Chapter 492: The Prairie Hero of Zhao Kuo’s Family
Of course, the emperor had no objection to sending an envoy. The emperor's heart was burning with the desire to conquer. He had always been like this. Otherwise, he would not have sent his most outstanding generals to various places to prepare and defend against his enemies.
Knowing that Zhao Kuo intended to open up the Western Regions, the emperor stood in front of the roughly drawn map and fell into deep thought. Li Si and Gan Luo stood behind him. The emperor looked at the huge map in front of him and remained silent for a long time.
"I gathered the most outstanding talents from all over the country to draw this map, which took me three full years to complete. I can see every county, town, road, and even pavilion in the Qin State.
It's clear... Ma Fujun is attacking the southwest. When the war is over, here!!" The emperor pointed to the southwest corner and said: "This will also become part of the territory!"
"Get up and take a look... I don't know what the land outside the Great Wall is like, and neither does anyone in the country..." Li Si and Gan Luo stood up, stood behind the emperor, and looked in front of them.
The map was very large and almost covered the walls. It looked a bit scary. What was even more scary was that the land outside Qin was so vast.
"This is a map of the world based on the Mafu book. Such a huge world... Da Qin didn't even get half of the country..." The emperor looked at the map and said solemnly. Li Si had already seen it.
He was responsible for this map and its formulation, and Gan Luo on the side looked uneasy. His whole body was trembling and his eyes were shining.
At this moment, Gan Luo was extremely excited and overjoyed.
Gan Luo was a talented person. When he was very young, he showed extraordinary courage and outstanding eloquence. Even Zhao Kang, the bully in Xianyang at that time, regarded him as his confidant and listened to his advice.
, When Gan Luo was very young, he knew in his heart that he was a genius. Children of the same age were completely incompetent in front of him. This gave him a sense of superiority. He almost looked down on anyone, and he also wanted to show off himself.
Ability.
At first, Lu Buwei wanted to send Zhang Tang to Yan State, but Zhang Tang refused. Lu Buwei realized that his opportunity had come, so he found Zhang Tang and successfully persuaded him by pulling the skin of a tiger. Then, he
Going to the State of Zhao, he was not afraid at all when facing the king of the country, neither humble nor overbearing. He finally convinced the State of Zhao and successfully obtained a large city for the State of Qin, which made the name Gan Luo resound throughout the world.
Everyone thinks that this child's future achievements will be limitless. Gan Luo himself thinks so too. Gan Luo is very smart and can learn everything very quickly. However, he still likes the art of eloquence. He enjoys this kind of speaking through words.
The feeling of persuading others and changing the general trend of the world with just one mouth is the same for the Zongheng family. If Gan Luo had been born a hundred years earlier, he might have become a saint of the Zongheng family and suppressed the world.
It's a pity that Gan Luo was born a little late. He successfully persuaded King Zhao and returned to Xianyang. From then on, he started his own study. He needed to make himself more powerful and master more things. He studied crazily and read through Zongheng.
When he was full of confidence and decided to leave the mountain, he was surprised to find that the six kingdoms were gone. Yes, they were all destroyed by Marquis Wu Cheng, leaving only the state of Qi. The prime minister still won.
Gan Luo couldn't sit still anymore. He hoped that he could go on a mission to Qi State. He wanted to show his abilities again. His friends, Zhao Kang, had become Ma Fujun and suppressed the southwest. The younger generation of generals all
You can't see his back, but people like Meng Tian, Wang Ben, and even Meng Yi, who is younger than him, have achieved something now, but Gan Luo has never been able to take a step forward in these years.
Gan Luo was really unwilling to give in, but his mission to the Qi State did not go as he thought. Hou Sheng simply sold the Qi State, which made Gan Luo lose his last chance. He, a member of the Zongheng School, lost
As he was no longer useful, he could only hide in his mansion, becoming more and more haggard and addicted to alcohol. This state lasted until Zhao Kuo called him over and told him that he could go as an envoy beyond the Great Wall.
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People outside the Great Wall were considered barbarians, and the Qin State did not feel that it could have any dealings with them. It was not until the Han Dynasty that the Central Plains Dynasty began to send envoys outside the Great Wall and began real diplomatic activities. Therefore, when Zhao Kuo told Gan Luo,
When he still had the opportunity to display his talents, Gan Luo felt as if a brand new road had appeared in front of him. To this day, when the emperor showed them the land beyond the Great Wall, Gan Luo almost shed tears.
The era of political strategists has not ended, and it will never end. There are still so many countries. Politicians can easily rewrite the destiny of a country through their own words... There are still so many countries waiting for political strategists.
Li Si suddenly realized that Gan Luo was getting a little excited beside him, but he didn't say anything. The emperor turned around and looked at his two ministers calmly.
The emperor saw the fire in Gan Luo's eyes, which made Ying Zheng burst into laughter.
