Chapter 436 The Dilemma of Jinyang
When Liu Hao returned to his royal tent, he directly called for the craftsmen from the army.
Then Liu Hao directly drew the set of equipment for brewing and distilling in his mind.
The craftsmen of the Qin State were awarded titles because of their ability to manufacture and invent instruments.
This led to various powerful people coming out to join Qin. The Qin State maintained overwhelming support for this.
Liu Hao handed the completed sketch to the leader of the craftsmen.
"Remember, this thing needs to be kept secret, and it is made to heal the wounds of our Great Qin soldiers."
"If you can complete the construction within ten days and produce the first batch of alcohol, I will give you a knighthood." Liu Hao looked at the craftsman in front of him and said slowly.
"The villain takes the order! The ten-day construction is not good! The villain comes to see you!" The leader of the craftsmen also knew the urgency of this matter.
If he can really build a still, then his name will definitely be written in the history books.
This is more exciting than being awarded a title.
Just when Liu Hao arranged for craftsmen to build a still and prepare to make alcohol.
Zixu was also alone, sitting in the Ancestral Temple.
He looked at the tablets of the Jin kings placed on the steps and felt indescribable bitterness in his heart.
The Zhou Dynasty was founded for 800 years, and the Jin Kingdom was also founded for 800 years.
Unexpectedly, the Jin Kingdom would eventually fall into his own hands.
Now there is only bitterness in Zixu's heart. Sometimes he also wonders, if time went back, would he still choose to rebel?
After thinking about it, Zixu realized that he would still choose this way.
Because this is Jin's best opportunity. He feels that he should give it a try.
"Your Majesty." Wei Xian called to Zixu softly from outside the door.
"What's the matter?" Zixu came back to his senses and asked.
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister just sent someone to inform Your Majesty that the secret passage out of the city has been dug. The Prime Minister hopes that Your Majesty can move out first." Wei Xian said softly.
The prime minister of Jin was Zijian, who could be regarded as Zixu's clan relative.
Zijian was one of the few practical men in the Jin court. He also preferred reforming internal governance and wanted to imitate Qin's reforms.
But Zijian is not Liu Hao, and Jin is not Qin.
Because the Qin State was just a small country at the beginning, the country was poor and the people were weak, so it had no choice but to reform to survive. This was an urgent need from top to bottom.
Later, when Qin became stronger, it annexed other princes.
Those princes also had powerful people in their country. They wanted to protect their vested interests and wanted to stop Qin's new laws. But they were only defeated countries.
What ability does it have to face the wolf-like Qin army?
Faced with the choice between saving their lives and losing their lives and money, they very wisely chose to save their lives.
This is also the reason why Qin law can be successfully promoted in the newly occupied areas.
More importantly, the New Qin Law took care of the majority of the civilian class, so it was able to gain public support.
But Zijian's approach was different.
He is only the prime minister of Jin State, not the king of Jin State.
Moreover, when he wanted to carry out reforms, Jin was still one of the most powerful countries in the world, and the only one in front of him was Wei.
At that time, the Qin State had just obtained the title of King.
It can be said that the Jin Kingdom was at its peak at that time.
Therefore, Zijian's reform was obstructed by the upper echelons of Jin from the beginning.
Because, among Zijian's reforms, there are many new laws that limit the rights of those with vested interests.
Although the reform failed, Zixu also knew Zijian's ability.
So Zijian was appointed as the prime minister of Jin.
When Zixu heard Wei Xian's words, he shook his head, "I won't go. You can let the Prime Minister and the others go by themselves."
"Your Majesty, why are you doing this?" Wei Xian choked up after hearing Zixu's words.
"I am the king of Jin and the emperor. I cannot abandon my true people and live alone." Zixu said in a deep voice.
"Go and tell Zijian that if he is serious about it, he will take all the spiritual tablets in the Ancestral Temple with him, so that after he leaves, he can preserve a trace of his blood for my Jin family, Ji."
"But, Your Majesty." Wei Xian still wanted to persuade Zixu.
But Zixu closed his eyelids again and stopped talking.
Because he was outside the palace, he shouted several times and found that Zixu didn't answer him. He knew that Zixu had made up his mind.
So he had no choice but to walk out of the Ancestral Temple and find the steward of the prime minister's family.
"Sir." The steward bowed to Wei Xian.
"Hey, go back and tell the Prime Minister that His Majesty will leave Jinyang soon and let the Prime Minister escape alone."
"In addition, Your Majesty has said that if the Prime Minister is willing, he will take away all the deceased kings' tombs in the Ancestral Temple and preserve a trace of blood for Ji's surname Jin." Wei Xian sighed and repeated Zixu's words to the steward, and then did not wait.
If the person in charge had any reaction, he would just leave.
Wei Xian thought clearly that he had been with Zixu his whole life.
It is impossible to leave Zixu in this life.
And Zixu decided to defend the city, so Wei Xian also needed to make some preparations early.
"It's time for those little monkeys to do their part." Wei Xian shook his head and walked towards the backyard.
The monkey cubs Wei Xian was talking about were actually the servants who usually fawned over him.
In order to live a better life in this deep palace, these chamberlains directly worshiped Wei Xian as their adoptive father.
In fact, this is also a common phenomenon in deep palaces.
The powerful old chamberlains wanted to have a son no matter what, and these young chamberlains who had just entered the palace and had just tasted the hardships of the palace, naturally wanted to repay Wei Xian's thick thighs.
Wei Xian did not refuse anyone who came, and recognized these young eunuchs as his adopted sons.
What Wei Xian wants to do now is to gather these adopted sons and let them form the final line of defense. The last line of defense that can protect Zixu.
Although he knew that relying on these adopted sons alone could not accomplish anything, this was the only thing he could do.
Wei Xian opened a door directly. He looked at everyone in the room and walked directly to the main seat.
"Father, you have tea." A chubby waiter came over with a cup of tea.
Wei Xian directly picked up the teacup, took a sip, then put down the teacup, patted the fat waiter gently, and said, "You are very good."
With that said, Wei Xian took back his hand and looked around at everyone present.
"I called you here today because the Za family has something close to home that I want to tell you." Wei Xian said softly.
"Please give me your foster father's instructions." More than a hundred chamberlains present bowed to Wei Xian and said.
"Come here, bring everything up to the Zajia family first!" Wei Xian did not say anything to the servants, but directly shouted to the imperial guards outside the door.
Immediately, more than ten Imperial Guards came in carrying five huge boxes.
Wei Xian signaled the Imperial Army to open the box.
Suddenly, the glittering gold appeared neatly in everyone's eyes.
Wei Xian could feel that these people's breathing had become heavier.
Chapter completed!