Regarding the Western Regions, I believe what many people know best is not the 'Road to Silk and Porcelain', but the Bloody Horse.
Because of the extreme praise of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the bloody horse became synonymous with the "King of Horses".
In 113 BC, a prisoner named "Liu Chang" presented a sweat-blooded BMW to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, allowing him to see the majesty of the sweat-blooded BMW, which ignited his "sweat-blooded BMW complex".
At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed when he got this horse. He called it 'Tianma' and wrote poems to praise it. It is similar to how we post it on WeChat Moments in future generations. You can show off how you want.
However, a bloody horse was not enough to change the current situation of the Han Dynasty's lack of war horses.
After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was dedicated to expanding his territory throughout his life. Without good war horses, there would be no cavalry advantage in fighting the Huns.
Therefore, shortly after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty obtained the sweat-blooded BMW, he sent someone with a thousand gold coins and a golden horse to Ershi City, the capital of Dayuan Kingdom, to purchase the sweat-blooded BMW.
He thought this was a sincere transaction, but instead of selling the horse, the King of Dawan killed his envoy.
This made Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty angry, and he immediately ordered Han general Li Guangli to lead an army of more than 4,000 kilometers to attack the Dawan Kingdom.
Later, the Han army captured more than 3,000 bloody horses as they wished.
However, due to the long journey, when they arrived at Yumen Pass, there were only more than a thousand horses left.
However, it was precisely because of this crazy horse-grabbing incident that the name of the sweaty BMW was completely established.
So, since the name of the sweat-blooded BMW is so famous, why didn't Zhao Hao tell Wu Shiluo and the others about the sweat-blooded BMW?
The main reason is that the Qin Dynasty had too many top-quality war horses, so many that the Qin Dynasty could not even look down on the bloody horses.
According to later archaeological discoveries, among the horses buried with Qin Gong’s tomb was the sweat-blooded horse.
It can be seen that in the Qin Dynasty, the sweat-blooded horse did not pay as much attention as the Han Dynasty.
So, since there was a sweat-blooded BMW in the Qin Dynasty, why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not hear of a sweat-blooded BMW before Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions?
The reason is also very simple. After the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was in a period of cultivation. At this time, the Xiongnu took the opportunity to rise and cut off the passage between China and the Western Regions. As a result, the blood of the Han Dynasty continued to mix, and each generation was inferior to the last.
In the end, the sweat-blooded BMW gradually became unknown to future generations, and it was not until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that it truly emitted its dazzling light.
In fact, the sweat-blooded horse is just a type of horse, and it became famous all over the world because of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Without the fanatical pursuit of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it would be difficult for the bloody horse to achieve the reputation of the "King of Horses".
Zhao Hao doesn't pursue sweaty horses because he thinks it's unnecessary.
Of course, if he could open up the road to silk porcelain, he would like to get some purebred sweaty horses to play with.
"Master Qi, Director Xiao wants to see you!"
Zhao Hao was eating watermelon in the yard when Laifu came from outside the door and handed him a report.
"Let him in!"
Zhao Hao spit out the watermelon seeds on the plate, waved his hand, and then ordered Laifu: "Go get two bowls of shaved ice!"
"promise!"
Laifu agreed and walked out of the courtyard.
Soon, Xiao He stepped into the courtyard gate.
"Xiao He pays homage to the young master!"
Xiao He saluted Zhao Hao, and then sat down opposite Zhao Hao at Zhao Hao's signal.
But Zhao Hao smiled and said, "Director Xiao, if you have any trouble, come to me?"
"Young Master is joking, how can there be any trouble? Xiao wanted to take care of Young Master, but there is nothing he can do!"
Xiao He smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Zhao Hao immediately stopped his smile and frowned, "What happened?"
He knew that Xiao He was not a man who knew how to get into trouble. Now that he came to see him in person, he must have encountered something difficult.
But now in Xianyang, he didn't know what would be difficult.
Xiao He sighed, glanced at him, shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Young Master just called Xiao Director Xiao, but this business bureau has not been recognized by the Qin court until now, and there is not even a formal appointment document, let alone Don’t talk about managing business affairs.”
"Snapped!"
When Zhao Hao heard this, he slammed the table and said angrily: "What did you say?!"
He thought that this matter had been implemented, so he didn't take care of it.
I didn't expect that Wang Wan would actually follow him and violate this plan. It is really unreasonable.
"Sir, please calm down. I think the old prime minister and the others must be in trouble, or his Majesty."
"The trouble is, I think they are deliberately trying to make things difficult for me. Besides, my father, there is no reason for my father to disagree with such a thing that benefits the country and the people!"
Before Xiao He could finish his words, Zhao Hao interrupted him with a wave of his hand, then looked at the sky and said to him: "Have you asked the old prime minister about this?"
