"Your Majesty, there may be something wrong with pardoning prisoners..."
Under the control of Heifu, the Lishan prisoners became calm, and with the temptation of food, they left the camp one after another to accept reorganization. However, Jun Zhengle, who arrived later, raised objections.
"What's wrong?"
Another soldier immediately jumped to his feet and retorted:
"The kings of Qin in the past have many amnesties, not just once or twice. In the past, in the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, in order to develop the newly occupied cities of Anyi, Rang, and Nanyang, they all pardoned sinners to live in them. During the reigns of King Xiaowen and King Zhuangxiang, it was because of national mourning.
He succeeded to the throne and pardoned the sinners twice. During the time of the First Emperor, he also pardoned those who participated in the rebellion, including some of Lu Buwei's disciples, so that they did not have to move to Shu."
It is different from what most people imagine. Although Qin Su was scolded by the people of the Six Kingdoms as: "Carving out without kindness and justice" and "rushing the law, the long-term will not forgive", but after careful calculation, there are really a lot of amnesties.
There are countless pardons. In the "Fengxian Shi", which is a prison document program, "what crimes can be pardoned", that is, whether they have been pardoned, is stipulated as a required procedure for prison examinations.
However, during the reign of Emperor Qin Shihuang, due to too many large projects and insufficient labor manpower, the prisons were full for a while, and the amnesty gradually disappeared.
Moreover, those pardon orders came from the king, and now Hei Fu is acting on his behalf.
Qu Ji was very much in favor of pardoning criminals at critical moments. Back then, he almost became a prisoner because he sent an anonymous letter to report a tomb robber, so he always believed that laws and regulations should be modified based on human relationships.
Le is a typical Qin official who came from a school. He is more old-fashioned and hates evil. He shook his head and said with a smile:
"I think it's inappropriate, not because of the pardon order."
"What's more, although there are innocent people among this group of prisoners, there are also extremely evil people. If the monarch pardons them all, I'm afraid..."
From Yile's point of view, they should be screened, and no one who deserves to die should be let go!
"It's urgent."
Heifu also had his own difficulties: "Ji Ying has arrived at Wangyi Palace and sent someone to report that Hu Hai fled to the north, Zhao Gao fled to the east, the Chu army has entered the Xihe River, and there are also barbarians invading the north of Shangjun in the direction of the Great Wall, and some are going south.
meaning."
"Today, 70,000 Northern troops have newly arrived and are stationed in Lantian. Guanzhong has not yet been completely pacified. If time is wasted in identifying hundreds of criminals who have committed the most heinous crimes, which will lead to changes in Lishan and the dispersion of our troops, there may be a big disaster."
Heifu simply doesn't have the manpower or time to do these things, so it would be good if he could pacify more than 100,000 prisoners.
What's more, screening and arresting several people may also cause everyone to panic. They think that the black man wants to break his promise, so it is better to cut the prisoners across the board first, scatter the prisoners, and then distinguish them in detail later.
Those who have really committed heinous crimes can be arrested and dealt with secretly without causing any disturbance...
This is what smart people do!
However, precautions are still necessary. Heifu told the two soldiers:
"Although the prisoners are serving their sentences, they must be separated immediately to prevent them from repeating themselves and gathering people into chaos!"
"Move the newly surrendered Qin soldiers from the south to the vicinity of Lishan Mountain and tell them that they must not let the Lishan prisoners cause trouble, otherwise it will cause disaster to Guanzhong!"
In order to protect their homeland from disaster, the newly surrendered Qin soldiers would also keep an eye on the prisoners.
"There is another problem." Le Jin said: "For food, our army has taken food from Lantian and Dunan, but it is only enough to last the army for more than a month."
But Heifu was very relieved: "The vanguard has been ordered by me to Xianyang to take control of the treasury. The Xianyang warehouse has enough supplies for one year, and the autumn harvest is coming, so I am not worried about food. Until next year, the one hundred thousand Guandong punishment
The disciples can serve as field soldiers and go to Shanglinyuan to open up wasteland and cultivate the land to be self-sufficient. As for the 70,000 Qin criminals who made up the executioners..."
"I have another great use!"
Heifu knew that in the original history, when the Kwantung Uprising Army came west, it was a group of prisoners who defeated them, and the main force was probably these soldiers.
Why can't he use his power to deal with the six countries and the Huns?
"Select some military officials from the Northern Expeditionary Army to lead the prisoners, and form a separate army. I will organize it myself! Name it..."
Le and Quji looked at each other in confusion: "Just call it the Prisoner Army?"
But Hei Fu shook his head: "He is now free, and he must not be called a prisoner again."
"Those who were punished for their sins and whose bodies were stained with dirt and stains were a shame and were stained. Now that they have paid off their sins with years of hard work and received my forgiveness, they are no longer stained."
Heifu Shacklebreaker showed a proud smile:
"It can be called: the Unsullied Army!"
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After placing the prisoners, Heifu handed the place over to two military officers, including Wu Guang and others, and headed towards the cemetery, which was visible in the distance.
The Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin is located in Lishan Mountain, far away from the traditional royal mausoleum area. Zhiyang Heifu passed by it before. The first one he passed was the mausoleum of King Qin Huiwen and Queen Mother Xuan, followed by the mausoleum of King Qin Zhao, and there were even three more.
