Zhao Si did not continue to discuss the steep road issue with Li Si. Dongjun is in the Central Plains, and the Central Plains is a great plain. It is extremely difficult to get such a piece of terrain together.
"How did Prime Minister Li get so angry?" Zhao Si asked with a smile while driving.
It can be seen that Li Si is very angry. He did not agree with the establishment of a secret service agency before. The assassination of more than 300 dead soldiers made Li Si so angry that he directly proposed the establishment of a secret service agency as the left prime minister.
"This is Dongjun. It's not far from Guanzhong, and the terrain is flat, so it's not difficult to manage!" Li Si was a little angry when he mentioned this.
What kind of trash is the governor of Dongjun that can let someone kill three hundred dead soldiers under his nose?
Either it was a waste of money, or a large part of the officials in East County had been corrupted. Regardless of the reason, Li Si could not accept it.
He is the left prime minister, the head of all officials!
If something goes wrong with an official, he must be blamed!
The last Bolangsha assassination had already caused Li Si to lose face, and this assassination was even more so.
To put it bluntly, as the left prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, do you manage the government like this? The management was so good that even Dongjun near Guanzhong was able to produce three hundred dead soldiers.
"This is just Dongjun. If it were further away from Guanzhong, wouldn't the officials and the local nobles have colluded? Dongjun can pull out three hundred dead soldiers. If Chu Diqi is on the ground, can he still pull out thousands of private soldiers?" Li Si frowned.
"Pfft..." Zhao Si couldn't help laughing.
"Why are you laughing?" Li Si looked at Zhao Si with a strange expression.
"Is there a possibility that what Li Xiang guessed is true?" Zhao Si touched his chin.
It's hard to say for other nobles. The Xiang family has trained private soldiers.
Do you really think that the three thousand soldiers drawn out by the Xiang family's uprising are all fellow villagers?
I really thought these three thousand soldiers were all untrained farmers.
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Nowadays, every additional local problem that arises is a slap in Li Si's face, and Zhao Si is like opening up the wound and adding salt to it.
In fact, Li Si had already anticipated the local situation and was definitely not that optimistic. After all, the effect of policy implementation and the reaction of officials were the most intuitive. It was indeed difficult for Da Qin's decrees to penetrate into the local areas.
In the Guanzhong and outside the Guanzhong, it is a reality to govern two worlds.
This is also the main reason why Li Si supported the First Emperor's grand tour of the world.
In the past dynasties, which king had nothing to do but spent a lot of manpower and material resources to patrol the world and put himself in danger?
Even the Left Prime Minister of Great Qin actively supported it?
There is really no way...
The land in the world, which is not amenable to kingship, really needs the First Emperor to personally patrol and suppress any unrest and ambition.
It was necessary to go there from time to time and let them witness the majesty of the First Emperor with their own eyes, so that they could feel fear in their hearts and the implementation of Da Qin's decrees could be smoother.
Of course, Li Si felt that Zhao Si's idea was still a bit nonsense. Thousands of private soldiers... Unless all the officials in a county were corrupted, how could there be thousands of private soldiers?
Remote areas are difficult to control. The county guards are basically all Langguan, and a large number of officials are transferred from Guanzhong. This is also a means of suppression.
Li Si did not think that the Lang officials who had served the king and the officials transferred from Guanzhong would become corrupt together.
After all, Li Si couldn't sit still when he thought of this possibility.
After all, Li Si couldn't see with his own eyes what was happening everywhere... This feeling of knowing that something was wrong but not being able to see it with his own eyes was really frustrating.
"The imperial edict is imperative!" Li Si spat and spat on the ground viciously.
The collusion of local nobles with officials is a problem that cannot be ignored. Today, Dongjun can pull out three hundred dead soldiers, and tomorrow, even further away, Chudi may be able to pull out thousands of private soldiers.
After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the central and local people's hearts were separated, and political orders could not reach the local areas. On the surface, it was a system of counties and counties, but in fact it was still aristocratic herdsmen. This problem is the biggest problem at present.
Li Si has used Shang Yang's idea to solve the problem for more than ten years. It is effective, but the progress is slow.
Now, he recognized Zhao Si's proposal even more.
The best way to solve a problem is to get rid of the person who created it.
Move all these local nobles to Guanzhong and kill such a group, and the wild people will naturally be at peace.
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Drive on and keep marching...
After walking for about an hour, the motorcade stopped suddenly.
Zhao Si drove the car to a stop and looked at the front of the motorcade in confusion.
However, due to road conditions, the convoy was stretched into a long strip, and the First Emperor's driving force was in the center, so nothing could be seen.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Meng Yi to step forward to start something.
"Your Majesty, there are rocks blocking the road ahead. The road is narrow and can accommodate very few people. It is difficult for ordinary soldiers to move it. I have mobilized strong men to move the rocks and clear the way."
The so-called strange stone is naturally the stone with the inscription that the First Emperor died and died.
Meng Yi didn't say it because it was taboo to say it, but everyone knew it.
There was silence for a moment, and then the First Emperor said: "Guide the way, take me to see!"
"Your Majesty, the road here is dangerous and there may be an ambush. If Your Majesty travels hastily, it is easy to expose your position and give the gangsters an opportunity." Meng Yi spoke to dissuade him.
"Zhao Si!" The First Emperor did not answer, but called Zhao Si.
"Take me there!"
Zhao Si's face showed a hint of bitterness. No one could refuse to dissuade the First Emperor from doing anything he wanted to do, and Zhao Si was no exception.
