Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 16
"In addition to coming here to thank you, I have another thing to tell you, I hope you don't feel sad. According to the report from Rao Yang's messenger, His Highness Rao Yang Jun relapsed from his old injury ten days ago, and he died." Li Mu slowly Said.

After listening to Li Mu's words, Ziying suddenly felt mixed feelings, and the person who was focused on taking care of him just went away.Although relying on the foresight of modern people, Ziying already knew that Cheng Xi's life was not long.However, he was still reluctant to think about it.

As long as Cheng Yu is still there, there will always be such a big tree covering the sky behind him, and he can do some things without thinking about the consequences, because no matter what, his father will wipe his ass behind him.

Just like this incident, Ziying didn't do it entirely on impulse.Because he knows that his father is Lord Raoyang, and he is the son of Lord Raoyang. No matter how angry King Mourning Xiang is about this matter, and how much he wants to get rid of him, he must also consider the strength of the five thousand soldiers under Chengyu on the border. As far as Zhao Guo is concerned, [-] soldiers and horses are nothing to worry about, but if it is really because of a fight between children that they attack Fengjun, how will the rest of Fengjun generals be safe!

Therefore, Ziying knew that, at most, he would suffer a little in this matter, but his life would never be in danger.

What's more, if I remember correctly, King Zhao Mourning Xiang will die of illness this year, and the prince will move to the throne.Although the throne has not yet been replaced, King Zhao Mourning's health is definitely not much better. Under such circumstances, stability is the most important thing, and King Zhao will not attack him and cause turmoil.The new king's succession to the throne is not prestige enough, and the throne is unstable. In such an environment, if foreign enemies invade the country, it will be worrying.

"Rao Yang is here as an envoy, and wants to welcome the son back to succeed Lord Rao Yang. The king will call us to deal with it in the morning."

After saying this, Li Mu looked at Ziying who was in a daze, sighed slightly, and then turned back.

Ziying didn't notice Li Mu's departure, and Ziying didn't even hear Li Mu's last sentence clearly.The whole person was completely immersed in the grief of Cheng Yu's death.

After Li Mu left, Bao Sheng quietly walked to Ziying's side and patted him on the shoulder, wanting to comfort him, but suddenly found that although he had read a lot of poetry and books, he couldn't think of suitable words to comfort the pain teenagers.

After all, he has also experienced the pain of the loss of his relatives, and he understands that only by thinking clearly can he truly escape from this state.I had to say "sorry" silently!
Now Bao Sheng suddenly had an illusion that his successor Rao Yangjun was also favored by Zhao Guo's General Li Mu.Maybe this young man, who looks so weak now, might really be able to avenge himself.

Zhao Wangyan, who was on the sickbed, was intensely watching the fierce civil and military debate. The focus of the debate was whether to release Lord Raoyang's eldest son, Ziying, to return to Raoyang to inherit the throne.

In the Warring States Period, in terms of decrees, the feudal monarchs could not only have the fiefdom for life, but also pass it on to future generations, except that the recipients were deprived of it.For example, when Feng Ting surrendered to Zhao, King Xiaocheng of Zhao sent Zhao Sheng to tell him: "Every ten thousand households has three prefects, and every thousand households has three county magistrates. They are all marquises from generation to generation." , "Every generation is a lord" and other words can show that the rewards can be passed on to future generations.

But in reality, it is very difficult to have such a world-famous existence.When Chu Long lobbied the Empress Dowager Zhao to send Lord Chang'an as a hostage, the two mentioned, "Before the present and the third generation, as for Zhao Zhi, the descendant of the Lord Zhao, is there any successor?"

Said: "Nothing."

Said: "We are alone in Zhao, are there any princes?"

Said: "The old woman doesn't hear it."

It can be seen that although the existence of conferring kings and marquises has basically not been handed down to more than three generations, but the existence of conferring kings and princes does exist, but it cannot last long without credit.

During the period of the first king, Zheng Anping, Lord Wu'an, died, and his fief was taken back by the state.This is entirely possible because of its precedent.Return the fief to the state.

But there are three other issues involved here.

First of all, Cheng Yu's identity is there. The son of Qin State, the younger brother of the current Qin King, has really made Zhao Guo look good in the past few years, especially in some foreign affairs exchanges with Qin State. , It also gave Zhao Guojun and ministers who had been suppressed by the Qin army for a long time a sharp weapon to fight back. After a series of propaganda, for example, Qin Guogong admired Zhao Guoshengwei and attached himself to Zhao Guoyunyun. At this time, due to the lack of knowledge of the soldiers, the generals Whatever you say is what you say, so the morale of Zhao's army will also be improved to a certain extent.

After Cheng Yu passed away, a substitute must be found immediately to replace Cheng Yu's role. Cheng Yu's son Ziying is undoubtedly a very suitable candidate.

Second, Lord Raoyang is different from other lords. The rest of the lords in the country have at most a certain number of soldiers or diners in their fiefdoms. Even if they are directly canceled, it will not cause much turmoil, but Raoyang has [-] former Qin troops. The feudal city of the fierce soldiers, now Zhao Wang is seriously ill, and there are already rumors in the court. If it is not handled well and causes internal turmoil, the gain will outweigh the loss.

The third is the geographical location. At that time, I only wanted to get this army far away, so it was placed in Raoyang on the border of Yanzhao. country is also possible.

Accept it, no, inherit it. Some ministers are also unwilling. They have worked hard all their lives and have not been able to confer the title of king or minister, but a little baby of a few years old can receive this reward.It's really annoying to watch!Thinking this way in my heart, of course what I said in my mouth is that "the greatness of the princes is the harm of the emperor; the richness of the officials is the defeat of the monarch." Words of thought.

This is not surprising. After Zhao Mourning King succeeded to the throne, his confidant Guo Kai alienated the virtuous ministers. Except for a few generals who held heavy soldiers and relied on the country, the upright ministers in the DPRK and China basically went home to retire.

Therefore, those who insisted on revoking Raoyang's fiefdom were mainly civil servants who won glory and wealth by flattering people, and those who insisted on releasing Ziying to return to Raoyang, that is, the Raoyang throne, were mainly a group of generals represented by Sima Shang.And Zhao Wangyan just listened silently on the soft couch, coughed weakly from time to time, and didn't express any opinions.

Although Gong Ziqian is his favorite son, it is difficult to take some fights between children in the current situation to his heart. What he values ​​most is that his son can successfully succeed to the throne after a hundred years, so that the country will not be in turmoil.

In this way, the opinions of several important ministers with heavy troops in their hands are quite important. So far, Sima Shang is the only one who is qualified to speak and express his attitude, so he has been silently waiting for the statements of several important military officials in the court. .

Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, a voice that sounded like a bell came:

"I believe that Ziying should be sent back to Raoyang to take the throne." As soon as these words came out, the court hall, which was full of debate, suddenly fell silent, and everyone quietly looked at the source of the voice, General Li Mu.

Undoubtedly, Li Mu, who holds military power in his hands, is one of the few people with the most power to decide Ziying's whereabouts.

"Mu thinks that at this time, it is very beneficial to send Lord Raoyang back to benefit the country. The young King Raoyang can send an old and mature minister to accompany Lord Raoyang to be his minister. When he grows up, he will return to Raoyang."

(End of this chapter)