Chapter 2 After Xiangzi (Part 2)
Before he finished speaking, he saw something flying in front of him and rushed to the door. Zhao Xin was shocked and quickly shrank his head. The ruler almost wiped his face and hit the ground with a loud "collapse". He looked up at his father, but saw that Zhao He had a gray face and anger all over his face.
Zhao He pointed at Zhao Xin with a scary expression and shouted, "Say, who can teach you these words?"
Zhao Xin was a little scared and said tremblingly, "No one told me that I read the history books myself."
Zhao He was only a little relieved. In this way, it was not someone who planned to frame him sincerely. It seemed that it was just his son's unintentional words. He then said sternly, "If you dare to say half of this in the future, I will kill you, the rebellious son, first to avoid causing disaster to our family."
Zhao He's worries are not without reason. His ancestor Zhao Xiangzi was the head of the Zhao clan. He defeated Zhibo with the Han and Wei clans at Jinyang City, which led to the foundation of Zhao's country. However, Zhao Xiangzi was not the eldest son. The position of the head of the family should have been inherited by his brother Zhao Bolu, so Xiangzi always felt guilty and passed the position of the head of the family to Bolu's son after his death. Today, Zhao Zhufu and King He of Zhao are descendants of Bolu, and Zhao He and his branch belong to Xiangzi's descendants.
Although this incident has been a hundred years and has been through five generations, the throne is still a big taboo. If the current master father knows that their family is still obsessed with the throne, the disaster of extermination is not a false statement.
Although Zhao Xin was young, he knew that he had made a mistake. Seeing his father so angry, he didn't dare to say anything again. Seeing that his mother gave him a wink, he immediately turned around and slipped away knowingly, not daring to stay for a while.
Seeing that her husband was still angry, Li comforted him, "Xin'er is just a speech that you don't need to take it seriously. Besides, although he is young, he is extremely smart since childhood. You can rest assured that you know what to say to outsiders and don't say anything."
Zhao He smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Madam, you are wrong. What I am worried about is not that the letter will be lost, but that I am worried about my future."
"Actually, I haven't thought about what Xiner said, but I just thought about it. I didn't dare to think about it at all. I was thinking that since even Xiner could see the key, how could the Lord Father and the future king in charge of politics not know? This is why I am not under the rank of the Ministry of Heaven. The Lord Father will never let me sit in the position of prime minister. Isn't this their guardian of me?"
Li lowered his voice and asked with a hesitation look, "Then I ask you, do you really have any thoughts?"
Zhao He smiled and sighed, "What can I think? Madam, you are too worried. Not to mention that this matter has been through five generations. Just say that the master father is now, who can compete with the world in martial arts? Although the king is young, he is also very smart. If such a second generation of kings dominate the government, if he dares to have a different intention, wouldn't it be the same as seeking death."
After hearing Zhao He say this in person, Li sighed and felt relieved. After all, she is the daughter of the Zhao clan. If her husband intends to rebel, it will inevitably put her in a very embarrassing situation. Fortunately, although Zhao He has great ambitions, he has no ambitions. His lifelong wish is nothing but a great minister, who is just a helping the king to achieve his dominance.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Li said comfortingly, "You are not the only one who is excluded from the public clan. Look at Gongzicheng, he is the uncle of the master father. He was the important minister who was entrusted by the former king to be orphans. Now he has been given a nameless left teacher. You can sit in the position of a rank of a vassal of the field ministry, and you are already the best in the royal family."
Zhao He nodded, "That's true." He thought of something again and sighed, "Actually, it's nothing wrong with the master's father doing this. I thought that my Zhao family was the head minister of Jin and the territory obtained by the three families when they divided Jin was the largest, but later it was greatly damaged by the fighting between the common family of the princes. On the other six countries, no other country's public power is as powerful as our Zhao country. This is an important factor in the instability of the Great Zhao. In this way, the master's father can use me, perhaps because my bloodline and the royal family have faded a lot."
Li smiled and said, "Talking randomly, the reason why the Lord's father valued you is not because of your talent. If you talk about taxes, let alone my country of Zhao, even if anyone in the world can remember you. You have only been a member of the Tian Ministry for five years, and the annual income of Zhao State has more than doubled. The Lord's father is a very broad-minded person. If you don't have talent, even his biological son will not be important; if you have talent, even if you kill your father, you will be eager to seek talent."
Zhao He laughed and said proudly; "That's true."
He was in a good mood and said with a smile, "When we talk about our master father, we are really brave. Do you know where he left Handan this time?"
Li said strangely, "Aren't you going to Yunzhong to patrol the border?"
Zhao He smiled and shook his head, "No, no, no, let alone you, even everyone would not think of it. The dignified father of Zhao State actually pretended to be a small attendant and followed Lou Yan's mission to Xianyang, Qin State."
Li was shocked and saw that Zhao He didn't seem to be joking, so he asked suspiciously. "How is it possible that the king of a country goes deep into the dangerous land? If the Qin people find out, they will definitely detain him to threaten my Zhao State. Is he crazy or something?"
