Chapter 429: There are three types of unfilial behavior, the worst is to have no offspring
Next to the meteorite.
Doctor of Yin and Yang Lu Sheng, Shangqing Zhao Gongming, Duke of Pei Wang Xu and others each showed their best.
Lu Sheng and other Yin-Yang doctors slowly went deeper into the pit, occasionally grabbing a handful of soil and stuffing it into their mouths.
Zhao Gongming leaped up, used his feet to push against the rocks for leverage, and leaped onto the meteorite, lying down to investigate.
Wang Xu circled around the meteorite.
Cinnabar...
Zhao Gongming rubbed the red stains on his fingertips and jumped off the meteorite. He already had an idea in his mind. After jumping off the meteorite, he was the first to finish the survey.
After a while, Guiguzi stopped circling, and Lu Sheng and other Yin-Yang doctors also returned from the deep pit.
Led by Zhang Han, a group of people entered the carriage of the royal carriage drawn by four horses and talked in unison about what they had seen.
Although everyone has different arguments, they all come to the same conclusion - it is not God's will, but man-made.
The Emperor's face showed no emotion, and he said to everyone:
"Do you know who did this?"
Everyone looked at each other.
If they had come here on the day the meteorite fell, they might have been able to find out something. But more than a month has passed, so who can tell?
"Can."
Wang Xu, who had four fleshy moles on his head and had not spoken since entering the carriage, suddenly spoke. As soon as he opened his mouth, he attracted a lot of attention.
Everyone shifted their gaze and saw that it was the world-famous Guiguzi. Their suspicious eyes turned into reverence.
If there is anyone who can really find out something, it must be Guiguzi. His life is too legendary, and almost everyone knows about it. Few people know about his deeds, but those few disciples alone are enough to convince people.
The First Emperor was filled with murderous intent and his mouth curled up.
"Sir, please speak."
Guiguzi raised his head and spoke softly.
"The secrets of heaven are not shared with mortals."
All the Yin-Yang doctors bowed their heads and left tactfully.
Even if they were regarded as gods by the common people when they showed their abilities in public, they were just mortals in front of Guiguzi.
Zhao Gongming stood there, somewhat hesitant.
He had used the Qi-Viewing Technique just now outside, and saw nothing. This kind of thing happened not only because of the long time, but also because the Yin-Yang Master deliberately erased the traces.
His Qi-reading technique was inherited from Huangdi, the founder of the School of Immortals, who was the most brilliant Yin-Yang master. Huangdi's Qi-reading technique could not tell things, and Zhao Gongming did not believe that Guiguzi could tell it.
It's not that Huangdi didn't know the art of Yin-Yang, but there was no such thing as Yin-Yang in Huangdi's time. Zou Yan, the founder of Yin-Yang, absorbed a lot of knowledge and created the Yin-Yang school, among which Huangdi was the mainstream.
Just like Mohism originated from Confucianism.
Forget it. Your Majesty won’t believe me now. I’ll tell you later.
Zhao Gongming bowed his head and clasped his hands.
"I'll take my leave."
There were only two people left in the carriage.
"Can we talk now?"
The First Emperor asked.
"This is the power of nature, not man-made."
Wang Xu said in a deep voice.
"Sir, do you know what you are saying? Are you kidding me?"
The First Emperor put away his smile and looked indifferent.
"I am not Cheng Jiao. I can kill people."
This is not a threat, it is a statement of fact, and Jing Cha's death is proof of that.
"Your Majesty, this is to suppress the remnants of the six kingdoms in order to stabilize the Qin Empire. But along the way, the world is at peace. Is this what Your Majesty wants to see?"
The First Emperor looked at Wang Xu, whose words seemed unrelated, and waited quietly for the next words. He was always very patient.
There is no rush when it comes to killing people.
"Your Majesty sent the Imperial Censor to ask the County Magistrate Jing Cha to cooperate with the matter of the meteorite in Donghai County. Now more than a month has passed, and nothing has been found . Meanwhile, the neighboring Lanling is thriving. Isn't this a dragon lurking in the sea?"
Guiguzi spoke each word with emphasis.
"In the past, when floods were raging, Gun piled up earth and built walls, seeking the Nine Heavens' Xilan, which was ten thousand feet high. The floods stopped, but two or three years later, the floods came back ten times more violently, and many valleys turned into swamps.
"Later, King Yu opened up the dikes and dug deep ditches to divert the floodwaters in all directions, and floods never occurred again.
"The meteorite's fall is the power of heaven. All the snakes, insects, rats and ants hiding in the caves and holes came out, and the Qin Dynasty benefited the most. If it was man-made, killing one, two, three, four or five rebels would not help much."
The carriage fell into silence, so quiet that one could almost hear the sound of a huge candle burning.
Guiguzi has his back to the light source and looks a little dim from the front.
The First Emperor was facing the candlelight, his face bright.
I don’t know how much time has passed, it’s like time has stood still.
The First Emperor rubbed his eyebrows vigorously, blocking the light with his hands, and his face darkened.
"What Pei Gong said makes sense."
Guiguzi was delighted and bowed.
