On the same day that Lord Changping became the Prime Minister of Zuo, Prince Dan led his troops back to the Kingdom of Yan. Xiang Shaolong sent Liu Chao and Pu Bu to escort them with their cavalry to prevent Lu Buwei from using any more conspiracies.
After bidding farewell to Prince Dan and others, Xiang Shaolong left the city and returned to the pasture to bury Zhao Ya. Since there was a funeral at home, Yili did not attend Lu Gong's funeral.
By the time everything was done, it was ten days later. Xiaopan sent people three times to urge him to return to the city. Xiang Shaolong gradually recovered from his grief and decided to return to the city tomorrow morning.
It had been snowing heavily since dusk that day. After Xiang Shaolong and Ji Yanran paid homage to Zhao Ya, they returned home side by side.
Ji Yanran held his hand tightly and said softly: "When you return to the city today, you'd better visit Sister Qing first, otherwise you will be very unhappy if you chop her."
Xiang Shaolong said in astonishment: "Have you seen her?"
Ji Yanran nodded and said, "I have met her and know about Mrs. Ya's death. Otherwise, I would not forgive you."
Xiang Shaolong said distressedly: "Didn't you tell me not to touch your sister Qing? Why do you seem to be encouraging me to find her now?"
Ji Yanran sighed quietly: "Maybe it's because of my respect and love for her that I think she is losing more and more self-control towards you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to see you the day after you came back."
You, of course she said it on the surface as if she just came to see me, but when she found out that you had gone to attend the court meeting, she immediately became listless. Alas, I don’t know what to say."
Just as they entered the backyard, a figure flashed and Shanrou stopped in front of the two of them.
The two were so frightened that they let go of their tightly held hands.
Shanrou stretched out her hand and pinched Ji Yanran's cheek, showing a charming smile and said: "Beauty, I want to borrow your husband for a while."
Ji Yanran didn't expect that Shanrou would make fun of him, and she was angry and funny, so she said angrily: "Just lend me Ji Yanran because he cares about him?" She smiled coquettishly.
Shanrou took the initiative to take Xiang Shaolong's hand and went to the pavilion in the garden. She turned around and hugged him tightly. She sighed and said, "Xiang Shaolong, I have to leave."
Xiang Shaolong lost his voice and said: "What?"
Shanrou pushed him away, twisted her body, and said slightly angrily: "I said it so clearly, can't you hear it? I'm leaving."
Xiang Shaolong moved forward and hugged her waist, and said in a deep voice: "Where are Sister Rou going?"
Shanrou sighed, shook his head and said, "How about I say hello? Anyway, I'm going back to Qi tomorrow. Or maybe I'll come see you again one day in the future."
Xiang Shaolong thought of what she said when she was in Chu State. Although she had denied it half-truth and half-falsely afterwards, judging from the current situation, it might be true. He thought that she wanted to surrender for some reason.
I couldn't help feeling discouraged as I walked into the arms of another man, but I was helpless for a long time and was speechless for a while.
Shanrou whispered: "Why don't you speak? Are you feeling annoyed?"
Xiang Shaolong let go of the hand that was holding her and said with a wry smile: "Who am I to annoy you? Sister Rou can do whatever she likes. Then I, Xiang Shaolong, will interfere?"
Shanrou turned around like a whirlwind, wrapped her hands around his neck, her beautiful eyes showed deep emotion, and said with an unprecedented gentleness: "Let Zhizhi serve you on behalf of me, Shanrou, but tonight I, Shanrou, can't
I belong to you, Xiang Shaolong, and I only listen to your dispatches and instructions. At the same time, I want you to remember that Shanrou will never forget Xiang Shaolong. She only regrets that Shanrou once made a promise to others, but the details have already been told to you.
Already."
Xiang Shaolong looked at the white snow dancing in the sky outside the pavilion, and thought of the miserable Zhao Ya. The pain in his heart concealed his resentment for Shanrou's departure, and nodded: "I understand, sister Rou, don't worry, do whatever you want.
Everything in life will never go as planned, so I, Xiang Shaolong, have no choice but to accept my fate."