Zhao He sighed, "Who knows, this master father is really a genius that my Zhao family has never seen for hundreds of years. Look at what he does, which one is not the first to do, and does something that has never happened before. The world regards China as the most important thing, and the Hu people as the most humble, but he strongly advocates Hu clothes, riding and shooting, making us lower our heads and learn from the Hu people. Besides, this time he followed the mission to peek at Qin, which was nothing more than being uneasy towards the powerful Qin and wanted to destroy Qin in one fell swoop. You said that except for him, Zhao Yong, in the world, who can have such courage and courage!"
Li's eyes were confused when he heard this, and he said in his heart, "Indeed, such a majestic man should be such a real man. I wonder how many people from the six kingdoms can be envied by Zhao State."
Zhao He, who was beside him, was naturally unhappy when he heard his wife praise other men and snorted, "This may not be the case. Although the master's father is talented, he has many failures. Because his beloved concubines actually deposed the eldest son and appointed the youngest son, deposed the crown prince Zhang and established the current king. This move is no different from shaking the foundation of the country."
Li retorted, "What's wrong with the woman you love? This is what a real man does. I want me to say that this makes the father dare to act and full of manliness."
Zhao He curled his lips and said disapprovingly, "Women's views, women's views. You must know that the most important thing for a king is to be ruthless. If Xiangzi had not been unable to give up his nephew, how could there have been a turmoil that would have caused my Zhao family to have decades of turmoil. It depends on the master's father. Since he had already deposed the eldest son and established the young, he would have to demote Prince Zhang to a side land. But not only did he, he left Prince Zhang by his side and let him command troops and make friends with court officials. Isn't this a self-disruption?"
"Besides, there is no two days in heaven and no two people. Now the Lord's Father has gone to abdicate to the King. How does the ministers choose? Should they be loyal to the Lord's Father or to the King?"
Li wanted to refute, but saw Zhao He's jealous face full of ignorance, and he immediately understood in his heart. He turned anger into a smile and looked at Zhao He with a smile, "I won't argue with you anymore. Anyway, what I said is right, what you said is wrong."
Zhao He suddenly choked, and glared for a long time with his beard and stared at him, so he had to grit his teeth and stamp his feet, "I won't argue with you. It seems that Confucius is right, but it's hard to raise a villain and a woman. I can't afford to offend you, so I can't hide."
After saying that, he left with his tail in disgrace, only Li was left in the room with pride. He reached out to Xiaolan and asked, "Where are the young master? Where have you gone again after missing you just now?"
"I saw him walking towards the gate and turned back after a while. I thought he wanted to leave the mansion, but was stopped by Gao Ming. I'm afraid he'd climbed over the wall and went out."
Li waited for Xiaolan with his eyes wide open. "Since you know everything, why didn't you stop him?"
Xiaolan is Li's dowry maid. She has been following Li since she was a child and is favored. So she was not afraid, so she just pursed her lips and said, "How dare I stop this demon king in the world? I stopped him once last time, but he put a toad in my rouge box, which scared me so much that I haven't had a good sleep for several days. Besides, although the young master is young and strong, I can't stop him."
After saying that, Xiaolan said again, "It's strange to say that the young master is usually afraid of the master as a tiger. Usually, the master is obedient at home and is his good young master. Today, he has been brave enough to get over the wall before he goes out. Strange, strange."
Li waited for Xiaolan and thought helplessly: It seems that this son has been spoiled by himself. He is usually weird. He is so thoughtful at such a young age. He is more skillful than anyone else in front of others. He doesn’t know whether this is a good or a bad thing for the Zhao family, but don’t cause any disaster to the family as his husband said.
By the way, a few days ago, Mrs. Ran didn't say that her little daughter was already thirteen, but she meant that she was interested in our family's Xin'er. Well... she is the daughter of the royal family, and Ran Bian was also the order of Handan, so she could barely deserve the Xin'er in her identity. I heard that the young daughter of the Ran family was extremely intelligent since childhood, and her reputation had spread throughout Handan at a young age. It would be better to let Xin'er marry her little daughter, so that she could restrain her wildness.
ps: The book is set in 298 BC, which is the 17th year of King Nan of Zhou, the 19th year of King Huiwen of Zhao, the 9th year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the 19th year of King Qingxiang of Chu, the 3rd year of King Min of Qi, the 20th year of King Xiang of Wei, the 13th year of King Xiang of Han, and the 13th year of King Zhao of Yan.
At this time, the seven heroes of the Warring States Period had already been formed, and several small countries including Song, Zhongshan, Wei, and Lu existed. The situation of the seven heroes is as follows:
The Zhou Dynasty fell and lost all its land under the erosion of the princes; Qin State came from behind after Shang Yang's reforms, and after the expansion of King Huiwen of Qin for 27 years, it had become the overlord of the world. However, because King Wu of Qin suddenly died without a descendant, Qin State fell into civil strife and was greatly damaged.
After King Xuan, who was in his heyday, he occupied one side with Qin. The great power was very powerful but made enemies on all sides. King Huai of Chu was deceived and imprisoned by the King of Qin, and three years later he died in Xianyang. His son King Qingxiang of Chu ascended the throne. Under the continuous attacks of Qin and other countries, Chu was not as powerful as before. Because of the Zizhi Rebellion, Yan State was almost destroyed by Qi. King Zhao of Yan, who ascended the throne, got Su Qin and Le Yi, and determined to destroy Qi and take revenge.
Chapter completed!