"The old prime minister is busy with official duties, so I haven't seen him yet."
Xiao He shook his head and continued: "I heard from people in the Prime Minister's Mansion that the old Prime Minister and the Imperial Censor had some unpleasant quarrels. I wonder if it was because of this."
"You mean, Feng Jie doesn't agree with the new commerce bureau?" Zhao Hao narrowed his eyes.
"Xiao is willing to share the worries of the young master, but Da Qin has always attached great importance to farming and despised commercial affairs. Setting up a commerce bureau hastily may affect Da Qin's existing national policies."
Xiao He said and saluted Zhao Hao: "Master, please consider this matter again."
"Nothing to think about."
Zhao Hao waved his hand: "Farming is the foundation of the country, so naturally it cannot be underestimated, but business is also very important. We cannot give up business just because we attach great importance to farming. Otherwise, how can we open the 'Road of Silk Porcelain' in Da Qin?"
"What the young master said is true!"
Xiao He smiled happily.
Although he had just been persuading Zhao Hao to consider suspending business, he very much recognized Zhao Hao's vision in his heart, because Daqin needed business now to drive future development, instead of suspending business and continuing to develop agriculture, which was already stuck at a bottleneck.
No matter how much farming continues to develop, it will not be possible to solve the problem of food and clothing in a short time.
Moreover, with the end of large-scale wars, the reform of the conscription system, the reduction of forced labor, and the establishment of production teams, the rural labor force will increase day by day.
At this time, there will be overcapacity.
If not solved in time, problems can easily arise.
The expansion of business, including the development of the construction industry, will lead to a new round of employment and a new concept of consumption.
In this way, Daqin can not only solve production problems, food and clothing problems, but also promote economic development.
"Let's go to the imperial censor's palace and check their work!"
"ah?"
Xiao He was stunned and didn't seem to react.
At this time, Zhao Hao had already walked to the door, took the shaved ice from Laifu's hand, and expressed his dissatisfaction to him: "What are you still waiting for? You don't want to be Director Xiao anymore?"
After saying this, he seemed to think of something again and said: "Bring the shaved ice with you and eat it on the road. You are sweating. Don't blame me if you get heatstroke later!"
"Oh oh oh, okay"
Xiao He reacted for a moment, quickly took the shaved ice from Lai Fu's hand, and followed Zhao Hao's footsteps.
Although he had just received the shaved ice, he was very curious about how to eat it, but looking at Zhao Hao's resolute appearance, he resisted the urge to ask Zhao Hao, thinking to see how Zhao Hao eats it later.
Not long after, the two of them appeared at the door of the imperial censor, eating shaved ice under the bright sun.
When the guards at the imperial censor's door saw this, they couldn't help but look at each other.
"I have seen the young master. I wonder if the young master has something important to do. Can you let me report it?"
A guard stepped forward with a smile and saluted.
Zhao Hao looked him over and said, "Do you know me?"
"Young Master is joking. I'm afraid no one in Xianyang doesn't know you. I will buy the patriotic lottery every time!"
"Haha, this shows that you are very patriotic!"
"I'll tell you the truth, young master, I love my country and I also love money."
"Hahaha, that's interesting!"
Zhao Hao raised his head and laughed, then turned to look at Xiao He and joked: "Director Xiao, I just said that business is very important. Everyone in the imperial censor's house loves money."
"Who doesn't love money?"
Xiao He agreed casually, and then with a 'suck' sound, he drank the shaved ice water in the bowl cleanly, exhaling whitely and saying, "Master, this shaved ice is so delicious, it's so cool after eating it."
"What, you also like to eat shaved ice?"
"like!"
Xiao He nodded readily and said frankly: "Sir, I want to do this business."
“You want to start a shaved ice business?”
Zhao Hao was a little surprised.
But Xiao He smiled helplessly: "Chen Ping and I don't have much income now, but he has subordinates giving gifts, and I can hardly afford to eat!"
Hearing this, Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh: "It's so tragic, doesn't Liuheju provide you with free meals?"
“Free stuff doesn’t taste good”
"Can't you tell, you are quite picky!"
When Zhao Hao heard this, he couldn't help but raise his hands to his forehead, and finally agreed reluctantly: "Okay, you can find Laifu later and let him teach you!"
"good!"
Xiao He nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, the guard who had been standing beside them, watching them talk to each other, as if they were the guards at the door of their home, finally couldn't help but said: "This, this... Young Master, can you please let me know? Report."
"No need, go and call all the officials in the mansion and tell them that I have something important to announce!"
"Do you want to inform the censor?"
"What do you think?"
Zhao Hao looked at the guard with a half-smile.
"Yes, yes, I'll go right now, little man."
