Da da da~
On the wide galloping road, horses' hooves clattered lightly, and a dusty but elegant carriage ran briskly.
However, unlike the brisk sound of horse hooves, the driver of the car had a frown on his face and a gloomy look on his face.
"Brother Wei Zhuang, are we going to enter the territory of Qin soon? You, a Korean general, should go back..."
The curtain of the carriage was opened, and Han Fei advised helplessly.
I don't know if it was because his confidant Wei Wuji, Lord Xinling, had passed away, but Qin's request for the unification of all the countries was unexpectedly mild.
They were just asking for protons, and they were not chosen randomly. King Qin specifically named them.
Of course, whether it is gentle or not depends on the situation.
For example, in Korea and Yan, the monarchs had many heirs. If the anger of Qin could be quelled by just giving one son, they would not be too happy, so they happily sent Han Fei and Yan Dan on their way.
Even though the Korean general Wei Zhuang disagreed and argued hard, Han Fei finally convinced him and persuaded him to stay calm and did not issue military remonstrance to the King of Korea on the grounds of "I will help take care of Korea when I am no longer here."
But Wei Zhuang also insisted, that is, he insisted on driving Han Fei to Qin in person.
"I won't be at ease unless I see with my own eyes your living environment in Qin."
Wei Zhuang stared at Han Feidao.
"Don't worry, although I am a hostage, with the magnanimity of King Qin, he will not blame me for the loss of Qin State and send people to torture me."
Han Fei shook his head, "In comparison, it would be more beneficial if I could keep you, the general, in Qin. For today's South Korea, you are more important than me!"
The two looked at each other, as if they were competing without blinking.
After a while, Wei Zhuang was defeated first. He turned his head and whispered in a hoarse voice: "We must come back alive..."
"Don't worry! Didn't we make an appointment to change Korea together? I won't break my promise!"
Han Fei smiled heartily and seemed to be very optimistic about his future.
Wei Zhuang was silent for a while and quietly left the carriage.
Seeing him leaving obediently, Han Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief, then moved from the carriage to the coachman's position, grabbed the reins and flicked: "Drive!"
The two horses raised their hooves again, but the speed was much slower than when Wei Zhuang drove before.
After all, Han Fei's physique was not comparable to Wei Zhuang's. He struggled to shake the reins for a while before his arms became sore. Most of the time, he let the two horses move forward freely. His role was only to ensure that the road was not crooked.
Half a day passed like this. Han Fei was tired and a little hungry, so he found a restaurant along the road and planned to have something to eat.
Not long after he sat down, another carriage came from behind him.
However, it can be distinguished from the rumble of the horse's hooves that it is not a single car coming this time.
Yan Dan and Han Fei had never met before, and they were about a year apart in age. It was difficult for them to have any intersection.
But things in the world are so wonderful that the two met in an unknown restaurant in the Qin Kingdom.
Although they didn't know each other, Yan Dan's arrival was quite grand, and Han Fei was good at observing details. He already understood Yan Dan's identity the moment he saw Yan Dan get out of the car.
Even so, he actually had no intention of meeting Yan Dan in a strange place, so he just raised his head and glanced at it, then lowered his head again and concentrated on sweeping the food on the table.
But he had no idea, but Yan Dan was different.
If Han Fei quickly identified Yan Dan's identity through his observation of details, then Yan Dan had already investigated all the protons from various countries he would encounter in Xianyang before setting off, so he was well prepared.
In addition, Han Fei had an extraordinary temperament. Even if he was hidden in the restaurant, he still seemed to stand out from the crowd, so Yan Dan waved his men to disperse and sat across from Han Fei alone.
Han Fei frowned secretly at his familiar behavior.
However, Yan Dan looked bold and forthright, praising her straight to the point, otherwise concealing her purpose of getting to know Han Fei.
In this case, Han Fei could not continue to be indifferent. After all, from a certain perspective, they, the protons, were like grasshoppers on the same rope.
After several rounds of changing glasses, the two got into the same carriage.
As soon as he got in the car, Yan Dan had to kneel down to Han Fei.
This caught Han Fei off guard. He hurriedly helped him up, frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"
"To be honest, Brother Han, I'm here to ask for help!"
"Um?"
