Chapter 637 Remembering Those Days

In the palace, Emperor Qin said something and the whole palace was silent.

All eyes were focused on Zhao Shuang, including Wang Jian beside him, who was also watching with a look of excitement.

A group of courtiers with legalist backgrounds were defending Zhao Shuang just now, not because they thought Zhao Shuang was one of their own, but because the issue of Zhao Shuang's fiefdom was too complicated. If it is provoked, it will cause a lot of problems, which will affect the current policy implementation of the empire.

The reason why it is complicated is that this is an issue left over from history and is also closely related to the current situation of the empire.

After the Qin State implemented reforms, all feudal lords were suppressed. Being suppressable does not mean that it is not available. In fact, before the King of Qin came to power, the power of Qin's feudal lords was still strong.

But on the whole, the power of the feudal king is becoming harmless and marginalized. But Zhao Shuang, in the past twenty years, has bucked the trend and continued to expand his fiefdom.

Moreover, through a trade route, the power of the family was also absorbed, and it became the behemoth it is today.

The current major policy of the empire is to solve the problems of the six countries in Shandong. Apart from this, other problems can be postponed.

If Zhao Shuang is touched at this time, it will cause a series of problems. Although the Legalist courtiers said one thing, they were not ignorant. The reasons given by the ministers headed by Wang Wan in favor of enfeoffment were reasonable.

Regions are different and people's customs are different, so they cannot be generalized.

Especially the land of Qi Chu is still relatively remote, but it is still the land of China. Qin's laws and systems can be directly applied to the past, but what about the barbarians on the border?

Will they abide by Qin's laws?

Zhao Shuang's fiefdoms are all on the border, which involves the stability of the border and the management of barbarians. At any rate, order has developed over the years over there. Regardless of whether this order is good or bad in the eyes of the Legalists, it is already stable.

If the barbarians were to be organized into households and included in the empire's management, would they obey? If it is not handled well, it may cause turmoil.

More importantly, the Qin family was already stable. If we start attacking Zhao Shuang now, will there be backlash?

Although the courtiers of the Legal family couldn't stand Zhao Shuang, they couldn't do anything about him for a while. Even if they were on the opposite side of Zhao Shuang, the rational ones had to defend him at this time.

But even so, it doesn't mean that they will look at Zhao Shuang favorably.

Just as Zhao Shuang walked out, the original Legalist courtiers quietly retreated, leaving Zhao Shuang alone to face the courtiers from Qi Chu.

But just as everyone was getting ready to watch the fun, they heard Zhao Shuang laughing.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Zhao Shuang's laughter lasted for a long time, and finally, Emperor Qin couldn't help but ask.

"What are you laughing at?"

"The foreign minister is a vulgar person, and he only knows the menial work of leading troops to fight. To be honest, what the doctors just said was too profound, and the foreign minister didn't understand a word of it."

Zhao Gaoben was also one of the people watching the excitement, but he never expected that Zhao Shuang would just pretend to be stupid.

This guy is too shameless.

"The foreign minister only knows that our old Qin people's hearts are towards the empire. As long as His Majesty gives the order, we will be wherever the flag of the Qin Dynasty is!"

There were also many military generals in this dynasty. Their characteristic was that they could not understand what the Confucian scholars and Legalists said, but they all agreed with Zhao Shuang's words.

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"Thinking back to the time when our ancestor Qin Feizi raised horses for the King of Zhou, how difficult and difficult it was. At that time, Guanzhong was still very hot and humid, and there were wild beasts and woods everywhere. There were also insects in the woods. It was difficult to raise horses in that environment. How dangerous it is..."

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"During the time of Duke Xiang, all the dog soldiers in Guanzhong were full of dog soldiers. These barbarians were fierce and unreasonable, and they destroyed King Zhou's lair. In the end, the king of Zhou left, leaving a mess for us old Qin people. These dog soldiers are not To be honest, in desperation, we Qin people can only kill all these dogs and soldiers one by one, so that we can return to Guanzhong with clear skies. But who can understand the dangers involved? Shandong is still just a joke Yes, they say that we Qin people live together with barbarians, it is shameless..."

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"During Duke Xiao's reign, we old Qin people were trapped in the pass and bullied by the Wei people. It was so miserable! The Wei people relied on Wu Qi and his soldiers to occupy our Hexi. Later Wu Qi went to Chu State , so what about the Wei people, can they do it better than us Qin people..."

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Seeing Zhao Shuang starting from the founding of Qin, telling the story of the growth of the Qin Empire. Over the past five hundred years, the talk has been precarious, from morning to night, and has successfully deflected today's topic.

The most important thing is that there is a group of people cheering nearby. As Zhao Shuang talked, they all began to wipe away tears, and the faint sound of crying spread throughout the palace.

"It's not easy! It's really not easy! Now, under His Majesty's wise leadership, we have conquered the world, and we have money, houses, fields, and women."

As he said this, Zhao Shuang turned around, pointed at the ministers of the Legalists and the ministers of Qi Chu Land, and cursed.

"We have been in the military for many years, and now we are at peace. Can't we enjoy it? We just occupied more land, married more women, hired dozens or hundreds of servants, and bought more cars, horses, and clothes to show off our appearance. Why? Is that too much? You guys, scholars, talk too much?"

"Han Yangjun said it well!"

"color!"

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Zhao Shuang's words revealed what the military masters of Guanzhong were thinking, and made the big bosses present excited.

"I have long disliked these people. They talk about nothing and nothing all day long. If you have the skills, go to the battlefield!"

"That's right, when we were fighting against the barbarians and conquering the world, where were these people? Now that the world is at peace, they have stood up and said that we shouldn't do this and that we can't do that. A bunch of birds goods!"

"Everyone is dressed like a human being. Aren't they just jealous that we have many women and big houses? What's the use of talking about some big principles? Is this world won by these big principles?"

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For a time, the discussion was boiling, and all the Legalist officials and the doctors who were recruited from the Qi Chu land felt the surging power.

Confucianism and Legalism originally thought that their biggest enemy was each other, but today, they felt the vulgar and barbaric power of these Kansai military masters.

The censor wanted to maintain order, but he couldn't control these military veterans of Kansai at all. At the end, Emperor Qin on the throne made a sound.

"Have you said enough?"

For a moment, the enthusiastic military meritorious men who had been discussing it just now were stunned on the spot and fell silent.

Looking at Emperor Qin on the throne, they all knelt on the ground.

"Retreat!"

After all the ministers saluted, Zhao Shuang immediately ran out first.

At the parking lot in the palace, Xiaomeng leaned on the carriage and felt movement. She watched Zhao Shuang coming and complained.

"Why did you come out? Didn't you say you were going to have lunch?"

"Sorry, sorry. As you know, those Confucian and Legalist people just want to show off their knowledge. What can be explained clearly in one or two sentences takes a long time, and it has been delayed for a while. Let's go!"

As a Taoist, Xiaomeng felt the same way about Zhao Shuang's words and snorted with contempt and disdain.

"Confucians and Legalists."