Chapter 9 In the third quarter, Luoyang tried the sword and Su Qin failed to become famous

The next day, Zhang Yi left in a hurry, and An Yi still had many things waiting for him to do. Su Qin began to get busy, besides preparing to go on the road, he immersed himself in the study to browse the collected classics of Qin State.After a few days, everything was ready, and we were ready to go west to Qin State the next day.It was just dark, and the fourth younger brother Su Li came to Leiming Wafu Courtyard to deliver food, saying that the old father came back from the Song Dynasty, and he estimated that he would come to the second elder brother's place in a while.Su Qin respected his father very much, and was regretting that he could not bid farewell to his father. He was naturally happy to hear that his father was back, so he ate quickly and planned to visit his father after dinner.Who would have thought that when he and Su Li walked out of the small courtyard, they saw their father walking towards them.

"Father." Seeing his father's tired gait, Su Qin felt sour and hot in his heart. He bowed deeply and supported his father. Su Kang, who was famous in Luoyang, was already a gray-haired old man.He nodded, but brushed away Su Qin's hand to help him, but walked towards the courtyard without saying a word.Su Qinsu knew that his father was a reticent man, and that he would only do things big and small without talking, so he stopped talking and walked into the courtyard silently with his father. After entering the hall and sitting down, Su Li lit the copper lamp again, and Su Qin brought his father a cup of bright green spring tea.The old man still just sipped tea silently.Su Qin sat opposite to his father, and explained Zhang Yi's visit and his own plan: "Father, my child will travel west to Qin Dynasty tomorrow. I hope my father will take care of himself and don't run around anymore. It is enough for the elder brother to take care of the food, and the father should have been at home to take care of the rest of the day. If he is running around in his old age, how will Su Qin feel at ease?"

The old man listened intently, as if he didn't see his son's tearful eyes, and he didn't pay attention to his son's last topic. He was silent for a long time, and finally said stagnantly: "Where do you go? It's up to your knowledge. Father only has one thought, and you think about it yourself: no matter what country you have high hopes for, you should first talk about the king of Zhou, and then travel far away." Su Qin was very surprised - since he left home to study, his father never talked to him about political affairs.He occasionally talked about the general trend of the world to his father, and his father just listened carefully and never asked if he was wrong.Today, the old man put forward such an unbelievable "thought" on such an important matter, which really surprised Su Qin inexplicably!Su Qin knew deeply that the old father had been through the vicissitudes of business travel for a long time.However, it would be unimaginable and absurd for any strategist to use the dying Luoyang royal family as the first object of lobbying, let alone a famous scholar like Su Qin?But no matter how absurd, Su Qin didn't immediately reject it.He knew his father, and he had to think again.

The old man had already stood up, looked at his son who was lost in thought, and said lightly: "The mother country is the root, and the root is the first." After finishing speaking, he left. That night, Su Qin couldn't fall asleep, so he simply went for a stroll in the manor. Although the cold spring is here, the night sky is blue and deep, and the stars are twinkling, clearly hiding the infinite secrets between heaven and earth.Su Qin looked up at the starry sky and finally found the big dim star.That is the filling star, the star of the national destiny of the Zhou royal family in Luoyang.In the eyes of astrologers, filling the stars is the star of the Yellow Emperor, the star of virtue and government, and the central star of "holding the rope and controlling the four directions".This filling star goes out in the east in the morning and falls in the west at night, and stays (fills) in the middle of one of the twenty-eight mansions every year. It fills up the twenty-eight mansions in 28 years and completes a week. It is like a supreme old man living in the homes of many children and grandchildren in turn!Therefore, it is called filling the stars.The constant color of the filling star is extremely bright, comparable to that of the North Star, and filling in any star constellation, you can recognize the brilliant brilliance at a glance.However, at present, the filling star is indistinctly filled among the four stars in Dongfangfang, it is dim and red, and it is almost obliterated!Although Su Qin is not proficient in astrology, he has been studying with that profound teacher for more than ten years, and he is still clear about the omens of the basic changes in astrology.The teacher once said: Filling the stars gradually dimmed after King Ping of Zhou moved to Luoyang. For nearly a hundred years, filling the stars has been back to filling the four female stars, which is exactly the constellation of Luoyang in the Central Plains!If the sky is like this, the Zhou family on the ground has indeed lost its virtue, and it has been lost in the raging tide of the Warring States War just like a star filling in the vast sky.

