It can be seen that his eldest father admired the later Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty very much.
"This Liu Ji defeated Lou Lan and Cha Shi with ease, relying on his grace and power, not touching the interests of the nobles of the small countries, and relying on the power of our Great Qin, and the shock of you just sweeping the Xiongnu and Yuezhi, and this Yanqi, it is obvious , is the person he carefully selected to establish his power..."
At this point, I don't know if I am interested, or if I want to use this case to analyze the situation in the Western Regions with my grandson.
The First Emperor asked someone to fetch a map of the Western Regions and put it on several cases.
"Look here, Yanqi is connected to the Tianshan Mountains to the north, Qiuci to the west, Cheshi to the east, and Beihe to the south. It may not seem big, but the geography is rich in water and grass. It is an indispensable place for planning the Western Regions. If we can It is in our hands. After we leave Yumen Pass, we no longer need to go around Loulan and Cheshi. We can pass through Bailongdui and follow the Kongque River to Beihe. From this, all the countries in the Western Regions are within the reach of our Qin army. Here Naturally, it is best to have important land in your own hands."
Having said this, the First Emperor couldn't help but praise again.
"What's more, the small countries in the Western Regions are afraid of power but not moral. If they want to conquer the Western Regions, they can't just show mercy. At the critical moment, they must know that our Daqin army is strong and cannot be violated. Who dares to touch my claws? Just chop off their claws! This Liu Ji, the Yanqi he chose is an excellent target, killing two birds with one stone, giving both kindness and power, and the timing is also very good - Ying'er, you have chosen another good helper..."
Zhao Ying:......
So powerful?
He thought about it for a moment, and if it were him, he would most likely sweep all the way, directly destroy these loose tribal superstructures, and then implement the counties.
The benefits are obvious, but so are the disadvantages.
It is definitely not as smooth as Liu Bang's hands. According to Liu Bang's current operations, he can avoid the resistance of the tribes in the Western Regions to the greatest extent and successfully complete the control of the Western Regions.
Obviously, what Great Qin needs now is a complete and stable Western Region rather than operating for decades.
"I didn't expect him to have this skill at the time. Even when I heard Cao Shen talk about the people in Peixian County, I thought he was quite interesting, so I ordered someone to bring him back. Later, he arranged it in Dunhuang. It was also from Zhang Han. He recommended me, but I didn’t expect that when he conquered the Xiongnu and Yueshi, his performance was mediocre, but when he arrived in the Western Regions, he shined..."
Zhao Ying explained with a smile.
Although it is a good thing to be good at recognizing people, he does not want to appear too evil. If he clicks on one and is good at it, then he is not a good reader, but a prophet.
There is no need to add this layer of aura.
"That's also your ability to recognize people..."
The First Emperor smiled, threw the good news back to the tables aside, and then held up his tea cup leisurely. Zhao Ying thought about it for a while.
"Uncle, how should I reward Liu Ji..."
Don't worry about how Liu Ji succeeded Qin in the history of his previous life. Now he has actually made great achievements. If he doesn't give rewards for his merits, it will chill people's hearts.
The First Emperor glanced at him and waved his hand indifferently.
"He is your subordinate. If you don't take the initiative to ask for a reward for him, how can I grant him a reward? Go and write a memorial. You can read and write how you want to reward him, and then go back and approve it yourself..."
Zhao Ying:......
Father, is it a bit too childish for you to act like this?
But the First Emperor seemed to have made up his mind not to care about his bad affairs. After thinking about it, he could only write a memorial to himself asking for the seal of his subordinates, and then he lay there and wrote himself an "accurate" letter. !”
Then, he opened the emperor's seal himself and stamped it.
"Go and write a reward edict based on this -"
Summoning Zhuo Yi, the First Emperor handed over the memorandum he had reviewed. Zhuo Yi stepped forward to receive it respectfully, and then stepped back.
He, Li Chen, and Xu Zhi were originally doing this job.
"Brother Zhuo, what's the errand..."
Seeing Zhuo Yi come back with a memorial, Li Chen and Xu Zhi, who were doing their errands, couldn't help but stop the brushes in their hands and asked with a smile.
Zhuo Yi raised the memorial in his hand with some excitement.
"This is a memorial written by His Royal Highness the Emperor Changsun for the Dunhuang County Lieutenant Liu Ji. His Majesty has already approved it and asked me to write an edict according to it..."
