Chapter 73 Section Three

In the spring of the ninth year, King Qin Yingzheng's chariot finally headed for Yongcheng. In the winter moon, Yingzheng received a special edict signed by the Queen Mother and her false father, Chang Xinhou: "My son Zheng should go to Yong in the beginning of spring, live in Qinian Palace, and choose an auspicious crown ceremony." Considering the inconvenience of going to the prime minister's mansion in person, Ying Zheng immediately ordered Wang Wan to secretly invite Lu Buwei to discuss.Lu Buwei read the edict and couldn't help laughing: "It's hard for Lai Ai! I have to do it, and I feel unwilling!" After laughing, he frowned again, pointing to a few lines of big characters and muttering, "This edict... all There is nothing expressly stated about the matter, but the place of residence is clearly set at the Qinian Palace...The king's crowning ceremony is also a grand ceremony of the country. According to the law, the three divisions of Taishi, Taimiao, and Taizhu will first discuss and discuss, and at the same time, all the etiquette procedures will be drawn up at the time of the Taimiao's determination of the moon and day. As soon as the proclamation is made, the date of King Qin's departure, the accompanying ministers, guards of honor and other matters should be clear and correct. However, this edict does not involve anything, it is really unclear, so the old minister thinks that he should think twice before making a decision."

"That's not what Zheng sees." Ying Zheng seemed to feel stiff, so he smiled apologetically. Lu Buwei said frankly: "The big joints are about to make an opinion, my king can't say it." Yingzheng thought about it: "Father Zhong looked at Lai Ai as ordinary people can, so he thought highly of Lai Ai. Yingzheng knew that although this person was cunning, he was really stupid and stubborn. What Zhongfu said just now is true. Lao Ai didn't know anything at all at first! What she thought was: I will teach you to crown, and you can do it after I say it. The rest can't be thought of, and I don't want to! That's how it should be."

"Since that's the case, why do you want to get the Qinian Palace?" "Lao Ai is going to kill me in Qinian Palace." "Ah! Wang, why did the king make such a decision?" Lu Buwei stuttered for the first time in shock. "Once I received this imperial edict, the words Qi Nian Palace nailed my heart!" Lu Buwei was silent for a long time.He was deeply surprised by Ying Zheng's judgment on Lai Ai. Suddenly, he saw a kind of sharp and unparalleled insight from this young King of Qin. His unique judgment is always shocking!In the eyes of Lu Buwei, who has experienced many vicissitudes of life, it is inevitable for Lao Ai to cause chaos, and it is inevitable to get rid of himself once he really gains power; but he never thought about it, and never thought about it, since ancient times. The big treachery is evil, and the real regicide is very rare after all. At least not one case has been successful in the Warring States period for more than two hundred years. Most of them just cut off their opponents and won the regency; An opponent like Lu Buwei can regent and rule the country alone, but what can he do if he kills King Qin?Do you want to be King Qin yourself?Isn't it a big joke in the world!But it is useless and harmful. Who would have thought that Lai Ai would leave Lu Buwei behind and attack the King of Qin?Who can believe it?However, Ying Zheng had this terrifying intuition!Can you say that the crisis that this young king of Qin identified is absolutely impossible?After all, the evil of Lai Ai cannot be measured by ordinary people.

"Unless Lai Ai has a son!" Lu Buwei said abruptly. "National humiliation!" Ying Zheng's panting made people tremble. "Crack!" With a bang, Lu Buwei jumped up against the table, turned around twice quickly with his face flushed, tried his best to suppress the sudden feeling of disgust and nausea, and stood in front of the huge desk: "This is the end, the old minister's plan : Make a grand crown ceremony, keep secrets as a precaution, eradicate evil in the future, and settle the country in one fell swoop!" "The key to taking precautions lies in the army, and everything else is easy to say."

"Everything is in the old minister's body! Wang Dan will go to Yong as scheduled." After more than a month, Lu Buwei spread out the affairs of the Yiying Ceremony.First, in the name of Bingzheng Zhongfu, he issued a decree to inform the government and the public: the royal crown ceremony will be held in the next spring.Then, Cai Ze, who had led the funeral of the three kings and the enthronement ceremony of the two kings, was appointed as the minister in charge of the crowning ceremony. The Royal Shangfang repaired the Qinian Palace, the Datian Order mobilized people to dredge the Weishui waterway, the counties along the way leveled the official roads, the Yongcheng Order was ordered to build altars, and so on.Everything is issued to the government and the people in the letter of state, and the program can be big or small. In one winter, the king of Qin's coronation ceremony is well known to all the women and children in the government and the people.However, careful people have noticed: With such a crown gift, Qin's 400,000 troops did not have a brigade dispatched, and all the accompanying ministers did not have a general. The entire Qin army seemed to be forgotten.Cai Ze was very puzzled by Lu Buwei's obvious loophole, and Lu Buwei smiled rather secretly: "Crude versus rough, it's a secret!" Ying Zheng understood and didn't say a word, and always let Lu Buwei make arrangements.

