086 Are they trying to die, or am I, Guo Dong, unable to lift the tomahawk?
Don't say that Yushu had a lover and forgot about her mother. If she wanted to hate her, the first one she should hate was Qin Shihuang, because it was the poisonous wine given by Qin Shihuang, and the second person she should hate should be herself because she forgot to leave Tutu
It was An Shi's mission that forced his mother to return to Xianyang. It was also because she still disagreed with the assassination of Qin Shihuang that her mother had to take risks, and eventually she died after the incident was exposed.
As for Zhao Gao, as he said, now that he and Yu Shu have no quarrel and have never been in conflict, there is absolutely no need for him to frame Yu Shu. All he has done is that he acted as a sycophant and as an official of the CRRC.
What should be done!
"By the way, there is another thing I want to tell you. You'd better be mentally prepared."
After Zhao Gao thought about it for a while, he felt that it would be better for him to tell Yushu about something in advance and give her a vaccination. This would be good for both her and Guo Dong.
At least it would be nice for him to say and explain the same thing, and for others to say it without adding any embarrassment!
"What happened?"
"When you were thrown into the cold palace, didn't Ziliang go to fight against the Xiongnu? Later, a month and a half after you were thrown into the cold palace, Ziliang had already broken through the Xiongnu capital and returned to the court with his troops, and then was killed by His Majesty without waiting for a rest.
We were sent out to lead troops to attack Tu'an. Just a month ago, Guo Dong had eliminated Tu'an and made it a county of Da Qin."
What!?
Yu Shu immediately collapsed and sat down.
"Don't worry, your father and the others are all fine. This is why Ziliang and I tried our best to ask him to lead the troops to attack Tu'an. After all, this war between Tu'an and Da Qin is impossible.
What can be avoided is that either Daqin sends troops to attack Tu'an because your mother empress assassinated His Majesty, or your father and the king take the initiative to send troops to avenge your mother empress because your mother died in Daqin. This war is unavoidable, and I think the result is
You should know."
Can you not know? If you don't know, why was she sent to Daqin for marriage in the first place?
The total number of people in Tu'an was only a few tens of thousands, and the number of troops was no more than 10,000. Even if all the people were mobilized, the number would only be over 20,000. The only result of a war with Da Qin was the destruction of the country and the family.
"When someone else leads an army, your father and the others will definitely die, but when Ziliang leads an army, they can Li Daitao freeze, burn down the palace with a fire, and lie that your father, the prince, and the others set themselves on fire. At this time, they have been sent to Ziliang."
Liang's fiefdom, Xue State, has been secretly settled."
In this way, Zhao Gao explained what happened between himself and Yu Shu, Guo Dong and Yu Shu, and sent everything to Meng Yi. After sending two young eunuchs to bully Yu Shu, he
He ordered two people to poison the water in the middle of the night, and attracted Cui Wenzi to treat Yushu and the craftsmen.
Not long afterward, a star fell in Shangjun...
The main ingredient of the elixir of longevity has arrived!
"Old Cui, long time no see!"
On the night when the star fell, countless people saw a huge fireball streaking across the sky like a falling star. Guo Dong then came to Meng Yi and saw Cui Wenzi who had just arrived, and who had fainted due to fatigue and poisoning.
Yu Shu.
"Guo Dong, why are you here?"
Seeing Guo Dong arriving, Meng Yi frowned, while Cui Wenzi, who was about to greet Guo Dong, was stunned for a moment.
Hasn't this Xiaochuan always called Guo Dong Lao Guo? Why has he changed to calling him by his full name now? And the tone seems to be very unwelcoming!?
"Why can't I come? All matters related to the construction of the imperial mausoleum are supervised by this general and governor. As long as it is related to the imperial mausoleum, there is nothing that I can't take care of, and there is no place that I can't go to, including you! Moreover, I don't agree with
Talk to someone who has forgotten his ancestors!"
"you……!"
Meng Yi was furious when he heard this, but he couldn't say anything. After all, no one forced him to change his name. Unlike Zhao Gao, it was a name given by the emperor. If he didn't accept it, he would die, and he...
So since then, Guo Dong and Meng Yi have completely broken up.
Of course, the main reason was that Guo Dong was too murderous. To destroy the Rong and Di, he first rushed into the royal city, killing almost all the princes and nobles, and even burned to death the most elite army of hundreds of thousands with a fire. Then he destroyed the Xiongnu,
In order to eliminate the 300,000 main troops assembled by the Xiongnu, Guo Dong set fire to the forest, dug rivers and destroyed embankments. Not only were there few survivors of the 300,000 troops, but dozens of tribes in total disappeared. According to rough statistics, nearly a hundred
Thousands of people died because of this.
Therefore, it took Guo Dong more than a month to annihilate a Xiongnu in Nuoda and occupy the half-proclaimed territory. Only the bitter cold land in the north was left and he did not bother to occupy it, leaving them to fight with the Vikings and Lao Maozi.
The ancestors went to grab the territory.
Later, more than a million slaves were captured from the Xiongnu and Rongdi, but nearly a quarter of them died of exhaustion in just six months!
