warring states careerist

Chapter 444
These words are considered to be heart-breaking words, comparing Wei Chengzi, Xia Lei, and Chu State Ling Yin Duo being royals with Tian's doing the same, this is to force Gong Zhonglian to agree to Gongzi Chao as the prime minister.

Since Gong Zhonglian was willing to refute with an example, Zhao Hou sealed Gong Zhonglian's mouth first: Wei Chengzi is Wei Si's younger brother, and also served as Wei's minister.Xia Lei is Hanhou's uncle, and he also became the prime minister of South Korea.But now Wei and South Korea are considered strong, this cannot be refuted.

Zhao Hou asked again: "Do you also believe in the morals of the Mohists? Do you think that meritorious talents should be promoted, and even a worthy man should be selected as the son of heaven? Such a principle of no king and no father will bring disaster to the world!"

Gong Zhonglian hurriedly said: "I don't agree with these morals of the Mohists."

"However, isn't acting the most dangerous? If you don't have enough talent, acting as a minister will lead to disaster, even the ancestral temple will be destroyed, and you will also bear the responsibility of failure. This is also dangerous."

"So, if Your Majesty really loves Young Master Chao, you might as well give Young Master Chao sufficient food and let him contribute to Zhao, so that it will last forever."

"To give him a high position that is out of proportion to his ability is to endanger lives and ancestors."

"Giving him too much land will give birth to his ambition."

"In troubled times, the higher the status, the more powerful the power. If the ability is insufficient, it will be a disaster of death. Please think again, Your Majesty!"

On the bed, Zhao Hou turned his face to the inside, did not look into Gong Zhonglian's eyes at all, but said abruptly: "I am tired, and I have listened to enough advice today. I want to come to you Your body is also tired, let's go back and rest."

After seeing Gong Zhonglian, he had no intention of persuading him, and after saluting, he left with the support of two attendants.

Not long after Gong Zhonglian left, Zhao Hou took some herbs and asked Fan Dou to call his son Gong Zichao.

After the son Chao, who was in his early 20s, came in, Zhao Hou asked all the attendants around him to step back, and the son knelt down on the side of the bed, and straightened his father's quilt with his hands.

If it is said that at this moment in the world, the person who is least looking forward to the death of Zhaohou is the young master.

Because if my father can still be Zhaohou for another 20 years and kill those old officials when his uncle was the king, his position as the prince will be considered stable.

Unfortunately, there is too little time.Liehou died only 13 years ago, and 13 years were not enough to change Zhao's court.

Now there are only father and son left in the dormitory, Zhao Hou looked at his son with a sad face, and asked his son to help him up and half sit down.

Staring at his son for a long time, he finally asked: "If I die, will you rebel? Or, if I entrust you with the position of acting king or make you a prime minister, do you want to rebel?"

Young Master Chao sighed and asked, "Rebellion?"

Zhao Hou understood his son's doubts, nodded and said: "It can only be a rebellion. I can't pass the throne to you explicitly. You can't sit still if you pass it to you. The legacy of the previous king is still there, besides And the oath I made back then, I can't break it."

"Now you and I are just father and son, not monarchs and ministers. I just ask you, do you want to rebel and seize the throne?"

The young master looked into his father's eyes, nodded solemnly and said, "Yes. Father is the king, why should I be a minister?"

Zhao Hou sighed, and asked again: "The matter between Que and Jun, are you preparing horses for you?"

Gong Zichao didn't deny it either, and said: "It's not just him. Many relatives of the Gong clan are quite dissatisfied with the changes made by my cousin in Handan. It's like a person with a weapon in his hand, and he will naturally give birth to some other things." Mind, if I were just a child with bare hands, of course I wouldn't dare to think about these things."

"Since the Mohists have stirrups, the training of riders is easier and the impact is stronger. In the training of dead soldiers, if one rider is against ten, it may not be invincible."

