Chapter Three Hundred and Thirty-Six: The Qin State with Dark Tides
An hour later, Ying Qian and a group of guards left the old Liang under the sent-on of Li He and others, and embarked on a journey back to China.
When the outline of the old Liangcheng was gradually no longer visible, Ying Qian took out two neatly stacked cloths from his arms.
These two pieces of cloth were exactly the "methods of training cavalry" traded by Li He to Qin. One piece recorded the steps of the Hu people taming the mount, and the other piece was painted with stirrups and saddles to create drawings.
Looking back at the direction of the old beam, Ying Qian cursed in a silence: "Just two pieces of rags, I lied to me for five thousand war horses, this is a bastard!"
No wonder Ying Qian was frustrated. After all, Qin State was also good at taming the war horses of the Qiang people. To be honest, the method of the Hu people taming horses was useless to Qin State. The reason why he traded with Li He was to "quickly achieve cavalry". After all, according to the normal Hu people and Qiang cavalry training methods, it took at least several years to train a qualified cavalry, which was unacceptable to Qin State.
But who would have thought that Li He’s so-called “quick” method was to create two riding tools.
Are these two things good? OK!
Even Ying Qian has to praise him. With these two magical cavalry equipment, Qin State can spend less time and less energy to train a cavalry.
The problem is that these two riding tools have no skills and can be copied with just a few glances. However, Li He used this thing to deceive him into five thousand war horses. When he thought of this, Ying Qian felt a little uncomfortable in his qi and blood.
From the side, his guard said disapprovingly: "If the young master is angry, just don't deliver it."
“Not delivered?”
Ying Qian glanced at the guard and snorted coldly.
Qin State was at the critical moment of a secondary reform. It was too late to please Shao Liang and avoid Shao Liang from intervening in Qin's internal affairs. At this time, go and offend Li He?
As long as Li He gave a word to support Wei Yang, the loss of Qin State would be more than 5,000 war horses.
"Let him take some advantage."
After putting the two pieces of cloth into his arms, Ying Qian said lightly: "I'm not relieved if I don't let him take advantage of it... Go back to China!"
"yes!"
After a day of travel, Ying Qian and his party returned to Liyang.
Back in the city and back to his mansion, Ying Qian immediately took a shower and changed his clothes, preparing to enter the palace to meet the King of Qin later.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished taking a shower and changing clothes, Du Zhi hurried to meet him.
After seeing Ying Qian, Du Zhi asked anxiously: "How come Qian Shuai came back today?"
This almost questioning tone made Ying Qian frown in displeasure.
Why did he come back today? Don’t he just want to deal with the defeat?
You should know that when he came, Pang Juan had already led a large army to the Puyang area, staring at him through the river, as if he would cross the river to attack Hexi at any time. If it weren't for Wei Yang's preparation for the implementation of secondary reforms in the country, how could he risk returning to his country?
"Before returning to China, I went to Shaoliang to make sure that Shaoliang would not interfere in the internal affairs of my Daqin."
Ying Qian endured his anger and explained calmly, then asked: "What's going on in Liyang right now?"
Du Zhi's expression became more and more serious when he heard this, and he said seriously: "Two days ago, Wei Yang had announced the reform in the palace. Now the new law has been assigned by the postmen to various cities in the country... As for Liyang, Wei Yang's subordinates, and the five hundred Liang Mo disciples led by him have begun to measure the fields around Liyang..."
"oh."
Ying Qian responded, not in a hurry.
After all, Liyang was the capital of the Qin State that he moved to regain Hexi, such as the Ying family, Du Zhi and Gan Long's fiefs, which were actually not here. Therefore, measuring the land around Liyang did not cause much damage to them.
Seeing this, Du Zhi whispered: "Although it is only in Liyang at the moment, if it spreads to the Wei River or even the entire Guanzhong, it will be too late..."
Guanzhong is the core hinterland of Qin, while Wei Shuiyuan is the area with the best development and the most fertile land in the core hinterland of Qin. Once Wei Yang's new law spreads here, most of the nobles and nobles of Qin will suffer.
The question is how to stop it?
Kill Wei Yang?
Killing Wei Yang cannot stop the reform, because the one who really wants to promote the reform was the Qin king in Liyang Palace. Wei Yang was just a knife, and that Qin king was the one holding the knife. Therefore, even if Wei Yang was killed, Li Yang, Zhao Yang and Zhang Yang would be there to continue to preside over the reform.
Therefore, if you want to stop the reform, you must let the King of Qin change his mind.
How to make the King of Qin change his mind?
At this time, there were only two ways before Ying Qian, Du Zhi and others. One was "Wen Jian", which encouraged the nobles across the country and the people to resist the new law and forced the King of Qin to take back the king's order.
Ying Qian thought of the ending: Kill Wei Yang to calm the anger of the public!
The other way is "Wu Jian", which, to put it bluntly, triggers a civil war.
Although Wei Yang had implemented the first reform and introduced the "Military Merit and Name Law", due to the resistance of the nobles and nobles in Qin State, in fact, the military power of the Qin State army is still in the hands of generals who are from Gongsun Zhuang, Gongsun Jia, Miao Lin, Gan Xing and other Qin generals are basically from nobles, let alone Ying Qian.
In other words, the nobles and nobles of Qin were fully capable of forcing the palace, but Ying Qian didn't want to do so. After all, he was the eldest son of Qin and the eldest brother of Qin. He also hoped that Qin could grow and replace Wei to become the overlord of the world. Once civil strife occurred, the efforts of several generations of monarchs and ministers were instantly gone, which was something that Ying Qian could not tolerate.
