Chapter 108 The King of Qin asked right (1)
If you know your mistakes and can correct them, there is no greater good.
Confucians have always regarded the monarch who is good at accepting advice and can correct mistakes as the ideal wise monarch.
Ying Zheng when he was young should meet the requirements of a wise ruler in the eyes of Confucianism.
After reading Li Si's "Letter to Exil the Guest", Ying Zheng praised it very much, not only admired Li Si's calligraphy, but also admired Li Si's writing style.
Ying Zheng completely let go of his concerns, immediately stopped expelling guests, and sent people to recover the guest officials who had not yet left the Qin border, and all the officials in the capital were restored.
Li Si and Wei Liao were taken directly to Xianyang Palace by Lang Wei.
"A letter of advice and expulsion from my dear friend can be passed down forever!"
Li Si, who had returned, heard Ying Zheng's hearty laughter before he could walk into Ying Zheng.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought contend, and Qin did not produce famous thinkers, but it does not mean that the Qin people did not pay attention to culture. On the contrary, Qin inherited the territory of the Zhou people, and the Zhou people's culture was also integrated into Qin.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the "Book of Reaper" written by Wei Xiang, the envoy of Jin State, pushed the responsibility of the war between Qin and Jin State to the Qin State. The Qin people were like the defeated Germans, and could not argue. Afterwards, the Qin people took the "Book of Reaper" and although they did not agree with the content, they praised Wei Xiang's first-class literary talent.
The ancient public opinion was in the hands of scholars, and a good article played a role sometimes no less than 100,000 soldiers.
"Fortunately, I am appreciated by the king!"
Li Si bowed, but he was very satisfied. His political commentary level might not be his junior brother Han Fei, but Han Fei could not write such a beautiful article no matter what.
"You are Wei Liao, who claims to be talented as Shang Jun?"
After comforting Li Si, Ying Zheng turned his head, put away the smile on his face, and asked coldly.
Meng Tian retreated aside and looked at Wei Liao quietly. He saw that Wei Liao was light and calm, and was not shocked by the domineering spirit of King Ying Zheng.
"The talent of Shang Jun is divided into literary talent, governance and military talent. My Wei Liao's literary talent may not be as good as Shang Jun, but I think that Shang Jun is not as good as Wei Liao!"
"Shang Jun is a talented man. Mr. Shang is confident that he is better than Shang Yang in military strategy, and he is not afraid of scattering his tongue!" Ying Zheng reads Qin archives well and understands Shang Yang's deeds in his heart. Of course, he understands that Shang Yang is a versatile talent like Wu Qi. Although he cannot compare with Wu Qi in military affairs, his ability to govern the country is much higher than Wu Qi.
The new army of the Qin army was formed, with tactics and formations. Shang Yang personally handled it, and left behind the military strategy and strictly stipulated various systems. Among them, one was particularly impressive to Meng Tian. Shang Yang stipulated that when it rained, the soldiers were only allowed to use their right hand, the color of the umbrella, and only black was allowed to use.
It was precisely because Shang Yang established strict institutional regulations that the Qin people strictly followed it that the Qin State could avoid the regret of the loss of the people.
"What can I give advice to me sir?"
Wei Liao seemed very arrogant, which made Ying Zheng very uncomfortable, but in this era, who is not a little arrogant for those who think they are talented? When Feng Yuan defected to Mengchangjun, she was also very rude to Mengchangjun.
"In today's world, with the strength of Qin, the momentum of unifying the world has been achieved. Even if the six countries unite, it is difficult to reverse. But the lessons of Zhibo, Fuchai, and Min must be guarded against. As long as the king is willing to give up money and bribe people from the six countries, he knows his plan and can achieve the imperial career!" Wei Liao said slowly.
After hearing this, Ying Zheng did not make any statement, but looked at Li Si.
Li Si once proposed to Ying Zheng to bribe the ministers of the six countries. Ying Zheng allocated the debts and Li Si was responsible for implementing them. The strategy proposed by Wei Liao seemed to be no different from Li Si's.
Wei Liao is not at this level, right? Just this alone cannot impress Ying Zheng. Meng Tian frowned, wondering if Wei Liao would be of only a name.
"Sir, I have already made the advice to the king!" Li Si straightened his body and said to Wei Liao.
"Wai Liao dares to ask Lord Li for advice?"
"I asked the king to bribe the tyrants of the six countries. If they cannot bribe them, they will assassinate them to alienate their monarchs and ministers, and they will destroy the alliance between the six countries."
"Dare you ask how it's going?"
"It's still early. If Li Si is given enough time, Li Si will definitely be able to complete the king's instructions!"
Li Si gritted his teeth and his words were full of confidence.
"Haha, Lord Li is talking nonsense!" Wei Liao shook his head and said, "The wealthy ministers of the six countries are clearer between being ministers of the devastated country or the powerful ministers of the six countries. If you follow Lord Li's strategy and bribing the wealthy ministers of the six countries, it will not be said how much money will it cost, but I am afraid that the wealthy ministers will regret it after taking the property, how can Lord Li deal with it?"
Wei Liao came from the Wei Kingdom and understood the situation of the six kingdoms. The tycoons of the six kingdoms have countless manors in heaven and earth, private soldiers in the fiefdom, and chivalrous men in the palace. Li Si's approach will only waste money in vain.
