Chapter 64 Section 7 Aftermath

There is no more Lu Buwei in the world. Generations are like fallen leaves, one generation is born and another withers.Lu Buwei's passing away, although he was relieved, left a lot of trouble for his family and family members. As we know, although Lu Buwei has been far away from the power center of Qin State, he no longer holds the post of Prime Minister.But after all, he is still the Marquis of Wen Xin of the Qin State, who feeds 100,000 households in Luoyang, Henan Province. No matter in name or in substance, he is still a courtier of the Qin State.According to the usual practice, once a person of his level passes away, he must be buried in the house and report to Xianyang first, waiting for the king of Qin to give specific instructions on his funeral, instead of making decisions privately, he will be buried if he says he is buried.

Regarding how to deal with Lu Buwei's funeral, Lu Buwei's family and the family had disagreements.The family members advocated to report to Xianyang first, and then take care of it.But the housekeepers lamented the unjust death of their master, and were angry at Yingzheng's ruthlessness. They were worried that maybe Yingzheng would bury Lu Buwei indiscriminately with the courtesy of a commoner. Underground, so he advocated that Lu Buwei be buried first with the rites of the princes, and then ask Xianyang for approval after the deal is done.There are many people in the house, and the family members have no choice but to obey.

As a result, thousands of family members and guests buried Lu Buwei in Beimang Mountain, Luoyang, Henan Province, together with his wife.Because Lu Buwei's wife was buried first, her tomb is still called Lu's mother's tomb among the people. After Lu Buwei was buried, thousands of guests were confused for a moment.Worse than a crowd without a leader is a leader without a dragon.The death of Lu Buwei, to them, was tantamount to the collapse of the sky and the collapse of the earth.Too bad!The beams and pillars are almost destroyed!Philosophers wilt!Their spiritual leader went.Their backbone is gone.They have no idea what to do in the future.

Back then, after Confucius was buried, all his disciples served him for three years.After three years of heart mourning, when they say goodbye to each other and leave, they cry, and each of them mourns all over again; or stays again.There is even Zigong, who lived next to the tomb, lived there for six years, and then went.So someone proposed to follow the story of the disciples of Confucianism and be loyal to the master.As soon as a word was spoken, there were many responses.At this time, they really need to unite, warm each other, comfort each other, go through this painful period together, and give themselves the courage to continue to survive.

News of Lu Buwei's death soon spread to Xianyang.How to deal with Lu Buwei's funeral is also a test for Yingzheng.Lu Buwei would rather fight with death than enter Shu. This intensity was quite beyond Ying Zheng's expectations.He ordered Lu Buwei's family to move to Shu, just to cut off the connection between him and the princes and his family and guests, so as to prevent him from rebelling against him, and had no intention of killing him.After all, Lu Buwei has made great contributions to their father and son. Without Lu Buwei, his father would not be the King of Qin, and he would not be where he is today.

Since Lu Buwei chose to commit suicide, as the king of Qin, he had to make a public statement or express his position, and make a conclusion on Lu Buwei in order to appease the officials and stabilize the people's hearts.When Ying Zheng heard that Lu Buwei's family and guests planned to mourn at Lu Buwei's grave for three years, he couldn't help being furious.Lu Buwei's disobedience was already challenging his authority, but the actions of the guests were more like a blatant demonstration. They wanted to convey the message to the world: Lu Buwei is innocent and is the one who was defeated by the government. To kill.The death of Lu Buwei has already made these family guests more united. If the instigation and instigation of the six countries are added, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no troubles.

Yingzheng's handling measures were swift, decisive, and resolute.First of all, for thousands of people, whoever cries, if they are from the three Jin Dynasties, they will be expelled and returned.If it is a Qin person, those with more than six hundred stones will be deprived of their official titles and moved to Fangling.Those with less than five hundred stones will be moved to Fangling even if they have not cried, and their official titles can be retained.Secondly, as for Lu Buwei's family members, if they were not apprentices, their descendants would not be allowed to be officials.Finally, the imperial edict was issued: "Since now, those who have acted inappropriately in state affairs are like Lai Ai, and those who are not Wei will come to their door, so look at it!"

This edict finally determined Lu Buwei's nature, and at the same time he was explaining to the ministers that I am not a cunning rabbit who dies and a good dog cooks;Lu Buwei fell into such a field, he can only blame himself for messing with state affairs. On the other hand, Zhao Ji, when she heard the news of Lu Buwei's death, she just sighed lightly and had no other emotions.She is old, her youth is gone, her enthusiasm is exhausted.She is only honorable and lonely.She was used to this loneliness, and she would die of it. Let's pay attention to Lu Buwei's descendants again.According to "Historical Records Jishuo", Lu Jia, the prime minister of the Nanyue Kingdom in the Han Dynasty, was the successor of Lu Buwei.Lu Jia lived three generations in Nanyue Kingdom. There were more than 70 officials in the Lu clan who were senior officials.The prosperity of power is similar to that of his ancestors.The difference is that Lu Buwei never rebelled in his life, but Lu Jia got addicted to rebellion and attacked and killed the king, queen mother and Han envoy with his younger brother.Later, Lu Jia was killed by the Han Dynasty, and the Lu clan was destroyed.

The theory that Lu Jia is a descendant of Lu Buwei is not found in other books, so its authenticity can be doubted.And another example of claiming to be a descendant of Lu Buwei is absolutely unreliable. After the death of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty, his wife, Empress Lu, ruled in dictatorship, and all Lus were crowned kings.The Lu surname then had the idea of ​​taking the Liu surname and replacing it.So he began to make public opinion preparations for the seizure of the throne, linking himself to Lu Buwei, claiming that Qin Wang Yingzheng is actually Lu Buwei's illegitimate son, and that the world of Qin is actually the world of the Lu family.Liu Bang took the world from the Lu family, and now it's time to return it to the Lu family.In fact, Lu Gong, the father of Empress Lu, was from Xincai, Runan, and Lu Buwei, who was originally from Yangdi, couldn't compete with each other.

In the twelfth year of Yingzheng, there were two other events, which are described below. 1. In autumn, the people who returned to Lao Aishe moved to Shu.Thinking about it, this move may be a kind of balance and a kind of tenderness that Ying Zheng made after severely punishing Lu Buwei. 2. Send soldiers from four counties to help Wei attack Chu.Needless to say, this is another masterpiece of Yao Jia's diplomacy.Last year, Wei, Chu, Zhao, and Yan joined forces to attack Qin.Under the planning of Li Si and Yao Jia, He Zong was not only broken, but also caused Zhao Yan and Zhao Yan to fight each other.This year, under Yao Jia's lobbying, Wei decided to jointly attack Chu with Qin, intending to regain the old territory of Song State that was occupied by Chu back then.Not long after the war, the Qin State withdrew its troops.Although Qin had no results in this battle, the goal of making Wei and Chu feud had been achieved.From then on, the relationship between Wei, Chu, Zhao and Yan was completely broken.