The spear pierced into the chest of Qin soldier Lu Zhuang. He widened his eyes, grabbed the long spear with one hand, and then stabbed the weapon into the enemy's heart with his backhand.
"Haha!" Lu Zhuang grinned.
The enemy's eyes widened, his throat felt sweet, and then he spat out a mouthful of blood.
This soldier from Qi State never dreamed that the Qin army would be so fearless and brave. He had clearly stabbed him, but they were able to fight back. Why did they take him away when they were about to die?
Lu Zhuang and the Qi soldier fell in a pool of blood at the same time, and his vision gradually became blurred...
Big brother, second brother, here I come...
Lu Zhuang was a young soldier from a village called Lubao in Hanoi County.
That year, during the Battle of Changping, in order to encircle and annihilate the 400,000 Zhao troops, the King of Qin urgently mobilized all the young and strong men in Henei County and sent them all into the battlefield, using their flesh and blood to block the breakout of the 400,000 Zhao troops.
With countless lives sacrificed and people risking their lives to blockade the siege, the Zhao army's hope of breaking out was ultimately shattered. Even Zhao Kuo himself was shot to death during the breakout.
After the Battle of Changping, the whole world was shocked.
Everyone once again remembered the great reputation of Bai Qi, the Butcher. Everyone was saddened by the death of more than 400,000 young and strong men of the Zhao State. A feeling of grief for one's own kind arose spontaneously.
But no one knows.
That battle killed almost all the young and middle-aged men in Hanoi County.
Among them were Lu Zhuang’s eldest and second brothers. When their bodies were brought back, Lu Zhuang cried for a long time.
When he was young, Lu Zhuang didn't know why his elder and second brothers wanted to join the army and fight on the battlefield.
But when Lu Zhuang grew up, when the heavy pressure of life came upon him, when he got married and had his own children, he suddenly understood how his elder and second brothers felt.
For a low-level peasant like him, joining the army to kill the enemy and make achievements is his only way out.
It doesn't matter if he dies, the title can be inherited by his son, and there will be a lot of land and a new house...
"It's just a pity that I can't hug you anymore..."
Lu Zhuang seemed to see his young son slowly crawling to his side, then clinging to him, babbling, touching his face with both hands, asking him to get up and hug him.
"I really want to hug you again..."
Tears flowed silently from his eyes, and blood gushed out from his wounds like a fountain. Lu Zhuang, who had lost too much blood, became increasingly weak. Then he slowly closed his eyes as if he had accepted his fate.
From the moment he stepped onto the battlefield, he knew that he would face death sooner or later.
What he didn't expect was that this moment would come so quickly.
However, by killing three soldiers, this achievement would allow his son Lu Li to grow up smoothly without having to suffer all day like he did when he was a child.
However.
Just at this moment.
Lu Zhuang suddenly felt himself being lifted up, and someone flipped his eyelids, and then shouted: "This man is not dead yet, he can still be saved, someone come quickly——"
In Lu Zhuang's blurry vision, he could vaguely see a half-grown child in black brocade clothes, who was shouting for someone to save him.
This made Lu Zhuang, who was in a trance, feel a little strange. This was a battlefield, why were there children?
Was I hallucinating before I died?
Gradually, Lu Zhuang closed his eyes again and fainted.
"Is he dead?" asked a soldier nearby.
"He's not dead. Carry him back and give him treatment." Su Che shook his head and waved his hands.
"Yes." The man nodded immediately.
Su Che raised his head and looked at the devastated battlefield, where he saw countless corpses piled together.
There were so many deaths that the originally clear sky quickly became gloomy.
After a while, it started to rain lightly from the sky.
God, it seems like he is crying for the loss of so many lives.
The rain washed the blood, and the blood gradually gathered into a small stream, flowing slowly along the slope into the Weishui River.
The Wei River, which was originally crystal clear, gradually turned red.
In the Weishui River, countless fish swarmed in, swimming happily and vying to eat the blood.
"Sir, it's raining. Let's go back to the tent and take shelter."
Meng Tian stood beside Su Che and spoke quickly.
"No need." Su Che shook his head, glanced at the gloomy sky, and said lightly: "I'm not that hypocritical. Continue to find the wounded for treatment. It's raining. Don't delay too long."
