"Report to the king, Yangcheng and Huayang have been lost, and now the army of the Qin State has reached the front of Xincheng."

After listening to the spies' report, dozens of South Korean officials in the main hall immediately sparked a burst of panicked discussions. Because Xincheng is the gateway to Xinzheng, it is less than eighty miles away from Xinzheng, and Xincheng is not a strong city, so it is impossible to withstand the attack of the Qin army. And no one thought that the offensive of the Qin army would be so fierce, and in only four or five days, it was already about to reach Xinzheng, and Han Cheng, the new king of Han who was sitting on the throne, immediately asked: "Where is Da Sima now, where is the edict handed down by the widow?" Did it pass to Da Sima? ”

An official came out and said: "Returning to the king, yesterday I have issued three edicts, all of which have been passed to Da Sima, but Da Sima is still stationed in Fen Cheng Sai, and has no intention of returning to the army. ”

At this time, Situ Yan tirely came out and said: "The king, now that the Qin army has been approaching the city, Xinzheng is in danger, and the great Sima first attacked the weir city and was defeated, and now the garrison of Fencheng is still holding the army, sitting back and ignoring the king's danger, holding the army and respecting himself, it is really ill-intentioned, so Weichen thinks that he should immediately send someone to Fencheng to capture the great Sima and punish the crime, and use someone else to lead the army. ”

But before Yan Ti's words were finished, another official immediately interrupted and said: "A bunch of nonsense, it was clear that you were afraid of Da Sima's meritorious service, so you seized grain and grass, so that Da Sima Youyan City was defeated, and now Da Sima is not returning to garrison in Fenjing, just because he is angry." Saying that, the official turned to Han Wangcheng and said, "Just ask the king to give an order, and the crime will be severely punished, and the great Sima will naturally immediately lead the army back to Xinzheng to rescue." ”

When Yan Ti heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked and angry, and scolded: "Li Ping shut up, Duan Da holds soldiers and respects himself, and he clearly has a heart of disobedience, and you argue for Duan Da like this, you must be with Duan Da**, and use soldiers to coerce the king." ”

Another minister said: "Yes, the king, please ask the king to immediately order Li Ping to be beheaded immediately to warn others." ”

But Li Ping was not alone, and immediately his companions came out of the ranks, saying: "King, what Doctor Li said is extremely true, Yan Situ has no material and no virtue, he will only be jealous of the virtuous and jealous, form a party for personal gain, and it is useless to follow the book, please ask the king to immediately behead all the severely involved party members." ”

This time the pot suddenly exploded, and the tired comrades jumped out one after another to defend Yan Ti, and a considerable number of ministers confronted them-for-tat, attacking Yan Ti vigorously, and for a while, the entire hall quarreled and became a mess. And Han Wangcheng was also embarrassed and in a dilemma.

Of course, there were a few ministers who did not join the quarrel, but only stood by and did not say a word. And Zhang Liang is one of them.

Seeing that the ministers in the hall were arguing, Zhang Liang could only smile bitterly, he didn't expect that it had only been more than a month since South Korea was restored, and it had actually fallen into the current situation.

In fact, more than a month ago, the situation in Korea was still good, after Han Cheng became king, other clans in the old Korean land outside Yingchuan County also rushed to Yingchuan to express their support for Han Wangcheng, or to raise local events to expel the Qin army. Therefore, for a while, the situation seemed to be very good, and although Yeongcheon County was not fully incorporated into the territory of New Korea, it had expanded beyond Yeongcheon County, and the army also expanded rapidly, reaching more than 70,000 or 80,000 people.

At this time, there was also news that Wang Jian had sent troops from the Qin army of Daliang and sent Han Teng to lead the army to quell the rebellion in Yingchuan, so Zhang Liang said to Han Wang Cheng that he would immediately send troops to enter Yancheng and open up the connection between Yingchuan County and Chu State, so that New Korea could rely on Chu State and contend with Qin State, even if it could not get the support of Chu State, but it could also relieve his worries and deal with the Qin army with all his might.

Han Wangcheng also adopted Zhang Liang's Jianyi, and immediately ordered the Great Sima Duan Da to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Yancheng, and ordered Situ to pay for the transportation of grain and grass materials. At the same time, he also promised Duan Da that as long as he captured the Yancheng, he would seal Duan Da as the prime minister.

But Yan Ti naturally didn't want to see Duan Da lead the army to make meritorious service and be worshiped as the minister of state, so after Duan Da led the army away, Yan Ti deliberately withheld the grain and grass and did not send it, Duan Da led the army to Yancheng, and continuously sent people to Han Wangcheng to urge the grain and grass.

Han Wangcheng immediately summoned Yan Ti and asked Yan Ti to send grain and grass to Yan Ti, but Yan Ti said to Han Wangcheng that now South Korea's military power is almost under Duan Da's control, and in the long run, I am afraid that Duan Da will hold his own army, which is not good for the monarch, so it is better to withhold the grain and grass and let Duan Da suffer a defeat, and take this opportunity to divide Duan Da's military power to eliminate future troubles.

After listening to Yan Ti's words, Han Wangcheng was suddenly moved, although he just said that he would let Yan Ti go back and think about it, but since then, he has never asked about the grain and grass, and he actually acquiesced in Yan Ti's actions. And Yan Ti had Han Wangcheng's secret support, so he was naturally even more unscrupulous, and simply ignored the people sent by Duan Da to urge grain and grass.

