When I was in Qin Dynasty, I really didn't want to make progress

Chapter 333 Qi Wang Chong is stupid
Even in another experience of Yang Chong, he had heard that Huangdi obtained the legacy of the Nine-Sky Mysterious Lady, had three thousand concubines, and finally rode a dragon to ascend to heaven. However, in another world, this story can only be classified as a legend.

But is it the same in this world?

You have to know that there really is a Nine-Sky Mysterious Lady in this world, and the legend from another world also exists in this world. Does it mean that the myth is not a myth, but something that really happened?

"Prime Minister, you don't want the king to become obsessed with women and become a tyrant, do you?" Guiguzi said belatedly.

"What does this have to do with the tyrant emperor? Besides, we are just guessing now. The story of Emperor Huangdi riding a dragon to ascend to heaven may not be just a legend. It may be true. If the legend is true, the truth in it will be very different from the content of the legend." Xunzi continued to analyze.

"According to the Prime Minister, what he meant was that Huangdi did not ride a dragon to ascend to heaven, but transformed into a dragon?" Guiguzi was already a little numb at this time. If that was true, it would mean that the future of masters like them was almost cut off. For people like them, there was nothing more desperate than this.

"I was just speculating before, but what happened to the king made me certain. There is another secret in the legend about Huangdi. Back then, Huangdi was probably also fused with a dragon of vital energy like the king, and he also encountered the same problem the king is facing now. At that time, Huangdi should have relied on the method of dual cultivation, with the help of this method, to grind away the animal nature of the dragon of vital energy bit by bit, so that he could break through the limits of us humans." Xunzi analyzed slowly, and was getting closer and closer to the truth.

"Does the king have to have three thousand concubines to solve the current problem?" Guiguzi was a little confused.

"So what? Women are never poison to a king. Obsession is poison. King You of Zhou favored Bao Si alone, but his country was destroyed. Was it because he had too many women?" Xunzi was dismissive. Although he came from a Confucian family, he was not as pedantic as a Confucian. His open-minded character was not inferior to that of Taoists.

"In the past, Duke Huan of Qi once asked Guan Zhong for advice, saying that my lust would affect my dominance. Guan Zhong replied that it would be a good idea for your Majesty to take in many wives and concubines so that they can give birth to royal family members, which is the way to strengthen the country." Yang Chong followed Xunzi's words and said.

"Did such a conversation really take place between Duke Huan of Qi and Guan Zhong back then?" Guiguzi just thought that Yang Chong was fooling people.

Fooling people is what the strategists are best at, but it's a pity that Guiguzi never served any country for most of his life, so this ability was not developed. He never fooled many people in his life, and only Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang barely gave him two spots.

Although he is not very good at fooling people, Guiguzi still has the ability to identify fooling people.

"Is true or false so important? Should I have a better choice now?" Yang Chong said.

Xun Kuang and Guiguzi looked at each other and saw affirmation in each other's expressions. They already knew that Yang Chong had made his own decision.

"Fortunately, I have a large enough family and a big enough house to live in, so it is not a problem for me to support three thousand women. Of course, I also have to pray that the three thousand in the legend is a real number, and not a figment to describe a large number." Yang Chong said indifferently.

Expanding the harem might be a difficult problem for others, but it was not a problem for Yang Chong. After all, the Palace of Prince Qi was very large and could accommodate three thousand concubines. As for feeding these people, although it was a huge expense, as long as Yang Chong did not fail in the foreign war, he could afford it.

What Yang Chong said seemed to make sense. As long as the monarch's personal desires did not affect the normal operation of the country, they were indeed unimportant matters.

Being lustful is not a shortcoming for a monarch. What is truly fatal to a monarch is the word "obsession". Obsession can be obsession with women or obsession with various things.

Faced with Yang Chong's reasons, Xunzi and Guiguzi really couldn't say much, because Yang Chong, the King of Qi, was indeed very rich. In addition to Qi's annual taxes, Yang Chong could also get a lot of money from various workshops run by the royal family. Although most of this money was used by Yang Chong to develop Qi, just a part of it could be used to support many women. After all, women are easy to support, and it is at least much more economical than supporting an elite force of 3,000 people.

