In the city of Wuyang in Yishui, Zhou Qing and the others did not stay too long. They only had a good meal and a trip to the merchant house. Then they went out from the south gate of the east city, went straight to the west, and crossed the river of Yishui. In a short time
, and then entered the territory of the Zhao Kingdom guarded by the checkpoint.
Compared with the sparsely populated Yan State, Zhao State has cities of different sizes every tens or hundreds of miles, with market towns appearing, a large population, and prosperous agriculture and industry.
Although it has gone through the Battle of Changping and the Battle of Handan, after these twenty or thirty years, Zhao's vitality seems to have recovered a lot from its serious injuries. It has no less than 300,000 armored soldiers, most of whom are stationed at Yanmen.
, Taiyuan and other places.
In recent years, the Huns in Beidi have gradually risen, posing a considerable threat to the northern borders of Qin and Zhao. Therefore, both countries have many troops. When Qin and Zhao fought in Changping War decades ago, the northern border of Qin and Zhao
None of the troops have been transferred.
"There have been hundreds of vassal states since the Spring and Autumn Period, but now there are only seven war states left. Before the Battle of Jinyang, the Jin Kingdom was divided up by the six ministers. The Zhao family replaced the country's land as the foundation and established Daijun. For this reason
, abandoning Mrs. Zhao Xiangzi, he can be regarded as a hero of his generation!"
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin Kingdom was originally the vassal state of the Ji family with the greatest hope of unifying all the Xia. Unfortunately, many faint lords came out and the royal power fell. I was walking on horseback in the southern area of Dai County. More than 200 years ago, here, there was
Belongs to the country.
In the Sui Dynasty, the foundation of the Zhao family gradually became stronger. Zhao Xiangzi came out and laid the foundation of the Zhao family. The city of Jinyang was the place where the Zhao family counterattacked and rose.
Zhi Boyao was so talented, but he could not defeat the general trend. His head was chopped off and cast into a wine bottle! If he could successfully defeat the Zhao family and unify the power, the two great ministers of Han and Wei would not be afraid. The power of Jin State was concentrated, and Qi
There is nothing to fear from the country of Chu, the country of Yue!
Of course, if Zhi Boyao is really allowed to succeed, I am afraid that there will be no current situation of the Warring States Period and the scene where the Qin State dominates the Xia. The Zhi family died and the Three Jins were divided. The Three Jins were divided and the Seven Kingdoms were established. The Seven Kingdoms were established and the Warring States Period was established!
"Perhaps this is the way of heaven. There is giving and gaining, there is advancement and retreat, so it is Hunyuan. Only by grasping the way of the universe can it last long. If Zhi Boyao can be as forbearing as Zhao Xiangzi, I don't know, it will be different."
Listening to his uncle's talk about the Jin Kingdom's past hundreds of years ago, Zhi Boyao intended to restore the Jin Kingdom's hegemony and weaken the power of the six ministers. In fact, at the same time, he was weakening his own strength and increasing external hostility.
power.
In the Battle of Jinyang, how could Zhang Meng, a retainer of the Zhao family, succeed in persuading him? Without what Zhi Boyao had done before, it would have been impossible to easily persuade the Han and Wei families. The water from Jinyang poured in, dashing Zhi Boyao's hopes and drowning them.
The last great country in the Spring and Autumn Period.
"Uncle Master, if the Qin State becomes a dominant force, will the country be able to survive for a long time?"
Talking about the original Jin State, and looking at the current Qin State, both have the strength to dominate the world. Although they are slightly different, the principles of heaven and earth are consistent. The Jin State declined because of it. Qin State does not know what will happen in the future?
Xiao Ling asked curiously, Uncle Shi has helped the Qin State a lot, so he should have considered this issue a long time ago. Does the Uncle Master think that the Qin State can last forever? This is against the general trend of heaven.
