Chapter 282 Tradition
An Guojun's health is very bad.
After losing his father, he became more and more haggard and for a long time, he could not even get up.
But even so, he summoned his ministers to his mansion and discussed the important issues of the country with them. The ministers drafted a posthumous title for the deceased King of Qin, and the late King of Qin was King Zhaoxiang. The word Zhao represents the King of Qin's behavior and kindness. Well, for example, the friendship left the king of Chu to visit, helped the Zhou royal family share the pressure of governing the world, invited the emperor to go out for a tour, and took the initiative to help the kings of various countries govern their territory.
Zhao also represents hard work, which is beyond doubt. The Qin King worked hard to govern the country for fifty years. This level of hard work is really not comparable to that of a king. Xiang, who represents the expansion of territory and abundant martial ethics, can be seen that the Qin King is a man of martial ethics. He talked about martial ethics for decades and successfully expanded the territory of Qin by one third and established friendly relations with all countries.
The ministers made their posthumous titles, and An Guojun became the fourth king of Qin after King Zhaoxiang.
However, An Guojun was still filial and was unable to ascend the throne earlier due to physical reasons. The ministers reported to him in his mansion and accepted his orders here. An Guojun sat on the bed and looked at the ministers below tremblingly. Lu Buwei lowered his head and said seriously: "I heard that Chunshen Jun of Chu is going to implement reforms in Chu. I have read the content of the reforms. The methods of reforms are very fierce and there is no room for nothing. This will definitely trigger a rebellion in Chu."
"And because of the previous rebellion, the Chu people were not able to resist such unreasonable reforms. I believe that the Qin State should help the Chu people resist such a tyrannical and harsh system. It is absolutely impossible to let Chunshen Jun persecute the people of Chu so much. Please ask General Meng Ao and General Wang Feng to attack Chu and rescue the people in Chu." Lu Buwei said this without blushing at all. It can be seen that he is already a qualified politician.
An Guojun narrowed his eyes and started coughing again. After coughing for a while, he looked at everyone and asked, "What do you think?"
Wang Feng looked at An Guojun seriously and said, "I think what the Prime Minister said is wrong. When the Hou was there, the strategy formulated was to make friends with Qi, destroy the Three Jins, and then plot against Chu after destroying the Three Jins. Now Qin's strength is not enough to destroy Chu. When Qin attacks Chu, Wei and Zhao will definitely unite to attack Qin. We should attack Zhao and Wei when Chu has no time to take care of it."
The ministers were immediately divided into two factions. Some people felt that they should take advantage of the Chu State's reform to attack him, while others felt that they should attack the Three Jin areas first so that the Chu State would not interfere again.
An Guojun thought for a while before he reached out to stop the debate between the ministers. He looked at Han Fei among the ministers and asked with a smile: "What do you think of this matter?" Han Fei said without hesitation: "Attack Chu." An Guojun was stunned and asked: "Why?"
"The way Yinghou formulated to plot against the world cannot be said to be wrong, but the situation is different now. Zhao State has Lian Po, Li Mu, and Li Mu trained more than 100,000 elite soldiers in the frontier. If Qin State wants to attack Zhao State, they will definitely encounter these elite soldiers. Lian Po is good at using troops. I don't think that the generals of Qin State can defeat him. As for Wei State, although there seems to be no general available, if Wei State has a crisis of destruction, the King of Wei will definitely let Xinling Jun command the army of Wei State."
"Xinling Jun's ability to use troops is not inferior to Lian Po... If these two people are there, Qin will not be able to defeat them, unless you can persuade my teacher and let my teacher be the general, he can defeat these two people."
"Therefore, the army can be allowed to attack Chu. Jingyang of Chu is much easier to deal with than Lian Po and Wei Wuji. If Zhao and Wei send troops to rescue, I think Qin's generals can still block their attack."
