Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 453, that moment, exactly this moment

When Chu State fell into the treacherous situation of Bo Yun, Ziyou had already left Chu State. After returning to Xianyang, Ziyou immediately went to Qin Palace to see Ying Zheng.

"Meet your Majesty." Ziyou saluted Ying Zheng.

"Teacher, there is no need to be polite. I urgently call you back because something happened in the north." Ying Zheng handed a piece of information to Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao handed it to Zi You.

Ziyou opened the information. This information came from King Zuo Xian's tribe. After reading the information, Ziyou also had a clear understanding of the current situation in the grassland. In order to maintain the balance of the grassland, they had surrendered King Youxian's troops and broke the news. King Zuo Xian wanted to destroy the Xiongnu royal court. It is precisely because of this that the Hun royal court was given a chance to breathe.

Mao Dun is worthy of being a heroic leader. In recent years, taking advantage of the stability of the grassland, he has continued to centralize power within the Xiongnu royal court. Although Gongyang Ling and Wei Zhuang also wanted to restrict Mao Dun, they are not Huns after all, even if they have already He corrupted the Xiongnu nobles, but faced with the issue of blood, Mao Dun gained the support of many old Xiongnu nobles who had real power in their hands.

In order to continue to strengthen his power, Maodun used the most direct method, war. Because of the demise of Zhao State, there was no check and balance between the Huns and the Huns by Li Mu. The newly freed Hu people believed that the Huns were not as strong as before due to the long-term civil war, but what about their Hu people? After so many years of development and the absorption of tactics and tactics from the Central Plains, it is not easy to defeat the backward Xiongnu with just one hand.

Mao Dun believed that the Hu people lived under the protection of Li Mu all year round, and the Hu people were not united as one. He not only had troops provided by the old Xiongnu nobles, but also the imperial guards trained by Wei Zhuang. Although the ban He could not mobilize many guards, but it was enough to defeat one barbarian, so the two sides immediately joined forces and started fighting.

As for the result, Mao Dun used a little trick to separate the Hu people's army. On the one hand, Mao Dun attracted the main force of the Hu people, and on the other hand, he had people behind to defend the Hu people's army. In the end, the Hu people were captured by Mao Dun. I got the dumplings and swallowed them whole. Relying on the prestige of attacking the Hu people, Mao Dun's reputation suddenly surpassed Gongyang Ling and Wei Zhuang, and he began to gradually gain power.

Due to his old age, Gongyang Ling could only continue to delegate power. After a year of centralization and recuperation, Maodun began to prepare to take action against King Zuo Xian. King Zuo Xian has been at war with the Dayue clan, and his own strength has been almost exhausted. Now Mao Dun is ready to stab him in the back, so he is ready to seek foreign aid.

King Zuo Xian immediately sought help from He Yangli and Abatu, who had replaced King Youxian. However, he realized that Heyangli and Abatu were just vassals of Qin, so he sent people directly to Qin. So we have this information.

"I have discussed with the courtiers a few days ago. Most of them think that we should not send troops to the grassland now. If we help King Zuo Xian to attack Maodun, it will inevitably greatly increase our logistical pressure, and even if we help King Zuo Xian The result of attacking Maodun was to return the grassland to normal.

If we don't send troops, Maodun will not be able to swallow up King Zuoxian's tribe at once. Even if it eats King Zuoxian's tribe, it will be just a slightly bigger ant to Qin. "Ying Zheng said.

Now the grassland tribes are indeed not worth mentioning in front of the Qin State. The Qin State now has the prairie nemesis Li Mu. In the army, there are not only the Golden Fire Cavalry, but also the Wuling Iron Cavalry. Originally, the Wuling Iron Cavalry was sweeping the world on the grasslands, and the Qin State also equipped them with Ma Sambo, the latest armor and Mo Dao. It can be said that the current Wuling Iron Cavalry has no rivals on the grasslands.

Even if the soldiers trained by Maodun could block the Wuling cavalry, the Qin army still had weapons and gunpowder at the bottom of the box.

"Based on the current situation of the Xiongnu, even if Maodun defeats the Zuoxian King Tribe, he will not be able to annex the Zuoxian King Tribe. He can only make the Zuoxian King Tribe become a vassal like before and submit to the royal court of the Xiongnu." Ying Zheng continued.

"This idea is correct. There is indeed no benefit in helping King Zuo Xian defeat Mao Dun. There is no danger to us if Mao Dun swallows King Zuo Xian's tribe. After swallowing King Zuo Xian's tribe, Mao Dun will also need time to absorb. It’s enough for us to free up our hands to kill him again.” Ziyou said in a different voice.

