The valley under the Qishan Mountain sandwiches the north and south banks of the Weishui, the fertile field is a hundred miles, it is the place where the Zhaoji King of King Wen of Zhou and King Wu is located, and it is praised in the Book of Poetry as "Zhou Yuan is full of flesh, and the violin is like a syrup". It's a pity that the Zhou people lost this land to the dog Rong a long time ago, and ran to the safety of Cheng Zhou outside Kui Han to survive, but he was still threatened by the dog Rong.

So King Zhou Ping promised: "The dog Rong has no way, invade the land of my sect Zhou Qi and Feng, and there are princes and doctors who can expel the dog Rong, that is, there is a land!" ”

Many people were moved by this, but after looking at the fighting power of Qun Rong, they gave up this plan, and only one heir surnamed Ying named "Qin" did not care about death for several generations for this promise. They threw their heads and spilled their blood, eastward and eastward, inch by foot, recovering the land of Zhouyuan near Qishan and expelling the Qunrong. So for this piece of land that could no longer be grasped, the Zhou royal family waved his hand and gave it to the Qin people.

The Qin people then established a city here, and migrated from their remote hometown in the west by the time of Qin Degong, and established their first real capital "Yong", which has been ten generations now.

The planning of Yongcheng is very distinctive, just like the sword and people of the Qin people, straight and straight, horizontal and vertical, flat and stable, even the street walls are not earth or gray, there is no beauty at all.

They marched all the way east, annexed countless Rong people, and at the same time mixed with the blood of Rong Di, gradually dyed with Rong customs, this mixed blood created a unique spiritual world of the Qin people: simple, strong, inflexible, the old Qin people are like tenacious grass, in the Yongzhou land surrounded by Rong Di tenaciously survived.

If it is said that the only knot in the simple spiritual world of the Qin people is the land east of Luoshui, which is called "Hexi". Since the time of Qin Mugong, there have been countless wars with the Jin State for the land west of the river, and the good of Qin and Jin has been completely destroyed because of this place, and the two countries have become mortal enemies, and the grudge is getting deeper and deeper.

In November of the fifth year of Qin Boning, in the center of Yongcheng, "Da Zheng Palace", a debate was being held, which was an opportunity to solve the Qin people's Hexi knot in one fell swoop......

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Different from the extravagance and prosperity of the princes' palaces such as Yuqi Palace and Zhanghuatai, here is just the opposite, revealing a simple and simple, which is exactly the same as the style of Yongcheng. Qin Boning, who had just been on the throne for a few years in the palace, sat upright on the throne with only a little decoration to make him look different from the courtiers, and several of his courtiers were arranged in the hall, and the palace maids were far fewer than the princely warriors in black clothes and swords, and there were traces of wind, frost and sand on their faces, which was also one of the characteristics of the Qin State.

After half a ring, Qin Boning spoke in a dry voice: "The second and third sons should know that east of the Great River, the civil strife in the Jin Kingdom is nearing the end, and the Zhi clan was completely defeated by Zhao Wei and Han Sanqing, and Zhibo retreated to Hexi. Just yesterday, he sent an envoy to the Qin State, saying that the Zhi clan could not hold the land west of the river and would be annexed by the Wei clan, but the Zhi clan had a deep hatred with the Zhao, Wei and Han families, and the clans and officials and the common people were willing to belong to the Qin State and did not want to belong to the Jin State. There are nine cities in Hexi, and I am willing to return to the Qin State, and I hope I will accept ......"

After Qin Bo finished speaking, three of the four elders in the hall began to discuss with each other, but the nobleman with a long beard and chest in the middle still closed his eyes and sat down, but his eyelids moved slightly.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the power of the Qin State was jointly held by the monarch and the princes, and they were called "Shu Chang", from top to bottom, with the big Shu Chang, the right Shu Chang, the left Shu Chang, and the chariot Chang. The four chiefs are all knights, both titles and official positions. The eldest concubine praised the monarch of Xiangguo, which was roughly equivalent to the early prime minister; The right chief is the minister of the clan, the chief of the left is the minister of the non-clan, and the chief of the chariot is in charge of the affairs of the clan.

Among the four kinds of chiefs, except for the left chief, who can be served by non-public ministers, the rest are all full-time princes, which shows the prosperity of the power of the princes of Qin, when Qin Jun is strong, they will naturally bow their heads to their ears, and when Qin Jun is young, the chief can even do things to abolish the establishment.

It's just that the power of the Qin State has always been concentrated, and the prince and grandson did not grant fiefs for no reason, resulting in the foundation of the prince not being as thick as that of the eastern princes, and the simple people only recognized the monarch and did not recognize others, blocking the possibility of the prince evolving into the Shiqing, no matter how strong the chief is, as long as the monarch is a little cheered up, and the people are determined to support the monarch, they can easily regain power.