Without food and grass, Duan Da's battle on the front line naturally had no way to continue, and as a result, he was defeated by a counterattack by the Qin army, and more than 10,000 troops were dismantled, so he had to retreat to Fencheng to garrison.

Just when Han Wangcheng was about to give an order to send someone to divide Duan Da's military power, the Qin army had already been killed.

Wang Jian sent Han Teng to quell Yingchuan's rebellion, in fact, he also made a deep consideration, because Han Teng was originally the clan of South Korea, and the last time it was Han Teng who personally led the army, broke through Xinzheng and destroyed South Korea, so he was very familiar with the situation in Yingchuan, and after Han Teng broke through Xinzheng last time, he also killed more than 30,000 Korean clans.

And although Han Teng's Nanyang Army was almost wiped out, there were still more than 20,000 troops, and Han Teng also had a few fierce generals with super martial arts, so he was indeed the most suitable candidate for quelling the rebellion.

However, this time the Qin army had few troops after all, so Wang Jian sent Wang Ben to lead 5,000 cavalry troops to assist Han Teng. Anyway, now that the surrounding area of Daliang is flooded, it is useless for the cavalry of the Qin army to stay in the camp, and most of the grain and grass materials of the Qin army have been changed to waterways, and there is no need for the cavalry to protect them, so it is better to let them practice in Yingchuan County.

Sure enough, after Han Teng and Wang Ben led the army into Yingchuan County, they were like a bamboo, and the cavalry army led by Wang Ben was as fast as lightning, overnight, Lianke three cities, and Korea had just recovered, and the power was not yet stable, and it only took four or five days for the Qin army to recover nearly half of the cities in Yingchuan County.

Seeing that the Qin army was approaching the city, Han Wangcheng didn't care about convicting Duan Da at this time, so he hurriedly ordered Duan Da to return to Xinzheng to rescue. At this time, there were nearly 40,000 horses under Da's subordinates, and he also got some food in Fenchengsai, which could support him for a few days, but Duan Da was already holding back his fire, and he only remembered himself at this time, so after receiving Han Wangcheng's order, he threw it aside and ignored it, and stood still in Fenchengsai, watching jokes. As a result, Han Wangcheng issued three edicts in a row, but Duan Da just ignored them.

And the Qin army's troops had already pointed to Xincheng, and now Han Wangcheng and the ministers also panicked and hurriedly gathered to discuss countermeasures.

Zhang Liang naturally knew the ins and outs of the whole thing, so he also felt a sense of powerlessness at this time, and he didn't expect that at this time, the Korean family still didn't forget to play with power.

Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, South Korea is the country that likes to play with the art of power and scheming, and South Korea advocates the art of power and scheming, starting from the change of the law by Shen Buxian.

Although Korea is considered to be one of the weakest of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, it also dominated for a time in the middle of the Warring States period. At the same time that Shang Ying was reforming the law in Qin, Han Zhaohou (reigned 362 BC – 333 BC) also appointed another legalist scholar, Shen Buxian, to reform the law in Korea. Fifteen years later, the great rule of Korea made all the people in the world dare not attack each other.

However, although he is also a Legalist scholar, the content of Shen Buxian's change of law is very different from that of Shang Ying, and it was originally divided into three factions within Legalism, namely the rule of power, the rule of law, and the rule of art.

Shang Ying belongs to the rule of law, advocating the consolidation of the country, when the legislation first, the subjects are only obeyed by the law, but the laws and regulations should change with the times, with the goal of enhancing national strength, and the development of agriculture, strengthen the military These two points are the core, so the law is the country's momentum; The so-called rule of art is actually the method of the monarch to supervise his subordinates, that is to say, the decree is only a rule on the surface, and it is the country's norm for the behavior of the people and officials, and the law is an effective means for the monarch to secretly monitor and examine his subordinates to strengthen the power of the monarch.

The emergence of the idea of jutsu is also determined by the complex background of social struggle in this era. Because in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the etiquette collapsed, the subordinates killed the king, and the habit was brewed, and the power of the family clan was huge, so the monarch often had no power and was overheaded by the ministers, such as the three huans of the Lu State, the Liuqing of the Jin State, and the Tian family of the Qi State, which are the most typical representatives. The power of the clan is huge, which will consume the power of the country, and even change the dynasty.

Therefore, Shen Buxian believes that only by strengthening the power of the monarch can the country be strong, so the monarch must have a clear understanding of the relationship between the monarch and the minister, that is, he does not trust all the ministers. And the monarch is dictatorial, and he must firmly control the power of life and death in his own hands, and must not lose power. However, the king cannot do everything himself, and many specific tasks must be entrusted to his subordinates, so it is necessary to delegate some power to his subordinates, so there must be a set of methods for supervising his subordinates. That is what Shen Buxian said about the treatment of surgery.

"The so-called sorcerers hide them in their chests, and they are also hidden in the courtiers. Therefore, the law is not as obvious, but the desire for magic is not visible. To hear, to see, to wisdom, to show that there is nothing to do, to hide in nothing, to know nothing. ”

"Those who see alone are clear, those who hear alone are smart, and those who are clear and smart can be independent, and those who can be independent should be the king of the world."

It means that if the king wants to use magic to control his ministers, he must pretend to be confused and confused, and hide his desires and wisdom, so that his subordinates cannot guess the king's preferences and intentions, so that he cannot please the king, and he will not be able to hide his thoughts in front of the king. In this way, the monarch can hear and see a qiē, and if the monarch has done this step, he can be able to see, hear, and decide.