Hearing Han Fei's words, the ministers were suddenly in an uproar. Wang Feng, Meng Ao, Meng Wu, Hu Yang, Sima Geng, Zhang Tang and others were all very angry, including the young generals, and they were very angry at this moment. They all started to make noise, and their words were full of dissatisfaction with Han Fei. Han Fei's words almost pointed at them and said: Don't fight Zhao and Wei. You trash can't beat Lian Po and Wei Wuji, and at most they can only resist their attack.
The military generals were all arrogant, especially the arrogant generals of Qin. How could they tolerate such insults?
So, they started arguing. If it weren't for Qin Fa, they would have been afraid that they would have taken Han Fei to duel now.
Even Lu Buwei and others were also a little angry at this moment. Li Si wanted to say something, but he pondered for a moment, but did not speak. Lu Buwei said to Han Fei with a smile: "I heard that you, Lian Po, Wei Wuji and others are close friends, but you underestimate the strength of Qin too much... Of course, I agree with your point of view. Qin should indeed attack Chu, but this is not because of what you said."
Han Fei raised his head, ignored everyone's anger, and just looked at An Guojun in front of him, without any intention of making excuses.
An Guojun narrowed his eyes and said, "Send someone to Chu State. I heard that the King of Chu is a cruel and unmoral king. If someone wants to support others to serve as the King of Chu and take his position, Qin State can help him... General Meng Ao, please prepare..." An Guojun had already issued an order, so the ministers were not good at saying anything. He quickly agreed. When leaving here, everyone looked at Han Fei with no friendly eyes.
Han Fei ignored them and just drove to the teacher's mansion.
As soon as everyone left, An Guojun lay down. He seemed a little painful. Even if he sat like this, he was very uncomfortable. He was lying on the bed, and Mrs. Huayang was feeding him medicine. An Guojun was drinking the medicine, but was still thinking about the matter of Chu. While thinking about it, Mrs. Huayang suddenly spoke, "I haven't seen Changpingjun for many days. Where did he go?"
An Guojun was stunned, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Qi?"
Mrs. Huayang nodded and said with a smile: "He used to like to visit me very much. After the king passed away, he has never been here. He is alone and has no relatives or reasons. It is really heartbreaking..." An Guojun said: "Don't worry... I heard that he is by Wu Chengjun's side and is studying with Wu Chengjun. He may be busy with studies, so he doesn't have time to visit you."
"Ah? He is learning from Wu Chengjun? Then after he finishes his studies, you can place him."
An Guojun suddenly realized something. He smiled and looked at Mrs. Huayang beside him, and asked, "Is it an old friend of Chu who is here to visit you?" Mrs. Huayang nodded and said, "Yes, they brought me some gifts and asked about me about Mr. Changping. The King of Chu seemed to be very worried about him and said he wanted to take him back to the State of Chu."
"Ha, worry about him?" An Guojun sneered, and he said, "His father has never taken care of him for a day, but now he still wants to use him? A ruthless beast should be hanged!" Mrs. Huayang's face changed drastically and she asked hurriedly: "Has I done something wrong?"
An Guojun smiled gently and said, "Don't worry, you did nothing wrong... well... the son of King Chu..." An Guojun suddenly thought of something, and said to the warrior beside him, "Please call Lu Buwei." The warrior immediately took the order and walked out. After a long time, Lu Buwei, who had already returned to his mansion, came here in a hurry. An Guojun asked him to sit beside him.
"I want to support Changping Jun as King of Chu, what do you think?"
"no."
Lu Buwei vetoed it straightforwardly, and Lu Buwei explained again: "I understand your idea. You want to control the State of Chu through Changpingjun, but this is impossible. Changpingjun is from Chu. Although he grew up in Qin, if he became the King of Chu, he would definitely find a way to revitalize the State of Chu. A man who has been a king cannot bow his head to be a subject of others."
"What's more, Changping Jun is a talented man. If you ask him to serve as the King of Chu, he will become the biggest enemy of Qin through his understanding of Qin. He can serve as the prime minister of Qin, but he cannot be sent to Chu. In Qin, he is a subject, and in Chu, he can be a king. Not everyone can refuse such temptation. Please don't have such thoughts."