Is such a kingdom worth burying? Su Qin didn't fully believe in this mysterious astrology, what he practiced was the real strategy of strategists.When it comes to astrology, he appreciates Xunzi's saying that "heaven has permanence, it does not exist for Jie, and does not perish for Zhou".But because of his understanding of astrology, he often habitually looks up at the night sky at night, and can know what kind of "prophecy" will be spread in the world at a glance.Junior brother Zhang Yi is more thorough, and often laughs at him for stargazing on the top of the mountain as "Su Qin has nothing to worry about the sky", and often asks him jokingly: "Brother Su, do you know which pit the sky will fill me in?" Su Qin always Smiling slightly: "Study is not overwhelming. I still want to be a student of Gan De and Shi Shen. Do you want to be a teacher again?"

In the midst of his reverie, a gust of cold wind hit his face, and Su Qin suddenly woke up.The old man must have his reasons for wanting to enter Luoyang first.His father is an old business traveler who has experienced many vicissitudes, so it is impossible to turn a blind eye to the dying Zhou family in Luoyang.That being the case, what is the father's intention? "The mother country is the root, and the root is the first"-the old father's last words suddenly jumped out!Su Qin couldn't help but light up in his heart—the purpose of lobbying in Luoyang was not to use Zhou Wang reused, but to show integrity to the world!Born as a citizen of Wang Ji, who never left his mother country when it was dying, and dared to be a lonely and loyal person who saved the nation and survived, and spread the word. What kind of noble reputation is this?Boyi and Shuqi in the last years of the Yin and Shang Dynasties did not have any achievements. They only did one thing in their lives.

It seems that the old father's mind is quite imprinted by the elders of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and the only request for his son came from his respect for Boyi Shuqi.Although it is a very old-school plan, if it is openly discussed with new-school celebrities, it will definitely attract ridicule.But when I think about it carefully, this very old-fashioned plan just meets the eternal requirements of the power field.From ancient times to the present, whether it is officialdom, temples or common people in the mountains, people have respected loyalty and integrity, and despised capriciousness.Making friends and working together, building meritorious deeds, family relations, temple monarchs and ministers, a word of "loyalty" and a word of "righteousness" have always been the first moral virtues!If common people are unfaithful and unrighteous, it will destroy their family and friends; if courtiers are unfaithful and unrighteous, it will destroy the destiny of the country.Only in this way, "loyal ministers and righteous men" has become a basic criterion for the princes of the world to select scholars and employ people.In a world of great strife, any country may suddenly rise and fall. Who doesn't want their courtiers and common people to be all loyal?People have the same heart and the same reason, how can there be others?And a scholar who lobbied the world to make contributions is most likely to be suspected of being an ineffective talent. If he proves his integrity before making a big move, it is tantamount to winning a gold medal of wealth. Wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?

After thinking about it, Su Qin couldn't help admiring his father's "one thought".He wanted to change the order, first go to Luoyang to meet the king of Zhou, and then decide to go to Qin according to the situation;There is always some rhetoric, without a shocking strategy, how can it be famous?Su Qin looked up at the starry sky for a long time again, trying to find that shining bright spot among the flickering stars. Suddenly, he laughed out loud and danced to the stars. Three days later, Su Qin rode an ordinary white horse, clothed and tied his hair. After leaving Suzhuang, he came to Luoyang King City.

The real royal city is a city within a city, located in the middle of Luoyang, accounting for almost half of the entire Great Luoyang.When King Ping of Zhou moved to the east more than three hundred years ago, Luoyang City was already an important fortress defending Gaojing outside Hangu Pass.At that time, Luoyang belonged to Wang Ji, who was directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, and was not enfeoffed to any vassal state.After nearly a hundred years of continuous expansion in the early Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Luoyang was already comparable to Haojing in the Western Zhou Dynasty.In terms of geography, although Luoyang is not as easy to defend and difficult to attack as Haojing lives in Guanzhong, it can be regarded as the best place in the world - a big river in the north, Songshan Mountain in the south, surrounded by three rivers (Luoshui, Yishui, Rushui) , Bajin Gongwei (eight ferry crossings between the Yellow River and Sanchuan), with thousands of miles of fertile fields and criss-cross ditches, it is wider and richer than Guanzhong.Especially after the Rongdi Rebellion, Luoyang has shown its most prominent advantage over Haojing: it has a longer distance from the western Rongdi, which is safer and more reliable!The Guanzhong and Hangu Pass in the west just became a solid barrier against the Rongdi.At that time, the royal power was still prosperous and the central plains were stable, and the main threat was the nomadic tribes in the west. In such a situation, Luoyang seemed particularly suitable to be the king of the capital.In the middle of the Spring and Autumn period, Rong and Di turmoil invaded the Central Plains aggressively. Although Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, suffered a huge impact, it remained unmoved. The most fundamental point is that Luoyang is located in the Central Plains, and it is extremely convenient for the princes and kings.Therefore, Duke Huan of Qi's "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians, and uniting the nine princes" was extremely effective, and all the Rong and Di were expelled from the hinterland of the Central Plains.

