There is no one among the hundreds of schools of thought who does not want his teachings to spread throughout the world. This is true even for Taoists who advocate rule by inaction and practice self-cultivation in seclusion.
As a descendant of a contemporary medical family, Xia Wuqe would definitely be lying if he said he was not moved.
If it was the First Emperor who said this, Xia Wuqi would have shed tears of gratitude before bowing down without saying anything.
But it was Ying Chengyu who said this, and Xia Wuqie was indeed not too excited.
He didn't believe it.
Doctors can neither make people prosperous, nor can they make people powerful, nor can they make people successful.
A doctrine that only seeks dedication without asking for anything in return, unless the First Emperor forcibly pushes it forward with hegemony, is like Simplified Chinese.
Otherwise, wanting to become popular all over the world is just a pipe dream.
But since Ying Chengxuan said so, Xia Wuqie was not a straight-minded soldier, so naturally he would not offend others by speaking outright.
"I hope Mr. Chang'an will finish his work soon."
The two said goodbye to each other.
Xia Wuji returned to Xianyang Palace and returned his orders to the First Emperor.
Ying Chengyu pondered for a moment and walked about a thousand steps on the streets of Xianyang.
He walked to a private residence and knocked on the door.
After a while, an old servant with gray hair on his temples, a straight back and a strong walk opened the door.
"General!"
The old servant was full of surprises and looked embarrassed, as if he didn't know where to put his hands.
"Do you want the 50,000 from Tunliu or the 50,000 from Handan?"
Ying Chengqiao asked with a smile.
"I participated in the battle to capture Handan with the master, and I was fortunate enough to see the general's heroic appearance. If the master knew that the general was coming, he would definitely go out to greet him personally."
While the old servant was talking, he suddenly let out an ouch and hurriedly invited Ying Chengyu in while slapping himself hard.
"This bird talks a lot. General, please come in quickly. I have been talking about the general for several years, and I have been looking forward to the general for a long time."
While being guided by the old servant, Ying Chengyu said with a wry smile: "It's my fault."
"The general can't be wrong. The master said that the general is a person who does great things, unlike us birdmen. General, what I said is sincere, not the irony of those birdmen."
"..."
"Every time the villain hears someone scolding the general, he wants to kill them with a sword. What do they know? If they see the red-eyed Zhao people, they will be frightened!"
"..."
"If the master doesn't let the little people cause trouble, I will find some old brothers who also have no one at home, and use this recovered head to vindicate the general!"
"..."
"General, did the villain talk too much and disturb the general?"
The old servant looked at Ying Chengyu cautiously, like a child who had done something wrong.
"...No, I was very happy to hear it."
After receiving the answer that Ying Chengyu was willing to listen to, the old servant smiled broadly.
"Come on, general, don't listen to those nonsense, and don't take anything seriously. Eat when you should, drink when you should, come and see the master when you are not busy..."
The old servant kept mumbling all the way, as if he wanted to talk about everything he had said for ten years on this journey.
Less than fifty steps away from the main house of the mansion, an old and powerful voice came from inside and outside the house.
"Only you, an old guy, can make Liu Zi say a few more words. Today is not the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, so why are you here at my house? There was a rush of horse hooves last night. It sounded like an eight-hundred-mile rush. Something happened on the border?
"Wu Xiaozi was sent to Shangjun by Your Majesty, and Tiansun was transferred to Jiuyuan. Did the Huns drink horse urine and attack them, occupying Jiuyuan. If you ask me, we are both going to die, so don't worry about those trivial matters."
The door to the main room opened a crack, and a foot poked out.
"Master, look who's coming!"
The old servant shouted with joy.
"Don't shout, I'm not deaf, why are you shouting so hard...General?"
The door was pushed open completely.
An old but energetic old man held the door handle with one hand and looked at Ying Chengyu behind Liu Zi with disbelief in his eyes.
Pa~
The old man slapped himself hard in the mouth, and the severe pain let him know that this was true.
"My lord, what are you doing!"
When Ying Chengyu saw the old man smacking his lips, he hurried forward before he could reach the old man.
Bang~
The old man knelt down on one knee, his head lowered, his arms raised high, and his hands clasped in fists.
"General Wang Jue, see the general!"
The dust shakes lightly.
Landed again.
"Prince Zisha boy!"
