In the hinterland of Qinchuan, which is 800 miles away, there is a magnificent city.
This city was jointly founded by Qin Xiaogong and Shang Yang. It is located to the south of Mount Wei and to the north of the Wei River. It is said that "the Wei River runs through the south and Mount Wei stretches to the north." Because the mountains and rivers here are both sunny, it is called Xianyang.
The Guanzhong area where Xianyang City is located is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. The terrain is high in the west and low in the east. It forms a condescending position over the vassal states in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and has a superior dominant position. The choice of this place to establish the capital all reveals the ambition and ambition of Qin Xiaogong who moved the capital here. ambition.
The flowing Wei River runs through Xianyang, passing through every pavilion, pavilion, and palace, like an umbilical cord connecting the mother and the fetus, continuously delivering nutrients to the capital of Qin, as if it was an oath to complete. The ambitions of successive Qin kings turned Xianyang City into a magnificent city unprecedented in history.
And at the highest point of this majestic city, in the Xianyang Palace built by the four ancestors of Qin Xiaogong, Qin Huiwen, Qin Daowu, and Qin Zhaoxiang, there is a slender figure in black clothes who is tirelessly reading a copy. Bamboo slips will make sounds of emotion and admiration from time to time.
The only person who can read the scrolls here is the current King of Qin, Ying Zheng, who has not yet officially taken charge of the government. But he doesn't seem to care about this at all, and just silently reads the scrolls in his hands.
Gradually, the sun sets in the west, twilight quietly takes over the sky, and the light in the palace gradually dims. The dim light made it difficult for him to see the words on the bamboo slips clearly, but Ying Zheng did not rush to urge the attendants to light the lamps.
Because it's not needed.
Step, step, step!
A burst of light footsteps passed by Ying Zheng, and the lights in the palace were lit, illuminating the palace that served as a study. The small candlelights gathered in one place gave off light that made the place look like daylight.
"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner."
A calm and restrained voice reached Ying Zheng's ears. He raised his head and looked at the figure in white holding a sword, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "'Zi Zai heard "Shao" in Qi, and he didn't know the taste of meat in March, and said: No pictures. This is what I am doing for pleasure.’ This book has filled my stomach and I don’t need to eat dinner.”
If it were the servants trying to persuade him, Ying Zheng would not pay attention at all, let alone give an explanation.
But the person who persuaded him to eat was not only his only true courtier, but also his swordsmanship teacher, and one of the few friends he had over the years.
"Kings."
Genie, who was dressed in white robes, always had such firm eyes, like a rock.
But Ying Zheng has always been like this. Ever since he returned to Qin, he has seized the opportunity to study that he had missed before. He often couldn't let go of the book and wanted to plunge into the library.
Seeing this, Gai Nie bowed down, turned around and walked out of the hall.
Ying Zheng looked at Gai Nie's resolute back, and suddenly an unpleasant feeling came over him. Before he could get up, Gai Nie had already walked to the palace door and leaned down to worship again.
"I am incompetent and cannot make the king eat on time, so I went to Ganquan Palace to apologize to the Queen Mother."
Ying Zheng's brows jumped wildly, Gai Nie was not asking for forgiveness from Ganquan Palace, it was clearly a complaint.
Since childhood, he and his mother Zhao Ji have been dependent on each other in the Kingdom of Zhao, living a life of poverty and loneliness. Therefore, Ying Zheng attaches great importance to the mother-son relationship with Zhao Ji. How could he bear to worry Zhao Ji.
Moreover, Ying Zheng has deep feelings for Zhao Ji, and Zhao Ji has deep feelings for Ying Zheng.
Once Zhao Ji found out, Ying Zheng estimated that he would have a headache in the next period of time, so he had to admit his mistake to Gai Nie and eat dinner.
This was naturally expected by Gai Nie, who had already figured out Ying Zheng's character. While Ying Zheng was enjoying dinner, he also looked at the scroll of bamboo slips that Ying Zheng was unwilling to let go of even while eating, and glanced at the pile of books. In the volume that Yingzheng had already read, he saw two words clearly written on the bamboo slip.
""Five Beetles"?"
Beetles, insects in wood.
Just looking at the name, it seems like a book about tree planting, but as Ying Zheng's most trusted guard, Gai Nie knows that what Ying Zheng likes to read is "Book of Shang Jun" and "Shen Zi" written by Legalists. I have books in my hand, so I can’t help but be a little curious.