"If you want to climb the great road, you must have a wonderful understanding of yin and yang, and advance hard and soft together. This is true for practice, and even more so for ordinary countries. There are obstacles in practice, and there are also obstacles in governing a country. If you can get through, the country will continue to grow. If you can't get through, it will gradually decline."
"If we want to have a truly immortal country, it may be possible to wait until all the people of Xia have reached the state of virtue mentioned by their ancestors, and when they have all reached the state of great harmony mentioned by Confucianism Confucius."
Zhou Qing had naturally thought about the future of the Qin State, but it was precisely because of this thought that he realized that the great road was eternal and that in the long history of time, a country would fall to the age of fifteen when it was ruled.
But what can the successors do? After all, the reincarnation of yin and yang is inevitable. What Xiao Ling said is comparable to whether mortals can live forever. Who can do it for thousands of years?
"The morning bacteria don't know Hui Shuo, and the worms don't know Spring and Autumn. This is also a small year. There are people in the south of Chu who regard five hundred years as spring and five hundred years as autumn. In ancient times, there were people with big chuns who regarded eight thousand years as spring.
Eight thousand years is autumn, this is the great year."
"In the face of eternal time, everything in the world may be just embellishments, but just like the stars in the sky, they are also stars. Some stars are dim and invisible, while others shine for billions of miles."
In the vast world, individuals are insignificant after all. The existence of life is not for death, but for the purpose of blooming the most dazzling light within that limited time.
Turning his head slightly, he looked to one side at Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi, who were coming over. He sighed softly and waved his hand, pointing to a wild flower growing in the spring wind beside the road. It was trembling in the cold wind.
What will happen in the future?
"You may be wondering in your heart why I need to help a country like this since it cannot last long! But look at this flower growing on the roadside and help cultivate it. Wouldn't it be more beautiful? That may be my purpose, although it is still unavoidable.
die."
"But its life has been brilliant and glorious after all. Maybe there are historians who write, like Dai Guo, who can summarize it in one sentence, while Zhao Guo can cover it in ten words. I wonder how much Qin can gain?"
With a few fingers, the vitality between heaven and earth turned into an illusory beam of light, and was sealed in the body of that wild flower by Zhou Qing. Perhaps, this is its chance, perhaps it can also bloom more beautifully than those precious flowers.
scene.
With the clear words in his mouth, he went all the way south, passing through the hometown of the former Zhongshan Kingdom, Yangcheng, Gucheng, Anping City, Luxu City... Maybe behind every city there is a small country in the Spring and Autumn Period.
But they were all gone. They approached the Zhang River and swam down the river. Not long after they passed the sand dunes, they saw that the hero of the generation, King Zhao Wuling, was in danger at the end of his life. But in the long river of time, decades later, the same unparalleled figure appeared.
The British Lord died here.
Without stopping, we continued southward, passing the City of Giant Deer, the City of Feishui, walking down Zhangshui River, heading north for a hundred miles, and heading into the distance, where the City of Handan, which we had not seen for a long time, appeared in the depths of our eyes.
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"Uncle Master."
In the heaven and earth in the land of Zhaomei Pond in Handan, I left the city of Wuyang in Yishui and spent more than half a month on the journey. Finally, I came here again in the season of birds singing and flowers fragrant.
It has been nearly three years since the last time I came to Zhaomei Pond, but apart from some slight differences since entering the city, there is not much difference.
Take a bath, wash away a lot of dust, return to the hall, taste the delicacies, Xu Shou and other Taoists and Bai Feng, the ink crow guardians come forward to salute, they have not seen each other for several years, just like the parrot song of Jicheng, Bai Feng and Bai Feng
Mo Ya's cultivation level has almost reached a critical point.
Xu Shou was a little worse, but not too slow. With a wave of his hand, he motioned for everyone to get up. He had been in the secular world for a long time and had not learned many good things, but there were a lot of complicated etiquette.
"Handan City seems to have lost many of its industries. Why is this so?"