"I have already sent out the order. Everyone is looking for the wounded who are still alive. We must rescue them." Meng Tian said hurriedly. He wiped the rain from his forehead and said helplessly, "There are too many wounded in this battle. Even though we won a great victory, I didn't expect there would still be so many wounded."
"If you hadn't trained so many military doctors earlier, I'm afraid many people would have died for no reason."
In the years before this war began, the people of Qin rested and recuperated, Bai Qi prepared for war seriously, and Fan Ju continued to mobilize food.
In addition to studying under Bai Qi, Su Che traveled around the countries with his father and also wrote a medical book called "Military First Aid Manual".
He presented the book to the King of Qin.
Even though King Zhaoxiang of Qin was old, his eyes were still very sharp. He instantly realized the importance of this medical book - it could save the lives of many Qin soldiers!
With the support of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Su Che obtained certain rights and a sum of start-up capital.
So, Su Che used his influence to gather many people to study this medical book.
The contents of this first aid manual are simple and highly targeted. It covers all kinds of injuries and illnesses on the battlefield and how to deal with them.
Therefore, it is very easy to learn, and it does not require years of accumulation to become a qualified battlefield doctor.
Under Su Che's training, thousands of battlefield doctors appeared in Xianyang City.
This number is absolutely unimaginable compared to the past.
now.
Those battlefield doctors who went to war with the army were constantly saving the lives of the wounded. Su Che's efforts were not in vain after all.
One wounded after another was carried away under Su Che's command.
After a while, Su Che's whole body was soaked by the rain.
He raised his head and looked into the distance.
In the distance, the cavalry were chasing the remaining coalition forces.
The war is basically over here.
The Qin army captured countless heads, as well as many prisoners, chariots, bags, and armor and weapons stripped from dead bodies.
"Pass the order down, start boiling water and making ginger water after the rain stops." Su Che said lightly.
The soldier beside him quickly responded.
Inside the military camp.
There is a specially divided camp for the sick and wounded.
One wounded after another was carried here.
Including the earlier Luzhuang.
His injuries were not serious, but he was bleeding a lot, so he needed to stop the bleeding and then receive treatment.
As the treatment continued, Lu Zhuang opened his eyes in pain and looked around with squinted eyes.
Inside the white tent, there were dozens of simple beds with patients lying on them, cries of pain coming one after another. Doctors dressed in strange clothes were treating them continuously.
Seeing this scene, Lu Zhuang suddenly realized: "I'm not dead yet? Why am I not dead yet?"
On the battlefield, if someone was seriously injured like him, he would usually be abandoned and left to die slowly without any effort being made to treat him.
The doctor who was treating him smiled and said, "Don't you want to live anymore?"
"Of course not, I'm just a little surprised!" Lu Zhuang said quickly. He asked in confusion: "When... Why do our Qin army have so many doctors?"
"We are military doctors trained by Master Zheng." the doctor said.
"Young Master Zheng?" Lu Zhuang was stunned for a moment, then said with emotion: "So it's Young Master Zheng, then it's all right, hiss..."
It seemed that the pain stimulated Lu Zhuang's memories, and he suddenly remembered that before he fell into a coma, he vaguely saw a half-grown child in black brocade clothes, and someone was coming to carry him away for treatment.
Thinking of that scene, Lu Zhuang couldn't help but widen his eyes and said in astonishment: "The half-grown child in black clothes that I saw before, is that Master Zheng?"
"Hmm? That should be it." The doctor nodded and said, "How could there be a child in the army? And a child wearing brocade clothes. There is only one possibility, that person is Gongzi Zheng."
"It was Young Master Zheng who saved my life..." Lu Zhuang, lying on the hospital bed, could not help muttering to himself. He never dared to dream that he had already reached the gates of hell, but the legendary young Master Zheng, who was born with knowledge, actually pulled him back alive.
This feeling was so wonderful. He was not dead. He could see his child again and hug him again.
The doctor simply treated his wound, got some medicine powder, applied it on his wound, and then bandaged it. He said, "You are no longer in danger of death. Remember to see a doctor every day to clean the wound and re-apply medicine. If the situation is good, you should not die."
"Thank you very much." Lu Zhuang said gratefully.
