I didn't stay long and hurried back to Xianyang Palace and asked Meng He to send someone to notify Li Si.
When I walked to the palace gate, I happened to meet Li Jie.
He was a guard, and he usually took turns with Ge Yi, the commander of the carriage. During the day, he would go out to patrol the capital, or Ge Yi would go. The one who didn't go out would stay at the palace gate, and the two would take turns patrolling the city at night.
In fact, this is quite unreasonable. The imperial guards of the palace and the soldiers of the capital are all under the control of the Wei Wei, so the power in the hands of the Wei Wei is too great. Secondly, the leader of the imperial army in Miyagi City has to go out to patrol the city every day, and the safety of Miyagi City is also at certain risks. For example, the assassination of Bai Yan, if he had not gone out and ran around, this kind of thing might not have happened.
When Ying Zheng established the Weiwei, the Weiwei's responsibilities were only in charge of the palace guards. I don't know why he later also took charge of the capital guards. I originally had the intention to separate the guards of the palace city and the capital city, and return the guards of the capital city to Xianyang Ling Ying Jiang, but at that time, I had just finished beating Li Si, and I was worried that he would think too much about it before he tried to use his son's power again. It has been left untouched.
When Li Jie saw me coming back, he quickly bowed and saluted: "I have met His Majesty!"
I smiled slightly: "No need to be polite, the weather is hot, thank you for your hard work."
Li Jie hurriedly said: "I dare not mention hard work because of my responsibilities. Thank you, Your Majesty!"
I looked at him and then asked, "When will Li You come back?"
"Back to Your Majesty, my brother sent me a letter a few days ago. He will be back from Sanchuan County in the middle of next month and is preparing to attend the court meeting." Li Jie was a little confused and didn't know why I suddenly asked about his brother.
I nodded and was about to speak when Li Si's voice came from behind me: "I have met your Majesty!"
I turned around and saw Li Si bowing.
I waved my hand: "No need to be polite, Mr. Li. Let's talk while walking."
Li Si stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Then he followed me slowly towards Xianyang Palace. When passing by Li Jie, Li Jie turned his head slightly and glanced at Li Si. Li Si, however, walked over without looking sideways.
As I walked, I said, "I just went to Wushi Mansion and met Wushi Luo."
Li Si was a little surprised: "Why did your Majesty go to see him? I heard that he has been ill for many years and has never left Wushi Mansion."
I nodded and asked the question in my mind: "Do you remember when the construction of the Great Wall started? And when did Meng Tian go on the Northern Expedition?"
Li Si frowned slightly, thought for a moment and replied: "Your Majesty, the construction of the Great Wall began in the 27th year of the First Emperor's reign. General Meng led an army of 100,000 to arrive at the Great Wall in the north in the autumn of the 26th year. In the winter, he took advantage of the Huns' weakness in winter. , the emperor dispatched 200,000 troops to the Great Wall in the North together with the prisoners who built the Great Wall."
"At that time, the Qin army was at its peak, and the Xiongnu had no food and grass in winter. General Meng led his army to drive the Xiongnu out of the New Qin area that year. In the spring of the following year, he led his army to continue northward, reaching the Yinshan area, where he relied on Germany The water and sky were secured, and construction of the Jiuyuan Great Wall began. At the same time, the emperor ordered people to connect the three Great Walls of Yan, Zhao, and Qin to ward off the Xiongnu."
"Oh." I suddenly realized that no wonder the Qin Great Wall was divided into two sections and was not built along the Yellow River all the way to Longxi.
The northern section started from the upper left corner of the bend of the Yellow River, which is now Bayannur in Inner Mongolia, to Liaodong, which is today's Liaoyang, Liaoning Province. This part is the connected Yan and Zhao Great Walls, and the newly built Jiuyuan Great Wall;
The other part is from Longxi through Beidi and Shangjun to Yunzhong, which is equivalent to dividing the land south of the bend of the Yellow River and north of the Qinling Mountains into two parts along the diagonal line from southwest to northeast. The Great Wall of Qin was built before the six kingdoms were unified. The land that was not included in the Great Wall was Jiuyuan County.
I shook my head and smiled bitterly.
In fact, thinking back carefully, the reason why Tai Shigong recorded it in that way may be because the ancient obsession with "violating the Qin Dynasty" was too deep.
Upon seeing this, Li Si asked cautiously: "Why does your Majesty ask about this?"
I thought for a moment and told him about meeting Wushi Luo.
Finally, I walked to the Xianyang Palace. I stopped and looked at the vast Xianyang Palace and the towering pavilions next to it. I said calmly: "Wu Shiluo has no reason to deceive me. These things are easy to verify. I was still young at that time and didn't know these things. Although I am in charge now, I may never know about many things if they don't happen again, such as Wu Shiluo."
Li Si bowed to apologize: "Your Majesty, this is my fault. There are so many things in the world. If Your Majesty hadn't mentioned it, maybe we would have forgotten about Wushi Luo. I thought that Your Majesty is the king of a country, so there is no need to do everything personally. Wu Shiluo's matter is a big deal, but in the Qin Dynasty under His Majesty's rule, it's just a small matter."
I nodded and said with a smile: "What Mr. Li said makes sense. I don't want to have to worry about everything. I need you to share my worries. If one day I eat, drink and have fun every day, Daqin can still prosper, that's what I hope for. Otherwise, what’s the point of being an emperor?”
Li Si was stunned when he heard this, and could not recover for a moment: "Your Majesty, I don't mean..."
I wailed in my heart: 'I just advise you not to pay attention to these trivial things. How can I persuade you to persuade a fool...'
I laughed loudly, waved my hand and said, "It's just a joke. It's better to send someone to investigate the Wushiluo incident. Even if there is any possibility, it will affect the safety of Daqin."
Li Si said yes and then withdrew.
When I left, I was still worried. His words would not turn me into a fool...
Watching his retreating back, I especially wanted to tell him that, in fact, it is very happy to be a foolish king who plays indescribable games with three thousand beauties in the harem every day. The wise king is too tired...
But after thinking about it, Hunjun's happiness was based on moving his head. He shook his head and could only go to the Sihai Palace to deal with the report. Next month is the Great Court Meeting, and in a blink of an eye it will be the fifth year of Qin II...
That night, when Li Jie returned home, Li Si called him over and asked him what he had been talking to me about during the day.
Li Jie scratched his head and raised his brows: "It's nothing. His Majesty just asked when the eldest brother would be back."
Li Si frowned slightly and said to himself, "Why does Your Majesty pay attention to your elder brother?"
Seeing this, Li Jie smiled and said: "Father is starting to worry too much again. My eldest brother's Sanchuan County is now the concentration center of iron ore and coal mines in Daqin. Nanyang Jiangzuofu and Nanyang Iron Works both rely on Sanchuan County to supply ore. Your Majesty Isn’t it normal to pay attention?”
Li Si's brows relaxed slightly when he heard this: "Well, that makes sense. Iron swords, iron knives, agricultural tools, etc. now require a lot of iron. Although there are eight mines in total, the mining is very slow, and it is still a bit stretched."
After speaking, he raised his head and glanced at Li Jie: "I finally became smart for once, let's go and have a rest!"
Li Jie looked at the arrogant Li Si, curled his lips, said goodbye and left.
Back at Sihai Palace, Qiwan told me that Han Xin had already set off for the Hexi Corridor.
I thought about it and asked Meng He to go to Xianyang Forbidden Garden to see the situation there. There are three unlucky guys there who have been imprisoned for two years...
