Three days later.
It was already sunset.
In the autumn breeze, Ji Heng sat on a wooden stake and looked up at the stars in the sky.
It had been a long time since he had looked at the stars.
The sky is filled with stars.
After sitting for a while, Ji Heng lay down directly on the mat on the floor.
In the past few days, Ji Heng returned to his pastoral life just like in the previous life, planting some sunflowers and green onions in the yard.
Sunflower and green onions are both considered five vegetables in Qin.
Can be planted in all seasons.
He never left the courtyard. If he needed something, he would just give orders directly to the outer door. It wouldn't take long for someone to deliver what he needed. The things he needed were not expensive or scarce. They were all small. Common folk things.
In three days.
Ji Heng had already started to make a fire and cook by himself.
Quite enjoying myself.
Completely forgetting that he was still under surveillance.
"Snapped"!
Ji Heng slapped several mosquitoes that were sucking to death with a fierce slap, and his palms were instantly stained with scarlet blood.
He put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed, then grabbed a handful of soil with his palms in disgust, and rubbed his hands vigorously to cover up the fishy smell between his palms.
Subsequently.
He continued to look up at the stars.
The mood is extremely peaceful.
He looked at it for a while, but thought to himself that he should look for some mugwort when he had time, otherwise the mosquito bites all day long would be really annoying.
even.
He wanted to get an incense burner.
Burn incense to repel mosquitoes.
Or hang a sachet filled with mint and mugwort.
Just when Ji Heng was daydreaming, there was a rustling wind sound all around, and it seemed to be mixed with a burst of footsteps, but it was not very real.
Creak.
Just when Ji Heng was lazily repelling mosquitoes with a cane, his door was quietly opened. The movement was very slight, but in the silent environment, it was heard extremely clearly. However, Ji Heng did not make any movement and remained calm. Lying on the mat.
A few blinks of an eye.
A figure appeared in front of Ji Heng.
This man was wearing regular clothes and should be accurately called 'Yuan Xuan'.
This is an all black suit.
It fully meets Qin's requirements of advocating water virtue and advocating black color.
The style is very simple.
After the unification of the world, Yingzheng sought innovation and change in everything he did. Even his clothes were different from those of his predecessors.
The emperor of Zhou wore a crown.
He replaced it with the much simpler 'Chun Xuan'.
The Qin Dynasty regarded the Warring States period as the emperor's throne, destroyed the etiquette, and all the robes of the suburban sacrifices were made of Xuanxuan.
This style of Qian Xuanfu was specially designed by Ying Zheng to improve office efficiency.
Compared with Gun Mian's mysterious majesty and cultural atmosphere, Yun Xuan designed by the First Emperor is obviously more relaxed and convenient.
Ji Heng glanced lightly, without getting up, and said: "Whoever comes is a guest. There are tree stumps and straw mats around. If you don't mind, you can take a seat at your own leisure."
"As soon as I'm dead, I won't be able to do that false etiquette."
Ying Zheng looked at Ji Heng calmly and said nothing.
The two of them knew this very well.
Ji Heng didn't care about the identity of 'Mr. Ji' at first, but when he talked about Shu Xian and Guan, and Shu Du Yu Cai for the second time, he suddenly realized one thing. Zhou Qin was different from his brother Shu Ji in later generations. Uncle Bo Zhong can be added after the season, but Zhou Qin cannot.
Bo is the eldest, Zhong is the second, and Ji is the unitary.
This is doomed.
As for uncles, anyone after Zhong and before Ji are uncles.
If the fourth son, who was originally called Ji Zi, had a fifth son after his father, the fourth son would automatically be promoted to uncle, and the fifth son would be given the title of Ji, and so on.
He wasn't sure at first.
It wasn't until 'Bo Qin' appeared and the two brothers were obsessed with Qin that Ji Heng confirmed his idea.
"What are you looking at, sir?" Ying Zheng raised his head and looked at the sky.
Ji Heng said:
"I'm sorry for this moment of my life."
"The starry sky is vast, and a human life is insignificant compared to the heaven and earth."
"Mayflies live and die, so why not humans?"
Ying Zheng raised his forehead slightly and said calmly: "Life and death are matters of destiny, what can be done about it?"
"Everyone in the world hopes to live longer than Nanshan, but has anyone really lived longer?"
"This is how the dead die."
"Three emperors and five emperors, Lu Shang and Duke Zhou, are still unable to stay in the world, let alone their broken bodies?"
"Only the longevity of merit will last forever!"
"It's such a waste of time."
There was silence.
Neither Ji Heng nor Ying Zheng spoke again.
The two of them were lying on a mat, standing tall and looking at each other.
Under the bright silver light, Ji Heng saw the person in front of him. Although he was only in his forties, his temples were already gray. His rumored stalwart body was also slightly rickety.
"The longevity of merit..." Ji Heng sighed softly.
Ying Zheng stood with his hands behind his hands, raised his head and looked directly at the bright clear moon, and said: "I went to the imperial prison half a month ago, and heard you talk about the great changes in the world between Zhou and Qin. If I am not wrong, you were I didn’t say everything, I would like to ask you, sir, to finish what you said.”
Ji Heng sat upright.
This didn't surprise him.
Fusu Huhai couldn't tell that there were any omissions, but how could Ying Zheng not catch it?
"Okay." Ji Heng said briefly and said slowly: "I won't say much about the previous part. The situation of princes and ministers that have lasted for thousands of years is difficult to unite in one moment, so we will start from the bottom first... .”
"In the future, there may be examples of commoner generals and prime ministers."
"And if the power of annexation still exists in a country, heaven will use its power to create a unified state. Therefore, it cannot be swept away once and the world will be established by just a few people."
Ying Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Every man has the world. Do you have such a high opinion of the people at the bottom?"
Ji Heng shook his head and said, "This is not my evaluation."
"This is the power of the world!"
"A common man is not necessarily a Guizhou man with black cloth wrapped around his fingers."
"It's the old nobles who are down and out, or the powerful people who have had official careers in their families."
"Xia and Shang are too far away, so let's not talk about it for now."
"The power of the world has always been clear."
"Before King Ping of Zhou, the Emperor of Zhou gained power and ruled the world."
"After King Ping of Zhou moved his capital, the Emperor of Zhou lost power, the princes flourished, and the world entered the stage of struggle for hegemony."
"In the stage of hegemony, Doctor Qing is powerful."
"However, as the Tian family succeeded the Qi Dynasty and the three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty, the officials gradually lost their power. Under the contention of a hundred schools of thought, the scholar-officials began to rise."
"Under the reforms of various princes, the power of scholar-bureaucrats reached its peak."
"With the unification of Qin and the centralization of power, the scholar-bureaucrats who once criticized Fang Qiu also completely lost power. But today, the family clan system launched by Qin has not been recognized by the world, so power will only be further transmitted downwards."
"'Shi' is the lowest level of the nobility."
"Your Majesty."
"Of course he is a common man."
"Even an ordinary man can't end this great change."
"It will continue to be transmitted downward."
"At that time, beggars, dead people, servants, etc. may rule the world."
"If the final order cannot be established."
"Maybe history will continue to cycle until someone puts an end to this mess."
"But according to my speculation, if it starts from the top down and goes through all levels, it still cannot end. Maybe even if the world is repeated, it will no longer be top-down, but will become bottom-up."
"But who can say for sure what will happen in the future?"
"I do not know either."
"It's just extrapolation when I'm bored."