Li Chen heard this and smiled.
"Speaking of which, the Liu Dai County Lieutenant is really powerful. He dared to invade the Western Regions with only 500 people. If nothing else, his courage alone is admirable - and he should be rewarded. It's due..."
Even Xu Zhi, who had always had a calm temperament, couldn't help but nod slightly.
"If Liu County Lieutenant can really unify the Western Regions, he will probably be awarded a title for his achievements - I don't know what rewards he will receive this time..."
The three of them are all young people. Even Xu Zhi, who is slightly older, is only in his early thirties. Speaking of this, who wouldn't envy him?
Zhuo Yi studied the ink, spread out the memorial, and glanced at it.
"General Zhenyuan, your Majesty made——"
As soon as these words came out, the three of them couldn't help but feel envious again.
It is said that General Liu was just a small pavilion chief before. In a blink of an eye, he became a young master and a general in Zhenyuan.
"The rest are just some houses, servants and property..."
"I heard that our General Liu, who was about to be crowned, could not marry a wife when he was in Surabaya. He had no choice but to hang out with a widow named Cao all day long. Later, he married the wife of the family. His beautiful wife is more than ten years younger than him..."
Li Chen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly and gossiped with a smile.
"A gentleman never talks about someone's evil behind his back..."
Zhuo Yi frowned slightly, interrupting Li Chen's gossip.
"Brother Zhuo, you are too upright and boring. What kind of evil thing I am talking about is obviously a good thing. If you don't believe it, go to the street and ask, whoever mentions this does not envy other people's happiness..."
Zhuo Yi smiled.
"Brother Li, you should keep your word..."
He hangs around Xianyang every day, so it is impossible that he has not heard about the rumors about the sisters. Especially the younger sister, who was naturally very charming and a rare beauty, but she also had a flamboyant temper and liked to parade around the city with her maids and servants every day.
Of course, gossip is inevitable.
There are meddlesome people among the people who are already arranging the romantic affair that she and her brother-in-law have to talk about.
Li Chen was alluding to this when he said he envied Yanfu.
"Huh--"
The three of them were chatting and joking when they suddenly heard Zhuo Yi let out a soft sigh. They couldn't help but turn their heads and saw Zhuo Yi looking at the memorial in his hand with a look of disbelief on his face. He looked over it over and over again, his eyes almost touching the paper. .
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong..."
Zhuo Yi remained silent and looked at it carefully several times before hesitatingly said.
"Looking at the handwriting of this memorial, it seems that the person who wrote it and the person who criticized it are the same person..."
"Just be alone, that's so right..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Chen's words stopped abruptly. He and Xu Zhi beside him couldn't help but look at each other, and found that the other person's eyes were widened in disbelief, so he took a deep breath.
"Let me see--"
Li Chen and Xu Zhi stood up from the table and walked to Zhuo Yi. The three of them, this year's No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 overall scholar, carefully checked the memorial for a long time before finally confirming a piece of information.
The memorial, the writer, and the reviewer are really the same person!
Thinking of this, the three of them couldn't help but feel their scalps numb.
Li Chen couldn't help but swallowed, and the jumping smile on his face no longer disappeared.
"Brother Zhuo, who gave you this memorial..."
Originally, he shouldn't have doubted, and he didn't need to doubt it, but now he had to ask this question extremely seriously. Otherwise, if something went wrong, not to mention whether they would be dismissed, their heads might not be saved. .
"It's your Majesty - yes, it was given to you by your Majesty!"
Zhuo Yi actually thought about it carefully.
"His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Emperor's Grandson were both there at the time, and His Majesty also ordered me to write according to the meaning above."
As soon as these words came out, the room became silent for an instant.
Li Chen and Xu Zhi sat back in their seats silently, and silently picked up their pens. Suddenly they regretted it. Why were they so curious? Could a little shrimp like themselves be involved in such a thing? ?
"Brother Zhuo, keep quiet. Once you get out of this door, you'd better forget about this!"
At this time, Zhuo Yi also reacted.
He swallowed secretly, sat down silently, and wrote his own edict. From the time he wrote the edict for the reward to the next day, he was in a daze and couldn't wake up.
Different from the restless Zhuo Yi and the other three.
The Liu family, who had recently moved to Xianyang, was full of joy, and even Lu Pheasant couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
In just a few months, my husband rose from a small pavilion in Sishui to become the famous Zhenyuan General of the Qin Dynasty.