Qin Boning is quite a monarch with the ambition of revitalization, after the death of Qin Aigong, the prince died suddenly before he succeeded to the throne, so Gongsun Ning succeeded to the throne, and Qin also fell into the battle of the princess chief, until last year the dust settled: Zipu and Zihu brothers, who controlled the military power, defeated their political enemies and served as the chief and the right chief respectively, and the Qin State finally had time to raise its eyes and face the civil war of the six kings of the strong neighboring Jin State.

It's a pity that the war is coming to an end, and there is not much more that the Qin State can do.

Qin Boning was unwilling, but at this time he fell asleep and came to the pillow, so he said with some eagerness: "Hexi is the dream place of the first monarch Mu Gong and Jing Gong, which was obtained by the Qin State several times, but was finally recaptured by the Jin people. ”

There was an argument among the people in the hall, and one of them stood up and said, "This is a benefit for no reason, and my lord needs to be cautious." ”

"Zuo Shu's words are wrong!" The general who was in the middle of the army retorted: "The Zhi clan thinks that my monarch is virtuous, so he has set up a place to dedicate the city to service, how can it be said that there is no reason? ”

Qin Bo looked at it, this was the eldest son of the right concubine, Pu, refuting the left chief.

Zuo Shuchang had an idea in his heart, and replied calmly: "The six secretaries of the Jin State fought each other, and Zhao Wei and Han joined forces to counter the Zhi clan and encroach on the land of Zhi, Fan, and Zhongxing, and now there is only one piece left in Hexi. The reason why the Zhi clan wanted to return to the Qin State was because they wanted to be sheltered. The three families originally thought that Hui'an would get the land in Hexi safely, but in the end it was empty, they paid hard and the Qin State gained in vain, they must be angry, and the three families will turn the spearhead of attacking the Zhi clan to the Qin State. ”

The eldest son of Youshu Hu was ordered by Qin Aigong ten years ago, and the commander of 500 took a chariot to support the general of the Chu State. He was stunned and asked: "Hexi has been gained and lost several times in the hands of the Qin State, and once sent a thousand troops to attack Hexi, but he has not gained a city for more than a year, but now he can sit on nine cities, with a population of more than 100,000, such a big profit, it is not to be lost!" Even if it leads to three families attacking Qin, so what? Is Zuo Chang afraid? ”

"It's not that I'm afraid, but because of the situation, I'm afraid that the right chief doesn't pay much attention to the war east of the river?"

He stood up, stretched out his hand and gestured: "The head of the Zhao family, Wuxian, has annexed the thousands of miles of land of Fan, Zhongxing, and Lu Kingdoms, plus Jinyang and other places, there are more than three million mouths, twice as many as the Qin State. He also made the method of replacing the field, making water wheels, and opening ditches, and accumulated a large amount of corn and wheat to raise the people's soldiers, and ate the Zhishi step by step, and finally achieved full merit this year. The political deeds of the Zhao family, its soldiers are strong, and there are sharp weapons to break the city and send stones, which can fall into a hundred cone high cities, and Han Wei is the wing, so it cannot be an enemy! ”

The eldest son of the right Shu laughed and said: "The eldest ancestor of the left is really not a Qin person, there is no blood of my old Qin people, although the Zhao family is strong, but if I occupy the geographical advantage of Hexi, and give me five hundred soldiers, I guarantee that none of the three families of Zhao, Wei and Han can cross the river half a step!" ”

Zuo Shu Chang was insulted in front of the palace after that, and his face turned red, and he insisted: "The heart of the minister's fist, I also hope that the king will be clear, and he must not accept Hexi, this is the way of the Qin State to take trouble!" ”

The two sides quarreled, and the opposing opinion was headed by Zuo Shuchang, who believed that Zhi's move was an attempt to pass on the disaster to the Qin State, and the strength of the Qin State was not enough to fight against the Zhao, Wei, and Han families, and more was better than less.

And in favor of receiving Hexi is the eldest son of the right concubine, the reason is needless to say, Hexi is the heart knot of the Qin State, and it is effortless to get the nine cities of Hexi, which makes Zihu feel that this is a gift from God to the people of Qin.

The argument was endless, and Qin Boning couldn't make a decision, his gaze could only be placed in the center of the hall, and he had been silent, closing his eyes and recuperating on the body of the long-bearded and square-faced man.

The eldest concubine, Tu Zipu, is now in power in Qin, whether to accept or give up, in fact, it is all in this person's words......

So Uncle Qin cautiously asked in a consultative tone, "Chief, what do you think?" ”

(To be continued.) )