According to the pre-announced deeds of the government and the public, Wang Jia left Xianyang on the second day of February. There is a proverb in Qin Dynasty: "On the second day of February, the dragon raises its head." It is said that the second day of February is often the festival of the Awakening of Insects.Lu Buwei and Cai Ze repeatedly negotiated secretly, deliberately setting the departure of King Qin on the day when the "dragon raises its head".At that time, although the dragon was only one of the "four spirits" (turtle, dragon, lin, and phoenix), it had not yet become the exclusive sign of the emperor's sacredness like later generations.However, after all, the dragon is a Zhengyang fetish universally recognized by theory, soaring for nine days, shaking the clouds, revitalizing the rain, smashing the thunder and lightning, it is the most important sign for all the revitalizing joints, and the implication is very obvious.When the old Qin people heard that King Qin was traveling on February 2, they naturally applauded.

The day of departure was sunny and windy, which is the rare rising sun in early spring.People from Xianyang came out of the alley, and gathered on both sides of the official road outside the west gate, vying to see King Qin's demeanor.Lu Buwei personally led more than 300 ministers and officials who stayed in the capital, and held a grand farewell ceremony for Yingzheng in the suburban pavilion.When Yingzheng was drinking the century-old Qin wine that Lu Buwei held in his hands, there was a rumble and thunder in the clear sky, and it suddenly exploded in the sky over Xianyang! "A thunderbolt in the clear sky! Dragons flying in the sky!" Cai Ze yelled wildly.

"Long Fei Nine Heavens! Long live the King of Qin!" The officials and common people who were stunned and didn't know what to do suddenly realized the omen, and suddenly there was a mountain roar and tsunami that filled the wilderness.Yingzheng immediately prostrated himself to the sky and chanted: "God bless Qin! I, the people of Great Qin, are fortunate!" Ministers and officials followed suit, and thousands of common people followed suit, and the sound of God bless Qin passed like a tide. On both sides of the Wei River.At noon, Cai Ze, the Minister of the Crown Ceremony, shouted: "Let's go, the king!" A large number of banners and horses started rattling across the field.Crownless Ying Zheng wore a cloak embroidered with gold and black silk. Standing under the nine-foot canopy of the shining golden bronze chariot, he slowly moved westward in the sea of ​​people following the rolling sound of Long Live the King of Qin, looking dignified and majestic like a god. .

Yongcheng, the old capital of Qin State, is also a sacred place crowned by princes of all dynasties. In the ancient times of China, Yong had a great name.After Dayu succeeded in water control, he established a state and divided the world into Kyushu, and Yong was one of Kyushu.At that time, the territory of Kyushu had a broad framework. The so-called "Yongzhou to the west of the river" was actually the entire western part of China, including Shaanxi, Gansu, Bashu, and part of Qinghai in later China.The seat of ancient Yongzhou was this Yongcheng.In fact, the ancient Yongcheng is just a fortress castle guarding the West China.This Yongzhou is the most important channel, or even the only channel, for the Rongdi tribe in the far northwest to enter ancient China aggressively.There are frequent wars and frequent military disasters, but they are called by a peaceful name-Yong.Yong, harmony also.The city of Yong is also the city of harmony.Trying to figure out its meaning, it is probably also the painstaking efforts of the ancients to pray for peaceful years.After more than 2,000 years of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the land of Yongzhou has always been the western frontier barrier against nomadic tribes from invading the hinterland of China.