However, all the assassins here have been killed. Meng Yi's worries are not unreasonable. However, now that Wang Li has occupied all the ambush positions above, below, left, and right, there should be no problem in sending people to investigate at any time.
The First Emperor wanted to go, so Zhao Si could only take the First Emperor to see it.
After entering the carriage and helping the First Emperor out of the carriage, Meng Yi had no choice but to lead the way.
Under the guard of the soldiers, the four of them, Li Si, Zhao Simi, Meng Yi and the First Emperor, arrived in front of the strange stone blocking the road in a short time.
The strange stone is about the size of a car, and it is stuck right in the middle of the road. It is not very high, so you can barely climb it, but the car frame will probably not be able to pass it.
And because this is the narrowest place, there is not enough room for too many people to work together. The only way to drive through is to mobilize strong men and move them to an open area.
One group of warriors pushed on one side, while another group of soldiers climbed to the other side and pulled with ropes.
More than a hundred people were used together, but the effect was still very slow.
At this moment, the First Emperor was looking at the strange stone blocking the road in front of him.
The surface of the completely black stone body is very round and smooth, as if it has been artificially polished. To be more precise, it has indeed been artificially polished.
The writing on the front of the strange stone has been blurred and it looks like it has been vandalized.
But I can barely distinguish the handwriting.
The First Emperor died and the earth was divided!
"The First Emperor died and the earth was divided? Ha..." The First Emperor sneered.
I said I came to take a look, but that was all I took.
The First Emperor thought that the remnants of the Six Kingdoms had some new tricks, but he didn't expect that they were still the same. The so-called strange stones, the traces of man-made artifacts could be seen at a glance.
The characters on it are still in official script...
The co-author was afraid that the First Emperor would not be able to understand the specially written Qin character.
After the First Emperor left, Meng Yi continued to lead people to move strange stones.
Because the road was curved and narrow and it was difficult to exert force, the strange stone moved relatively slowly. Before it moved very far, all the strongmen were sweating profusely. Meng Yi calmly replaced it with another group of people.
Going back and forth like this, it took about half an hour to move the strange stone to a slightly open area.
The Emperor's carriage was able to pass normally.
At this time, the sky was already getting a little gloomy...
The road also began to become narrower and wider as it traveled, until it reached a valley.
There are mountain streams and waterfalls, the terrain is open, trees are thick, and flowers and plants are luxuriant.
The sky was already dimming at this moment, and because of the time wasted on assassinating people and moving boulders, it was obvious that they would not be able to reach the military base or palace.
Therefore, Meng Yi ordered to stay here and rest, while Wang Li led people to continue patrolling and guarding.
The First Emperor's drive stopped in front of the waterfall.
The team started to get busy...
They had to set up camp, make fire to make food, and feed the animals.
Within the waterfall and Yadong, Wei Ji and more than twenty dead men were waiting quietly.
With the arrival of the First Emperor, the originally quiet valley with only the chirping of birds, insects, flying waterfalls, and rapids suddenly became noisy.
The movement of tens of thousands of people was very loud, especially in the valley.
Wei Ji knows!
The First Emperor's drive has arrived!
The father fulfilled his promise, and the Emperor's troops stationed themselves in the valley as expected.
He also knew what the arrival of the First Emperor meant!
It means that his father is dead!
Wei Ji knew that it was time for him to complete everything his father had not completed.
Without Wei Ji's warning, the more than twenty warriors in Yadong all restrained their voices. Their armor never left their bodies, and their hammers were at their sides. They waited until nightfall, and when Wei Ji gave the order, they went straight to the Emperor's command.
Wei Ji quietly came to the cliff and removed a stone, a tiny, invisible pore. Just enough to get a glimpse of the outside scenery.
Here, with the condescending valley and the rounded valley, you can catch a clear view of the First Emperor's drive.
The Emperor's Six Chariots... It's very simple to tell which car is the Emperor's car.
The six-drive car is still very conspicuous in the convoy.
Looking around, it turned out to be exactly what my father said.
Damn, there are nine of them!
There are nine six-chariots, and the First Emperor is among these nine. As for which one he is in, he needs to decide by himself.
Wei Ji looked back at the more than 20 double-hammer warriors behind him, and then at the still orderly convoy of tens of thousands of horses, feeling suddenly sad.
It can be seen that the soldiers accompanying the First Emperor are all elite.
Even if I was lucky enough to make the right choice...even if I could come out from an unexpected place.
But for more than twenty people, the chance of success is still very small.
He stared at the nine six-drive cars carefully.
Obviously, the First Emperor had no intention of getting off the car, and the most terrible thing was that Zhao Gao and Meng Yi did not show up either. There were drivers and soldiers guarding the carriages, but how could he tell which one was which one just from the drivers and guards? Was it the First Emperor who drove him away?
"Zhao Gao! Meng Yi! Get in the car quickly!"
It was getting dark, and Wei Ji was a little anxious.
These two were close ministers of the king. Whichever car they boarded was most likely driven by the First Emperor. Although it was not accurate enough, it was already the best method at present.
At least it's better than choosing one from nine.
If you wait a little longer, it will be completely dark and you will not be able to see clearly. At that time, Wei Ji can only choose blindly.
Fortunately...
Before the last hint of fish belly white sky completely dimmed, Wei Ji saw a figure boarding one of the carriages.
Ban crown and service...
Is it Zhao Gao?
Wei Jiu was a little unsure because he didn't see it clearly enough.
"It's you!"
There is no point in seeing clearly, because the sky is already dark, and even if the other party comes out again, Wei Ji can no longer confirm his identity through the crown and service.
(End of chapter)
