Since taking office, Zhao Zheng rarely found half a day of leisure in his busy life. He sat on the pavilion on Yuchi Terrace, enjoying the gentle breeze and the spring sun, touching the dagger in his sleeve, and his thoughts wandered far away. Novel Shen Yu has become accustomed to his appearance over the years, because she knows that the king has always been thinking about someone in his heart. However, Shen Yu was curious, wondering which beautiful lady the king missed so much.
Zhao Zheng succeeded to the throne as a young man and was once in trouble. Not only that, but even his most respected mother did something that made him feel humiliated, making his situation worse. His mother severed the relationship with him, and there was only one person left who could still be close to him.
Over the years, as long as he thought about that person, no matter how difficult the situation was, he endured it. Because of this, the longer Zhao Zheng was separated, the more he missed Zhao Gao. But now that all the obstacles have finally been overcome, and when I have the ability to repay him and protect him, the person has yet to come.
"Zhou Wu." The attendant who was standing aside heard his king summoning him and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "My subordinate is here." Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, there was no further order from his king. Zhou Wu raised his head and found a fine iron dagger whirling in the king's hand.
To say that this thing was of inferior material and crude appearance, it was nothing more than the plaything of those despicable Guizhou leaders, yet it was held in such a precious and precious hand by the king. Although Zhou Wu was a little curious in his heart, the strange expression on his face became more restrained. stand up.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, and the originally weak wind sound outside the pavilion seemed to suddenly amplify several times. It circled Zhou Wu's ears, clearly audible, and made him upset. After a long time, so long that he almost thought that his king just called him casually on a whim and had no intention of saying anything, the king spoke.
"It is announced to all nations that I have lost the dagger I cherished since childhood. If anyone can find it for me, I will be rewarded with ten thousand gold." If Zhou Wu hadn't been accustomed to restraining all his expressions, his face would have been full of surprise and confusion at this moment. .
Isn't this thing in the king's hand? How could such a good person give such an order? Zhou Wu couldn't figure it out, and he didn't dare to touch it again. He only answered "promise" respectfully and hurriedly sent the message.
Unexpectedly, the king paused and then looked down at the thing in his hand and added: "Find a painter to draw one." After saying this, he still held the thing in his hand and held it tightly, with no intention of handing it to Zhou Wu. Zhou Wu finally understood that this thing was so dear to the king that he would never leave it, so he had no choice but to ask a painter to paint it in front of the king.
As soon as King Qin's edict came out, the world was shocked. Some people praised him as a nostalgic king, while others secretly expressed dissatisfaction with it. But in any case, this edict set off a trend of collecting daggers in various countries.
The more courageous courtiers of Qin sent someone to make something similar to the pattern and presented it to him. Zhao Zheng refused to comment and accepted all the orders. There were also many foreign ministers who fell in love with him. Although they did not find the one that King Qin was looking for, they still presented many exquisite daggers for him to play with.
Even the one with the poorest talent and the crudest design has seen its value double several times overnight.
Although daggers were continuously sent to Xianyang Palace from various countries, King Qin's thoughts were always puzzling. After he got it, he didn't say yes or no, he just asked people to accept it. This is very confusing.
As time went on, fewer things were sent to the palace. At first, there were more than a hundred items a day, but later on, there were ten or even one item every day. The King of Qin has not expressed his position, and the desire to please ministers, foreign ministers, and even foreign monarchs has also become less interested. The fact that King Qin lost his beloved childhood dagger seemed to be gradually forgotten as time went by...
I just heard that King Qin's political life was handsome and romantic, and everyone in the palace thought about him. When the news spread outside the palace, it attracted the admiration of many young girls. The gentlemen imitated the King of Qin and rushed to replace the jade accessories around their waists with daggers of different shapes. Once this custom was formed, gentlemen were proud to wear exquisite daggers, and their value remained high year after year.
"Your Majesty, did you listen to what the veteran said just now?" Wei Liao just mentioned the stirrups and told Zhao Zheng that Qin could set this precedent and use it on war horses first, but Zhao Zheng rarely did it. god. "Zhao Zheng dares to ask, what is the name of this friend of Old Guowei?"
Wei Liao remembered that when he and Zhao Gao talked about these novel things in the past, Zhao Gao repeatedly emphasized that he should never tell anyone else where he knew it, so he casually prevaricated: "This friend of my old minister has a withdrawn temperament, and he has repeatedly told me to be careful. His name shall not be told outside.”
