Chapter 184 Chapter 1 Love Becomes Hate

After not seeing her for half a year, Xiao Pan has become more mature and knows how to hide her inner feelings. After leaving the General's Mansion, Xiang Shaolong returned to the palace with Xiao Pan.Teng Yi, Ji Yanran and others went back to Wu Mansion. As for the affairs of Duke Lu's death, the ceremonial officer sent by Xiao Pan will be fully responsible. When only Xiao Pan and Xiang Shaolong were left in the study, Xiao Pan slapped the table with his palm and said angrily, "This traitor cannot be blamed if he dies forever." Xiang Shaolong sat down under him slumpedly, and said in a deep voice, "Why did you send Xu Xian to Shouchun?"

Xiaopan seemed to be afraid of being blamed and explained: "Lu Buwei insisted on the strategy of attacking the three Jins together with Chu and Qi, and insisted that Xu first go to repair with the Chu people and that I marry Princess Chu as the queen. Confused, Wang Wan, Cai Ze and others strongly supported Lu Buwei. I had no choice but to agree. At that time, I only thought that Lu Buwei wanted to transfer Xu Xian away from Xianyang for a period of time so that Duke Lu would not dare to touch him. The Chu people are so bold that they dare to attack and kill the envoys representing the widows."

Xiang Shaolong felt resentment towards Zhu Ji for the first time, and remained silent. Lu Gong, Xu Xian, and Wang Lu have always been the three pillars of the military, but now only Wang Lu is left, and this person leans towards Lu Buwei, and the situation he worked so hard to build was destroyed overnight. Among the military officials, there is barely a Wang Ling who is on their side.Others such as Meng Ao are members of Lu Buwei's direct lineage, and Du Bi has ulterior motives. The danger of the situation has never been seen since coming to Qin Dynasty. Xiao Pan sighed: "The biggest headache now is the lack of Prime Minister Zuo, who was vacated after Mr. Xu's death. Lu Buwei recommended Wang Wan, and the Empress Dowager is also inclined to this decision. It is really hard for me to object. In terms of seniority, there is no one other than Cai Ze. Wang Wan is more qualified to be Prime Minister Zuo."

Xiang Shaolong said: "This matter is very important, no matter what means we use, we will never allow the position of left minister to fall into the hands of Lu Buwei, otherwise the Qin family will become Lu Buwei's possession within three years. " Turning to Xiaopan, he said, "Who is the prince in mind?" Xiao Pan said: "If I had the choice, I would make an exception to promote Li Si. This person is ten times more talented than Wang Wan." Xiang Shaolong shook his head and said: "In terms of ability, Li Si has no problem at all, but he is not from Qin. Even if there is no objection, you shouldn't promote outsiders like this when your position is not stable. This will only make Qin people centrifugal."

Xiao Pan was silent for a while, then nodded and said: "Master is right, I really shouldn't do this right now, alas! It will be great if you come back! Someone will give me some advice." After Xiang Shaolong stared at Xiao Pan for a while, he said: "You have done a very good job, and you can delay the matter until now." Standing up and pacing back and forth, but his mind was still blank, he murmured: "This candidate must first be from Qin. And we can absolutely trust him. Another condition is that he is young and ambitious, and will not Let Lu Buwei buy it easily, and at the same time, we must be very clear about our relationship with Lu Buwei, and we must get the support of the military, where can we find this person?"

Xiao Pan sighed: "This person is you, Master, but I know you will definitely refuse." Xiang Shaolong was startled and said: "I thought of it, this person is Lord Changping!" After being stunned for a while, Xiao Pan held his head and said, "Is he a little tender?" Xiang Shaolong said: "Of course it's a bit tender, but this move is called Mingxiu plank road, secretly crossing Chencang, the one who is clear is Lord Changping, but the one who is darker is Li Si, Lord Changping is the official of the royal family, and it is difficult for Wang Wan to argue with him Mile!"