The mountain-like mausoleums of King Qin Xiaowen, the Queen Mother of Huayang, the Queen Mother of Xia and their husbands, and the father of Qin Shihuang, King Zhuang Xiang, are also in Zhiyang.
Although he was the only one who respected himself, the order of elders and younger ones could not be messed up. According to the principle that the elders should live in the west and the younger ones should live in the east, Qin Shihuang could only choose a place east of Zhiyang.
This choice was made in Lishan, a geomantic treasure land.
After bypassing Lishan Mountain, the mausoleum area is right in front of us, but we see that this place is backed by mountains in the south and surrounded by water on three sides, east, west and north. The water in the east is a huge artificially dug fish pond. It is said that the soil that built the mausoleum was dug from here.
If it goes away, and then the Wei River is poured in, it will become a magnificent lake!
"This pattern is somewhat similar to when I came here in later generations."
The difference is that the ground-level buildings that were only completed last year are intact. Between the mountains and three rivers, there is a magnificent city. The layout is similar to Xianyang. The two-layered city wall is roughly in the shape of a zigzag, and there is a tall mausoleum mountain in the middle!
Like a huge pyramid, standing among the sky and green mountains!
Heifu looks up at the mausoleum. After all, it is a miracle of civilization. Even future generations will be shocked by it.
As he walked, he cursed secretly: "Hu Hai, Zhao Gao really deserves to die. He allowed the prisoners to cause chaos to prevent my pursuit of troops. If these prisoners lose control of their graves, won't the Tomb of the First Emperor be in trouble?"
The last time Ji Ying reported back, the vanguard had just arrived at Wangyi Palace, and Hei Fu didn't know yet that Hu Hai was dead.
Chen Ying sent people to control the cemetery, and there were more than a thousand people who lived there to offer sacrifices and guard the mausoleum. Half of them escaped, and the other half stayed true to their duties until Heifu arrived.
Heifu got off the car in front of the northeast gate of the cemetery, took his armor, and asked everyone to take off their armor and walk inside.
On the north side of the cemetery is the city gate with three gates. Inside are the magnificent gate gates and dormitory buildings, as well as more than 600 sealed burial tombs. The burial pits are located on the east and west sides, and in the south are the tombs that are hundreds of feet high.
, underneath is the mysterious underground palace.
There are many trees on both sides of the road leading to the tomb. Most of them were planted by Lu Buwei after Qin Shihuang succeeded to the throne and looked for a mausoleum area for him. Now there are many pines and cypresses. The ground is cleaned every day, even the cracks in the rocks.
, also spotless.
There were also many life-size stone warriors standing on both sides, wearing stone jackets and armor, holding swords, spears and axes, glaring at the rebellious minister and traitor Heifu who was walking past in a grand manner!
But Hei Fu was shameless and sighed to his subordinates:
"In the past, His Majesty visited the south, but I was blocked by his treacherous ministers and rebellious sons, so I couldn't see him. I couldn't believe that he was just a day away."
"Today, Hei Fu is finally coming to see the late emperor..."
After saying that, we arrived in front of the mausoleum temple.
The temple is majestic and solemn, and it goes without saying that the incense inside is prosperous. After Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, he often held large-scale sacrifices here, declaring the First Emperor to be the supreme temple and the emperor's ancestral temple. People from all over the world offered tributes and sacrifices.
Shusun Tong took the opportunity to speak:
"The temple of the first king is either in Xiyong or in Xianyang. The Emperor's rituals should be worshiped alone in the temple of the First Emperor."
"That is to say, only the emperor named Ying can enter this temple..."
"Do you want to enter, or not?"
Shusun Tong was full of expectations, but Hei Fu just smiled:
"The deceased is the most important person. Since this is a temple sacrifice, everything should be done according to etiquette. Otherwise, I might be laughed at by the world. The late emperor would even laugh at me for being vulgar and ignorant of etiquette."
He asked everyone to step back, raise their heads, look at the high tomb, and bow their hands in worship!
There was no crying and beating of the chest and feet as Shusun Tong imagined, and there was no shouting, "I'm late!"
Then he fainted and died in front of the temple in public...
Wu Zhonghou put away his usual acting skills today and became extremely quiet, with solemnity in his movements.
He just bowed silently and spoke in a low voice, as if he was not offering a sacrifice to the emperor, but a gentle visit to an old friend and sweeping his grave.
But if others heard what Heifu said, they would probably think it was disrespectful, offensive to the late emperor, and disobedient...
Heifu sighed:
"Brother Zheng."
"I'm here to see you..."
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ps: I recommend a historical text "Return to the Ming Dynasty to Be a Tyrant" that is almost finished. The Dog Emperor cried and shouted that he must reach 10,000 orders before finishing the book:
As the Son of Heaven, I have been ordered by Heaven to control the universe, fight against the remnants of the Taizu, carry the Emperor's Sword, and defeat the unconquered ministers. Tell Bahuang **: In the whole world, is it the land of the king, and on the shore of the land, is it the ministers of the king?
, the barbarian countries are all the concubines of the Han officials.