Mrs. Qin Xiangguo

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King Qin was very ill.

The illness came like a mountain, and at the same time it disrupted all the plans of Zhao Weizhen and Lu Buwei.The king was suddenly ill, and the Empress Dowager Huayang came forward to take over the government, which can be said to have killed them with a big carbine.

The point is that no one can express an opposing opinion on this.

Above the Qin court, the Empress Dowager Huayang sat on a high place, but the throne was vacant.

Lu Buwei and Prince Yingzheng are in front of the officials. As the wife of the discussion, Zhao Weizhen is always alone, standing under the throne.

She faced the ministers and workers, just able to see the faces of Xiangguo and the prince.

Zhao Weizhen glanced over, and Ying Zheng raised his eyes as if aware of something, and caught her gaze.

An 11-year-old boy, dressed in a black dark suit, has a straight back and a vigor.His pair of phoenix eyes were calm and sharp, his thin lips were slightly pursed, and his immature facial features showed a sense of fearlessness and indifference.

Who would have imagined that this was the first time Yingzheng came to court?

The ministers had already discussed it before going to court, saying that the prince is indeed a young and talented man, and it was his first time to participate in political affairs, but he didn't care at all.

In the huge Qin court, only Zhao Weizhen can capture the restraint hidden in Ying Zheng's eyes.

He was so good at hiding his emotions, he still didn't hide them.

Sure enough, I was still a little nervous.

But it's okay, nervousness proves that Xiao Yingzheng is taking it seriously, and it can spur him on the contrary.

So Zhao Weizhen quickly raised a bright smile.

That smile came and went quickly, all the courtiers were focused on the queen mother and the prince, and no one noticed.

Only Ying Zheng understood that this smile was an encouragement to him.

He nodded slightly, and even put away the restraint leaked from his eyes.

"I heard that Xiangguo is very busy these days." The Empress Dowager Huayang said: "First, I asked the king for instructions, and then began to transport the caravan, purchase leather, grain and grass, and ordered the craftsmen to prepare the equipment and armor for the defense of the city. I don’t know, so I ask Xiangguo to enlighten me: The Qin army’s attack on Zhao Kaixuan took only a few months, so why are you making such preparations?”

When these words fell to the ground, Qin Ting murmured for a while.

Lu Buwei was so busy making preparations that no one was notified except to tell the king.

Now that Qin Prince Chu is ill, the queen mother said bluntly in the court that she is not soft or hard to find trouble for Lu Buwei.

Announcing the things that have not been decided is to ask him to explain.

But Lu Buwei was not angry at all.

He still had the same gentle and humble expression, and when he heard the queen mother's question, he walked out slowly.

Lu Buwei saluted first, then straightened his waist and said: "The purpose of returning to the queen mother is to break the alliance of the six countries before they attack Qin."

"Oh?"

When the Empress Dowager Huayang heard the words, her solemn expression subtly moved.

She asked, "Xiangguo thinks that the Six Kingdoms are going to attack Qin?"

Lu Buwei said without hesitation, "Yes."

The firm response made the voice of discussion in the DPRK even clearer.

Standing at the forefront, Zhao Weizhen could hear clearly: the civil servants muttered a lot, thinking that Lu Buwei was looking for trouble for nothing; while the generals tended to agree.

In the military, it must be that the generals want to fight more.

Even if they don't think the Six Nations are going to fight, they are looking forward to the next war as soon as possible.

Lu Buwei waited for others to react accordingly.

He was very patient and let the other ministers discuss it. After their discussion was almost done and their voices became smaller and smaller, Lu Buwei turned around.

"Everyone, please listen to Buwei's words." He said: "Preparing in advance is not because of other thoughts. If Buwei hadn't discussed this matter with the king and the prince Haosheng, he would not dare to make rash judgments. It is estimated that the six countries will attack Qin."

"Xiangguo."

Lord Yangquan's voice came from among the ministers: "Qin just finished defeating Zhao and established Qin Commandery. Han and Zhao were seriously injured. I don't believe you said that the six countries came to fight. Where did they get their troops? "

"Mr. Yangquan's words are wrong."

Lu Buwei responded politely: "Han and Zhao have few troops left, but it does not mean that other countries are in the same distress. Since King Xianzhao 53 years ago, Qin has not fought for many years, and did not send troops to attack again until the king ascended the throne. In the past six years, Qin The country is resting and recuperating, and the six countries in Shandong are also raising soldiers. They are as strong as Chu and as far away as Qi. I am afraid that if they prepare early, they will wait for the opportunity to trouble Qin."

"The State of Qin just defeated the State of Zhao." Lord Yangquan continued to object: "For the Six Nations, this is not a good opportunity."

