In the Qin Dynasty, people took a rest every five days to bathe.
That is, officials work for five days and have one day off.
Although Qin Luoheng and others were just Shizi and not official Qin officials, because the Shi who taught classes had gone home to take a bath, they naturally had a holiday.
Hugh.
In fact, it is not the same as taking a vacation.
During the pre-Qin period, nobles had the habit of bathing their heads and bodies regularly.
People in this period had long hair, which was not easy to take care of. If they did not wash their hair for a long time, or if their hair did not dry after washing, it would affect the processing of government affairs. Therefore, in order to make it easier for officials to take care of it, the various courts approved it.
A holiday when officials regularly return home to bathe.
After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, "taking a rest for five days to bathe" was specifically written into the etiquette.
Since then.
Xiu Mu became a statutory rest day for officials.
Lishan House.
It’s rare that I don’t have to get up early.
Qin Luoheng slept until noon.
After waking up and briefly washing up and eating some remaining dry food, he put on his sheepskin fur, went to the study, and began to recite the laws.
The Qin Dynasty respected the rule of law.
If they want to become officials, they must understand the laws.
There is only one thing they can do about these various laws.
back!
Keep carrying it, keep carrying it.
Memorize the melons until they are thoroughly familiar, and even memorize the laws and regulations until they become a part of your own life, completely integrated into your blood and bone marrow.
This is Qin Li!!!
While Qin Luoheng was reciting the laws and regulations, Ying Zheng also did not rest in Xianyang Palace. He was at his desk reviewing various memorials day after day.
He didn't rest.
He doesn't need to rest either.
From the moment he ascended the throne as king, he had no so-called rest time, and now that the whole world depends on him alone, he does not dare to rest.
Don't even dare to slack off in the slightest.
It has become normal to review one hundred and twenty stone memorials every day.
Sometimes because I was too focused on reviewing memorials, I would get a lot of ink on my hands, and sometimes I would even eat the ink in my mouth.
At this time.
He was reading a memorial from Nanjun.
The Yue people rebelled!
Four days ago, a small group of Yue people attacked Nanjun and killed dozens of Qin people in Nanjun. Then the county captain of Nanjun led his troops to attack and killed twenty-five of the enemies. However, several Yue people still escaped and hid.
Entering the leafy jungle.
Within half a year, he had read no less than ten copies of this memorial.
Nanjun was originally the old territory of the Chu State. In the 24th year of the Qin Dynasty, Qin destroyed Chu, and Nanjun became a county of the Qin State. However, since the Qin State occupied Nanjun, the Yue people in the south continued to attack the Qin army. The local county captains many times
Troops were organized to encircle and suppress the people, but the effect was minimal.
To the south of Nanjun is Baiyue!
Baiyue once submitted to Chu, but after Qin destroyed Chu, Baiyue never surrendered. Instead, it sent troops to harass the border many times, and even crossed the border many times to attack and kill the Qin people.
The twenty-eighth year of the Qin Dynasty (219 BC).
He gathered the strength of the whole country, sent 500,000 troops, set out from Yizhang, and went south to attack Baiyue.
In the same year as the troops were sent out, they captured Dongou and Minyue.
Just when the Qin army thought they could seize the opportunity to pursue victory and capture Baiyue in one go, the Qin army was attacked by the Ouluo army led by Yi Xusong in Xiou. The Qin army commander Tu Sui died on the spot. The Qin army was defeated and suffered many casualties.
The Qin army retreated to Minzhong County.
After that, the two sides started a several-year tug-of-war with Lingnan as the boundary.
Within a few years, the Ouluo army led by Yi Xusong began to disintegrate into pieces, dividing the army into countless small-scale raiding and killing teams. These teams continued to bypass the border and entered the hinterland of Daqin. They continued to attack Nanjun, Minzhong and other counties.
Launch an attack.
Within three years.
As many as a thousand Qin people were attacked and killed in Nanjun, Minzhong and other places, and county and county magistrates from all over the country repeatedly requested to organize troops for encirclement and suppression. However, there were many mountains and forests in the south, and each encirclement and suppression had little effect.
