General Qin

"The king of Chu ordered Qu to kill the envoy of Qin, and also sent people to attack Nanjun?"

Zhao Tuo stood in his mansion in Xianyang, whispering the news he heard today.

The state of Chu fought without declaring, killed the envoys of Qin, and attacked the city of Qin.

War has broken out!

Although Zhao Tuo knew very well that this matter would happen sooner or later, when this day really came, it still made him a little panicked.

At the same time, Zhao Tuo also had some doubts in his heart. If King Chu Chu killed his elder brother and succeeded in usurping the throne, he must at least be a smart person. Why is he acting so stupid in this matter?

In front of the whole world, offering the city to the king of Qin to beg for peace, and instead of giving the city to the king, he even killed the envoy of Qin. Isn't this just stupidly handing over an excuse to start a war to Qin?

He also made himself guilty of injustice.

And why is Chu State attacking Nanjun, wanting to strike first?

Of course, because the place was too far away, Zhao Tuo could not know what happened in Chu, whether Chu State attacked Nanjun of Qin State. He didn't know. Anyway, King Qin said there was, so it must be there.

As soon as such news was announced, the government and the people of Qin State immediately boiled.

From the generals and officials in the court to the ordinary Qin people outside the court, everyone was furious and felt that they had been greatly insulted.

What a shame!

In this world, my country of Qin is invincible in the world.

South Korea, Zhao State, Wei State, Yan State... As long as I, Qin State, think about it, I can destroy it with a backhand.

The mere state of Chu should be like the state of Qi, humblely kneeling in front of the state of Qin, begging for mercy like a dog.

Now the king of Chu dared to betray the covenant, kill my envoy, and even beat me in Nanjun.

Especially a few days later, the body of the envoy who was pierced through the throat by the Chu people and chopped into meat paste was sent back to Xianyang.

The meat-like corpses paraded through the street, and all the Qin people in Xianyang saw this tragic scene.

The anger of everyone in Qin Capital erupted in an instant.

"If you don't trust Chu, kill my envoy and insult our prestige, you must kill him!"

"You dare to send troops to attack my Nanjun, the king of Chu is so brave, destroy him!"

"Destroy the country of Chu, and take the king of Chu to Xianyang to humiliate him! And capture all the beauties and concubines in his Chu palace, and let Nai Gong see whether the waists of those Chu women are thin or not!"

In the capital of Qin, the anger was raging, as if it had returned to after Jing Ke assassinated Qin, the people of Qin raised their arms and shouted, roaring to start a war against Yan.

Countless Qin people roared in Xianyang City, and the rumbling sound finally turned into a sentence.

"Fa Chu!"

"Fa Chu!"

"Fa Chu!"

In the Qin Palace.

Qin Wangzheng stood on the high platform, watching the turbulent Chu Chu mood in the city, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Pass the edict of the widow."

"The king of Jing offered to the west of Qingyang, and he has already made an appointment to kill my envoy and attack my Nanjun. How can such an untrustworthy country stand in the world? I should punish it with righteous soldiers."

...

"not me!"

"I don't!"

"This matter has nothing to do with me!"

When Qu Shen of Qingyang, the enfeoffed king of the Qu family, stood in the main hall of the Chu Palace, he couldn't help complaining loudly to the king of Chu on the king's couch in front of him with grief and indignation on his face.

All the Chu ministers in the hall were dark-faced, looking at Qu Shen coldly, no one listened to his rebuttal.

King Chu Chu suppressed his anger and said, "You didn't kill it, who was it? The envoy of Qin State died in your Qingyang City. Is this a fake?"

Qu Shen cried and said: "The envoy of Qin did die in Qingyang, but it was definitely not my Qu family who sent people to do it. There must be people from Chu who were upset, so they did it privately, and it has nothing to do with my Qu family."

King Chu Chu couldn't hold back his anger any longer, and roared, "Then why did you disobey Bugu's edict and not hand over those cities to the Qin people? If you had given the three cities west of Qingyang to If the Qin people were killed, then the Qin envoy would have left long ago, how could such a thing happen!"

Qu Shen was speechless when asked, he couldn't say in front of many Chu ministers that he was reluctant to part with those cities.

You, the King of Chu, are generous. You donated the city to the Qin State to beg for peace, but what you offered was the fiefdom of my Qu clan!

"This incident gave Qin an excuse to launch a war, and let Bugu bear the notoriety of breaking the covenant. All of this is your fault, come..."

Just when the King of Chu was yelling to have Qu Shen dragged down for execution, a grizzled veteran stood up.

"Your Majesty, wait a moment."

The king of Chu opened his eyes and saw that the person who spoke was Xiang Yan of the Shangzhu Kingdom, who is now the Zhushi of the Chu army.