God deliberately, those who resisted the Rongdi in Yongzhou for a long time were precisely the Qin tribe. At the time of Yao and Shun, the ancestors of the Qin people were a large and prestigious tribe in the hinterland of China, and its leader was Boyi who shared the important task of water control with Dayu.Due to his great achievements in water control, Emperor Shun bestowed five-color flags (Zaoyou) on the Boyi clan and gave him the surname "Ying", and prophesied: "And the heirs will come out!" Out of the world!Because of this, Dayu "blessing the world with benefits" when he was dying was actually recommending Yi as the successor emperor.However, no one can tell exactly what happened. In the end, it was Yu's eldest son Qi who succeeded to the throne, and Boyi ended up without knowing where to go.Since then, the Ying tribe had a deep grievance with the Xia royal family, but they could not settle it, so they migrated from the hinterland of China to Yongzhou, and became an army tribe to resist Rongdi.However, the Ying tribe did not forget the deep-seated hatred after all.At the end of summer, the Ying family resolutely followed Shang Tang to rebel against Xia Jie, and the clan encouraged the merchants to defeat Xia's army in the Battle of Mingtiao in one fell swoop, destroying Xia and becoming Shang.Since then, the Ying tribe has officially become the main force defending the west for generations. Although they are not princes of the Shang Dynasty, they are also a prominent military family guarding one side.At that time, the Zhou people were rising day by day in the land guarded by the Ying tribe.The Ying tribe is loyal to the Shang state, and there are two generals of the Ying tribe who are called by later generations to help the king of the tyrant—the cockroach and Elai, who are close ministers of the king of Zhou. Naturally, they are at odds with the Zhou people who are plotting to overthrow the king of Shang.Later, the Zhou people destroyed Shang and killed Elai.The Ying family had grievances with the Zhou people again, and the whole family migrated to the remote Longxi Mountains beyond the reach of the Zhou Dynasty.It wasn't until King Mu of Zhou in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty that the Ying people gradually surrendered to the Zhou family and became subjects who grazed war horses for the king's master.Later, King Zhou Xiao gave the Ying family a title much smaller than that of the princes, called "vassal", and took the valley of tens of miles of Qinshui as the land of the Ying family.Since then, the Ying family has the name "Qin".Later, King Xuan of Zhou appointed Qin Zhong, the leader of the Ying clan, as a doctor, and the Qin clan built a small castle named "Qin Ting" in the fief as their governing place.This is the first castle named after "Qin" by the Qin people.

After the founding of the country came to the east, the Qin tribe was busy seizing the land of Guanzhong from Rong Di, and built four small castles in a hurry: the first was Xizhun in Liangshan, the second was Xichui Palace at the intersection of Si River and Wei River, and the third was Xi Chui Palace. It is Pingyang, which is slightly east, and the fourth is Pingyang, which is at the northern foot of Qishan Mountain.The four castles are actually the base camps of war, and they are far from the size of the capital of a big vassal state.It was not until Qin Degong, the sixth generation monarch, came to the throne and Guanzhong was determined, that he prepared detailed geomancy and divination, and chose to build the capital at the site of the ancient Yongcheng site, still named "Yong".Unexpectedly, this 33-year-old Virtue Duke passed away after two years in office.At that time, a public residence, the Dazheng Palace, had just been built, and the construction of Yongcheng, the capital, had just begun.Later, after sixteen years of Xuangong and Chenggong, it was not until Qin Mugong came to the throne that Yongcheng was basically completed.From then on, Yongcheng was established as the capital of the Qin State until the early Warring States period, which lasted for 253 years for seventeen monarchs. Yongcheng is surrounded by mountains and rivers, in a fertile and important river valley.The mountain is also Yongshan.Those who water, Yongshui also.Yongshui originates from Yongshan Mountain, and in the middle part, another river called Zhonglao River flows into Weishui River.Yongcheng was built in the confluence zone of Yongshui, Zhonglao River and Weishui, with Qishan Mountain in the north, Weishui River in the south, and Laoshui in Yongshui River from east to west. Apart from being not very wide and difficult to stretch, it is unique.As the government office, Yongcheng has the Dazheng Palace built by Qin Degong and the Qinian Palace built by Qin Huigong.After the Qin State became strong, several palaces were built around Yongcheng successively for the monarchs to live in when they returned to the old capital for sacrifices. Entering the Warring States period, Qin Xiangong came to the throne. In order to resist the encroachment of the Wei State that had occupied the entire Hexi Plateau and the eastern part of Guanzhong, he resolutely moved the capital eastward for more than 300 miles, and built a fortress on the north bank of Lishui River near Lishan Mountain in the central part of Guanzhong. The