"Mr. Li practiced the assassination method. If the six kingdoms use this to retaliate against Qin, what should Lord Li do?"
Meng Tian looked at Ying Zheng with his eyes. He knew in his heart that what Wei Liao said was not sensational. A few years later, the incident of Jing Ke assassinating Qin occurred.
"······" Li Si was a little confused. He had to admit that the strategy he proposed to Ying Zheng was indeed a bit taken for granted, but Li Si was also a person with good face and was unwilling to admit his mistakes.
"What should we do according to Mr.?"
Ying Zheng did not embarrass Li Si, nor did he mean to blame Li Si. When Li Si adopted Li Si's advice, Ying Zheng did not take charge of the power, which was considered to be a win over Li Si. Li Si was in the Prime Minister's Mansion and monitored Lu Buwei. Ying Zheng was able to successfully regain the power of the monarch, but Li Si had no contribution and had worked hard.
"Bribery people from the six kingdoms, and the six kingdoms' temples are calculated, and they must also be heard by the king." Wei Liao knocked down Li Si and began to talk freely. "If you want to get news from the courts of the six kingdoms, you don't need to bribe the ministers, you just need to bribe the minister's book boy or personal slave. People with glamorous identities are sometimes not important, and small people can also play a key role..."
Wei Liao explained in detail how to implement the simple strategy of bribing people from the six countries and obtaining domestic intelligence. In his plan, Qin should establish an intelligence network in the six countries, develop servants and concubines from the families of ministers of the six countries into spies of Qin, focusing on buying the city gate guards.
In this way, it will not arouse the alertness of the six countries, but will also save the cost of bribery.
In later generations, Wei Liao was at least a person like Dai Li!
Meng Tian couldn't help but sweat from her back. Fortunately, Wei Liao was not valued by the six countries. Otherwise, Meng Tian would have to doubt whether the disciples of the Meng Mansion would have spies from the six countries.
However, compared with Li Si's strategy, Wei Liao's plan is more operational. History has proved that small people are often easier to buy. When Li Shimin planned a coup, he chose to buy Li Jiancheng's small people, such as Chang He, who guarded the Xuanwu Gate. However, Li Jiancheng sent someone to buy Yuchi Jingde. He thought about it and could not succeed.
Some officials in later generations had no problems and were difficult to bribe, but it was much easier to bribe the drivers, nannies, secretaries and the like around them.
"Sir, right, Li Aiqing's idea is fine, but Mr., will buy the strategy of the six countries and become more perfect."
Ying Zheng agreed with Wei Liao's plan and a smile appeared in his eyes.
Since the founding of the Qin people, they have not relaxed their collection of information in Shandong for a moment. The spies of the Qin people were first-class in quality and famous all over the world. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin State caught a spy of Qin and hanged him. But unexpectedly, this spy who did not leave his name was first-class in his breath and had no death. After waking up, he fled back to Qin and successfully passed on the information back.
Since then, countries have captured spies and never chose to hang them again, but choose to behead them.
Ying Zheng had a long-standing intelligence team, but these spies were still in the primitive stage of inquiring about the news. If Wei Liao's strategy is followed, the family of the ministers of the six countries will be invaded, and there will be no secrets in the news in the courts of the six countries in front of Qin.
During the domestic civil war, Chiang Kai-shek also had a copy of the information in his hands, and maybe it would be more detailed. The spy lurked to this level. It would be unreasonable for the Kuomintang to win the civil war.
Qin State was strong and the six countries were weak. If they lost confidential information, there would be no possibility of reversal.
"Sir, compared himself to Shang Jun, you should know the goal of Qin State, and aim to unify the six countries and achieve unity of the world." Ying Zheng couldn't help but sit up straight and solemnly ask for advice, "The way of using military forces is a combination of strange and righteousness. The strategy of bribing people from the six countries is considered a strange side in military strategy. Can Mr. have the right strategy to attack and destroy the six countries?"
If you want to unify the world, you will eventually have to rely on victory on the battlefield. You will definitely not be able to rely on moral influence alone.
Ying Zheng has now taken power and holds great power. He is eager to use troops eastward to wipe out the six countries and end the war. As early as in Handan, after witnessing the cruelty of the war, Ying Zheng had the will to unify the world, and after he returned to Qin, his will to strengthen.
After enduring for so many years, the ambitious Ying Zheng has already looked around the world.
Meng Tian quietly moved the mattress under her knees and listened with her ears.
Li Si's eyes were full of dissatisfaction, but he felt very curious. He had advocated several times that he was anxious to merge the six countries and quickly defeated South Korea. He thought he was a plan, but he never got the unanimous approval of the Qin ministers. In other words, he did not completely convince Qin King Ying Zheng.
So, what kind of strategy would Wei Liao propose to destroy the country?
Wei Liao narrowed his eyes, as if he was closing his eyes to rest, and seemed to be observing Ying Zheng's expression.
The hall was silent, so quiet that the needles could be heard. There were only a few lanterns swaying on the bright bronze lamp.
Before we knew it, there was already dusk in the hall.
"King, Qin State came out from the east, wiped out the six kingdoms, unified the world, and achieved eternal achievements. My ministers have three strategies: superiors, middles and lowers."
Wei Liao's eyes slowly opened, revealing three fingers.
Chapter completed!