Ying Chengyu stood beside Wang Ye and refused to accept Wang Ye's kneeling salute. He took Wang Ye's arms and pulled Wang Ye to his feet.
Wang Ye didn't resist, and happily stood up with Ying Chengyu's strength.
"General, you want to rebel when you see him? Then he will send someone to go!"
"Why does the prince think that Cheng Yu is going to rebel?"
Ying Chengqiao smiled bitterly.
"The general has not entered my house for ten years in order to paralyze His Majesty. Isn't it just to catch His Majesty by surprise one day? That's what Yan always thought.
"The general is just like that bird that hasn't chirped for several years but becomes very loud when it chirps. This bird is not Meng Ao, the bird in Liu Zi's mouth is a real bird. Like Wu Anjun, he doesn't like to curse people."
You have been waiting for ten years, what? Isn't that what the general meant?
Wang Ye scratched his white hair, confused.
"Cheng Yu is just trying to avoid suspicion and has no other intention."
"To avoid suspicion? The general is the king!"
Wang Ye's voice is like a loud bell, and he is not afraid that there are ears through the wall.
The old servant Liu Zi next to him nodded repeatedly, with a look of approval.
The wry smile on Ying Chengyu's face didn't stop.
"Your Majesty, Chenglong came here this time to ask for something."
Wang Yan immediately became solemn.
"The general has orders, and he will obey them no matter what. Come on, come on, the general comes into the room and says."
Wang Yan, Liuzi and Ying Chengyu entered the master's house.
It wasn't until the sunset that Ying Chengyu came out of Wang Jue's residence.
After some hard talk, Fei finally persuaded Wang Yan, who wanted to send him back to Chang'an Jun's Mansion.
Meng Mansion.
After Ying Chengyu, Xia Wuqi left.
The veteran Meng Ao had a gold needle on his body, but the silver needle had not fallen yet. His grandson Meng Yi went out with a solemn face and a hint of panic, and visited all Meng Ao's disciples and old troops in Xianyang City.
Two hours later, in the bustle, more than thirty generals from the Qin Dynasty came to Meng Mansion on foot, on horseback, or in cars, and knocked on the door of Meng Mansion.
The threshold in front of the gate of Meng Mansion was almost leveled by so many people.
The veteran Meng Ao looked very pale. He was lying on the hospital bed, looking at his old subordinates standing below.
Most of these subordinates who were unknown to him back then are now generals.
"Don't cry in mourning. I'm not dead yet, so there's no need for you to cry in mourning."
"Meng Gong!"
Standing at the front, a tall man with a Chinese character and a face that looked like he was almost fifty years old, his eyes were red, he stepped forward, grabbed Meng Ao's hand and burst into tears.
In his impression, Meng Gong scolded them as birds while leading them to kill the enemy. The general who never knew how tired he was was never so weak.
The big man didn't even dare to shake hands vigorously.
Back then, he was able to draw a strong bow and wield a sword to chop knives, as if his hands were made of fine iron.
Now it is fragile, like a broken branch in winter, which will break with a little force.
"You are almost catching up with me in this title. Why don't you cry like a bird?"
"Even if I, Gongsun Hun, become the Marquis of Che, I will still be a pawn under Duke Meng."
After hearing this, Meng Ao was not moved and sighed weakly.
"Do you think you are Wang Jian? You wet your pants even when you fought with Wei Dog! Are you a bird worthy of being granted the title of Marquis of Che? You're so fart!"
The big man blushed and muttered: "That was more than thirty years ago. Why did Duke Meng mention him? Why didn't Duke Meng mention that I beheaded twenty-seven Wei dogs in one battle!"
"When I was young, there was no battle where I didn't kill twenty-seven. You killed twenty-seven once and still chased the enemy. You're a fool!"
Among the more than thirty generals, one who was thin and short in comparison and who was also standing at the front agreed: "It is true what Duke Meng said. This guy has been bragging about this lucky result for almost thirty years." ”
The big man with the Chinese character's face suddenly looked back and said with disdain: "Nai Gong is better than you. You are a bird who has never even been on the battlefield a few times. You are the same as me, so you are not ashamed!"
The thin and short general was furious and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"I am a scout! If I hadn't scouted out the enemy's situation and found out the route for you, you, the bird-man, would have died ten times! You, the bird-man, said that I wouldn't go to the battlefield? My battlefield is ten times a hundred times more dangerous than yours! Scouts are the most elite troops of our Qin Army! It is really a shame for me to share the title with an infantry like you who only know how to rush!"
