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Chapter 33 Flattery, be a sin!

I saw King Zhao of Qin floating in his sleeves, his whole body was radiant, and he walked as if he was floating.

You should know that this year's winter dynasty meeting is very different from the past. Now, the road to Qin's eastward advance has been opened, and Shandong is no longer able to resist the Qin army. It only takes Qin's large-scale advance eastward. Not to mention unifying the world, at least half of the country will be no longer a problem.

This is the first encounter in the Warring States Period in the century and the goal of Qin's struggle. Can King Zhao of Qin be unhappy?

Fan Sui, Sima Geng, Datian Ling, and Tingwei followed King Zhao of Qin, all of them looked happy. They knew very well that the advantageous position of Qin was now, and it was a good opportunity to make achievements, so they could not help but dislike it.

"Yeah." Qin Yiren found that Ying Hui was following King Zhao of Qin, raised his chin at Qin Yiren, as if saying, "I'm more happy than you."

"A superficial person." Qin Yiren muttered in his heart, ignoring him.

Qin Yiren had a bad impression of Ying Hui. He was a superficial person and ambitious. He wanted to get involved in the throne of King Qin, but he was just a little arrogant and talented.

"Yes." King Zhao of Qin swept his eyes on the ministers and fell on Bai Qi. He raised his snow-white eyebrows and stopped immediately, asking, "Bai Qi, are you cured?"

"Report to the emperor, my illness has improved greatly." Bai Qi hurriedly replied.

"Okay! OK! OK!" King Zhao of Qin used three words "Okay" in a row to express his joy.

There is no need to say about the importance of Bai Qi. As long as he can go on a war, he will be even more successful in moving eastward in the next year. Although King Zhao of Qin already knew that Bai Qi's condition had improved, he was also filled with joy at this time.

After praise, King Zhao of Qin then walked towards his throne and came to the throne. He stood firm first and then took his seat.

Fan Sui, Sima Geng, Tingwei, Datian Ling and Ying Hui, all of them found their seats and sat down.

Ying Hui sat down, raised his chin again to Qin Yiren, and smiled proudly.

Qin Yiren sat in the last position, and although Ying Hui's seat was not very front and not back, it was much higher in the middle than Qin Yiren's last position. He couldn't help but be unhappy.

"Do you think your seat ranking is higher than me, so you have more weight than me? You are wrong! He is outrageously wrong!" Qin Yiren of course understood why King Zhao of Qin wanted him to sit in the last place.

First, because Qin Yiren has no official position yet, it is already an exception to let Qin Yiren sit in this last seat.

Secondly, because Qin Yiren is a junior, he must respect his elders. Which minister who can sit at the position of an important minister is not an old minister with high status and power? If Qin Yiren sits in front of them, it would be rude.

Qin Yiren ignored him and looked closely and found that there were four other seats empty. He felt a little suspicious: "Whose this is?"

"The prince hasn't come yet." Qin Yiren found that Ying Zhu was not there.

The Winter Days Meeting is so important. Even if Ying Zhu has a bad body, he still has to participate. Qin Yiren thought curiously: "What did he do?"

"See you!" The ministers greeted King Zhao of Qin.

Thousands of people greeted each other, and their voices were loud, like a bell and big, shaking their eardrums, almost lifting the roof of the hall away.

"Forgive." King Zhao of Qin waved his hand.

"Thank you, Lord." The ministers thanked him, sat down, looked at King Zhao of Qin, waiting for his instructions.

However, King Zhao of Qin did not give in, but stared at the gate of the palace, as if waiting for someone. The ministers were a little curious and turned their heads to look at the gate of the palace, and there was no ghost.

However, the ministers did not speak, just waited quietly. In the Qin court, no one dared to speak nonsense because the Qin court was purged.

Not long after, Prince Yingzhu appeared at the gate of the hall, panting and sweating on his forehead.

Three other people came with the prince Yingzhu. When Qin Yiren looked at it, they all were old acquaintances: Xunzi, Gongsun Longzi and Mrs. Xu!

"Xunzi!"

"Gongsun Longzi!"

"Madam Xu!"

The ministers exclaimed, and they all looked surprised.

Xunzi and Gongsun Longzi are leaders of the academic world and two banners of the academic world. They are famous all over the world. Their appearance here is really unexpected for the ministers, and they would not have been surprised.

Mrs. Xu was the most famous sword-making master at that time. I don’t know how many people wanted to meet him. It was a great honor to meet Mrs. Xu. How could the ministers not be shocked?

What surprised the ministers even more was that King Zhao of Qin stood up, descended to greet him, with a smile on his face and said, "Ying Ji has met three of you."

He did not call himself "I", but called himself a name, which was his value to the three.

Xunzi and Gongsun Longzi are the top players in the academic world, and Mrs. Xu is a famous sword-making master, and she deserves such courtesy.

"This..." Xunzi, Gongsun Longzi and Mrs. Xu obviously did not expect that King Zhao of Qin would greet them with such a grand etiquette. He was stunned at first, then excited and hurriedly said: "I have met King Qin." He held the etiquette and respectfully.

King Zhao of Qin was the most powerful king in the world at that time. When he stamped his feet, the earth would shake. Of course, Xunzi and others could not be rude.