At that time, the people of the country were all amazed at the God of the Son of Heaven—moving to Luoyang to the east and saving the Zhou family! However, the vicissitudes of life are unpredictable.The Rong and Di subsided, but the princes quickly became powerful, and the royal power declined helplessly.The Central Plains, which was far away from Yi and Di and safe and reliable, turned upside down, and Luoyang Wangji turned into a flat boat in the turbulent waves. There is only "king land" seventy or eighty miles outside the city. The people of Luoyang are sad, but they often miss the fortress of Gaojing, and believe that moving to Luoyang to the east has destroyed the Zhou family!

In this way, bearing the honor and disgrace of the rise and fall of the Zhou Dynasty, after more than three hundred years, Luoyang is old, just like her royal master.The tall and simple city walls and the sturdy and towering archery towers are all in disrepair for a long time. The city bricks are peeling off, the female walls are cracked, the bells and drums are corroded, and the buildings are decayed and empty.In the past, there were only a few old soldiers wandering lazily around the Shili City, where the banners were flying and spears were shining, and the wide moat embankment was also overgrown with weeds, and it was silted up to the point where only a green, sticky green wall exuding a rotten smell remained. stream.That deep city gate is open all day long.The dilapidated suspension bridge on the moat was also laid all day long, until the iron cables were broken and buried in the soil, turning into a fixed civil bridge.Outside the city gate, there stood a row of old soldiers in shabby clothes, who did not care about the people entering and leaving, but were like clay sculptures of guards of honor. The aging of Luoyang shocked Su Qin. As a native of Wangji, it is commonplace to go in and out of Luoyang.However, Su Qin has never tasted Luoyang carefully.The young man left home to study, Luoyang is only a huge ancient city in his memory, a piece of resplendent royal palace.When I came back from the mountains, I didn't know how many times I went in and out of Luoyang, but I turned a blind eye and never noticed the changes in Luoyang.After studying and traveling for more than ten years, Su Qin has a good grasp of the world's trends and trends, and is quite familiar with the prosperity of new cities in great countries. Linzi, Anyi, Daliang, Xinzheng, Xianyang, Handan, Yingdu, Jicheng, all these famous cities, he is familiar with I can comment on it like a few treasures, but I don't know much about Luoyang, the royal city.In his mind, the emperor of the Zhou family was already a dream of yesterday, and the Luoyang royal city had also passed away. What was left was only an ancient and mysterious celestial talisman, so chaotic that he hardly had any specific perception. Today, when Su Qin entered Luoyang as a celebrity, and wanted to present a grand plan to revitalize Emperor Zhou, he realized how unfamiliar he was to Luoyang!Along the way, looking carefully, I was filled with emotion.In today's world, only Luoyang has completely preserved the ancient "Zhou Li" norms: "Farmers work in the wells, workers and food officials", and everything is taken care of by the government.Today's royal family and state government no longer have the strength to undertake such meticulous and tedious management.Well fields, workshops, government markets, shops, everything is festering loosely.Now it is the spring plowing season, once the peasants leave the city, the streets and alleys are as deserted as a valley, and even the busiest official city is deserted, only the clanging hammering sounds from the street of workshops where daily-use utensils are made make people People feel a little angry in this city.Su Qin suddenly thought of Linzi Qi City and Xianyang South City. The sound of the city was like a tide, and the vast sea of ​​people stretching for several miles crowded shoulder to shoulder, sweating profusely. Being in the city, it was really full of vitality!Compared with the two, Luoyang is a suffocating ancient tomb.In ordinary days, I always make eloquent comments about the dying of the Luoyang royal family, but in fact I don’t really appreciate it. Now that I am personally on the scene and observe it carefully, I can truly feel the age of this glorious dynasty! Entering the royal city, Su Qin was no longer surprised.It's just that he didn't expect that it would be so easy to meet the emperor.Outside the palace wall of the palace, the idle defenders seemed surprised that someone had an audience with the emperor. They asked their name and country, and they heard that they were from Luoyang. yes." Walking through the wide and deep doorway is the world-famous Wangchang. The square surrounded by the Dragon Tower and Phoenix Tower is paved with three-foot-square white jade rocks. Nine large