Xiao Pan was at a loss and said, "I understand Mingxiu's plank road, but what is Chencang?" Xiang Shaolong scolded himself and said the wrong thing again, because this happened many years later when the Chu and Han were fighting each other, Xiao Pan naturally didn't know it, and said nonsense: "It refers to an old, vacant, unnoticed warehouse In short, in fact, Li Si is the prime minister, and Changping Jun is standing up as a cover." Xiao Pan was still hesitating, and said distressedly: "But Mr. Changping's precious girl has a close relationship with Guan Zhongxie. If Yingying marries Guan Zhongxie, will there be any problems?"

Xiang Shaolong said: "In the past, there would have been some problems. But as long as Brother Changping knew that Xu Xian was killed by Lu Buwei, even if Guan Zhongxie married his brother's mother, it would be useless." Xiao Pan laughed bitterly and said, "Master, don't tease me, it's really inappropriate to laugh now." Xiang Shaolong thought of Xu Xian and Lu Gong, and he was not very excited. He said solemnly: "This is only the first step. The second step is to bring Wang Jian back, and rely on him to fight against Wang Yan, Meng Ao and Du Bi. Dare to say that he will definitely become the mainstay of our Great Qin army. Coupled with Huanju and supplemented by Wangling, he will be more powerful than Xu Xian and Duke Lu."

Xiao Pan hurriedly stood up and said, "But how will the Empress Dowager pass the test? She will reject this proposal because Mr. Changping is not experienced enough." Xiang Shaolong was stunned for a moment, then said decisively: "I will go and talk to her personally about this matter." Xiao Pan shook his head and said: "The queen mother is no longer the former queen mother. After Lai Ai got favored, the queen mother became even more infatuated with him, and felt that I would not listen to her more and more. I think the master's influence on her is not as good as Before. And Lu Buwei is trying to win over Lai Ai now, otherwise the queen mother would not support Lu Buwei."

Xiang Shaolong smiled and said: "Then I'll talk to Lao Ai! I don't believe that he is willing to let Lu Buwei take over the power. Now that I am back, he is no longer alone, he must have the courage to betray Lu Buwei." Xiao Pan nodded and said: "Just do as the master wants, if all methods fail, simply call Lu Buwei and Guan Zhongxie into the palace, and then the master will arrange manpower to kill them all at once with random arrows and swords. Then give them a random charge to clean up the mess." Xiang Shaolong was startled and said: "This is the next strategy, most of the troops are in the hands of Meng Ao now, no one knows what consequences will be caused if you do this, and Lu Buwei's eyeliner is everywhere in the palace , one is not good, and it will only be us who will suffer."

