Before dawn, most of the people in Xianyang City put on new clothes and went to the upper reaches of the Wei River to participate in the grand spring festival as if they were going to the market.
There was a constant flow of people on the road, but everything was orderly.
Under the command of Teng Yi, Jing Jun, and Guo Yu, all 20,000 riders were dispatched to maintain order along the way.
All commanding heights where convoys on the road can be attacked are guarded and heavily guarded.
If there are assassins, they can only use the cover of trees beside the road to carry out assassination operations.
Zhu Ji, Lu Buwei and a group of ministers went to the palace before dawn to meet with Xing Xiaopan. They first offered sacrifices to the late king in the ancestral temple and then drove out.
Under the cover of Chang Wenjun and a group of masters of the imperial guards, Xiaopan avoided getting on the gorgeous carriage with the king's flag and transformed into one of the imperial guards, blending in with the group.
Wang Chai replaced Jing Shan, who was pretending to be Xiaopan. This boy's agility was comparable to that of Jing Jun, so he was actually the best candidate to deal with sudden changes.
Xiang Shaolong was also afraid that he would make a mistake, so he specially added iron plates to the walls of the carriage. It was like a bullet-proof vehicle in the 21st century.
The brigade left the palace gate, left the city, and headed up the Wei River.
The people lined the streets and cheered, showing their support and love for the monarch.
Each of the two teams, each with nearly a hundred guardsmen, leading vicious dogs, walked on foot in the dense forests on both sides of the official road to build carpet-style boat ropes to prevent the enemy from hiding in the forest and firing cold arrows.
The Wu family soldiers disguised themselves as civilians and mingled among the crowd, like plainclothes spies in the 21st century, monitoring suspicious people among the crowd.
Xiang Shaolong rode behind Wang Yu and continuously directed the actions of the imperial guards, fully displaying the tricks he learned in the 21st century.
With a large group of imperial guards opening the way, Wang Yu walked in the lead. People everywhere gave way and knelt down to worship.
There are two rows of guards on both sides of the convoy. The outer row is armed with high shields, and the inner row is equipped with crossbows. It can be said that the defense is impeccable.
Xiang Shaolong fell more than ten horse positions behind and rode alongside Xiaopan, Li Si, Chang Wenjun and others.
Xiaopan happily looked at the knights on the hill on the left, who were raising safety flags to them, and said happily: "The arrangement of the Grand Tutor is an eye-opener for everyone."
Li Si smiled and said: "If an assassin is allowed to have three heads and six arms, in my opinion he will be unable to attack and retreat when he sees difficulties."
Xiang Shaolong looked up. He looked at the morning mist lingering in the gap, and said with a smile: "The enemy must have carefully planned and must have contingency methods. According to my guess, the main attack will come from above. As long as you climb to the top of the tree, you can target rocks.
If we are not prepared to attack with a type of weapon, with the support of assassins mixed in with the crowd, and with an obvious target, we might actually be able to succeed."
Xiaopan, Li Si and Chang Wenjun looked at the tree tops hidden in the mist, and all felt chills in their hearts.
Xiang Shaolong continued: "There is a spruce forest in front of us. No matter whether we start or escape, it is the most ideal place. If we want to take action, that is the place."
Xiaopan was greatly stimulated, and his eyes shone with blazing light. On the contrary, Li Si and Chang Wenjun became nervous and no longer in the mood to joke.
Xiang Shaolong secretly thought that Qin Shi Huang was Qin Shi Huang after all, and his courage was much greater than that of ordinary people.
He grabbed the horse's belly and chased Wang Yu.
The vanguard moved into the official road with towering spruce trees.
The fog became thicker, blurring the field of vision more than ten steps away.
Before the brigade arrived, the sound of drum music came first, and people prostrated themselves on the roadside, waiting for the carriages and horses to pass by.
Amidst the cheers, Wang Yu drove into the forest.
The guards had already been ordered to wake up and prepare for a sudden attack.
Xiang Shaolong calmed down and found Wu Guo among the crowd. After exchanging glances, it was not surprising if he didn't appear.
If the enemy doesn't even have the ability to disguise himself, he won't come at all.
When a group of masters are determined to assassinate a certain target, they will become an extremely terrifying force.
Xiang Shaolong issued an order to the surrounding iron guards. Wu Yanzhu and others immediately dispersed a little, forcing themselves behind Wang Yu to increase their vigilance.
