Chapter 95 The seventh quarter selection

The State of Yan lost its capital and lost its crown prince, so it can only live in a remote corner of Liaodong, like a wandering soul, which will collapse soon.Therefore, Qin State's main attack target was shifted to Chu State. In fact, as early as Wang Jian attacked the Yan State, Qin State had already started to use troops against Chu State, and the coach was Wang Jian's son Wang Ben.Under Wang Ben's command, he conquered more than a dozen cities in Chu State one after another, and achieved certain results.However, from the perspective of the overall strategy, Wang Ben's attack on Chu still played a role in restraining Chu to a greater extent, and what he invested was not the main force of the Qin army.

Now, it's time to annex Chu.However, the strength of Chu State is far from that of Yan State.Choosing a competent coach to destroy Chu is undoubtedly the first task before Ying Zheng. Among the many generals in the Qin State, the young Li Xin was actually Ying Zheng's first choice, which caused quite a stir within the Qin army.But it's no wonder, although Li Xin's qualifications are still young, but with 3,000 soldiers, he braved the wind and snow, ran thousands of miles, went deep into the desperate situation, and finally took the head of Prince Pill. This brilliant battle really impressed Yingzheng.Li Xin's battle showed the courage, determination, decisiveness, and toughness of a general to the fullest, which formed a sharp contrast with Wang Jian, who was steady and steady, conservative and prudent.Undoubtedly, Li Xin's tactics are more in line with Ying Zheng's taste, and also in line with Qiang Qin's proper style.

Ying Zheng first summoned Li Xin and asked, "If I want to take Jing, how many people should I use in the opinion of the general?" "General Li is very wise and brave." He asked Wang Jian the same question, and Wang Jian replied, "There must be 600,000 people." Ying Zheng laughed and said, "General Wang is old, why should he be cowardly! General Li is very strong and brave." That’s what he said.” So with Li Xin as the commander and Meng Tian as the deputy general, they led an army of 200,000 troops and marched southward against Chu. Seeing that Yingzheng refused to accept his words, Wang Jian felt unhappy and furious, so he thanked his illness and returned to his hometown, Pinyang.

This year, there is another matter.Someone in Xinzheng rebelled, intending to restore Korea.Fortunately, the scale was small, and it was quickly suppressed.Even so, this matter has aroused the great attention of Qin State.Right now, the Qin State is attacking the city and occupying territory in the front battlefield. However, how to consolidate and integrate the newly conquered land and people is a serious problem.Although Xinzheng's rebellion was just an isolated incident, who can guarantee that Handan and Jicheng won't be next? Yingzheng convened a court meeting and asked all the officials to express their opinions.All the officials were indeed expressing their own opinions, and they couldn't agree on what to do. Yingzheng was dizzy and still couldn't get the point, so he looked at Li Si and asked, "What should we do in the opinion of Tingwei?"

Li Si said, "In my humble opinion, just use one word." After Li Si's words fell, the whole court fell silent.Although all the officials knew Li Si's ability, but Li Si said that only one word is enough, which is too exaggerated in Haikou.Even a lengthy political commentary of tens of thousands of words may not be able to solve this problem.All the officials waited with bated breath, waiting to see how Li Si would smooth things over. Ying Zheng was also quite surprised, and said, "Which word? Write it down." Li Si calmed down and wrote a big character two feet square.The eunuch presented Li Si's calligraphy to Yingzheng.Yingzheng watched for a long time, suddenly smiled, and sighed, "The ancients said that a word can prosper a country. Today Guan Tingwei can be said to be a word to make a country safe." He also passed on Li Si's handwriting to the officials.The officials looked at it, and there was only one word:

Ning! The ministers whispered in whispers, and analyzed their doubts.Yingzheng smiled and said, "Please be safe, all gentlemen. If you have the meaning of Ningzi, please come to Tingwei." Li Sidao, "Mergering is easy, but it is difficult to consolidate. Qi can merge with Song, but cannot be consolidated, so Wei seizes it. Yan can merge with Qi, but cannot be consolidated, so Tian Shan seizes it. Above Han The land, hundreds of miles across, was completely rich and moved towards Zhao. Zhao could not condense it, so Qin seized it. Therefore, if it can be merged, but cannot be condensed, it will be taken; if it cannot be merged, and it cannot be condensed, it will perish. If you can condense it, you will be able to merge it. If you can get it, you will condense it, and there is no strength in merging."

If the officials have realized something.Li Si said again, "In the ancient times, the soup was thin, and the king of Wu was a scorpion. They are all lands of hundreds of miles. The world is one, and the princes are ministers. There is no other reason. If the law is established and the officials are obeyed, the government is peaceful and the people are safe; if the officials obey the people and the people are safe, this is called great cohesion. If the law is established, the officials will be obeyed, and the order will be prohibited, and the king's work will be completed." Originated from Xunzi's Discussion of Soldiers. It was originally Xunzi's answer to a question Li Si asked when Li Si was studying. It happened to be borrowed by Li Si at this time. Of course, he changed the emphasis on etiquette to the emphasis on law to adapt to the situation)

After Li Si said that, everyone praised him.After that, it was Li Si's plan to replicate Qin's political model and legal system on the newly conquered lands.