Because of the Qin Dynasty's aggressive military campaign, the people in the northern part of the country were in dire straits. Foreign tribes on the border competed with each other, causing chaos in the surrounding area. There were constant internal discussions in the court, and the King of Qin couldn't cope with it, and he was in a panic.
When they were panicking, six more envoys came from Beihu. They were tall and powerful, wearing crane robes, feathered hats on their heads, holding documents in their hands, and carrying swords at their waists. They were stationed at the moat post station outside the capital and shouted loudly: "The King of Beihu has an order, and the King of Qin has come to see him personally and accept my order!" Stationed at the post station! The soldiers saw this posture and hurriedly reported to the court.
After hearing the news, King Qin hurriedly changed his clothes, arranged the court hall, and prepared for the reception.
The head general of the post station led six envoys to file in, seeming to occupy half of the Qin court, and the momentum was a bit overwhelming.
In these years, with the wars in the south and north, east and west, the Qin court's military equipment was weak and its treasury was empty. Facing the menacing Beihu envoys, King Qin thought twice and had no choice but to bluff.
The envoy said: "The former King of Qin was invincible. My great king wants to move two hundred miles south to expand the territory. Because Qin cannot control it, it will cause worries to the people of Li."
King Qin was silent. Wait in silence.
Suddenly, seven trays of Fengyi's maids came out from the inner court and presented cakes to the envoys. They first held trays and danced gracefully. The music sounded, the twisting waists, and the string music of Hujia gradually made the atmosphere of the entire hall come alive.
The six envoys relaxed from the boredom of staring at King Qin just now, and indulged in admiring their elegant dance.
"Okay. Okay. Qin's music and dance are indeed extraordinary and eye-opening to us."
They laughed heartily to the music and answered the messengers happily. After a while, each dancer's tray was quietly placed next to the envoy and King Qin. However, at this moment, every dancer danced out the ropes from their waists, swinging them in an arc, impartially, and each rope wrapped around the messenger's neck. Each dancer kept swinging their waists and increasing their intensity. The envoys were so intoxicated that they did not take precautions and did not expect that the dancers would behave like this. The more they struggled, the tighter the rope became, and their necks hurt. One by one begging for mercy. The pastries and tea on the table were scattered all over the floor, and the floor was in a mess.
King Qin sat majestically on the throne and shouted loudly: "Let your king see clearly that our Qin Dynasty will not tolerate your bullying! Let them go and let them go!"
The six envoys fled in despair. King Qin knew that these seven dancing girls were prepared by Queen Qin just in case. Secretly longing for the Queen of Qin.
Three days later, the King of Qin had just received Beihu's envoys. Beihu wanted to invade Qin's capital from the south again. He was depressed: "How come I have been fighting in the south and north all day long to expand my territory, but Beihu still dares to invade our borders, and there are Ambitions to continue going south?”
When the Queen of Qin returned to the palace, the King of Qin was overjoyed. He asked Empress Qin for advice:
"Aiji, now the Northern Hu are going to invade the south, how should we, the Qin State, respond!"
The Empress of Qin had long been dissatisfied with the King of Qin's massive military preparations and vigorous expansion in recent years. "You are fighting every year. The treasury is empty, the soldiers are disorganized, and the people are in dire straits. Now that the north and south are invaded, how can there be so many troops to fight? I have repeatedly advised you to make timely repairs, develop agriculture, pay attention to water conservancy, and develop the economy. Establish your authority in front of the people and let them see that you, the King of Qin, value the voices of the people. In this way, the foundation of the country will be solid and the foundation of the country can be relied on! But the king always says that my wife's benevolence cannot be trusted!"
"The Hu people used heavy cavalry and archery, but light swordsmen. You conquered Zhao Lu in the east and Ana (today's Xinjiang) in the west. Although the Qin State's light cavalry was attacked by you, although the territory was expanded, most of the troops were damaged." Empress Qin could not figure out how to deal with it. The southern invasion of Beihu.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Renwusu is still alive. Let's take our eldest son Renwusu back with you to defeat Beihu?" Empress Qin missed Renwusu Shiqie, bursting into tears, and said to herself unknowingly. .