Zhao Hou nodded in praise and said: "If you can think clearly about this, it proves that you are qualified to rebel. If this hadn't happened, would you borrow Lin Hulou's tribal soldiers?"

Young Master Chao nodded, shook his head again, and said, "That's another story."

"Originally, my cousin was close to the Mo family, and the Mo family guarded the northern border in Gaoliu. I was worried that the Mo family would support my cousin at that time. After all, he is a person who talks about meritorious deeds all day long. But most of the people I make friends with are public officials. Family relatives and nobles, it is impossible for me to say things like honoring the virtuous."

"I thought that this time, Que and Jun would contact the Hu people, promise things, and bribe the leader generously. Once there is a change in Zhongmou, Lin Hulou will be annoyed to attack Gao Liu."

Zhao Hou sighed and said, "You haven't read the battle reports these years. The Mo family's defense skills are extremely high. How can those tribes capture Gaoliu?"

The young master said: "I never thought that these barbarians would have the ability to capture Gaoliu. Father, although I want to participate in the rebellion, I want to be the king of Zhao after all. Would I let my land be invaded by barbarians?" ? I just want to use the Hu people to contain the energy of the Mohists, so that they don't have the energy to interfere in Zhao's internal affairs."

Hearing what his son said, Zhao Hou nodded his head in praise, and said: "You are able to know the severity, temporarily use the power of the Hu people, and you know that the purpose of your rebellion is to be the king of Zhao."

"If you can't figure out what you will do when you become a monarch in the future, even if you don't hesitate to cede the land to the barbarians, then I, as a father, will advise you not to rebel. The vision is too small, even if you rebel, you will die. The disaster of destruction."

Hearing his father's strange praise, Young Master Chao also showed a smile, then shook his head and said, "It's just that the strength of the barbarian can't be borrowed now."

"The Mohists are eloquent, and their Xuanyi Department is the best at demagoguery in the marketplace."

Thinking of the rumors in the market these days, Young Master Chao said with a wry smile: "Nowadays, colluding with barbarians is already a serious crime that harms the world and the people, and is against the will of heaven. It is right and everyone says it is right."

"No matter how stupid I am, I won't borrow the power of the barbarian again. Otherwise, the people of the capital will never support me. If the people of the country don't support me, when the time comes, public opinion will boil, and I will be the king. Can't sit still."

Zhao Hou coughed a few times, nodded and said, "I've heard about it too. People like the Mo family... Once they feel that this matter is in line with Tianzhi's will and benefit the world, they will die. They don't pay attention to affection, friendship, or even father and son."

"You also know about Qin Shengchuo. Back then, Shengchuo was just doing what a retainer should do with Xiang Ziniu. The grandson of the Mo family can ignore the relationship he has known for 20 years, and Mo Di can ignore his master and apprentice. He will be expelled by love, and even when he dies, he will not be allowed to wear mourning!"

"It's absolutely impossible for them to change their attitude. Regardless of whether they hook up with your cousin or not, the matter of Que and Jun has touched their bottom line of morality, and the Mo family will not let this matter go."

The development of Mohism in the past few years has alarmed the princes, and many things cannot bypass this original academic organization and current political organization.

Zhao Hou didn't want to speculate on the Mohist's specific attitude, but instead asked: "As long as the Mohist's morality is not violated, the Mohist has no reason to interfere. If you get rid of the Mohist, what are your chances of winning this rebellion?"

The young master said to himself: "[-]% sure."

"Marquis Wei supports it, hoping to weaken Zhao and create chaos. Even if I don't rebel, he will want me to rebel."

"He uses me, so I can use him. I want to be an upright monarch, not a puppet supported by others."

"In ancient times, there were Qin Xian and Jin Wen. Without the power of Xian Gong, how could Wen Gong become the hegemony? But the hegemony has been achieved, and Qin and Jin are still at war. There is no need to worry about that."