A general with a gloomy face and a coldness on his body snorted coldly.
"I don't like hearing what Thin Monkey said. What does it mean to be the best scout? Where do you put our crossbowmen? Your scouts dare to fight against our crossbowmen?"
The short and skinny general named Shouhou was furious and spittle flew everywhere.
"Fart! Do you think Qin Nu is your own talent? Who can't put it on your arm and press it? Take off the crossbow and fight with me. Believe it or not, I will beat the shit out of you! I will make you pee your pants too!"
The big man with the Chinese character's face got angry, pointed at the thin monkey and cursed.
"How are you, a birdman, better than me? I, Gongsun Hun, charged into the battle after all. The first time you went to the battlefield pretending to be a dead body, you were almost trampled to death by a horse. Converging on the battlefield, everyone else was carried out, but you, the skinny monkey, ran out on your own. , are you embarrassed?"
"..."
Meng Ao listened to the Tuanxia generals quarreling and trying to undermine each other. He didn't feel the quarrel, but missed it very much.
Haven’t heard of it for a long time…
The veteran closed his eyes, and the familiar shouting in his ears seemed to take him back to the era of fighting and iron horses.
The battlefield where he grabbed the horse's rope with one hand and flattered the enemy with a sword in the other, chasing the enemy for ten miles and competing to see who could cut off more heads.
I really want to be young again...
Meng Ao closed his eyes and said nothing.
Gradually, the noise in the house died down little by little.
More than thirty generals looked at the veteran who looked haggard, with hard-to-find vitality, his face was covered with wrinkles, and his hands were covered with age spots. They all had sad hearts and sad faces.
They knew what the old man on the bed liked to hear, and their noise just now was intentional.
"You bird people are all married, and you all have high-level nobility and high-level official positions. You all have your own affairs and your own way of living. I shouldn't look for you anymore."
Meng Ao closed his eyes, unable to speak.
More than thirty generals could hear how weak the veteran was.
With tears in their eyes and clenched teeth, they waited for the veteran on the hospital bed to finish his words.
No matter what the old man in front of them asked them to do, they would do it without hesitation.
No matter how high their title or official position, they are still Meng Ao's soldiers and subordinates.
"Last month, I was afraid that Lord Chang'an would rebel, so I found a dozen of you. Even you birdies don't know how powerful Lord Chang'an is, only I know.
"Mr. Chang'an wants to do something that I have never seen him unable to do. If you don't believe in Mr. Chang'an, just believe me. I beg you to resign and follow Mr. Chang'an and listen to his orders.
"If he leads you to fight against the Huns, you will fight to death. If he leads you to rebel, you will beat him to death. Your Majesty is unwilling to send troops to fight against the Huns, so we, the birdmen, will fight on our own.
"Those who are willing to fight will be listed tomorrow, and those who are not willing to fight will just pretend they never came. What I said this time is not a military order, and there will be no reward for winning this battle. After I have finished speaking, everyone should get out."
More than thirty generals knelt on one knee, their heads lowered, their arms raised, and their hands clasped in fists.
"only!"
Day.
Zhangtai Palace.
The First Emperor reviewed the memorials, issued seals and issued orders to cover Nie, and spread out the bamboo slips for him one by one.
[Your Majesty, Gongsun, is faint and ill. Please go back. 】
The First Emperor frowned, but without giving any reply, he asked Gai Nie to place the bamboo slip on his left hand side and unfold the next one.
[My minister Li Ling is ill, please go back. 】
The second one asked for resignation again. The First Emperor narrowed his eyes and said nothing, and asked Genie to put him on his right hand.
[I am sick, please go back. 】
The third one asked for resignation again. The First Emperor put aside his writing brush and asked Gai Nie to put it on the table and continue reading.
[My minister Bai An is ill, please go home. 】
This is the fourth memorial and the fourth resignation memorial.
Genie didn't need the Emperor's words, so he spread it out on the table.
The fifth, the sixth, the seventh.
They are all memorials for resignation, and there is no room for them on the table.
Gai Nie wanted to pile up the newly opened memorials.
When the First Emperor saw this, he said: "Put it on the ground."
Gai Nie followed.
Continuing to scroll down, Ge Nie flipped through forty-six letters of resignation, but the words written on them were still the same.
