Outside Peixian County.
The sky was gloomy, like a sign of an approaching storm.
The atmosphere at the scene was also very tragic.
Almost all of Liu Bang's friends came, including Old Madam Liu, who had always been dissatisfied with him, and the three brothers of the Liu family, including his wife Lu Pheasant.
Seeing the sad faces of his relatives and friends, Liu Bang smiled calmly: "Don't worry, we, Liu Bang, eat the food of the imperial court, and we should share your worries for your majesty. Now that your majesty is repairing the Lishan Mausoleum, if there are any disadvantages, we, Liu Bang, will give them to him." Just call someone, it’ll be fine!”
After finishing speaking, he did not forget to tease everyone: "There are not many people who can feed His Majesty!"
"Hahaha--!"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing.
The atmosphere at the scene also began to become less tragic.
Xiao He and Cao Shen looked at each other and admired Liu Bang even more.
An ordinary person would definitely be full of resentment when encountering such a thing, but Liu Bang was different. Not only did he not complain, he also happily accepted such an arrangement.
It can be seen from this that Liu Bang is extraordinary.
After Liu Bang briefly said goodbye to his relatives and friends, Xiao He and Cao Shen came to Liu Bang and explained to him the precautions for escorting the slaves.
"Ting Zhang Liu, this is your first time escorting a servant to the capital. I have written down all the handover matters clearly for you. If you encounter someone who doesn't understand, be sure to read it carefully!"
Xiao He said, took out a slip from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Bang.
Liu Bang took the slip, looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh: "Xiao Lipu is worthy of being a well-known talent in Peixian County, and his good writing is well-deserved!"
"Stop making fun of me."
Xiao He waved his hand helplessly and said seriously: "Be more careful on the road. If you encounter danger, it is important to save your life!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Xiao, I, Liu Ji, am determined to survive!"
Liu Bang responded with a playful smile, and then asked Xiao He seriously: "How have you considered that matter, should you go or not?"
"this"
Xiao He hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "That place is not suitable for me."
"I, Liu Ji, don't think it's too much for me, Liu Ji, to consider whether he is suitable or not, given Xiao Lidu's talent."
"Chief Liu Ting be careful what you say!"
"Okay, I'm not kidding you either. I know you have big ambitions, but small Peixian County can't hide your big phoenix!"
Seeing Xiao He raise his hand to stop himself, Liu Bang raised his hand and put it on his hand, and said seriously: "Since there is a noble person who values you, I guess he won't let it go. If it were two years ago, I might find ways to keep you, because in the sky The clouds are so dense and airtight!”
"but."
As he spoke, he changed the topic and continued: "Today is different from the past. I hope you will take a look again!"
"you"
Xiao He's expression froze and he looked at Liu Bang in surprise.
This was the first time he saw Liu Bang talking to him so seriously.
In the past, Liu Bang, although there were times when his words were shocking, most of the time he was not very in tune, and he didn't know who was the real him.
Today's Liu Bang seems to be a wise man who has seen through everything, making people look at him with new eyes.
But Cao Shen suddenly interrupted and said, "Brother Liu, if you have any great opinions, you might as well make it clear!"
"Ah!"
When Liu Bang heard this, he couldn't help but chuckled, looked sideways at Cao Shen and said, "You kid didn't stop me when you saw me being beaten. How dare you ask me to make it clear?"
"Brother Liu, me."
Cao Shen blushed and was about to open his mouth to defend, when he saw Liu Bang put his hand on his shoulder, raised his head and said:
"Look, there's a hole in the clouds in the sky, and a ray of sunlight shines through the hole. I'm afraid this rain won't come down!"
"?"
Cao Shen looked up and saw a ray of sunshine shining down from the clouds, but a black question mark slowly appeared on his forehead. He couldn't help but said: "If the rain doesn't fall, what does it have to do with what Brother Liu just said?"
"You, you still need to learn from Xiao Liyu, let's go!"
Liu Bang smiled and shook his head, patted Cao Shen on the shoulder, and walked straight towards the servant.
Cao Shen was stunned on the spot, not knowing why, and subconsciously asked: "Xiao Lipu, what does Liu Tingzhang mean by this? Why do I get more and more confused the more I listen?"
"."
His words fell, but no one responded for a long time. He couldn't help but turn around and saw Xiao He running back in a hurry, shouting to him: "Xiao Lipu, where are you going?!"
"Go home and pack your bags!"
Xiao He responded without looking back.
He had understood Liu Bang's meaning and was ready to follow Liu Bang's footsteps and go out to see the world.
If a ray of sunshine really shines down from heaven, he will catch it and light up the whole world.
What about the little officials? I, Xiao He, can have room for the sun in my heart!
I can burn you corrupt officials to ashes!
On the other side, the old capital of Yongcheng.
Zhao Hao followed Ying Zheng's motorcade to Yongcheng and moved into the old capital palace.
