Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

The King of Han took the doctor's medicine and, despite his illness, held court. Zhang Sheng, along with his ministers, dispatched Han generals to meet the Qin army. Simultaneously, conscription began throughout Han. Each household was allowed to retain only one male; all other adult males were conscripted. For a time, the people of Han were filled with resentment.

Just when the king and his ministers of Han were determined to resist Qin, Zhang Kaidi quietly left.

According to Zhang Kaidi's last words, the funeral was to be kept simple, and Zhang Sheng was told not to worry and to put Korea and the king first.

When the King of Han heard this, he dismissed everyone in the palace and burst into tears.

The prime minister who helped him with advice eventually left.

King of Qin! Yao Jia!

I hate it!

The departure of Zhang Kaidi, the prime minister of three dynasties, seemed to represent the end of Korea.

The Han army was defeated and the Qin army was about to attack Xinzheng.

Nanyang

Unlike the people in Han, the people here were happily using the little money they had left at home to exchange for Qin coins.

Even if you exchange it for three Qin coins, you can give me three more.

Of course, every household needs to register, and each household can only be given once.

Although it was a small amount, those three Qin coins could be exchanged for a family's supply of fine salt for a month.

The people cooperated and praised it one after another.

Chen Yan, Wu Ke and their men carried out their work smoothly.

"Zhang Yuanqing truly deserves the qualities of a saint. He truly loves the people and possesses extraordinary talent and wisdom."

In a house in Nanyang, several scholars had just returned from outside and sat together to discuss the affairs of Nanyang.

"Indeed, using only three Qin coins, he persuaded the people of Han to voluntarily use Qin coins, and used fine salt to eliminate the Korean people's resistance to Qin. At the same time, he completely changed the people's view of the King of Qin. He is indeed a man of extraordinary wisdom."

"And those rumors must have been caused by him."

"Haha, now the people all call him the Immortal Son. How can mortals like us compare to him?"

The man in his twenties smiled heartily, his eyes full of admiration.

"Hahaha, what Brother Zhou Shen said is true. Mortals like us can't compare to him. It's just us who are worrying about ourselves."

Kong Qing was the man who had spoken earlier, and he was accompanied by two others: Li Yu and Wei Xu. The four of them had met on the road to Nanyang, and had become close friends along the way.

"So we're going tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow."

Of course, there were more than just four of them who came here because of its reputation.

The next day, after Zhang Yuanqing finished his breakfast, Ada brought people in.

After greeting each other, they sat down.

Zhang Yuanqing did not meet with everyone one by one. Instead, after chatting with everyone for more than half an hour, he took out the questions he had prepared long ago and asked everyone to answer them.

The scholars were particularly interested in this method.

They looked at each other and then thought about the questions and answered them.

Zhang Yuanqing didn't bother them and left, waiting until everyone had answered before coming in.

Sure enough, those who can come from thousands of miles away are people with real talents and knowledge.

This is also the person Zhang Yuanqing really wants.

With the addition of fresh blood, all government policies in Nanyang are progressing in an orderly manner.

At the same time, General Meng Ao had led his troops to besiege Xinzheng.

By this time, the Han army had lost the support of the people. After the news of Nanyang spread, many people were looking forward to the arrival of the Qin army.

"Your Majesty, the Qin army has surrounded Xinzheng."

The eunuch ran in hurriedly. When King Han, who was leaning on the bed and preparing to drink medicine, heard this, the medicine bowl fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.

"How is the Qin army?"

The eunuch lay on the ground, not daring to look up, and said tremblingly: "The Qin army has surrounded Xinzheng."

"puff"

King Han's eyes were bloodshot, his face was red, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and fell on the bed.

The doctor beside him hurried forward to feel his pulse, then checked his breathing. He knelt down in fear and said, "The king has passed away."

The eunuch who had just delivered the message was so frightened that he fainted on the ground and no one cared. The others hurried out to inform the prime minister.

Zhang Mansion

Ever since Zhang Kaidi passed away, Zhang Sheng's health has been poor. The doctor comes to check his pulse every day, and today was no exception.

"Prime Minister."

When Zhang Sheng saw that the person coming was someone close to the king, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

"explain."

"Prime Minister, the king has passed away."

Zhang Sheng felt his vision go dark, "Father!"

Zhang Liang's voice rang in his ears, and Zhang Sheng almost fainted.

He stood up, staggered over, and grabbed the eunuch's collar: "What did you say!"

"The king has passed away!"

Faced with such a terrifying Zhang Sheng, the eunuch was so frightened that he couldn't even finish his words.

Zhang Sheng seemed to have lost all his strength in an instant, and the eunuch fell to the ground with a thud.

Zhang Liang anxiously supported Zhang Sheng and asked the eunuch, "How could the king have passed away? Please explain clearly."

At the same time, Zhang Sheng also came back to his senses and stared at the eunuch.

"The Qin army surrounded Xinzheng. When the king heard the news, he spat out a mouthful of blood and died."

"Father, go to the palace."

Zhang Sheng nodded, pushed away Zhang Liang who was supporting him, and left Zhang Mansion.

At this time, the palace of King Han was in chaos. The queen sat beside the king and cried bitterly.

A eunuch left quietly, and no one cared whether he stayed or left.

Fu Ke was leisurely sipping tea when a man hurried in, followed by a palace eunuch.

"Master, something terrible has happened."

"When did this happen?" Before the replica could finish his words, he saw the eunuch coming over without even changing his clothes. He hurriedly asked, "What happened in the palace?"

"The King is dead!"

The eunuch is still in shock.

Hearing this, Fu Ke was so shocked that he almost broke the cup beside him.

"really!"

The man nodded.

Fu Ke rubbed his hands and thought for a moment, "You go down and rest first. Don't tell anyone about this. I will send you away in the next few days."

"promise."

After everyone left, Fu Ke immediately wrote a letter to Zhang Yuanqing's soldiers, asking them to take the letter and quickly deliver it to General Meng Ao. At the same time, he sent someone to inform Zhang Yuanqing.

The soldiers did not dare to delay and took advantage of the chaos to find a way to leave Xinzheng.

The army was just outside Xinzheng, and Meng Ao soon received the news.

After being overjoyed, he sighed at Zhang Yuanqing's foresight, as he had actually placed his own people around King Han so early on.

At that moment, Meng Ao quickly summoned the generals to discuss, and they finally agreed to attack the city.

By now, the State of Han no longer had any useful generals. The reason why the Qin army did not attack the city before was that it wanted the King of Han to surrender voluntarily. Now that the King of Han is dead, there is naturally no need to wait any longer.

The morale of the Qin army was high, and the Xinzheng guards were naturally no match for them. In less than half an hour, the city gates were opened and the Qin army took over Xinzheng.

When the people in Zhang's mansion saw the Qin army attacking, they immediately took Zhang Liang and prepared to escape.

Zhang Liang naturally did not want to do so, and was eventually knocked unconscious and taken away by one of Zhang Sheng's followers.

After Zhang Sheng arrived at the palace, he quickly calmed everyone down. Just as he was about to summon court officials for discussion, he received news that the Qin army was attacking.

Many court officials also hurried to the palace. Zhang Sheng looked at them and said, "We are trusted by the king and have the opportunity to demonstrate our talents."

"Now, the king has died with hatred in his heart. We must fight to the last man. Those who wish to avenge the king, follow me."

As he spoke, Zhang Sheng drew his sword and headed towards the palace gate.

The ministers followed suit, drawing their swords and following Zhang Sheng.

When Meng Ao led his army, he saw the Han court officials drawing their swords.