"Gan Luo... I will send you to the Yuezhi to make way for Qin. After that, you will go to the Western Regions on my behalf... to persuade the countries there to surrender to me..."
Gan Luo squinted his eyes, and countless thoughts came to his mind. He bowed seriously to the emperor and said, "I will definitely fulfill my mission!" The emperor agreed to this, so there was no need to trouble the emperor with the rest.
, in the following days, this matter fell into Gan Luo's hands. Gan Luo did not go back to prepare anything. He followed Li Si directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion and asked: "Do we have any warriors outside the wall?
"
Li Si was stunned for a moment, and then he understood that Gan Luo was asking if Qin had any spies outside the Great Wall. Li Si shook his head and said, "No." Gan Luo frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "If the Prime Minister believes me,
, please allow me to take charge of this matter."
"You want to send men outside the wall?"
"Yes, the Xiongnu, the Yueshi, the Western Kingdoms, the Donghu... these tribal countries must have warriors from the Qin State. I need to get the latest information about them in time. I need to get all the information from these tribes.
From the king to the people, from internal affairs to military affairs..." Gan Luo squinted his eyes. Li Si could vaguely guess what he wanted to do. He looked at Meng Yi beside him and said, "Let Meng Yi help with this matter.
You."
Meng Yi's eyes widened and he could only accept the order. Xiao He and Zhang Cang still wanted to help Li Si, but Li Si was unwilling to send them two, so he sent Meng Yi, who was not the most helpful to him, to assist Gan Luo. Gan Luo and
Meng Yi left here and returned to his mansion. Gan Luo immediately began to tell Meng Yi to do things. First, Meng Yi had to select a group of elite spies. There were many spies in the Qin State. They used to be distributed in various countries. Now,
They didn't have any jobs, so they all changed their appearance and became officials.
Gan Luo wanted to call these people over again. Secondly, he wanted to let them learn the different customs of various tribes in various places and let them disguise themselves as different people. They could be businessmen, rangers, thieves, or even traitors.
Relationship... Meng Yi took out a pen and paper and recorded it. Gan Luo talked about his plan calmly. Gan Luo was going to build a huge intelligence network outside the Qin Dynasty, just like the Qin State in the Six Kingdoms.
Same as established.
Gan Luo had a lot of demands, but there was no need for Gan Luo to teach the spies. There were already many spies in the Qin State, and the Qin State had a special institution to train them. There was no need for Gan Luo to be so concerned. Meng Yi wrote down Gan Luo's requirements.
After Luo's words, he couldn't help but ask: "Are you planning to send Qin's warriors to various places outside the Great Wall? Why is this? You just want to send the Yuezhi as an envoy..."
"Even if we have to dispatch him, we should dispatch him to Yuezhi."
"Hahaha, you don't know. Although I am on a mission to Yuezhi, if I don't know all the trends outside the Great Wall, I won't be able to accurately complete my plan..." Gan Luo didn't tell much.
Finally, he ordered: "I'm not in a hurry to go out. Please arrange these things first, and wait until the warriors arrive at various places and start operations... I have received relevant news, and I can go to Yueshi... Next.
..”
"What's next?"
"Then it's time for the Strategist to appear..."
At this moment, Meng Yi did not understand what Gan Luo meant. It was not until later, when he heard the sudden change outside the Great Wall, that he recalled what Gan Luo had said to him that day. Zhao Kuo was very concerned about the opening of the Western Regions.
However, when Gan Luo and Li Si began to prepare for this matter, Zhao Kuo never asked about it again. He seemed to have completely forgotten that there was such a thing. This made Zhao Gao very confused.
Zhao Gao couldn't help but ask: "You personally proposed the mission to Yuezhi. Gan Luo is still at home and refuses to leave. Why don't you ask him?"
Zhao Kuo said seriously: "I am not as good as Gan Luo in terms of sending envoys to foreign countries and persuading others. Since I am not as good as him, why should I interfere with him and influence him? If I go to him,
Maybe it will ruin his own plan... This is why I don't go to him. Everyone has something they are good at. It is the most stupid thing to interfere with people who are really good at it when they are clearly not good at it.
People like this can’t accomplish anything.”
Zhao Xiu seemed a little excited when he learned that Gan Luo was going to go as an envoy beyond the Great Wall. He came to Zhao Kuo several times and acted coquettishly with him, saying that he also wanted to follow him to the Great Wall. He was very curious about things beyond the Great Wall.
He really wanted to see with his own eyes the prairie where the sky and the ground were connected. Of course, Zhao Kuo couldn't let him go. Xiu was too young. Zhao Xiu was rejected several times, so
Discarded this idea.
However, Mao looked a little absent-minded, especially looking at Xiu who was pestering Zhao Kuo to go on an envoy outside the Great Wall. He always lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.
