The wind from Jiaodong also blew to Langya in the south.
Langya was the land of the ancient Ju State, and was later ceded to the Qi State. It once served as the capital of Yue King Goujian. However, the Yue people could not cross the Yangtze River and Huaihe River to defend it, so they entered Tian Qi and became the "Ju" of the five administrative regions of the Qi State. Langya City was then
It is an important seaport in Judi and an important destination for Qin Shihuang's eastward tour.
To the east of Langya City Port, there is a mountain by the sea, shaped like a platform and a hundred feet high, so it is called "Langya Terrace". When Qin Shihuang arrived here, local officials had conquered 30,000 people, widened the road, and built the Langya Terrace for the emperor.
A magnificent palace...
This palace is located on the Langya Platform, which is more than 100 feet high. There are three imperial roads "three to four feet wide" under the platform. Nine peaks rise from the clouds, and there are stone paths between the peaks, called "Cloud Ladders". It is early spring,
The hillsides on both sides of the ladder are covered with trees, shrubs and other vegetation, which are full of life again. When you turn your head during the climb, you can see the prosperous harbor and the endless blue East China Sea.
On the first day when Qin Shihuang came to Langya Palace, he stayed up all night to review the memorials that had been delayed due to the rush. This group of people worked hard all night, and when the rooster crowed, they couldn't sleep, so they simply put on thick furs and
Let Zhao Gao and others accompany him personally, and watch the sea and the sun on Langyata.
Seeing the bright red sun rising from the sea and filling the sky with red clouds, I suddenly felt the lump in my chest disappear, and the fatigue from staying up late disappeared.
He simply didn't sleep, called the Langya County Sheriff, and asked about Langya Terrace.
"I see that the outer wall of Langyatai Palace is old and covered with vines. It has been built for several years. When can it be traced back to when?"
The governor of Langya County reported: "The first monarchs who came here should be Qi Huan Gong and Qi Jinggong. They both enjoyed the scenery of Langya and did not return for several months. However, at that time, the palaces on Langya Terrace were simple and crude, and the one who really carried out large-scale construction was probably King Gou Jian of Yue.
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In the 29th year of King Goujian of Yue, Goujian destroyed Wu and wanted to dominate China. He moved his capital to Langye and built a viewing platform on the mountain for seven miles to look at the East China Sea.
This is the origin of Qili Stone City on Langyatai. No wonder the architectural style has southern characteristics.
Qin Shihuang looked at Prime Minister Li Si and asked, "How far is it from Kuaiji to Langya?"
Li Sichen reported: "If we go by land, it will be nearly two thousand miles, and if we go by water, it will be at least fifteen hundred miles."
Qin Shihuang shook his head when he heard this and said: "King Gou Jian of Yue is very ambitious."
The Yue Kingdom's move of its capital across thousands of miles seemed unreasonable, but Qin Shihuang could understand it. Gou Jian also learned from King Wu Fu Chai and was bent on seeking hegemony. At that time, the princes were concentrated in the north, while the capital of the Yue Kingdom was in Kuaiji, which was located in a corner of the southern coast.
, beyond reach, to achieve hegemony, the capital must be moved.
This is just like the Qin State, if it wants to rise, it must move from Yong, which is located in a corner, to Xianyang, which is close to the Central Plains.
Langya is obviously a good location. It connects Huai and Si to the south and Qing and Qi to the north. It connects with Haidai and controls the Ji River. The mountains and rivers are entangled and it is enough to consolidate itself. King Wu Fu Chai used this as a springboard to invade Qi and conquer Lu. The Yue people
After Wu was destroyed, Langxie also emerged to covet Qi, Lu and Si.
The Yue people are good at boating, and Langya is an excellent harbor. There are bays to the southwest and northeast of Langyatai that can shelter from the wind and park ships, which is suitable for ships to go back and forth. The Langya County Sheriff said that at that time, the Yue Kingdom ordered 2,800 navy soldiers to cut wood
They built boats from trees, and after five years of careful preparations, a large-scale navy division with "eight thousand dead soldiers and three hundred barge ships" was dispatched to occupy this place in one fell swoop.