The half-mile-long forest road is as long as a century.
To everyone's surprise, when the trees gradually thinned out and they were about to emerge from the forest, no assassin appeared.
The sound of the Wei River flowing could be heard faintly from ahead.
The front of Jieshan suddenly opened up, a big river flowed in front, and the mist was just a thin layer, as if it had covered the earth with a veil.
Just when Xiang Shaolong breathed a sigh of relief, a sudden change occurred.
A strange sound came from the side of the road. When Xiang Shaolong still couldn't figure out what it was, the guards guarding Yi Wang Yu fell off their horses one after another, followed by the terrifying sound of an astonishingly heavy object slamming against the wall of the carriage.
There was a sound. The charioteer's head was chopped off by some terrible weapon, and the chariot fell down. The eight horses pulling the chariot fell to the ground covered in blood.
The outer wall of the carriage shattered and splashed, the sound was terrifying.
The crowd on the road immediately became confused and fled in all directions. Their cries were so loud that it was difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
Xiang Shaolong shouted loudly. He pulled out the Hundred Battles Sword and rushed forward.
Several people rushed out from the roadside.
With a "whoop" sound, one of them used a heavy iron rod to smash open the carriage door. At this time, the guard closest to Wang Yu who was not injured or killed was ten steps away.
"Ah!" One of the people who wanted to rush to the car was hit by an arrow in the door and fell to the ground.
All the Iron Guards fired crossbows and arrows. The sneak attackers were hit and killed by the arrows one after another. Only two of them turned over and disappeared into the sparse forest to avoid the crossbow arrows.
Xiang Shaolong and others gathered around.
More than a dozen figures fled from both sides, running towards the Wei River.
With the roar of hoofbeats, all the guards rushed after him.
Xiang Shaolong came to the car door that was knocked open and shouted: "Stabilize the crowd." When everyone followed the order, Xiang Shaolong glanced inside the car.
Jing Shan looked out his face without any trace of blood and said with a sigh: "Fortunately, the steel plate was inserted. Otherwise, the boy would have no life."
Xiang Shaolong took a closer look and saw more than a dozen round iron wheels scattered on the ground. The edges were thin, sharp, and shiny, but they were all chipped at this time.
Then he looked at the nearly thirty guards lying on the ground next to the car in a pool of blood. They were all killed on the spot. They were horrified and their broken shields were scattered on the road.
This round wheel thrown with arm strength is more lethal than a crossbow, and even a shield cannot stop it.
Looking at the wall of the carriage again, the wooden boards were shattered, revealing the bent iron plates, and I couldn't help but gasp.
Two of the iron wheels flew into the car and cut open Jing Shan's armor during the collision. Fortunately, only a small amount of flesh was cut.
The group stopped.
The frightened people were pushed aside and away from the scene, and Wu Guo was responsible for checking to see if there were any assassins among them.
Xiaopan and others came to Xiang Shaolong's side and were shocked when they saw the tragic situation after the disaster.
At this time, Chang Wenjun encountered someone and came to report. The assassin jumped into the river and swam to the other side. Only three people were killed.
Xiang Shaolong jumped off his horse and inspected the four assassins who were shot. Each of them was hit by at least three arrows. They all died on the spot. There were no clues to trace them.
Wang Chi, Wang Ling, Miao Du, Lu Buwei and other ministers came in a hurry and were shocked to see Jing Shan coming out of the car.
Xiao Pan took off his helmet, revealing his dragon face, and said to Guan Zhongxie with a face as cold as ice: "Immediately search the city for me. If there are any more murderers left in the city, you, the commander of the capital guard, will no longer be in charge."
His eyes fell on the corpses lying on the ground, and he said sadly: "Give me a generous burial and pension." I couldn't bear to look at them anymore, and I clapped my horse and galloped towards the spring festival field.
Although a tragic assassination occurred, most people had no idea what had happened, and the atmosphere was still lively.
When Xiaopan, Zhu Ji, Lu Buwei and a group of ministers boarded the altar, drums and music rose loudly, and nearly 100,000 people on the left bank fell to the ground and shouted "Long live" in unison.
Teng Yi and Jing Jun commanded the cavalry and were responsible for maintaining order.
After Shang Yang's reform, among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, the people of Qin were the most disciplined and obedient. Even in this kind of place, everything was in order.
