warring states careerist

Chapter 443
At the end of the fellowship meeting, Suo Lucan also reported what the Qin people had discussed with him.

No one present can decide on this matter, so they can only report back to Sishang, and wait for Sishang's reply as soon as possible, whether they agree to this meeting to discuss.

After the meeting, more than 20 people from the Propaganda Department came forward and began to create momentum for Que and Jun's affairs.

Taking advantage of the novelty and shock brought by Suo Lucan's return from tens of thousands of miles away and the curiosity aroused by those Western Mohists whose skin color and appearance are all different from those in China, the matter of Que and Jun is widely publicized.

In addition to publicizing the matter of Que and Jun, he also took this opportunity to publicize the morality and the concept of right and wrong of the Mohist school, and publicized "benefiting the world" among the people as the highest standard for evaluating the right and wrong of the ruling nobles.

Those Mohists who were born as Hu people, such as Ma Nai Nei, also told about life in the grassland and the oppression.

Daily announcements, time flies, and those rumors spread quickly, crossing Handan and flying to Zhongmu, the capital of Zhao.

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Zhongmu, the capital of Zhao, is a palace in the city.

The sick Zhaohou was lying there, covered with a brand-new brocade quilt filled with cotton, his face was a bit cold and blue in the hot weather.

Beside the bed stood several guards holding swords.

There is a special title for the close servants around the king of Zhao, which is called "Fan Dou".

This title is a bit of a starting point, but it has an allusion.

In the past, Xiang Zi paid homage to the Daijun and asked for wine. When the county of Ma was exhausted, he first ordered the dancers to set up soldiers and hundreds of them among his feathers.Daijun arrives, drunk, fights back and strikes, [-]% and brainless.

Since then, "Fan Dou" has become a special title of Zhao State.

Standing against the sword with a sword, if the king orders, he can directly kill the person who the king thinks is guilty.

But at this moment, there was someone arguing with the monarch, so angry that the monarch almost held his breath two times.

But the anti-combatants all lowered their heads to ignore it, because they all knew that no matter how angry the monarch was, he would not be able to kill the person in front of him, so even if they quarreled with the monarch to this extent, they still could only ignore it.

The person who quarreled with Zhao Hou was Zhonglian, the prime minister of Zhao Ji's time.

Gong Zhonglian is also very old, he needs the support of two attendants to walk, he has not been involved in politics for the past few years and only recuperated at home, but today he dragged his old and sick body to the palace.

Zhao Hou on the bed was obviously very angry by Gong Zhonglian's words, his lips trembled and his eyes widened.

And Gong Zhonglian, who was at the bottom, stood with the support of two attendants, made a gesture of admonishment, and said loudly: "Please take back such thoughts, Your Majesty, this is harmful to the Zhao family."

With an angry face, Zhao Hou stretched out his hand vigorously, patted the brocade quilt and said: "I am the king of Zhao, but I am also a father!"

"I want to entrust my son with a vassal state, let him become the king of a country, and be a vassal of Zhao. Why not? Can't the king love his children and plan for them?"

Obviously, Gong Zhonglian dragged his sick body to the front of Zhao Hou's bed because he heard the news of this incident, and he did not hesitate to offend Zhao Hou and remonstrated.

Before Liehou Zhao Ji died, he discussed with his younger brother that after his younger brother promised that his son Zhang would grow up to be a virtuous man, he would pass the title of Marquis to his nephew instead of his own children.

Before Marquis Lie died, he also made arrangements, prepared enough staff for his son, and granted Handan to his son, making preparations in case his uncle and nephew turned against each other.

A series of important ministers were also confidantes in the era of Liehou, and the foreign surnames who were raised up wanted to repay Liehou for his kindness.

However, it is human nature to want to pass the throne to his son and plan for the future of his children.

Over the years, Zhaohou turned a blind eye, letting or indulging his son and son to develop his own influence and accumulate strength.

He also pursued the policy of making friends with the State of Wei, hoping to get the support of the State of Wei.

In the past few years, he has also promoted many of his cronies, but there are too many talents left over from the Liehou era, and the courtiers could not fully support his ideas after all.

He tried the wind before and wanted to pass on the position of Hou as his son, which immediately caused a lot of opposition.

Soon thereafter, many rumors appeared on the streets of Zhongmou. The little Sikou who was in charge of collecting public opinion reported to Zhao Hou that Que and Jun violated the law and secretly transported swords and stirrups to trade with the barbarians.Que and Jun had a good relationship with Prince Chao, and there were occasional rumors in the market that there was going to be a calamity of brotherly rivalry in Zhao State.

This matter made Zhao Hou, who was already sick, even more irritated. After thinking for a long time, a close friend gave a solution that got the best of both worlds.

Zhao Guo has two legal claims.

One is Zhao, which was separated from the Three Jin Dynasty, and the other is Dai Guo, which was destroyed by Zhao Xiangzi.In any case, the Dai Kingdom is a country, and it is a big country that the Zhao family has destroyed so far, with a huge legal land.

The later King Wuling of Zhao wanted to take back his son's power, and made his eldest son the acting king; after Qin destroyed Zhao, the nobles of Zhao State restored the country and established the Dai State.

Because the Dai Kingdom was destroyed not by force, but by annexation by semi-force.

At that time, the monarch of the State of Dai was the brother-in-law of Zhao Xiangzi. After Zhao Xiangzi killed the monarch of the State of Dai with a banquet, he annexed the State of Dai by means of inheritance rights, making the State of Dai a part of the State of Zhao, and also became a part of the State of Zhao. The legal title of the separation to establish a country.

