Even if you already know the answer to some questions, you still want to ask them.
When I don't ask, I always think about this question in my mind, is this "answer" just my own speculation and not true?
If I ask, will there be someone "available"?
If you stop asking because of how you "feel" and thus miss your inner desire, will you regret it?
Ying Zheng is in such a state.
He knew clearly that there was no immortality in the world, and Chen Ke was definitely not a kind of "immortal", but he still wanted to ask about immortality. He wanted to hear a definite answer from Chen Ke's mouth.
Whether the answer is yes or no.
This has nothing to do with the answer itself, but Ying Zheng wants to "end" all his inner thoughts.
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Chen Ke raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng standing there. He originally wanted to say something, but in the end he stopped. He just sighed quietly and then looked very serious.
He stood up straight, and the two of them looked at each other with a little solemn look in their eyes.
This was the most solemn conversation between them.
It was also the first time in so many years since coming to Da Qin that Chen Ke truly stood on an equal footing with Ying Zheng to talk about something.
In the past, Chen Ke liked to give the First Emperor a reason and a little hope.
People without hope are terrible.
Therefore, Chen Ke’s previous examples, and even the example just now, are that “it is difficult to grow fruits in the desert.”
If you want to deceive yourself with this sentence, there is still room for interpretation.
For example, melons and fruits cannot grow in the "desert", but oases in the desert can, so melons and fruits exist in the desert. Similarly, it is difficult to live forever in the mortal world, but you can seek immortality in certain places in the earthly world. , find the immortal.
This is the first explanation.
The second explanation is "difficult".
This is a word game.
It is difficult to grow fruits, but it is not impossible to grow fruits.
It is difficult for immortals to appear, but it is not impossible for immortals to appear.
It is difficult to live forever, but it is not impossible.
This was the room Chen Ke left for himself and the First Emperor, and it was also an opportunity for himself.
But now Ying Zheng doesn't seem to want this leeway, nor does he want this opportunity.
And Chen Ke doesn’t want it anymore.
He stood next to Ying Zheng, and for the first time he felt that his body was tall. His waist was straight, and his aura reached the point of "asking for nothing", which allowed Chen Ke to say that sentence talk.
"Your Majesty, there is no immortality in this world."
One sentence seems to have run through the past five years, from not talking about this issue at the beginning, and even talking about immortals' dreams, to later leaving room for the theory of desert melons and fruits, and now to "there is no immortality in this world."
This sentence came from many years ago and was heard by Ying Zheng today.
Everything is business as usual.
Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke faintly, his eyes staring at him, and a little flame seemed to spread throughout his heart.
He said: "On that day in the twenty-sixth year of King Qin's reign, you told me that you obtained the art of papermaking from the immortal in your dream, and then obtained the art of printing from the immortal."
"Chen Ke, are you telling me today that there are no immortals in this world?"
Ying Zheng's voice was heavy with a hint of seriousness and anger: "How dare you deceive the emperor?"
His words fell to the ground, and the momentum around him instantly rose, like an angry person.
Ying Zheng stared closely into Chen Ke's eyes. He didn't know whether he wanted to see something from Chen Ke's eyes, or whether he wanted to use his momentum to oppress and force Chen Ke to change his words to achieve his goal. .
Chen Ke just stood there.
The surrounding wind was blowing quietly, and the blue sky and white clouds in the distance were standing there quietly. Everything looked like it was normal.
"call--"
He exhaled quietly, and his expression suddenly became relaxed.
Chen Ke did not hesitate or deny at all, and said directly: "Your Majesty, I am guilty, please punish me."
This is a direct admission that he was deceiving the emperor in the first place.
I would rather bear the charge of deceiving the emperor than to continue to delay it. There is no immortal god in this world, that is, there is really no immortal god! There is no need to delay this any longer and give Ying Zheng hope.
Even though he might have to pay the price of his life for this, he insisted on this decision without hesitation.
