The main hall of Xianyang Palace.

There was silence in the main hall, dozens of ministers of the Qin State were sitting on their knees, their backs were straight, and a gloomy atmosphere enveloped the entire hall, making people feel very depressed.

The reason for this is actually very simple, and that is because of the urgent military information that I just received this morning.

Yin Jin City has been conquered by Li Mu, the general of Zhao State.

The crown prince of Qin sat on the main seat of the top, looking at the two rows of ministers of the Qin State who were bowed and silent, and his heart was upset.

It was these guys who kept saying that they wanted to deal with Li Mu in the way of a strong wall and a clear field, and it was also these guys who kept saying that Li Mu would definitely come to Xianyang City, but now Li Mu not only did not come to Xianyang City, but ran to Yinjin City, a hundred miles away from Xianyang City, took Yinjin City down, and gave the prince a big "surprise".

After waiting for a while, no one spoke, and the prince finally couldn't help this atmosphere, and directly named him: "Wu Chengjun, tell me, what is going on?" ”

Lu Buwei, who was named, subconsciously shrank his head, and his heart hurt a little.

Although Xiangbang is good at everything, it is a little annoying to be the first to be asked about everything.

Lu Buwei stood up, coughed, and said, "Back to the king, according to the information obtained by the minister, Li Mu and the others should have pretended to be a grain transport team to deceive the city gate, and then the sneak attack was successful. ”

The prince was not happy when he heard this, and said angrily: "Yin Jin City is such an important city, how can it be so easy to fall for the scheme? The dignified Great Qin has a huge population, can't it be possible to send some reliable generals to guard it? ”

Lu Buwei waited for this sentence, and hurriedly said: "King, the choice of this guard general is from General Wang Di, not from the ministers. ”

The reason why Lü Buwei said this is, of course, for a reason.

Lü Buwei has always advocated peace with the people of Zhao, so when Qin and Zhao went to war, Lü Buwei was a little speechless and could only stand aside.

For example, this candidate for war, Lü Buwei actually wanted to recommend Wang Jian and Wei Yu, two young generals after all, but Cai Ze thought that Wang Ji and Wang Ling were better choices.

The two sides quarreled, but since Cai Ze, the main battle faction, was the winning party itself, Cai Ze's candidate was naturally agreed by the prince.

In this way, Lü Buwei was certainly on fire at that time, but in fact, the benefits were not impossible, that is, since Lü Buwei couldn't intervene in the military aspect, then the fall of Yinjin City now has nothing to do with Lü Buwei.

Therefore, Lü Buwei's current meaning is also very simple, that is, he wants to tell the prince that he has a debtor and a master, and he is looking for Cai Ze if he loses the battle, and this Xiangbang will not bear this responsibility.

The crown prince obviously understood what Lu Buwei meant, and turned his gaze to Cai Ze on the side and said coldly: "Gang Chengjun, you come to explain!" ”

Cai Ze couldn't pretend to be dead at this time, so he had to come out and explain dryly: "King, the reason why there is such a situation in Yin Jin is mainly because the people of Zhao are too cunning, as long as they can learn a lesson in the future, then the people of Zhao will definitely not have such a chance!" ”

Lu Buwei on the side sneered when he heard this: "The enemy's cunning shows our stupidity!" Gang Chengjun, if it weren't for your indiscriminate use of people, then Yin Jin City would not have been taken by the people of Zhao Guoren! ”

Cai Ze was furious when he heard this, and said, "Wu Chengjun, you have to talk nonsense!" Yin Jin City and even the front line are all under the command of General Wang Di, and the reward for defending the city is also appointed by General Wang Di, what does it have to do with me? ”

Lu Buwei sneered and said: "I heard that someone has just accepted a concubine named Wang in the past two years, and that Wang concubine has a younger brother who was originally a hundred generals in Yin Jin City, but in the past two years, he has been promoted to the position of captain at a rocket-like speed, and he also took on the responsibility of staying in Yin Jin City during this war. Gang Chengjun and tell the prince, does this matter have anything to do with you? ”

As soon as Lu Buwei's words came out, Cai Ze's face changed, he never expected that this matter, which should have been extremely private, was actually discovered by Lu Buwei, and he was speechless to refute it for a while.

The prince of Qin, who was sitting at the top, saw that Cai Ze's face was flushed and he didn't say a word, knowing that what Lu Buwei said was indeed the truth, and he was even more unhappy in his heart at the moment, so he snorted coldly and said to Cai Ze: "Gang Chengjun, do you have anything else to explain about this matter?" ”

Cai Ze was sweating, fell to his knees violently, and said to the prince: "Prince, the minister knows no one clearly, and I ask His Highness to surrender the crime!" ”

Lu Buwei naturally would not let go of this opportunity to fall into the ground, and took the opportunity to continue: "Prince, Gang Chengjun is responsible for supervising hundreds of officials as the imperial historian, but the behavior of Gang Chengjun that the minister sees now is far from the requirements of the position of the imperial historian. The minister is bold, please consider removing Tsunade Chengjun from the position of imperial historian! ”

Obviously, Lu Buwei understands the truth of beating the water dog very well, and wants to take advantage of this opportunity to see if he can directly knock Cai Ze down.

