Chapter 287 Ying Yiren succeeds to the throne
Alas, Chu Yian sighed regretfully while holding the baby. This child is good in every way except that he can't resist being teased.
I can only let him go for now.
Li Bing was ordered to control the floods, and Cai Ze was responsible for other matters related to opening up the Shu Road.
After Li Bing left, Yingji reflected on what he had done over the years.
Although Zhao suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Changping and its national strength was greatly reduced.
But the losses suffered by the Qin State were not small, and the Qin State today is no longer the powerful country it once was.
Silver, money, weapons, trade, and taxes were all less than before, and the wealth accumulated by ancestors in the treasury was almost used up.
This made Yingji feel a sense of urgency.
While Yingji was trying every means to make Qin strong again, Fan Ju left Xianyang and went to the old land of Chen State with the elderly Lu Zhonglian to visit a businessman, Lu Buwei.
After Lü Buwei's ups and downs in the business world, he became rich enough to rival a country.
However, after fifty years of continuous wars, the Qin State's business declined and merchants were unwilling to do business there.
In addition to wanting him to help Qin restore its commerce, Fan Ju also hoped that he could help look after Ying Yiren, who was held hostage in Zhao.
The life of a hostage was already difficult, and the Battle of Changping formed a life-and-death feud between Qin and Zhao, making Ying Yiren's life even more difficult.
He cannot die, otherwise the Qin State will definitely launch an attack, but if he lives too happily, everyone in the Zhao State will be unhappy.
Therefore, Ying Yiren lived an extremely hard life and was bullied by everyone.
Lu Buwei was only asked by Fan Ju to take care of Ying Yiren and tell Fan Ju the news about him.
But after actually meeting Ying Yiren, he changed his mind.
Ying Yiren has endured humiliation for a long time and is able to bend and stretch, so he is definitely better than the one who grew up in Xianyang.
If he could return to Xianyang smoothly, it would be entirely possible for him to become the crown prince.
Yingji is old, who knows how many years he can live?
Ying Zhu is also very old and in poor health. It is very likely that he will die in a few years.
In this way, the possibility of Ying Yiren becoming the King of Qin is really high.
The future is foreseeable. It is definitely not a vain and unrealistic dream that requires taking great risks and is uncertain whether it will come true.
When he thought of this, Lu Buwei's heart, which had originally only considered business, began to stir. Everyone has the desire for success.
The opportunity is already in front of you, why not fight for it?
Even if a businessman is the richest in the world, how can he be as famous as an official who will be glorious for all eternity?
After discussing with Ying Yiren, Lu Buwei made a plan: to return to Xianyang within three years, and during this time, Ying Yiren needed to spread his reputation as a virtuous person throughout the countries.
He first discussed with Pingyuan Jun and decided to lend Ying Yiren to Qin State to do business, and split the profits with him 50-50. Pingyuan Jun also needed to release Ying Yiren from his confinement and let him go out.
It was a profitable business with little loss, so Lord Pingyuan had no objection.
After convincing him, Lu Buwei set off for Xianyang again and cleverly spread a piece of news.
Qin's loss of Yiren was a great blessing to the six kingdoms.
Lu Buwei was not a reckless man who acted on impulse. He wanted Ying Yiren to return to Qin and was really planning it seriously. He was neither impatient nor anxious, which was fully reflected in this businessman.
Every character in this book has his or her own unique charm and personality.
Qin Huaishu didn't stop writing, but he was thinking about Lu Buwei's actions in his mind.
From a strategic point of view, it wasn't a very clever move, but the fact that everything went so smoothly was also due to his planning, his money, and his reputation as a big businessman.
The right time, the right place, and the right people, as long as you have any one of them, you can greatly increase your chances of success.
However, many things seem easy, but there are many difficulties and obstacles in achieving success.
After all, Ying Yiren had no foundation in the Qin State.
There is still a long way to go if we want to push him to the top.
