The ten-day period has arrived, the alchemists in the palace are alchemizing day and night, just waiting for the day of the Dancheng to cure the body of the King of Qin, here is not a table for the time being, the date of the establishment of the prince has arrived, a group of courtiers in the palace gathered, more than ten kings and grandsons of the Ying family gathered, the largest of which is close to thirty, the smallest is Cheng Jiao, Ying Zheng is not very old, and he is almost no different from ordinary people.

"The king has arrived, and the Empress Dowager Huayang has arrived."

The voice of the chamberlain sounded, everyone bowed down and bowed, Qin Wang Yingyiren was supported by someone and slowly entered, the prince is Qin's important matter is also not at ease, the Empress Dowager Huayang followed aside, whispering something from time to time, Yingyiren nodded in response, his eyes fell on the second son, frowned and slowly soothed, and the smile appeared on his face again after many days.

"The time has come, the palace test has begun, please take your seats." The person who spoke was Yingbian, and his hair was white, and his status in the clan was extremely high, so it was most appropriate for this person to preside over the matter of establishing a prince.

Everyone sat down, and the courtiers could only watch from the outside, once the status of the prince was completely different, everyone wanted to know who would succeed the king of Qin in the future, and Ying Yan turned around, "The king, the queen mother, is there a place to explain?" ”

Ying Zheng shook his head, his body was weak and he didn't want to open his mouth at all, and the Empress Dowager Huayang, who was sitting in the first place, said with a smile: "Lao Qing's family, just do it according to the rules." ”

Ying Yan turned around, "The prince is the great task of stabilizing the country, and now the great Qin state affairs are successful in the hegemony, and the ancestors should not forget to choose the virtuous for use, and the palace will try three levels, and the first level will be the etiquette system." ”

As soon as the words fell, Lu Buwei stepped forward, Sima Terrier below smiled, and the order of appearance was also exquisite, Chengjiao would inevitably win the championship in the literary test, and the etiquette system would not lose to anyone, so the first two levels could completely suppress other kings and grandsons, and the impression was very important, even if the third level was slightly insufficient, no one would mind too much.

Lü Buwei stepped forward, "At the beginning of the ceremony, the system is the foundation of the country, and now with the etiquette system as the topic, I hope that the princes will answer for a good life, and they must not be playful!" ”

The people below were silent, some were worried, some were secretly happy, Lu Buwei turned around, "King, can you start?" ”

King Qin nodded, and Lu Buwei said in a loud voice: "What are the five rites?" ”

"I know that."

A figure stood up, "The five salutes are auspicious rites, fierce salutes, military salutes, guest salutes, and jia salutes!" ”

Lu Buwei nodded, "That's good." ”

The man had a smug look on his face, he happened to have seen it before, and he didn't want to be able to use it today, and he didn't want to lose to anyone in the round of martial arts, and he didn't want to take the test.

"Can Childe elaborate on the meaning of the five rites?"

"This ......" The man was stunned for a moment, originally thought it was over, and didn't want Lu Buwei to continue to ask, "An auspicious ceremony is a happy event, a fierce ceremony is of course a funeral, and as for the military ceremony, it is the easiest thing to send troops to fight and be invincible." ”

"That's enough, sit down."

The man sat back in his place and let out a long breath, judging from the boos on the periphery, what he said must be a bit far-fetched, Lu Buwei looked at him, "Does anyone know?" ”

"Cheng Jiao is clear."

Cheng Jiao stood up from her seat, Ying Yiren's eyes also opened, looking at the young son, it is undeniable that Cheng Jiao is more happy among the two sons, not just because of his youth.

"Cheng Jiao, please."

"auspicious ceremony, pay homage to the ghosts and gods of the country; Murder ceremony, funeral; Binli, the court has been hired; military salutes, military recruitment; Jiali, auspicious celebration and Jiahuan. ”

"That's pretty much what I said."

The man couldn't help but shout, he couldn't be robbed of the limelight for no reason, not to mention that what he said was not bad.

