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Chapter 90: The Fall of Qin

Since Confucius, Confucianism has always hoped that the kings could accept Confucianism's philosophy and govern the country in the form of Zhou rituals. Confucius was busy with this, and Mencius lobbying for this, Xunzi's Qi, Chu, Zhao, and Qin were also doing it to persuade the kings to govern the country in the form of Zhou rituals.

Zhou Li is a Zhou-style aristocratic political system and a summary of behaviors. Although the Chu people were only semi-Zhou, the aristocrats and nobles had the same position, and the behaviors of the aristocrats were the same. King Zhao of Chu was about to die of illness, but he was unwilling to ward off the disasters of the imperial court and Sima because they were the supporters of Chu State. They were also unwilling to sacrifice to the river god to cure diseases, because the Yellow River was not a river flowing through Chu State. Confucius heard this and said, "King Zhao of Chu knew the great way, and it was appropriate to not lose the country!"

Confucius' so-called "knowing the great way" means that King Zhao of Chu would rather die than surpass the king's duties, and would rather die than abide by the etiquette of aristocratic people. This may be more appropriate to describe it as "pedantic". The death of King Zhao of Chu is no different from the death of Zilu, which is "a gentleman who cannot escape death" because they are too pedantic and ignorant of adaptability.

Confucianism has a spiritual resonance with the State of Chu, and Confucianism has always regarded the State of Chu as its reliable ally. In the late Warring States Period, the world was one, and Confucianism sincerely hopes that the State of Chu can replace the people of Zhou. Unfortunately, both in reality and in spirit, this hope is completely bankrupt today. However, this is just the bankruptcy of the hope of Confucianism, and Confucianism and Qi Ru.

As the leader of Qi Ru, Chunyu Yue, who was offering wine in Jixia Academy, entered Qin, which means that Qi Ru had already recognized the reality and was determined to lose to Qin. Although this was also to promote the Zhou rituals, Qin State has always been regarded as a mortal enemy by Lu Ru. Chunyu Yue's behavior of surrendering to the enemy made Lu Ru despise from the bottom of his heart.

In December of the 21st year of the 21st year of King Zheng of Qin, the eastern suburbs of Xianyang was different from the Qi envoy Tianjiu entering Qin. Chunyu Yue's voice was quite powerful when he entered Qin. When Zhao Zheng arrived in the suburbs of Xianyang, before he left to welcome him, the right prime minister Wang Wan and a group of ministers came out of the suburbs early. When everyone waited to the middle of the corner, Chunyu Yue and others' carriages appeared on the wide Qin road. Behind the carriages were all followed by some Jixia scholars with wide sleeves and thin belts, and they entered Qin with their own gentlemen.

"The Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty welcomes Mr. Zhu!" The carriages and horses were getting closer and closer, and a guest rushed forward and told the carriages and horses that were moving.

"Prime Minister of the Great Qin..." Behind the car, the scholars saw the flag flying in the north wind for a long time, but they didn't know who was welcoming him. They were all surprised when they heard that the Prime Minister of the Qin State was welcomed.

"Get out." Linzi is more than two thousand miles away from Xianyang. Chunyu Yue's entry into Qin, Qi and Qin provided the greatest convenience - his entry into Qin was not only a simple matter of lobbying the King of Qin to perform Zhou rituals, but also carried the expectations of the government and the people of Qi. More than 30 days of running around made him exhausted.

"Report to the sacrificial wine, it is not appropriate to get off the bus at this time." Uncle Sun He, who could take the bus, did not take the bus, but served next to Chunyu Yue's car. Seeing that he wanted to get off the bus now, he hurriedly stopped him.

"Zi Tong thought it was not appropriate?" A little puzzled appeared on Chunyu Yue's tired face.

"The priest should know the saying of buying pearls and returning the bottle. Although the priest is beautiful, the priest is precious, and the priest is precious. If the priest is not arrogant and get off the car without seeing the prime minister of Qin, the Qin people would know that the doctor of Jixia is a great talent in governing the country?" The carriage was still moving forward, and Shusun He explained slowly.