Xiao Pan sighed for a day, unable to speak.Xiang Shaolong thought of Prince Pill, and asked about his condition. Xiao Pan said as if nothing had happened: "Lu Buwei invited him to the new prime minister's residence, and detained him. Now his life and death are uncertain, and his subordinates are under house arrest in the hotel. They are not allowed to step out of the gate. Guan Zhongxie The person in charge is in charge of it. I don’t think it’s a big deal, and I have too many things to worry about, so I haven’t asked about it.” Xiang Shaolong looked at him in astonishment, feeling chills in his heart. After all, Qin Shihuang was Qin Shihuang, he talked about utilitarianism and neglected benevolence and righteousness.Just looking at Xiao Pan's expression, one can tell that he doesn't mind at all that Lu Buwei killed Prince Dan, so as to remove one of the obstacles to the unification of the world.Thinking of this, I know that if I want to impress Xiao Pan to help him in this matter, the only way to do it is to benefit. After thinking for a while, he let out a long sigh and said, "The prince's doing this is to increase the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige." Xiao Pan was stunned and said, "Is there even a problem with this?" Xiang Shaolong said solemnly: "If the prince does not pay attention to this matter, then the prestige that the prince has worked so hard to build up in Tianhunping will be in vain, and everyone will know that the person who is in charge of Xianyang now is That stinky father, Lu Buwei. The so-called two countries are fighting each other. If you don’t kill your envoy, now someone comes from afar to pay homage to your royal father, but Lu Buwei forced you to take him away. You will bear the crime. In the future, the six eastern countries will still trust you. Is this immoral person?" Xiao Pan was stunned and said: "Why is what the master said so similar to what Li Si said? It seems that there is some truth. But Prince Dan might have been killed by Lu Buwei!" Xiang Shaolong shook his head and said: "How can Lu Buwei be willing to kill Prince Dan so easily. This matter is clearly aimed at me, and on the other hand, it will allow the dead ghost Tian Danke to deal with the country of Yan." After a pause, he snorted coldly and said: "I killed Mo Ao in public, went to the chief military adviser of the old thief, and even damaged his face. How can he be so aggressive with such a competitive person. But he has nothing to do The only way to deal with me directly is by Prince Dan, it is best if I forcibly break into the prime minister's mansion, then he can arrange to kill me or punish me." Xiao Pan calmly said: "But the fact is that I have secretly supported by my mother, because Lu Gong and Xu Xian have raised objections many times, and they have been suppressed by my mother and Lu thief. Hey! I am also very difficult to deal with!" Xiang Shaolong felt a big headache, Xiao Pan was right, seeing Zhu Ji for more than half a year, it seems that Zhu Ji has really changed a lot. Xiao Pan said: "Starting from tomorrow, the master must attend the morning court every day. Sigh! Now fewer and fewer people dare to oppose Lu Buwei." After a pause, he continued: "Should we transfer An Guxi back?" Xiang Shaolong shook his head and said: "Now our Great Qin's heavy troops are all concentrated at the border, 70% fall into the hands of Meng Ao, Wang He and Du Bi, and the rest are in the hands of Wang Jian and An Guxi, if the two of them If we are all transferred back, we will have no external support, so we must not." He asked casually, "What scale has Huanju's response force made?" Xiao Pan replied quickly: "Huan Yu and Xiao Ben went to various places to select talents in person, and now they have formed a new army of nearly ten thousand people. Li Si gave this army a name called 'Quick Relief Division', which sounds like Let's go too." He snorted again and said, "But Lu Buwei left many things difficult for Huan Juan. On the surface, he agreed to everything, but in fact he was obedient and obedient. I wanted to promote Li Si to be Doctor Sima of the Military and Political Academy, but the empress dowager and Lu Buwei blocked it. Even the widow can't move, the master must find a way for me." Xiang Shaolong felt a big headache, without Xu Xian and Lu Gong, and the opponent had Meng Ao and Wang He, and he knew nothing about military use and administration, how could he beat Lu Buwei? Thinking of this: my heart moved, and I secretly thought that if Meng Ao could be won over, all problems would be solved.Although this matter is difficult, because Lu Buwei once had the intention of killing Meng Ao and his two sons, it is not impossible to instigate him against him, but the two brothers Meng Wu and Meng Tian must do it.Touching the inspiration, I already care about it in my heart. Xiang Shaolong concluded: "The most urgent task at the moment is to get the position of Zuo Xiangguo into our own hands, and at the same time entrust Wang Jian with a heavy responsibility to replace Meng Ao and Wang Yan. As for the matter of Prince Dan, I will handle it well. gone." After discussing some details, especially about Prince Pill, Xiang Shaolong left Xiaopan's study. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Stepping out of the Zhaimen, I don't know where to go for a while. What I longed for the most was to go back to Wu Mansion to meet Zhao Ya, but morally, I should go to comfort Prince Dan’s subordinate Xu Yize and others, but the most important person I should meet was Lai Ai, so as to incite him to join forces to deal with Lu Buwei . When his heart was up and down, Li Si's voice sounded beside his ears: "Master Xiang!" Xiang Shaolong came back to his senses, and said happily, "Brother Li!" Li Si grabbed him and went to the imperial garden through the side door. It was mid-afternoon, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and it seemed that a big snowstorm was brewing. When they arrived at a small pavilion, Li Si let him go, sighed and said, "Tie Lu is really powerful. With a few tricks, we will be at a disadvantage again. Hey! Have you killed Tian Dan?" Xiang Shaolong nodded. Li Si's eyes lit up immediately, and he said excitedly: "This matter will be of great benefit to our Great Qin's unification of the world, and Lu Buwei will no longer be able to support each other with Tian Dan to control the six eastern countries." Xiang Shaolong took the opportunity to ask: "Apart from the military's Meng Ao and Wang Lu, what strength does Lu Buwei have now?" Li Si said dejectedly: "Compared to the above, the army is Lu Buwei's weakest link. At least in Xianyang City, our strength is superior to him." Xiang Shaolong frowned and said, "I'm very confused about the court's mechanism, brother Li, can you explain a thing or two?" Li Si stared at him in astonishment for a while, then nodded and said: "If you really want to explain in detail, I'm afraid Mr. Xiang won't have to go home tonight, but in simple terms, there are three main classes, and the highest class is of course The Crown Prince, together with minor ministers like me, became the inner court, hey! It’s just that the inner court is already very complicated.” Xiang Shaolong said: "I know the inner court most clearly. Brother Li doesn't need to explain. Below the crown prince are Prime Ministers Right and Prime Minister Left. What is the difference in power between the two?" Li Si patiently explained: "It all started with Shang Yang's reforms during Duke Xiao's time. It was when the monarch set up the Shu Chang and Daliang Zao to benefit King Wen. King Huiwen disliked it, so he split Shang Yang's chariots in the city, and centralized power from then on. Then, he set up the prime minister to replace the generals, and the generals to replace Daliang. Separate the government and the army. And the prime minister is the leader of the officials. First, because the prime minister's duties were too heavy, it was divided into the right prime minister and the left prime minister. Generally speaking, the right prime minister governed the government and the left prime minister governed the army, so the former was like the former general, while the latter was made by Daliang." Xiang Shaolong's head grew dizzy when he heard it, and he asked, "Then why does Lu Buwei always manage the military affairs?" Li Si smiled wryly and said: "It is difficult to separate the military and the government. Since the left and right prime ministers are directly assisting the monarch, it is natural to consult their opinions on matters that are decided by the monarch. Now the prince is still young, and the queen mother is also in charge of the court. The situation is naturally more complicated." Xiang Shaolong felt even more headache, and frowned, "Then how do these two prime ministers work?" Li Si replied calmly: "The left and right prime ministers govern the country through the four courts. The four courts are military administration, justice, taxation, and public works. They are divided into four ministers, Sima, Sikou, Situ, and Sikong. At present, the left prime minister is in charge of military administration. And Public Works, Prime Minister You is in charge of the judiciary and taxation. Mr. Lu was originally Sima, and now this position has been vacated." Xiang Shaolong was about to ask again, when an internal servant came outside the pavilion and saluted, "The Empress Dowager has invited Mrs. Xiang!" Xiang Shaolong and Li Si looked at each other, both feeling bad. The snow began to fall at this time. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ In the Empress Dowager's Palace, Zhu Ji sat high on the Luan Terrace, with four court maids and four servants standing on the left and right rear sides, and the imperial guards lined up at the gate of the palace. As soon as Xiang Shaolong saw this kind of battle, he knew something was wrong.Because Zhu Ji made it clear on the one hand that she was unwilling to talk privately with him, and on the other hand she showed that she had a heart for Lai Ai, so she didn't want to meet Xiang Shaolong alone, so as not to annoy Lai Ai. Sure enough, behind Xiang Shaolong and Shi Liping, Zhu Jifeng's eyes were cold, and he yelled coldly: "Master Xiang, don't you take my queen mother seriously, after going away for more than half a year, you won't come to say hello to Ai's family after you come back. " Xiang Shaolong knew that the only trick was to use softness to control rigidity, so he sighed and said, "The empress dowager calms down. It's just because..." Zhu Ji interrupted him and said: "No matter how you explain, it will be difficult to appease the anger of the Ai family. Xiang Shaolong, tell the Ai family what the hell you and the prince are messing up, and you are sneaky about everything, and keep the Ai family in the dark .The field hunted Gaoling Lord for rebellion that day, you obviously got the news in advance, why didn't you let Aijia know?" Only now did Xiang Shaolong realize that she was trying to settle an old score, and said with a wry smile: "Even if I have thousands of words to say, with so many ears and eyes, it is difficult to tell the Queen Mother one by one. Could it be that I can tell the Queen Mother and the previous kings directly? How about Chu Jun, Lu Xiang, and Xu Xiang?" After Zhu Ji looked at him intently for a while, she softened and said with a sigh, "Okay! Everyone get out, anyone who dares to eavesdrop will be killed immediately." In a blink of an eye, all the attendants and guards left completely, and all the side doors of the hall were closed. Zhu Ji on the luan seat sighed again, and her voice turned judo: "I knew there was nothing I could do with you, so tell me!" Xiang Shaolong took two steps forward, put his heart to rest, sat down on the edge of the steps, and said calmly: "Lu Buwei killed Xu Xiang and killed Lu Gong. If he can kill me again, the next one will be his turn." Mrs. Lao." Zhu Ji saw that he was so rude that he was sitting on the steps with her back behind her back, she wanted to reprimand, but Xiang Shaolong's words were astonishing, and she said in shock, "What did you say?" Xiang Shaolong buried his face in his palms, and said in a deep voice: "Any obstacle that stands in the way of Lu Buwei's power will be kicked away by him sooner or later. Except for himself, everything can be sacrificed. The Queen Mother should be more sacrificed than me." Know this better." Zhu Ji's breathing became heavy, and it took a while before she said: "The Chu people sent the head of Lord Chunshen to plead guilty for Xu Xian's death. What does this matter have to do with Lu Buwei? If you don't make it clear, Aijia will never Forgive you." Xiang Shaolong was furious, turned around sharply, glared at Zhu Ji and said, "Killing Xu Xian is of no benefit to Lord Chunshen, if it wasn't for Tian Dan's instigation and Lu Buwei's backing, promising all kinds of benefits, what would Chu people do?" Dare to act so recklessly. Hmph! Will you spare me? Get someone to take me and behead me, and see if I, Xiang Shaolong, will frown halfway." There was a murderous intent in Zhu Ji's eyes, but after less than a moment of eye contact with him, she immediately lost her battle, lowered her eyes, and said softly: "Forget me talking too loudly, why should I lose my temper like this!" Xiang Shaolong accepted it as soon as he saw it, but he started anyway, and said decisively: "Now Prime Minister Zuo is one, and everyone is jealous. If it falls into Lu Buwei's hands again, not only I, Xiang Shaolong, will die without a place to die, but the Queen Mother There are not many people who can die." Zhu Ji said softly: "If Shaolong is willing to be Zuo Prime Minister, I will definitely support him strongly." Xiang Shaolong replied calmly, smiled and shook his head, "It's not me, but Mr. Changping." Zhu Ji was stunned and said: "How can Lord Changping convince the crowd? Why didn't you consider Wang Ling?" Xiang Shaolong said: "Because we need Wangling to replace Duke Lu to manage the Military and Political Yuan, so that he can control Wang He, Meng Ao, Du Bi and others. Although Lord Changping is a little short of age, but he is a nobleman of the royal family, let him It is indeed the best way to stabilize the mind of the Great Qin army. Queen Mother, don't forget that the second of the three tiger generals of the Western Qin Dynasty has gone. When everyone is leaning towards Lu Buwei, is there still a place for the Queen Mother and Prince Chu?" After Zhu Ji stared at him for a while, she said dejectedly: "Why do I always fail to talk to you? But this matter is not trivial, I have to think about it, you step back!" Knowing that she wanted to discuss with Lao Ai, Xiang Shaolong sighed inwardly, but he had no choice but to go away.