tripods are lined up majestically on both sides, forming a kingly road about six feet wide in the middle.Is this the Jiuding, which symbolizes the artifact of royal power?At that time, Jiuding was a symbol of royal power, with supreme sanctity and authority, just like the later Chuanguo Yuxi, whoever owned Jiuding would rightfully have the power of the emperor.The nine tripods respectively represent the nine states in the world, and the body of the tripod is engraved with the landforms of the state, the population, property and tribute figures.This majestic nine tripods standing in the royal city once meant the glorious authority of "under the whole world, is it the land of the king, and the guests of the land are the ministers of the king".For more than a hundred years, when all the vassal states challenged the kingship, the first major thing was to try to obtain the Jiuding.Since King Zhuang of Chu aspired to the Central Plains, Jiuding has become an artifact of royal power closely watched by the world's great powers.The reason why people can still remember Luoyang in the world of continuous swords and swords is because Luoyang has the symbol of supreme natural power - the Jiuding standing here! Staring at the majestic cauldron one by one, the grand ceremony where the envoys gathered in the mountain shouting long live appeared in front of Su Qin's eyes, and he couldn't help sighing deeply.The palace is still the same, the nine tripods are still the same, but here has become an empty and lonely palace canyon, green grass swaying in the gaps between the white jade floor tiles, noisy crows and sparrows flying in the rusty and mottled nine tripods, and the tinkling of iron horses under the eaves. Echoing hollowly, the palace on the nine-level high platform was also permanently sealed in the dusty cobweb. There is no longer the glory of the past, and it is no longer the Luoyang of the past. King Zhou Xian in the royal city was also a little bored, and couldn't find anything to do. He came to the throne at the age of twenty-three, and has been the emperor for thirty-two years, which is a rare old king.At the beginning of his accession to the throne, he was ambitious to revitalize the Zhou family and become the master of ZTE like Zhou Xuanwang.I tried my skills a few times, but I was just making fun of myself.First, Liang Guo and Wang Ji, the small princes of Miner, competed for the Rushui irrigation field in the south of Luoyang. They provoked many times and even dug out the main canal of Wang Ji's mine field!King Xian was furious, and personally led two thousand soldiers and one hundred chariots to attack.Who would have thought that Liang Guo was a vassal of South Korea, "borrowed" five thousand cavalry from South Korea, and defeated Wang Shi and returned home. Later, it was the "Eastern Zhou" and "Western Zhou" who fought against each other, which made the king of Luoyang fly like a dog, and the people of the country dared not leave the city.For the first time, King Zhou Xian held a meeting of the three princes (Taishi, Taifu, Taibao) and high officials to discuss the country and court in the Palace of Kings. Down.Who would have thought that none of these gray-haired veterans agreed, but they all pleaded for the "Eastern Zhou" and "Western Zhou", chattering endlessly: the system of enfeoffment is the root of "Zhou Li", and it cannot violate the ancestral system.King Xian couldn't help but insist on doubling the tribute gifts from the "Eastern Zhou" and "Western Zhou".Unexpectedly, as soon as the emperor said it, the ministers of the three princes shouted loudly, saying that from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to Tang, Wen, Zhou and Wu, the princes have always paid tribute according to their ability. If the tribute is turned into taxes like the Warring States Period, what is the morality of the king?After a whole day of quarreling, he couldn't move anything, and King Zhou Xian was so angry that he flicked his sleeves and went away. Who knew that walking would not work!Si Kou insisted on pulling the emperor's sleeve to offend Yan Zhizhi, and accused him of "my king has violated the etiquette and law, and the court will lose his composure."King Zhou Xian let out a long sigh helplessly, so he had to sit down and listen to the noise of the veterans, and he didn't say a word until the court was over. Since then, Luoyang Wangji, which is more than a hundred miles away, has been divided into three parts: forty miles in the East Zhou Dynasty, thirty miles in the West Zhou Dynasty, and seventy miles in the Son of Heaven.The Eastern Zhou wanted to plant rice, but the Western Zhou did not release water; the Western Zhou wanted to irrigate the fields, but the Eastern Zhou dug embankments; Big things can't be done, King Zhou Xian just wanted to show some style on small things, but when he joined hands, he couldn't do it! King Xian is well versed