"Xuan! Zhang Yi is here!"
With a long moan from the eunuch, Zhang Yi, dressed in plain clothes, strode into the hall.
"Zhang Yi of Wei greets Qin Jun and Grand Preceptor!”
Zhang Yi was confident. Although he was dressed in old clothes, his temperament was a hundred times better than some of the dispirited officials.
"There's no need to be so polite. Sir, what is your name when you enter the State of Qin? For profit?" Ying Si asked with a satisfied smile. It seemed that he liked it since the first time they met.
"The world is bustling for profit, and the temple and the fly camp are all for fame. Zhang Yi came for fame and fortune." Zhang Yi waved his arms and answered without hiding anything.
Hearing Zhang Yi's reply, the officials had different expressions.
Some of them pretended to be aloof and disdained to see such powerful people. Some thought that Zhang Yi was a genuine person and spoke the truth.
"Zhang Yi, the Grand Preceptor has recommended you to me many times, saying that you will enter Qin just like Shang Yang did.”Ying Si also found it interesting and asked with a smile.
"The Qin country treats me as a national scholar, so of course there are national policies to gift me.”Zhang Yi bowed to Li Xiang and said.
"Zhang Yi is known to the world for his interest. I've long heard of his reputation of stealing jade.”
An official saw Ying Si and Li Xiang looking so highly at a scholar in shabby clothes and was instantly jealous. He suddenly walked out and said loudly, causing half of the civil officials to laugh.
"Since you have mentioned it, I will repeat it once more. I did not steal the jade that Yin Zhaoyang, the magistrate of Chu State, lost. Zhaoyang door diners more than a thousand, only Zhang Yi, one has no pulse, two have no money, so was accused of stealing jade. Because he was poor, he had no morals. Zhang Yi hated this fallacy.”
Zhang Yi faced the civil servant's laughter and accusation. He dug out the " dark history ", but not only did he not panic, he calmly explained.
"At that time, I was sitting in front of a table with Zhang Yi. If you have any objections, you can think that I stole the jade of Chu.”Li Xiang swept his gaze across the officials below and said.
"Grand Preceptor, please calm down. We dare not." The civil official and the few people who were laughing immediately sweated and retreated back into the crowd.
"Zhang Yi, please forgive Qin Ting for his rudeness. Mister Huan, please continue to state the national policy.”This was the first time Ying Si felt that the court meeting was so interesting. He urged Zhang Yi to continue.
Zhang Yi smiled calmly. Because of Li Xiang's recommendation, he did not need to be afraid of anything. He said bluntly,
"I heard that if the army is not strict, the army is nameless, the government is cruel, and the army is focused on killing and looting, such an army will fail and such a country will perish. Most of the monarchs in the world knew this principle, but they were all warlike monarchs. Whether it was the Yan Country in the north, the Chu Country in the south, or the Qi, Wei, Zhao, and Han, all of them were constantly fighting. The people were bitter and the soldiers were afraid of death.”
When Zhang Yi said this, Daliangzao Gongsun Yan, who stood at the head of the generals, stood up."The rhinoceros head is stupid. What he saw and heard is very different from what you said. Qi, the country is strong, granaries are full, arsenals are strong crossbows and spears, soldiers are not afraid of death, people live and work in peace and contentment. Chu Country, Chu Country Wenchang, Wu Sheng, between the monarch and minister often have the ambition to endure hardships and taste gall. Although the Three Jin Dynasties were weak, they still recruited talents.”
"Rhinoceros Head's words can be considered as the words of one family. Zhang Yi will explain a little.”Zhang Yi bowed to Gongsun Yan and said with a smile, still full of confidence.
"That's right. The Qi Kingdom has the strength to look down on the world. Sun Bin, who was recommended by the Grand Preceptor to the King of Qi, helped the Qi Kingdom to break the world's structure in one fell swoop. The King of Qi also has the ambition to rule the world, but he is still a petty person…"
"He could have been a thief, but he insisted on being a thief. He didn't dare to seize the world, but he was extremely happy to steal the land of the neighboring country. Zhang Yi looked down on such a powerful country.”