He has a withdrawn temperament... Then he must not be Xiao Gao, Zhao Zheng thought with some disappointment.
Last year I heard that Wei Liao, who wrote "Wei Liaozi" [1], entered the Qin Dynasty, and Zhao Zheng spent a lot of effort to keep him as a state captain. At that time, he treated Wei Liao with the same food and clothing as a king, and even did some things himself, but Wei Liao said bad things about him in private.
It can be seen from the King's handling of the Qinian Palace rebellion that he could be humble and sincere when asking for help, but when offended he would become extremely cruel and merciless. After Wei Liao said these words that day, he escaped from the palace. After Zhao Zheng, who had been lying down at night, found out, he personally blocked him in front of the palace gate with his middle coat and bare feet, and made him a state captain at the court meeting the next day. Since then, the monarch and his ministers have been getting along for a long time before they became as harmonious as they are today.
In fact, Wei Liao... oh no, he should be called Wei Liao now. Wei Liao listened to Zhao Gao's suggestion early in the morning and firmly decided to join the Qin Dynasty. The reason why he still had to fight with each other was just to give Zhao Zheng a try. As a person. After this test, he realized why Zhao Gao was so optimistic about the King of Qin.
Of course, Wei Weiliao's attainments in military science were indeed worthy of Zhao Zheng's efforts. It had only been a year since he came to Qin to take over the post of captain, but the combat power of the Qin army doubled in his hands, not to mention that he also put forward many combat techniques without reservation and analyzed many in-depth insights. Given the current situation of the country, these will be of great benefit to Qin's future unification.
Jing is turbid with Wei, and the water is turbid. It's so late, I don't want to...
I remember that the first time I heard Qin people singing this song was when I entered Qin. At that time, Zhao Zhengshang was just a common man sitting in Lu Buwei's carriage. At that time, there was his mother, Lu Buwei, and himself in the car. Now that he was visiting his hometown again, he was already the King of Qin sitting in a six-carriage carriage, but at this time, he was the only one in the empty carriage.
"Stop the car." Zhao Zheng felt uncomfortable sitting in the carriage, so he simply asked the guard of honor to stop on the spot. He only took a dozen secret guards with him for a walk. When he came out, he changed into his regular clothes. At this time, he was just wearing ordinary black clothes. The dozen or so secret guards would not approach him without his order, so they were not eye-catching. Strangely enough, although the weather was not very good and a heavy rain was approaching, he gradually felt comfortable as he looked at the mountains and rivers along the way and walked along the Weishui River.
It wasn't long before he reached a populated area. Today happened to be Mulan, and the village was very lively. When it was about to rain, everyone dispersed, and the small shops were closing their stalls in a hurry. Zhao Zheng saw that there were many stalls that had not yet been finished with children wearing Aihu to ward off evil spirits. He looked at them one by one and frowned. After a long time, he asked doubtfully in his heart: Why did Xiao Gao even give away his own? Does Ai Hu look so different?
He was walking on the road with something hidden in his mind, and bumped into someone before he knew it. Looking at the person's elegant clothes, he knew he was a Confucian scholar. Seeing that he had knocked the bamboo slip in his hand to the floor, Zhao Zheng was so patient that he bent down to pick it up for him. Unexpectedly, when he picked it up, he accidentally saw the words on it and froze in place.
"Where did this come from?" Zhao Zheng got excited and grabbed the other party's wrist without realizing it. The Confucian scholar originally thought that he was just a heroic man with a height of more than eight feet, but when he read the words on the bamboo slips, a threatening aura suddenly appeared on his body, and his hands clamped on him tightly, so he was shocked and at a loss.
When Zhao Zheng saw that the Confucian scholar was silent, he let him go again, unfolded the bamboo slips with trembling hands, looked at it carefully for a moment, and then began to repeat the words "It's him, it's really him" in his mouth. The secret guard on the side didn't know what was going on here, and asked what was going on here. A dozen people suddenly surrounded him, brought back the Confucian scholar who was so frightened that he ran away, and asked Zhao Zheng: "Big... uh ...Master, how should we deal with this person?"
