Zhang Cang's current meaning to Zhao Si is the housekeeper.
At least there is no need to ask Li Si about everything.
For example, who can show the imperial edict? It was only after Zhang Cang confirmed it that Zhao Si showed it to Li Shiqi.
Zhang Cang affirmed Li Shiqi's talent and believed in Li Shiqi's character through observation. Zhao Si no longer needed to worry about such minutiae.
From now on, Zhao Si only needs to draw a pie for employees, and Zhang Cang will naturally round it out.
"The Lord supports us, and we should solve the Lord's problems. If we have to ask Prime Minister Li and His Majesty about everything, then how can we, the disciples, have any dignity?"
After carefully analyzing Li Shiqi's talents, Zhang Cang narrowed his eyes and spoke.
"Okay!" Zhao Si's biggest advantage is that he listens to advice. He is not a fool, and he can vaguely feel that Zhang Cang's actions have hidden meanings.
It's just that the different positions meant that Zhao Si couldn't think so much.
In Zhao Si's view, everyone worked for the First Emperor and were all ministers of the Qin Dynasty. Naturally, there was no need to form cliques and divide them clearly.
Including Zhao Si, even though he has lost his dominant position in Five Horses, he is still sparing no effort to catch talents. In essence, he just wants to make the future of Daqin brighter.
What he was thinking about was never the dirty things in the court.
Da Qin now has a system of recommending officials and promoting officials, and most of these talents who started at the turn of the Qin and Han Dynasties were of humble origin.
What these people lack is not ability, but a stage to show themselves.
What Zhao Si is currently doing is to use his status, his power, and the First Emperor's closeness to him to give these buried talents a stage to showcase their talents.
Zhao Si left in response, leaving behind a sad smile on his pale and fat face.
"My lord, it's not that I can't listen to advice, so why should you be sad?" Li Shiqi asked with a smile.
Li Shiqi was still convinced by Zhang Cang, but he was convinced by Zhang Cang after all. Zhao Si was a bit unlike a person who could appear in reality. His mind was too clean, so clean that Li Shiqi felt that Zhao Si was a bit naive. Fortunately, the naive Zhao Si at least listened to the advice and knew that he could listen to his subordinates' opinions and protect himself.
"My sorrow is not that I am worried that the Lord cannot listen to my opinion.
What saddens me is that officials who were originally ministers and executed government orders on behalf of the emperor should have a pure heart like their lords and serve the country and the public instead of forming cliques for personal gain.
What makes me sad is that in today's court, the Lord's innocent heart has nowhere to rest. "
When Zhao Si takes care of the country's affairs, he really does it for the country, without any personal emotions or interests, and without any other political considerations.
"We all admire such a person when we see him in a book, but why do we want to push him not to become such a person when he becomes our lord in reality?" Zhang Cang expressed fatal doubts.
Li Shiqi suddenly fell silent...
He is over sixty years old and has wasted his whole life.
Because of his stubborn temper, he may have the most say on this point.
Because a naive lord, a lord who does not consider his own political identity and status at all, cannot protect the interests of his subordinates and cannot allow them to realize their ideals in life.
"Thanks to my lord, the holy grace is so strong!" Zhang Cang sighed.
If it weren't for the close relationship between the First Emperor and Zhao Si, no one would dare to plot or provoke Zhao Si. No matter how high his official position or title, Zhao Si is no longer the pure-hearted and public-minded person he is today.
No matter what, even if it was for self-protection, more or less, after experiencing the beatings from the court, he would eventually learn something.
After accepting Li Shiqi, Zhao Si took his five retainers to drive the Emperor's chariot and continued his journey.
"The next Heavenly Regiment of the Early Han Dynasty, as well as Xiang Yu and Han Xin, are all in the Jiangsu area." Zhao Si took a look at the map.
Now Jiachu is still tossing around in the old land of Wei. It will take a long, long time to reach the old land of Chu.
It's already autumn now, and it won't be long before winter sets in, so the speed of the journey may be further reduced.
"Calculating the time, by the time I finish packing these talents, they will all be available next year."
"History goes round and round, and finally passes through the sand dunes, still on a hot summer day... Only this time, the First Emperor will not die in the middle, and the Qin Dynasty will not die in another generation!"
"Shangjun and the Xiongnu have already started fighting. I don't know how the battle is going..."
…
And on the other side, the border of Great Qin, the land of Hetao!
The war situation between Da Qin and the Xiongnu is very anxious!
The initial battle between the advance troops ended with Da Qin's victory.
However, Touman was under considerable political pressure, and his successive defeats in Donghu and Yuezhi made Touman's ruler's status in jeopardy.
If we don't break into the Loop, Touman Shanyu's position will be in jeopardy.
So after the first defeat, Touman continued to send more troops, and appointed his son Mao Dun as the vanguard, his younger son Que Yu as the flanker, and himself as the main force, striving to push the army into the Hetao.
Meng Tian's cavalry equipped with horse equipment only had 35,000 light cavalry and 300 heavy cavalry.