capital was named Liyang.Decades later, Duke Xiao of Qin ascended the throne and adopted Shang Yang's reforms, making Qin a powerful state. Only then did a large-scale construction of a new capital city——Xianyang—on the north bank of the Weishui River. In the history of the capital of the Qin State, Yongcheng and Xianyang are the two most important capitals in the true sense.Compared with Xianyang, although Yongcheng is old and small, it has a sacred status that Xianyang cannot replace.For one thing, all twenty-seven generations of monarchs of the Qin State before King Qin Zhao were buried in the outskirts of Yongcheng.Second, Yongcheng has ancient ancestral temples and shrines that the Ying people have worshiped for hundreds of years.Three, Yongcheng is full of remains of the ancestors of the Qin people.It is precisely because of these reasons that after the capital city of the Qin Kingdom moved eastward, it still used Yong as its foundation. As long as it was not a major war and could not escape, major sacrifices and king crowning ceremonies were undisputedly held here.This is also why Lai Ai proposed to be crowned in Yongcheng and Yingzheng Lu Buwei could not question it. But Yingzheng drove west slowly, and when he arrived in Mei County, he camped and rested as scheduled. Camping outside the city of Mei County, Yingzheng accepted the etiquette of worshiping the king from the officials of Mei County and the chiefs of the three major clans of Mengxi and Bai, and then the head of the accompanying internal servants gave the order to turn off the lights and ban guests from the king of Qin to rest.After entering the back tent, Ying Zheng immediately put on a soft and flexible soft armor, took off the light and sharp scimitar made in Zhao Guo when he was young, and stood silently waiting in the dark tent.The fight started at the second watch, just when the moon was dark and the wind was high, a thin black shadow came over and pulled Ying Zheng away, and the two hurried out of the back tent gate that only King Qin could enter and exit, and went straight to a mountain behind the camp. went. "See King Qin!" A black shadow flashed out from the sparse forest on the hillside. "Meng Tian!" Ying Zheng whispered, and his two young hands were tightly clenched together. "Report to Your Majesty: The matter has been settled, and the two thousand knights are at Mount Yong!" "How about General Wang Jian?" "There is something strange!" Meng Tian hurriedly said, "Brother Wang Jian is about to take advantage of the opportunity of repairing the equipment, and lead his 1,000 guard cavalry into Qishan to respond. Unexpectedly, a secret soldier talisman arrived at the Lantian camp, and the special envoy designated the fifth of Wang Jian's former army Thousands of light soldiers are on standby at any time, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy! Even Huan He, the temporary general, does not know where the soldier talisman came from, so Brother Wang Jian can't escape." "It doesn't matter how the soldiers come from, as long as Wang Jian leads the soldiers." "That's right! Brother Wang Jian said the same thing!" "Meng Tian, ​​Xiao Gaozi is a clever detective, and taught him to follow you." "No! Zhao Gao is more useful to the emperor, and I am at most a scout!" "Alright, let's not argue." Ying Zheng patted Meng Tian's shoulders heavily with two big hands, "If you and I meet again, it is God's will! If we don't see each other, you will go to Lanling and join Xunzi, and Ying Zheng will look for you in the next life! " "Your Majesty..." Meng Tian choked up suddenly. With a wave of his hand, Ying Zheng strode down the hillside.The thin black shadow flew up and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, teach Xiao Gaozi that Meng Tian is fine, Wang Jian is fine, and that big thing is fine, why bother?" Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing: " Bird's talk! Wang Jian and Mengtian are all entangled in talking about big things together, and it's all right!" Zhao Gao just chuckled: "As long as the king is happy, it's all right, all's all right!" Ying Zheng gasped, and suddenly leaned against a plant The dark dead tree muttered to itself: "If the unknown soldier talisman is from the Queen Mother, can Meng Tian's two thousand cavalry be able to withstand it? God also..." "Your Majesty, Meng Tian's men and horses are not scattered riders!" "Oh? What is it if it's not a loose rider?" "Sharps! Heavy armored sharps! There are twenty or thirty iron eagle swordsmen!" "Let's talk nonsense!" "Xiao Gaozi hasn't paid attention to the report yet, it won't be too late to scold you after you finish speaking." It turned out that after Meng Tian left Xianyang, there was no news.After receiving the "edict" from Lai Ai, Yingzheng was in a hurry, and immediately sent Zhao Gaoxingye secretly to search north.The day before yesterday, I suddenly received a secret message from Meng Tian, ​​saying that he and Zhao Gao had gone south, knew the situation in Xianyang well, and agreed to meet in Mei County.Ying Zheng originally expected that Meng Tian's going north must be planning military affairs, but after all, Meng Tian was ordered by Meng Ao at the end of his life.For a king without power, Yingzheng deeply understands that everything is subtle and changeable. The so-called ruler chooses his ministers