Meng Yi cannot accept such an approach at all!
"Ziliang, are you a little too cruel?"
Through the quarrel between the two and questioning Meng Yi, Cui Wenzi figured out what happened after he left, and couldn't help looking at Guo Dong and frowning slightly.
"Old Cui, do you think so too?"
Guo Dong shook his head: "Old Cui, I admit that I have killed many people in the past year or so. The number of people who died directly or indirectly in my hands is probably more than one million and close to two million. Compared with Lord Wu An back then,
Bai Qi is not far behind. But Lao Cui, how can there be no death in a war? Instead of letting the soldiers of the two countries get into a tug-of-war and get nothing in the end, I am afraid that the number of people who died will not be less than 100,000, and almost everyone on both sides will die.
If we divide it equally, then it would be better to let the Rong Di and Xiongnu people do the killing."
"One is as punishment for their aggression, and both are dead. I chose them to die and the people of Great Qin to live. At least I am the general of Great Qin, and I have protected my soldiers and my people. And I
He also eliminated the Rongdi and the Xiongnu, and added twelve counties to the Qin's expansion of three thousand miles, eliminating the border troubles of the Qin Dynasty. At least for a hundred years, the border areas will no longer have to suffer from the intrusion of the barbarians! Lao Cui, do you think this will happen?
How many descendants of Yan and Huang and Chinese people can survive without being exposed to weapons?"
Cui Wenzi's expression softened slightly. Although he felt a little trembled by the cold-bloodedness in Guo Dong's words, Cui Wenzi had to admit that Guo Dong's choice was the most correct.
"And those prisoner-of-war slaves, yes, I captured them, and less than half of those who are dying of exhaustion now died of exhaustion while repairing the Imperial Tomb. But I captured millions of prisoners of war, and thus rescued hundreds of people.
Thousands of people built the imperial mausoleum, the Great Wall, the straight road, and the Afang Palace built just outside Xianyang City, etc., each of which required a huge amount of corvee work. Nowadays, most of the people, as well as all the hard work,
These prisoners of war did all the tiring, dirty and dangerous work. As a result, most of the country's corvees were exempted. Millions of people directly benefited from this. Counting their families and the subsequent corvee expeditions, no less than five million people benefited from this.
"
Meng Tian and Cui Wenzi were stunned. They had never calculated this debt.
The bearded old horse of later generations once commented on capitalism. He said: Once there is an appropriate profit, capital will be bold. If there is 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; if there is 10% profit, it will be used everywhere;
For 20% profit, it becomes active; for 50% profit, it takes desperate risks; for 100% profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; for 300% profit, it
Dare to commit any crime, even risk hanging your head.
And converting this to these prisoners of war and corvees, converting profits into human lives, this is at least 500%! It is almost twice as much as the 300%!
Anyone can settle this account!
It’s just that no one dares to think so!
"You all know what kind of character His Majesty is. He only wants results, regardless of how many corvees will be exhausted in the process. So these people are destined to be exhausted. Maybe if they are replaced by corvees and civilians, the time will be extended a little longer, from half a year to
It became one year or two years? But is there any difference? But now, it is the prisoners of war and the slaves who are dying of exhaustion, not the people of my Great Qin! I think my choice was not wrong. If I were to do it again, I would
We will still do this and capture more prisoners of war."
"But don't prisoners of war have human lives?"
Meng Yi couldn't help but shouted and interrupted him. This was also what he couldn't accept the most.
"It's human life!"
Unexpectedly, Guo Dong gave an answer that was beyond Meng Yi's and even Cui Wenzi's expectations without hesitation.
But what he said next told them that Guo Dong was still the same Guo Dong, and he had not changed from the beginning to the end!
"But human lives also have high and low values. In my eyes, as foreigners and invading bandits, their lives are low! And the people of Da Qin, or in other words, the people who were the people of the Six Kingdoms a few years ago, more than ten years ago
, they are diligent, honest, hard-working, and willing to work. They are much nobler than the barbarians on the grassland who only know how to herd horses in summer and rob in winter! Moreover, these millions of prisoners of war will die when they die. Just ask Rong Di or the Huns.
Or who of the Donghu, Da Yuezhi, Fuyu and others who have not yet been destroyed dare to say no? Do they want to die, or am I, Guo Dong, unable to lift my battle ax?"
Gudong!
When Guo Dong said the last sentence, he couldn't help but feel a surge of murderous intent and soaring fighting spirit. Meng Yi, who had also ordered hundreds of thousands of troops and fought on the battlefield, and the mysterious Cui Wenzi
Everyone swallowed involuntarily, let alone the two eunuchs beside him.
"But what if instead of millions of prisoners of war, millions of civilians died? What would be the result? The result would be another forced labor force, which would lead to the reunification. However, because the time was too short, the grievances of the descendants of each country were not completely eliminated.
I don’t know how many people are thinking about the restoration of the country, and people will immediately be filled with resentment and war everywhere, and I don’t know how many people will rise up by then!"
The corner of Guo Dong's mouth curled up with a hint of fear that made even Meng Yi feel scared: "Do you know what it will be like at that time?"