Daqin: Confucianism, Law, and Taoism

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Xianyang, Qin State, Xiangbang Mansion——

Qin Xianglu Buwei was wearing ordinary clothes, kneeling in front of a desk and looking at the bamboo Jane in his hand with fragrant tea.

He is in his fifties, which is not a small age in this era.

In recent years, he had felt that his body was deteriorating, but the affairs of the Qin Kingdom needed him to decide, so he did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

An old housekeeper served behind Lu Buwei, with a humble expression, and the maids in the house did not dare to breathe, all lowered their eyebrows, waiting for the master's orders.

At this time, a guard of the Xiangbang Mansion reported: "... Lord Sangbang, hide the sun and ask for a meeting. "

Lu Buwei didn't raise his head, he waved his hand and said, "... Let him in. "

After speaking, without waiting for Lu Buwei's order, the maids around them all bowed and retreated.

Not long after, under the leadership of the guards, a tall man with a mask on his face and wearing a rogue killer suit walked in.

As soon as he entered the house, he felt countless lights coming from the shadows in all directions, as if he would immediately kill him on the spot as long as he had more than any movement.

Cover the sun took a deep breath, even as the actual controller of Luo Net Heaven Killing Earth, as one of the first-class killers of Tianzi, he did not dare to breathe in this Xiangbang Mansion, and only dared to go to the main gate to ask for a meeting.

"Cover the sun and meet Xiangbang!"

The sun-covering sword in his hand had long been taken away, and he knelt on the ground and prayed.

Lu Buwei didn't say anything, just continued to watch Zhu Jian drink tea, cold sweat broke out on his face after covering the mask "four, three, three", and he felt panic for no reason.

This time, Luo Wang's mission failed, and if Lu Buwei blamed him for wanting to kill him, then he really didn't have the ability to resist at all.

Although his martial arts skills are strong, the Sun Covering Sword has been taken away, and there are many masters here, and he is the fish meat on the board.

For a long time, Lu Buwei seemed to have just discovered that there was a cover in front of him, he put down the teacup in his hand, raised his head, his eyes were calm, and he said without saltiness:

“...... The task failed? "

Cover Sun quickly bowed his head and said humbly: "... Back in Xiangbang, the salamander's assassination mission failed, and Chang'an Jun did not die, he went to the capital of Ying, and rushed to Xianyang under the escort of Wang Bian's army. "

"In less than two days, Chang'an Jun should arrive in Xianyang, and the shocked salamander has disappeared for the time being, and his subordinates suspect that the shocked salamander has probably become a prisoner of Chang'anjun."

"Now that Chang'an Jun is protected by the army, Luo Wang cannot detect more information."

Lu Buwei nodded and asked, "... The reason for the failed assassination of the salamander has been investigated? "

Covering the sun's throat subconsciously moved, and said with trepidation: "... The subordinates were incompetent and did not find out the reason for the failed assassination. "

"My subordinates once suspected that there was a treachery within Luo Net, but there were very few people who knew about this task, and I checked it, and no one who knew had any reason to do it."

"The hundreds of killers sent and Chang'anjun's guards have all died, and the scene was destroyed by the fire, leaving no traces."

"But judging from the situation at the scene, the deaths of those hundreds of killers were committed by a very small number of people, and there must be a master who killed those killers for Chang'anjun."

"As a first-class killer in Tianzi, the high level of her martial arts skills can be compared even in the rivers and lakes, even if her strength is not matched, she should be able to escape the scene."

"But instead of fleeing, she lost her hand and was captured, with the martial arts of the salamander, which is very low."

Lu Buwei listened to the report of the cover sun, and he said lightly: "... The salamander either betrayed the net or was poisoned. "

"But no matter what the reason is, it shows that Chang'an Jun has long been prepared, and it is what makes us fall short."

He lowered his head and did not dare to make a sound, thinking about how to put the responsibility for this matter on the shoulders of others.

Otherwise, if Lu Buwei suspects that there is a problem within Luo Net, he will be mainly responsible for covering up the sun.

In fact, covering the sun was also suspected to be an internal problem of Luo Net, but he could not investigate it, and this must not be told to Lu Buwei.

