The gorgeous and magnificent carriage once again set off from Xianyang City, passed Hangu Pass, and headed east from Luoyang City toward the old land of Qiluo. The First Emperor once again wanted to carve stones to record his merits among the famous mountains and rivers in the east.
Looking at the mountains receding behind him, the First Emperor recalled his life's achievements. Although pacifying the seven kingdoms was nothing, it made the country into counties and counties, and all people in the world were Qin people. There were no longer those many people from the country. This is your own merit.
Attacking the Xiongnu in the north and conquering Baiyue in the south, although Baiyue has not been completely defeated, countless barbarians died. The scope of influence that Qin can control has been greatly improved. In terms of territorial expansion alone, it is comparable to the entire Zhou Dynasty. It's been one-third of a thousand years, and I have only used it for a few years.
Thinking of this, even the First Emperor couldn't help but feel a little flattered. This is the powerful power that the county system and the Qin system can unleash.
For the current First Emperor, the most important thing is no longer to expand territory or carry out major institutional changes, but to obtain elixir and obtain immortality.
As long as he can live forever, he will be able to create countless achievements in the world. I think thousands of Guizhou capitals in the world will be happy, after all, they can live under the rule of the Holy King.
Zhao Gao came over to deliver the news to the First Emperor and said: "Your Majesty, we are about to arrive at the old place of Zhaocheng in Luo Kingdom."
Although the First Emperor ordered the whole world not to talk about the Luo Kingdom, it was obvious that it was just a part of the policy of obscuring the people of Guizhou. Nobles like Zhao Gao still had no scruples.
The Qin army crossed the river, and then a city appeared in front of everyone. This was a city that had been abandoned for a long time. Not a bit of the prosperity of the past was left, but those with sharp eyes could still see some bits and pieces of sacrifices. Pin appeared under the broken city wall, which made Li Si look solemn. He did not expect that someone would come to offer sacrifices to Luo Kingdom at the risk of being killed when the imperial court clearly prohibited anyone from approaching the old city.
There are so many situations where there is a prohibition, but what if there is no prohibition?
Has Great Qin become so unpopular that it has become so unpopular? Doesn't that mean that I, the prime minister, can't do my job well? Li Si's face was very ugly, and he said to the First Emperor: "Your Majesty, please thoroughly investigate these traitors in the Luo Kingdom. If they do not obey the control of the Qin Dynasty, I am afraid they have rebel intentions, and they must be relocated again."
The Luo people not only migrated on their own initiative, but also moved the Luo people after the establishment of the Qin Dynasty. They moved to the old lands of Zhao, Wei, Han and Qi and Yan. Many of them also moved to the Huaisi land. The main reason was to prevent Luo people from gathering together and worrying about They fled and rebelled. Although Luo people had preferential policies, they were also under heavy surveillance.
The First Emperor was naturally furious when he saw this scene. He had benefited the Luo people for so many years, and there were still so many people who cherished their homeland. But thinking about the treatment given to them by the Luo Kingdom's office in the past, the First Emperor naturally understood why. He said coldly He said: "Don't worry, these Luo people who have lived in Luo Kingdom are born rebels. The Luo Kingdom's office is really harmful to people. When my tour is over, I will deal with the affairs of Luo Kingdom again."
As the chariot came closer, they saw the desolate Zhuzi Temple at a glance. The stone statues in the temple were all transported to Xianyang City and turned into tools used by the First Emperor to make people from hundreds of families in the world surrender.
The Temple of the Scholars in the past had actually been moved to Xianyang City in the State of Qin. Although the State of Qin adopted a series of ideological suppression methods, before the book-burning order was issued, the thoughts of hundreds of schools of thought in Xianyang City were still very active.
Especially Confucianism, which has always been in opposition to the Qin State, although it has experienced the murder of Confucian scholars of the Mencius school, other sects are still relatively prosperous. After the Book Burning Order, especially the First Emperor specifically banned many Confucian books, the confrontation between Confucianism and the imperial court Gradually they turned into darkness, and they were not at ease with each other. The court felt that Confucianism was the source of Luo's thoughts, with the only exception being Xunzi's lineage.
Confucians felt that the Qin Dynasty was too cruel. The most important thing was that the First Emperor did not change his ways. A group of people died. The First Emperor did not compromise at all, so they went to find the First Emperor's son. As a result, the eldest son they taught, Fusu, was also raped. The First Emperor directly distributed them, which made many people despair and become increasingly dissatisfied with the Qin Dynasty.
"Li Qing, why did the Luo Kingdom build such a temple in the past? Aren't all the theories in the world the tools of the king?
As one of the most noble nobles in Bangzhou, why does the Luo Kingdom give such high praise to those students from hundreds of schools of thought who hold alien doctrines?
In particular, the Luo Kingdom did not like Legalism but tolerated its emergence. Shang Jun came out of the academy in the past. "
This is something that the First Emperor has never understood. He believes that the thoughts of the world should be controlled by the king. Whoever can better help rule will naturally use his thoughts, and whoever does not like his thoughts will destroy him.
Luo Guo is the other way around. Even if he doesn't like the ideas in it, he still allows him to exist, and even asks others to argue with him, saying that it is "unreasonable and unclear", which is really ridiculous.
As a Legalist, Li Si naturally didn't understand either. One thought is one of the underlying theories of Legalism. If the thoughts are not unified, arguments will break out. Everything will fall into arguments and the country will be in chaos. This is an indisputable fact. .
The silence between the two made Hu Hai, who was following the First Emperor, a little unhappy. He was an annoying naughty kid, but the First Emperor liked him very much, just like raising a pet. Hu Hai shouted, "Father, this broken city." What’s there to see? Why do you want to stop here?”
He finally traveled around the world with the First Emperor, so naturally he wanted to visit all the interesting places to make the trip worthwhile.
The First Emperor laughed loudly when he heard this, "You boy, this is not a broken city. This used to be a city even more majestic than Xianyang City. People from all over the world gathered here. You boy doesn't like reading and is used to playing around. I don’t even know the name of Zhaocheng.”
However, the First Emperor did not care about the unlearned Hu Hai. He had never thought of letting Hu Hai succeed him. The one he cared most about was Fusu.
Hu Hai said unhappily: "In the past, Luoyang City in Bangzhou was not as majestic as Xianyang City, and the palaces in Luoyang City cannot be compared with Xianyang Palace. This Zhaocheng looks small, how can it be more majestic than Xianyang City?" Well, Father, you must be deceiving me about my young age."
If calculated based on the tens of thousands of palaces, Zhaocheng really cannot be compared with Xianyang. After all, since the founding of Zhou Dynasty, which king can mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to build palaces specifically for himself?
Hearing Hu Hai's words, the First Emperor was very happy, so he said: "Since this kid doesn't want to stay longer, let's go to Qidi. This kid should like the prosperous place. Let's go to Jiaodong first, and then to Huaihe." Si."
Qin Jun soon embarked on a journey that no one expected to end.
(End of chapter)