So far, the 35,000 light cavalry and 300 heavy cavalry have not been put into the battlefield.
Meng Tian could not deliberately release water. The Xiongnu and Qin did not fight once or twice. The Xiongnu knew the fighting power of Qin soldiers. Deliberately releasing water would only make the Xiongnu wary.
He was observing the progress of the Huns' three armies.
The battle situation is the most dangerous, and the one who is anxious and equally anxious is Touman's central army, because Touman is under great pressure.
The flanks led by Touman's youngest son Que Yu have begun to retreat steadily.
The cavalry led by Touman's eldest son, Mao Dun, crossed in and out and had marched for dozens of miles.
Meng Tian didn't need to worry. There were still talents on the Xiongnu side. Next, he only needed to put in a little effort to perform an extremely realistic drama.
"Open your mouth and let them in!"
Modun keenly seized this gap and penetrated directly.
Mao Dun was really courageous. He got into Qin Jun's pocket alone and wanted to play a game of Ying Waihe.
The choice then fell to Touman.
If Touman didn't follow up, Maodun would be trapped inside.
Obviously, Touman had no choice.
Although he wanted to kill Mao Dun and pass the throne to his youngest son Que Yu, Tou Man knew one thing more clearly. If he abandoned Mao Dun, his throne would not be preserved.
Touman summoned the leaders of various tribes to hold a military meeting. While he denounced Modu's recklessness, he launched a general mobilization and asked the entire army to suppress it.
No matter how anxious the previous fight was, it was just a test. Most of the main players on both sides were taking turns to rest.
Now, Mao Dun tore a hole and got into the Qin Army's belly. If he wanted Mao Dun to turn into Monkey King and cause the Qin Army to suffer, Touman must put the greatest pressure on the Qin Army on the external battlefield, so that the Qin Army could not survive. The army has no time to look inside.
"Very good, let's put the battlefield into the Loop next!"
Meng Tian was not surprised to learn about the Huns' movements.
Faced with the overwhelming pressure of the Xiongnu army, the Qin army commanded by Meng Tian chose to retreat to the Hetao.
Touman only thought that Mao Dun had caused huge trouble to the Qin army and forced the Qin army to retreat. He was overjoyed and couldn't wait to continue the pressure.
As everyone knows...
When Mao Dun got in through the hole torn by the Qin army, he encountered the most terrifying scene in his life.
Thirty-five thousand light armored cavalry, all equipped with three-piece horse suits.
Three hundred heavy armored cavalry!
This is Meng Tian's trump card, a trump card that can directly change the situation of the battle.
The crushing of technology is unreasonable.
In particular, Mao Dun was still at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. He never expected that there would be so many people waiting for him inside.
He instinctively wanted to continue to break out into the Loop.
The men under his command were all elite cavalry, so there was no reason why they couldn't break out.
But he was wrong. He was facing the more elite Qin people.
Those who can draw hard bows on horseback, use long weapons, and truly dominate the battlefield are equipped with three-piece cavalry on horseback.
As soon as they made contact, Mao Dun was shocked.
When they were stuck in the quagmire and couldn't get out, the three hundred heavy cavalry moved.
It was like a torrent of steel rolling straight over, and then... the final word was made.
Just run over...even though there are only three hundred people.
Modun felt that the soldiers he led were like grain in the field, and the three hundred heavy cavalry were like stone mills, running over him back and forth.
On the first day when they broke into the Hetao, the Maodun tribe was completely wiped out, and Maodun was also captured alive.
Now what Touman thinks is the internal and external coordination is all directed and performed by Meng Tian.
"General, all the Xiongnu troops have entered the Hetao area!"
Following the soldier's report, Meng Tian showed a smile on his face.
"Prepare my chariot!"
Fusu specially approved that Mao Dun could accompany him to watch this grand event.
Meng Tian couldn't chase the Huns. If he wanted to fight the Huns, he had to either advance step by step, or let the Huns in and fight a battle of annihilation.
Although the terrain of Hetao is also very flat, it has been occupied by the Qin State for a long time, and the road conditions and terrain are more familiar, and it already has the basis for fighting a war of annihilation.
"The whole army is pressing forward and his central army is trapped here!"
The soldiers of Qin came out in full force, trying to hold back the main force of the Xiongnu.
And 35,000 light cavalry equipped with three-piece horse suits also came out, interspersed on the battlefield, and completely divided the Huns.
"Young Master of the Huns, it seems that your father has great confidence in you!" Meng Tian smiled and looked at Mao Dun.
Mao Dun looked at the battle situation on the battlefield with despair.
In a war of this intensity, Touman had not yet turned in. He was originally betting that Maodun could provide a hook for the Qin army at a critical moment.
It's a pity that all of this is Meng Tian's performance.
"Heavy cavalry! Come out!"
Following Meng Tian's orders, three hundred heavy cavalry filed out.
Modun covered his eyes in despair.
(The battle that the protagonist did not participate in will not be discussed. I will briefly describe the process. This battle took more than 20 days and was not completed in one day.)
(End of chapter)