Qin Huaishu silently counted in his mind which emperor this was, and began to calculate the years.
By this calculation, the time when King Zheng of Qin, as mentioned by Chu Yian, ascended the throne should not be far away. After all, it would take him some time to unify the six kingdoms after he came to power.
But until now, that person has not appeared.
Chu Yian had no idea what Qin Huaishu was thinking, so he continued talking.
Although he was planning something, Lu Buwei had a good sense of propriety and did not show any closeness to Ying Yiren in front of Prime Minister Cai Ze.
During this period, Cai Ze happened to realize that Ying Zhu's other son, whom he had previously favored, was too impetuous to handle the important task.
It was at this time that Ying Yiren's name appeared in his sight.
And Ying Yiren did not disappoint Lu Buwei's expectations.
When Xunzi came to the State of Zhao and specially selected the main topic for the talent selection ceremony, the sentence "Can the way to stop the war save the world?" caught Xunzi's attention. He then gave an impassioned speech, leaving all the students speechless.
He also became completely famous.
But unfortunately, Chu Yian only remembered that Ying Yiren said a lot of things, which left everyone speechless.
But I can't remember a single word of what he said.
A pair of bright big eyes looked at Qin Huaishu innocently, and Qin Huaishu looked at her while holding a pen.
Their eyes met, and Chu Yian blinked: "Make it up."
Qin Huaishu's mouth twitched: "... roughly which direction?"
Chu Yian's eyes were clear, and he shook his head regretfully: "I don't remember, you can make up whatever you want, as long as you can convince yourself, there will be no problem at all."
She still remembered a little bit about the debate in which Zhang Yi scolded Mencius, because she felt very comfortable doing it.
But this... I'm sorry, I really don't remember anything at all.
Qin Huaishu has become more or less used to it, after all, Chu Yian does this from time to time.
However, this kind of debate is still a bit difficult to write.
After thinking for a while, he picked up his pen and started writing. Soon, a wonderful policy paper came out.
He revised it slightly, put it in the book in a non-obtrusive form, and added some rebuttals from others.
The two are connected, and it doesn't feel abrupt at all.
Chu Yian took a look and found that it did look like that, but it was written in a very literary style and was difficult to read.
She gave a thumbs up and said, "Huaishu, your article is really well written."
Even though I don’t understand it, it’s right to praise it.
Qin Huaishu's eyes curved: "How else can I be a civil official?"
When Ying Yiren's reputation spread, Lu Buwei immediately began to prepare to bring him back to Xianyang and passed his affairs to Ying Ji.
After knowing this, Ying Ji did not hesitate for too long. He sent someone to test whether it was feasible to bring Ying Yiren back to Qin, and then arranged for someone to bring him back.
However, this return trip was full of dangers. He was chased by the Zhao army all the way, and it took a lot of effort for him to finally return to Xianyang.
However, Ying Yiren was not taken seriously when he returned to Xianyang. He was even sent to another place without seeing Ying Zhu and Ying Ji.
Although there was another hidden story, this neglect still made Ying Yiren very sad.
However, Yingji soon held a grand ceremony to crown him and gave him the courtesy name Zichu.
Lu Buwei was also granted an official title because of his kindness to the royal family.
In May of the 56th year of King Zhao of Qin, the sudden tense atmosphere in Xianyang made the people vaguely aware that something seemed to have happened.
After waiting for more than half a month, the news finally came out.
The old King of Qin is dead.
After the funeral, Ying Zhu ascended the throne and was known in history as King Xiaowen of Qin. Ying Yiren was canonized as the crown prince and Lu Buwei was appointed as the crown prince's left tutor.
Qin Huaishu let out a breath, feeling like he was finally dead.
It seems that nothing major has happened in the last few years, and the story has always been about Ying Yiren.
According to the previous traditions and habits of writing books, the focus should be on Crown Prince Ying Zhu and the people around him.
