and trained soldiers do not need to arrange additional protection from gunmen.

The more Li Lang listened, the more elated he became. He immediately asked someone to fetch the finished firecracker and handed it to Zhao Rang.

Zhao Rang saw that he was very excited, so he didn't hesitate to practice for Li Lang without saying a word.

It turns out that the formation he showed to Li Lang is for the new type of firecracker. One is the improvement of the basic formation, which can move forward slowly until it can carry out melee combat with the enemy.

The latter hollow formation can defend against enemies in all directions. If there are a large number of people, there will be few dead angles and weak points.

Zhao Rang explained to Li Lang in detail that this formation was originally used to deal with the unruly barbarians in South Vietnam in the past. Used together, the effect is not trivial.

Hearing this, Li Lang became even more fascinated. He asked for the firecracker again, guided by Zhao Rang, put the firecracker upright on the ground, filled the gunpowder with gunpowder, ignored the resistance of the old servant, and even tried to send out the firecracker. One shot.

With the sound of gunpowder explosion, the lead bullet broke a thick branch more than ten feet away, Li Langzhi smiled proudly at Zhao Rang: "Very good, very good, when the war is over again in the future, I can also come to the front of the battle in person—" That's right, the projectiles shot by this thing are also easier to obtain than bows and arrows, and the Northern Army can also equip them."

When it came to border military affairs, Li Lang's face changed slightly, but it was fleeting, and it turned into a smile again: "Come here, set up a banquet with wine, Jing Du and I want to drink to our heart's content!"

Zhao Rang didn't refuse, but whispered to Li Lang, "You still don't want to be emperor?"

Li Lang smiled and didn't say any more, just took Zhao Rang's hand, and the two went back to the palace together.

After the banquet was served, Li Lang first filled the cup and held it with Zhao Rang in both hands. Zhao Rang looked around and saw that all the attendants and servants were outside the table, so he took it with a smile and placed it on his forehead.

Li Lang laughed loudly: "You and I really don't have to be so polite."

"There are so many eyes and ears in this palace, it's better to restrain yourself." Zhao Rang disagreed, "I really don't want to cause trouble again, it's rare that the queen mother doesn't want to drive me away because of Buddhist affairs..."

After mentioning his mother, Li Lang's face darkened again, he shook his head slightly and said: "Don't talk about these unsightly things at this time, let's make it clear first."

The two raised their glasses to each other, although they each had their own concerns, they were unwilling to show weakness to each other when they drank. After a while, a servant came forward to refill the pot.

When the wine was hot, Li Lang stared into Zhao Rang's eyes, and suddenly blurted out: "Jingdu, where did your sister go?"

He stared at Zhao Rang closely, like a creeping tiger, Zhao Rang's expression was normal, and he replied calmly: "The Empress Dowager recalled Changle to serve in Tai'an Palace. She is in Chengxian Palace, after all, there are many inconveniences."

"Oh? I don't know about this." Li Lang's eyes did not deviate by half an inch, they were still piercing.

Zhao Rang put down the wine cup, and said softly to Li Lang, "Even if I, Zhao Rang, am not a courtier of Eastern Chu, I have nothing to regret for you."

After a short pause, he added seemingly very casually: "The soldiers who were transferred from South Vietnam to Jinling, the leaders of the army are also well versed in the formation of firearms."

Li Lang raised his cup and pursed his lips, but he didn't speak, and he didn't answer Zhao Rang's words. He also said lightly: "Tomorrow I will arrange for your daughter to enter the palace. Concubine Liu is about to give birth, and when the child is born, I will immediately promote her to be a concubine." ——Whether the child is a boy or a girl, I will leave it to you.”

Zhao Rang smiled bitterly in surprise: "This...forcibly separates the mother and child, I'm afraid...it's inappropriate..."

"Jing Du," Li Lang said in a deep voice, "This matter is my decision, you don't have to feel guilty."

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A little bit of digression, just for those who might show up—

The phalanx that Xiao Zhao showed to the little emperor in this chapter has a well-known name called "Line Tactics", also known as "Shooting in Line" method... It was born in the century, prevailed in the century, and even until the First World War, it can still be seen tactics.

As silly as it may seem, it was the birth of the musket and the bayonet that made the world run amok.

The slowly advancing three-stage strike and the hollow formation are both deformations of this formation.

This kind of three-stage attack appeared in the Ming Dynasty of our country. It was recorded in the "Fire Dragon Classic" written by Jiao Yu, the Ming general, and was used in actual combat against Silun, the chieftain of Luchuan, Yunnan. Beat off, hmm.

But at that time, only matchlock guns were enough. After the Ming Dynasty, the firearms of the Qing Dynasty did not advance but retreated. After the Opium War, the West had already used the firearms, line tactics, this dynasty...

In other words, because this article is overhead, the elements in it have been extended from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be 2000 years old hahahaha!

But it is also because it is overhead, so here is just a brief mention, although I think not many people will mind, but it is better to prevent it before it happens-and, yes!That's right, I'm still pouring water!