in the rhythm of ancient music, so he wants to rearrange and perform the royal family's Zhongle "Song of Zhou".When the news came out, a group of officials from the three princes joined hands with the Dukes of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Dukes of the Western Zhou Dynasty to remonstrate, insisting that "the etiquette is bestowed by heaven and cannot be changed without authorization"!I had no choice but to give up.Later, King Zhou Xian wanted to change the etiquette of the imperial guards and the clothing of the maids and servants.Before he could do anything, there was an uproar from the "government and the public", as if the sky was about to fall!Later, King Zhou Xian wanted to renovate the palace and Jiuding Square, so he discussed with Shangfang officials.Unexpectedly, the officials of Shangfang actually moved out of the "Wang Dian", saying that when the artifact is touched, a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven will be held, and the emperor will bathe and fast for one month before starting construction.The treasury of the emperor's mansion is empty, so how can we have the financial resources to hold the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven?King Zhou Xian had no choice but to give up with a sigh. Bored, King Zhou Xian remembered the words of Confucius in the State of Lu: "It's hard to eat all day long and have nothing to do! How about a game?" So he spent the whole day playing chess with a few maids in front of the Go case, which is also a pleasure to swim Enjoy yourself.Unexpectedly, the good times didn't last long, and the veteran ministers and the young ministers attacked together, and they solemnly accused the emperor of "playing with things, losing one's ambition, and not thinking about cheering up. How can you see your ancestors?!" In a fit of anger, King Zhou Xian burned He dropped the chessboard, smashed the chess pieces, and slept with his head covered for three days and three nights! as big as World, nothing is nonexistent.A true son of destiny can't do anything. "It's so difficult to eat all day long and have nothing to do!" After sighing, King Zhou Xian felt that the old man Confucius was a confidant. Even so, King Zhou Xian was open-minded after all, and soon simplified the life of the emperor to three things a day: eating, sleeping, and watching music and dancing.Never tire of fine food, never tire of fine food, eat when you are hungry, eat very little, but the time is amazing!There are no rules for sleeping, and I sleep when I am sleepy, and I can always sleep dozens of times a day.Music and dance is to play "Wind", "Ya" and "Song" one by one within twelve hours.King Zhou Xian didn't circle or point or comment, he just listened and watched, and often the emperor had fallen asleep amidst the music and dance of the long night.When the dancers and musicians fell asleep, Zhou Xianwang woke up, commenting on the various sleepy states with drowsy eyes, touching one and flipping over the other when he was happy, and laughing alone happily. Time flies, and thirty-two years have passed in a flash. A heroic prince turned into a white-haired and bright-headed old emperor. King Zhou Xian finally got used to this way of living without paying attention all day long. Gradually, the "difficult" mood became indifferent, and everything became Naturally calm down. Today, King Zhou Xian was a little impatient.In his dream, he vaguely heard the music and dance of bells and drums and the solemn and elegant "Ode to Zhou", "Keeping the king of martial arts, without competition and power, does not appear to be healthy, God is emperor... every weight is clear, bells and drums are brilliant... The blessings are simple, the majesty is reversed..." Amidst the distant singing in memory of the ancestors' achievements, he unexpectedly woke up from crying for no reason, tears streaming down his face, sobbing choked up, so frightened that the musicians and dancers were all prostrate and did not dare to raise their heads. "Get up, get up! It's none of your business." Zhou Xianwang waved his hand, and made an exception and played "Qin Feng": "Play that one, oh, yes, "Jianjia"." When the desolate music was played, King Zhou Xian sang the famous love song in a low voice: "The reeds are green, and the white dew is frost. The so-called Yiren is on the side of the water..." Gradually, he became hazy again. , let out a long snoring sound, and slept very soundly. "How? Stop playing music?" King Zhou Xian suddenly opened his eyes, he was used to falling asleep with music, but he was awakened by the sudden silence. "Report to my king, Su Qin, a famous scholar in Luoyang, asks to see you." A head maid replied respectfully. "Someone asks to see you?" King Zhou Xian leaned on the couch and couldn't help laughing: "Who? Which celebrity?" "Report to my king, Luoyang Su Qin." "Who is Su Qin? There are still celebrities in