Shanrou said nothing and fell into his arms, and Xiang Shaolong finally saw the tears rolling in her beautiful eyes for the first time.
When I woke up the next morning, Shanrou had quietly passed away.
Xiang Shaolong forced himself to put aside his thoughts about her and got up to practice his sword.
Ji Yanran excitedly took out a gun and challenged him. Wu Tingfang, Sister Tian Zhen and Xiang Baoer all stood by and applauded and cheered happily.
Ji Cainv's marksmanship is indeed amazing. When she used it, Xiang Shaolong tried his best, but he still couldn't break into her spear. He put away his sword and said with a smile: "I'm resigned to being defeated. Fortunately, I still have others who owe me money."
I will go to Zui Feng Tower to ask Wu Fu for the Flying Dragon Spear in the next two days, and then I can learn from the talented woman."
Ji Yanran smiled and said, "There are family rules. If you want to be your wife and spend the night with you, you must shoot out the gun in the other person's hand. Tingfang and others are the witnesses."
Wu Tingfang and others clapped their hands and applauded, as if they were worried that the world would not be in chaos.
Xiang Shaolong smiled maliciously and said: "If a talented girl wants to resist her husband's flirting tactics, then she can brag about it and go to Haikou."
Ji Yanran's cheeks burned and she said angrily: "If Xiang Shaolong is such a despicable person, even if I surrender physically, I will never be convinced."
Xiang Shaolong knew that she had good intentions, so he used this to motivate himself to study hard and improve, and said seriously: "Don't worry, I'm just joking. Talented girl, please give me three years, and I will conquer you."
Ji Yanran's eyes widened and she lost her voice: "Three years?"
Xiang Shaolong laughed and moved forward, hugged her into his arms, and comforted her: "Three days is too long for me. How can I let a talented girl tie herself up and be a widow for three years? Ha..." At this time, Jing Shan came to retaliate, and Wu Yingyuan
came back.
When Xiang Shaolong was overjoyed, Wu Tingfang rushed out to greet him.
Arriving at the hall of the winner's house, the high-spirited Wu Yingyuan was being comforted by Wu Tingfang, while Tao Fang reported to him the recent events.
After a lot of commotion, Wu Yingyuan picked up Xiang Bao'er and sat down to talk to Xiang Shaolong and Tao Fang. Wu Tingfang took the initiative to massage his father's tired shoulder muscles, brimming with warm affection.
After Wu Yingyuan praised Xiang Shaolong a few words, he said with a smile: "I went to Northern Xinjiang this time and saw the place chosen by Wu Zhuo. It is indeed a blessed land of Feng Shui. A paradise on earth with lush water and grass. Now Wu Zhuo builds
We have built a large pasture and recruited some weak ethnic groups who were oppressed by the Huns. We have become stronger and stronger, but we also need more manpower, otherwise we may not be able to deal with the Huns."
Xiang Shaolong said: "That's what I meant, because Wang Jian will be transferred back to Xianyang soon. Without his support, everything will have to depend on us."
Wu Yingyuan said: "I have discussed with Xiaozhuo that at least two thousand people should be transferred to him. Is there any problem?"
Xiang Shaolong said: "There is absolutely no problem, it's settled."
Wu Yingyuan put aside his worries and turned to Tao Fang and said: "Mr. Tao, you are responsible for making arrangements. I want the Wu people to gradually evacuate the Qin territory. It is indeed the best place to live. We don't have to look at other people's faces in the future."
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After discussing some more details, Xiang Shaolong returned to Xianyang with his daughters and iron guards.
After returning to the city, the first thing Xiang Shaolong did was to enter the palace to meet Xiaopan.
Xiaopan was overjoyed to see Shaolong arrive. She saw him in the studio as usual. After sitting down, she said straight away, "Lian Po has lost his official position."
Although the calculation had already been made, Xiang Shaolong still felt sad. From now on, the country of Zhao was ruled by Guo Kai and Pang Yuan, but what would be the fate of Li Mu?
Xiao Pan showed great fear of Lian Po and said with relief: "Without Lian Po, the Zhao people will lose half of their country. If even Li Mu is driven away, the Zhao people will be finished."