and his ministers also chooses his ruler, and a like-minded person like Meng Tian can't be reluctant in the slightest.So they didn't meet until Fang Fang, and Ying Zheng didn't ask about the ins and outs.The reason for the situation is that Zhao Gao, who is already eighteen years old, has "explored" it clearly in the grassland. On his deathbed, Meng Ao said to his eldest grandson Meng Tian: "Lao Ai is a vulgar fool! Why do you need an army to respond? The elder father entrusted you with two thousand herding horses and knights. It is neither illegal nor fast. As for whether the dispatch is appropriate, It depends on the talents of your boy and the King of Qin." Then he told him, "Bring me your token, go to the Yinshan Grassland, and find the Qin Army's horse camp. Don't tell the King of Qin, the boy should bear the responsibility alone." Meng Tian understood the father's painstaking efforts: In case If there is a failure, don't involve the King of Qin.Therefore, Meng Tian didn't tell King Qin in detail.It wasn't until he arrived at Yinshan Mountain and found the Qin Army's horse herding camp that Meng Tian understood the reason why his elder father wanted to give him horse herding knights. Since Zhao defeated the Xiongnu and occupied the eastern part of Yunzhong County, the source of the Qin army's war horses has decreased a lot.In order to ensure the continuous supply of horses of the Qin army, Bai Qi of Wu'an sent 5,000 cavalry commanders from Jiuyuan County to the Yinshan Grassland. One was to build his own horse herding camp, and the other was to trade good horses with the Xiongnu tribe.These five thousand knights are not in the military system, but the logistics, food, clothing, armor and supplies are still supplied by the Qin army. In fact, they are a military merchant cavalry of the Qin army.Because of the trade, and because it often competed with the sudden appearance of the Xiongnu flying cavalry, this camp is not only rich in wealth, but also has strong soldiers and horses that can be divided and combined, and its combat power is even higher than the main cavalry of the Qin army. As soon as Meng Tian took out a sword-shaped jade pendant owned by his elder father, the grey-haired General Shepherd laughed loudly: "Old man Meng Guang, an old subordinate of the general, knows this jade pendant too! I have heard about your son's name for a long time, but I have something to say." That's right!" Meng Tian knew that he was an old man of the Mengxibai tribe in Mei County, and his heart immediately felt at ease, but he didn't dare to act rashly, he just hung around drinking with Meng Guang and several thousand commanders for several days, and narrated every important event in the government and the public. After all, Meng Guang and Qianchang, who had been in a remote place for a long time, sometimes sighed with emotion.Speaking of the vulgar Lai Ai entering the palace with a giant sun, Meng Guang burst into laughter immediately: "Ah! There are no surprises! Who is the kid who is not a big axle? Lai Ai is a bird! Ask these old brothers, Lin Hu Who in the family doesn't know this monster!" Meng Tian was amazed and couldn't help asking why. It turned out that there was a son left by an alchemist in the Linhu tribe in the Yinshan grassland, and everyone called him a little alchemist.When he was a teenager, the little alchemist's body suddenly became thick and hard miraculously, and he was covered with suede pants all day long.A group of naughty teenagers bullied and teased the little alchemist, so they wrestled with him exclusively. If the little alchemist lost, he would show things to show everyone.Unexpectedly, this little alchemist was not ashamed, not only took out things for the youngsters to watch and play with, but also taught them to find a discarded wheel, and used the things as the axle to turn the wheel in circles!The anecdote spread, and the little alchemist got a name—the Big Axle, and became a well-known monster in the Yinshan Grassland.Later, this little alchemist would often sneak into the herdsmen's tents at night to rape women, regardless of age.The herdsmen were very angry and wanted to chase and kill the evil boy.At this time, the boy mysteriously disappeared from the grassland forever. "Young master said, who is it if it's not him!" Meng Guang laughed heartily. "No mistake! It's a big axle!" The commanders said in unison. "Heaven committed evil! Humiliate me, the people of Qin!" Meng Tian sighed, and then told all the evil deeds that Lai Ai did after entering the palace.Meng Guang's soldiers were furious when they heard this, and yelled to rush to Qinchuan to cut off the boy's two heads!Meng Tian saw that there was no need to work hard, so he directly stated his intention, the horse herding general Meng Guang and the five commanders were all vying to follow Meng Tian to the south.After some persuasion, they finally agreed on a method: the entire camp will compete in martial arts, select the most elite two thousand knights, each with two horses, and bring enough dried meat and milk to the south.Everything is in order, it is already Chinese New Year.At this time, Zhao Gao came here in a hurry... "Your Majesty, are you okay?" Zhao Gao smiled mischievously. "Good job boy! It's all right. Let's go." The two hurried back to the back tent of the camp, and it was already the