"Your Majesty is wise."
Guiguzi took his leave, and the First Emperor sat alone in the carriage, not moving or saying a word for a long time.
A certain young man had long ago told him that the meteorite that fell from the sky in Donghai County was man-made and was the work of the remnants of the six kingdoms. He could use this as an excuse to mobilize the power of all the meritorious officials in Donghai County to conduct a thorough search.
This was a process of seizing power by imperial decree. Many meritorious families in Donghai County were not only capturing rebels for the First Emperor, but also competing for power in Donghai County.
For the sake of a few fiefs, these meritorious officials dared to fight against the First Emperor and openly opposed his county system.
Then this time the big search is more important than the original dispute between the two systems. The more remnants of the six countries they search for, the more say they will have. This is their most fundamental interest, which can be passed on to future generations. How can they not do their best?
The young man was the most self-aware and knew that his plan might not be the final one. There were too many smart people around the First Emperor, and they could probably come up with a better one by pooling their wisdom.
After speaking his mind, he finally said solemnly:
"No matter what you want to do with this meteorite, you must not kill innocent people. Killing without reason will only arouse the people's hatred of the enemy and push them to the side of the remnants of the six countries.
"I usually don't ask for much, but today I beg you not to be blinded by anger and become a bloodthirsty person, which will lead the Qin Empire into an abyss of no return."
The Records of the Grand Historian states:
In the thirty-sixth year, Mars was in the heart, and a star fell to Dongjun. It turned into stone when it reached the ground. Some people in Guizhou carved on the stone the words "The First Emperor died and the land was divided."
When the First Emperor heard about it, he sent imperial censors to investigate, but no one admitted it. So he arrested all the people living near the stone and executed them, and then burned the stone.
The First Emperor remembered his answer at the time:
"I am asked not to build the Six Kings' Palaces, I am asked not to build the Emperor's Mausoleum, I am asked to implement the parallel system of counties and kingdoms in Qin, I am asked to promulgate the crime of obscenity, I am asked to abolish slavery..."
He kept talking until the boy smiled awkwardly and begged for mercy, asking him to stop. The First Emperor then stopped listing, sneered, and ended with a rhetorical question.
"You call this not asking for much?"
"Don't talk nonsense, just tell me whether you agree or not!"
In the firelight, the boy's face was flushed, no one knew if it was due to shame, anger, or anxiety.
"You are worrying too much! If I were a bloodthirsty person, why would I want Fusu to worship Chunyu Yue as his teacher?"
"Does this mean you agree?"
"snort!"
The First Emperor was too lazy to pay attention to his brother who was suddenly acting weird. He was used to his brother's crazy behavior, so he walked towards the carriage of the royal carriage with four horses.
A certain young man quickly caught up with him, lingered beside him, and talked nonstop.
"Is this a promise?"
"Oh."
"Did you agree or not?"
"snort."
"I thought you agreed!"
"Um."
His fingers began to tap his knees rhythmically and the First Emperor closed his eyes.
Is it a coincidence, or did you see it? How do you know that I want to kill someone?
You saw that Guo Kai was a traitor and Zhao Gao was a traitor like Guo Kai, and you had foresight. So how do you explain this? You even guessed what Guiguzi was going to say?
The strategy you propose is based on human nature? And the last requirement as well?
Or is it that Zhao Gongming was deceiving me, and the words he told me that you don't know the art of Yin and Yang, and the words he used to comfort me were all lies, based on what he taught me.
This possibility is not high. Even if you can do it, your attainments in Yin-Yang magic will not exceed those of Lu Sheng and Zhao Gongming.
Witchcraft? Chu'er has telepathic powers, and you can, too? But I never thought of massacre before today...
Ying Zheng smiled helplessly.
"What strange and lewd skills have you learned, you bastard? You are still restless after leaving, and you are causing trouble for me."
Take a deep breath and drink lightly.
"Zhang Han, ask Li Si to come see me!"
"only!"
The doctor responded from outside the carriage.
After a while, the curtain of the carriage was lifted and the Left Prime Minister entered.
"Li Si pays respect to His Majesty."
"Investigate this meteorite thoroughly. I want results within three days."
"only."
Li Si waited for a while. He didn't wait for any punishment for not finding the result, nor did he wait for the imperial edict from the First Emperor to mobilize officials from the surrounding cities and counties, nor did he wait for the token proving the prime minister's identity, such as ceremonial guards and horses. But he already had a clue in his mind.
The prime minister has full power to manage local officials.
But firstly, it takes time to prove identity, and what we lack most now is time.
It had been more than a month since the incident, and almost all clues had been cut off. At this time, the time required to solve the case within three days was too tight, and it could only be possible by gathering the strength of all officials from the surrounding cities and counties.
Second, the officials of Donghai County probably would not take him, the Left Prime Minister, seriously.
The emperor is far away, and the officials here are all local nobles. They only dare not offend the first emperor, and don't want to pay attention to anyone else.
In order to verify his thoughts and make sure he had no misunderstandings, Li Si asked respectfully before leaving:
"Can it be punished?"