Han Fei frowned, a little confused, "No way, even if Qin wants to vent its anger..." It shouldn't use such low-level methods as torture and killing protons!
Yes, Qin once imprisoned envoys and even kings from other countries, but whether it was King Huai of Chu or Lord Pingyuan, they were imprisoned because Qin wanted to obtain corresponding benefits.
But look at how these protons can be sent out by their respective countries. Isn’t it obvious what their status is?
Threaten the King of Han to kill Han Fei and ask him to hand over how many cities?
dream!
So besides smearing one's own reputation and making other countries feel sad and share the same hatred, what else does this do?
"Brother Yan Dan, are you worrying too much?"
"No, not just Qin, but also my brothers."
When he said the last two words, Yan Dan gritted his teeth, "Brother Han is not a prince. Maybe he doesn't know how many enemies a person sitting in this position will have. My father is afraid of me, my uncle is hostile to me, and my brothers all hope I can’t go back so they can have a chance to ascend to that position..."
After that, he pointed outside.
"Perhaps you think that I am a hostage and still want to take so many people with me because I like to have fun and have a luxurious style? No! It's because I'm afraid of death!"
Yan Dan said bluntly, "If I go to Qin alone like Brother Han, I may not even be able to reach Xianyang City and disappear for no reason."
"this……"
Han Fei was speechless.
Although he is intelligent by nature and has insight into world affairs, because he has been studying abroad all year round, he has not been involved much in the filth of the king's family.
Even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by Yan Dan's anxious posture.
"But, although I know some of the six arts of a gentleman, how can I help you?"
Han Fei is not the kind of hot-blooded middle-school boy who slaps his chest and says, "I'll take care of your business." Although he also had moments when he was in the second grade, such as making declarations such as "I want ninety-nine in the world of the seven kingdoms," but that was to give a speech to like-minded people.
Yan Dan was not in this category, so he quickly calmed down.
After analysis, Han Fei felt: Yan Dan might be telling the truth, but this still doesn't explain why he went out of his way to befriend him?
Would the person who wanted to kill him show mercy because he was concerned about his own existence?
He didn't think he could have such dignity.
Then I heard Yan Dan lower his voice: "I once heard that in order to see Brother Han, the King of Qin did not hesitate to take the white dragon fish and enter South Korea. I wonder if it is true?"
Han Fei was stunned, quite surprised by Yan Dan's ability to inquire about information. Apart from them, the only people involved in this matter from the Qin State knew about it, right?
The other party, a prince of the Yan Kingdom... actually knew so much about things that happened thousands of miles away.
However, Han Fei didn't bother to hide or lie, so he nodded slightly: "It's ridiculous to say it was to see me, but King Qin did come to South Korea once in private."
"now it's right!"
Yan Dan was very excited, "Brother Han, don't be too humble. Your talents can impress the King of Qin, which really makes me envious. This time I enter Qin, I will definitely be put into great use by the King of Qin. It will be easy to save my little brother at that time." What happened!"
Han Fei could see Yan Dan's excitement, but he couldn't empathize with it.
He was very confident in his talent and learning, and the conversation he had with Ying Zheng about the world was quite satisfactory. If he did not come from a noble family, Ying Zheng would indeed be a worthy master.
But that’s exactly where the difficulty lies!
Han Fei is not an ordinary scholar, he is a member of the Korean clan! And it’s because he is a direct descendant of the clan with a strong sense of responsibility!
He could not do anything like Lord Changping of Chu who held a high position in Qin and then struck hard at his mother country!
Even if he was an official in the Qin State and made suggestions for the King of Qin, his first starting point was to preserve Korea or benefit Korea.
But Korea is Qin Guodong’s first stop!
The more Qin develops, the faster South Korea's interests will be damaged. This is almost a dead end!
Between showing off his talents, realizing his ideals and ambitions, and being patriotic, Han Fei chose the latter without hesitation.
In fact, when Yan Dan said those words, Han Fei was also thinking, if the positions of South Korea and Yan were reversed, would he not need to be so entangled?
According to Qin's strategy of establishing distant relations and attacking closely, Yan and Qi would be left to deal with it at the end no matter what, and there would be a lot of time for him to operate.
How good would it be if Qin destroyed the country from the front and South Korea could drink soup from the back?
It's a pity that it can't be replaced!