This number is very large, and the Kuaiji boat division currently sent by the Qin Dynasty to support Langya is only half of this number.
The governor of Langya County added: "After Gou Jian made Langya his capital, he once dominated Qilu Sishang. It is said that even Confucius came with seventy disciples to pay homage to Gou Jian..."
"oh?"
Qin Shihuang became interested: "How did Gou Jian treat Confucius?"
He was very curious. One was the overlord of the Yue barbarians, and the other was a sage who respected the rites of Zhou. What would it be like when these two met?
"I heard from the locals that the scene when Gou Jian met Confucius was not friendly."
The governor of Langya County reported: "At that time, Gou Jian was given Yi armor and a Bu Guang sword, but he still thought it was not powerful enough. He also had to hold a Qu Lu spear. He was surrounded by 300 warriors with severed hair and tattoos who dared to die.
Located outside the city gate, Confucius and his disciples, wearing wide robes and long sleeves, passed by 300 people before they could pay homage to Gou Jian..."
It was enough that the battle was overwhelming. When Gou Jian saw Confucius' first words, he was not polite at all and asked directly: "Master, why do you teach me?"
Yue people are Yue people. Unlike the Central Plains people, Hou Bo at least had to be polite and humble. He directly asked Confucius: What are you teaching me? There was no respect in your words, only provocation and contempt.
Confucius responded appropriately, and replied solemnly: "Qiu can tell the story of the Duke of Zhou, so I will first play the Yaqin and dedicate it to you..."
However, Confucius was wrong. His trick was good against Duke Jin of Qi, Duke Lin of Wei, and even Duke Ye of Chu, but it was ineffective against King Gou Jian of Yue. Just as he was about to play the harp, he was interrupted by Gou Jian's words:
"The Yue people are fragile and stupid. They sail on the water, live in the mountains, and use boats as carts. They like weapons and dare to fight to the death, but they don't understand the Yaqin. The Master taught them the Yaqin, but it's probably of no use!"
In the eyes of Gou Jian, a native of Yue, Yaqin, rites and music were all useless. He made it clear that he would not give Confucius any chance to speak about "The Way of the Duke of Zhou", so this rare meeting ended on bad terms.
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After Qin Shihuang heard this, he smiled and said: "Gou Jian did the right thing. The learning of Confucian scholars is indeed useless for hegemony."
The world's rituals have been ruined for a long time, but Confucius paid attention to appearance, clothing, and detailed red tape. Even generations could not finish learning it and could not understand it in their lifetime. If King Gou Jian of Yue used this set of things to change the customs of the Yue people
, although he can be praised by the people of Qilu, but it runs counter to the domineering he wants to pursue.
In Qin Shihuang's view, Confucians were eloquent, but they messed up the law with their writing. Moreover, they were arrogant and willful, self-righteous, and could not be used by subordinates. They lobbied everywhere and begged for official salaries, but countries that valued them, such as the State of Lu, for example
The Zhongshan Kingdom eventually declined.
Therefore, let alone the uneducated Gou Jian, even his ancestor Qin Xiaogong, when Shang Yang first came to Qin, talked about the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and the Tang and Wu methods respectively. Qin Xiaogong even dozed off after listening to it, until Shang Yang started
Talking about tyranny and reform, Qin Xiaogong was in high spirits and moved to the table several times to listen closely.
However, Qin Shihuang thought about it carefully and found that the situation faced by the Yue Kingdom back then was somewhat similar to that of Qin today:
People in the Central Plains regarded Yue as a barbarian, while others regarded Qin as a state of Rong and Di. Qin's set of laws and regulations were not recognized by the Guandong people who were accustomed to being unorganized.
Qin Shihuang also made compromises. He once wanted to complete his unification by consecrating Mount Tai and recognizing the Kanto pantheon. However, he encountered storms in Mount Tai and was ridiculed by Confucian scholars. The past is no longer the present...
