Chapter 501 One person and one mouth can destroy a country
The weather is getting colder and colder. Xianyang is deserted and there are not many passers-by. Occasionally, a few people pass by with their heads lowered, hurriedly passing by. The first cold winter after Ma Fujun's death is so cold. Sitting in the palace, Ying
Zheng looked through the memorials from various places tiredly. Close ministers including Zhao Kang, Li Si and others were sitting next to him. This was not a formal court meeting, but could only be regarded as a private meeting of the emperor.
In front of the emperor, most of the news came from outside the Great Wall, some of which were detected by spies, and some of which were sent by Gan Luo to tell him. The emperor put down the documents in his hand, and then looked at Wang Jian, the former Qin Guotai, who was sitting on his right.
Wei Liao, because of his health, had to resign his position as Taiwei. He went to Taixue to teach students and serve as a scholar representative of the military strategist.
Nowadays, there is no precise division between civil and military affairs. For example, Zhao Kang can lead troops to fight, and he can also serve as a prefect to govern the local area. Scholars in Imperial College will certainly not ignore military strategists. Military warfare is also an important knowledge, and he has a vacancy for Taiwei.
, everyone thought that Zhao Kang was going to take the throne, but they didn't expect that the last one to take the throne was Wang Jian. After Wang Jian returned to Xianyang and paid homage to Zhao Kuo, he was left by the emperor's side and became the new three princes.
The position of commander-in-chief of the Northern Army that was vacated after Zhao Kuo's death was left to Zhao Kang. Zhao Kang had more trust from the emperor than Wang Jian. This was a fact that everyone knew, and no one raised any objections. The emperor looked at his new
The Taiwei couldn't help but ask, "What do you think of Gan Luo's idea?"
"Gan Luo was brave and resourceful. Within a year of his mission to the Yuezhi, he actually triggered civil strife in the Yuezhi. Even the Xiongnu got involved, weakening the strength of the Yuezhi. The minister believed that his method could be implemented, but the North
The army has just experienced a fierce battle in the southwest. It must take some time to train and cannot rush to fight." Wang Jian analyzed carefully and glanced at Zhao Kang again. He was worried that Zhao Kang would not be able to resist requesting to send troops.
Zhao Kang obviously did not have such thoughts. Today, he has become more mature and even has a bit of Zhao Kuo's demeanor. The young general who did all evil, acted recklessly, and was extremely stubborn has now become mature, stable, and able to love and care for his soldiers.
, knows how to treat the people well, even when facing his son Zhao Xiu, he will not lose his temper like before. Zhao Kang said: "What the Taiwei said is absolutely true. The longer the Yueshi civil war lasts, the more serious it will be to Qin."
favorable."
"When the Yuezhi suffers heavy internal strife and the Xiongnu officially participates in the war, the Northern Army will of course be rested and reorganized. Then we can occupy the land of the Yuezhi at the minimum cost." Wang Jian was a little surprised when he heard Zhao Kang's analysis.
This bastard suddenly grew up. When these people were discussing how to deal with the Yuezhi, Li Si remained silent. He never liked to put forward his own ideas, and execution was enough.
As for the other prime minister, Han Fei, Han Fei originally disagreed with the war with the Yuezhi because he could not see the benefit of such a war to Qin. He felt that he should continue to cultivate himself and revise his policies. After the death of his teacher,
Afterwards, many policies formulated by the teacher who directly used his own authority will definitely be shaken. They, the successors, should maintain these policies and live up to the teacher's high expectations.
However, the emperor knew how to deal with Han Fei. The emperor moved out of Zhao Kuo, defeated the Yuezhi, opened up the Western Regions, and took advantage of the geographical advantage over the northern grasslands. These were all proposed by his father when he was alive. Do you want to object?
In the end, Han Fei could only keep a dark face and say nothing.
After discussing how to help Gan Luo and solve Yuezhi's problem, the emperor tiredly asked everyone to leave, but still kept Zhao Kang. After everyone left, the emperor asked Zhao Kang to sit over, and he asked Gong
The middle attendant brought them some food, and the two of them started eating without any etiquette without saying anything else. "I am the eldest son of the Xiongnu Chanyu, do you know about this?"
"I don't know." Kang replied without raising his head.
"I'm not asking him to kill him, but I still have to be cautious."
"Is this what Gan Luo told you?"
"Yes, it is indeed what he said, he said"
"He said that his father wouldn't let him spread the word, right?"