But there is one thing that the courtiers may have miscalculated. If it were someone else, they might not swallow up Zuoxian Wang's tribe, but Mao Dun has already experienced the benefits of centralization. In addition, Zuoxian Wang's tribe has continued to expand since he succeeded Shanyu. The earth wanted to destroy him. Now that he had finally defeated King Zuo Xian, how could he still let the tiger return? "

Ying Zheng was stunned when he heard this, because he didn't expect this, but when the quilt was so small, Ying Zheng suddenly woke up, and suddenly felt a sense of fear in his heart. Today's grassland is no longer the tribal grassland it was in the past. With the efforts of Gongyang Ling and Wei Zhuang, although there has been great division and civil strife within the Xiongnu, correspondingly, centralization of power within the Xiongnu is no longer nonsense. After talking about it, many Huns also accepted this form of centralization of power by Shanyu.

Now we don’t know when the war in Chu State will end. After Chu State there will be Qi State, and after Qi State there will be Baiyue. After Qin completely pacifies the world, the grassland will probably have become a powerful country instead of a tribe. By then, it will not be so easy for Qin to attack the grassland.

"Are we going to send troops to help King Zuo Xian?" Ying Zheng asked.

"No, the Qin State cannot send troops. Counting the Zhao State, the Qin State now has two wars to destroy the country a year. The pressure on the Qin State is too great. On my way back, the people in some places have already tightened their food and clothing. I can't have a full meal.

If you want to defeat a powerful enemy, you don't necessarily have to defeat him by force. The best way is to disintegrate him from within. " Ziyou said.

The Qin State has a very strong family background based on years of accumulation, but if it destroys two countries in one year and has to send troops to the grasslands, then the Qin State's more than ten years of efforts will be in vain.

"Disintegrate them from within? How?" Ying Zheng asked curiously.

"When Lord Shang started reforming the Qin Dynasty, who was his biggest enemy?" Ziyou asked.

Ying Zheng suddenly realized and exclaimed

"It's the old nobles inside. The current Xiongnu royal court is also facing the current situation. Mao Dun seized power with the help of the old Xiongnu nobles, but Mo Dun obviously wants to build the Xiongnu into a country like the Central Plains. Then it will inevitably touch the interests of these old aristocratic tribal leaders, so it is impossible for them to let Modu succeed in centralizing power!"

"That's right. The reason why the old Xiongnu nobles supported Mao Dun in taking back his power was because Gongyang Ling and Wei Zhuang were reformists within the Xiongnu royal court. Their ideas were to weaken the power of various Xiongnu tribes, thus Strengthen the power of the Hun Royal Court. Because the strength of the two is too great, these old nobles can only hold their noses and let the two weaken their own strength.

But they could not let the power in their hands be taken away. At this time, Mao Dun showed his desire to take back the power. These old nobles naturally chose to support Mao Dun and wanted to bring Wei Zhuang and Gongyang Ling back. Reform interrupts. But when these old nobles discovered that Mo Dun was actually a supporter of reform, these old nobles would definitely not support Mo Dun.

When the time comes, if Wei Zhuang and Gongyang Ling are allowed to secretly reduce their support for Mao Dun, I believe that one of these old nobles will inevitably have a Chanyu like him. How can I not be a good person? " Ziyou said.

Ying Zheng was no stranger to Zi Yao, because this scene had happened to the Qin State. Mao Dun was the original King Huiwen of Qin, Wei Zhuang and Gong Yangling were Jing Jian and Shang Yang, and the old nobles were the old nobles of Qin. At first, the old gentry helped King Huiwen of Qin kill Shang Yang and regain power. However, King Qin Huiwen deceived the old gentry and continued to implement Qin's laws. After he became full-fledged, he killed the old gentry. From then on, the Qin Kingdom began. The unstoppable march out from the east. Now Mao Dun's thoughts are the same as those of King Qin Huiwen, but the difference is that Mao Dun did not expect that there would be a more powerful external force ready to expose his thoughts and put him in a dilemma.

"Let Luo Wang do this." Ying Zheng said.

"Don't rush this matter. Being too hasty will definitely attract Mao Dun's attention. First send people to provoke a few old nobles so that they can't make a difference. According to Mao Dun's idea to attack King Zuoxian's tribe, he will definitely We want to take most of the power of King Zuo Xian and give a small part to the old nobles who support him, and then we will instigate these old nobles to break with Maodun," Ziyou said.

"Maodun wants to strengthen his own power. Attacking King Zuoxian's tribe will definitely allow his people to capture some land with abundant water and grass. But in order to stabilize the old nobles, he will definitely let his people step forward to take the lead, thus making people helpless. You can say that. At that time, Maodun's strength would have been lost a lot after a tough battle. If the old noble took action against him, even if he could not be killed, his ambition to dominate could be completely eliminated!" Ying Zheng stood up and said.