"Aweng said in the past that my brother-in-law would be extremely valuable in the future, but I didn't expect it to be true - if this continues, I'm afraid he won't be granted the title of Marquis in the future..."
Lu Pheasant couldn't help but laugh.
"I didn't expect that his rogue and lazy habits would lead to today..."
After saying this, he couldn't help but worry.
"Your brother-in-law is still in the Western Region, and I don't know when he will be able to return to Xianyang..."
Today's Lu Pheasant is not the ambitious and power-hungry Empress Lu. Now people have gone from a remote small county to a prosperous place like Xianyang.
Now that she has a house, property, maids, and servants, and her husband also has a title, she begins to worry about the safety of her husband, whom she has always been dissatisfied with.
After all, when people are at the bottom and serve others, most of what they think about is good clothes, good food, glory and wealth, and the family can live together in peace and contentment.
Lu Pheasant was worried about gains and losses there, but Lu Yu was different.
Because she remembered the words Lu Gong gave her when he went out. Her wealth was also in Xianyang City. Seeing that her sister's comments came true, she couldn't help but feel a little more hopeful.
Yanqi.
The original palace of King Yanqi.
Liu Bang stroked his beautiful beard, stood up in high spirits, picked up his wine glass, and looked around.
"Everyone, the previous events were caused by Long Li Po Na and Long Tuzhi, who were greedy for profit and acted counterintuitively in an attempt to resist the power of our Great Qin. This is why this setback has nothing to do with you. I have already reported to Your Majesty a few days ago, Make it clear one by one.”
Seeing Liu Bang stand up, all the Yanqi nobles stood up hurriedly with him and listened to the instructions. Liu Bang was very satisfied with this.
"As long as you all work in peace and harmony from now on, you will be my subjects of Great Qin. Your duties and assets will remain as usual. Follow Great Qin and follow me, Liu Ji, and there will never be anything wrong - come on, drink victory..."
After saying that, he raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.
The little prince Loulan, who was proficient in the languages of various countries in the Western Region, stood there and conscientiously acted as his own mouthpiece, which did not affect the communication between the two parties.
Liu Ji's words gave everyone a reassurance. Everyone could not help but feel relieved after hearing that there would be no loss of their duties and property. It was just that there was a new boss above their heads, and a more powerful and authoritative boss. , there was even a hint of joy.
After all, you are treating someone as your grandson, so why not find someone who is kinder to you and more powerful.
For them, they used to be the Yueshi and the Xiongnu, but now they have changed to Daqin. In fact, there is not much of a psychological gap. What's more, this Daqin man with a beautiful beard just has to carve a tattoo on his forehead. Greedy for money and lustful.
Everyone is the same.
Compared to Long Li Po Na, this man is obviously easier to get along with.
The banquet ended happily again, and we didn't know that we had been entrusted with the title of General Zhenyuan by County Lieutenant Liu Da. On one left and one on the right, surrounded by two plump and voluptuous concubines with deep eyebrows and handsome faces, they stood up drunkenly.
"That's it for today -"
At this point, he staggered on his feet, but he regained his footing under the service of the beauty. He squinted his eyes and ordered with a loud tongue.
"Regarding Bai Diezi's matter, everyone must remember to do your best - this matter is related to whether you can please the nobles..."
"promise--"
After sending Liu Bang out respectfully, everyone dispersed in twos and threes.
Fortunately, although Ambassador Liu was greedy for money and lust, he did not have a big appetite. What everyone collected was not valuables, but useless white stacks. Naturally, everyone was happy to spend money and efforts to win over this man. of joy.
During this era, cotton had been introduced to the Western Regions and was grown in various countries in the Western Regions. However, because the art of playing cotton had not yet appeared, this thing had not attracted everyone's attention and was only small in scale.
What everyone didn't know was that the drunken Liu Bang, who was hugging him from side to side, dispersed the two beauties in his arms as soon as he returned to the backyard, and his eyes regained clarity.
"Brother——"
Lu Wan stood up to greet him.
Being in a foreign land, Liu Bang and Lu Wan, no matter how greedy and lustful they were, they did not dare to act dissolutely and forget about themselves. You must know that they were not VIPs invited by others, but evil guests who led troops into their homes.
What's more, he killed the whole family in one fell swoop.
(End of chapter)