Luoyang?" Zhou Xianwang muttered, and yawned a long time: "Then, let him come in—" "My minister said: My king should change his clothes and crown, and be summoned by the palace, so as to have royal etiquette." The head maid bowed to advise. "That's all." King Zhou Xian waved his hand impatiently: "Let him in." "Follow the king's order." The female officer went out in a hurry. In an instant, the old servant's sharp long tune came from the corridor, "Luoyang Su Qin, enter the palace—!" Along with the sharp long tune, there was a burst of footsteps, but it was clear and powerful, without any muddy rustling. King Zhou Xian had a keen ear, and when he heard it, he left the big pillow on the couch, sat upright, and waved his hands to make the musicians and dancers back down. As the female officer walked through the dark corridor, Su Qin's eyes suddenly brightened, but he was very surprised.Under the sunny day, this hall is actually full of lights and candles, the floor is paved with red carpet, and the four sides are covered with curtains. Although it is empty, it is obviously a magnificent and new palace!In the decadent and gloomy classical aristocratic atmosphere of Luoyang Royal City, this small bedroom looks extremely incongruous, as if it is the bedroom of a prince.After looking around a little, I found a big bronze couch in the high curtain in the center, on which sat an old man with a toga and long sleeves, with gray beard and hair, sleepy and tired. The female officer gestured with her eyes, and Su Qin suddenly realized, and bowed deeply: "Luoyang Su Qin, meet my king—!" "Zhou Ritual" custom: the status of a scholar is equal to that of a worker or a farmer, and he cannot see the emperor.However, times have changed, and in the Warring States period, scholars have quickly become the main force of change in the world, and their status has grown greatly, becoming a new civilized aristocratic class.Therefore, there is a saying in the world that "scholars do not stick to etiquette".It is a great gift for celebrities to meet the monarchs of various countries and bow their hands.Su Qin has traveled the world, read thousands of volumes, and is a native of Luoyang, so he naturally knows the etiquette of meeting the emperor, but he didn't pay homage with "Zhou Rituals"!In Su Qin's mind, he wanted to test how much the reclusive Emperor Zhou knew about the earth-shaking changes in the outside world?To what extent should your own rhetoric be defined? King Zhou Xian just smiled lazily: "Su Qin, what's the matter with you? Sit down." He behaved like a kind old man. The only female officer standing in the "palace" pointed to the seat of a musician in the middle and whispered: "Sir, please sit down." Su Qin was sitting upright, feeling that there was still warmth left on the platform, and couldn't help but quickly flashed a thought that there was someone here just now!Smiling secretly, he was determined, and solemnly cupped his hands and said: "Su Qin dares to ask my king, is he drunk and dreaming, but the sun and the moon?" "Sir, please speak clearly, what can the emperor do?" Before saying a word, King Zhou Xian yawned two or three times. Su Qin's spirit was lifted: "The way of the emperor is to rejuvenate the country. How can the emperor do nothing when the royal family is declining? Su Qin thinks that the current crisis can still be reversed. If the planning is proper, the great cause will be rejuvenated and the royal power will be restored." "Sir, talk a lot." Zhou Xianwang nodded approvingly without the slightest surprise. Su Qin suddenly felt discouraged.According to the countermeasure process he imagined, if a sharp question is raised, the monarch will definitely be very interested, asking how to rejuvenate?The rhetoric erupted naturally!But this emperor has no interest in asking questions at all, and he looks like he knows everything and is indifferent, which really spoils the scenery.But Su Qin's frustration disappeared in an instant. This was the first time he lobbied since he came out of the mountain. He didn't expect to succeed in the first place.It is success to see the emperor explain the countermeasures, so how can you give up halfway?Gathering his mind, Su Qin said: "Su Qin is my prince and the people. He has always had the heart of serving the country with a child, and it is his duty to rejuvenate the king's career. Su Qin's strategy is: Instigate the twenty-three small princes in the world to form an alliance, with the Zhou family as the leader. The leader of the alliance formed a coalition to stand side by side with the Seven Great Warring States. Then, using the conflicts of interest between the Warring States, they divided and weakened one by one. Within fifty years, the royal power will surely be revived! This is the general strategy of gathering people to fight against the strong. Form an alliance, the country occupies about one-third of the