"If you want to thank someone, thank Master Zheng. We all learned these emergency medical skills from Master Zheng. I wasn't a doctor before, and I couldn't even tell the difference between medicinal herbs..." The doctor shook his head, spoke slowly, and then began to treat the second person.
As the doctor left, Lu Zhuang couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Young Master Zheng, he is really the future of our Qin..."
…
In the Battle of Henei, the Qin army won a great victory, beheading more than 200,000 people and capturing over 100,000.
Of course, there were also considerable casualties, not only 20,000 people died, but also many were injured.
Fortunately, the emergency military doctors brought by Gongzi Zheng provided a great help after the war. At least 30,000 seriously injured soldiers were rescued by the emergency military doctors.
According to the Qin army's initial medical standards, it would be a miracle if one tenth of these 30,000 people could be saved. But now, so many were saved in one go, which directly reduced the losses in this battle to the lowest level.
No one expected it.
The coalition forces of 800,000 from the six nations set out to attack the tyrannical Qin Dynasty.
They had an absolute advantage in numbers, and the army was led by Xinling Jun Wei Wuji.
This is the final result.
The final statistics came out soon, showing that the Qin army beheaded 240,000 people and captured 110,000.
As for the remaining 400,000 or so, they were chased and killed by the Qin army all the way. Some died, some escaped, and some disappeared. Even if the six countries recalled these soldiers, it was not known how many they could recall.
Xinling Jun Wei Wuji also died on the battlefield. He was not captured, nor did he escape, but died at the hands of the Qin army.
Perhaps from the very beginning, Wei Wuji never thought of escaping.
He is the world-famous Lord Xinling.
Leading the coalition forces of six nations to punish the tyrannical Qin was the most glorious moment of his life.
If this war could be won, he would certainly return in triumph and accept everyone's praise.
But if the war was lost, he would have to die on the battlefield and be buried with the bodies of the coalition forces.
When the coalition forces were defeated, he had given up on living and died in wave after wave of attacks.
Finally, when the Qin army was collecting some spoils, they found the body of Xinling Jun Wei Wuji under several corpses.
This was the enemy's main general, and his military achievement was not ordinary. Unfortunately, the person who killed Wei Wuji seemed to have been killed by Wei Wuji.
He couldn't live to enjoy the honor.
But Bai Qi did not treat this man unfairly. He directly rewarded his family with the military merits he had gained.
Afterwards, Bai Qi cut off Wei Wuji's head and preserved it using a special method. As for the body, he dug a separate pit and buried it as a sign of respect for him.
He wanted to take Wei Wuji's head back and present it to King Zhaoxiang of Qin.
After this war ended.
There is no doubt that the name of Tu Baiqi once again shocked the whole world.
So many years have passed, and everyone thought Bai Qi had grown old, but the facts proved that Bai Qi is still the same Bai Qi.
Not only did Bai Qi not have blurry eyesight, but he became even more ferocious. This desperate battle made the generals of various countries marvel - could they play it this way?
To risk one's life in order to survive, this operation is really too bold. I'm afraid only a general like Bai Qi would dare to do this!
Of course, later on some rumors came out that the decision to set up camp with one's back to the water was not actually thought of by Bai Qi, but by the wise young master Zheng.
This also caused a lot of discussion, but more people expressed disbelief. Could this young master Zheng be so evil? That's too exaggerated!
…
In the commander's tent, Bai Qi looked at the military briefing and narrowed his eyes slightly: "With an army of 800,000, only 240,000 were beheaded..."
Su Che, who was standing by, couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing this and was speechless for a moment.
That's 240,000 lives. For any other general, it would be a heaven-level achievement, and he would even begin to worry that he had killed too many lives.
Only Bai Qi had a different way of thinking. He actually felt that he had killed too few people and seemed unwilling to accept the result.
"Master, those 110,000 prisoners must not be killed." Su Che said hurriedly.
He was worried that Bai Qi would go crazy and kill all the remaining 110,000 prisoners. He was definitely capable of doing this!
Who would have thought that after hearing this, Bai Qi looked at Su Che in surprise and said calmly: "Those 110,000 prisoners certainly don't need to be buried alive. Do you think your master is a bloodthirsty person?"