He could only suppress his anger again, and let the attendants who went to the hall to drag people back down.

"Shangzhu Kingdom, do you want to intercede for this Qu family?"

Faced with King Chu's questioning, Xiang Yan calmly said: "The responsibility for this matter is naturally on Qu's body, which gave the Qin State an excuse to attack our Chu State. But since things have happened now, even if Qu's is killed It is useless, but it will weaken the national power of our Chu State for nothing."

Hearing this, he looked at Xiang Yan's expression.

King Chu understood, and the killing intent in his eyes gradually receded.

That's right, Qu Jingzhao's clan is the mainstay of the Chu state, and they control a large amount of land and population. If he kills Qu Shen, he may anger the Qu family.

Not to mention that in the past half a year, he, the king of Chu, managed to win over many nobles who originally opposed him. If he killed Qu Shen at this moment, it would definitely cause dissatisfaction among some people, and the division within the state of Chu would become more severe. When facing the attack of the Qin army, it is even more difficult to gather strength.

Seeing that the King of Chu's anger was fading away, Xiang Yan said, "And I think there are still doubts about this matter. I have inquired carefully about the people of Qu's family. The Qin envoy's attitude is very vicious, but he has no guards when he travels." Then, it is completely unreasonable to dare to walk in Qingyang City with only two or three servants following them. Moreover, those who assassinated the Qin envoy were all outsiders, and no one in the local area had seen them. They succeeded in the assassination and immediately fled out of the city. The speed is definitely premeditated."

Following Xiang Yan's analysis, the King of Chu was stunned, and many Chu officials were also full of astonishment.

Songyang Jun Jingzhao couldn't help but said: "According to Shangzhu Kingdom, is this something planned by someone behind the scenes?"

Xiang Yan nodded and said: "That's right, in my opinion. This matter is a conspiracy facilitated by Qin!"

"The state of Qin has now destroyed the three Jin states. The king of Qin's government has the heart of a tiger and a wolf, and he wants to be dissatisfied. He wants to take advantage of the situation to destroy our state of Chu, but because of the peace agreement last year, it is not easy to declare war, so he deliberately killed his own envoy and created This kind of thing happened, just like they wronged our Chu country to attack Nanjun, it was all a conspiracy to create an excuse to start war!"

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.

Qu Shen even shouted: "Shangzhu Kingdom is right, all this is the fault of the Qin people!"

King Chu of Chu also understood.

That's right, Qin is so strong, it's fine if you don't hit me, how dare I strike first.

I obviously didn't hit you in Nanjun of Qin State, but you told the world that I did. Isn't this putting shit on my head and specifically wronging me in Chu State?

From this point of view, the death of the Qin envoy was probably caused by the Qin people themselves.

King Chu of Chu met Xiang Yan's eyes, and immediately understood what to do next.

It doesn't matter whether Qin is conspiring or not.

Anyway, it was him!

Take all those shit bowls back to the Qin people, and don't admit anything about wronging my Chu country!

Although they didn't want to fight, the other party had already declared war, and Chu had no other choice.

The King of Chu rose up against the table and said angrily, "Send an edict to Bugu!"

"The king of Qin is tyrannical and poisoning the world. He is not satisfied with the destruction of the Three Jin Dynasties today. He wants to spy on our land of Chu, so he betrays his faith and self-mutilates the envoy. In vain of my crimes, he stains my attack on Nanjun and acts deceitfully..."

Chu State also formally declared war on Qin State.

...

Qin and Chu declare war.

The world is shocked.

At the original junction of Wei and Chu, and now the border of Qin and Chu, the soldiers and horses of the two countries confront each other, and the situation is very tense.

But it doesn't stop there.

Because the current season has entered the second half of August, all places have begun to enter the autumn harvest stage.

Standing in the farmland, looking up, there are golden and yellow mature crops in all directions, and the golden ears of grain are swaying in the breeze, which is very pleasing to the eye.

In the fields, farmers are busy harvesting with simple farm tools.

In this era dominated by farming, the autumn harvest is a very important event.

The Art of War says: If the army has no supplies, it will perish; if there is no food, it will perish; if there is no accumulation, it will perish.

If there is no food, it is impossible to carry out any military operations, so the ancient wars were generally chosen in autumn.

After the autumn harvest, when the grain is mature and no strong labor is needed for farming and harvesting, they can be sent to the battlefield to fight each other.

Therefore, although the situation between Qin and Chu was tense, the fight did not start immediately.

They are all rushing to collect food in their own country, and at the same time recruit soldiers, repair weapons and city defenses, store various materials, and prepare for the next shocking battle.