Because the absolute part of the heaven and earth is responsible for covering the sun, if there is a problem within Luo Net and cannot be investigated, it is that he is incompetent to cover the sun.

The best thing to do now is to blame the salamander and treat her as a traitor, so that this matter can be exposed.

Therefore, the poor salamander paid for his body, and even made up his mind to make a move against Huan, but in a blink of an eye, he was sold by the above and treated as a traitor, which shows the miserable fate of the tool man.

Lu Buwei thought for a while, then ignored it, no matter what the reason was, the result was that Chang'an Jun did not die, but also returned to Xianyang.

After all, assassination is just a small path, and it is good to succeed, but it does not matter if it fails.

Cover Sun hesitated at this time, gritted his teeth and said, "... Lord Xiangbang, now that Chang'anjun has a large army to protect, Luo Wang can't start. "

"But as long as he returns to Xianyang, Luowang still has a chance to do it again."

When Lu Buwei heard his words, his expression changed, and he raised his glass to smash it at the cover sun, and cursed angrily in his mouth: "... Absurd, what do you know about this horse! "

Cover the sun hurriedly pleaded guilty, allowing Lu Buwei's wine glass to be thrown on his head, not daring to speak.

"The assassination is over, Luo Wang continues to monitor Chang'anjun, but he must not do it, if you let me know that you acted privately..."

Speaking of this, Lu Buwei's expression was cold, and he immediately felt the murderous aura coming from all directions, so that he almost couldn't help but get up, but fortunately he pressed it.

He knew that Lu Bu really had killing intent on himself at a moment.

"Okay, you go down, do as I order."

Lu Buwei waved his hand.

"Whoosh!"

Cover the sun did not dare to stay here longer, and quickly retreated.

He left the room before a guard stepped forward and respectfully returned the sun-covering sword to him.

Cover Sun took his sword and left quickly, his face was gloomy under the mask, and one hand clenched his fist hard: "... Lu Buwei, if you have the opportunity..."

He didn't dare to show the slightest bit of anger in front of Lu Buwei, and even now he was just incompetent and furious.

In the face of Lu Buwei, who is in power and opposition, he is nothing at all.

Moreover, the most important power of Luo Net was already in Lu Buwei's hands.

But as long as he had the opportunity, he didn't mind showing his fangs, and he also wanted to bite him, and he had great greed for Lu Buwei's power.

In the room, when Lu Buwei saw the sun leave, he sneered: "... Piff is just Pifu after all. "

"When the old man was rich in the world, he entered the court of the Qin Kingdom as a merchant, he was trembling and did not dare to be careless."

"Do you really think that the affairs of the court can be solved by relying on the sword in your hand? That can only bring disaster to yourself. "

If Chang'an Jun died outside the Qin Kingdom, as long as Luo Net did not leave conclusive evidence, then of course he could be killed, and he could also blame all kinds of disasters.

Even if some people in the court of the Qin Kingdom suspected that this was done by Lu Buwei, no one would fight against Lu Buwei for a dead man and cause himself to kill.

But if Chang'an Jun was killed in Xianyang, it would be an earth-shattering event for the Qin Kingdom, and everyone would inevitably be in danger, and everyone would stand on the opposite side of Lu Buwei.

The power leans and the opposition do not really do what they want, it will only lead to betrayal.

Even the emperor in the heyday of feudalism had to use power tricks to do what he wanted in a reasonable, compliant and well-founded way, while balancing power so that his courtiers would not overwhelm the emperor.

The essence of power is a publicly recognized creed, and when the public does not recognize it, when the creed is broken, then power disappears immediately.

Lu Buwei is the biggest beneficiary of today's rules, and he will take the initiative to break the rules when he is faint. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）

Lu Buwei lowered his head at this time, looked at the bamboo Jane in his hand, and sighed with a complicated expression: "... How good it would be if Chang'an Jun was not the Qin royal family. "

When he reached Lu Buwei's position, all he wanted was to leave a name in history and complete his noble personal pursuit.

Therefore, he wanted to let the Qin Kingdom unify the six countries in his own hands.

Even now, when the Qin State had not yet begun the unification war, Lü Buwei had already planned ahead0.