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and then Kang said: "Since my father chose to believe him, of course I also choose to believe him and Xiu grew up together. I also treat him as my own son. We
It's better to keep it a secret, lest he be bullied by his peers." Both of them had an idea and said nothing more. Ying Zheng thought for a moment and then talked about another thing.
"Of the governors in the southwest you proposed, I can only agree that two of them will still have a place. I still have a use for them."
"You are the emperor, you have the final say." There was not much courtesy between Zhao Kang and Ying Zheng, and Ying Zheng ignored his rudeness. After eating, Zhao Kang stood up and was about to leave.
, Ying Zheng stopped him again. Ying Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "Although Father Kang has passed away, you are not alone. You still have a wife, a son, and us. You can come to the palace often, even if you just sit there.
Let’s have a drink together”
"Yeah." Zhao Kang nodded and left the palace.
Ying Zheng sighed and had enough to eat and drink. Of course, he wanted to read the memorials from various places again, because Qin's territory was very vast now, and the number of memorials that the emperor had to read every day was constantly rising, which occupied Ying Zheng's time.
Most of the time, from morning to night, he spent almost all of his time in the palace handling government affairs. Ying Zheng was not afraid of hardships, but he never forgot his father's teachings. As an emperor, he could not just sit in the palace and speculate about the outside world.
He must find a way to get out of this overwork and have time to travel to various places. He still has many things he wants to do. Ying Zheng has come up with many ways, but these methods
The essence is to divide the power in his hands and let the prime minister help him share it. Ying Zheng is not afraid of Li Si and Han Fei and thinks they will compete with him for power. He just simply doesn't want to give power to anyone.
The final solution that the ambitious emperor came up with was to continue to divide the official system in the temple. He couldn't just let himself handle everything in the local area. When local cities were built, officials in charge of construction should be responsible for replying, and local land reclamation should be done.
, there should be officials in charge of farming and mulberry farming. This is not about dividing one's own power, but just arranging a few more officials to help them do things. They cannot be responsible to the prime minister, they must be responsible to themselves.
In this situation, Ying Zheng called in his most trusted prime minister, Han Fei.
The official system was clearly established by Li Si, but when it came to the actual negotiation, Ying Zheng chose Han Fei. Ying Zheng vaguely remembered that his father had proposed several different official systems when he was in Zhao State, and Han Fei seemed to know about it at the time. Sure enough,
When Ying Zheng expressed his thoughts, Han Fei quickly recalled several systems that Zhao Kuo had proposed in the Zhao State. At that time, Zhao Kuo proposed more than just the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers system.
However, Zhao Kuo is gone now. Although Han Fei has an impression, he doesn't remember it very clearly. The other person involved at that time seemed to be Pang Gong? Pang Gong has been dead for more than ten years, but Han Fei is still Han Fei. He
Although he had forgotten a lot of things, with his own ability, he began to calculate and improve the system that Zhao Kuo had originally proposed. He remembered that Zhao Kuo once said that the power of the prime minister should be divided. The more detailed the system, the more complete it would be. Multiple powers cannot
controlled by a department.
When Han Fei started to make calculations, Ying Zheng also helped him based on his years of experience and current problems. The two stayed in the palace for three or four days until Ming couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted their meeting.
Although Ying Zheng was a little unhappy, he still ended the discussion with Han Fei. He saw that Han Fei was also extremely tired. Han Fei was not young anymore, and Ying Zheng didn't want to lose another relative.
Sitting on the bed, Ying Zheng still had those new systems in his mind. He didn't even pay much attention to what Ming said. He just hummed a few times. It wasn't until Ming excitedly said that he wanted to prepare clothes for his grandson that Ying Zheng finally woke up.
He widened his eyes and looked at Ming, "What did you just say?"
"You are going to be a big father!"
It turned out that Fusu's wife was pregnant. This news made Ming very excited. She had already begun to prepare to have a grandson. As for Ying Zheng, he felt a little ridiculous. The eldest father? Fusu was going to have a child? In his mind
, Fusu was still a half-year-old child. As for himself, Ying Zheng reached out and touched his face. Only when he touched the messy beard did Ying Zheng understand that he was really going to be a big father.
It's a pity that his father could not wait until this day. If he could see Fusu's child, how happy he would be. Ying Zheng seemed to be able to imagine his father carefully holding a little guy, rubbing his face with his beard, and teasing him
The look of a smile.
