Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 278 Wang Ben's thoughts

"Touman, don't worry, now Donghu and Jizi North Korea are already the territory of my Great Qin, and the royal family of Donghu King and Jizi North Korea are now the same as you, and become the people of my Great Qin!"

Ying Zheng seemed to have thought of something at this time, and said to Tou Man with sadness: "As long as you abide by the law in Xianyang City, I can protect you, but if you still dare to have second thoughts, huh..."

Although Ying Zheng didn't finish his sentence, the meaning behind it was also obvious, and it fell into Touman's ears, which made him even more pale.

It is true that he used to be the king of the grassland, the great Shanyu of the Huns, and the master of the grassland. No matter who he was, including Yueshi, Donghu, and even the people of Daqin, he was regarded as a devil.

But now, in the eyes of Ying Zheng, Touman is just a lost dog who can be humiliated and kept in captivity at will.

Now his last plan has also failed, obviously Changshengtian did not bless him, such a fate, Touman can only grit his teeth and choose to accept, but in his heart, he still has the last unrealistic thoughts.

That is whether those aristocratic families in Daqin who are related to him will come to rescue him after knowing that he is trapped in Xianyang City.

After the court, when the civil and military officials withdrew from the main hall, many people were still reminiscing about the few couplets just now, especially the couplets written by Zhao Yi, with unsatisfactory expressions on their faces.

For Touman's couplets, Zhao Yi gave neat couplets, which needless to say, but Zhao Yi's few couplets for Touman did not have a single couplet.

All the civil and military officials in the court, who claimed to be the elites of the Great Qin Dynasty, were almost out of their minds at this moment, and they couldn't come up with the next couplet.

But there are some people whose minds are not on this, such as Wang Ben, who caught up with Zhao Yi who was about to flee as soon as he went to court.

"What? You want to take Zhao Tuo as a foster son?" Zhao Yi had a strange expression after hearing Wang Ben's words.

Wang Ben's expression was a little awkward, "I hope His Royal Highness can make it perfect. My son Wang Li has limited aptitude, and he has not been able to learn the military tactics passed down by my family. I am getting old and want to accept a closed disciple, so... "

"So you fell in love with Zhao Tuo?" Zhao Yi looked at Wang Ben with a smile that was not a smile, and interrupted him directly, "Tong Wuhou, if you are willing to teach Zhao Tuo the art of war, the crown prince has no objections, but you This doesn’t seem to be just to teach him the art of war, does it?”

Wang Ben's expression froze, and he laughed awkwardly, "His Royal Highness is joking, I just admire Zhao Tuo, and have no other intentions, please don't think too much about it!"

On the surface Wang Ben looked like he was laughing, but Zhao Yi could see the eagerness in his eyes clearly.

In fact, Zhao Yi didn't even bother to think about Wang Ben's little thoughts, but he could still feel that Wang Ben had something on his mind. He wanted to accept Zhao Tuo as his godson, and his purpose was obviously not that simple.

The actual situation is indeed the same. Wang Ben returned from the expedition this time, and just after returning to the court, the tiger amulet was taken away by Ying Zheng. Feng Jing said that His Majesty would have new moves soon, but Wang Ben understood the meaning behind it.

Almost most of the six kingdoms in the past were destroyed by the Wang family. Except for Chu, half of them were destroyed by Wang Ben.

Now Donghu, Jizi North Korea, and the Xiongnu were all destroyed by Wang Ben. It is impossible for such military achievements not to arouse Yingzheng's fear.

Wang Ben is now the Marquis of Che, and he is already unsealable, so it is impossible to say that he can be crowned king to the Wang family!
Yingzheng is not a saint, so it is impossible not to be jealous of the Wang family. The four words of high meritorious service are enough to explain many things.

Looking at Wang Ben's embarrassing expression, Zhao Yi knew what he was thinking at the moment without even guessing.

In history, after Wang Ben unified the six kingdoms, he traveled east with Qin Shihuang, and his deeds were ominous after that, which is enough room for people to think about it.

In Zhao Yi's view, Wang Ben may have fought well, but he committed a fatal problem that many soldiers have, that is, his political level is pitifully low, which is really incomparable to his old man Wang Jian.

Seeing that no one was looking for his side around, Zhao Yi asked with a faint smile, "Mr. Tongwu, why did you join the army at the beginning, do you still remember?"

"Ah?" Wang Ben was stunned by Zhao Yi's question. He didn't expect Zhao Yi to ask himself this question suddenly.

Seeing Wang Ben's dumbfounded expression, Zhao Yi said again: "Marquis Tongwu, let me give you a word."

"At the beginning when my father asked your father to conquer Chu, when your father went to war, your father married the princess to your father. You have forgotten what your father said at that time, right?"

Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Wang Ben's expression froze instantly, and he stared blankly at Zhao Yi, as if he didn't know the prince in front of him.

At this moment, Wang Ben's whole body was trembling, his scalp was numb, he couldn't help panting heavily, and his eyes were fixed on Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi ignored Wang Ben, turned around and left, but Wang Ben still stood there, motionless, watching Zhao Yi's figure disappear from his eyes.

What Zhao Yi said was the pain of the Wang family, but at the same time, it also made Wang Ben realize that his current thinking is very dangerous.

His father obviously knew at the beginning that the Wang family's meritorious service was outstanding, so Wang Jian asked Yingzheng to give him a lot of land, gold, silver and jewels after he returned from victory before conquering Chu, which also attracted attacks from courtiers.

But what was unexpected was that afterwards Yingzheng really gave the Wang family countless gold, silver, jewels and land. When Wang Jian conquered Chu, he also married Yingzheng's most beloved Princess Yuanman to Wang Jian who was over sixty years old.

At that time, Wang Ben didn't think much about it at all, thinking that it was just Ying Zheng's trust and love for the Wang family, but now it seems that this is not the case. He has always misunderstood his father and Ying Zheng.

Monarchs and ministers are always monarchs and ministers. If there are some things that I can't figure out, then my ending can be imagined.

At this time, Wang Ben finally understood why his father disappointed him so much with his attitude when he told him about politics that he didn't understand.

In Wang Ben's heart, there was an inexplicable panic, but looking at the back of Zhao Yi who was about to disappear, his eyes suddenly became firm again.

In the imperial study room, it was late at night, and Ying Zheng was still in the main hall, listening to Zhang Han's report.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Tongwu returned to the mansion from the palace, and there is nothing unusual, everything is as usual."

Ying Zheng was taken aback by Zhang Han's report. He thought that he would take away Wang Ben's tiger amulet when he returned to court. Wang Ben would have other thoughts, but he didn't expect to be so calm.

This made Ying Zheng even more confused, because Ying Zheng could see that Wang Ben might be on par with Wang Jian in military affairs, but he was not necessarily as sophisticated as Wang Jian in politics.

(End of this chapter)