Now Yan Dan actually hopes that he will work well in the Qin State, gain the trust of the King of Qin, and then help him solve his dilemma?
Does he know that the more Qin develops, the sooner South Korea will be destroyed?
Han Fei was a little depressed and showed a lack of interest in this topic.
Yan Dan guessed Han Fei's thoughts by observing his words, so he changed the subject: "Brother Han, I didn't mean to ask you to do your best to help the development of Qin. I believe you can understand the current situation, even if Lord Xinling makes a desperate move , all countries also responded, but in the end they could not withstand the iron hoof of the violent Qin."
"so what?"
Han Fei is still interested in this topic.
"So what I want to say is that now that things have come to this, it is already difficult to influence Qin from the outside."
Yan Dan sighed, "We should change our thinking."
"Change your thinking, what do you mean..."
Han Fei was thoughtful.
"Yes, this is also the method I came up with based on the strategy of [tiring Qin] proposed by King Han Huan."
"The policy of tiring Qin..."
There was a trace of self-mockery on Han Fei's lips.
"Brother Han, don't belittle yourself. Although your country's policy of weakening Qin did not have the desired effect, it does not mean that this idea is wrong, but that there is something wrong with the method and method adopted."
Yan Dan explained, "Although Zheng Guo Canal required Qin's energy for more than ten years, it was not enough to completely bring down Qin. This was because we greatly underestimated Qin's national power."
"Then what's your method?"
"political reform!"
Yan Dan softly uttered two words.
Han Fei frowned. As the spokesperson of Legalism in today's world, he was quite dissatisfied with some people linking reform with chaos.
Yan Dan naturally noticed the change in Han Fei's demeanor, but he was unmoved and continued: "In order to become stronger, all countries have the experience of implementing reforms. However, except for Qin, no country can continue to truly Become stronger. Li Kui of Wei, Wu Qi of Chu, Shang Yang of Qin, Zou Ji of Qi, Shen Buhai of South Korea, King Wuling of Zhao...why?"
Han Fei fell into deep thought.
The above people all briefly made their country stronger, and they all had their lives terminated when the next king succeeded to the throne... No! Although Shang Yang's life was ended by King Qin Huiwen, and even his entire family was executed, the laws he established were not stopped.
Why is this?
If Shang Yang's death was a counterattack by the old forces whose interests were affected by the reform, then why can the laws he left behind during Shang Yang's time continue to be implemented in the Qin State?
Because the monarch insists?
If the king's insistence was useful, how could Shang Yang die?
Could it be that King Qin Huiwen didn't like Shang Yang? Or maybe those old forces just hate Shang Yang himself and have no objection to the reform?
Unable to figure it out, Han Fei rubbed his forehead and listened to Yan Dan continue: "What I want to say is that although the reform can make the country stronger, it is only the most ideal state. And its inevitable result is to overturn the old system. The pattern of interests will lead to conflicts and struggles. It just so happens that the struggle between monarchy and power in the Qin State is not over yet. If..."
Yan Dan said a lot, all he meant was, since the King of Qin appreciates your talents so much, why not just pretend to surrender, but design a plan for Qin that looks very beautiful, but in the actual implementation process will cause a lot of contradictions The new law came out and caused Qin to be in chaos.
I have to say, this method still sounds very good.
Although Han Fei had never heard of the saying "fortresses are often breached from within first", it did not prevent him from drawing similar experiences.
He knew that Yan Dan was right. If such a new law could be designed for the Qin State to implement, not to mention that the Qin State would not be brought down as expected in the end, but it would at least contain the Qin State for a long time and make it powerless. Going east is no problem.
This is his confidence as a master of Legalism!
But here's the problem. As the leader of Legalism, if he really did this, it would be tantamount to betraying the ideals of Legalism.
Not to mention how tormenting this behavior was for him, once this matter is leaked, all Legalist disciples in future generations will be implicated - whenever they propose reforms, someone will definitely attack them with conspiracy theories. .
Reform is inherently creating enemies, and can only be implemented if it has the trust of the king. But once conspiracy theories become popular, how can a king always maintain trust in a person?
You must know that if three people become tigers and all the bones are destroyed, the king is the most suspicious existence in the world!
Wouldn't this cut off the path forward for Legalism?
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