After the promulgation of the order, the Confucian scholars temporarily kept silent, but under the silence, the hostility became even stronger.
"King Gou Jian of Yue was right not to use Confucius or Confucian scholars, but in the past, the country of Yue, which was huge and spanned thousands of miles from north to south, could unify the customs of Jianghuai and Langya, and how could it survive for a long time?"
This problem was not solved by the Yue State. After the death of King Gou Jian of Yue, the Yue State declined quickly. It was even attacked by the Chu State and took away Huainan and Huaibei, which cut off the connection between the capital Langya and the native Jiangdong Kuaiji. The Yue State, which was once prominent for a while, ended
Towards division and destruction.
This incident had some warning significance for Qin Shihuang. It was at night in the palace at Langyatai that Qin Shihuang was tossing and turning, thinking about this issue.
"Qi Huan and Jin Wen, Fu Chai and Gou Jian, so many hegemonies, they all ended with their own bodies..."
Not only is the problem of unworthy descendants, but the failure to cohere will also cause the complete collapse of a great country.
The most precious thing for Qin Shihuang now is time. He already knows very well that if he loses ten or twenty years, this matter cannot be completed. He longs for immortality so that he can have enough time to truly unify the world.
Although Fengchan Taishan left a bad impression on Qin Shihuang, and the group of ill-informed magicians in Jiaodong also disappointed the emperor. However, integrating the gods from all over the place and finally realizing the common customs of all nine states and the unity of the six societies is still what Qin Shihuang believed "
The right way to "unify the world"!
So the next day, Qin Shihuang worshiped the "Lord of the Four Seasons" at Langyatai.
"The four seasons are spring birth and summer growth, autumn harvest and winter storage; there are rules for giving and taking, there are times for going in and out, opening and closing the door, without losing its narrative; joy and anger, firmness and softness, without departing from the etiquette."
The main god of the four seasons is one of the eight gods of Qi, and is most closely related to the lives of Qi people. It dominates the four seasons, determines the growth of crops and agricultural harvests, and the rise and fall of the tides throughout the year. It is these seafood that nourish
Liaolangya continues to this day.
Therefore, in Langya, both monarchs and common people must worship it. They chose to set up shrines and altars at Langya Terrace to thank the gods of the four seasons for the prosperity they brought to people.
Qin Shihuang also hoped that the Lords of the Four Seasons would make the empire last forever...
After solemnly offering sacrifices to the Lords of the Four Seasons, Qin Shihuang followed the old rules of patrolling and carved a stone monument in Langya to praise Qin's achievements.
"In the thirty-second year of the Wei Dynasty, the emperor made a start. He moved the east to the east to save the soldiers. The work was completed and he came to the sea..."
In the stone carvings, there are still praises for the emperor's achievements in writing the same text in the same track: "Under the whole world, the heart is strong and the will is strong. When the tools are measured, the words in the same book are written in the same book."
But unlike the previous stone carvings, Qin Shihuang also described the new atmosphere in Jiaodong in the article:
"The merit of an emperor lies in his ability to persuade people to work. When farmers work to eliminate the poor, the head of Guizhou becomes rich."
"Printing on paper, pouring brine to get salt. The twenty-fourth section, the reproduction of various products."
He talked about Heifu's culture, education, and farm affairs. Heifu did not dare to take credit and blamed Qin Shihuang for them. In Qin Shihuang's view, Jiaodong was a model for other counties in the empire, and these things should be promoted immediately
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"Six relatives protect each other, and there will be no bandits or bandits. The head of Guizhou will be at peace, and there will be no need for war."
Although the Jiaodong bandits were still unclear, Qin Shihuang acquiesced that they were already dead, and he had great confidence in his Jiaodong governor.
The emperor also carved all his future expectations on the stones:
"Within Liuhe, the emperor's land stretches across the quicksand in the west and ends in Beihu in the south. There is the East China Sea in the east and Daxia in the north. Wherever people go, there are all ministers. Their achievements are as great as those of the five emperors, and their wealth is as great as cattle and horses. No one is not virtuous, and everyone is safe.
