"When you meet the Queen Mother Huayang, I will take Zheng'er to the ancestral temple to pay homage to the ancestors." The foreigner was dressed by the palace servants, handed their mother and son to Lu Buwei, and went to the Guozheng Palace.
Before meeting the Queen Mother Huayang, Lu Buwei reminded: "I will meet the Queen Mother later. If it is not necessary, all the answers will be given by the ministers. The young master only needs to be thorough and polite. Remember this." Zhao Zheng also understood what he meant. Their mother and son yesterday I have just entered the palace, and I still don’t know anything about the situation in the palace. At this time, too much words will be lost.
Huayang Palace.
"Zhao Zheng paid a visit to his grandmother, the Queen Mother, and met the queen."
"I pay homage to the Queen Mother and meet the Queen."
"Your Majesty Lu Buwei paid homage to the Queen Mother and met the Queen."
Zhao Zheng and his mother lay motionless on the ground, waiting for a long time but did not receive any response. On the high platform, the Queen Mother Huayang and the Queen were chatting and seemed not to hear anything. Next to them stood a chubby pink-faced doll. He looked at Zhao Zheng and his son kneeling under the platform for a while, then looked back at their mother and grandmother. After a long time, he took the initiative to pull their sleeves and reminded them: "Grandma Wang, Queen Mother..."
The queen felt quite displeased when she saw her son being so ignorant, and even pretended not to see him. The Queen Mother Huayang patted his head soothingly, but still didn't say anything. Originally, it was okay for Zhao Zheng to kneel alone, but when he thought that his mother had not yet recovered from the hardships of the boat and carriage, it was cold in the late autumn, so he was afraid of getting cold while kneeling on the cold stone slab like this.
So he raised his head slightly, and saw two women on the high platform talking and laughing. He was angry for his mother, so he had to bow again, and Lang repeated: "Zhao Zheng and his mother are paying homage to their grandmother, the Queen Mother. Pass the Queen." The pink-faced doll on the high platform saw him bowing again, but was still unwilling to accept it. This time, she pulled hard on the clothes of her grandmother and mother.
"Mother, look..." the queen muttered. Queen Mother Huayang sneered, looked at Zhao Zheng and said: "You kid is so unruly, so why don't you and the doctor get up." Zhao Zheng was alert and noticed that what the Queen Mother Huayang said was "you and the doctor." , never mentioned his mother from beginning to end. Only then did I remember that I had deliberately emphasized the word "mother" just now, but I was afraid it had the opposite effect.
Sure enough, Mrs. Huayang looked at Zhao Ji and said, "You are his mother. He doesn't understand the rules and you don't understand either?" Zhao Zheng himself is the heir of the king. Mrs. Huayang was afraid of being scolded and said that it was not good to treat the young heir harshly. Difficult. But the mother was different. She came from a merchant family and had a low status. She wanted to take out her mother, and there were many excuses. Today, etiquette alone can suppress her mother to the point where she cannot hold her head up.
If he hadn't cared about his mother and forgotten Lu Buwei just now, how could it have happened... Zhao Zheng never expected that the first lesson he learned after entering the palace would be at the expense of his mother.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The young master is just worried about his mother's illness and cannot bear her kneeling on the ground. She has no intention of contradicting her. Besides, my wife has been raising the young master alone in an enemy country these years. She has suffered from being displaced and imprisoned for many years. Even though There are mistakes, and there is hard work without credit. The Queen Mother taught you the right rules today, but you have always been lenient, this..."
What Lu Buwei means is: Zhao Ji has suffered a lot in these years. Even if she is wrong this time, we admit it. You have finished venting what you should vent, and if you continue to hold on to her, won't it be detrimental to your reputation? The steps have been found, and if Empress Dowager Huayang doesn't follow them down, there will only be a stalemate, which will be detrimental to both parties. Sure enough, at this time, Queen Mother Huayang put on a smile and said: "The old woman is not unreasonable. Just realize that you are wrong and get up."
A quarter of an hour later, the three were able to escape from Huayang Palace. When Zhao Zheng looked up at the high platform before leaving, he found that the pink-faced doll was smiling brightly at him. He looked seven or eight years old, but still looked immature. He guessed that he should be his half-brother Cheng Jiao. At that time, Zhao Zheng was really upset and had no time to pay attention to him, so he immediately turned his head arrogantly, not even bothering to look at him.