As soon as Cai Ze heard Lü Buwei's words, he immediately became angry, and shouted at Lü Buwei: "Wu Chengjun, why is your heart so vicious!" ”

"Vicious?" Lu Buwei sneered and said to Cai Ze: "Gang Chengjun, as the prime minister of Great Qin, what I need to take into account is the crown prince and the tens of millions of people of Great Qin!" If you are so unqualified, if I still let you steal a high position, it will be the biggest irresponsibility to Daqin and the crown prince! ”

Since these two bosses have already stood up and fired at each other, the group of little brothers under the two will naturally not be idle, and they have come out to support their big brothers.

So for a while, the entire hall of the Qin State suddenly turned into a vegetable market again, and the voices of mutual accusations and attacks from the ministers were everywhere, like a swarm of flies buzzing around.

The more the prince who sat on the top listened, the more angry he became, and finally couldn't help but shout fiercely: "Shut up if it's enough!" ”

The prince was furious, and all the ministers in the hall immediately shut up, and the vegetable market suddenly became a cemetery of night.

The prince snorted, glared fiercely at Lu Buwei and Cai Ze, the two initiators, and then spoke: "Gangchengjun knows people and does not know cronyism, and he will be fined for one year as a punishment!" Gang Chengjun, do you have an opinion? ”

Cai Ze immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, this punishment is actually raised high and gently falling, if the prince really dismisses Cai Ze according to Lu Buwei's opinion, then Cai Ze really wants to cry without tears.

Cai Ze hurriedly knelt down to thank the prince for his grace.

On the other side, Lu Buwei's heart was more unhappy.

Just when Lu Buwei was depressed, the crown prince had already set his eyes on him, and asked very gently: "For the next battle, I don't know why Wu Chengjun taught me?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Buwei immediately turned his anger into joy.

Since the prince said so, it means that the prince is ready to consider listening to Lu Buwei's opinion more in the future.

This is also the so-called king's checks and balances, although this prince is quite rusty to use, but there is really no problem in terms of application.

As the saying goes, the right not to expire, especially if it is a suggestion like this.

Therefore, Lu Buwei also took the lead, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "Prince, the minister feels that now that Yin and Jin have been lost, and the entire battle situation is obviously unfavorable to Great Qin, it is best to negotiate peace with Zhao State immediately." ”

As soon as Lu Buwei's words came out, there was immediately another low commotion in the hall, and Cai Ze raised his head as soon as he wanted, and he stopped talking.

From Cai Ze's standpoint, it is natural to resolutely oppose peace with Zhao Guo.

But now Cai Ze's situation is relatively special, and he is in a state where he has just been punished by the prince, and opening his mouth at this time is likely to have the opposite effect.

So after thinking about it, Cai Ze forcibly suppressed his desire to speak, and planned to listen to Lu Buwei finish his words first.

Regarding Lu Buwei's statement, the prince was slightly stunned and then showed a really like this look on his face, and said to Lu Buwei: "Wu Chengjun, if you lose a Yin Jin City, you don't think it will be like this. ”

"Nope." Lü Buwei said to the prince: "Prince, Yin Jin City is the barrier in Guanzhong, and now that Yin Jin City has fallen, the army of Zhao State may drive all the way to Xianyang City at any time. What's more, Li Mu led the cavalry that is known for its speed, and now Xianyang seems to be safe, but in fact it is in danger, please think twice! ”

After listening to what Lü Buwei said, the crown prince of Qin frowned slightly and fell into a deep groan.

From the psychological point of view of the crown prince himself, he was indeed reluctant to see Zhao Jun appear outside Xianyang City, after all, the last time Li Mu appeared outside Xianyang City, it was a very painful lesson to the prince of Qin and even all the people of Qin State.

Seeing that the prince was a little moved, Cai Ze finally couldn't help but speak: "The prince doesn't have to worry, now the city defense of Xianyang City is very strong, even if the 400,000 Zhao army arrives, it is impossible to break through Xianyang City, let alone Li Mu's 30,000 cavalry?" ”

Regarding Cai Ze's statement, Lu Buwei was obviously very unimpressed, and immediately sneered and said: "Gang Chengjun, if it is according to your statement, then how was Xianyang City broken by Li Mu last time?" ”

After Lü Buwei finished speaking, he turned his head to the prince of Qin, who was at the top, and spoke in a very earnest tone: "Two months later, the crown prince's succession ceremony, does the prince want to hear the news that the Zhao people are coming to the city at that time?" Now that Zhao has defeated Korea and Wei, and Qi looks precarious, how can Great Qin alone compete with Zhao? It is better to take advantage of the fact that there is still a small half of Hedong County in the hands of Great Qin to negotiate peace with Zhao State, and exchange these territories for Yin Jin City, which is the right way! ”

Lü Buwei's words sounded very reasonable, and it immediately made the prince of Qin fall into a state of mind again.

At the beginning, the reason why the crown prince insisted on sending troops was because he felt that the Qin State did have the hope of defeating the Zhao people at that time.

But this battle has been fought so far, judging from the current situation, this time the plan of the four countries to attack Zhao may have come to naught, and there is no possibility of realizing it.

If you don't want Qin to become the target of Zhao's retaliatory attack, then it seems to be a very good way to negotiate peace with Zhao in advance and lead the troubles to the east.

So after a short hesitation, the crown prince of Qin finally made the final decision.

"Since this is the case, then please ask Wu Chengjun to go to Handan and negotiate peace on behalf of Great Qin and Zhao State!"