fourth watch.Ying Zheng was lying on the couch in the dark, his heart was ups and downs.Meng Tian's side is fine, but Wang Jian's side is still far from being fine.Who would be the one who can directly inquire into the Lantian camp at this time?Lai Ai, the posthumous Marquis, is in charge of state affairs, but he will definitely not have the military talisman that only the father and king can personally grant.How is Wen Xinhou?It is possible to get a military talisman from the father.However, the laws of the Qin State are fixed, and even the regents cannot control the military talisman.Besides, the father's last few confessions never mentioned this.Wen Xinhou has never said it, and in reality, Wen Xinhou has no sign of holding a secret soldier talisman.In this way, only the Queen Mother is the mother who is no longer a mother?Otherwise who else?Sure enough, can Wang Jian defy the dispatch of the soldier talisman?cannot!No matter how many reasons there are, you can't!So, what can Wang Jian do?The only one who can do it is... only... "Your Majesty, the fifth watch has passed, it's time to freshen up." "Fresh and clean up! Wash to the point where a bird can do it!" Ying Zheng got up irritably and pulled away Zhao Gao, who was screaming in a low voice, pulled up his robe and wrapped it around his body. "No, no!" Zhao Gao laughed and snatched the robe from Ying Zheng's hands, "You can come without washing up. Your Majesty just sit down, and I'll come." While pressing Ying Zheng to sit down, he combed his hair-tie top neatly An Lu, everything was ready in a moment, "Your Majesty, breakfast is ready for the desk in the foreign tent." Ying Zheng didn't speak anymore, strode to the foreign tent and buried his head in a sigh. As soon as Maoshi arrived, the tuba sounded melodiously, and the king of Qin's chariot rumbled westward again. The Dazheng Palace in Yongcheng was full of hustle and bustle, completely different from the frolicking of the past. Lao Ai was the most excited, running around non-stop shouting for distribution, although panting and sweating on her forehead, she obviously enjoyed it.For more than a year, Lai Ai went back and forth in Taiyuan fief, Shanyang fief, Yongcheng, and Liangshan like a revolving lantern, but whenever she did something, she would come and yell at Zhao Ji loudly.Ever since she and Lao Ai gave birth to two sons, Zhao Ji was only focused on the secret upbringing of the two new sons, obsessively indulging in the days of a commoner-like little woman in the courtyard bed, personally inspecting a group of maids every day. Mother, I don't care about foreign affairs, and I don't care much about Lao Ai's frequent departure.But as long as Lai Ai returns to Yongcheng, she will have to toss around day and night.Every time when Zhao Ji was limp and paralyzed like mud, Lao Ai would happily yell about his great achievements.Listening to this, Zhao Ji, who had gradually become vulgar, couldn't help poking Lao Ai's forehead and cursing: "Little pig! What else can I do except punish women! Is there such a thing to do? Hula la chicken Flying dogs jumping, the city is full of noise and wind and rain! I have never eaten pork and seen pig humming, who cares about big things is as naive as you? And taught my son to be the king of Qin, and you are a bird!" Shu Tan, slapping Zhao Ji, also cursed back: "Bitch! Bitch! What do you know? I do things with a slashing knife, and with my strength, I can use my guts like a bird!" After saying that, he grabbed Zhao Ji With long hair, he twisted his snow-white straight nose and croaked, "Listen bitch! As long as I have power and money, I will have capable people to do things for me! The King of Qin is a bird! I and my son don't." Be the King of Qin, be the Son of Heaven! Be the Three Emperors and Five Emperors!" Zhao Ji was so angry that she wanted to scold each other but lost the strength, so she could only sigh with tears, but there was nothing she could do. Vulgarity is vulgarity, but Lao Ai has her own way of dealing with people and things.For Zhao Ji, Lai Ai has no other intentions, she just clings to this beautiful woman in her prime and enjoys tossing her heart out, never messing around with those beautiful maids who serve every day and night.Even if Zhao Ji's confinement is really unbearable, Lai Ai would rather sleep under Zhao Ji's couch and snore like thunder than sleep alone.Often Zhao Ji wakes up in the middle of the night and curses: "Stupid!" Her heart is full of emotion for a long time-although this son is rough and vulgar, but he is so dedicated to me, how can there be anyone second in the world!Zhao Ji is already in her mid-year old age, to be able to endure such a young and strong man, what more could she ask for!After more than a year, when Lai Ai Yueyue was so stubborn, Zhao Ji made up her mind to break the taboo of Yuehong, and let Lai Ai go crazy at any time. For political affairs, Lai Ai also has her own unique procedures.In the words of the diners, there are eight words: if you spend a lot of money, someone will succeed.Let's talk about the knot first.Regardless of the maids in the house or the officials in the government office, as long as they go to Lai Ai's family, their salary will increase ten times compared with that of the national government, not counting the various rewards that may be thrown at any time; Shandong