The secret guard's words finally brought Zhao Zheng back to reality. He asked again: "Where did you get this thing?" While holding it up, he couldn't even speak properly: "Yesterday... there was... a gentleman who sold it to me in front of me, saying... that he only came out in exchange for some money. I read this book and lost it. Over the years, I have rarely had such an opportunity... I just liked it... so I bought it." After finally finishing his words, the Confucian scholar finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Zhao Zheng was unprepared and just let it go: "What kind of gentleman is he?" Seeing this man grunting, Zhao Zheng felt annoyed in his heart, but Xiao Gao calmly watched it and it was pleasing to the eye. I don’t know if he has been doing well these years...
"Yes... he is a gentleman dressed in white, he looks... he looks... his face is a little sallow... he is... not very good-looking, but he... he has a good temper..." Zhao Zheng's breath stagnated, remembering The "changing money" mentioned by the Confucian scholar just now is related to the "sallow complexion" he mentioned now, thinking that Zhao Gao was not doing well.
In fact, he was completely wrong. Zhao Gao was now walking around to avoid trouble, using a recipe he got from an old man to make things easier. It's just that something was painted on the face to cover up some of the brilliance on the face. So there is nothing surprising about the sallow complexion. After hearing this, Zhao Zheng thought that he was not doing well, and felt a dull pain in his heart.
It was not easy for the Confucian scholar to say so much in one breath. He originally thought that these vicious people would let him go, but unexpectedly the leader Zhao Zheng said again: "Where is he, take me there." However, the Confucian scholar took Zhao Zheng to Zhao Gao yesterday. I searched all the way to where I had stayed, but no one was there.
After asking around, they found out that he was going to Xianyang. Zhao Zheng immediately ordered the honor guard to turn around and sent people to search for him along the road. However, it rained heavily soon, blocking everyone's progress. No matter how impatient Zhao Zheng was, he couldn't let so many people go forward in the heavy rain. Moreover, thinking that it was impossible for Zhao Gao to continue moving forward in such a heavy rain, he had to give up for the time being.
Fortunately, the heavy rain stopped that night and the ceremony continued. The guards beside Zhao Zheng had never seen him so excited. They could not even sit still in the carriage. They had to ride on horseback and patrol the route in person before they could feel relieved. They were always wondering who the sallow-faced gentleman was.
However... "I'm telling you, your Majesty, there was a flash flood ahead due to the heavy rain last night. A huge boulder was washed down the mountain stream, and the water flowed across it, causing disaster. The boulder was as big as a house, and it was difficult to move it by manpower. It temporarily blocked the way of the honor guard."
When Zhao Zheng heard this, he was shocked and quickly asked: "Did anyone get hurt?" After asking twice and getting a negative answer, Zhao Zheng finally relaxed and suppressed Zhao Gao's matter for the time being and ordered: "Since then, It has become a scourge and must be cured. Bring someone to ask the county magistrate here to see if he needs help."
Not long after, news came from there that someone had figured out a way, and more than a thousand people from the county were dispatched to solve the problem quickly. I heard that the man's method was simple and easy to use. Since the boulder could not be moved away, he simply had someone dig a deep hole of about the same size under the boulder, and then had people pull the boulder and fill it into the hole. The flood was quickly quelled [ 2】.
"It's interesting. Do you know who came up with the method?" The other side said: "I heard that the county magistrate came up with the method, but according to my subordinates' investigation, it seems that someone else came up with this method." Why does this happen? Zhao Zheng was enlightened by the situation, and immediately sneered: "Send for the county magistrate, and let him think clearly before coming. If there is anything that has been deceived, you can weigh the consequences yourself."
Zhao Zheng never thought that there would be someone beside this county magistrate who came to see him in such a hurry...
But...where is the sallow complexion? It can be seen that he has taken good care of himself over the years, and his face has become clearer and more handsome. The man standing there with a faint smile on his face was clearly a tall, upright and elegant gentleman. How could he be a down-and-out scholar?
Dressed in imposing black clothes, with a figure as strong as pine trees and cypresses, and with a kingly demeanor that looks down on the world, sitting there majestically, how does he look like the short-legged doll he taught?
Zhao Zheng and Zhao Gao looked at each other, but neither spoke. As time passed, the surrounding atmosphere began to become strange.
"I have seen the king." But there was someone who didn't even look at Zhao Gao. Seeing that Zhao Gao was unmoved, he immediately planned to push him. Before he could do anything, he heard the king's order: "That's it, you stand down first." Wu Wei thought he was talking about Zhao Gao, and immediately shouted: "Why don't you retreat?"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Zheng's face turned cold and he asked in a deep voice: "How dare you be rude to the teacher?"