.
Baiyue has become a thorn in the south!
Looking at the memorial in his hand, Ying Zheng was angry and slapped the case.
"Baiyue!"
"I have tolerated you for a long time!"
"Two years ago, the Qin army beheaded Yi Xu Song, the leader of the Ou Luo army. They thought the south would be at peace from then on. Unexpectedly, after killing Yi Xu Song, another Jie Jun appeared."
"This man is also knowledgeable about military affairs."
"He has been leading the Xiou army to attack the Qin army at night."
"Forcing the Qin Dynasty to "camp in a useless place, unable to retreat, and terrified all day long", after a few years, the elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty were exhausted, and they did not dare to disarm and gallop crossbows for several years, and the prison staff could not be transferred to pay."
"This blood debt."
"Sooner or later I will have to pay you back with blood!"
Although there was a lot of anger in his heart, Ying Zheng did not lose his mind.
The last attack on Lingnan failed, and the Qin army lost more than 300,000 soldiers. The bloody lesson was still vivid in his mind, and he would not be as impulsive and aggressive as last time.
He is waiting.
Wait for the new path to be completed.
We are also waiting for the Lingqu Canal to be completed.
When the new road leading directly to Lingnan is completed, when the Lingqu Canal is completed, and when the Qin army's food and grass supply is guaranteed, then the Qin army will attack in three directions, and he will put an end to this blood debt that has lasted for five or six years.
The emperor was so angry that he laid down millions of corpses!!!
He only drew a circle on this memorial to indicate that he had read it, and then threw it aside.
He opened the next memorial.
Subconsciously draw ink.
Immediately, he saw that the ink in the inkstone had run out. A flash of impatience flashed in Ying Zheng's eyes, and he immediately shouted outside the hall: "Zhao Gao, come in and grind it for me."
Next breath.
A tall, handsome man entered the hall.
He leaned over and said in a respectful manner:
"I'm here."
"I will give your Majesty the inkstone."
Finished.
Zhao Gao followed suit and walked to the case, took the inkstone aside, cleaned up the remaining ink stone residue in the inkstone, then knelt on the ground and carefully grinded the ink.
His movements were very slight.
There was no abnormal noise during the whole process.
Ying Zheng had long been accustomed to this, so he didn't even look at it and continued to review the memorial at his desk.
soon.
Zhao Gao finished grinding the ink.
He placed the inkstone containing ink back on the big case.
He bowed and bowed respectfully, then stepped back respectfully.
It's just different from the past. Zhao Gao retreated much slower this time, and even glanced at the inkstone with his lowered eyes.
Seems to be expecting something.
Ying Zheng started to draw ink as usual, and then he realized something was wrong.
He frowned.
He looked at the inkstone with doubtful eyes.
Since taking office, he has reviewed a large amount of memorials every day, so he is very sensitive to the viscosity of ink, but the ink in front of him is different from the ink in the past.
Clear ink without being stagnant.
The ink also has a light pine scent.
This ink is wrong!
"Zhao Gao, stop!" Ying Zheng raised his head and asked coldly, "What's going on with this ink?"
Zhao Gao quickly bowed his head and said:
"Return to Your Majesty."
"The name of this ink is Pine Smoke Ink."
"It was presented by Cao Yanle, a worker from Xianyang."
"It is said that it was developed accidentally by an engineer."
"The engineer saw that the ink developed from the pine smoke ink was dazzling in color, strong and shiny, dark and smooth, and the brush was not rough, so he presented it to the engineer in the hope of receiving a reward from the government."
"I saw that the quality of the ink was really good, so I boldly changed the ink without authorization."
"Your Majesty, please punish me."
Ying Zheng snorted coldly, but he still picked up the pen and wrote a few words on the bamboo slips. He saw that the handwriting on the bamboo slips was indeed dark, moist, and full of color. He nodded with satisfaction.
"This will never happen again!"
"I want this calligraphy treasure."
"You go and inform the engineer, and ask him to tell the engineer that his ink-making craftsmanship has been accepted by the imperial court. As for the reward, it will be one level higher than the reward stipulated in the original Qin law."