An hour later.
"Hand in with the yellow bird, stop at the thorns. Who follows Duke Mu? Zi Che is dying. Wei is dying, the peculiarity of a hundred men. When he comes to his cave, he is worried about his chestnuts. The sky in the sky, annihilate my beloved! If you can redeem it, Come on, people have hundreds of bodies... The bad habit of burying people with sacrifices as mentioned in an article in "Yellow Bird" was common in all countries in the Spring and Autumn Period. It has become a habit and is not regarded as wrong.... It can only be abolished when offering sacrifices to the public..."
Standing in front of the memorial tablet of his ancestor Xian Gong, Zhao Zheng remembered what Zhao Gao had said before. Then came Duke Xiao...
"'The people who have gone there are fierce, impetuous, and Jian Gong, and he is restless about the birth of his son. The country is worried about internal affairs, not to mention foreign affairs. The three Jin Dynasties captured the land of my ancestor Hexi. The princes are humble to the Qin Dynasty, and there is no greater ugliness...' Xiaogong issued this " "Order of Seeking Virtue", who dared to face the national humiliation and listed the faults of the ancestors. This kind of courage is the courage that a king should have. It is because of this that the declining Qin State can undergo earth-shaking changes in his hands..."
Zhao Zheng thought about what Zhao Gao said about his ancestors, and now that he was there, a feeling of admiration arose spontaneously, so he bowed to each place one by one, bowing his head without any hesitation every time. Close to the ground and worship Fangqi. When he came to pay homage to King Xiaowen and stood up, he felt dizzy and unable to stand. Fortunately, someone stood aside and helped him.
The foreigner calmly saw this in his eyes and said nothing along the way. But after coming out of the ancestral temple, he personally took him to Pinyang Hall and handed him over to Cai Ze. At that time, Cai Ze was teaching Cheng Jiao. "Sir, from now on this child will be handed over to you." The stranger said, then he raised his hands and saluted Cai Ze.
During the reign of King Zhao, Cai Ze served as the Prime Minister of Qin for several months. Later, because someone slandered him, he returned the Prime Minister's Seal himself. King Zhao was grateful for his kindness to Qin and named him Gangchengjun. He or Yiren personally invited him to become the master of the young master Chengjiao, and now he has to entrust the government of the young master to him... Thinking that if it were not for the foreigner, he would be idle at home at this time, and the Qin State treated him well in the past. But he had nothing to repay. Cai Ze was naturally happy to have something to do now.
"The king has betrayed his ministers." Cai Ze returned the salute and turned to look at Zhao Zheng. Before his father could speak, he stood up obediently, knelt in front of Cai Ze and said, "Zhao Zheng pays homage to the teacher." Zhao Zheng had heard of Cai Ze's name in the past and knew that this man was a talented person. The debater, he has never seen such a person before, so he is a little curious.
All the while, Zhao Zheng didn't notice Cheng Jiao, who was so excited when he saw him coming that his eyes shone brightly. After his father left, Cheng Jiao stuck to him: "I heard that you are my brother Wang?" Zhao Zheng: "..." Cheng Jiao kept up his efforts: "I saw you this morning, and I told you Love, but you ignored me at that time." Zhao Zheng: "..." Cheng Jiao puffed up his cheeks and blew angrily. Zhao Zheng stood aside with a cold face, thinking that he could finally be at peace, but...
Cheng Jiao blew out that breath and grinned again: "I feel happy when I see you. They are all afraid of me. No one wants to play with me. You are not afraid of me. I know you ignore me because of my mother. I also think she did something wrong..." Whose child is this... Oh, no, it seems to be his half-brother. Old God Zhao Zheng looked at him, but he was speechless and choked in his heart.
Seeing Cheng Jiao pulling Zhao Zheng, Cai Ze muttered and knocked on the table to signal that class would start. Cheng Jiao sat back reluctantly, but couldn't help but keep glancing at him. Cai Ze looked at Zhao Zheng and asked, "Young Master, can you read?" Zhao Zheng nodded truthfully, but Cheng Jiao shook his head in disappointment, his whole little face drooped: Why did he ignore the teacher and ignore himself, and be so focused...
"Well, if the young master who is going to talk about it feels that he can't keep up, he must bring it up." Cai Ze thought that Zhao Zheng had been in the Zhao Kingdom for so many years and was imprisoned for so many years. It was an unexpected blessing that he could read. No. How much to expect him to know. That's why I took extra care of him. "Let's continue talking about "The Book of Shang Jun" today."