Su Che: “…”
Su Che didn't expect this.
It turns out that my master has a sense of humor.
If Bai Qi is not considered a bloodthirsty person, then no one in this world, in the long history, is bloodthirsty.
Bai Qi didn't care about Su Che's silence. He picked up another secret report, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help frowning.
"He's dying..." Bai Qi said slowly.
"Who?" Su Che asked subconsciously, but as soon as he asked this, he suddenly realized, who else could it be?
now.
As the Qin army won a great victory, killing 240,000 and capturing 110,000, the news also reached Xianyang and the palace of the King of Qin.
After hearing the news, King Qin Ji's originally gloomy face instantly turned rosy. He couldn't help laughing and said "good" three times in a row. Then he couldn't help coughing hard, almost coughing out his entire lung.
After a while, King Qin Ji lay weakly on the bed, breathing heavily, with his breathing in less than out.
"You, don't be so excited..." Prince Zhu said worriedly.
Qin Wangji looked at the tearful Crown Prince Zhu and frowned, saying impatiently, "What's there to cry about? You keep crying, you keep crying, you make me upset. Bai Qi defeated the 800,000-strong coalition of the six countries. No country in the world can compete with our Qin. No one can stop our Qin from going east in the future... Such a good thing, why are you crying?"
"Father, this is a good thing, but you still have to take care of your health." Prince Zhu said quickly.
"Life and death are determined by fate, and no one can stop it." Qin Wangji said nonchalantly. He looked at Prince Zhu and said seriously: "Even if I die, you must inherit my will and must annex the six kingdoms and unify the world!"
"I probably can't see it, I hope you can do it."
"If you can't do it, let the crown prince do it."
"If the crown prince can't do it, then let Gongzi Zheng do it."
"You must tell them, you must tell them again and again, don't let them forget your great wish to unify the world..."
"Unify the world and make Qin the only country in the world!"
King Qin Ji was speaking seriously, but when he saw that Prince Zhu was crying, he immediately frowned and became very annoyed.
“Did you hear that?!”
Qin Wangji roared with almost all his strength.
"I got it! I got it!!" Taizizhu nodded vigorously, but cried even harder.
"Don't... forget it."
In the last second, Qin Wangji's voice was still extremely strong and full of energy, but in the next second, his voice suddenly became extremely weak, like a candle that was about to burn out.
"I want to sleep for a while... I'm so tired, so tired..." Qin Wangji said slowly and slowly closed his eyes.
When Prince Zhu saw this scene, his eyes suddenly widened, his whole body began to tremble, and his trembling hand reached out to Qin Wangji's nose to probe.
Qin Wangji is no longer breathing.
"Father?!" Prince Zhu fell to the ground, crying and shouting, "Father! Father!!!"
In this year, Bai Qi's 600,000 Qin troops defeated the 800,000-strong coalition army of the six nations.
In this year, the wise and brave King Ji of Qin passed away.
King Qin Ji's life can be described as legendary.
In his early years, he was a hostage in the State of Yan and had no right to claim the throne.
But that year, King Wu of Qin lifted the Zhou tripod and killed himself.
Prince Ji, who was originally a hostage, inherited the throne with the military escort of Zhao and Yan and the support of Right Prime Minister Chu Li Ji, Wei Ran, Queen Dowager Xuan and others.
In the early days of his reign, his mother, Queen Dowager Xuan, was in power, Wei Ran was the general of Xianyang, and his uncle Chu Li Ji was the prime minister.
After that, there were four more nobles in Qin State, namely Wei Ran, Marquis of Rang, Mi Rong, Lord of Huayang, Prince Fei, Lord of Jingyang, and Prince Kui, Lord of Gaoling. Their power and wealth completely surpassed that of King Ji of Qin.
If nothing unexpected happened, he would be just a mediocre king throughout his life.
Everything changed when he met the most important minister in his life.
At that time in the State of Wei, there was a man named Fan Ju. He had great talent, but because he came from a low-class family, he had no capital to bribe, so he could only wander around the "non-staff" and become a retainer of Xu Jia, a senior official of the State of Wei.
At this time, the senior official Xu Jia was sent as an envoy to the State of Qi, and Fan Sui accompanied him as a retainer.