"In the country, the nobles of the public family support me. I also know that after I become the king, the system of the nobles of the world will always have to be changed in order to benefit the king. But now I can borrow their strength to wait for me to stand firm. Then do the big things.”

"Even if it's my cousin's Handan, there are many rich households who support me. The Mo family is in Handan, which prevents many people from benefiting. A few days ago, someone from the Guo family who was engaged in iron smelting sent someone to secretly talk with me. Eight hundred dead men, three thousand gold."

"What's more, Qi Hou Tian's family has a request from Wei. If Wei people participate in this matter, and the three countries work together, why not worry about it?"

Seeing his father, the young master seemed to have something to say, he smiled and said, "Father, don't worry. Wei Hanqi will not ask for the city as a reward. The heart of the Wei people is in Sishang Central Plains, and the Mo family is entrenched. Its power has been established. If you want Sishang, you need Wei Zhaohe Union."

"My cousin got too close to the Mohist family in order to accumulate strength. When Marquis Wei was a son, he was defeated in Niu Lanyi at the right time. This is the shame of his life..."

Zhao Hou shook his head and said: "I don't want to ask this, I want to ask, if you succeed in rebellion and win the throne, how will you govern Zhao?"

The young master knelt down towards his father, and after paying three respects, he said: "This is what my son has already figured out. Since I rebelled and became the king, I must do something great to revitalize the Zhao family, and I will have no shame in meeting the Zhao family ancestors in the future. "

"The Mo family also has stirrups and gunpowder, so the barbarians don't have to worry about it."

"Now there are Wei and Han in the south of Zhao Di, Man Qin in the west, and Fu Qi in the east. The only way to expand is to go north. Originally, it was impossible, and the Hu people were good at archery, but now the stirrup base is good, and the peasants can also ride horses and have iron tools. Hu people have nothing to fear from the benefits of gunpowder."

"I look at the situation in the Northland that Suo Lucan said. My father set out from Gaoliu to visit Xingyunzhong. The land along the river is fertile, but there is a lack of population."

"I'm only in my twenties now, and I still have time. It takes ten years to stabilize the domestic government; it takes 20 years to change the system; it takes 30 years to move the population to Yunzhong and Jiuyuan."

"Inside, occupy the workshops of the Mohists. Outside, make friends with Wei and Han, and don't take the land of the Central Plains. Go north to the nine plains in the middle of the cloud."

"Once the momentum is established, the Jiuyuan in Yunzhong can enter Qin and Xihe. Gaoliu can seek Yandi and Zhongshan. When the Central Plains change, Zhao will get Zhongshan, Yunzhong, Jiuyuan, and Xihe, and hegemony can be achieved."

"Wei people dare not seek Zhao, but hope that Wei and Zhao will work together. As long as we give up Sishang in the Central Plains and don't take Wei Qi, then Wei will ally with us."

"Wei Qiusi will definitely compete with the Mohists. Qin people will never forget the hatred of Xihe, and now the separation of Luoshui is changing. Tian's family is ambitious. Once they take the throne, they will not be willing to be behind others. They must seek the career of Duke Huan. That's a situation I can take advantage of."

"Zhao Zhi's foundation is not in Pushui Weiqi, but in Zhongshan, Beijing, Jiuyuanyun."

Young Master Chao spoke vigorously and heroically, Zhao Hou nodded again and again, with a look of relief on his face, and said for a long time: "If that's the case, then do it."

"If it works, it's best."

"If it doesn't work..."

Zhao Hou looked at his son and sighed: "If it doesn't work, if your cousin has really secured the throne... Even if you are running away, I believe that even if you are running away, you will judge whether there are still people like Mr. Qin. Ordinary opportunity to win."

"If there is really no chance, remember to tell Marquis Zhao and your cousin what you think about Zhao Guojiye..."

The young master bowed again and said yes, and said: "If there is a day when I feel that I have no chance, I will say it. Father, what else can you help me now?"

(End of this chapter)