"Your Majesty, since the matter of Weihou is over, do you want to return to Xianyang?"
"Wuzhonghou", Qin Shihuang has nailed this big hat on the board of Heifu's coffin, and the migration of the people of Anlu and Nanjun will also proceed. Seeing that there is no need to go to Zhucheng anymore, Prime Minister Li Si of the Left and General Feng
Wu Ze and others then persuaded Qin Shihuang to let the emperor return to Xianyang.
Because the emperor's health was getting worse and worse, he looked haggard, and could not even appear in public. They were afraid that if he continued like this, his majesty would collapse...
"No!"
But Qin Shihuang rejected the good intentions of his ministers.
"I used my own body to raise troops to kill the riots, and relied on the spirit of the ancestral temple. The six kings betrayed me, collected the soldiers of the nine states, and cast them into twelve golden figures, so that the world would be settled."
"We also conquered the barbarian and Rongdi kingdoms, and the territory of the Qin Dynasty, passing through Daxia in the north, wading through the quicksand in the west, the East China Sea in the east, and ending in Beihu in the south. Wherever human beings go, there are all who are subject to it!"
"Then we built the Great Wall in the north, built a Chi road, built a palace, opened a five-foot road, and found the Queen Mother's kingdom in the West..."
He at least did what an average emperor could do only for three generations, and his pride has not changed to this day.
Qin Shihuang glanced at the ministers who were praying:
"Everything I do has a beginning and an end. How have I ever given up halfway?"
The ministers looked at each other in confusion. It was indeed the case. Once Qin Shihuang decided on something, he rarely gave up halfway. In terms of the three tasks of conquering Chu, conquering Baiyue and seeking the Queen Mother of the West, so what if it failed? So what if it was a huge loss? Really?
I will never give up until I reach the Yellow River.
If Heifu were here, he would definitely comment on Qin Shihuang as "the best iron-headed boy in the world"!
Same this time!
No matter how the ministers tried to persuade him, Qin Shihuang made up his mind: "If I don't go back to Xianyang, I will continue to move forward. I will go to Zhucheng to worship the god of the river, and then go to Kuaiji to worship the traces of Dayu."
Li Si, Feng Wuze and others were helpless. The evil Qin Shihuang threatened death. They couldn't just say: "Your Majesty, if you leave again, you will die outside!"
There were a total of 60,000 troops accompanying him. Li You took 10,000 people south to take control of Wuchang, Changsha and Lingnan. Feng Jing allocated another 10,000 to move and escort the Anlu people. The remaining 40,000 came from Lang Wei and Weiwei.
, the lieutenant's elite Qin army continued to follow him eastward.
The reason why he was so stubborn was that in addition to being uneasy about Hei Fu, who did not know his life or death, and wanting to stay in the south for a while to deal with any changes in time, Qin Shihuang also had the last remaining hope in his heart.
"Everyone says that I will die at this age, but I don't know the month and day, so I travel around the world, hoping to change my life and change my life, and pray to the gods of famous mountains in temples to extend my life."
Therefore, he wanted to carve the last monument on Kuaiji Mountain, then climb to the top of the mountain and take another look at the sea...
But death is the end for everyone.
The large group of troops was slow and did not arrive at Xiling County, Hengshan County (Xiling District, Wuhan City) next to Anlu until the fourth day of February. Qin Shihuang was seriously ill and could not go forward...
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In Xiling County, Hengshan County, in the temporary palace protected by 40,000 Qin army regiments, Prime Minister Zuo Li Si was extremely anxious.
It's really hard to describe. Li Si has accompanied him on several hunting tours, but this was the one that made him most uneasy.
From the fourth to the sixth day of February, Qin Shihuang was so ill that he could not get up. He was sometimes in coma and sometimes awake. He had stayed in Xiling County for three days!
Only Li Si, Feng Wuze, Hu Hai, Ziying and a few others knew that Qin Shihuang was seriously ill. Even they could only visit the emperor twice a day, morning and evening. Only Zhao Gao, Qin Shihuang's most trusted commander of CRRC,
And the elderly imperial physician ordered Xia Wuji to stay in front of the bed every day.
On the evening of the sixth day of February, Li Si was busy reviewing the memorials sent by the imperial court on behalf of the First Emperor of Qin, when Zhao Gao came to inform Li Si that His Majesty had woken up and wanted to see him!
"Zhongche Mansion, how is your Majesty?" On the way there, Li Si felt worried.
Zhao Gao said: "Your Majesty looks good today, and he also drank a bowl of porridge."
"That's good, that's good."
Li Si breathed a sigh of relief and planned to wait for the right opportunity to continue to persuade the emperor to return to Xianyang. However, Zhao Gao approached and whispered:
"But Imperial Physician Xia said that this could also be a reflection of the light..."
Li Si stopped and sighed.
"Is this day still here?"
"Although His Majesty is a wicked person and talks about death, there will always be a day like this."
Seeing that there was no one around him, Zhao Gao raised his hand to Li Si and said, "Gao Gao would like to congratulate the Prime Minister first!"
Li Si was not upset: "Your Majesty is very ill, why are you so happy?"