"I don't understand."

On Lu Buwei Qingjun's face, there was just the right amount of confusion and thought: "Isn't it a good excuse for Qin to attack Zhao and occupy Zhao's land?"

Mr. Yangquan: "The morale of the Qin army is high, and Zhao Guo naturally dare not take the lead, so who dares to lead the battle?"

Lu Buwei: "Duke of Eastern Zhou."

Mr. Yangquan opened his mouth and was at a loss for words.

When King Xianzhao passed away, the successor of Duke Nan of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was planning to take the opportunity to attack the Six Kingdoms, but King Xiaowen's diplomacy delayed the offensive.

After Qin's prince Chu came to the throne, it was Lu Buwei who advocated preemptive strikes and sent troops to attack South Korea, shattering the unformed Six Nations Alliance.

This means that the power of the Six Kingdoms led by Duke Wen of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty has been brewing for a long time.

Sooner or later it is necessary to fight.

"What's more, the king is not feeling well." Lu Buwei added: "Even if the Six Kingdoms didn't want to fight before, they must be thinking about it now. Therefore, Buwei thinks that instead of waiting for the Duke of Eastern Zhou to find a chance, it is better to fight first and completely defeat the Six Kingdoms. In the name of the Duke of Zhou, the idea of ​​an allied army attacking Qin."

The Empress Dowager Huayang tilted her head: "According to Xiangguo, how can we defeat the Six Kingdoms?"

Lu Buwei said happily: "The strategy is easy, but the preparation is difficult. Buwei thinks that since the presidents of the six countries use the Duke of Dong Zhou as an excuse, it is better to send troops to the Duke of Dong Zhou."

Send troops to Duke Zhou? !

His words caused a sensation in Qin Ting.

As the three of them discussed privately before, the hidden meaning of this sentence is not trivial.

Even King Xianzhao didn't dare to say that he would kill all the descendants of Emperor Zhou. Where did you, Lu Buwei, have the guts?

"Xiangguo, this is not right!"

"It's too aggressive, saying it's for the defense of the Six Nations, but isn't it afraid that the Six Nations will attack because of this?"

"The Six Nations don't seek trouble, why do they take the initiative to seek trouble?"

Questions and rebuttals came one after another.

Lu Buwei accepted everything calmly, allowing many doubts to be projected on himself.

Zhao Weizhen couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

If you don't understand what Lu Buwei means, then she really has been his cheap wife for so many years.

The destruction of the country was Yingzheng's proposal, and Lu Buwei disagreed.

Before playing chess and talking, it was still Zhao Weizhen's idea to persuade Ying Zheng to take a half step back.Right now, he took the initiative to propose it, just waiting for Zhao Weizhen to speak.

So when the excitement of the officials calmed down a bit, Zhao Weizhen, who was standing under the throne, spoke for the first time without slowing down.

"It is necessary to send troops, but it is not necessary to destroy the country." Zhao Weizhen said: "In the past, Duke Huan of Qi respected the king and defended the name of Zhou Tianzi. Does a strong country have a reason to protect Zhou King's sacrifice?"

When mentioning the allusion of Duke Huan of Qi, the ministers and workers in the Qin court understood the general idea.

"Buwei thinks that Duke Zhou of the East acted like this because he was bewitched by villains from the Six Kingdoms." She vowed: "Qin can send troops to escort the descendants of Emperor Zhou to a safe place, set up ancestral halls and protect them for sacrifice. Let Dong The Duke of Zhou will not be seduced by villains."

At this point, the voice of opposition will disappear.

Qin's courtiers are all old hooligans, so they naturally understand that the more open and aboveboard they are, the more ambitious they are in reality.

As long as the country is not destroyed and the Duke of Eastern Zhou is moved under the supervision of the Qin State, even if he wants to fight again, he will not be able to contact the six countries.

"That's a good idea."

Lu Buwei agreed, "In this way, the things you are worried about will not happen. Buwei agrees, do you have any objections?"

"Xiangguo."

Mr. Yangquan sneered a few times: "Don't you feel that you are a prophet?"

Zhao Weizhen: "..."

Lu Buwei froze and raised his head suddenly.

On his always gentle and kind face, there was undisguised shock: "Mr. Yangquan, what do you mean?!"

Just knew it would be like this.

When Zhao Weizhen watched from the sidelines, he couldn't help sighing.

So, if you do your own thing, no one can control what outsiders think.

Coincidentally, here it is: when Lu Buwei and Ying Zheng discussed dealing with the Allied Forces of the Six Nations, she was still there.Preparing in advance is really for the sake of Qin.

But who told Prince Qin Chu to be sick?