Because there had been rebellion by rebels before, the security in Yongcheng was tighter than that of the Xianyang Palace.
This also made Zhao Hao very dissatisfied.
I lamented that I was transferred from one 'cage' to another, with no freedom at all.
At this time, he stood at the highest point of the palace, with his hands behind his back, looking down at everything below the city, with a sad look on his face.
"Sir, it's very windy on the high platform. Why don't you wear a cloak to keep out the cold?"
Han Xin stood behind Zhao Hao and asked with concern.
Zhao Hao responded without looking back: "I have withstood the wind no matter how strong it is. This little wind is nothing. It's you. If you don't fulfill your new duties, why are you here here?"
"The position of lieutenant is not suitable for me. I want to conquer the Baiyue in the south or attack the Huns in the north. I am here to ask the young master to help me politely reject your majesty!"
Han Xin said sincerely.
Zhao Hao was slightly startled, as if he heard something wrong, and turned to look at Han Xin: "What did you say?"
"Back to the young master, although Han led the army to stop the rebels, I was not the one who killed the rebel leader. This kind of credit is not enough to rank among the ninth ministers!"
"Oh? Do you think you are not qualified? This is not like you!"
"Young master, you have misunderstood. Han has never underestimated me. He just wants to go to a bigger battlefield and use his talents!" Han Xin said proudly.
Zhao Hao smiled: "Haha, this looks like you!"
"Young Master seems to know Han very well?"
"Well, I know better than you think!"
"this"
Han Xin was speechless.
If anyone else said this, he would probably sneer at it.
But when Zhao Hao said this, he couldn't refute it.
Because Zhao Hao really knows himself better than he does, which makes people speechless.
But Zhao Hao took a deep look at Han Xin, looked around, and found that no one was passing by, so he lowered his voice and said:
"I will discuss this matter with my father. The position of lieutenant is indeed not suitable for you. Moreover, I guess my father will not really entrust his safety to an outsider like you to protect him. The reason why I let you take over the position of lieutenant." I guess it’s for my sake!”
"Young Master is aware of this!"
Han Xin's head was shaken and he quickly handed over to Zhao Hao.
He also knew that Ying Zheng would not really trust him, but because Yang Duanhe made a mistake and he made great achievements, he was allowed to temporarily serve as lieutenant for Zhao Hao's sake.
Once this period of time passes, he will probably be replaced.
Instead of letting Ying Zheng find a reason to replace him, it is better to refuse on his own initiative. On the one hand, he can achieve his own goal, and on the other hand, he will not cause trouble to Ying Zheng. It is the best of both worlds.
Zhao Hao smiled and waved his hand, then whispered: "Don't be too happy too early. It's not my turn to make the decision to conquer Baiyue in the south. As for attacking the Xiongnu in the north, unless Meng Tian is defeated, there will be no chance of you." Opportunity."
"Ah? This"
Han Xin looked helpless and unwilling.
Since the last time he commanded an army to fight against Xiang Yu, the more he commanded, the more he felt, even a little addicted.
Now that I heard that the imperial court was preparing for the spring war, I couldn't help but feel itchy and wanted to participate in these two wars.
But from what Zhao Hao said, it seemed like he had no chance to participate.
This hurts his balls too much!
Seeing Han Xin open his mouth but hesitate to speak, Zhao Hao shook his head in amusement and said: "Don't think too much, opportunities are earned. As the saying goes, sharpening the knife will not waste time cutting wood. During this time , just train the Imperial Army more and let Father see you more and get to know you better, I believe he will give you a chance!"
"clear!"
Han Xin was shocked and saluted Zhao Hao again.
Zhao Hao smiled, raised his hand and said: "Go! Come over for hot pot tonight!"
"good!"
Han Xin immediately beamed with joy when he heard that he was going to eat hot pot in the evening.
Although he has only been in Xianyang for a short time, he is deeply impressed by the food in Xianyang, especially the hot pot in Liuheju, which makes him linger every time.
Then I heard that Liuheju was opened by Zhao Hao, and the hot pot was also created by Zhao Hao, which even shocked Zhao Hao to be a heavenly being.
From that moment on, he decided to follow Zhao Hao's lead.
If not for anything else, I just want to eat hot pot for the rest of my life.
After watching Han Xin leave, Zhao Hao once again looked back at the gray city walls and the sizable old capital palace, his eyes gradually blurred, and he couldn't help but murmur to himself:
"With Xiang Yu's death, has history really changed? Next, will the rolling wheels of Da Qin move forward as I imagined?"
"Master——!"
Just when Zhao Hao was deep in thought, a familiar voice suddenly came. He looked with some dissatisfaction and found that it was Zhang Cang whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He couldn't help but ask, "Why are you here?"
"I finally found you, sir."
Zhang Cang ran up to Zhao Hao panting and saluted Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao quickly jumped off the high platform, helped him up, and asked doubtfully: "Isn't Zhang Shaofu in Xianyang? Why are you here in Yongcheng? Also, what do you want from me?"