The guard quickly nodded in agreement, and was about to leave the mansion when he suddenly remembered something. He stopped, turned to look at Zhao Hao, and said sarcastically: "Well, the young master and the villain can't even eat."
"Hahaha"
Zhao Hao laughed again.
Obviously, this guard was very compatible with his temperament, so he joked to Xiao He again: "Look, what does it mean to be a hero who knows the current affairs? This guy is on the road, and he is much more cheerful than that guy Feng Jie!"
Xiao He: "."
Guard: "."
The two looked at each other, both speechless.
After a long while, the guard opened his mouth, but stopped talking.
"Sir, this is..."
Although he was deliberately trying to please Zhao Hao, Zhao Hao still made him a little embarrassed when he scolded Feng Jie at the door of Feng Jie's house.
Fortunately, Zhao Hao stopped it and did not make the matter a big deal. He changed the subject and said, "Okay, I will also give you a way to make money. Go fry stinky tofu!"
"Stinky tofu?"
The guard was stunned and seemed a little confused.
Zhao Hao handed him his shaved ice bowl and said, "Take this bowl to Liuheju later and tell me that I want you to learn how to fry stinky tofu. Someone will teach you!"
As he said that, he felt it was inappropriate and added: "If you learn how to fry stinky tofu, don't fry it yourself. Just work hard here and hand over the technique of frying stinky tofu to the people closest to you!"
"Thank you sir, thank you sir!"
The guard took the shaved ice bowl from Zhao Hao's hand and was overjoyed.
"Go!"
Zhao Hao smiled and waved his hand, watching the guards leave the house.
Xiao He glanced at the guard, then at Zhao Hao, and sighed sincerely: "Young master is really kind-hearted!"
"hehe."
Zhao Hao smiled noncommittally, and then strode into the imperial censor's palace.
Zhao Hao was sitting in the imperial censor's palace, looking around at everyone.
But Feng Jie asked with a calm expression: "Sir, I wonder why you called us here?"
Although he knew that Zhao Hao came here with bad intentions, he still acted very calmly.
Because Zhao Hao has no official title, he is actually one of the three princes.
Although Zhao Hao thrived in Da Qin like a fish in water, most people only did it for Ying Zheng's sake.
In essence, he is not afraid of anyone except Ying Zheng and Prime Minister Wang Wan.
Including his father Feng Quji, he will not compromise easily.
In particular, he strongly disagreed with some of Zhao Hao's recent actions.
In addition, the last time I went to Chunan Pavilion, I was hit on the head for no apparent reason.
Later, Wang Wan told him that he fell into the pit himself. He didn't believe it, but he couldn't find the murderer.
Therefore, he felt that this matter must be related to Zhao Hao, and even suspected that Zhao Hao was the murderer.
But Zhao Hao said with a nonchalant expression: "It's nothing, I just want to see how the censors do things!"
"this"
When all the censors heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other and looked at each other in confusion.
Feng Jie frowned and said, "Since the young master wants to see how we do things, why did he call us here? Shouldn't we check our files and official documents?"
"What? You're not happy?"
"No, it's just that I'm busy with official duties, sir, please be considerate!"
"Hehehe"
Zhao Hao chuckled for no reason, and then joked with a smile: "It is said that the bones of the imperial censor are very hard, but now it seems that he is indeed well-deserved!"
"Master, what do you mean by this?"
Feng Jie's face darkened and his eyes narrowed slightly.
He is not afraid of Zhao Hao being presumptuous in front of him. As long as Zhao Hao dares to act recklessly, he will dare to order people to arrest Zhao Hao and deal with him according to law.
However, Zhao Hao did not act as nonsense as he imagined. He just changed the subject with a smile: "I wonder what official duties the imperial censor is busy with. Can you tell me?"
"Since when did the young master care so much about state affairs?"
Feng Jie asked back, with a hint of ridicule in his tone.
The censors around him couldn't help but tremble when they heard this.
In their hearts, these two are not easy to mess with, but they must not start a conflict, otherwise they will not know who to help.
Logically speaking, they should help their immediate superiors.
But everyone knows that Zhao Hao is a vengeful character. If they don't help Zhao Hao, they may suffer some kind of revenge.
Just when everyone thought the two were going to be at war with each other, Zhao Hao suddenly said with a playful smile: "It's okay to care about state affairs occasionally. It's impossible for the imperial censor not to let me care about state affairs, right?"
"snort!"
Feng Jie snorted coldly, obviously not taking Zhao Hao's trick, and said in a deep voice: "The imperial censor has the duty to supervise all officials. Recently, someone has secretly reported that the young master is embezzling national wealth. We are conducting a thorough investigation of the young master's accounts!"
"You said that the young master is greedy for national wealth?"
"I didn't say it, someone tipped me off!"
"Who reported the secret?"