"In the past few days, I have also discussed with Gan Long and others..."
After glanced at Ying Qian with a gloomy face, Du Zhi lowered his voice and tentatively said: "In fact, the young master is the eldest son of my Great Qin..."
Ying Qian was shocked, glanced at Du Zhi suddenly, interrupted, "When I went to the palace to see the king, I will discuss this matter again."
After saying that, he ignored Du Zhi and walked out of the house.
Looking at the departure of Ying Qian, Du Zhi frowned and sighed.
If Ying Qian had nodded or gave him a wink, how could they have been forced to this extent by Wei Yang?
Shaking his head, Du Zhi left Ying Qian's mansion and took a carriage to Gan Long's mansion.
At this time, Gan Long and several Qin Chen were sitting in the room waiting for Du Zhi. When Du Zhi returned, one of them couldn't wait to ask, "My Lord Du Zhi, don't you know?"
Du Zhi shook his head slightly.
Seeing this, everyone looked at each other, some were worried, some were indignant, and some were difficult to understand.
After a while, Gan Long said seriously: "The only way to instigate public opinion..."
Du Zhi and others nodded silently.
Ying Qian was indifferent to the hint they gave, and naturally would not tolerate them leading the army to force the palace. Unfortunately, in the current Qin State, Ying Qian's prestige in the army was unmatched. He did not nod. Even if Gongsun Zhuang, Gongsun Jia, Miao Lin and other Qin generals supported all the forced palace, they could not mobilize hundreds of thousands of Qin troops - at most one or two, it would be useless.
Just as Du Zhi, Gan Long and others were discussing, Ying Qian had already arrived at Liyang Palace and met the King of Qin.
"A defeated minister, be honest and pay tribute to the king."
"Brother is so serious." The King of Qin stood up and helped Ying Qian up and comforted him: "I know a little bit about the battle in Hedong. If Li He from Shaoliang had not trained a cavalry for Wei, how could the eldest brother be defeated?"
Ying Qian felt a little ashamed. After all, he had been in contact with Pang Juan so many times, and to be honest, he had never taken advantage of it. The Wei people called Pang Juan the reincarnation of Wu Zi. Ying Qian sneered at it before, but now, he has a little recognition.
But recognition does not mean that he admits that he is not as good as Pang Juan.
On the contrary, he said confidently: "Before returning to China, I went to Shaoliang to meet Li He and made a deal with him. Although he asked him to take some advantage, he also learned how to train a cavalry in a short time. I am sure to train a cavalry within three months and then kill a member of the Wei State!"
"Oh?" The King of Qin was also very surprised: "Then Li He is willing to tell me the Qin Dynasty about the method of training cavalry?"
"Yes." Ying Qian nodded and said, "According to what he said, whether it is to train cavalry for Wei State or tell me how to train cavalry in Daqin, it is just a deal..."
As he said that, he took out the two pieces of cloth that Li He gave him from his arms and presented it to the King of Qin.
Even Ying Qian didn't care that Li He had cheated five thousand war horses. As the monarch of Qin, how could the King of Qin have a worse vision than Ying Qian?
He looked at the saddle and the stirrup drawings, nodded repeatedly and said, "It's worth it! It's worth it! I accepted this drawing first, and turned around and asked Gongshu to build it accordingly. Brother, I'm responsible for selecting military soldiers and training cavalry..."
"As for your order!"
Ying Qian bowed.
Immediately, the king and minister, and the brothers fell into silence for a long time.
After a long time, the King of Qin took the lead in breaking the silence in the hall with a sigh: "...A few days ago, I dreamed of my father..."
Ying Qian's eyes shook, and he forced a smile and said, "What did your father say?"
The King of Qin smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Father asked me, did I take back Hexi? I told him that I took back half of the Qin Dynasty and the other half of Shaoliang, I am afraid that I can no longer occupy it. My father asked me again, maybe I might replace Wei State to become the overlord of the world? I told him, no, Wei State is still the overlord of the world, and now I have won over Han Dynasty, Zhao State and Shaoliang, the overlord position is becoming more and more stable..."
“…”
Ying Qian closed his eyes silently.
In fact, he could guess that the so-called "dream" of the King of Qin was mostly made up, but this did not prevent his mind from the regrets and disappointments of their father and the monarch of the previous Qin Kingdom before his death - the biggest regret of their father in his life was that they failed to regain Hexi and failed to replace Wei and become the overlord of the world.
Licking his dry lips, he said in a deep voice: "Wei Yang is too eager for quick success and instant benefits..."
"I know."
The King of Qin nodded, and then said with a deep expression: "But brother also knows that I, Daqin, have no choice. Wei is gradually drawing over the three countries of Han, Zhao, and Shaoliang, and the foundation of the hegemony is becoming more and more stable. Even Shaoliang is growing rapidly at an incredible speed for us. Four years ago, our Daqin could destroy Shaoliang in an instant, but Li He could only lead 200 Liang Qiong soldiers to carry out dangerous moves in order to save the country; and four years later, Shaoliang has 16 cities, and its territory has increased several times compared to four years ago. There are also elite troops of 40,000 to 50,000, Hu cavalry and 20,000, plus 3,000 Liang Qiong soldiers... If it weren't for the rule of the country by the law of Mo, I would not have taken the initiative to attack other countries, I would probably not sleep at night."
Taking a deep breath, he said in a deep voice: "If I, Daqin, cannot catch up, my father's long-cherished wish and the ancestors of all generations will be fulfilled."
After saying that, he raised his head, looked at Ying Qian and said seriously: "Brother, I hope you can help me!"
“…”
Chapter completed!