Last year, Anpingjun was defeated, and Linzi had become the front line. Originally, everyone thought that Chu could unify the world, but now it seems that the only one who can unify the world was Qin. Since Qi asked for peace from Qin to protect the country, Chunyu Yue and others entered Qin to add icing on the cake for Qin to unify the world. The standards for treating bad people and treating good people are different. You can angrily denounce good people, and if necessary, you will beat and scold bad people. You must be kind and respectful to bad people.

"Wang Wan was ordered by the widow to welcome the wine sacrificial ceremony in the suburbs. The wine sacrificial ceremony and the doctors all the way, how about it?" Wang Wan, under the flag of the turtle and snake, shouted loudly to Chunyu Yue's carriage.

At this time, Chunyu Yue was helped by Shusun He and all the scholars got out of the car. Chunyu Yue got out of the car, and the other doctors got out of the car, and everyone followed him to salute Wang Wan. Chunyu Yue said, "I am very lucky that Qin has a great respect and respect, and everyone is safe. I will thank the Prime Minister and the King."

After Chunyu Yue said this, he bowed again. The doctors and scholars behind him bowed deeply with him to thank him. Although the shouts of hundreds of people were not brave enough, they were quite neat. Wang Wan couldn't help but nod. He was originally worried that Chunyu Yue and other doctors of Qi were all weak, but now he felt that they were no different from the military and could not help but feel a little happy.

"The journey is exhausted, please ask the priests to drink and Dr. Zhu to go to the inn to rest first, and then visit the king tomorrow and the next day." Wang Wan said.

"The bad guys and doctors are not..." Entering Qin was to meet the King of Qin. Chunyu Yue was very worried that Wang Wan's words "to meet tomorrow and the next day" were just a statement, so he wanted to meet today. Uncle Sun He, who was beside him, hurriedly interrupted, "As the Prime Minister has been dealing with, the sacrificial officials and doctors will enter the inn first, waiting for the king to summon him."

"Good." Wang Wan looked at Shusun He specifically. His arrangement was to meet Zhao Zheng tomorrow and the next day. It was impossible to meet today. Today, the king was summoning Yang Fu, the younger brother of Yang Wenjun from Jing Kingdom.

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"I heard that Yang Wenjun died when he rebelled against King Jing, but did you assassinate Yang Wenjun?" In the Qutai Palace, Yang Wenjun stood respectfully. Zhao Zheng was very surprised that he was still alive. I remember that he and Shouling Jun sent Qin together. Shouling Jun were later killed by King Jing. With Yang Xu's identity and actions, King Jing did not kill the weeds.

Yang Fu is Mi Ji's nephew, Zhao Zheng's cousin. Yang Wenjun and Song Yang are both relatives of Qin. When they see their cousin and ask about the current situation of Chu State, this is Zhao Zheng's original intention. Regarding his question, Yang Fu respectfully answered: "Report to the great king, my ministers have not rebelled against me, and my ministers will not punish me. Now the state of Chu State has enthroned the king, and all the honorary scholars are inherited. My ministers have no sons, so my ministers inherited the title, and the descendants of Shouling Jun also inherited the title."

Zhao Zheng was still a little unbelievable when Yang Fu answered in detail, "Why is King Jing..."

"I am not my enemy," Yang Qi explained knowing Zhao Zheng's doubts.

"I am the enemy of King Jing, so I can comfort you with a soft heart?" Zhao Zheng understood a little.

"No." Yang Qi explained again, "I once said that the king is not the enemy of the king."

"I am not... the enemy of King Jing?" Zhao Zheng had an incredible expression. He even suspected that this was Yang Fu's lie. However, Yang Fu's face was not fake. Besides, he had left Chu and entered Qin, so there was no need to say good things to King Jing. He was not here to persuade himself not to destroy Chu.