"Three gentlemen, please!" King Zhao of Qin sideways and invites him.

"King of Qin, please!" Xunzi and the other two hurriedly said.

Under the leadership of King Zhao of Qin, the three of them came to the four empty seats. King Zhao of Qin said, "Three, please take your seat."

Xunzi, Gongsun Longzi and Mrs. Xu walked straight ahead of the three empty seats and left the uppermost empty seat. This is the position of the top leader, and it should be left for the prince Yingzhu.

King Zhao of Qin stopped him and said, "Xunzi, please sit here." He pointed at the first place.

"I don't dare to take this." Xunzi hurriedly refused.

Xunzi is a famous academic master in the world. He is knowledgeable about books and etiquette, so of course he will not do such a rude thing as sitting in the top.

"Win Ji is extremely honored to be able to enter Qin, and the three should sit above the crown prince." King Zhao of Qin said without hesitation, holding Xunzi in the upper position. Then he held Gongsun Longzi and sat next to Xunzi, and then helped Madam Xu sit down next to Gongsun Longzi.

The three of them were actually above the Crown Prince Yingzhu, and King Zhao of Qin helped each other with his own hands, which made the three of them both proud and excited. Although they could resist the princes and receive courtesy from the princes, they did not have such a grand courtesy. This was the first time they had been treated so well in their lives, and they would not be so excited.

"Crown Prince, sit here and accompany the three gentlemen." King Zhao of Qin ordered.

"No!" Ying Zhu responded respectfully, and hurriedly sat down and accompanied Xunzi and the other two.

King Zhao of Qin then turned around and walked towards his throne. When he came to the throne, he did not take his seat immediately. His eyes stopped on Qin Yiren, with a smile on his face. He could not understand the meaning. It was Qin Yiren's contribution to inviting Xunzi, Gongsun Longzi and Mrs. Xu into Qin.

All these three people are famous all over the world. I don’t know how many people want to invite them, but they just can’t succeed. Among them, the most important thing for Qin was Mrs. Xu. King Zhao of Qin once sent someone to invite him, but he refused. Qin Yiren invited him to Qin, and asked King Zhao of Qin to dislike Qin Yiren.

King Zhao of Qin sat down and said, "Today is the annual winter dynasty meeting. If you have any questions, you can speak freely. You can have differences, you can have different opinions, but you cannot have different intentions. You must be united!"

When Qin State was politically clear, when encountering problems, they could speak freely, have differences, have different opinions, but they must never allow different intentions, which is to "one heart and different plan".

There are many Shandong people from Shandong. They have been in Qin for some time and are well aware of the political style of Qin. When they hear it, they are eager to try and want to speak.

King Zhao of Qin waved his right hand to stop the ministers from speaking, and then said, "Here, we must first establish a rule: talk about things and not talk nonsense! We must not flatter you, even flatter you, even if you flatter me, you must remember: flatterers, be punished! Tingwei, you supervise!"

"No!" The Tingwei immediately accepted the order.

"Okay!" Xunzi, Gongsun Longzi and Mrs. Xu were surprised at first, then they were amazed and tapped with their hands. At the same time, they were excited again.

Xunzi, Gongsun Longzi and Mrs. Xu traveled around the country with a wide range of knowledge and had seen many political styles in Shandong. No one was as clear as Qin, and even flattering as flattery.

In Shandong, flattery becomes a trend. If you don’t flattery, don’t think about promotion, don’t think about getting a title, don’t think about making meritorious service. In Qin, flattery is even more emotional than punishment? Is there anything more exciting than this?

If Qin does not listen to flattery, can Qin not be strong?

Some of them did not respond, and some were very surprised. Some of them participated in the Winter Courtyard for the first time this year, and they did not know the rules of the Winter Courtyard. The fact that flatterers were guilty of the crime surprised them.

The ministers who had attended the Winter Days Conference were not surprised at all.

Qin Yiren was also a little surprised, and then he was happy and secretly praised: "This is a trick to prevent treacherous people! Good!"

Flatters are guilty, which is indeed a trick to prevent treacherous people. Those who want to rely on flattery have no chance to gain a high position.

"Oh, this matter did not start from the great father, but from the time of King Huiwen." Qin Yiren thought of the origin of this matter.

The place in Shandong is unreasonable to scold Qin, why do you scold it like this? One of the reasons is that Qin does not listen to good things and cannot even say you are good. Is this reasonable?

There is a history when it comes to this matter. During the reign of King Huiwen of Qin, some people wanted to gain a high position through camps, flatter King Huiwen of Qin, saying that he was so wise and powerful, and surpassed the king of the three generations... How nice it sounds good? At the beginning, King Huiwen of Qin ignored him, and this person became more and more powerful, and many people followed him to brag.

As this man thought, King Huiwen of Qin would be happy and would reward him with such a huge boast. However, what he could not have imagined was that King Huiwen of Qin directly ordered him to arrest him and kill him.

Then, King Huiwen of Qin set a rule: flatterers should be punished!

When King Zhao of Qin arrived, someone did something similar, and King Zhao of Qin still killed the man. Since then, the Qin court has been in a state of solemnity and no one dares to flatter.
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