After Yang Chong made up his mind and Xun Kuang personally took charge of the execution, things naturally moved very quickly in Qi. For a time, not only did people in Qi begin to select women of the right age and appearance from all over the country, but even some people in Zhao and Chu got the news. When they heard that it was a beauty pageant for the King of Qi, many families with beautiful daughters became interested.

If their daughter is chosen and enters the Palace of King Qi, will their family become prosperous? There are many people in various countries who have such thoughts.

For a time, the area thousands of miles around with Linzi as the center became bustling, and such news naturally spread back to Xianyang.

In Luowang's intelligence system, the Palace of Prince Qi was of paramount importance. They would try their best to find out even which palace Yang Chong stayed in which night, not to mention such a big event as the beauty pageant for Prince Qi.

So the relevant news soon appeared on Qin Wang Zheng's desk.

"What does King Chong of Qi want to do?" King Zheng of Qin looked at the information sent back by Luo Wang and for a moment he didn't know how to evaluate this matter.

"Could it be that King Chong of Qi has become senile?" Changping Jun, who had also seen the intelligence, said uncertainly at this time.

"Stupid?" King Zheng of Qin was also stunned when he heard this word. This explanation seems reasonable, right?
But will King Chong of Qi really become stupid?
King Zheng of Qin recalled his past experiences. In a certain sense, he and King Chong of Qi knew each other. Back then, he secretly ran to Xinzheng on impulse, which caused a series of accidents. If Yang Chong had not taken action at that time, it would be a question whether he could return safely from Xinzheng.

Yang Chong was not very old at that time, but his martial arts skills were quite powerful. Such martial arts skills were by no means easily obtained. Without hard training, it would be impossible for a person under the age of 20 to have such martial arts skills.

So even if we only look at this point, Yang Chong must be a self-disciplined person, and the process of Yang Chong's transformation into King Chong of Qi further confirms this point.

How could a person who had grown from a weak person to a strong person suddenly become foolish when he was in his prime?

Qin Wangzheng absolutely did not believe such a thing. Even if Qi Wangchong was stupid, it might be possible to wait another twenty years, but now? If Qin Wangzheng did not believe Qi Wangchong, he would be really stupid.

But what is happening now really makes King Zheng of Qin think more.

"Your Majesty, regardless of whether King Chong of Qi is really stupid or not, this matter itself is a good thing for us." Changping Jun said.

"Good thing? Where do you come from?" asked King Zheng of Qin.

"Whatever the reason for what Qi Wang Chong did, it doesn't matter. What matters is how people in the world view it." Changping Jun said. "What do people in the world think?" Qin Wang Zheng pondered over this sentence and gradually understood that it didn't matter what Qi Wang Chong thought. What mattered was how people in the world view it.

It is possible that they could spread some rumors in Yan and Zhao through Luowang, saying that King Chong of Qi was lustful and greedy, and that as long as their wives and daughters were pretty, they would be snatched away by King Chong of Qi.

People like King Zheng of Qin knew what kind of person King Chong of Qi was and would not believe that he was really that kind of person. However, ordinary people did not know King Chong of Qi and would only think that King Chong of Qi's action was because he was a foolish ruler and even a tyrant.

"It seems that Zhao Gao has something to do again. Let's leave this matter to Luo Wang for now. Lord Changping, we need to prepare for war now. The sooner the war between us and Qi starts, the better it will be for us. We can no longer sit idly by and watch Qi continue to recuperate." King Zheng of Qin muttered to himself and turned the topic in another direction.

Of the seven kingdoms in the world back then, Han and Zhao had been destroyed by Qin, and Yan had also been conquered by Qi, leaving only Qin, Qi, Chu, and Wei.

Among the four countries of Qin, Qi, Chu and Wei, Wei was just there to make up the numbers. Only Chu had the strength to influence the chess game of the world, but it was just an influence. The only one that could truly compete with Qin was Qi.

Therefore, if Qin wanted to unify the world, Qi would be an obstacle that could not be overcome.

The war between Qin and Qi was therefore inevitable.