"It's a secret, I can't tell you!"
"Ah!"
Zhao Hao snorted and said nonchalantly: "Okay! It's okay if you don't tell me!"
"but."
As he spoke, he changed the subject and continued: "Now I also suspect that someone in your imperial censor's house is greedy for national wealth!"
Wow!
The whole place was in an uproar.
Some people were so shocked that they were stunned.
Some people seemed to have their tail stepped on and screamed crazily.
Some people glared at Zhao Hao to express their dissatisfaction.
The entire imperial censor's palace was in chaos.
After a moment, Feng Jie stood up and shouted, "Who in my royal family is greedy for the country's wealth?!"
"I won't tell you!"
"you"
Feng Jie was so angry with Zhao Hao that he almost fell down.
The censor Cheng on the side quickly supported him and said helplessly to Zhao Hao: "What does the young master want?"
"Nothing, I just want to check your account!"
Zhao Hao replied calmly.
"Master, are you kidding us?"
"What do you think?"
Zhao Hao smiled coldly: "I, under the order of my father, built the burial pit of Lishan Mausoleum and made funeral servants. The young master is fully assisting me. You are now investigating the young master. I suspect that you are obstructing my order to investigate. What about you?"
"Master, do you have His Majesty's decree?"
Feng Jie asked with some dissatisfaction.
"No, this is my father's decree!"
Zhao Hao said calmly: "If you don't believe it, you can report it to my father and ask about it. Of course, you will be responsible for delaying my father's important event!"
"this"
Feng Jie hesitated and immediately looked at the censor Zhongcheng standing aside.
But I saw the censor Zhongcheng said thoughtfully: "How do you want to check us, Master?"
Zhao Hao thought for a while and said: "You guys check yourself first, and after you finish checking, I will check again!"
"With so many accounts, I'm afraid it will take a long time. Can you allow me to go back and check them?"
The censors of the same age as the censor Zhongcheng and the censors of various counties can order the censors to impeach officials, and their power is particularly important.
The accounts of the Imperial Censor's Mansion were also done by his people. He knew very well whether there were any problems.
The reason why he wanted to take it back for inspection was to find flaws and revise them secretly.
But how could Zhao Hao let him get his wish, but Zhao Hao shouted coldly: "Why don't you go back and check, just check here, I will give you two hours!"
"Huh? Only two hours?"
Censor Zhongcheng was stunned for a moment, and even Feng Jie and others were stunned.
It took two hours to check the accounts of a warehouse, and most of them were bamboo slips. How is this possible?
"Sir, you are like this"
Feng Jie couldn't help but speak, but was interrupted by Zhao Hao with a wave of his hand: "Don't you know the accounts of your imperial censor's house? If you are confident that there is no problem, why check it? Just leave it to me for verification!"
"this"
Yu Shicheng hesitated for a moment and said tentatively: "Sir, if you feel that we have delayed your order, why not wait until you have completed your order and then we will check the young master's office again. What do you think?"
He originally thought that this seemingly compromise method could make Zhao Hao give up targeting them.
However, Zhao Hao just glanced at him lightly: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"
"ah?"
When the censor heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly raised his hands: "I don't dare, the lower official!"
He is not Feng Jie, who dares to directly attack Zhao Hao.
Faced with Zhao Hao's rhetorical question, he immediately gave in.
However, Zhao Hao didn't seem to let him go. He stared at him and said calmly: "I don't want you to think that I am doing things, just do your own thing!"
"Yes, yes, I understand!"
Yu Shi Cheng nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice, while cold sweat slowly slid down his forehead.
Logically speaking, he didn't have to be afraid of Zhao Hao at all, but he couldn't help but be afraid in his heart.
Because Zhao Hao just killed his cousin Ziying yesterday.
He really didn't dare to be tough with this master who had no relatives.
Feng Jie, who had just confronted him, was also shocked by what he said about Ying Zheng's oral instructions.
Just like that, the entire imperial censor's palace fell into silence for an instant.
"Okay, you can go check yourself!"
Seeing that no one doubted him anymore, Zhao Hao waved his hand freely, and then with an admiring look on his face, Xiao He walked out of the house swaggeringly.
In fact, when Feng Jie saw Xiao He, he knew the purpose of Zhao Hao's visit to the imperial censor's residence as soon as he saw him.
But he didn't want to compromise with Zhao Hao.
However, Zhao Hao didn't mention anything about the Bureau of Commerce and only targeted him in the areas he was good at, which made him lose his temper instantly.
When it comes to finding trouble, none of the censors in the Censor's Palace are cowards.
But Zhao Hao could find trouble for his people in front of him, and he couldn't stop it.
This is outrageous.
I originally wanted to write two chapters, but found that I didn’t have enough time, so I just combined them into one chapter.
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