Yu He nodded and expressed surprise.
Meng Tian and Zhang Liang saw their expressions and quickly tasted it.
Meng Tian had a look of happiness on his face.
"It's all thanks to His Majesty's grace. What I want most every day on the Great Wall is to have a delicious meal at home. But today, after eating the food from Zhongding Pavilion, the food at home is simply unpalatable!"
I laughed and teased: "Don't let your wife hear this, otherwise I'm afraid you will have to drink the northwest wind next time you return to Xianyang."
Several people suddenly laughed.
Then several people tasted several other dishes, and they were all full of praise.
Halfway through eating, a string sound suddenly sounded outside. Meng Tian, who was close, opened the inner window and looked down. On the high platform in the hall, several graceful women were dancing. Next to them, bells and drums were beating together, drawing bursts of applause.
I thought about it for a long time before ordering Ying Lan to renovate the private room upstairs.
The stairs to the second floor are divided into two sections. The first section is an elevated corridor. There are stairs leading directly to the second floor at regular intervals in the corridor. Each ladder corresponds to a room.
Not only does this provide good privacy, it also means that each room has only one corridor to enter, and people going to the next room do not have to go through any other room. Secondly, you can see the scenery outside the window and the singing and dancing in the lobby on the first floor in the room, which meets the preferences of different groups of people.
Meng Tian was fascinated for a moment.
It wasn't until Li Si coughed lightly that Meng Tian came back to his senses. He looked at Yu He and frowned slightly. I looked at him with a smile on my face and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, several adults are laughing. Meng Tian has been at the side for a long time. , it’s rare to see this scenery..."
I didn't blame him. Men are human and understandable. In that ungrateful place in the North, apart from cows and ewes, there are no women to see. Even the war horses are mostly male...
"Haha, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. I also like to see beautiful girls, which are pleasing to the eye. Men, who doesn't like them?"
After saying that, I realized that Yu He was next to me, and he might really not like it...
Then he added: "These girls are from Tao Pavilion."
Everyone suddenly understood.
After I entered Tao Pavilion by mistake before, I asked Meng He to ask what Tao Pavilion was for. According to historical records, brothels were first established by Guan Zhong, the famous prime minister during the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. They were called Nülu and were all official camps.
The first is to meet the needs of single men and prevent good families from being harassed; the second is to increase taxes, and the taxes in this industry are not low; the third is to send prostitutes to fight with the enemy without losing any blood; and the fourth is said to have attracted a large number of talents. As for what kind of talents they are I don’t know…
After Meng He came back, he told me that it was where the official prostitutes of the Qin Dynasty were located, and that Ying Zheng ordered it to be run by Ba Shi.
However, there is something special about Peach Pavilion, which is also the main reason why it has so few customers, and that is that most of them are women from the old aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms! It is even said that there is a former princess inside!
After I came to the throne, I gradually realized that those people were either the culprits who seduced the princes and nobles and led to the destruction of the country and the family, or they were the wives, concubines and daughters of treacherous ministers and prime ministers.
Ying Zheng was very dissatisfied with these people, so they all became official prostitutes. As for those who were sitting well at home but were destroyed, they were all moved to the Xianyang Forbidden Garden.
Just imagine, among the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, or the kind of women that Ying Zheng hated so much, who would dare to spend money? Except for the occasional country bumpkin from out of town who came to have a taste without knowing what was going on, no one dared to take a step forward if they knew who was in Tao Pavilion.
Unfortunately, I have been that kind of bumpkin...
After getting to know the inside story, I realized that Ying Zheng was quite a thief. He not only asked Taoge to help him raise these people for free, but also put a big bait in Xianyang. There are often plainclothes patrols of the Forbidden Army in the area... So that day I went there Ying Zheng must have known, but I don’t know why he didn’t reprimand me.
Before the opening of Zhongming Pavilion, I asked Ying Lan to talk to the people in Bashi. Making full use of these people would not only increase the atmosphere of Zhongming Pavilion, but also solve the problem of these people eating instead of working.
Ba Shi was naturally happy, and the housekeeper in Xianyang City immediately selected a group of people to come over.
After hearing this, Li Si was a little worried: "Your Majesty, these people are the remnants of the Six Kingdoms. I am afraid that someone will collude with them to cause chaos."
Yu He nodded in agreement.
I waved my hand: "It doesn't matter. I have ordered a fully enclosed corridor to be built behind the house, leading directly to Tao Pavilion. After these people perform on stage, someone will escort them back to Tao Pavilion through the corridor, and no one can touch them. to them."
The two of them felt relieved.
The old man Zhang Liang was there, but he only listened to what we said, occasionally ate something, and did not participate in the discussion.
After a while, several people had almost finished eating. The waiter brought a few steamed buns, which made the four of them watch them again and again, and they were full of praise after tasting them.
Seeing that everyone was full, I asked Xiang Mengtian.
"General Meng, there were many mixed opinions at the court meeting yesterday. I have some thoughts on the Xiongnu alliance with Beihu and Donghu to plunder the border areas as you mentioned."
Meng Tian came to his senses, closed the window, cupped his hands and said, "I listen quietly."
"I have ordered Wu Jian to go to western Liaoning, but now the main forces of the Xiongnu and Beihu are at the border. Wu Jian may be out of strength, so he cannot participate in the defense of the border yet. My expectation for him is not defense."
"Your Majesty, the Xiongnu have been plundering for many years. This time we united with the Northern Hu and the Eastern Hu to go south, as I expected. There is no big problem if we rely on the border troops to defend."
I nodded and frowned: "That's good. I just don't know when should Wu Jian attack Donghu?"
Meng Tian thought for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, although there is a Beihu between the East Hu and the Xiongnu, the Beihu and the Xiongnu are not easy to deal with. This is also the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor, why did the Xiongnu not follow Er'er of the Beihu Cooperation, and one of the reasons why Er chose to conspire with Titomur of Donghu."
"Now the three parties are working together to target the Qin Dynasty. If any party is exhausted or blocked, the other two parties can quickly come to the rescue along the Great Wall. Therefore, I think it is not appropriate for General Wu Jian to attack yet, and the best time is In early spring next year.”
I was a little surprised: "Why is this? This autumn they can cooperate to attack Qin, wouldn't next spring be conducive to them going south to plunder? If they still choose to conspire next spring, won't they never have a chance to attack."
Meng Tian smiled slightly and said confidently: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. They can cooperate in the autumn. First, because our country, Qin, is harvesting in autumn, and they have to loot and store food for the winter. The other, more important reason is that their pastures are also in season. It is a time when the water and grass are plentiful and the cattle and sheep are fat, so there is no need to worry about the army being short of food. The food you grab can be shared among the three families."
"In the spring, their goals changed. What they urgently needed to solve was the problem of running out of food after a winter. At that time, the food they grabbed was the current ration, and the urgency and consumption increased greatly. What they grabbed was only There is enough food for ourselves, and there is no extra food to share among the three families. Your Majesty, just imagine, if there is no interest involved, how can they choose to cooperate? "
"Hahaha, General Meng is a talented general!" After listening to Meng Tian's words, I smiled and nodded. How could I have such an understanding if I had not been at the border for a long time? If it were me, I would never have imagined this.
If you are not in your position, you will not seek to govern, that is true!