Since the war between the two countries is inevitable, King Zheng of Qin only hopes that the war will start as soon as possible, because in recent years, King Chong of Qi has risen too fast. King Zheng of Qin is really worried that if he gives Qi more time, King Chong of Qi may continue to bring him so-called "surprises". Unfortunately, King Zheng of Qin hates such surprises very much.

Compared with the Qi State of King Chong of Qi, the Qin State had been under construction for six generations and its strength had reached its peak. Although King Chong of Qi relied on the foundation of Qi State to restore the prestige of Qi State, Qi State had been abandoned for decades after all, and the gap between it and the Qin State could not be made up in a short period of time. This was the advantage of the Qin State, and it was also an advantage that King Zheng of Qin must seize.

"Your Majesty is absolutely right." Changping Jun replied.

King Zheng of Qin did not know that the military and national affairs he discussed with Lord Changping today would appear on the desk of King Chong of Qi soon after.

Just as King Zheng of Qin used Luowang to deploy a large number of intelligence personnel in Qi, Yang Chong also deployed a number of spies in Qin under the cover of night. Moreover, unlike the people around Yang Chong who were all his own people, there was someone around King Zheng of Qin who was cooperating with Yang Chong.

"The war between us and the Qin State will start next year." Yang Chong looked at the intelligence sent from the Qin State with a serious expression.

In next year's war, the Qin army will certainly go all out, and Qi will not have any room for luck.

"My lord, can this information be confirmed to be true?" asked Guiguzi.

"The source of this information is trustworthy." Yang Chong affirmed.

Yang Chong had no doubt about the authenticity of this information, because this information came from Changping Jun of Qin. As the brother-in-law of King Zheng of Qin, as the prime minister of Qin, and as the leader of the Chu forces in Qin, the information Changping Jun obtained was naturally true, because he was the one who decided the content of the intelligence.

As for why an important Qin official like Changping Jun would cooperate with Yang Chong, it was naturally because of Yang Chong.

No one in this world knows the true identity of Changping Jun. He hides it too deeply. No one would believe that the Prime Minister of Qin and the brother-in-law of King Zheng of Qin would betray Qin. But Yang Chong is an exception. Who makes Yang Chong have a God's perspective in this world?
In the original trajectory, Yang Chong clearly remembered that Changping Jun turned against the Qin State in the war to destroy the Chu State, causing the Qin State to lose 200,000 soldiers and causing severe turmoil in the territories of the six states occupied by Qin. Eventually, King Zheng of Qin himself had to leave Xianyang and go to the front line to stabilize the morale of the army.

It is because Yang Chong knew this that he tried to establish contact with Changping Jun. Now, he is using Changping Jun.

"Is the king so sure?" Guiguzi still found it a little hard to believe. Nowadays, after being taught by the strategists, there are few honest people in the world.

"Of course I am sure. My cooperation with that person has just begun. Speaking of this, I actually need you to help me make a trip to Qin State in person." Yang Chong suddenly said to Guiguzi.

"Is it because of the person the king mentioned?" Guiguzi, who had other plans for Yang Chong, no longer cared about Yang Chong's use of him.

"That's right. The person who sent this information was Changping Jun of Qin. I can further cooperate with him, but before the cooperation, I need to let Changping Jun see my sincerity." Yang Chong revealed the identity of Changping Jun. After all, Guiguzi was going to take action, and Yang Chong could no longer hide it from him.

"And I am that sincere?" Guiguzi complained to cover up the shock in his heart.

That was Changping Jun, the chief civil official of Qin. If such a person betrayed Qin, then what secrets would Qin have? This was a person who could cost Qin his life at a critical moment.

"Of course." Yang Chong affirmed.

"My decision not to set foot in the court was absolutely correct." Guiguzi said helplessly.

Of course, when Guiguzi expressed helplessness, the helplessness itself proved that he had accepted the job.

"The current decision is not bad. When the Grand Tutor meets Changping Jun, he can tell him that I only want the territory north of the river. If he can help me get the territory north of the river, I can help him take back the old land of Chu that was occupied by Qin. Then, Qi, Qin and Chu will divide the world into three parts." Yang Chong said.

"Divide the world into three parts?" Guiguzi couldn't help but take a breath when he heard this, but then he became even more excited.

(End of this chapter)