King Qin remembered that he had indeed gone too far in the past few years. After being reminded by the Empress of Qin, he also recalled Renwusu's filial piety and sensibleness as a child. He shed tears sadly and said sadly:
"I heard that when I was exiled to Renwusu, my second son sent people to track him down and secretly pushed Renwusu out of the car! He was buried in the sand and annihilated without a trace! Where is our eldest son Renwusu? Wu Su? Aiji, your idea is messing with my mind again! Ren Wusu is kind-hearted and kind-hearted, and the second son is decisive in killing. When choosing the second son, he also had the consideration of being lonely. I didn’t expect the second son to be so hot, so he killed them all. This is also beyond my expectation. . Today I think about it wisely, and I also regret it."
"Then you ask the second son to defeat Beihu and bring peace to the world!" Empress Qin thought of the second son. Since he was favored by his father, he acted alone and went to war. Compared with King Qin, he was worse than the king of Qin! I said this out of anger in my heart.
"The second son is now in Yan State in the northeast. When he returns to Beijing, the best opportunity to defeat Beihu will disappear!" King Qin was originally quite talented and strategic, and he was familiar with military books. This sentence is to the point! But he had no choice but to have no available troops at this time, so he regretfully told Empress Qin.
Empress Qin could not think of a better way to deal with Beihu.
"No one is going to attack Beihu, but I am alone to march north. My beloved concubine, please make a decision for me: we can really focus on agriculture, develop water conservancy, and promote exchanges." The King of Qin gathered all the troops that could be assembled and took charge of the expedition himself.
The King of Qin went to Yan in person to conquer the country, and his second son was at Yan.
The Queen of Qin handled government affairs in Beijing.
Empress Qin used agricultural and commercial officials from the DPRK to dispatch them to various places to learn about the idle land, planting and harvesting conditions in various places, and combined with the weather and weather, asked farmers what they needed, how to restore the withered crops and loose riverside dams to normal. Appropriate and unified subsidies will be distributed to farmers who have left their hometowns, as long as they return to their hometowns and reuse the barren land for planting. The Empress of Qin reiterated: If there are any officials (mostly civil servants) who have committed corruption and violated the law, they will be killed without mercy upon verification!
Under the order, one year later, the agricultural climate in Qin was much better.
Of course, officials such as Wei Shan and Qing Shu who deducted farmers' meager profits were also killed.
The King of Qin went on a northern expedition. In the end, the King of Qin led a small number of strong Qin soldiers to pursue Beihu for a hundred miles, but returned without an agreement. However, among the soldiers led by King Qin, some were not adapted to the northern climate and froze to death; some were picked off by the Northern Hu cavalry; some were dragged to death with ulcerated wounds that could not be cured; some were kidnapped by the Hu soldiers; and some fled because they could not endure the ruthless fighting. of. Only three or four out of ten of the soldiers returned to Qindu. They were all sallow, thin, and weak. When the King of Qin was on his own expedition, the Queen of Qin actually allocated food to the troops for the expedition. However, the King of Qin used the military strategy of injuring most of the troops to feed the elite, so most of the soldiers were not full. This is also the reason why King Qin has the record of chasing Beihu for a hundred miles.
The King of Qin's squadron returned to the court. The Queen of Qin asked the King of Qin the truth and rewarded all the soldiers so that they could return to their fields when they were old and take care of themselves.
The King of Qin saw that the land was recovering and there were fewer and fewer hungry weeds in the wild. He praised the Queen of Qin for being "a heroine with talent for managing politics."
After the death of Duke Mou of Qin, Ying Yue proclaimed himself emperor, the King of Qin. Xuanyi was the later Queen of Qin. (To be continued)