In fact, Zhao Zheng had read "The Book of Shang Jun" in the Taishi Mansion before. At that time, he had discussed many contents in the book with Zhao Gao, but when he listened to it now, he still didn't show any impatience. Because he remembered that Zhao Gao once said: Only by listening more to other people's ideas can you broaden your horizons. Even if you think what he said is not good, you must listen to it before you know what is wrong. Don't limit your thoughts to one place.
However... he remembered that his new teacher's thoughts were biased towards Taoism, so why did he talk about "The Book of Shang Jun" today? Thinking of this, according to his usual habit with Zhao Gao, he immediately asked: "Student Zeng Wen has mastered the essence of Taoism, why did he talk about "The Book of Shang Jun" today?"
Cai Ze was startled by his question, then smiled heartily and asked, "Young Master actually knows what I stand for?" Zhao Zheng suddenly realized that the person in front of him was not Zhao Gao, and was shocked to realize that he was a little abrupt, but he didn't seem to be angry. , and said truthfully: "The teacher said: 'The old order of the husband, the successful one will go.' Isn't this the Taoist idea of 'retiring after success'?" And when he chose to return the seal, he followed this statement meticulously. portrayal.
"As far as the young master knows, who is this minister?" Zhao Zheng replied without thinking, "A debater." Cai Ze nodded and said, "Yes, Cai Ze is a debater. As a debater, if you can't know yourself and the enemy, how can you convince others?" ?" Cai Ze said this with great confidence, and his meaning was very straightforward: only by thoroughly understanding other people's things can you find flaws to refute them. The reason why he is so confident is precisely because he is backed by profound knowledge.
Zhao Zheng nodded, folded his hands and saluted, "It's the student who was rude." Cai Ze raised his hand indifferently. It turned out that he was lucky to be able to read, but now it seems to have exceeded expectations, so Cai Ze didn't waste any time and continued: "Shang Jun said: 'If you don't govern the world according to one way, the country will not follow the ancient laws.' That is to say, the rules used by the king to govern the world Nothing is static. If you want to make the country comfortable, you cannot blindly follow the ancients..."
Cheng Jiao was still a little distracted at first, but seeing Zhao Zheng working so hard, he calmed down unconsciously. When Cai Ze saw Zhao Zheng coming, Cheng Jiao became more serious and felt quite satisfied.
In the afternoon there are riding, archery and swordsmanship lessons. As a young master of the Qin Kingdom, these two lessons cannot be neglected. The class was taught by Meng Wu himself, who was born in a family of generals. Zhao Zheng saw that he was tall and powerful, and then looked at his little arms and legs, feeling a little envious. It's just that he doesn't have any foundation in riding, archery and swordsmanship. In the past, he only relied on brute force to fight with Zhao Qian, and this teacher spoke with a Qidi accent, so it was very difficult for him to learn.
Seeing that he was in trouble this time, Cheng Jiao felt happy. She was obviously younger than him, but when she held the bow and arrow, her hands were steady. She wanted to show off in front of him, so she shot three arrows in a row, with no miss. When she was done, she looked back at him, hoping that he would give him a few words of praise. , who knows that he lowered his head and didn't notice himself at all.
Just now when Chengjiao was drawing his bow, Zhao Zheng read it carefully and found that he had the rules, but it was difficult to grasp it once it fell into his hands. He found it difficult to pull it several times in a row. But he was born to be unwilling to give up. He used all his strength to pull the bow open. As soon as the arrow shot out, it almost hit Meng Wu. Meng Wu dexterously used his sword to separate the arrow, and said expressionlessly: "I will practice today until the young master hits the target."
Because of this sentence, Zhao Zheng refused to stop asking people to hold lamps until night. Meng Wu had never seen such a twisted child. He returned from the martial arts field in the afternoon and was having dinner when he heard someone reported that "Gongzizheng was still practicing archery in the martial arts field." He choked and coughed immediately. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and rushed When I went back and was about to say I was going to let him go, the arrow finally hit the target, although it hit the side...
At that time, Zhao Zheng's hands were shaking badly, and there were still suspicious blood stains in some places on his palms, but when he looked at Meng Wu, he still laughed. At that moment, a grown man in Mengwu didn't know what he was feeling.
