Chapter 23 The Era of Ying Zheng
Xianyang City is very busy now.
In less than five years, the funeral of King Zhuangxiang and the throne ceremony of the new king, Qin State sent away three kings and welcomed the third king.
Empress Dowager Huayang, Lu Buwei, and Meng Ao were in charge of the center. The princes who were ready to move saw that there was no chance, and they all stopped one by one. The throne was finally handed over to Ying Zheng. During the funeral, Ying Zheng was taciturn and seemed to be immersed in grief. The government was discussed by the ministers. The prime minister was the head of all officials, and Lu Buwei was indeed capable. During the funeral, Lu Buwei secretly tried to win over, and the Lu family forces gradually formed.
The thirteen-year-old young king had no power in his hands. The powerful prime minister tried his best to take over power. It is self-evident how to choose between the two. Many people chose to defect to Lu Buwei. People from the six countries in Shandong were proud to enter the Lu Mansion and become disciples.
Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng's bedroom, was deserted, with only one little eunuch and two children aged seven or eight.
"Brother Wang, it's your turn." Ziying held his chin and interrupted Ying Zheng who was a little dazed.
"Brother Wang, you are absent-minded no matter how you play games." Ying Yan pouted, her face full of unhappiness.
King Zhuangxiang succeeded to the throne for a short time and worked hard every day, leaving only four children. Ziying and Ying Yan's biological mother had a low status and there was no possibility of becoming the King of Qin. He had a good relationship with the two brothers. The elder brother was the father, and Ying Zheng became the queen of Qin, so he could often play with Ziying and Ying Yan.
"King, Meng Tian has arrived!" At this time, Jing Kai led Meng Tian into the hall. Jing Kai was promoted by King Zhuangxiang. After King Zhuangxiang died, he focused on taking care of Ying Zheng's daily life. After the Five-Nation Alliance retreated, Meng Tian had just returned to Xianyang. After Ying Zheng received the news, he quickly sent someone to summon Meng Tian to the palace.
"Hmph, you are Meng Tian, and I don't make my brother play games seriously!" Meng Tian was about to pay a visit, but saw a girl about seven years old walking up with her waist. She was dressed luxuriously and her black dress looked extremely solemn and elegant. The Qin people were still dark, and her dress was embroidered with a phoenix bird pattern, which was obvious to the child of the Qin royal family. The girl's skin was fair, her eyes were agile, and she was playful with a trace of beauty. The prototype of the beauty was revealed. I heard that there were many beautiful women in the Qin royal family, which were well-known and famous in history. During the King Ping of Chu, the Qin royal family girl Huai Ying married to the Chu State. Because she was too beautiful and unconventional, King Ping of Chu could actually take advantage of the world and steal his daughter-in-law. Fortunately, the Chu State had not been destroyed, otherwise, there would be another beauty like Baosi in history.
"Ying Yan, don't make trouble. This is my future general." Ying Zheng suddenly lost the intention of continuing to play Liubo. He stood up quickly from the ground and ordered the little eunuch beside him. "Song Wu, go and get two wooden swords."
"Meng Tian meets the king!" Ying Zheng didn't care about etiquette, and Meng Tian didn't dare to be casual. He always treated Ying Zheng very respectfully.
"I am the princess of Qin, you must also see it."
"And I, I am the prince."
Seeing Meng Tian bowing respectfully, Ziying and Ying Yan found it quite interesting, and they all held their heads and chests up, waiting for Meng Tian to bow.
Ziying was still a child at this time, quite naughty. Being a man was born, it was not a bad thing to be naughty when he was a child. Meng Tian looked at Ziying from the corner of his eyes, and saw that he and Ying Yan were not giving in to each other. There was a sense of pride between his eyebrows. In front of Ying Zheng, there was no fear at all. In history, Ziying dared to assassinate Zhao Gao, but it was not a useless person, but in the end, she surrendered to Liu Ji strangely and ended up in a different place. She was in a place where she was relocated, and Xianyang had no city walls to protect her. Since she could not defend, Meng Tian would not surrender, but would decisively migrate westward. At worst, she would just go back to the west to herd horses.