Between Qin and Chu, there is a feeling that a storm is about to come.

The camp of the Qin Army in Weidi.

Wang Ben looked at a silk book in his hand, which was written by Huan Zhao, the right concubine stationed in Chenliu.

"The Huan Junhou said, we can take advantage of the autumn harvest to send troops into the territory of Chu, cut off the food of the Chu people, and destroy their autumn harvest. What do you think of this suggestion?"

In the military tent, several generals looked at each other, and one of them said: "I have heard what the legalists said, 'surround the farmers in spring, eat their food in summer, harvest their mows in autumn, present their treasures in winter, and shake their roots with great force' The Marquis of Huan Jun wrote a letter quite in line with this way, cutting off the millet and rice of the Chu people as food for our army, this strategy is very clever."

"Wonderful?"

Wang Ben smiled faintly. Huan Zhao's letter was indeed feasible. After all, although Chu State had troops on the border, it had not recruited soldiers on a large scale.

The vast Chu land is full of gaps. If he sends troops to Chu land to harvest rice from the Chu people and supplement his own army rations, it will indeed be a good move that seems extremely beneficial.

"It's just short-sighted people."

Wang Ben smiled disdainfully.

Although what Huan Zhao said "take the mow in autumn" is in line with the law of war, it also depends on when it is used.

Ordinary small battles naturally don't matter.

But the battle of Chu that is about to start now is a war of annihilation, a world-shattering war involving hundreds of thousands of people. What use is it?

On the contrary, sending troops at will, destroying the balance between Qin and Chu, would easily make Chu State nervous and lead to a big war in advance.

The so-called pulling one hair can move the whole body, and no one knows what the consequences will be.

In the battle of the whole country, don't act rashly.

He, Wang Ben, fights wars, just like his old father Wang Jian, he also seeks a word of stability, and he doesn't want this kind of "small profit" that doesn't know the consequences.

Not to mention, the main general who attacked Chu this time was not Wang Ben, but Li Xin who had not yet left the customs.

He, Wang Ben, has made a great contribution to the world by destroying the Kingdom of Wei. Now he only needs to stay in Weidi securely to ensure that there will be no mistakes here. When Li Xin takes over, he can return to Xianyang and enjoy his glory. merit.

Why bother to make such a small move at such a time, once a big event is made and the king of Qin is furious, it will be a waste of all previous efforts.

So Huan Zhao's letter made Wang Ben sneer, and he wrote back to reprimand the other party, just let Huan Zhao guard the city well, and don't think about things that he shouldn't think about.

Chen stayed in the city.

"Wang Ben!"

"A pile of shit!"

Huan Zhao was furious, took the bamboo slips sent back from the main camp, just glanced at them, his eyes were about to burst into flames again.

He slammed the bamboo slip on the ground, because of too much force, the bamboo slip jumped up again and jumped a long way.

"Wang Ben, you know how to fight!"

"The Art of War says: A wise general feeds on the enemy. If he eats the enemy for one minute, he will count for twenty minutes. If he avoids a stone, he will count for twenty stones. Do you understand?"

"My plan is in line with the art of war, why not?"

"It must be because of Zhao Tuo!"

Huan Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "You and Li Xin, why do you like Zhao Tuo's son? I want to conquer Weijing, but you, Wang Ben, don't agree, so I changed hands and sent it to Zhao Tuo. Whatever Zhao Tuo says, you agree I gave you some good advice, but you still scolded me for meddling in other people's business, shit!"

"I, Huan Zhao, come from the famous family of the Huan family. I am also a veteran who has been in the battlefield for more than ten years. I am resourceful and wise. What can I not compare to that of Zhao Tuo? What is wrong with my strategy? If you don't adopt it, forget it. You still humiliate me like this, damn it!"

The more Huan Zhao thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help venting all his anger on Zhao Tuo who was far away in Xianyang.

"Zhao Tuo, is it great that your Majesty recalled Xianyang?"

"It's amazing for you to be the head of Zuo Shu?"

"I, Huan Zhao, am now the head of the right concubine!"

"Even if it's time to attack Chu, I will still beat you, Zhao Tuo!"

"The next time you see me, you still have to say hello obediently!"

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"Zhao Tuo."

Qin Wangzheng whispered in his mouth, his fingers were caressing a piece of bamboo slips, his eyes were slightly hesitant.

The case in front of him was even more piled up with thick bamboo slips, and there was a faint scent of bamboo in the air.

"After using the fertilization method offered by that boy Zhao Tuo, the grain harvest in Guanzhong this year has been bumper. Although the autumn harvest has not been completed, according to the statistics of Zhisu Neishifu, basically every acre of millet planted in Xiatian can increase the grain harvest by about one stone , Nakata reached one and a half stones, Ueda even approached two stones."