The two of them stood outside the main hall, standing under the blue sky, standing in the shadow of white clouds, standing in the bright world of Da Qin.
I don't know how long it has been, Xun Zheng suddenly laughed: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, okay!"
He waved his hand, turned around and walked aside. Chen Ke followed Ying Zheng without asking or pursuing what Ying Zheng saw or thought.
Those are all irrelevant things.
All this is ordinary.
The two of them walked as if they were back in time.
Ying Zheng said calmly: "If there are no immortal gods, there will be no immortal gods. Maybe immortality is not a good thing for me and for Da Qin?"
He said with some emotion: "Uncle Zeng lived a long time back then, but later he became a different person and did many bad things."
Ying Zheng lowered his head, as if he had returned to his childhood and turned into a child.
Extremely sincere.
"Perhaps if I gain immortality, I will regard everything as an ant, and finally lose my emotions in the immortality, and then become a decision-maker without any emotions, and even time will show traces on my body, making me Become more and more arrogant."
Ying Zheng's guess was not a guess without any basis, but a completely logical guess.
Because that's really what happens.
The power of time is simply too great, binding everything in it, waiting for the decisions of others.
Chen Ke remained silent and speechless. He just looked into the distance blankly, and then replied softly: "Your Majesty, no one can say for sure about immortality. After all, no one has ever experienced it."
Ying Zheng was quite curious. He looked at Chen Ke and said, "Chen Ke, I always feel that you have no desires or desires."
"If immortality really existed, would you choose immortality?"
"You seem to have had a disdain for immortality from the beginning, as if you think it is poison."
Chen Ke was a little stunned, but then he smiled: "Your Majesty, if there is immortality, I will never choose immortality."
"I just want to live a free and unrestrained life and be as happy as I want."
He put his hands behind his back: "Life is only a few decades, and time is limited."
"But Chen feels that it is precisely because this time is limited that we do some meaningful things, pursue ourselves, pursue truth, pursue "Tao" and "rules". "
Chen Ke pondered a little: "If time is infinite, I will only think that since time is infinite, then many things can be like this."
"That means let's get over it."
"When I think about the endless time I have, I feel powerless and don't want to argue with anyone - they will die if I influence them, but I won't."
"I don't want to have contact with anyone, because they will all die, but I won't."
"I don't want to be involved with the world. After all, the world is changing all the time, but I will always stay the same person I was back then, because I am ageless, and agelessness means eternity."
Chen Ke sighed faintly: "Eternity is never a good thing. Eternal things will eventually decay."
Ying Zheng glanced at Chen Ke curiously and said leisurely, "What you said seems to make some sense."
"It seems that eternal things will really not exist. How can we let anything go in this world? Many seemingly solid things are damaged from the inside."
"And once a damaged head is opened, the subsequent damage will be very smooth and rapid."
There was a slight smile on Chen Ke's cheek: "So, I will not choose eternal life. Eternal life seems to be a sweet candy, but it is actually arsenic wrapped in molasses, something that can kill people."
Ying Zheng sighed in silence. After a moment, he didn't know what he thought of, but he just said: "You are right."
He seemed to have thought about it, and said silently: "Chen Ke, it is already the third year of the five-year plan, and there are still two years left. Do you think you can see the results?"
Chen Ke was a little surprised: "Your Majesty, why can't you see results?"
"Nowadays, the Huns and Baiyue have almost been wiped out by the Qin Dynasty. The construction of Tianhai City in Tianhai County has also begun and is becoming one of the largest cities in the south."
"In addition, I received news from the Prime Minister's Office that the Yin Shang Continent is gradually sending back "petroleum" energy, and our encroachment on the Western Regions is also proceeding step by step. "
"General Han has even started building a city in the Western Region. When that city is completed, we can use that city as a foundation to gradually encroach on the further west of the Western Region, where there is more "oil". "
Chen Ke breathed out.