Huanjue, who was on the northwest frontier, also received an order from the new Taiwei Wang Jian. He did not expect that his general would become a Taiwei after returning to Xianyang. Wang Jian's order was to ask him to follow Gan Luo's arrangements. Of course,
, he couldn't send troops so casually, of course he still had to send people to contact the Yuezhi King just to delay the situation. Gan Luo calculated all this, and the Yuezhi civil war became more and more intense.
Wu Chenghou once repeatedly said Xunzi's "Water can carry a boat". Every time he started a class, he would advise the ministers to love the people, and even asked the emperor to think about the people, otherwise there would be great disaster! What is happening in Yuezhi now
Things seemed to confirm his words. Gan Luo knew in his heart that if the Yuezhi King hadn't acted rebelliously, he would never have been able to provoke a civil war so easily. He had indeed given the rebels a lot of trouble in the early stage.
However, in the end, the rebels relied on themselves and defeated the Yuezhi King's army, which was stronger than themselves.
This is the power of the people. Almost all the Yuezhi people are on the opposite side of the Yuezhi King. Even rebels have appeared in his army. The soldiers he used to win over through wine and sex are definitely no match for those rebels.
, these incompetent people who were immersed in wine and sex, under the tenacious fight of the rebels, have now almost retreated to the king's tent. The Yuezhi King was extremely frightened, but had no countermeasures.
Gan Luo didn't expect that just by blowing a breath, the flames would burn so fast that he even wanted to burn the Yuezhi King. However, Gan Luo couldn't watch the Yuezhi King be overthrown. After all,
, what he wants to do is not just as simple as consuming the Yuezhi national power. If the rebels win, the Yuezhi King will definitely be killed, a new king will ascend the throne, and the leader of the rebels, a young leader named Hun Tuo,
He is not as easy to deal with as the Yuezhi King.
It would be bad if the other party became the king of the Yuezhi. That young man would probably quickly rectify the Yuezhi and then prepare to fight against Qin. Gan Luo was not afraid of him, but he just didn't want to be with the Yuezhi people.
It cost too much. Therefore, this rebellion ignited by Gan Luo was destined to fail, either by the Yuezhi King or by an external enemy.
Gan Luo had many plans in mind to quell the rebellion, but he still had to choose the one that would do the most damage to the Yuezhi. It would be best to bring down several small tribes around him. So Gan Luo proposed again, asking the Yuezhi King to
The surrounding friends borrowed troops and used their benefits to ask them to help quell the civil strife. At this moment, King Yuezhi was frightened and believed Gan Luo's words. In this way, Gan Luo conquered the surrounding tribes, large and small, and even the Qiang people in the distance.
Pulled off the horse.
A melee was about to break out here. The envoys from the State of Qin also sent people to express their willingness to help King Yuezhi. Even the Qiang people sent people and agreed to help. They all had their own agendas. Everything was as Gan Luo expected.
During this period, Gan Luo also ordered the people he arranged for the rebels to propose to the rebel leaders to borrow troops from the tribes such as Ding Ling and other countries in the Western Region. As a result, two huge military alliances slowly emerged.
Gan Luoba could not help but that the war was getting more and more intense. Anyway, the war did not take place on his own territory. He had nothing to do with how many people died. After a while, when everyone participated in the battlefield, the Qin army slowly moved toward the moon.
King Yuezhi set off from Yuezhi. He thought that things were finally going to turn around. At this time, the Qin army was about to arrive at Yuezhi. The Xiongnu went crazy and suddenly attacked and defeated Qin.
The country’s vanguard army.
Qin's vanguard army was defeated and fled back to Qin's territory. King Yuezhi heard this and was stunned. What did the Huns want to do? At this time, Touman Chanyu showed his fangs. It turned out that he had fought with the Huns a long time ago.
The rebels drew up an alliance. He and the rebels agreed to attack from both front and back to eliminate the Yuezhi King. Gan Luo was very angry. He told the Yuezhi King that the damn Huns took advantage of the Qin army's unpreparedness to attack, and the Qin people would never let go.
over theirs.
As soon as the newly joined Qiang people arrived on the battlefield, they received a new mission to fight against the treacherous Huns. However, the Ding Ling people who were found by the rebels in the distance just arrived and began to plunder the rebel lands.
, there was incomparable chaos everywhere, and the Yuezhi King was a little desperate. The era when the Yuezhi people occupied the Hexi Corridor seemed to have passed like this. In less than a year, the Yuezhi suffered heavy losses and were in danger.