Yes, that was Zhou Qing's first feeling after entering the city of Handan. Three years ago, when he entered Handan, merchants gathered in large numbers, and there were constant convoys walking on the streets, and there were endless shouts.
But this time when I entered, I seemed to have been affected by something. On the wide and flat street, most of the shops on both sides were closed. Even in the Zhaomei Pond shrouded by spiritual awareness, there were few official nobles.
"This... is largely caused by Guo Kai. Although he is a treacherous person, he is quite popular with Zhao Wangqian and holds great power, which makes other important officials of the royal family dissatisfied."
"Guo Kai slandered that just last year, seven or eight royal nobles were killed and the family was implicated. Moreover, according to the secret that our uncle once gave us, the former Prince Jia was also weakening Zhao Wangqian's power.
strength."
"Therefore, when the two fought against each other, there were many deaths and injuries among the officials and nobles in Handan. Wouldn't those merchants and businessmen be afraid? So many people fled, and even the elegant place in Suizhao Meichi was gone. Xue
Ji was also sent to Jicheng by me."
After sitting in Zhaomei Pond in Handan for three years, I thought that my uncle would ask some other questions when he opened his mouth. I never wanted to go straight to the core. Xushou stepped forward to say a courtesy, thought for a while, and spoke slowly.
Zhao Wangqian had no ambitions and was blinded by Guo Kai. He stayed in the palace all day drinking and having fun. Guo Kai controlled the power, which seemed to be a good thing for the former prince Jia Lai.
He wanted to seize the opportunity to seize some of his rights, but Guo Kai was not stupid. The two tigers fought against each other, which made Handan what it is now. Not only that, but the business of Zhaomeichi was also much worse.
"There is also a secret report we received ten days ago. The generals of Qin's camp outside the pass, Huan Jue, and Yang Duanhe led an army of 100,000 troops. One was stationed at the place where Shangdang was stationed, and the other was stationed at Pingyang in the south of Zhao.
land."
"I think those merchants also got the news in advance and hid a few things in advance. Otherwise, according to usual practice, many of their goods would be quite dangerous."
The status of merchants has always been low, and they have a lot of money. Normally, nothing happens, but if there is a big chaos and the royal family has no money, those merchants are just lambs waiting to be killed.
This has been the case for hundreds of years. Merchants are not stupid, they naturally want to avoid disasters.
"The Spring Plowing Ceremony has passed, and three years have passed. If we don't send troops to deter the six countries of Shandong, I'm afraid the weapons will become rusty."
"Who will Zhao send to fight?"
Generals Huanjue and Yang Duanhe are not weak. As for Wang Jian and others at the Lantian camp in the pass, they are still training 400,000 new troops. They have not yet taken action.
As for the Zhao State, as far as I know, there don't seem to be many soldiers who can fight.
The former Prime Minister Pang Nuan died of serious injuries a few years ago. When the Qin State was building the Zheng Guo Canal, the general Hu He wanted to invade Qin, but was attacked and killed by Wang Jian. Today, the only one in the Zhao State who can control the situation is
Only Li Mu from Daijun in the north fought against the Huns.
"This..., according to Zhao Wangqian's decree, the person leading the troops on this trip is Julu Hou Zhao Mu. He has good relations with Guo Kai. His military skills are not obvious, but secretly, there seems to be another person there."
"Uncle Master, we almost didn't know about it, and we even forgot about it."
When he mentioned the people Zhao was fighting, Xu Shou's expression froze for a moment. Feeling his uncle's searching expression, he did not hide anything and spoke slowly.
"Who? Could it be Li Mu, the famous general of Zhao State?"
Apart from him, Zhou Qing could not think of anyone else in Zhao who could make Xu Shou look like this.
"It was not Li Mu, but the former general Lian Po. Prince Jia did not know what means he used to retrieve Lian Po who had retreated to the borders of Wei State and regain the command of the military."
"His face is Zhao Mu, the Marquis of Julu, but secretly he is General Lian Po!"