In the eyes of others, you, Lu Buwei, were busy preparing to defend the war, and then the king fell ill due to a sudden illness. It is inevitable that Lu Buwei knew that Qin Prince Chu would be ill.

Lord Yangquan said this in public, alluding to Lu Buwei's murder of King Qin.

The point is that Zhao Weizhen is still unable to speak out.

She turned to look at Ying Zheng.

Without Zhao Weizhen's signal, the young man was ready.

Ying Zheng, who was only 11 years old, turned around without waiting for Mr. Yangquan to continue to criticize him.

"Yangquan Lord, please be careful with your words."

Ying Zheng said coldly: "Before my father fell ill, Xiangguo discussed this matter with me. He made preparations in advance, which was also something that my father nodded and agreed to. It is indeed a good thing for you to worry about Qin. Shang Xu has no intention of doing so, but he has greatly belittled Xiangguo's sincerity."

Mr. Yangquan was stunned.

He must have been prepared to speak out.

But Mr. Yangquan did not expect that the young prince would take the initiative to stand up and speak for Lu Buwei.

Moreover, he directly named Mr. Yangquan's subtext, and brought the hidden content to the surface to reprimand him, which made Mr. Yangquan look unattractive.

Ying Zheng's meaning is simple: at such an urgent moment, even if it is true, it is inappropriate to pursue it like this.

"...Thank you, Prince, for your suggestion."

Mr. Yangquan had no choice but to admit it, and saluted Yingzheng: "I was too worried and lost my composure. I apologize to Xiangguo."

Ying Zheng nodded, then looked at Empress Dowager Huayang again.

"Mother." The young man said loudly, "If Xiangguo hadn't prepared in advance, Qin might be in trouble today. It shouldn't be because he is on guard against the Six Kingdoms, but questioned."

"Indeed."

The Empress Dowager Huayang agrees with Ying Zheng.

No matter how you don't deal with Lu Buwei, the Queen Mother Huayang is also the Queen Mother of Qin.

If Qin Prince Chu was healthy, Duke Wen of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty might have a [-]% chance of uniting the six kingdoms to attack Qin, but now that he is ill, the six kingdoms attacking Qin is a certainty.

The Empress Dowager Huayang would not deliberately contradict the couple in this situation.

"Fighting must be fought." The Empress Dowager Huayang agreed: "Xiangguo has been prepared for a long time, and he deserves to be rewarded, so don't say those cruel words."

Her words completely suppressed the undercurrent in Qin Ting.

"It's just who will lead the troops to fight against the Allied Forces of the Six Nations?" the Queen Mother Huayang asked.

"The Queen Mother."

Lord Yangquan officially stood up: "I am willing to share the worries of the Queen Mother."

Lu Buwei pursed the corners of his lips, with a calm expression on his face: "Mr. Yangquan has never personally experienced a war, isn't it?"

Mr. Yangquan retorted: "Isn't it also inexperienced that the prime minister attacked Korea last year?"

Lu Buwei smiled and did not argue with Lord Yangquan.

He asked the Queen Mother for instructions: "Queen Mother, the situation of attacking South Korea is very different from sending troops to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. At a critical moment, it is still necessary to choose a general with rich experience."

After finishing speaking, Lu Buwei looked at Meng Ao.

"Old General Meng Ao triumphed in World War II, and he was admired by the king." Lu Buwei recommended: "Buwei would like to recommend General Meng Ao to continue to serve as the coach. As for the duties of transporting grain and grass and defending logistics, it is the name of the king of Qin. The emperor's ancestral hall should invite the royal family to come forward."

This makes a lot of sense.

Qin State wants to send troops to "protect" Duke Wen of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so shouldn't the royal family and clan come forward?

The Empress Dowager Huayang pondered for a moment, and then agreed: "Xiangguo is right, so I invite General Ying to be the logistics commander. So, do you have any opinions?"

A general surnamed Ying, an old general recognized by the king and with illustrious achievements, naturally, everyone would not have any objections.

Zhao Weizhen watched Mr. Yangquan's face darken, but he didn't feel that Lu Buwei had won.

Instead, she felt bad.

With Lu Buwei's preparation in advance, it is very simple to fight the Duke of Eastern Zhou.Whenever the Empress Dowager Huayang nodded and let Mr. Yangquan sit in the rear, it was equivalent to him going on a business trip and taking a random turn, and when he came back, he could get back all the people he had lost before.

But the Empress Dowager Huayang refused to let him go.

Why not let him go?

I'm afraid she thinks that Mr. Yangquan left, and if something happens in Xianyang after that, she has no one to take advantage of her.

To say something happened——

Zhao Weizhen took a deep breath.