Yu!"
The familiar song "Song of Qin" echoed on the seaside. The First Emperor of Qin stood on the Langya Platform, watching the wind and rain wash away the rocks. He believed that the many small problems he encountered in the process of unifying the world would eventually be solved, and his empire
, will be like the rising sun in the east, and will surely become more and more blazing and prosperous!
"What the sun and moon shine on, what boats and carriages carry, they all end their lives, don't be dissatisfied!"
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Perhaps because Xu Shi was imprisoned by the black husband and had no chance to trick the emperor into sending him to take 3,000 boys and girls to sea, Qin Shihuang's stay in Langya was not as long as three months in history.
In late February, he left Langyatai with a large group of people, preparing to continue to tour the eastern counties. The next stop was Donghai County...
Thousands of people's chariots and horses marched on the mountain road in the southwest of Ju County. This area is the remnant of Taiyi Mountain, with crisscrossing hills, mostly running from southeast to northwest. It is quite bumpy. The road has not been built yet, so the road is narrow and the queue is long.
Gotta be old.
At the front is the Lang Wei army who came to survey the road yesterday and eliminate danger. Along the way, the riders are guiding and calling to disperse the pedestrians. Lang Wei is holding a horn bow on the vehicle and shoots those who disobey the order and those who take a look from a height.
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In short, the twenty miles of road that Qin Shihuang traveled were combed over by Lang Weijun like a comb to ensure that there were no traces of wild animals before passing, and to ensure that there was no one who jumped off the road.
As for the emperor's chariot, there were six identical golden chariots. Only one of them was the main chariot, and the rest were auxiliary chariots. There were more subordinate chariots surrounding it, and they were also covered with infantry and armed guards.
The emperor's protection is very strong. People who don't know the specifications and posture of travel may be dizzy looking at the clouds.
Because the roads are narrow, many places in the Junan hills can only accommodate one car. Therefore, the secondary cars surrounding the left and right can only go in front or behind. Instead, the guards follow the cars to protect them. As for which car the emperor is on, there is no outsider.
You can know, but those who dare to leak the secret will die!
Surrounded by dense woods, it happened to be early in the morning, and a thick fog formed. Qin Shihuang stayed up late yesterday to review memorials. At this time, he closed his eyes to rest, and the emperor's increasingly old figure was swaying. In front of the chariot, the Zhongche Mansion
Zhao Gao was asked to drive conscientiously in front, controlling the six horses and carefully avoiding any bumps. He always drove so steadily.
Li Si, Ye Teng, Zhang Cang and other officials were at the back of the train, while the generals and guards circled around, watching the steep mountains and jungles around them with vigilance. The convoy creaked and moved forward at a slow and boring pace.
As the sun gradually rose, the fog in the lush forests of the valley gradually faded away. Just when the fog was about to dissipate, the sharp-eyed Lang Wei noticed that there was something on a hill in the forest more than ten feet away from the road.
A strange light flashed through, seeming to be the reflection of a gold and iron weapon...
Before he could go over to check and issue a warning, a man stood up from the hillock, spun around for several times, and then threw an object violently, flying straight towards the convoy!
"There's an assassin!"
The warning sound sounded immediately, but the vertical shields of the guards were still a step too slow to stop him. The huge iron spine rotated, taking advantage of its condescending position, to hit Qin Shihuang's chariot.
"Boom!"
The Lang Wei soldiers had no time to react and could only watch in stunned silence. In the convoy, a gold-rooted car that was sitting behind was hit by a heavy object, and it crashed to the ground along with six horses!
The butterfly wings fanned the wind and changed many things, but that blow, which was three years late, still came!
This blow was like a flying stone hitting water, causing huge waves! The horses in the entire convoy were frightened and neighed one after another!
This blow is destined to shock the world!
Unlike in history, when the Bolangsha assassination accidentally hit the passenger car, this time, in Junan, this huge iron vertebra, whether it was luck or calculation, directly hit the main car where the emperor was riding!