"What about Chu?" The civil officials spoke up one after another.
"The Chu Country can be as strong as the Qi Country. The Chu Country has a vast territory, rich resources, and sufficient soldiers.”
"However, Huai Si and Qi Wei fought separately and lost the treasury instead of land and city.”
Zhang Yi's eyes lit up as he said this. He turned around and said to everyone,"
"Zhang Yi is lucky enough to be known as the thief of jade in this country. In the future, he will definitely use stealing the country to avenge his humiliation!”
"Wei, Han, and Zhao will form an alliance. We can attack Qi in the east, Chu in the south, and Qin in the west.”Gongsun Yan spoke again.
"What Rhinoceros Head said is exactly what I said in Korea. Although it is famous, it is difficult to implement.”Zhang Yi retorted," The old grudges between the countries are hard to resolve. If the three countries could form an alliance, then the powerful Jin should have reappeared long ago, right?"”
Zhang Yi's words hit the vital points of the six countries in Shandong. This was something he had never said when he was a guest in Korea. Even if Duke Han forced him, Zhang Yi only offered a nominal alliance strategy. Zhang Yi went straight to the point. It was also to repay Li Xiang's kindness of recognizing talents. He did not use clumsy words to test whether the monarch was wise or not like when Shang Yang entered Qin.
"What about the Qin country? After talking about the six countries in Shandong, you forgot about the Qin country. Give me a cup of wine and you can talk about it.”
Ying Si listened with great interest, but felt that something was missing. Only then did he realize that Zhang Yi had talked about all the countries, but he did not talk about Qin.
Zhang Yi took the wine glass from the waiter's plate and drank it in one gulp. He moistened his throat and continued,""As the saying goes, the best is to plot. Zhang Yi said: The emperor is good at attacking Jiaozhou. The entire world knew that the Qin country was not afraid of death! However…Qin did not fear death, but he did not know how to live. The reeds and reeds were green, and the white dew was frost. The so-called Yiren was on the side of the water. Qin Feng also had reeds, but now he only has no clothes.”
"How dare you!" Hearing Zhang Yi's words, a civil servant couldn't help but point at Zhang Yi and say," How dare you mock Great Qin for being a warmonger and a tyrant!”
Zhang Yi maintained his smile even though he was being glared at. He turned to Ying Si and said,"
"Everyone has misunderstood. Zhang Yi did not come here to stop fighting Hongyi. He only wanted to remind the Qin Lord that the sword of Qin is not the only thing that comes out of the east.!”
"Sir, you are domineering for a while and colluding with others for a while. You have a strange plan but no faith.”The civil official was still unwilling to let it go.
"It ends here!"
Zhang Yi was about to defend himself when Li Xiang suddenly stood up and said.
Seeing this, Zhang Yi immediately shut up and retreated to the side with a smile.
"What are you looking at? The court session is over." Ying Si smiled and said to the officials below.
"Yes, sir!"
If someone else had said that, someone would have said something that was beyond their authority. However, Bai Shun was a saint in Qin, and no one dared to comment on him. Even if someone wanted to, they didn't dare to say anything.
……
Zhang Yi left the court with the 20 gold coins rewarded by Ying Si and happily returned to an inn in Xianyang City. He paid off the wine on credit and ordered a jar of sunken fish wine to drink to his heart's content.
Zhang Yi didn't stay in the Sunken Fish Pavilion when he arrived in Xianyang City. Firstly, the Sunken Fish Pavilion wasn't an inn, and secondly, he didn't want to live under someone else's roof for a long time, especially since Bai Shun had been helping him all along. Therefore, he chose an inn in the city to stay in.
"Why, did the famous scholar of Wei make a name for himself?”