scholars who go to defect will all have three times the annuity of Lu Buwei's disciples, and Each person has a courtyard, a car, and a boy servant. If there are some decent celebrities, they will be treated with the courtesy of the county guard.The generous food and clothing of the servants of Changxin Hou's family not only amazed the Qin people, but even the Shandong scholars who were accustomed to the extravagance of the officialdom were dumbfounded by it! Such arranging and solicitation did attract many officials of the state of Qin to either openly or secretly defect to Lai Ai's family, or become officials of Lai Aihou's mansion, or secretly work for Lai Ai.Among them, there are more than 20 real power figures, the most prominent ones are several civil and military officials: the first is the internal history Yingsi.This internal history is not trivial.During the Warring States period, there were no counties in the hinterland of Guanzhong in the Qin State, and the internal history was the minister of the people who governed Xianyang and the entire Qinchuan.This Yingsi has always regarded himself as a key minister of the royal family, and was dissatisfied with Lu Buwei's reliance on the four-carriage concubine, Ying Ben, and defected to Lai Ai under the lobbying of Xu Yifu by Lai Ai's cronies.Followed by Weiwei Lin Hujie and Zuo Yidong Hujie.These two are generals of the Hu clan, Wei Wei is in charge of the Royal City Guard Army, and Zuo Yi is the general of the Bow and Crossbow Battalion in the Royal City Guard Army.Another is Ling Lengqi, a Chinese doctor who is in charge of discussions.This man was very good at drilling camps, so Lai Ai named him as a false father, and immediately offered to vote. On the grounds that there was nothing wrong with the Qing Dynasty, he stayed in Lai Ai's guest house as the leader of counselors. When it comes to handling affairs, the doormen and officials feel very at ease.Lai Ai is proficient in literature, but is as unfamiliar with laws and etiquette as a passerby, and seeing official documents and edicts is even more troublesome.Lai Ai has her own unique method - setting up "three workshops" to handle all official affairs.The first workshop is called Wenshifang, the second workshop is called Wushifang, and the third workshop is called Moshifang.Wenshifang regards Wei Tong, a member of the guest house, as the order of the workshop, and handles all official documents. Except for the imperial edicts and state documents issued in the name of the Queen Mother and Chang Xinhou, which must be dictated by Lai Ai, the instructions for all official documents of the official office are "figured out by the door-keepers" discretion".To the east of Wushifang, Hu Jie is the general of the workshop, who specializes in recruiting and teaching all kinds of warriors.The warriors are divided into three battalions: the scimitar battalion of the barbarian warriors, the spear battalion of the Central Plains warriors, and the short barracks of the palace warriors.Needless to say the first two battalions, only this palace camp is rare in the world.No matter it was brought from Xianyang or original from Yongcheng, all maids who are not serving Zhao Ji and Lao Ai have to practice swords and swords, and they are called by the diners as "within the palace, there are three thousand armors!" Qi Weifang Ling specializes in investigating the court, making suggestions, and acting as an agent.Lai Ai frowned, and Leng Qi's planner had to provide a plan immediately, otherwise he would be scolded in public.And as long as the strategy is presented immediately, regardless of whether it is useful or not, Lao Ai will immediately throw out a generous reward for the counselors who are overjoyed.In this way, as long as the scholars in the planner have three or two strategies in their hearts, their lives will be extremely comfortable and comfortable. They will be full of rich clothes, fine food, horse racing, hunting, drinking, gambling, wild and beauties, just like a group of princes and grandchildren.Over time, not only the three cities of Yongcheng, Taiyuan, and Shanyang were disturbed, but also the servants who stayed in Changxinhou's mansion in Xianyang were also ostentatious in fresh clothes and angry horses, attracting the attention of everyone in the old Qin Dynasty. Spending money and power is like dirt, so it is not unbelievable for Lao Ai to become powerful. That year Zhao Ji gave birth to her first new son, who weighed nine catties and five liang, and Lao Ai was ecstatic.Moshifang immediately presented an astonishing conclusion—ninety-five, the number of sons of heaven, this son should be the king of Qin!Lai Ai yelled for a while, and immediately rewarded each of the staff in the workshop with a thirteen-year-old girl.It was only when Lai Ai danced and yelled this omen to Zhao Ji that the two conspired to replace Ying Zheng with an illegitimate child.From then on, Lai Ai was truly in power, and only then was she really busy for the "great cause".When Lu Buwei wrote a letter asking the King of Qin to be crowned and in charge, then there was an uproar in the court and the field of He Yuda.For the first time, Lao Ai felt a little guilty, so she immediately ordered the planner: "Get a solution!" Leng Qi immediately proposed a plan: use the crown ceremony to attack and kill the King