Xiang Shaolong knew that he had a deep hatred for the Zhao people, and it was difficult for him to change this. He said in a deep voice: "Did the Zhao people kill Lian Po?"
Xiaopan said calmly: "Lian Po is very cunning. When he saw that the situation was not right, he immediately led his tribe to flee to Daliang. I heard that he was sick because of anger. Alas, he is too old and can no longer regain the courage he once had."
Xiang Shaolong felt heavy after hearing this.
Xiaopan sighed: "I only hate that Li Mu defeated the Xiongnu at Yanmen. It seems that he still has some glory days. As long as Li Mu is around, we can't even think about overthrowing Zhao. Now we have to ask Han Wei to do it."
Xiang Shaolong felt even more depressed when he thought of his old friends Han Chuang, Han Feizi and Long Yangjun.
Of course he was most concerned about Lord Long Yang; he said: "If the Wei people use Lian Po, it will not be easy to attack Wei."
Xiaopan misunderstood what he meant and chuckled: "Don't worry, master. This is called one moment and another moment. At the beginning of the year, Lian Po led his troops to attack Wei and captured Rongyang from the Wei people. King Anli of Wei attacked him
I hate him so much that when I go to Daliang this time, I would be very polite if I didn’t kill him to have a drink with him, so why would I still use him?"
When Xiang Shaolong was speechless, Xiaopan changed the subject and said: "Now Lu Buwei has hired the Korean Zheng Guolai to build a canal for our country in Daqin. The project has been started for more than a year. The plan is to divert Jingshui from Zhongshan to Hukou, so that the water will flow to
Go east and enter Beiluoshui.
This matter has consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, making us unable to advance eastward in a large scale for the time being. We can only use force against the Koreans. Meng Ao is now working hard to recruit new soldiers and strengthen our strength, but I have another idea. I hope that the master will lead it personally.
When the troops go out to fight, if they can achieve military success, they can suppress Meng Ao, Wang Chi and others."
Xiang Shaolong was secretly surprised and said hurriedly: "It's not the time yet. If I leave, maybe Lu Buwei will come up with some tricks. At least he won't be able to do it until Lord Changping has established his position."
Xiaopan sighed, she really felt that Xiang Shaolong's words were very reasonable, so she stopped insisting. Xuan became excited again and said: "Think about how the master and I sang harmony that morning, which made Lu Buwei and others unable to lift their heads.
It’s truly wonderful.”
Xiang Shaolong said: "Lu Buwei will definitely not be convinced. What tricks have you pulled out in the past few days?"
Xiaopan smiled bitterly and said: "His methods are really hard to guard against. The day after you returned to the ranch, Thief Lu offered a thousand pieces of gold to the gate of Xianyang City. He also boasted to Haikou that if anyone could harm his mother,
The person who wrote "Lü's Spring and Autumn" was rewarded with a thousand gold coins. This made everyone rush to read the "Lü's Spring and Autumn" he posted. The master also knew that this ghost was just a tool for him to seize my royal power. It was really annoying.
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Xiang Shaolong was stunned when he heard this. This traitor really knew how to sell advertisements. In this way, he had controlled the minds of the Qin people and at the same time greatly damaged the centralized monarchy system since Shang Yang's reform.
He comes from the 21st century and understands the power of advocating ideas and doctrines better than Xiaopan.
This move can't be solved with a knife or a gun. I couldn't help but think of my beloved Ji Cainv. She stood up and said: "Your Majesty, don't panic. I'll go take a look around first, and I'll tell you how to deal with it when I get back."
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Xiaopan was overjoyed and said: "I knew master would have a way to deal with it. Go quickly, I'm waiting for your good news here."
Xiang Shaolong actually had a tentative attitude of asking. As for whether the intelligent and talented woman could have the answer, he was not even half sure. But now seeing the future Qin Shihuang's full of expectations, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.
When I stepped out of the studio, I thought of Li Si and secretly thought that this person had more ways to deal with the spread of "Lu Buweiism" than I did, so I went to the official office to find him.
Li Si was burying the documents when he saw Xiang Shaolong arriving and happily welcomed him into the room.