From this we can see that Ying Zhu either had no achievements or died too early, otherwise why would all the ink and paper be placed on Ying Yiren.
Qin Huaishu hadn't even put down his pen when he asked, "Tell me, how long can Ying Zhu live?"
Chu Yian: "...you are so presumptuous."
Qin Huaishu lifted his eyelids and glanced at her before continuing to write: "Has it been more than two years?"
Chu Yian: ...
Chu Yian pursed his lips and uttered two words after a long time: "No."
After saying that, he immediately perked up: "You are so boring. Can't you just let your mind go? Give it a rest."
Qin Huaishu chuckled and finally put down his pen. A hint of smile appeared in his eyes as he jokingly said, "But you can't rest all the time, right?"
Chu Yian: ...
Tightened, fist clenched.
How could this mean she couldn't rest? It was clearly a mockery of her mental retardation.
Staring at Qin Huaishu, the smile in Qin Huaishu's eyes became even wider. He immediately poured a cup of tea and handed it to her with both hands.
"I was wrong. I was wrong. Yi An is smart, clever and smart."
Chu Yian raised his eyebrows, reached out to take the tea and took a sip: "Well, seeing that you are so sincere, I forgive you."
"The tea poured by our Huaishu is still so fragrant. I don't know if I can drink it next time."
Qin Huaishu couldn't help laughing and turned his head away: "You've drunk quite a bit, isn't it a little late to say it's delicious now?"
Chu Yian leaned back in his chair leisurely, finished his tea, put down the cup, and returned to the topic: "Historically, Ying Zhu died a year after ascending the throne."
Qin Huaishu: ...
The case is solved. No wonder there is no mention of Ying Zhu. It turns out he lived such a short life.
After hesitating for a moment, he asked curiously, "What about Ying Yiren? How many years has he been in power?"
Chu Yian never liked him asking the latter part of the question. If he asked, Qin Huaishu was really afraid that she would go back on her words and say that he was a child who worried too much and would become bald sooner or later.
But the amazing thing was that this time Chu Yian didn't scold him, but directly told him the answer: "Three years."
It was also short-lived.
No, his reign was not long.
In short, Ying Zhu died soon after he came to power, so quickly that no one was prepared.
The new king Ying Yiren ascended the throne, known in history as King Zhuangxiang of Qin.
After King Zhuangxiang of Qin died after three years in power, Ying Zheng ascended the throne.
It all happened so quickly.
Chu Yian glanced at the time. It was actually still early, but he didn’t really feel like writing.
A lot of content was skipped tonight, after all, a lot of the content in this part is about those confidantes.
Not to mention writing, she just glanced at the book when reading it, without looking at it carefully, and she had no interest in looking at it carefully.
Compared with the intrigues and power struggles among the kings of the first three dynasties of the Qin Empire, there were also battlefields.
This series really spent too much space writing about the beauties of Lu Buwei, Ying Yiren, and Ying Zhu, which caused Chu Yian to lose a lot of interest after reading it.
When she read this book, she wanted to read about the battle of seven heroes, and she didn't really want to see those men either having a romantic relationship with this woman or having a threesome with those two women.
So disgusting.
This may be the bad nature of men. They always think that women are not only gentle as water and tolerant of everything about their husbands, but also can tolerate their loved ones having sex with other women, and even ridiculously join in.
Of course there are such people, but several of them are either princesses or princesses. Chu Yian couldn't help but suspect that he was really fantasizing too much.
But she couldn't say anything. After all, modern people are the most feudal. She is the remnant of feudalism, and she cannot look at the ancients with her eyes.
Modern people wear more and more clothes and speak more conservatively.
Unlike the generation of my grandparents, this kind of thing really happened quite a lot. This made Chu Yian feel that this kind of thing might have happened quite a lot in ancient times.
But how could she possibly write such disgusting things in a book?
Delete!
Delete them all!
Anyway, she doesn't remember it, and there are many women reading this book, so don't mix such vulgar things in.
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