He gathered the world's talents and wrote the "Spring and Autumn of the Lü Clan", which spread throughout the words of hundreds of schools, in order to seek a path that the Qin state should take after the great unification and explore the ideology in it.

After all, the system that governs the Qin State now is not necessarily applicable to the huge empire after unification.

And Huan Wei's book "Moral Punishment", which also explores the ideology after unification with his own thoughts, and is very clear and wonderful to read.

Of course, the most infuriating thing is that this book seems to be unfinished, and there is a large blank space, which makes Lu Buwei angry and can't wait to catch it and finish the book.

If Huan Wei had not only written his own ideas, Lu Buwei would not have done anything, after all, the words of a hundred schools of thought have their own ideals and concepts.

However, the concept of governing the country coincides with Lü Buwei, both with Taoism as the main trunk and the rest of the families as branches, which is quite a bit of miscellaneous families.

However, Lü Buwei knew that Huan Wei was not a miscellaneous family, but a Confucian orthodox origin of the Eight Classics, and he also gathered the masterpieces of Legalism and explored Taoist thought, which was very important.

Don't look at Lu Buwei, it seems that the words of a hundred families are very high, but as a miscellaneous family, he is looked down upon by a hundred families and thinks that he is a thief.

But if Huan Wei, an orthodox Confucianist, endorses Lü Buwei's ideas and supports Lü Buwei's ideas, it is justified and can push Lü Buwei's ideas to the highest position in one fell swoop.

It's just that the premise of all this is that Huan Wei is not the Qin royal family, and if it is not a royal family, Lu Buwei will definitely let Huan Wei follow him, teach him by word and deed, and train him to become the next Lu Buwei.

Only in this way can his ideas be implemented in the Qin Kingdom.

But the person who valued him was the Chang'an Jun of the Qin State, and the two stood on opposite sides from the beginning.

"The king is also older now, and he gradually has his own ideas, but the Qin Kingdom has finally fought the sixth dynasty, and with this opportunity, it must not be missed."

Lu Buwei murmured, as if he was making an excuse for his control of the dynasty and power.

But Lu Buwei actually knew that standing in his position could no longer retreat, he must firmly hold the power, and there could be no abandonment, otherwise if he did not advance, he would retreat.

Because he is no longer alone, but represents the interests of a group, and everyone is pushing him behind his back.

It was not that Lu Buwei was unwilling to return power to King Qin, but for the sake of his own life and that of his family, he could not return power.

Power is such a poison, he will make people addicted and unable to quit, even if the will is firm and wants to quit, in the end, he will find that power has made him unable to be autonomous, and can only follow the flow of 2.7.

Lao Tzu once said: Meritorious retirement, the way of heaven!

But it is precisely because it is the Avenue of Heaven that few people can do it!

Lu Buwei quickly converged his mind, and since he did not kill Chang'an Jun outside the Qin Kingdom, he would invite Jun into the urn.

In fact, it doesn't matter if Chang'an Jun dies or not now, the person behind the rumor has disappeared since Cheng Yu died.

Compared to Chang'an Jun, the person behind the scenes made Lu Buwei want to catch it even more.

Moreover, the core of power in this Qin State is his home field, and the young man is always frizzy and impatient, and it is not too late to treat him when he shows his horse's feet.

Since Luo Wang went to assassinate, Lu Buwei knew that he and Chang'an Jun were already in an unending situation, and since they were enemies, they had to find a way to solve it.

The old housekeeper looked at Lu Buwei thinking, he thought about it, or said: "... Xiangbang, that cover the sun..."

Lu Buwei waved his hand and said, "... I know he's dissatisfied, but he's just a killer and can't make too big a splash. "

"I don't have the energy to mind his affairs now, as long as he is honest and obedient and can still complete orders, then it is up to him to think."

The old housekeeper wanted to stop talking, and seeing the exhaustion on Lu Buwei's face, he inexplicably gave birth to a feeling of thinning west.

Lu Xiangbang is old after all, if it was ten years ago, he would never say such things as lack of energy.

People are old, lack of energy, easy to make mistakes, the old housekeeper just hopes that the master will not make a big mistake.