The Qin State ruled the country by law, but torture was strictly prohibited by the Qin Law. Torturing a confession was a violation of the Qin Law and was a serious crime.
"According to Qin law."
"Yes, I will take my leave."
Li Si left and the carriage was occupied by one person again.
“I won’t break my promise.
"Since I promised you, I will give them a chance."
The First Emperor leaned back in the carriage and recited softly.
The movement created a wind, which swayed the candle flame.
The fire flickered, and the carriage was sometimes bright and sometimes dark.
July, the first year of Emperor Qin Shihuang.
When the First Emperor entered Donghai County, he saw a meteorite. The governor of Donghai County, Jing Cha, was derelict in his duty, so the doctor ordered Zhang Han to execute him.
The First Emperor ordered the left prime minister Li Si to investigate the meteorite, but after three days, he found nothing.
The First Emperor was furious and ordered that no living creatures be seen within a radius of twenty miles with the meteorite as the center.
Lanling County was only eight miles away from the meteorite, and the Qin army massacred all the people in the city.
Half a month later, Ying Chengjiao of Yanmen County, the most northwestern county of the Qin Empire, learned about what the First Emperor had done in Donghai County, the easternmost county of the Qin Empire.
In front of Yanmen County.
The leading horseman loosened the reins, let his arms hang naturally, and actually went half a foot over the horse's back!
He touched the large ox horn bow on his back, which was much larger than an ordinary hard bow, drew the bowstring from his arms, and prepared to attack.
For a good longbow, the bowstring is only strung when about to go into battle.
One is to keep the tightness of the bowstring. The bowstring is in a stretched state for a long time and will not shrink when it is taken down.
The second is to extend the service life of the bowstring. The longer the string is stretched, the easier it is to break.
"Hey, hey, brother Sui, I'm just joking!
"Open the gates!"
The city gate was wide open. Mi Sui took back the bowstring, snorted coldly, and led the way.
Three thousand cavalrymen followed closely behind, filing in.
The edge of the martial arts arena.
Mi Sui, who was covered in dust, looked closely and couldn't help but sigh when he saw that with the help of saddle and stirrups, any soldier could free his hands to draw the bow and arrow on the horse.
He has always been proud of his excellent horsemanship, and he felt a little uncomfortable when he found out that what only he could do before could now be done by anyone.
Ying Chengjiao patted him on the shoulder.
"I will divide the Taotie army into five armies. You are good at riding and shooting, so you are suitable for supporting the battle and providing cover. You will be the general of the central army and lead the central army."
Mi Sui was puzzled.
The central army is surrounded by the front, back, left and right armies. It is the safest army and is exclusively for the general, not the army of a lieutenant general.
"Give me the central army, which army will you lead?"
"I have my own guard battalion. I don't lead troops. I like to charge."
Mi Sui was confused.
The coach charges forward, is it because he thinks he has lived too long, or because he loses too slowly?
To charge means to rush towards the edge, and the charging troops have always had the highest mortality rate in the army.
The death of a commander-in-chief not only leaves the army without a commander, but it is also a huge blow to the morale of the army. There are many examples in history of wars being lost due to commanders being captured or killed.
Mi Sui, who came to his senses, firmly objected, saying that he came here to help his nephew conquer the world, not to die.
Ying Chengjiao knew this would happen, so he put on full body armor. Mi Sui reluctantly agreed.
He admitted that Ying Chengjiao, wearing this set of armor, was protected by three thousand highly skilled retainers, so it would be difficult for him to die or even get injured.
But a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Once he goes to the battlefield, he is not infallible, let alone charging.
If you want the coach to charge and boost morale, this set of armor can be worn by a retainer to disguise himself, and it would be difficult to tell from outside.
The reason given by Ying Chengjiao was that "wearing a white robe and silver armor, taking the general's head from the rebel army is as easy as taking something out of a bag. It is a man's dream, and being a hero is the end of it."
Mi Sui’s response was “I have a serious illness”.
Love is not king, love is the pioneer.
If this isn’t a serious illness, what is it?
"Brother Sui, have you trained any generals in the past ten years who can command tens of thousands of people? I still lack four lieutenant generals."
"Yes, do you dare to use it?"
Mi Sui seemed to be smiling but not laughing.
"...You really have one. What are you training ten thousand generals for? Do you want to rebel? You'd better find them to fight the Huns for me, or you will be executed one day."
Mi Sui waved his hand.
"Forget it. If you dare to use it, I dare not give it to you. I only have so much money. What if I lose this battle? I can't bet all the treasure on you alone."
Ying Chengjiao sighed.
"You're still so ridiculous. I'll introduce Meng Tian to you later. You two should have a lot in common."
"Don't worry about the general's matter for now. There is another important matter right now."
Seeing Mi Sui looking like he was enjoying the show, Ying Chengjiao had a bad feeling.
Mi Sui did not keep the secret and continued:
"Mrs. Han is here."
Ying Chengjiao’s eyes widened.
"My mother? What is she doing here?"
"The Queen Mother Han found out about your practice of the Yellow Emperor. Tsk tsk, there are three kinds of unfilial behavior, and the worst is to have no descendants."