Xiang Shaolong smiled and said, "What are you busy with? Are you busy with Lord Changping's affairs?"
Li Si pulled him to sit down and said with a blush on his face: "I just finished his business this morning, but now I am busy with other things."
Xiang Shaolong wondered: "Why does Brother Li seem a little embarrassed to say it?"
Li Si whispered: "Shaolong Wan hastily laughed at me. In the past six months, I have been studying Shang Yang's reforms. I feel that there are still many flaws and loopholes in the official system, so I have put some effort into drafting a more ideal system.
If we can implement it, we will definitely achieve great governance. Even if we rule the world in the future, we can still cope with it."
Xiang Shaolong said happily: "Come and tell me."
Li Si's eyes immediately shone, and he was very energetic and said: "The first is the issue of the left and right prime ministers. Nowadays, the powers overlap and it is difficult to distinguish. Whoever has more power can take care of other people's affairs. Like Lu Buwei, who only likes to take care of the military affairs, but if he can
If he is restricted within a certain range, it will be difficult for him to be as unscrupulous as he is now, and the problem of powerful ministers harming the country will also be solved."
Xiang Shaolong slapped the table and said, "I understand, is Brother Li's intention really aimed at "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals"?"
Li Si nodded and said: "That's it. It's a pity that Li has limited knowledge and can only start from the political system, but still fails to establish a sect to compete with the Lu family spirit formed by Lu Buwei. Putting aside the hostile stance, Lu Buwei is indeed
He is a great man of his generation."
Xiang Shaolong said: "Brother Li, tell me your method first."
Li Si happily said: "My method is simple and easy to implement, which is to establish the system of three ministers and nine ministers. The so-called three ministers mean that only one prime minister will be left as the leader of a hundred officials to be in charge of government affairs. Then the prime minister Zuo will be changed to Taiwei, who will be responsible for military affairs.
, and then set up a censor in addition to these two positions to be responsible for the prince's correspondence and supervision of his subordinates, the prime minister, the prefect, and the censor. They are not subordinate to each other and are only responsible to the prince. The final decision-making power belongs to the prince."
Xiang Shaolong was moved by this, and secretly thought that the Three Gongs and Nine Qings had heard it too much, and it turned out that it came from Li Si's superior head. No wonder Li Si could be famous throughout the ages. At the same time, he also saw Li Si's selfishness. This censor was clearly for himself.
It's tailor-made. But when I think about it, if people don't care for themselves, they will be destroyed by heaven and earth, and I feel relieved.
Li Si continued: "Most of the so-called Nine Ministers are the original official positions of our Great Qin Dynasty, but the functions and powers are more clearly divided. The three ministers are only responsible for assisting the prince in managing state affairs, and various aspects of specific work are divided between the ministers.
For example, the reward officer is in charge of the ancestral temple etiquette, and there are also officials such as Taile, Taizhu, Taizai, Taishi, Taipu, Taiyi, Tailingcheng, etc.; there are other officials such as Langzhongling, Weiwei, Taipu, Tingwei, and Dianke.
, Zongzheng, Zhisu Neishi, Shaofu and other eight ministers are no different. Like the current three systems of Imperial Guard, Duwei and Duqi, after the restructuring, they will all be under the command and control of the Weiwei, which will avoid the current conflicts between the various systems.
It’s covered up.”
Of course, Xiang Shaolong understood Li Si's intentions for talking so much about him. In the final analysis, he wanted to recommend this plan to Xiaopan.
He was also happy to make this smooth favor that was of great benefit to Xiaopan without any harm. He nodded and said: "Brother Li, just be better prepared. When I enter the palace again later, I will make a proposal to the crown prince together with Brother Li."
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Li Si was overjoyed and said: "Brother Leader is indeed my good friend and confidant of Li Si. If the Crown Prince takes notice, my years of hard work will not be in vain."
Xiang Shaolong patted his shoulder and went happily. He thought that he could put a head on his neck to guarantee that this matter would be done, otherwise the Chinese people in the 21st generation would not be familiar with the term "Sangong and Jiuqing".