However, when Xu Jia and others arrived in Qi, no one in the Qi court was willing to pay attention to them, leaving Xu Jia and others in the inn for several months.
When General Yue Yi of Yan attacked Qi, the State of Wei, which wanted to take advantage, also got involved. The King of Qi kept this matter in mind when five states attacked Qi.
In the past, we fought as we wished, and now we make peace as we wish. How can it be so good?
Seeing that the mission was going to fail, Fan Sui volunteered to negotiate with the officials of Qi State and finally met the King of Qi.
Facing the King of Qi, Fan Ju, who was born in a humble family, was not afraid. He said directly: "Back then, King Min of Qi was arrogant and violent. The five countries shared the same hatred, not just Wei. Now that the king is so powerful, you should think about reviving the remaining power of Duke Huan of Qi and King Wei of Qi. If you are obsessed with the grievances of King Min of Qi, and only know how to blame others without blaming yourself, I am afraid you will repeat the mistakes of King Min of Qi!"
After hearing these remarks, the King of Qi was not angry. Instead, he admired Fan Sui's courage and talent very much and wanted to recruit Fan Sui for his own use.
Therefore, the King of Qi specially sent Fan Sui ten pounds of gold, some beef, and some fine wine as a token of sympathy.
The main purpose was to take this opportunity to ask Fan Sui whether he had the intention of choosing the right tree to roost in.
However, at this time, Fan Ju was still a passionate and patriotic young man.
Fan Ju refused the invitation of the King of Qi: "I went out with the envoy, but did not go in with him. I have no faith and no integrity. How can I be called a man?"
After rejecting the King of Qi, Fan Ju told the matter to the Zhong Dafu Xu Jia.
Xu Jia felt humiliated. He was an envoy, but he had not been received for so many days. On the contrary, you, just one of my retainers, was treated with such courtesy?
At this time Xu Jia did not make any trouble, but calmly asked Fan Ju to return all the gifts, and Fan Ju did so.
But after returning to the country, Xu Jia immediately reported Fan Sui to Wei Qi, the prime minister of Wei, saying that he had privately accepted gifts from the King of Qi, colluded with foreign countries, and sold secrets of Wei! This is treason!
After hearing this, Prime Minister Wei Qi arrested Fan Ju without any investigation.
Fan Ju was tortured severely, his skin was torn, his ribs were broken, and his teeth fell out. He was almost beaten to death.
At the moment of life and death, Fan Ju gritted his teeth and pretended to be dead to escape.
However, Prime Minister Wei Qi was still not satisfied. He ordered his men to throw the dying Fan Sui into a pit toilet and let everyone urinate and spit on him, insulting him to the utmost.
When Prime Minister Wei Qi and the others were drunk, Fan Ju finally climbed out of the pit. Covered in filth and blood, he used up his last bit of strength to say to a servant: "If you can save me, I will reward you handsomely in the future!!"
So, the servant took Fan Ju out of Wei Qi's prime minister's mansion in the name of disposing of the corpse.
Later, with the assistance of the righteous man Zheng Ping'an, Fan Sui, under the pseudonym of "Zhang Lu", met the Qin envoy Wang Ji and finally arrived in Xianyang.
Even an envoy from the State of Qin could easily see Fan Ju's great talent.
But no one in the Wei State could see it.
After arriving in Qin, Fan Ju saw the carriage of King Ji of Qin and said directly: "How can Qin have a king? Qin only has the Queen Mother and Marquis Rang!"
After hearing Fan Ju's ridicule, King Ji of Qin instantly realized that this man had great talent.
However, Fan Ju also understood that if he hastily proposed the idea of ​​"expelling the four nobles and taking back the royal power" as he had just arrived in Qin, he would surely be in danger.
So Fan Ju refused the King of Qin four times, and only when the King of Qin asked for advice for the fifth time did he express all his ideas to him.
With the assistance of Fan Ju, the power that should have belonged to the King of Qin was recovered, and the strategy of making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones was proposed. The Qin State became increasingly powerful.
In addition, Fan Ju was a person who clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment. After coming to power, he first humiliated Wei envoy Xu Jia, and then forced Wei Qi to commit suicide. Afterwards, he recommended Zheng Anping to be the general of Qin and Wang Ji to be the governor of Hedong County.