of Qin, and help the "Ninth Five Princes" to become king immediately!Lai Ai gritted her teeth and shouted at the table with a mixed accent: "Bird! Hit! Kill the King of Qin! My son is the King of Qin! What's the next step? Find another way!" A series of methods—the crowning ceremony in Yongcheng, premeditation in Qinian Palace, 60,000 elite soldiers attacking and killing Yingzheng, "Ninth Five-Year Prince" Yongzhou became king, and then went to Xianyang with all his might, Chang Xinhou and the Queen Mother held a wedding ceremony, Jue Tai Shang Wan Shihou! Lai Ai was full of enthusiasm, and she kept shouting to the God of Heaven, and shouted an order: "The chief planner of the planner makes a decision, and the civil and martial arts workshop works hard! Great achievements are made, and everyone is a marquis!" , and immediately laid out all kinds of clues.At this time, Lai Ai ordered categorically: "No one is allowed to tell the Queen Mother about the big plan! Otherwise, I will boil him alive!" Leng Qimou was very puzzled, saying that the Queen Mother must come forward for many joints, otherwise Xianyang will be suspicious.Lao Ai, on the other hand, waved his hand, "Doubt makes him suspicious! I'm so afraid! The queen mother wants to raise a son for me! What's wrong? I don't give out any grain! I'm the one who does everything! The queen mother just wants to raise my son." Cub!" Leng Qi frowned and dared not speak any more.As a result, the two-line imperial edict that Lai Ai dictated and embellished by Leng Qi was issued immediately, and the secret assembly of soldiers and horses began. The 60,000 elite soldiers planned by Leng Qi come from five sources: one is the county soldiers, that is, the infantry battalions guarding the county towns in each county.The second is the guards, that is, the royal city guards under the Wei Wei.The third is the official cavalry, that is, the guard knights of various government offices.The fourth is the light cavalry flying soldiers of the Rongdi tribe in the northwest.The fifth is Lai Ai's third battalion of Wushifang.There are also four methods of mobilizing troops: first, use the seal of the King of Qin and the Queen Mother to issue an urgent edict, with the secret assistance of the internal historian Ying Si, to mobilize soldiers from all counties in Guanzhong and official horses from various government offices; Thirdly, the flying cavalry special envoy Xingye rushed to Longxi, and summoned Zhai Feiqi to enter Guanzhong in January; fourthly, the third battalion of Wushifang immediately rushed from Taiyuan County to Yongcheng. At the beginning of spring, the news said that soldiers and horses from all walks of life were on the road one after another.Leng Qi's planner drew up the strategy and deployment of troops: the third battalion of Wushifang will be stationed in the three valleys of Qishan Mountain, and will attack Qinian Palace to capture and kill Yingzheng; Leading and stationed on the Weishui official road, intercepting and killing the Qin King's guards and possible reinforcements sent by Xianyang; Rong Zhai Feiqi stationed in Chencang Fortress to prevent Yingzheng from breaking through, and fled to Qincheng, the foundation of the old Qin tribe; Xianyang Changxinhou's mansion At the same time, the guards and retainers raised troops to capture the Prime Minister's Mansion to capture and kill Lu Buwei; the soldiers from the two fiefdoms of Shanyang and Taiyuan captured Shanyang City and Taiyuan City at the same time. "Haha! Flowers are blooming everywhere, and the old urn catches the turtle!" This time, the careless Lai Ai called out the Lengqi's deployment in vain. The only reason was that Lai Ai had traveled a lot and knew the terrain in the west of Qinchuan like the palm of his hand.There are two mountains and three rivers in Yongcheng. The Yongcheng where the Dazheng Palace is located is backed by Mount Yong, but the Qinian Palace built later is more than 20 miles northeast of Yongcheng, backed by Qishan and facing Yongcheng, with Yongshui in the middle. , Zhonglao water flows south into Wei.The third battalion of Wushifang secretly stationed in the three valleys of Qishan Mountain in advance, which surrounded the Qinian Palace on the east, west and back sides, leaving only the Yongshui in the south; When he got Yongshui, he happened to be intercepted and killed by Weiwei soldiers and horses blocking the official road.With such an arrangement, it's no wonder that Lao Ai is regarded as a fish in a urn at a glance. Fang De had a proper plan, Xianyang Prime Minister's Mansion sent a letter of credence, and reported to the Queen Mother Chang Xinhou the date of the Qin crown ceremony and related matters.Seeing that there was no mention of King Qin's guarding soldiers, Leng Qi suddenly became suspicious.But Lai Ai croaked and laughed loudly: "Suspicious bird! Lu Buwei is a merchant donkey! I know a bird! I feel that I am a good dish, and I hope that Ying Zheng will die early and compete with me for the world! The scheme of merchant donkeys, I think I don't know, Humph!" Ladies and gentlemen, Leng Qi didn't know whether it was Lai Ai who pronounced Shanglu as a merchant donkey, or whether she thought that Shanglv was really a merchant donkey in her heart, and was amused by Lao Ai's foul language. The cloud of doubt also drifted away with the wind.