"It seems that the king already has a plan in mind." Ziyou said with a smile.

Ying Zheng came down and took Zi You's hand and said

"Thanks to the teacher for awakening me, we can eliminate the danger of the Xiongnu without spending a single soldier. The teacher's wisdom is really hard to see through."

"They are just things that cannot be brought to the fore. In addition to the matters on the grassland, I also want to talk about the matters of Zhao State." Ziyou said.

"Zhao Di? Zhao Di should have no problem with Chen Ping and Li Xin." Ying Zheng said.

"That's it." Ziyou told Xiong Qi that Guo Kai contacted Zhao Guo's old nobles, and handed the list to Ying Zheng.

After Ying Zheng read the list provided to him by Zi You, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared. Ying Zheng had no good impression of Zhao State itself. If it were not for the purpose of stabilizing the world, Ying Zheng would not have let Zhao people go so easily when Handan fell.

"At the beginning, the teacher regarded the dignitaries of the six countries as the biggest enemies and wanted to kill them all. I didn't take it seriously and thought that they were just lost dogs. Their countries were destroyed by the Qin State. How can these people who rely on their own country to oppress the people have the ability to do so? How much ability do they have? The most I can think of is to move them to Guanzhong, let them leave their hometown, and cut off the possibility of their rebellion.

But now it seems that I was too kind and let them live, but they still want to rebel. Especially among these dignitaries, some of them personally pardoned and rewarded them! If I give them a way to live but they don't want it, then I will let them die! "Ying Zheng shook his sleeves and said angrily.

"Zhao Gao!"

Zhao Gao, who was standing outside the palace, was frightened by Ying Zheng's thunderous anger and immediately trembled. He opened the palace door and quickly stepped forward to salute.

"Why does the king call for a slave?"

Zhao Gao did not dare to look at Ying Zheng, but the angry majesty emanating from Ying Zheng already frightened Zhao Gao. After following Ying Zheng for many years, Zhao Gao saw Ying Zheng so angry for the first time.

Ying Zheng ignored Zhao Gao but picked up the pen on the desk and wrote quickly on the edict, then threw the edict in front of Zhao Gao and said coldly

"Tell Li Xin and Chen Ping that anyone who causes trouble in Zhao will be beheaded by the common people, and those of the powerful Yi tribe and those who rebel for officials will be killed by the five tribes!!"

Zhao Gao was stunned when he heard Ying Zheng's words. He didn't expect Ying Zheng to be so angry. Normally, slaying three tribes is considered the biggest punishment in the Qin State. Ying Zheng rarely used this kind of punishment. This time, he even used it to annihilate five tribes. Zhao Gao could no longer imagine what exactly made Ying Zheng so angry.

But these things were not something he could inquire about. Zhao Gao picked up the edict on the ground and said respectfully.

"promise!"

When the superior is angry, the inferior must be more respectful. This is one of the things Zhao Gao learned after spending so many years in the Palace of Qin. Zhao Gao lowered his head and held up the edict and left the hall, looking for someone to deliver the edict to Chen Ping and Li Xin.

Ziyou glanced at the furious Ying Zheng and said nothing. Ying Zheng's rage was something Ziyou had expected. The rebellion of Zhao's old nobles was equivalent to slapping Ying Zheng in the face, and it was the loudest kind.

Without liquidating the old nobles of the Zhao Kingdom, Ying Zheng repaid them with virtue and gave these people high officials and generous salaries. Compared with the death of the three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Yan, the exiled nobles could be said to be living in paradise, but now they are plotting to rebel. It's different from losing Ying Zheng's face. It's strange that the king of a country wouldn't be angry when he was treated like this.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Chen Ping and Li Xin will take care of these things." Ziyou consoled him.

Ying Zheng had no doubts about the abilities of Chen Ping and Li Xin. Ying Zheng calmed down and said quietly

"Teacher, do you think I am too merciful? If we deal with it the way South Korea did, there should be no traitors in our country in Great Qin from now on, right?"

Listening to Ying Zheng's words, Ziyou's heart also skipped a beat. Isn't it just to avoid this situation that he has been instilling the idea of ​​loving the people in Ying Zheng over the years?

"Has your Majesty ever thought that it was the powerful people who rebelled, not the common people? Xiong Qi asked Guo Kai to contact hundreds of people, but only a dozen of them agreed. The others immediately sent the messengers The government, let the government handle it. It is enough to show that the people of the world still have a sense of belonging to Da Qin.

Killing to stop killing will only lead to greater rebellion and killing, and the best way is to make the people return to their hearts. If the people of the world only have Da Qin in their hearts, who will rebel? " Ziyou said.

Ying Zheng thought for a moment and said

"It's because I've gone too far and my thoughts have been affected by these people."

(End of this chapter)