The matter of dispatching troops was decided, but Zhao Weizhen did not dare to slack off.

Leaving Zhangtai Palace, she didn't get into Lu Buwei's carriage, but ordered Wei Xing to find another carriage.

On the surface, Zhao Weizhen went to the restaurant.But before she could set foot in the restaurant for a while, Meng Yi rushed over in a hurry.

The young man of the Meng family back then is now a crowned adult.

Meng Yi was in a hurry, when he saw Zhao Weizhen, he even skipped the ceremony and went straight to the point: "Teacher, what happened?"

Zhao Weizhen: "Let me tell you, in a few days, the Prime Minister will apply for a transfer order to transfer you back to the prince's side as a guard."

Meng Yi shivered.

A simple sentence is enough for Meng Yi to understand the huge meaning.

The young man's face suddenly became serious, and Meng Yi cautiously lowered his voice: "But Your Majesty...?"

He didn't finish, but Zhao Weizhen knew what Meng Yi wanted to ask.

Qin Prince Chu fell ill, and as a grand tutor, Zhao Weizhen visited him many times.

He became ill quickly and seriously. Last month, he was fine. This month, he suddenly began to have abdominal pain, nausea, and often accompanied by vomiting.Qin Wang Zichu fell into a state of confusion before finishing a course of treatment prescribed by the disease doctor.

Zhao Weizhen didn't know medical skills, so she could only blindly guess that Ying Zichu's internal organs had acute disease or failure.

This is not a disease that can be cured in the pre-Qin period.

No matter what the specific disease is, it is always urgent and fatal.

"Mr. Mengjia, you remember." Zhao Weizhen said coldly: "The reason why the king reuses your elder father is not because your elder father is the most famous general in Qin State. It is because the old general led Xianzhao King order to send his grandson, that is, you to Handan."

Back then, King Xianzhao ordered Meng Ao to send a team of guards to Ying Zheng.

And Meng Ao directly sent Meng Yi over, just to bet on Ying Zichu.

He attached great importance to Zi Chu's son, and after Zi Chu came to power, he would naturally promote him to the top.

No matter how Qin Prince Chu thought about it in history, at present, the rise of the Meng family really started with Meng Yi in front of Zhao Weizhen.

"If the king can't do it, the prince has an accident."

Zhao Weizhen warned: "Your family will not have a good time."

Meng Yi was faintly taken aback.

Even the prince Yan of Zhao Guo repeatedly made troubles, but he never heard Mrs. Meng Kai say such serious words.

Her expression was solemn, proving that the matter was indeed in crisis.

only……

"Meng Yi doesn't understand." He hesitated and said, "What is Taifu afraid of?"

"Empress Huayang."

"Chu Chen?"

Meng Yi immediately followed Zhao Weizhen's train of thought: "But the crown prince is the first son, and the capital has been set. What can the queen mother do?"

Zhao Weizhen: "She is acting as an acting government now. If the King of Qin can't afford it, the queen mother has too much room to manipulate."

Meng Yi thought for a while, and probably understood.

"The empress dowager can be pushed to the top." He twitched the corner of his mouth: "Be the second empress dowager."

If given the chance, who wouldn't want to be the second Queen Mother?

Meng Yi clarified the cause and effect, and solved all the confusion, so he stopped asking.

"Meng Yi understands." Then he bowed to Zhao Weizhen: "It's all according to the Taifu's order."

This is just the beginning.

After sending Meng Yi away, Zhao Weizhen couldn't help but clenched the commandment sword on his waist.

The heavy bronze dagger was extremely cold, but when Zhao Weizhen gripped the hilt tightly, he felt the metal was hot.

Apart from the Meng family, there is also the Wang family who will support the prince.Zhao Weizhen quickly calculated in his mind: Wang Ben is Yingzheng's classmate, with this status, the Wang family will naturally side with Yingzheng.

The Mongolian and Wang families are both families of generals, so their words carry some weight.

But still difficult to handle.

Zhao Weizhen thought to himself.

Even though she sent away son Qi and suppressed Lord Yangquan, the Empress Dowager Huayang is now in control of the government, and she has more power to speak than Zhao Weizhen.

and--

Today in the Qin court, Lord Yangquan expressed the feelings of many people when he opened his mouth.

Once the intentional sewage is splashed on his body, even if Lu Buwei wears white clothes, he will not be so clean.

Reading history before time travel, I only felt that some of the records about Lu Buwei were outrageous, and I couldn't help mumbling how the ancients took it seriously?

But in the real situation, she deeply realized that some things are not as simple as being serious or not.

Zhao Weizhen sighed in his heart.

Now I hope Prince Chu of Qin can hold on for a while longer, at least until old general Meng Ao returns from his troops.