An Guojun thought for a while before nodding, saying, "Okay, I understand."
At this time, Han Fei had already arrived at the teacher's mansion.
As soon as he arrived here, he heard the teacher's voice. Han Fei carefully opened the door, tried not to make a sound, and quietly sat in the last position. Zhao Kuo was sitting in the middle of everyone, giving a serious lecture. Zhao Kuo said: "Some gentlemen actually think that people who work in farming and sericulture are lowly, but if no one comes to farming and sericulture, what should he eat? Eat the food grown by others, but want to scold these people. How can such people be called gentlemen?"
"Some gentlemen think craftsmen are lowly, and believe that those who develop these equipment are not doing their jobs and are ignorant people who do not know morality. However, craftsmen make millstones, which make many people full of people and save many people. How many people can gentlemen who speak moral articles save? Such a person has no contribution to the people of the country and only knows how to scold people from other industries with books. They are the lowest villain I know."
"How should morality be increased? I think that moral people are not those who read the books of sages, but those who have made contributions to the people. This means the difference between doing and whether a person is moral is not what he says, but what he does... In ancient times, there was a Ji Zi. There was a lot of words in the books he left behind, but he never did anything that was incompatible with etiquette in his life, and studied language history... Can such a person be considered a villain?"
"In ancient times, there was an official named Qian. He spent his whole life studying morality and even served as a ritual officer in charge of sacrifices. However, when the Hu people destroyed his country, he did not dare to dive into the water and surrender himself because the water was too cold... Can such behavior be considered a gentleman?"
Han Fei listened carefully and couldn't help but smile. The teacher started to make up stories again. The ancient stories told by the teacher were just like the stories Han Fei said on weekdays. They were made up to express his political demands. However, the teacher could tell them all at the beginning and end, and they could make them in such detail. This is what he was inferior to the teacher. Han Fei suddenly saw Zhao Zheng sitting next to him.
The little guy was holding a pen and a bamboo slip, recording his father's words.
Seeing that his writing speed was extremely fast, Han Fei poked his head out in surprise, but saw the notes on the bamboo slips were messy. If he didn't read them carefully, he couldn't tell what was written. Han Fei shook his head helplessly and pretended. This was his most annoying behavior.
After Zhao Zheng noticed Han Fei's gaze, his handwriting changed immediately and he did not dare to write it randomly like he did just now.
Zhao Kuo said seriously: "It is a very bad thing to look down on craftsmen and not pay attention to technology. This is the most unfavorable thing to the country. In the future, no matter who it is, no matter what purpose it is, he will scold technological reform and believe that these technologies are all strange tricks and are used to please women... they will be sinners throughout the ages. Only by constantly studying and governing the country with advanced technology can the country gradually prosper."
"Therefore, the knowledge of numbers, optics, and movement is very important and must not be underestimated."
Zhao Kuo talked about it all day, and his mouth was a little dry, so he stopped teaching. The disciples stood up and thanked the teacher. Han Fei was also among them. After thanking the teacher, everyone went up to ask about their confusion. The first one came up was a nobleman in luxury clothes. Zhao Kuo knew that he called Xiong Qi, and he had just come to learn from him recently, but he didn't know about other things, such as his identity.
This young man is probably a nobleman from a certain Chu State, and there are many such a nobleman in the Qin State.
Xiong Qi asked: "Teacher, what you mentioned just now, I want to ask you one thing. When King Zhou made sculptures that could spew out springs and made exquisite puppets that could be manipulated, he spent the energy of the country to make these things to please his concubines, but they were of no use to the country. How should we view such technology?" Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Who said that such technology is useless?"
"Can the principle of sculpture be used for irrigation?"
"Can puppets that can be manipulated make puppets that can help us farm?"
"There will not be any useless technology. As long as it is used correctly, it will be beneficial to the country."
Chapter completed!