With the demise of another country, the people in Xianyang City became more and more excited. After all, judging from the current situation, their Qin State is likely to end the chaos that has lasted for hundreds of years since the decline of the Zhou royal family and re-establish a great unity.
dynasty.
Being proud is inevitable.
However, repeated military victories cannot conceal the reality that Xianyang City is no longer as prosperous as it once was.
For an agricultural country,
The burden of war must be huge and unbearable, let alone continuous fighting for many years.
Even if Ying Zheng Fen VI remains, even if the Qin State has the Zheng Guo Canal water conservancy project, even if the Qin State gets the land of the Four Kingdoms...
The loss of food and various military supplies is second, and the most important thing is the loss of people.
Replenishing the army requires people, and logistical supplies also require people, and there are more people.
Four consecutive wars to destroy the country,
The number of soldiers mobilized by the Qin State reached more than 500,000. Even if only the casualties and casualties were counted, there were still hundreds of thousands of soldiers. In order to provide logistics for the soldiers, millions of civilians were mobilized to serve as corvees.
For a country with a population of less than 10 million, this is equivalent to more than one in seven people directly participating in the war.
As for indirect ones, there’s no need to forget them. Basically, it’s the same throughout the whole country.
The depression caused by this is also conceivable.
Gu Xun witnessed Xianyang's Xiao Suo almost the whole time, but he had no reaction to it.
This is a necessary sacrifice.
It is not a sacrifice made by the people for the ruling class, but a sacrifice made by the people for themselves, or for their descendants.
The world is uncertain and wars continue. Generation after generation of people must forever be immersed in meaningless wars for them.
To put it simply... short-term pain is worse than long-term pain.
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After approaching Xianyang, Gu Xun and Zhang Han separated.
Zhang Han headed towards Zhangtai Palace,
As the commander of the Shadow Guard, he must report what happened during this period to Ying Zheng as soon as possible - of course, there is no need to talk about such innocuous things as saving a child.
Gu Xun, on the other hand, headed towards the outskirts of the city.
There is a cemetery there. It's not a mass grave, but it's not a serious cemetery either.
The reason he went there was,
Jing Ke was buried there.
For the sake of getting to know each other,
Although Gu Xun failed to save Jing Ke's life, he at least saved his body from Ying Zheng, and he was finally buried here.
It's not a good place, but Gu Xun thinks that Jing Ke probably doesn't care much about a good cemetery in Qin.
Arriving near the graves of Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang, Gu Xun unexpectedly saw the figure of a person.
Gai Nie.
Gu Xun did not hide the sound of his footsteps and just walked over.
Gai Nie did not react at all and still stood quietly in front of the grave.
Gu Xun stood next to Gai Nie and asked with a smile, "Aren't you here all the time these days?"
Today, Gai Nie is nearly thirty years old. The youthfulness and handsomeness on his face in the past have quietly disappeared, replaced by a look of perseverance and calmness, as well as a touch of... bitterness.<
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It seems that he is pitying the common people in the world, so it is difficult to pass away and will always be there, but it is usually buried under his calm expression.
Gai Nie didn't make any move, but just asked, "It seems that the Imperial Master already knows."
Gu Xun nodded,
"Well..."
Two days ago, Gu Xun and Zhang Han received a piece of information from Xianyang, and the content was——
There was an accidental fire in the harem, and Concubine Li and the young master died unfortunately.
After Gu Xun learned about it, he immediately asked the Shadow Guards to further investigate the specific situation. The final result was that Li Fei had indeed been buried in the sea of fire, but she had burned herself to death, and the young master had disappeared.
That is the plot of Tianming being sent out of Xianyang Palace.
However, Gu Xun did not expect that Gongsun Li died directly.
"I should have warned you to keep an eye on Gongsun Li, right?" Gu Xun tilted his head and asked Gai Nie.
Gai Nie pursed her lips and remained silent for a long time before replying, "She has made up her mind and I can't stop her."
"Then you didn't try to let her go with Tianming?" Gu Xun asked again.
Gu Xun didn't know when Tianming was sent out of the palace, but he was certain that this matter must have been fueled by forces within the Qin State, otherwise the child would not have been able to escape Xianyang.
Because it was no longer convenient to take action again, Gu Xun did not send Tianming mother and son away by himself, but planned to take this opportunity to send Gongsun Li away from the palace together.
Anyway, children should be the focus, and it’s not bad to have one more Gongsun Li.
I didn't want to go to Wei State, but everything was settled when I came back.
Upon hearing this question, Gai Nie frowned even more tightly, "By the time I found out about this, Tianming had already left the palace, and there was no chance to see her off again."
"Huh?" Gu Xun was surprised when he heard that Gai Nie couldn't find any trace of the person who did it, so he was a step too late.
"Do you know who took Tianming away?"
"Han Shen, he is the senior brother of Jing Ke and Gongsun Li." Gai Nie replied immediately.
Gu Xunyi raised his eyebrows. He had never heard of the name... He shouldn't be an important person, right?
"How is his strength?"
"Uh...his talent is not as good as Jing Ke's." Gai Nie gave a very tactful answer.
But the meaning is very clear, he is a rookie.
"Oh..." Gu Xun shook his head, "Then it seems he is not very important."
A rookie wants to save people from the Qin Palace...if he had two wings, it would be possible. The key to this matter is the person behind the scenes.
"Did you find anything?"
Gai Nie replied without hesitation, "Yin Yang family."
Gu Xun is noncommittal about this answer.
But if he had to say it, it could only be Donghuang Taiyi.
Gai Nie then explained, "The forces that could help Han Shen take people away from the palace, and escape from the subsequent traps and raids by the Imperial Army, successfully escaped Xianyang. In the entire Xianyang City, there are only Luo Nets and the Yinyang Family."
There is no evidence, but suspicion does not require evidence.
"How did King Qin react to this?" Gu Xun asked after thinking for a moment.
"The King of Qin is furious." Gai Nie turned to look at Gu Xun and replied in a deep voice, "All officials including Zhao Gao, the commander of the CRRC Office, have been severely reprimanded for poor performance. The net is still screening all those who may be involved in this matter.
candidate."
"... Even I was suspected by the King of Qin because of this matter, and was subject to strict scrutiny."
Gu Xun touched his smooth chin... Even Gai Nie was almost directly involved. It seemed that Ying Zheng's anger was not an act.
Tianming's disappearance was not part of Ying Zheng's plan.
That's what the Yin Yang family is good at making.
"Did something happen to the Yin Yang family?" Gu Xun came to his senses and asked Gai Nie.
Gai Nie shook his head, "I don't know about the Yin Yang family, and I don't know if they have any private contact with the king."
"That's it... Then I'll check it out myself." Gu Xun didn't care and replied casually.
This matter has finally been settled. Tianming has left and Gongsun Li is dead. The truth is not important to him anymore.
As for the quarrel between the Yin Yang family and Ying Zheng, it is even more insignificant. Just wait and find out when you have free time.