He would give away his wealth to reward those who had helped him in the past and were in difficult situations.
All those who insulted him in the past will be retaliated!
A favor of food must be repaid, a grudge of slight must be avenged!
This is the ruthless Fan Ju!
It can be said that without Fan Ju, there would be no King Zhaoxiang of Qin.
In other words, without King Zhaoxiang of Qin, there would be no Fan Ju.
At this moment, Fan Ju, with disheveled hair and a dazed look, staggered to the mourning hall of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. His face was calm, without a trace of tears, and he just looked at the corpse of King Ji of Qin with some disbelief.
The scene when I first saw it seems to be still in front of my eyes.
It was a dark afternoon. The eunuchs were carrying the carriage of King Qin Ji passing by. When they saw Fan Ju blocking the way, they shouted, "The carriage of King Qin is coming! Why don't you get out of the way?!"
Fan Ju turned around lazily and said with a smile: "There is no King of Qin in Qin State. There is only the Queen Mother and Marquis Rang!"
At that moment, King Qin Ji pulled open the curtain of the car and looked at the ugly guy on the street.
Fan Ju also raised his head and looked at Qin Wangji.
“Your Majesty…Your Majesty…”
Fan Ju muttered to himself, somewhat incredulously: "Why did you... leave first?"
At this moment, a voice came from outside the mourning hall: "Wu Anjun is here!"
Bai Qi, the Marquis of Wu'an, with blood still on his armor, was seen walking into the mourning hall with big strides, holding a human head in his arms.
And that head belonged to the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces of the six nations, Lord Xinling Wei Wuji!
Bai Qi came to the mourning hall, put down Wei Wuji's head, then knelt on one knee and said word by word: "Your servant Bai Qi, fortunately, has fulfilled the mission and defeated the coalition forces of the six countries. This is the head of Wei Wuji, Lord Xinling. I use it to pay tribute to the King of Qin!!!"
Fan Ju turned his head to look at Bai Qi, then looked at Wei Wuji's head, and suddenly laughed wildly and said, "My lord, your great wish will be fulfilled soon! Did you see it?!"
There was a sense of sorrow in the mourning hall.
The era of Qin Wangji has ended.
This year, in order to show his filial piety, King Zhu of Qin handed over all court affairs to Fan Ju, and began a one-year mourning period.
Normally he should have observed mourning for three years, but Prince Zhu was worried about his health.
A year later, when King Qin Zhu took power, he seemed to be overly sad and passed away just three days later.
The power of the Qin State suddenly fell into the hands of Qin Zichu.
When King Zhuangxiang of Qin came to power, he first honored his adoptive mother Lady Huayang as Queen Dowager Huayang and his biological mother Xia Ji as Queen Dowager Xia. Afterwards, he appointed Lu Buwei as prime minister, conferred him the title of Marquis Wenxin, and granted him a fief of 100,000 households.
Lu Buwei, who was a "rare commodity" at the time, finally got a return on his political investment and enjoyed great glory for a while.
After Fan Ju stepped down from the position of prime minister, he returned to his fiefdom. A few days later, he followed King Zhaoxiang of Qin.
Fan Ju had already withdrawn from the center of power, and no one paid attention to him anymore, no matter how glorious he was in the past.
No one cared that he was dead.
Now everyone's attention is focused on Lu Buwei.
Lu Buwei's disciples were always crowded with people.
In Yingcheng.
Crown Prince Zheng came here and paid homage to Fan Ju earnestly.
The scene of blocking the door that year is still vivid in my mind.
This period of time.
Su Che has a younger brother, his name is Cheng Jiao.
The little guy is very cute, but a little silly. He likes to smile silly when he sees people.
Generally speaking, this is how normal children are.
But the problem is, after having a monster like Su Che, everyone has high expectations for Cheng Jiao's IQ.
As the saying goes, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
After seeing the ordinary Cheng Jiao, everyone always thinks, why is this kid a little silly?
Smart brother.
Stupid brother.
It's a stark contrast.
This year.
Bai Qi's health seemed to be failing. Since King Zhuangxiang of Qin ascended the throne, Bai Qi resigned from most of his positions and handed over the military power to him, which made Lu Buwei and King Zhuangxiang of Qin overjoyed.