"No noise." Ying Yan's eyes widened, and the man had to sit back in his place again.

Lu Buwei coughed, "Cheng Jiao's answer is more precise, but it is a little simple, can you explain the content?" ”

"Contents." Cheng Jiao bit her lip, blaming her for being playful that day, she only remembered that she probably couldn't say it specifically, "Cheng Jiao doesn't know." ”

Lu Buwei smiled: "It's normal to do this, Childe, please go back to your seat first, if no one can tell, the winner of this game should be Childe." ”

Cheng Jiao sat back respectfully, and Lu Buwei's eyes fell on Ying Zheng, could it be that what he saw in the long history of the day was wrong, since he had read it, he must know, what was he waiting for.

"Sangkoku-sama, can it be over?"

Lu Buwei said: "But there is still someone to answer?" ”

"Yingzheng is willing to try."

"Please."

"Auspicious rites: It is a ritual to worship ghosts and gods. In ancient times, it was believed that sacrifice was "a major event of the country", so it was listed as the first of the five rites. The objects of sacrifice are God, the sun, the moon and the stars, the division of the division, the wind and the rain master, the sheji, the five rituals, the five mountains, the mountains, forests, rivers and rivers and the four directions; The latter mostly refers to etiquette in the army; Bingli: It is the etiquette used by the princes to meet the Son of Heaven or between the princes, there are eight kinds of court, zong, pilgrimage, encounter, meeting, same, questioning, and seeing; ”

"That's a good point."

Ying Zheng came one by one, and there were not a few people among the peripheral courtiers who could not explain the specific content of the five rites, and now they couldn't help but admire it when they came out of a young man's mouth.

Lu Buwei turned around, "The king, the queen mother, the first game must have had a result." ”

"Wait."

Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was Sima Terrier who was standing on the side, who was originally most sure that he didn't want to be taken over by Wang Zizheng in the first game, "Lord Shangqing, what does this mean?" ”

Sima Terrier smiled: "The prince is very smart, and the old man also wants to come and have a good time." ”

Lu Buwei snorted coldly, "Lord Shangqing's move is suspected of violating the rules. ”

"It doesn't matter."

Ying Zheng stood with his hands behind his back and looked at the two of them, completely confident, Lu Buwei took a step back, and Sima Terrier said: "Wang Zizheng knows what Confucian etiquette is?" ”

"Etiquette, with the way of inheriting the sky, with the love of people, those who lose die, and those who gain live."

Sima Terrier was stunned, less than twenty words completely summed up the importance of a country's etiquette, and it was unimaginable to summarize it so incisively.

"Lord Shangqing, what do you think?" Yingzheng seized the opportunity, and Lu Buwei secretly praised in his heart, this son is like this, he will become a great weapon one day, and he is worthy of being Lu Buwei's son.

"Okay."

"Is there anything missing?"

"Nope!"

"Do you need to add more?"

"No, I don't."

"It's going to be over now."

Sima Terrier's face was gloomy, and he didn't want to capsize in the gutter for the rest of his life, and he was made by a doll and didn't know how to answer.

The Empress Dowager Huayang couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw it, "Win, that's it." ”

Ying Yan Shili turned around and said loudly: "In the first game, Wang Zizheng won the championship, Wang Zijiao followed, Wang Ziheng ranked third, and the rest of the people were disqualified. ”

"It's not fair."

"Yes, it's not fair, why don't you compare martial arts in the first game, but compare those useless things."

Several of them have been trained in the barracks, and they have practiced a good skill, but they are not good at these things at all, and they are not convinced when they see that they are eliminated from the game like this.

"Presumptuous." Ying Yan's eyes widened, and he took out an iron whip on the side, if anyone dares to make a mistake, he can only teach him a lesson with an iron whip.

"Slowly, what these people said also has some truth, although the etiquette is heavy, Qin finally established the country by force, since it is a meritocracy and a prince, it is always necessary to convince people."

"The Queen Mother is reasonable, everyone stays, and the second game will test martial arts."