Zhao Hou felt that since the people of the country and the ministers objected to passing on the title to his son, he should let his son be the king, enfeoffed in the land of Dai, as Xiaozong, and at the same time as a vassal state of Zhao.

In this way, it can be regarded as retaining sacrifices for his own lineage.It didn't violate the original oath, and it wouldn't cause too much opposition.

However, as soon as this rumor was released, Gong Zhonglian, who hadn't asked about politics for a few years, was blocked in the palace, repeatedly admonishing him.

Zhao Hou was anxious, and asked again: "Don't you have any children? Don't you ever plan for your children?"

Gong Zhonglian took a deep breath, let the guards who were supporting him let go temporarily, and after saluting, he said: "Parents love their sons, and they have far-reaching plans."

"Sealing the son's court in Dai, this is not loving the son's court, but harming the son's court."

Gong Zhonglian didn't look at Zhao Hou's increasingly ugly face, and said sharply: "Zhao is Zhao, and the road is blue, and he has fought for several generations, and three parts of the land of Jin."

"But even if it is divided into Jin, we must not forget that we were ministers in Jin."

"Since you can't forget that you were a courtier in the Jin Kingdom, can you forget the Quwo Daiyi Rebellion?"

"If you entrust the prince to the dynasty and become the king, this will be the disaster of Quwo replacing the wing of Zhao State! When the time comes, the brothers will kill each other, and the son Zhang is not Jin Aihou, I am afraid that there will be Zheng Boke Duan at that time!"

"When the time comes, the sacrifices will be cut off. Isn't this a disaster?"

After Gong Zhonglian talked about the two incidents of Quwo Daiyi and Zheng Bokeduan, Zhao Hou's face became even more ugly, but he couldn't refute Gong Zhonglian's words.

As a monarch, it's not that he doesn't know the consequences of dividing the country into two. Even if he is a vassal state, it is a huge disaster.

But as a father, he wanted to plan more for his son.

However, Gong Zhonglian didn't talk about the monarch's public weapon, but only talked about the distribution of feudalism from the perspective of a father, which is not a good thing, but a bad thing.

This made Zhao Hou unable to refute, because from the perspective of the monarch, this matter must be wrong. The only way to convince him is from the perspective of parents loving their children. Now this is not tenable, let alone the rest.

Gong Zhonglian said again: "In the past, when Jianzi was ill, he called Xiangzi and told him, "I am dead and buried. I will go to the mountain of Xiawu to look after my clothes." Xiangzi respects. Bury, wear down, summon the ministers and tell them: "I would like to go to the summer house to see." The ministers all remonstrated: "Go to the summer house to see, it is also a tour. After the decline, you can't swim." Xiangzi said: " This is the order of the late emperor, and I dare not abandon it'. All the ministers respected it. Xiangzi went to the summer house to look forward to replacing the vulgar. It was very beautiful, so Xiangzi said: "The first emperor must use this to teach it." And Return, ten years to replace."

"The plan to replace the country was started by Jianzi and Xiangzi. Jianzi and Xiangzi didn't entrust Dai, so it can be seen that Dai is more important than Zhao. Does your lord think that your talents can surpass you?" Jianzi and Xiangzi's?"

Zhao Hou was helpless and kept silent. Naturally, he did not dare to compare with Zhao Xiangzi and Zhao Jianzi.Not only are these two ancestors, but also because these two are the founders of the foundation of the Zhao Kingdom, Zhao Hou dare not compare with them.

Gong Zhonglian said again: "If your lord sacrifices Jianzi and Xiangzi in the ancestral temple one day, how can you talk about the matter of Daidi?"

"If you are a king, you will be weak if you divide the country. This is wrong."

"As a father, it is also wrong to put your son in danger."

"Being a descendant violates the wishes of the ancestors, which is even more wrong."

"It's wrong to use the country for private purposes and to sacrifice to the ancestral temple. Is the monarch still going to stick to it?"

Zhao Hou's breathing became short of breath, he coughed a few times and then cursed: "All the courtiers will oppose the emperor's decree of the widow, is this the gift of the emperor and his ministers?"

Gong Zhonglian stood up again, and said solemnly: "In the past, the emperor had a good voice, and wanted to reward the two musicians, Gun and Shi, with ten thousand mu of land, but was finally persuaded by his ministers. So Zongxi River has Wu Qi, Yecheng has Ximen Leopard, and Zhongshan The country also belongs to Wei, and Zhao still has to follow the Wei people to attack Chu, and the Marquis of Wei dare not deceive him. This is because he is good at listening to his ministers' advice."

"In the past, Shang Zhou was arbitrary, and he was killed after Bigan persuaded him, so that he was burned in Lutai. This is why he was not good at listening to his ministers' advice."

Being bullied back again, Zhao Hou said angrily: "Since you don't make him the acting king, then it's okay to let him be the prime minister, right?"

Gong Zhonglian was secretly startled, thinking that this might be Zhao Hou's strategy of taking retreat as an advance, first talking about the division of the country as a generation, and then taking a step back and talking about it as a prime minister.

However, behind Gong Zhonglian, there are many non-Zhao Guogong's scholar class, and as the leader of these classes, it is impossible for him to back down at this time.

After Zhao Hou finished speaking, he said: "Is this also refutable? There is Zhou Gong who assisted King Cheng. In the Three Jin Dynasty, Wei Chengzi assisted his elder brother and Xia Lei assisted his nephew. The order of Chu Yin also has many royal families. The only chancellor of Qi is the Tian family who has a foreign surname, and finally cut off the sacrifice of the Taigong."

(End of this chapter)