King Zhuangxiang of Qin rewarded Bai Qi with a thousand gold coins, a hundred thousand coins, hundreds of servants, a number of pigs, cattle and sheep, and a quantity of silk. The meaning was very clear: he wanted Bai Qi to enjoy his retirement in peace and not to leave the countryside.
at the same time.
King Zhuangxiang of Qin heard some gossip that Duke Wen of Zhou was actually plotting with the vassal states to try to unite and attack Qin again!
After hearing the news, King Zhuangxiang of Qin was furious and ordered Lu Buwei to lead an army to attack and destroy the Eastern Zhou Kingdom. He moved the Duke of Eastern Zhou to Yangrenju and continued to worship him. He also gave the land of Yangren to the King of Zhou and continued to worship him.
It was also in this year that the last trace of the Zhou Dynasty was completely destroyed.
After eradicating the last trace of the Zhou Dynasty, King Zhuangxiang of Qin became increasingly thin, whether due to backlash or something else. However, he did not care. Under his command, the Qin army continued to encroach on the Three Jins and occupied large tracts of land.
Time flies like an arrow, never stopping day or night.
In the blink of an eye.
Su Che is thirteen years old.
His body grew rapidly, and his height was nearly 1.8 meters. It seemed that he would continue to grow.
This day.
Su Che, who was practicing sword in Bai Qi's house, suddenly felt something and stopped practicing.
Bai Qi, who was studying the military book seriously, slowly put down the book in his hand.
Soon, someone came running over and told Su Che a piece of news—King Qin is in trouble! !
Su Che rode his horse at full speed into the palace, and soon he saw King Zhuangxiang of Qin, who was dying in front of the bed.
Also beside King Zhuangxiang of Qin's bed was Lu Buwei.
When Lu Buwei saw Su Che walking towards him, he was stunned. It has only been a short time, how come this kid has grown so tall?
"Father, I'm here." Su Che said in a low voice.
"You are here..." The King of Qin's voice was a little weak. He looked at Su Che and slowly told him about his affairs after his death: "If I die, you should respect Lü Buwei as your father-in-law. He will assist you in all matters, big or small, to ensure that your country is safe. Also..."
Su Che listened carefully to his father's instructions. He neither objected nor agreed. He just listened quietly.
Lu Buwei, who was standing by, heaved a sigh of relief after hearing these words.
He never expected that Qin Zichu, whom he had invested all his family fortune into, had finally become the King of Qin, but within just a few years, he would die.
However, this is both a bad thing and a good thing.
Crown Prince Zheng is young, and even if he succeeds to the throne, according to the rules, he has to wait until he reaches adulthood before he can rule. But he is only thirteen years old, which means that he can rule for a very long time and become the de facto king of Qin!
When he thought of this, Lu Buwei's heart suddenly became hot and the corners of his mouth could not help but rise. No, he couldn't laugh. At this time, he must hold it back and absolutely cannot laugh.
Lü Buwei showed a sad face and said in a mournful tone: "My king, please don't say these things. You are still young. If you rest for a few days, your body will be fine..."
"My body, I know what's going on." King Zhuangxiang of Qin shook his head and said helplessly, "Maybe it's retribution for destroying the last kingdom of the Zhou Dynasty..."
"However, this is the only way for us to unify the world."
"The Zhou Dynasty must be destroyed. If there is retribution, it would be good if it falls on me..."
"Zheng, you must never forget, never forget, your great wish to unify the world..."
"Do you remember it?"
Su Che nodded seriously and said, "I remember, father, I will definitely unify the six kingdoms, unify the world, and fulfill the great wish of our ancestors!"
King Zhuangxiang of Qin nodded and said slowly: "You are a smart child. Back then, King Zhaoxiang of Qin exchanged Zhao for you. Many people said that you are the future of our Qin State and the hope of our Qin State..."
"Now, the power is in your hands."
"Let you fulfill the great wish of our ancestors to unify the world."
"I believe in you, you can do it..."
King Zhuangxiang of Qin spoke slowly, then slowly closed his eyes: "I suddenly feel very sleepy, I want to sleep for a while..."
This day.