Sima Terrier's face became iron-blue, and Chengjiao would inevitably not be able to win the martial arts competition, even if the top few could not be kept, the only hope was that Yingzheng would also fail to pass, so as long as he regained the advantage in the third level, he could win with this.

General Meng Si stepped forward, the spear in his hand stabbed downward, and the stones laid on the ground were directly pierced by the tip of the spear, "There are two martial arts tests, one is a polemic, and the other is a real battle, who can win depends on their ability." ”

Meng Si took the lead to stand up, and just then shouted for a few people to sit back in their positions, Meng Si stepped forward, "Qin has three defeats against Zhao, who knows?" ”

"This is simple, the battle of Yique was defeated by Zhao Kuo, the battle of Changping was defeated by Zhao Kuo, and the battle of Handan was lost to Zhao Kuo." The man couldn't help but mumble after he finished speaking. "It's really strange, all three battles were lost to one person."

That person must be Zhao Kuo Undoubtedly, Zhao Kuo's appearance became the biggest obstacle on the road to Qin hegemony, Zhao State continued to increase its strength, compared to Qin State is slightly insufficient, but it can not be ignored at all, Qin State was defeated by Zhao three times, and Zhao State's strength was also inferior to Qin at that time.

"Shame and courage, but does anyone know why they are defeated?"

"Lightly attack the enemy."

"It's all blamed on Bai Qi's incompetence."

The words fell and the courtiers cast disgusted eyes, Bai Qi is dead, died on the battlefield, although the battle of Handan was lost, Bai Qi's position in the hearts of the Qin people has always been irreplaceable.

Cheng Jiao didn't say a word, he also heard people mention the war that year, but unfortunately he didn't dare to be interested, plus he was young at the time, there was a different person, it was Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng's biological mother was Zhao people, the battle of Yique defeated the Qin army, and the killing of the Qin army was widely spread in Zhao State, almost every Zhao person can tell what happened from beginning to end, and the Battle of Changping established Zhao Kuo's status in Zhao State in one fell swoop, at that time Ying Zheng was still in Handan, everyone was talking, so it was the clearest thing, as for the Battle of Handan, I have also heard of it.

Ying Zheng stood up, "The defeat of Zhao is not in Qin but in Zhao, why Qin is invincible to other countries, but only Zhao can't be so, the reason is the simplest, the battle of Yique, Zhao Kuo ran thousands of miles, first to show weakness to force our army to march carelessly, the rear troops are insufficient, and finally lead to defeat, the battle of Changping took too long, there are too many factors, the most important point is still Zhao Kuo, the army is a dangerous move to attack Xianyang, if the father can decisively attack the place that invaded, the outcome will be different, Ying Zheng refers to the dead An Guojun, who was afraid to send people to Changping to send a message to Qin Zhao Wang had the intention of retreating, the battle of Handan, the soldiers of the four countries only Qin could fight, Zhao resisted with the strength of the whole country, the city of Handan was thick and the lack of siege weapons made it impossible for the army to advance. ”

"What does Lu Xiangye think?"

Lü Buwei experienced the battle of Handan that day, Ying Zheng said it one by one, Ying Yan nodded again and again, Ying Yiren's eyes fell on Ying Zheng for the first time, this moment is so familiar, that day Lü Buwei sent someone to sneak into Handan to rescue Zhao Ji's mother and son, and the expression on his face when he met Ying Zheng for the first time was exactly the same, this child has experienced far beyond Cheng Jiao's ability, and the hardships he has experienced have become the most valuable wealth invisibly.

Lü Buwei said in a loud voice: "Just as Wang Zizheng said, the soldiers besieged Handan that day, and almost attacked several times, but the Zhao army desperately resisted with the advantage of the terrain, and finally the reinforcements arrived, but they suffered losses and had to break through. ”

"If the army of Qin State can't defeat the opponent, it will already be defeated." Ying Zheng retorted loudly, on weekdays, there are people around other princes who give advice, only he has to rely on his own strength no matter what, Zhao Ji and Lu Buwei secretly traded Ying Zheng without knowing it.