It's like making copies of forty-six memorials and inscribing them with names at the end.
The forty-six letters of resignation were all spread out and piled up in Zhangtai Palace, covering the floor.
The First Emperor sat in front of the desk, surrounded by forty-six letters of resignation, with a gloomy face, not knowing what he was thinking.
Ganie stood a little bored, looking at the doorframe.
Thinking about why Zhao Gao's licking dog didn't come back yet, he and Nie were on duty. One person was too tired.
"The palace is very clean."
The First Emperor said without warning.
"No."
Gai Nie said truthfully.
The First Emperor's thoughts were once again interrupted by Genie, whose answers always surprised him.
The First Emperor turned his head and looked at Ge Nie, who had no shame and a paralyzed face, and said in an unkind manner: "Most of the people my mother brought back from Yongdi died in front of Ganquan Palace. The remaining fish who were not present slipped through the net. You will lead all the people who were not present." Secret guard, you haven’t taken care of it in the past night? What did you do last night?”
Gai Nie met the eyes of the First Emperor and said calmly: "If Zhang Han hadn't stopped Nie, Nie would have found out."
The First Emperor knew his confidant Zhang Han very well, and heard that Gai Nie had a conflict with Zhang Han last night.
The first reaction was not that Zhang Han resisted the order, but that Gai Nie passed the blame or did something outrageous again.
Ge Nie has been with me for so long and has never told a lie. So what happened?
The First Emperor was a little curious. He didn't know what Gai Nie could understand about killing someone.
If the First Emperor and Zhao Gao matched their confessions, we would know that Ge Nie had a high reputation in his heart.
Not only had he lied, but he was also used to telling lies, even daring to tell lies just to get a bite.
"Why did you conflict with Zhang Han?"
"I want to take someone, but he won't let me."
"Why doesn't he want you to take it?"
"He said that the concubines' bedrooms are not allowed to be entered without His Majesty's decree."
First Emperor:!!!!=(òó)
"I asked you to deal with the queen mother's people! Why are you going to my harem! What do you want to do!"
If it hadn't been for Ge Nie who said this, the First Emperor would have ordered the Yi tribe on the spot.
He was also trained by Gai Nie. Every time Gai Nie did something strange, there would be a set of extremely ridiculous results, but it seemed to be a very reasonable reason.
The First Emperor decided to listen to Ge Nie's confession before deciding whether to change the seal order.
"Many of your Majesty's concubines have relatives of Empress Dowager Zhao. What's wrong with me going to get them?"
This doesn't sound wrong...
wrong! Then why did you break into the bedroom?
"If you want to arrest whoever you want, ask the concubine to release that person. What an intrusion you have! Could it be that some concubine refuses to obey and does not send the person out?"
This reason was acceptable to the First Emperor.
He knew his harem well, although all his concubines were harmless to him.
But in front of other people, his concubines have different faces, and there is no fuel-saving lamp in his harem.
"There is no disobedience."
Then what are you doing?
Fortunately, I only gave you oral instructions!
Otherwise Xianyang Palace will be clean!
My harem is not clean anymore!
The First Emperor clenched his fists. He wanted to kill someone. He was now trying hard to suppress the urge to behead Nie Gou.
The First Emperor, who had temporarily forgotten even the resignation memorials all over the place, gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Then tell me why you broke into the harem."
"The empress dowager's people lurking in the harem are very clever. Nie doesn't know which one is it. Only through interrogation can he find out. Nie must capture all the people in the concubine's womb. In order to make sure that the concubine is not hiding people randomly, Nie will send people to search for someone. Fan, Zhang Han refused to obey."
You still have to catch them all!
You still search!
Zhang Han is right to stop you!
The First Emperor's face was very dark.
Ge Nie saw that the First Emperor's face was very ugly, and there was murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
Added: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Nie just wants to send female secret guards or castrate the secret guards."
Thank you for thinking of me!
Have you never considered the impact of your high-profile search for the harem?
What I want is to get rid of my mother’s servants, not for you to find a harem for me!
The First Emperor did not believe that his concubines would not know which of them was a stranger.
The most unscheming person that the First Emperor had ever seen was the Queen Mother of Han, Han Ji, but even Han Ji knew who around her was a stranger.
These concubines knew clearly that there was someone from Zhao Jijian around them, but they didn't reveal it, so they were obviously in the same group.