"That's right." Yang Qi did not care about Zhao Zheng's suspicion and continued to say. "The enemy of the nun is the officials who practiced Qin's laws. Both the nun and the king are kings, and the countries compete for hegemony. But will the king kill the kings of other countries? Otherwise, this is unknown.

When Tian established Qin, the king was the king of Qin and killed the king, which was unknown. When Tian established Chu, the king of Chu was the king of Chu, and the king was the king of Chu, and the king was also unknown. During the Spring and Autumn Period, all soldiers were noble people, and few people died in battle. Why? Killing noble people was unknown, and noble people did not kill noble people. Sima Fa said: "A gentleman is not seriously injured, and he will not be two birds of birds." This is the reason. When he entered the Warring States Period, all countries did not compete for hegemony but fought for land, destroyed the country and massacred the city, killed people and the noble people, and the common people killed noble people.

The great king is the king of a country, and the weak king is also the king of a country. The enemy of a poor king is not the great king. The enemy of a poor king makes noble people kill noble people, and the common people kill noble people, and the military system."

At this point, Zhao Zheng had some clarity. He said: "The enemy of King Jing is the system of our Great Qin and the law of the Great Qin..."

"That's true, nor is it." Yang Xu nodded and shook his head again. "Who was the Qin ruled by Qin? The three Jin dynasties in Guandong. Who was the Qin ruled by Qin ruled by Qin? Officials from common people were born. Therefore, I said that the battle between Qin and Chu was a battle between nobles and common people, not the battle between me and the King of Qin.

Let me ask, did the Chu army enter Xianyang and burn the Qin country's country's country's country's country's country's palaces? In the future, the Qin world will be the king and the nobles of Qin, or the common people of Qin?"

"The Great Qin is my own people, and I am my own people. What do you mean by noble people and common people? The noble people and common people are all ministers of my people." Zhao Zheng was very suspicious. He heard the taste of lobbying in Yang Fu's words and was a little unhappy.

Yang Qi felt Zhao Zheng’s displeasure. He was not afraid. He paused his head and said seriously: “I heard that he was humble and did not seek respect, and he would not interfere with relatives. I should not advise him, but the king was the grandson of my aunt, so I should advise him.

The king is the noble person, and he is the noble person; officials and generals are all the common people under the command of Qin. There are ten days in heaven and ten people. The noble person has not been harmonious since ancient times. Therefore, although the Chu State has few men and strong men, they never conquer the soldiers on the left; no matter how many soldiers there are, there is no army leader without noble generals. Now the king leads the common people to kill noble people and destroy various countries. This is in danger! Just a matter of time..."

Yang Fu's words were not fierce, but Zhao Zheng seemed to be hit by someone, and he was about to faint. When the strong dizziness passed, he said angrily: "Nonsense! You nonsense! You nonsense!! Take... take, take this person..."

After Jing Ke, Zhao Zheng never shouted like this to take down someone. The soldiers at the bottom of the stairs rushed to the Mingtang like a tide. The bronze slabs were aimed at each other and were still a little surprised, and the lonely Yang Fu was lying on them.

Yang Fu was a Chu person. The Chu person did not follow the Qin system, but was getting further and further away from the Qin system, so he could clearly see the real crisis of Qin. In the world, Qin did not rely on aristocrats, but on endless commoners.

It is not that the people cannot unify the world, nor that the common people cannot unify the world. The problem is that a noble led a group of common people to eliminate the nobles of the nations, that is, all their kind, and thus unify the world. In the words of later generations, this is a capitalist leading the proletariat to eliminate all their kind and finally unify the whole world.

If this is not called seeking death, then what is called seeking death?

Zhao Zheng had also noticed this before. He was the king of the Qin Dynasty, but often he felt that he was not the real master of the country. He was the other lieutenant and greedy people who controlled the country. Due to his own environment and experience, he could not see this point as clearly as Yang Fu, so Yang Fu's words shocked him, and then a panic from his bones.
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