The innkeeper of this inn was also a woman and could be considered pretty. Seeing Zhang Yi take out the gold ingot, she immediately teased him.
"Yeah, you've made a fortune. Why don't you bring the wine up!”Zhang Yi nodded and laughed.
All the civil officials in the court thought that Li Xiang had suddenly stopped Zhang Yi because even Li Xiang, the one who recommended Zhang Yi, could not stand Zhang Yi's words. Some people with ulterior motives were secretly happy.
However, Zhang Yi knew that Li Xiang's call to halt was not because he was dissatisfied with his words, but because he greatly agreed and praised him. It was also because of his agreement and praise that Li Xiang would not allow his words to be easily told to everyone in the court. How could he so easily inform all the officials of the country's policies? Especially when there was no lack of officials who had truly misled the country because of their mediocrity? Although they might not have the talent and were not in a high position, it would cause unrest if they spread rumors after hearing about the national policy.
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"Teacher, I already understand the vertical alliance, but what's the difference between the horizontal and the strong?”
Ying Si, who had come down from the imperial court, sat in front of the table and ignored the fine wine and delicacies in front of him as he hurriedly asked Li Xiangfa.
"The alliance is where the weak countries work together to resist the strong countries; The strong country, allied with other countries to strengthen the Qin country, diplomatic relations first, crusade against the war as a supplement.”Bai Shun naturally knew the art of unhindered movement like the back of his hand, so he answered directly.
"Teacher always said that Qin unified the world, but why has it now become just a strong country?”Ying Si asked in confusion.
"In this world, no country has the power to destroy a country, and no country dares to destroy a country.”
"If a country dares to take the lead in destroying a country, the other countries will definitely attack.”Li Xiang explained as he drank. What he said was not an alarmist.
Now, the situation in the world had stabilized. In history, it was the Qi Kingdom that destroyed the small Song Kingdom. The Qi Kingdom, which was originally powerful enough to divide the emperors with the Qin Kingdom, was almost completely destroyed by the joint efforts of the six countries.
"Therefore, the Qin country should strengthen itself and weaken other countries.”Ying Si was also very perceptive and instantly understood Li Xiang's reasoning.
"An alliance with a strong force can take the land near and the power far away. When the Qin country took another step forward, they could directly make friends from afar and attack from near, and the world would be close at hand.”Li Xiang explained.
Ying Si pondered for a moment. After sorting out his thoughts, he suddenly felt that everything was clear.
" The Qin State has occupied the west of the river. The Wei State has yet to sign a contract, and the household registration has yet to be handed over. If we forcefully take it, it will definitely cause a civil revolt…"
Ying Si slowly said,
"If Zhang Yi can resolve the matter of Hexi with his tyrannical power, Ying Si will give Teacher face and acknowledge him as Prime Minister!”
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On the other side, Zhang Yi, who was drinking, met Gongsun Yan, who was a little annoyed.
Gongsun Yan didn't go to Sunken Fish Pavilion again because he had exposed his identity last time. The people of Wei knew that he was a Wei person who had slaughtered 80,000 of his own country's soldiers. When Gongsun Yan met Zhang Yi, the two of them began to chat. Both of them were from Wei, but they were different. Shang Yang was also from Wei, but he was also different from them.
"As long as one is human, one is skin and the other is bone.”Zhang Yi smiled and explained," Sir, you are Qin skinned and Wei boned. Zhang Yi, Wei skinned and Qin boned. As for Shang Yang…"
"As for Shang Yang, ever since he entered Qin, he has been reborn.”
"Zhang Zi sure knows how to talk. What about Li Hou, the person Zhang Zi recommended? Li Hou doesn't seem to be from Old Qin either." Gongsun Yan toasted and asked.
"Li Hou is the skin of the world and the bones of the world.”Zhang Yi sighed." I once talked to Li Hou. In their conversation, I felt that from Li shi's words, the world had already belonged to Qin. Therefore, Li Hou is the skin of the world and the bones of the world.”
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