It was at dusk, and the sky began to slowly turn gloomy. Gan Luo was sitting at home as always, waiting for news from Meng Yi. Meng Yi had left Xianyang. He led Qin's elite spies to the north, preparing to attack
These people were sent to various corners outside the Great Wall, and Meng Yi wanted to arrange identities for them and let them learn the local language. At this moment, the Outside the Great Wall has not experienced the spy war in the Central Plains. It can be said that there is still a blank in this regard. This is
It gave Gan Luo a lot of room for maneuver.
Gan Luo felt that through these spies, he could do a lot of things.
Gan Luo was reading a book when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. His retainer went to open the door. After a while, he came to his side and said with some embarrassment: "The grandson of Marquis Wu Cheng is here..." Gan Luo
Luo was stunned, Wu Chenghou's grandson? What is he doing here? Isn't that just a little baby? Gan Luo suddenly found it interesting. When he went to the Great Wall as an envoy, he was also a little baby. Gan Luo asked his retainers to call the child
Come in.
However, the child who walked in was not Zhao Xiu, but Mao, the proton from the grassland.
Gan Luo's originally smiling face gradually solidified. He looked seriously at the Hu child in front of him and asked, "What's the matter?" Different people come, and of course their treatment will be different. If you come here,
It was Zhao Xiu, and I'm afraid Gan Luo wouldn't dare to treat him like this. Mao didn't feel offended. He looked at Gan Luo in front of him and leaned down to pay homage. Gan Luo reluctantly returned the greeting, and Mao then asked: "You
Are you going to Yuezhi on this mission?"
"yes..."
"Um..." Mao looked a little tangled, as if he wanted to say something, but didn't know how to say it. Ganluo Mingli caught Mao's unnaturalness, and he suddenly smiled and asked kindly: "
Is there something you want to tell me?"
"If you go to Yuezhi this time, can you...can you help me check on a person and see how she is doing."
"Oh? Do you know anyone in Yueshi?"
"Well... she is my mother's sister. My mother is no longer here, and my mother's sister has also married elsewhere. I heard that she is in Yuezhi, so I would like to ask you to send someone to have a look. As long as she lives well, everything else is fine.
It doesn't matter... If you can help me, I will thank you very much. When I grow up, I will definitely repay you." He risked leaning down to worship again, but Gan Luo lost interest at this moment. It turned out to be like this.
thing.
I still want to repay you, what can you, a little kid from a Hu family, do in return?
Gan Luo waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "Okay, I understand."
Risk looked very happy, and he hurriedly told the news about the woman, "The wife of the Xiongnu Chanyu..." At that moment, Gan Luo was stunned, he almost jumped up, and he asked: "The Xiongnu Chanyu's wife..."
Are you from Yuezhi?"
"Well, I heard that they went to Yuezhi and asked the leader that they should be in Yuezhi. Please help me once to see her condition and see if she is doing well...I...", risked
He wanted to say something more, but didn't say any more. He saluted Gan Luo several times before leaving. Gan Luo squinted his eyes and looked at the child's retreating back, and suddenly noticed something in his heart.
He hurriedly called his retainers to his side and said: "Send someone to tell Meng Yi and ask him to check Touman's wife...and children...and whether his wife was born in Linhu. By the way, send someone to draw a fake
I asked Meng Yi to send a portrait of him to see if anyone knows this child... He just lied to me... He knows the whereabouts of the Huns, and even knows the names of Touman's wives... I think, he
There are big problems.”
The retainer looked at Gan Luo blankly and said, "But he is just a child...and Marquis Wu Cheng loves him very much."
"You don't have to ask any more questions, just go ahead and do the work. I will handle the rest by myself." Gan Luo ordered impatiently, and the retainer had no choice but to leave.
Walking on the road, he lowered his head, but his mother's smile kept appearing in his mind... He walked alone on the street, raised his head, and saw the few people running around beside his parents on the road.
The child's eyes turned red again, and tears couldn't help falling. He hurriedly reached out and wiped his eyes. His mother once told him that a strong man can never cry. No matter when, he can't cry, absolutely can't cry.
Until it was getting dark, Mao was still standing on the street. The only thing he could find in common with his home was the crescent moon in the sky. He looked at the white moonlight with tears in his eyes.
, Mother, are you okay? I miss you very much, do you miss me too? In the dark night, the loneliness in my heart seems to be magnified ten times, and I can't help but tremble, and I feel inexplicable
Begin to fear.
"Risk~~"
"Ri~~~"
Modu suddenly heard someone calling him. He raised his head and saw in the distance a stooped old man on crutches. He looked around nervously and called his name eagerly. He was already very old.
, it was difficult to walk. In the darkness of the night, he could not see anything clearly. He could only grope forward with difficulty and kept calling his name.
"Big Father!!"
Modun cried and rushed forward and threw himself into Zhao Kuo's arms.