Xiang Shaolong and others learned from the past and were afraid that another assassin would mix in with the crowd, so they built a human wall to keep everyone at a safe distance.
The fog became thicker again and condensed on the river, making people feel the mysterious and confusing side of nature.
Xiang Shaolong, who was in the audience, carefully observed the expressions of Taiyuan Du Bi and Pu Hu. Although they looked normal, they made small movements showing their inner uneasiness from time to time. He knew that the two people were at a loss as to the failure of the assassination.
If lost.
"Peng" Xiaopan took the torch and ignited the fire in the giant cauldron on the stage. Flames shot up into the sky, and the smoke rushed into the sky and was submerged in the mist.
The whole place was silent.
Xiaopan unfolded the memorial text and read it aloud.
I saw him standing tall and proud, with a calm demeanor, indeed the majesty of a king over the world.
Teng Yi came to Xiang Shaolong's side at this time and whispered: "I heard that even Xiao Shan almost died. I didn't expect the assassin to be so powerful."
Xiang Shaolong still said with lingering fear: "If the target was me, I'm afraid I would have died long ago. Who would have thought that the other party would have such a terrifying weapon."
Teng Yi stared at the foggy Wei River, unable to see the scene on the other side at all. He pushed him and said, "Here we come."
Xiang Shaolong couldn't see anything at first, so he reminded him and glanced around, and sure enough he found that the river water had been stirred by unknown reasons and started to roll with great momentum.
People near the shore also began to notice the strange situation and gave advice in horror.
Everyone on the stage, including Lu Buwei, was stunned and looked towards the river for no apparent reason.
The people standing at the back stood with their feet raised to watch.
Xiaopan's voice reading the memorial text was gradually drowned out by the roaring crowd.
Suddenly, a dark dragon's tail emerged from the water's surface deep in the fog. It emerged nearly half a foot, and then slammed back into the water, splashing water in the sky, and the dense fog seemed to be blown away.
Xiang and Teng didn't expect Ji Yanran to make this move. The vividness was so different from the "dead dragon" in the previous performance that they were shocked.
The people on the shore and the generals and ministers on the stage were shocked and shocked. There was an uproar.
Some people were so frightened that their knees went weak, and they either knelt or sat and fell to the ground.
The guards were still in shock and hurriedly gathered around Xiao Pan, some even drew their swords and bent their bows.
Xiaopan shouted to stop, shouting: "Water produces magical objects, don't act rashly, anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
Of course Changwenjun and others stopped the guards to avoid "tragedy". The river calmed down again.
More than 100,000 people, all of them held their breath and stared blankly at the lake.
Suddenly, there was a series of screams, and in the depths of the thick fog, the black dragon with no tail appeared again, floating and sinking, making waves. It took a while before it submerged in the water.
Xiang Shaolong and others shouted at the top of their lungs: "The black dragon is born, a divine creature descended from the sky, and my country, Qin, is blessed with a water god."
Followed by "measure by six", the five elements of water correspond to the number six in the magic number, so all kinds of utensils in the future are measured by "number by six".
For example, the talisman and the dharma crown are both of great talent, and the carriage is six feet long. The six feet are steps, and the horse rides on a big horse.
Xiang Shaolong was so excited that his scalp was numb when he saw this grand event planned by himself.
No one knows better than him the profound impact this incident had on the Qin Dynasty, and it also left an everlasting narrative in Chinese history.
After Qin Neng unified China, he divided the world into thirty-six counties, because thirty-six is the self-multiplier of six.
Another example is that the number of wealthy people from all over the world who moved to Xianyang is "120,000 households", and 120,000 is exactly 20,000 times six.
Finally, the most critical political reform is to borrow Ji Yanran's words to implement the "three public officials and nine ministers" system carefully conceived by Li Si to strengthen the centralization of power in the small market.
The previous situation where the official system was chaotic and the king's orders were difficult to implement due to Lu Buwei's manipulation of power was reversed.
On the surface, most people can still maintain their power, and Miao Du even has a great increase in power, but secretly it has become a trend to use Miao Poison to control Lu Buwei, while Xiaopan has once again seized military power and finance.
Lu Buwei remained the prime minister, Changping Jun changed the prime minister Zuo to Taiwei, and Feng Qie became the imperial censor, collectively known as the Three Dukes.
The three public officials have clear responsibilities and powers.