"Such credit should naturally be rewarded."

When Qin Wangzheng said this, he hesitated again. Naturally, he would not be stingy with the gift of gold and jade, but the title.

Thinking of this question, he felt a headache again.

"Meng Tian, ​​Li You, Wang Li..."

Among the young generation of Qin, these three people are the best among them.

The three are not only excellent in themselves, but also have a prominent background behind them.

Meng Tian and Wang Li are generals from generation to generation.

Li You's father, Li Si, was a great talent in the world, and he was the minister of Wang Zuo whom he favored in Qin Wangzheng.

These three people are also the future pillars of Qin.

But now, Meng Tian and Li Youjue are the elders of the Zuo concubine, while Wang Li is just one of the five senior officials.

Zhao Tuo was nearly ten years younger than Li You, and even younger than Meng Tian, ​​but his title of title was equal to the two.

If Zhao Tuo was able to advance one level to become the head of the right concubine because of this skill, he would surpass Meng Tian and Li You.

Will it rise too fast?

Qin Wangzheng hesitated a little.

As a king, he needs to maintain a certain balance between the court and the opposition.

His gaze turned to the man who had been standing beside him.

Although Zhao Gao's position is the magistrate of CRRC, he is proficient in the law and can write good handwriting.

Qin Wangzheng often took him with him to consult him on legal issues, or asked him to draft edicts on his behalf, which was quite favored.

"Zhao Gao, what do you think I will reward Zhao Tuo with a thousand yi gold instead of the title?"

Thousands of gold!

Zhao Gao's eyelids twitched, this number is considered to be very large.

One must know that when Wang Jian destroyed the country of Yan, Qin Wangzheng only rewarded him with five hundred yi of gold.

A thousand yi of gold is enough for a person to become the top richest man in the entire Qin country and enjoy a lifetime of luxury.

But the price is that he can't be promoted to the rank of the right concubine.

Zhao Gao had served Qin Wangzheng for a long time, so he naturally knew the entanglement in the king's heart.

After a little hesitation, he said: "I heard that when Shang Jun created the military merit system in Qin State, he once said that "the meritorious ones are honored". The country is bound to be strong. According to this law, our state of Qin rewards meritorious deeds and promotes those who have meritorious service. Therefore, all the wise men and brave men in the world will belong to our state of Qin, so that we can achieve today's hegemony."

After Zhao Gao finished speaking, he shut up and stood up.

He didn't answer clearly.

But Qin Wangzheng suddenly became enlightened.

He was obsessed with the balance of the younger generation before, but he ignored the core of military merit.

Those who work hard will be rewarded generously, and those who have done a lot will be honored.

It is what Zhao Gao said as "the meritorious ones are honored".

The title of title is originally used to reward meritorious deeds. Qin has strictly followed this law for hundreds of years, awarding titles and rewards to those who have made meritorious deeds, and establishing a credibility of "children are not deceived". Only in this way can they attract talents from the six countries and achieve The situation of dominating the world today.

The military merit system is the foundation of Qin's power.

The king of Qin can use his privileges to award titles to those he loves, which is the king's right. Although it will cause dissatisfaction, it will not shake the foundation of the system.

But if there are great meritorious performers, but they don't get the corresponding rewards, it will shake the hearts of countless people.

There is no reward for meritorious service, and if there is a problem with the title system, the country will lose its credibility. Then who else would want to make meritorious service, and who else would work hard for you Qin!

The method of retting and fertilizing that Zhao Tuo offered can be called the art of strengthening the country. If such a contribution cannot be rewarded with a title, then next time he has something good, will he offer it again?

After seeing this scene, will other people offer advice for Qin?

This is actually shaking the foundation of Qin State!

Qin Wangzheng no longer has any doubts.

He nodded and said: "You are right, the widow's opinion has been decided."

"Your Majesty is wise."

Zhao Gao smiled slightly and cupped his hands in praise.

"Historical Records: The Benji of Qin Shihuang": King Jing offered to the west of Qingyang, and he made an appointment to attack our southern county, so he sent troops to punish him.

Bu Gu: Bu Gu, its meaning may be "not good", and the valley is good. The emperor used unkindness as a modest word.

It is a modest title for the chief of the princes in the pre-Qin period. It was originally used by Zhou Tianzi, but later the Zhou Dynasty declined and the princes overlord usurped it.

"Yi Zhou Shu. Da Kuang": "Wang Naizhao... said: If you don't eat rice, you are not virtuous, and political affairs are not from time to time"

"Historical Records Han Family": "Although the country of Bugu is small"

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