"Master, don't worry, let me take a breath!"
Facing Zhao Hao's three soul questions, Zhang Cang waved his hands repeatedly and panted towards Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao rubbed his back in a funny way and waited for him to catch his breath before speaking.
In fact, Zhang Cang is really not young. If it weren't for Zhao Hao's help, he should have retired long ago.
But he was an 'old man with ambitions for a thousand miles'. Seeing that the situation in Da Qin was getting better and better, he naturally didn't want to retire hastily.
After Zhang Cang took a breath, Zhao Hao listened to him:
"The old minister was ordered by the Prime Minister to tell the young master that Xiao He from Peixian County has refused the transfer order from the Prime Minister's Office, saying that he has little talent and lack of ability and is not qualified for a high position in Kyoto. He is willing to do his best for his father in Peixian County!"
"Ah!"
Zhao Hao snorted noncommittally, and as if remembering something again, asked: "It's just a small matter, I'm afraid it's not enough for the young master to convey it on your behalf, right?"
"This is just a small incident. In fact, when I came to Yongcheng, there was another major incident that I wanted to report to His Majesty!"
"What's the matter?"
"Master, do you know the layout of the Lishan Emperor's Mausoleum?" Zhang Cang asked rhetorically.
Zhao Hao frowned: "What pattern?"
"It is surrounded by Lishan Mountain in the south, Wei River in the north, east and west sides, surrounded by water on three sides, with beautiful jade on the yang and gold and stone on the yin. It is an ideal mausoleum for an emperor!"
Zhang Cang said while stroking his beard.
Zhao Hao's expression was confused when he heard this, and he didn't know how to respond.
He had visited Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum in his previous life, but he knew nothing about the so-called Feng Shui pattern. No one dared to dig it anyway, so it was useless for him to study it.
But after hearing what Zhang Cang said, I couldn't help but become interested.
If he had the chance, he would like to see what it looked like inside the imperial mausoleum, so as to regret that future generations would not be able to see its true appearance.
But Zhang Cang sighed again: "Originally, this layout was good, but someone suggested that Your Majesty build a burial pit right in front of the mausoleum to bury living people!"
"What kind of living people were buried? Isn't it the terracotta warriors and horses?"
Zhao Hao blurted out.
Now it was Zhang Cang's turn to be confused.
He hesitated a little and looked at Zhao Hao with some confusion: "May I ask, sir, what are the terracotta warriors and horses?"
"What do you mean, there are no terracotta warriors and horses yet?"
Zhao Hao asked subconsciously.
Zhang Cang was confused.
"No, what I mean is, why should people be buried alive? Wasn't this system abolished by my father?"
"this"
Hearing this, Zhang Cang didn't know how to answer Zhao Hao.
This system was inherited from the Zhou Dynasty. Before the unification of the six kingdoms, all countries had precedents for the burial of living people. For example, Duke Huan of Qi Jiang Xiaobai, King Helu of Wu, and Queen Mother Xuan of Qin were all buried with living people.
As for what Zhao Hao said about Ying Zheng's abolition of human burial, he had never heard of it.
I don’t know where Zhao Hao heard it from.
Perhaps Ying Zheng had mentioned it to him in private, but there was no written rule at all.
Seeing Zhang Cang stunned by his own words, Zhao Hao also felt that something was wrong.
Historically, Qin Shihuang did abolish the system of human burial, and pottery figurines should be used for burials. But before Qin Shihuang abolished human burial, something must have happened to make him make such a decision.
Now, are you at such a critical point?
This is the beginning of Qin, not the end of Qin. Many things may not have happened yet. I cannot use the history of the end of Qin or the history of later generations to look at what is happening now!
Thinking of this, Zhao Hao couldn't help but feel shocked. He suddenly felt excited about participating in a major historical event. He quickly woke up Zhang Cang who was still confused:
"Zhang Shaofu, I remembered it wrong. Please tell me what happened!"
"ah?"
Zhang Cang reacted for a moment and said quickly: "Oh, that's it. Some people say that His Majesty's mausoleum lacks aura. If a living person is buried, the aura will be rich, which will benefit future generations and extend the country's destiny!"
"absurd!"
When Zhao Hao heard this, he sneered: "Whoever said this should be punished by the Yi tribe!"
"But."
Zhang Cang said with some embarrassment: "This statement is made by your Majesty's uncle, the younger brother of the late King Zhuangxiang of Qin."
Zhao Hao: "."
Zhang Cang: "."
The two looked at each other, both speechless.
After a long while, Zhao Hao raised his hand to his forehead, shook his head and sighed: "Old people will inevitably be confused, which is understandable."
Why do you feel a little offended?
Zhang Cang rolled his eyes in his heart, but asked tentatively: "What about the burial of living people?"
Zhao Hao thought for a while and said: "Prepare a pit for the emperor's uncle and bury him."
"ah?"
"To live so old is to be blind in vain."
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