world, the population is nearly ten million, and more than 800,000 soldiers can be conscripted, which is not enough for any warring state to contend with. If the stalemate lasts for a long time, the royal power of the Zhou family will once again rule the world!" "Okay—strategy." Zhou Xianwang yawned and rubbed his eyes again while speaking, looking at the handsome celebrity in front of him, he seemed to be interested, and said with an easy-going smile: "Sir, have you thought about why? Form an alliance with the world's small princes? Food, goods, weapons, armor, chariots, horses, iron, copper, money, do the royal family have? Without these things, how can you be the leader of the alliance? Besides, the twenty-three small princes each have their own side, Squeezed into the crevices by various great powers, if there is any movement, there will be a catastrophe, who dares to be the cry of the horse?" Shaking his head and smiling bitterly: "Su Qin, you are not ready yet." Su Qin was stunned, and said in a high voice: "Waquan is like broken jade? As long as the emperor raises the king's flag, many problems will be solved!" "Jade has already been made into tiles, and it is difficult to make jade pieces!" King Zhou Xian shook his head and waved his hands, apparently not wanting to continue. Su Qin had nothing to do, and wanted to leave with a sigh.However, King Zhou Xian waved his hand and asked the female officer to help him off the huge bronze couch. He paced back and forth and said, "Su Qin, it seems that you are not a mediocre person. There was a fan Yu who also persuaded me Cheer up ZTE. If you have to do it, you can’t. Manpower can do it, why wait today? If you are a Zhou, you are a national scholar. Find a big country to display it. The royal city of the Zhou family is already a tomb. No matter who is here, You have to be the living dead." After speaking, he let out a deep sigh.Su Qin silently bowed to the ground, then got up and bid farewell. "Sir, wait a minute." Zhou Xianwang's eyes were a little moist: "The royal family is in short supply, so I will give you a car. I hope you will win honor for the Zhou people." After saying that, he bowed deeply. Su Qin was greatly surprised, and quickly bowed down: "The emperor's gift, how dare Su Qin take it? Thank you, my king, for the reward!" "I'm ashamed, why do I need to say thank you?" King Zhou Xian waved his hand and told the female officer: "Yan Ji, take your husband, Shangfang Bronze Chariot." Then he turned around and left. The female officer smiled slightly at Su Qin who was stunned: "Sir, please." Su Qin suddenly woke up, and followed the female officer out of the hall of lights and out of the dark corridor.Once under the sun, the two of them covered their eyes at the same time.When Su Qin let go, he was too surprised to speak—this woman is so beautiful!A green silk dress with a floor-length collar, a piece of snow-white shoulders hanging down her waist, and a hosta hairpin gathered her long hair into a black waterfall, slender, slender but plump and soft.Such a simple dress, such a simple color tone, but she showed a very elegant demeanor, which really surprised Su Qin!Looking at the woman, she was also watching him silently, with a subtle smile filling her bright red face. "Su Zi, please come this way." The woman bowed softly. The sound of "Su Zi" made Su Qin's heart suddenly burst into heat!This inadvertent title change caused a subtle tremor in Su Qin.According to the current custom, calling "Sir" is a complete respect. Although "Zi" is used for Zhuoran, it has the meaning of admiration and kindness in non-ceremonial occasions.This kind of subtlety cannot be expressed in words unless it is the person at the time.With a flash of thought, Su Qin cupped his hands and said, "Dare to ask the female officer, what's your name?" "My name is Yanji, and my ancestral home is from Yan. Su Zi called it Keye directly." The woman smiled sweetly and led the way. "Thank you, Su Qin, for your hard work." "Dare to ask Su Zi: what year is it outside Luoyang City?" Su Qin stopped in astonishment, and then sighed suddenly: "The palace in the sky, I don't know what year it is? Outside of Luoyang, the world has already been turned upside down. This year is: the 23rd year of King Qi Wei, the 37th year of King Wei Hui, and the 37th year of King Wei Hui. The sixth year of Wang, the second year of Qin Xinjun, the first year of Marquis Xuan of Han, the sixteenth year of Marquis Zhao Su, and the twenty-eightth year of Lord Wen of Yan. The chronology is in chaos. I wonder which country Yanji wants to know the chronology of?" "How is the situation in Yan Kingdom today?" "Yan State is large and weak, and the legal system has not changed. However, it is still stable." "Su Zi leaves Zhou, where does he want to go?" Su Qin said with emotion: "The emperor is weak, and I want to go to the most powerful country to show what I have