"Meng Tian meets Mr. Ziying and Princess Yan." Palace etiquette is indispensable, not to mention that Meng Tian will not care about the two children. During the lifetime of Zhongshihuang, Ying Zheng and Ziying had a good relationship. Cheng Qi died in rebellion, and Ziying lived until Ying Zheng died.
"You two retreat to the side and play, I want to compete with Meng Tian in the sword." Ying Zheng took the wooden sword from Song Wu's hand and drove away Ziying and Ying Yan.
"Brother Wang competes with swords, we must cheer for Brother Wang!" When the two children heard about swords, they were even more excited. They hid aside, stretched their heads, looked at the two people in the center of the hall without blinking, and their hearts were full of expectations.
"Meng Tian, I promised in advance that I would not give in. Let me fight you happily!" Song Wu, Jing Kai guarded the palace gate, Ying Zheng was movable, and he was obviously suffocating.
During the funeral, Li Xin resigned and became a young general under Wang Jian. No eunuch in the palace had the courage to practice swords with Ying Zheng, and he would be defeated in two or three rounds. It was really boring.
Meng Tian felt the depression in Ying Zheng. As the King of Qin, he did not have any real power. The matters in the palace were controlled by Empress Dowager Huayang. In terms of politics, Lu Buwei was too capable and handled properly. No matter what he did, he was, the King of Qin. In terms of military affairs, Ying Zheng was somewhat self-aware. A thirteen-year-old king would definitely not be able to suppress those rebellious generals. Zhao Ji, who had previously depended on each other for life, lived more and more nourishing after becoming a new husband. He could not meet Ying Zheng once in ten days and half a month. When a person was depressed, he wanted to vent. At this time, Ying Zheng urgently needed to release the depression in his heart.
"I'll stab!"
"I'll choose!"
"I'll chop!"
"Come on, Brother Wang!"
"Brother Wang, be careful!"
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The sound of the wooden swords colliding and the tender cry of the two children came one after another. Half an hour later, Ying Zheng and Meng Tian were exhausted and lay on the ground, looking up at the dark and deep hall, laughing.
"It's so satisfying!" When competing the sword, Meng Tian's wooden sword hit Ying Zheng's arm. Ying Zheng felt very happy. His wooden sword also swept Meng Tian's thigh, barely a fair match.
Ziying and Ying Yan thought it was fun, so she ran over happily and lay in a row. Ying Yan leaned against Meng Tian slightly and thought to herself that Meng Tian’s appearance of comparing swords seriously is really heroic! She has never seen anyone who dares to hit Brother Wang with a sword, but Meng Tian dares to do so. She felt in her little heart that Meng Tian should be a very powerful person.
"Meng Tian, you don't know how boring I was in the palace. Zhongfu asked me to read every day, which was really boring." Qin State pursued the Legalist idea. The tragic childhood experience made Ying Zheng not interested in the speech of benevolence, righteousness and morality. Lu Buwei did not worship the Legalist idea, but preferred the theories of Confucianism and Taoism. The book list for Ying Zheng, Confucianism and Taoism, was like a student who believed in liberalism met Marxist philosophy.
"The king, in Xianyang City, there are many families of meritorious families, and there are many young men who are not yet a master at home. Why not let them go to the palace to accompany the king to study?" Meng Tian somewhat understood Ying Zheng's depression. In order to regain power in the future, Ying Zheng needed to prepare from now on. Thinking of the story of Kangxi's wise capture of Oboi, Meng Tian suggested, "In addition to studying, everyone can go to Shanglinyuan to hunt together. When they grow up and have the ability to manage government, let them help the king to manage government; if they know how to fight, let them lead the army to fight." Later Emperor Wu of Han, under the shadow of Empress Dowager Dou, had to go to Shanglinyuan for several years to hunt. It was during the hunting process that a generation of military god Wei Qing stood out. Among the descendants of the nobles of Qin, even if they do not have military geniuses like Wei Qing, they will always become a preliminary team.
"Meng Tian, you have a suggestion!" Ying Zheng sat up excitedly and waved his fist. "You go down and draft a charter, and I will take it to my eldest mother."
Chapter completed!