"When we fully occupy those places and finally bring some of the resources there to our Central Plains, we can develop ourselves safely and securely."
Chen Ke did not expect to occupy those places with abundant oil resources forever.
There is no eternal thing in the world. Even if Da Qin can occupy it with tyrannical power now, what if Da Qin encounters a faint king in the future? Having lost so many resources, wouldn't Great Qin be overtaken by others and decline?
Therefore, when cement became available, Chen Ke had already made plans.
In some open areas in the Western Regions that have belonged to the Qin Dynasty, some open areas in the northern Huns, and some relatively open areas in the Central Plains, Kaihua Temple has dug places to create places where oil can be stored.
These places will become Da Qin's last guarantee.
First occupy the resources, and then develop slowly, this is Chen Ke's way of governing the world.
With so much technology, current experience, concepts, and strong resource reserves, Da Qin will be able to survive for several generations if it encounters any faint king again in the future.
As long as the seven or eight generations in a row didn't encounter bullshit and stupid kings, Da Qin could still catch up.
He had already discussed this with Ying Zheng before.
Ying Zheng also supported this idea because he was not sure that any of his descendants would be able to surpass him or Fusu. He could not even guarantee that his descendants would not be tyrants or tyrants.
Perhaps at this time, in Ying Zheng's eyes, "Great Qin" is just a symbol, and "Zhu Hua" and "Zhu Xia" are the places that he needs to remember in his heart and need to last forever.
After walking a few more steps, Chen Ke looked at Ying Zheng beside him and asked, "Your Majesty, what should the general and other young masters do?"
Hu Hai is now fourteen or fifteen years old. Jiang Lu is older than Hu Hai, but only three or four years younger than Fu Su. He is now about to be crowned.
There are also many other young masters, all of whom are Ying Zheng's children.
Ying Zheng's expression was a little gloomy, but he finally confirmed what he was thinking: "My idea is to allow them to do their own thing, but they must serve the imperial court."
He clasped his hands behind his back and said: "Today's generation, whether it is Hu Hai or General Lu, has no ambitions. I do not expect future generations to be so peaceful. I just hope there will be fewer disputes between them."
"This is why I still don't want to change my mind about choosing the crown prince and heir apparent after Fusu has become like that before."
Ying Zheng was a little silent: "I have been thinking about whether the position of the emperor should be based on "virtuous people" or "heirloom". "
"If it's a talented person, there will definitely be countless disputes in the future, and some disputes may even lead to some short-sighted people entering the house. But if it's a direct descendant, I'm afraid there will be successive generations of monarchs who are stupid and unreasonable in the future."
He pressed his forehead: "But fortunately, there is no so-called immortality in this world."
There was a hint of a smile on Ying Zheng's eyebrows: "In this way, I don't have to worry about these things, and let future generations worry about them."
"After all, each generation has its own journey and responsibilities. We just need to fulfill our responsibilities as a generation."
"Why should we keep the rest in mind?"
He smiled faintly, and his smile looked very wanton in the sunshine.
"This time I go out, I will travel around the world, visiting most of the counties and counties in the world, so that I can see the changes in the world with my eyes."
Ying Zheng's voice was filled with emotion: "The transfer of imperial power will take at least five years."
"It is enough for the second five-year plan to be completed during my term and the third five-year plan to be formulated."
He looked at Chen Ke and said with some pride: "Chen Ke, Fusu's eldest son is already in his mother's womb. After ten years, the child will have grown up. I can watch it like my elder father." It’s up to Qin’s successors for the next two generations.”
"Furthermore, based on my current body, I will only be fifty-three in ten years. I am afraid that I will not die so early. Is it possible that I will be able to see Emperor Qin three generations from now?"
The sun and setting sun hit Ying Zheng's face wantonly, making everything look so bright.
This is the best of times, and it is also the worst of times for Great Qin in the next hundred years.
Everything ushered in a new spring in this sparkling light.