Zhao Gao smiled and said: "The Prime Minister is your Majesty's most trusted minister. When your Majesty summons you at this time, you will definitely ask about your heir! No matter which son the Prime Minister Zuo proposes to appoint, he will be able to get the credit of establishing the heir afterwards and return to the position of Prime Minister Right.
The day is just around the corner, how can we not congratulate him?"
This statement was full of hints. Li Si understood it, but he only nodded: "This is not something that a human minister should discuss. Your Majesty has his own considerations."
Later, the bedroom of the emperor's temporary palace arrived. After Li Si entered, he only smelled a strong smell of medicine...
As Zhao Gao said, Emperor Qin Shi Huang's complexion improved a lot. At least he was no longer in a coma and could lie on the couch. When he saw Li Si coming, he asked the waiter to take the medicine away and retreated to the left and right, leaving only the emperor and his ministers.
"His Majesty……"
Li Si was also in his seventies, with white hair and shaky teeth. However, Qin Shihuang looked even weaker than him at this moment. Seeing that the once majestic monarch was so sick, Li Si couldn't help but lie down on the bed.
Frontal runny nose.
"Prime Minister."
However, Qin Shihuang did not mention a word about his illness or Zhao Gao's guess about "establishing an heir", but he asked seemingly casually:
"I heard that this is Xiling County in Hengshan County? Is it the Xiling that Lord Wu An captured and burned when he attacked Chu?"
He smiled and said: "Are the ghosts of the kings of Chu wandering around here? They hate the Qin Dynasty and are haunting them in their dreams. No wonder I became seriously ill when I came here."
Li Si quickly wiped away his tears and said: "Your Majesty, this Xiling is not the other Xiling. The Xiling captured by Lord Wu'an is in Yiling County, hundreds of miles away from here. As for this place, it belongs to the ancient Xiling family. It is said that it is the Yuanfei of the Yellow Emperor and the descendant of Lei Zu.
Township..."
"I see, the Prime Minister is knowledgeable."
Qin Shihuang nodded and asked again: "How many sons does the Yellow Emperor have?"
Li Si responded: "The two legitimate sons, one is called Xuanxiao, who is Qingyang, Qingyang lives in the river. The second is called Changyi, who lives in Ruoshui. In addition, there are more than 20 common brothers, a total of 25
son."
"There are more than me. I also have more than twenty children, but I only have eighteen children..."
Qin Shihuang asked again: "Who among the emperor's more than twenty sons will eventually succeed the Yellow Emperor?"
Li Si replied cautiously: "His grandson, Gao Yangli, the son of Changyi, is Zhuanxu..."
Qin Shihuang shook his head: "Is it better to establish a grandson than a son? It is a way, but the country depends on the eldest king. It seems that I cannot be like the Yellow Emperor."
At this point, Qin Shihuang finally opened the skylight and spoke frankly. He sighed and said:
"Prime Minister, I have never been so sick before. I am crying out sadly. I have been in power for thirty-seven years since I was fourteen years old. I originally wanted to find the Queen Mother of the West and seek immortal medicine for immortality, but now I am seriously ill and almost dead... Destiny is immutable.
?”
This was the first time in the past three years that Qin Shihuang mentioned the word "death" in front of others. Liston immediately became nervous. Could this mean that the stubborn Emperor also accepted the fact that his life was about to end?
But Qin Shihuang said: "I heard that Xia Yu only reigned for ten years, and Shang Tang and Zhou Wu only lasted for a few years. Compared with this, my emperor's life span is enough. It's okay if he can't live ten thousand years. But the Great Qin..."
His originally somewhat scattered gaze became firm again: "The State of Qin will be passed down to all generations!"
Li Si quickly promised: "With the foundation laid by your Majesty, the Qin Dynasty will surely last forever!"
Qin Shihuang's voice softened again: "However, before I established a heir, I had no legitimate sons, and the eldest son Fusu rebelled against me and ran away. The second son was unfilial and was demoted to a commoner and worked as a farmer in Yongdi. The remaining sixteen sons have just arrived.
In the prime of life, it is inevitable to be lonely and weak. Who do you think should be your heir, Prime Minister? It is my decision!"
"His Majesty!"
Li Si quickly declined and said: "As for the country and the country, it should be decided by your majesty. This is not something that can be discussed by human ministers. I will obey the emperor's edict and obey the orders of heaven, and I will not dare to speak nonsense!"
"oh?"
Qin Shihuang smiled: "Accept the emperor's edict and obey the orders of heaven? If so, my third son, the young master Jiang Lu, is the oldest among the remaining sons. He is a benevolent and filial man, and he will not dare to refuse to obey the court's etiquette.
Also, when you are in the position of the corridor temple, you don’t dare to lose your integrity; when you are ordered to deal with it, you don’t dare to lose your words.”
"Do you think General Lu can inherit the great cause?"
When Li Si heard this, he couldn't help but be horrified:
"Your Majesty, you are deliberately testing me!"
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ps: There is only one chapter today, and the sun will set tomorrow, but I still feel that I need to rest and ponder to give this character a beginning and an end.