King Zhuangxiang of Qin died.
The body was kept for seven days before being buried.
In the Book of Rites, the Zhou emperor's body was only kept for seven days, and the bodies of the princes were kept for five days. However, when King Zhuangxiang of Qin died, his body was kept for seven days. The meaning of this is obvious.
However, the princes did not pay much attention to how many days the corpses stayed in the barbarian Qin State. In this era of the collapse of rituals and music, the princes were too lazy to care about these things.
At the first day of court meeting after King Zheng of Qin ascended the throne.
Su Che sat on the throne.
Lu Buwei stood at the front of the hall, and behind him were all the civil and military officials, all of whom were having a heated discussion.
These ministers directly bypassed Su Che and discussed with Lu Buwei how many years King Zheng of Qin should observe mourning.
Su Che held his chin, squinted his eyes slightly, and listened to the discussion of this group of people.
After a while.
Su Che suddenly spoke:
“Gentlemen…”
As soon as these words came out, countless people in the court stopped arguing and subconsciously looked at the young man on the throne.
Lü Buwei also raised his head and asked with a smile, "Does the king have any instructions?"
Su Che nodded and said calmly: "I have a few trivial matters that need to be arranged here."
When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned. What was that? It was just a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning.
Even Lu Buwei felt a little strange.
Su Che just opened his mouth slowly, but his words were earth-shattering!
"From today on, Lu Buwei will be dismissed from his position as Prime Minister..."
He hadn't finished speaking yet, but this light sentence exploded in an instant like thunder.
All the ministers looked at Su Che in astonishment, and Lu Buwei widened his eyes, almost thinking that he had heard it wrong!
Before Lu Buwei opened his mouth, others rushed to speak:
"Your Majesty, this is absurd. You haven't even taken office yet, so how can you dismiss the prime minister? Who should govern the Qin State?"
"Your Majesty, the last king left it to you to have Prime Minister Lu assist you. How can you dismiss the Prime Minister at this time?"
"My king, please take back your order!!!"
Su Che smiled and said, "I see, you haven't realized yet that I'm not a kid who can be fooled easily. From today on, there are some things that I say, and that's what it means."
"Not only will I dismiss Lü Buwei from his position as prime minister, I will also dismiss the chief censor and the other nine ministers. You may be wondering why I dare to say this."
"This is naturally because the candidate for the new prime minister has already been decided from the beginning."
"Would you like to guess who he is?"
Su Che looked at the group of ministers with a smile and asked this question.
As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers looked at each other in confusion. Lu Buwei was even a little frightened. At this moment, he had vaguely realized something.
Among the ministers, there were some smart ones who suddenly realized something and couldn't help but widen their eyes.
Could it be that...
Right at this moment.
A man in black armor walked into the hall step by step. His back, which used to be hunched, was now straightened, and every step he took was as fierce as a tiger or a wolf.
who is he?
Once the war symbol of the Qin State.
A ruthless man who stopped the children of the six countries from crying at night.
More than one million souls died at his hands.
He disappeared from everyone's sight for four years.
The four years of silence have caused many people to subconsciously ignore his former prestige.
However, at this moment, when everyone saw him again, they suddenly discovered that the Wu'an Jun, although old, was still as mighty as before.
When the ministers saw Bai Qi, their eyes widened and they all made way for him.
Bai Qi walked step by step to the front of the hall and stood in front of Lu Buwei!
After a simple salute, Bai Qi turned around and looked at the group of ministers with cold eyes.
Under Bai Qi's cold gaze, all the ministers lowered their heads and did not dare to look him in the eye.
Lu Buwei felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave. A chill crept up his back and his scalp went numb.
On the throne, Su Che said calmly: "From today on, Bai Qi will be named Marquis of Wu'an and appointed as Prime Minister, Han Fei will be appointed as Imperial Censor, Li Si will be appointed as Junior Treasurer, and Zhang Cang will be appointed as Internal Affairs Officer."
"Meng Tian is appointed as the Minister of Internal Affairs, Meng Yi is appointed as the Minister of Justice..."
With a series of appointments, Su Che replaced almost all the three dukes and nine ministers in the court.
Finally, he looked at the group of people indifferently and asked calmly:
"I have finished speaking. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"