If it was possible to find out which of the concubine's side was the intermediary, the First Emperor wouldn't mind if Gai Nie were to find him and kill him, simply and swiftly.
But if you don't know who is the intermediary, and you cast a net like this to search and interrogate, the concubine will definitely be confessed in the end.
Then will the First Emperor kill him or not?
"This matter ends here, don't continue."
The First Emperor said coldly.
"only."
Gai Nie responded, there seemed to be a little regret in his voice.
What a pity you are!
The First Emperor's hand shook and he wanted to chop off Genie's dog head again.
Huo Ran stood up, and the First Emperor waved his hand and said angrily: "You can do it for me!"
Gai Nie's face was paralyzed and he said, "How accurate is it?"
Your Majesty, can you speak clearly?
The First Emperor angrily stamped his foot, kicked it again, and a memorial next to his foot was kicked towards Genie.
Ge Nie refused to dodge and endured the blow.
The memorial knocked on his leg, the force was slight, not painful or itchy.
"I said these memorials are all accurate! Whoever wants to leave! I will let them go!"
"only."
Gai Nie responded and said silently in his heart.
This is great. Could you please explain it clearly? Why do you always want me to guess? Your Majesty, you are not a sword.
The First Emperor stepped on the ground and walked toward the palace gate, making a creaking sound with every step.
He pushed open the gate of Zhangtai Palace. When the officials on duty saw that it was the First Emperor, they all bowed their heads slightly to show respect.
The First Emperor looked at the blue sky and toward the northwest, with a cloud shaped like a Qin sword reflected in his eyes.
The First Emperor heard the rustle of a brush falling on a memorial from behind him. After listening for a while, he said, "Did Zhuzi go to the Guowei's Mansion or the Prime Minister's Mansion? Is there any inconvenience in handling government affairs?"
After that court meeting, Ying Chengxuan was granted the title of Lieutenant of the State, Prime Minister, and had monopolized military and political power.
The Guowei Mansion, which originally belonged to the former Guowei Wei Liao, was not moved, and the Prime Minister's Mansion, which originally belonged to Li Si and Wang Wan, had its plaque changed and became the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Both mansions are owned by Ying Chengxuan, and Ying Chengxuan can work wherever he wants.
The focus here is on office work.
No matter which mansion he goes to, Ying Chengyu has to deal with events in both mansions, which is almost all major events in Da Qin.
For example, the Xiongnu invasion in the northwest follows common sense.
As a state captain, Ying Chengxuan had to write out a counterattack strategy, who would lead the troops into battle, how many troops and horses would go out, and many other combat matters to the First Emperor.
As the prime minister, Ying Chengyu had to write down a series of political matters such as how to resettle the local victims, how to quickly recover from the war wounds, how many people to move there, how much it would cost to rebuild the two counties, and so on, and reported to the First Emperor.
But in the past two days, the First Emperor received nothing from Ying Chengyu's memorial.
The First Emperor thought that his brother might have been neglected because he had not handled government affairs for so many years.
He reviewed memorials every day, and he forgot some small things for a while - for example, Ying Chengyu once knocked him unconscious, usurped his position, and reviewed a small pile of memorials.
The question came out, but there was no response for a long time, making the First Emperor a little embarrassed.
The two lieutenants waiting at the door were a little worried - is your Majesty asking me?
The First Emperor kept his facial expression unchanged, and said helplessly and solemnly in his heart: "Gai Nie."
"I'm here."
There was a reply from behind him.
"I ask you, did Shuzi go to the Guowei's Mansion or the Prime Minister's Mansion these past two days? Is there any inconvenience in handling government affairs?"
"Is that Zhu Zi the Lord of Chang'an?"
The voice of the First Emperor came out from between his teeth.
"……yes."
"Mr. Chang'an didn't go anywhere. The Guowei Mansion is idle, and the Prime Minister Mansion is led by Prime Minister Li Si on the left and Wang Wan on the right."
The First Emperor's face darkened.
He was not angry when he received forty-six letters of resignation, but he was very angry when he heard that Ying Chengyu was not working.
Okay, okay, you don't do your job as a prime minister or a captain of the country, but instead you send my sons to go to the land of the Xiongnu.
Forty-six resignation memorials were sent out and stacked on top of each other. This is a demonstration to me!
(End of chapter)