He glanced at the bamboo slips unfolded in Ying Zheng's hand, and a striking sentence fell into his eyes.
"Confucianism disrupts the law with literature, and chivalry violates the law with martial arts?"
Gai Nie's expression immediately changed and he said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, who wrote this book?"
"A chivalrous person uses force to break the ban." This sentence is the greatest insult to a ranger like Gai Nie. It is also an insult to the Mohist family who adheres to the "righteous chivalry".
But Genie was not angry because he understood this idea.
Many rangers do ignore the law and do things that they claim to be just. In fact, not only do they not really help the people, but they bring them greater disasters, and many people even have their families destroyed.
Moreover, compared with their group of rangers who care about the people, they are more of a group of rangers who do evil and form cliques among the people to fight against the officials in various places. The harm they bring to the country and the people can indeed be called "worms" .
However, there are many people who understand this truth. But to integrate it, write it down in a book, and dare to spread it to the outside world, this undoubtedly requires great courage, and may even lead to revenge from many rangers.
But just that, it would not cause Ge Nie to be so shocked. The last sentence, "Confucianism uses literature to corrupt the law" is the most terrible thing.
This "Confucianism" does not refer to Confucianism, but is almost a mockery of all schools of thought other than Legalism, especially political strategists, famous scholars, Confucianists, and Mohists who often lobbied in front of the king and criticized them. He is a swindler who does not hesitate to confuse right and wrong and ignore the law in order to obtain the reward from the king and the prosperity of the school.
So Ge Nie is really curious about how courageous and hard-working the author of this book is to write such a thing.
"This person's name is Han Fei, the Ninth Young Master of South Korea." At this point, Ying Zheng paused, and a hint of deep meaning flashed in his eyes.
Most of the views in this book almost coincide with his, and Han Fei's other works also bluntly mention the need to respect the emperor and subordinate his ministers, strengthen the public office, eliminate private households, and eradicate powerful officials who form cliques and pursue selfish interests...
These are things he urgently needs to learn now.
"After some time, I want to go to Korea and meet this person."
Anyone else would have kneeled on the ground in horror to persuade Ying Zheng to give up the idea. After all, the majestic king is still the most powerful young king of Qin among the seven kingdoms and is regarded as the "Tiger and Wolf Qin". Going out is too ridiculous and dangerous.
But Gai Nie... he has gotten used to it, or rather he has grown accustomed to it.
Is the advice useful?
What can he do if Ying Zheng doesn't listen?
This is not the first time Ying Zheng wants to go out secretly, no... this is not the first time Ying Zheng wants to go out secretly!
When he just left Guigu, he met Ying Zheng walking out of the palace alone in Xianyang City.
Ying Zheng said that he wanted to end this troubled world and save the people, and said that he needed his sword skills. However, he was so obsessed with it that he just came out of the mountain and followed Ying Zheng in a daze.
You know, according to Guigu Zongheng's arrangement, as a Zongjian, he should go to the Six Kingdoms of Shandong to serve as an official, looking for opportunities to once again form a coalition to fight against the powerful Qin, but instead he followed Yingzheng into Qin and became Yingzheng's Chief swordsman teacher and chief guard.
However, speaking of the king from my family, he is diligent and studious, filial to his mother, courteous to his subordinates, and he also knows how to be patient in times of adversity and wait for changes. He will definitely be a wise king in the future.
However, my king's tendency to go out secretly at every turn is really troublesome.
Gai Nie looked at Ying Zheng who was eager to try, and he couldn't help but sigh.
He knew that this trip to South Korea was basically inevitable.
However, every time Ying Zheng wanted to go out, he would always think of the afternoon when he met Ying Zheng by the Wei River, and then he sat in front of the Xianyang Palace and sighed about something.
"After I came out of the mountain, I shouldn't have looked at the Weishui River again!"
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PS1: In ancient times, the south side of the mountain was called the sunny side of the mountain, and the north side of the water was called the sunny side of the water. Xianyang is located to the south of Mount Wei and the north of the Weishui River. It is also commonly known as the mountain to the south and the water to the north, so Xianyang is called "landscape". Ju Yang".
PS2: Normal updates will resume tomorrow, so brace yourself to attack Sanjiang! ! !