learned." While speaking, I didn't realize that I had reached the treasury of Wangcheng.This is a city within a city with thousands of solid stone houses. In addition to food, all tribute materials and Wangji Shangfang products are stored here.In the early days when King Ping of Zhou moved to the east, this treasury, the number one treasury in the world, was really full of piles like a mountain. Copper coins, clothing, weapons, vehicles, etc., were mostly rusted and rotted and thrown away in vain.With great changes in the vicissitudes of life, the emperor's treasury shrank suddenly like a punctured skin, leaving only about one-tenth of the stone houses with things to store.In the entire royal city, only here are hundreds of veterans stationed here.Under the arrow tower, the big stone gate of the treasury castle was tightly closed, leaving only a small gate with a width of one cart for people to enter and exit.There is a treasurer's office standing outside the castle. From time to time, maids and servants come in and out to collect things, which is a bit popular. Yan Ji handed a small bronze token to the treasury for inspection, announcing the king's order to reward Su Qin. The old treasurer's face was flushed, and he smiled awkwardly: "My king doesn't know, but there are only six bronze chariots left for the conferment and reward. They are all broken wheels, but what should I do?" Yan Ji was calm, indifferent Said: "An ancient cloud: Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king. The emperor gave the car, so it is not magnificent. What does Su Zi think?" Su Qin couldn't help secretly admiring the insight of this beautiful woman. She fully knew the meaning of the "king's car" to him, and then She smiled sincerely: "What Yan Ji said is very true, the rewards from the emperor are originally to reward the subjects." The old treasurer said, "Please wait a moment for this", and entered the Shimen of the treasury.About half an hour later, there was a rattling sound of cars driving out of the Shimen Road. The two white horses driving the car were skinny, and they were indeed lifeless.The old treasurer's face was dripping with sweat, and he handed the bronze token and the rusty cart to Yan Ji's hand. Yan Ji looked at Su Qin, handed over the bridle and whip: "Can you drive?" "It's not bad." Su Qin bowed and took the bridle and whip from Yan Ji: "Su Qin bid farewell." "Don't worry, I'll take you out of the royal city. You can't walk for a long time." Yan Ji smiled: "You have to lead the horse first." The ancient bronze carts creaked and creaked on the stone floor.Su Qin, a rich and famous man, is familiar with tall chariots and horses. It is the first time in his life to drive such a dilapidated royal chariot. Two, there was nothing to say for a while.Yan Ji didn't seem to notice it, and suddenly asked while walking silently, "Where is Su Zi's home?" "Thirty miles north of Luoyang City, Suzhuang." Yan Ji was surprised: "How? Isn't Su Zi a Chinese?" Su Qin said with a smile: "Yanji doesn't know something. The world has changed a lot. It has become fashionable for Chinese people to go out of the city to live separately. It is rare in Luoyang. Su's old house is in the official market square in the city. It has been a shop and no one lives there. .” "Ah, the solitary village in the countryside must be refreshing and quiet." Yan Ji praised, feeling fascinated spontaneously. Suddenly, Su Qin felt that this noble and beautiful woman in front of her was closed in this ancient and dark castle, it was a waste of money!He blurted out: "It's a pity that you are in a forbidden area, otherwise, Su Qin would invite Yan Ji to travel around the world!" "The leaves in the royal city are hard to be green." Yan Ji sighed quietly as she looked at the old trees with dead branches. "Trees are still like this, how can people be embarrassed?" Su Qin stopped with emotion. But Yan Ji looked up at the palace wall of the royal city: "Su Zi, we will bid farewell today, and we will meet later." "The heavens on earth, why is there a time?" Su Qin felt disappointed. Yan Ji smiled indifferently: "If there is a time, Su Zi will not refuse people thousands of miles away." After finishing speaking, she floated away. Su Qin stared blankly at the beautiful figure disappearing into the high palace wall, unable to move for a long time, but suddenly felt that it was inappropriate for him to stand here for a long time, so he jumped on the car and creaked away. up.After leaving Luoyang, it was already dusk. Seeing the afterglow of the setting sun, the magnificent and magnificent royal city turned into a grotesque patch of red and green. A large number of crows were flying noisily in the sky above the palace, and the faint chime bells and ancient music were mixed in it. Luxurious decadence.Su Qin couldn't help being moved, he whipped the horse suddenly, and the old and heavy cart went away with a clang.