The prime minister is the head of the civil service. He inherits the emperor's orders, holds a gold seal, wears a purple ribbon, and assists the Lord Qin in handling national government affairs.
This disguised form denies Lu Buwei's "Second Father" status, which is full of regent ministers. The prime minister does not appear as the opposite of the monarch, but must obey the king's will in everything, strengthening the authority of the royal power.
Changping Jun's Taiwei assisted Xiaopan in taking charge of the country's military affairs, giving Qin's army a unified command, which invisibly eliminated Meng Ao, Du Bi and others who had previously enjoyed a high degree of freedom over their subordinate armies.
right.
This reform is like combining the former position of Prime Minister Zuo with that of Grand Sima, or combining the powers of Xu Xian and Lu Gong into one position. Through Lord Changping, Xiaopan can directly control the most powerful Qin army in the world.
Already.
This position also has a gold seal and purple ribbon.
At the end of the Three Kingdoms period, the imperial censor, a brain of Li Si’s caliber, worked hard to come up with a clever plan to reduce Lu Buwei’s power.
On the surface, the imperial censor just waited for Li Si's previous long history to handle all memorials and orders for Xiaopan, and only had the power to supervise his subordinates.
But when Ji Yanran elaborated on his duties and powers, he pointed out that the censor could intervene in any matter that the prime minister had the authority to handle, but the censor's power of supervision was not something that the prime minister like Lu Buwei had.
So the imperial censor was used to contain the prime minister, and Lu Buwei's influence was reduced openly and covertly.
Feng Che used to be in charge of the law and was a fair and impartial person. No one dared to object to his appointment to this post.
From this we can see how well Xiaopan employs people.
Miao Du was promoted from internal history to Fengchang, one of the nine ministers, and was in charge of the imperial rites of the ancestral temple. His subordinates included Tai Le, Tai Zhu, Tai Zai, Tai Shi, Tai Shang, Taicheng and Liuling Cheng.
This can be said to be a high position but without real power. It is most suitable for Miao Du's status as a "fake eunuch", and it also gives Zhu Ji enough face to avoid arousing her resentment.
Miao Du's original position as internal historian was replaced by Miao Du's brother Miao Si.
Xiaopan learned from Xiang Shaolong that this man was uneducated and just a lustful mediocre person, so she was not worried about him at all.
Besides, the internal history only cares about the correspondence between the three major military departments in the capital and the palace. He can't do evil even if he wants to do it.
Chang Wenjun became Lang Zhongling, the second-ranking officer of the Nine Qing Dynasty, and was responsible for the defense of the entire capital. In other words, the imperial guards, city guards and capital cavalry all became his subordinates.
Among the other seven ministers, including Weiwei, Taipu, Tingwei, Dianke, Zongzheng, Zhisu Neishi, and Shaofu, the three positions of Tingwei, Zhisu Neishi, and Shaofu are the most important. They are held by Li Si, Wang Wan, and Cai respectively.
Ze takes office.
Li Si and others were promoted several levels in a row, taking charge of the country's criminal justice and becoming the highest judicial officer in the country. There were three prisons below: the front, the left, and the right. Miao Du's guest ministers ordered Qi and Mao Jiao to sit on the left and right prisons respectively.
Zhi Su Neishi is the Minister of Finance, responsible for national taxes and fiscal expenditures.
The Shaofu is in charge of domestic business, which is also an important position. Xiaopan has to appease important ministers like Cai Ze.
In terms of foreign wars, Wang Chi, Meng Ao, Wang Ling and Wang Jian were granted the title of four generals, while Xiang Shaolong, An Guxi and Du Bi were still generals. Only these seven could lead large armies in battle.
that power.
This can be said to be a political reform involving compromise. Xiaopan benefited most, followed by Miao Du, but Lu Buwei was like a mute eating coptis, and he knew the pain.
But since Zhu Ji, Wang Wan and other ministers now support Xiaopan, Lu Buwei can only accept it sadly.
The Black Dragon's extraordinary force, coupled with the "blocking sacrifices" that followed one after another, suddenly knocked Lu Buwei down at least a few levels from the top of power. From now on, he can no longer cover the sky with one hand and do whatever he wants like before.
After Xiaopan announced his resignation from the court, the ministers shouted "Long live", and then everyone rushed home to bathe and change clothes so as to participate in the spring banquet held in the palace tonight, and the beginning of winter also became the New Year of Qin.