Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

September 19th.

Good to travel.

On the official road leading from Xianyang to the land of Bashu, there was a long queue, like a swimming dragon, stretching for hundreds of feet.

At the front and rear of the team, there were five hundred elite cavalry in full armor to clear the way.

A line of armored soldiers stood on both sides to guard him.

In the center is a six-passenger carriage, slowly moving forward supported by an honor guard...

Yi Li's "Wang Du Ji" says: "The emperor drives six, the princes drive five, the ministers four, the officials three, the scholars two, and the common people one."

In the entire Qin Kingdom, there is only one person who is qualified to ride a six-passenger carriage.

There were not many guards on the side of the six-carriage carriage, only a stern young man wearing white clothes and riding a horse with a long sword on his waist.

After the six-passenger carriage, there were five or six four-passenger carriages, and dozens of three-passenger and two-passenger carriages.

The people sitting in these carriages were many high-ranking officials and nobles of the Qin State, but at this time, most of the people in the carriages still had a look of doubt on their faces.

More than half a month ago.

Today, the King of Qin suddenly issued an edict to tour Bashu during the autumn harvest season.

This edict does not seem to be anything special. After all, Bashu is now the granary of the Qin Dynasty, and the grain output of Bashu can be said to be related to the lifeblood of the entire Qin State.

Therefore, during the annual harvest or sowing season, Ying Zheng, as the king, visited Bashu in person to pray for a good harvest and good weather. This is a very common ritual nowadays.

It's just that this time King Qin's edict seemed to be issued a little too hastily.

Starting from Emperor Zhou.

There are strict etiquette regulations for kings to travel, including escorts, entourage, mode of travel, which road to take, and even the speed of travel... All of this is written in the "Li" of Zhou.

Under normal circumstances.

If the king wants to leave the palace and tour places, he will need at least a month of preparation time.

However, this time the King of Qin insisted on keeping everything simple. It only took ten days to take care of everything, and then led a group of officials straight to Bashu.

Change to the past.

‘Fengchang’, who was in charge of sacrificial etiquette, would definitely stop King Qin from such disrespectful behavior.

But the Ying Zheng of today is no longer the Ying Zheng of the past. Now that Lao Ai has been overthrown, Lu Buwei is under house arrest, and the Chu foreign relatives are suppressed, the powerful Ying Zheng has almost turned the court into his own "one-word hall".

As a proton, this person was born in HD, the capital of Zhao State. He returned to Qin State to inherit the throne at the age of thirteen, and then, under the suppression of all forces in the court, he lurked as a 'young dragon' for more than ten years.

Now Qianlong finally emerged from the abyss, showing his domineering and powerful side.

Lu Buwei and the remaining forces of Chu's foreign relatives, facing the powerful Ying Zheng at the moment, all chose to avoid the edge temporarily, preserve their strength, and wait for the day when they can rise again.

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After the carriage entered the land of Bashu.

The scene in front of me suddenly turned into a golden color, and the golden rice was blowing in the autumn wind, and layers of golden waves were constantly swaying.

Saw this scene.

Many people who were already feeling a little tired and sleepy suddenly became energetic.

The high-ranking officials and aristocrats may not have to worry about food and drink, but in the current currency system that is not yet perfect, the tens of thousands of acres of mature rice in front of them can be equated with "gold coins".

The convoy moved forward for some distance.

An army also wearing Qin armor suddenly appeared in front of the team, and the three faces in front of the army surprised many high-ranking officials and nobles present.

One person is wearing black armor with silver patterns, and has thick sideburns on both sides of his face. He has a heroic appearance and is masculine.

One person's left arm was missing, replaced by a bronze machine hand.

The man has beautiful features, is wearing a cloud-patterned brocade, has a tall and straight figure, and exudes a natural and carefree temperament.

Seeing these three people appearing in front, the six-carriage carriage also slowly stopped. The next moment, Ying Zheng, who was wearing a black dragon robe and looking increasingly majestic, but with a faint smile on his lips, gradually emerged from the carriage. Get out.

"Chen Mojun (Meng Tian, ​​Gongshu Qiu) pays homage to the king."

Seeing Ying Zheng walking out, the three of them quickly bowed and saluted.

That's right.

At this time, the three people who appeared in front of Ying Zheng and a group of high-ranking officials and nobles were none other than Mo Jun, Meng Tian, ​​and Gong Shuqiu.

Meet these three people.

Many officials who had doubts in their hearts looked at each other, and the doubts in their eyes suddenly became deeper.

"Why are they here?"

It was naturally impossible for the officials who followed Ying Zheng to the land of Bashu this time not to recognize the three people in front of them.

Meng Tian, ​​grandson of Meng Ao, son of Meng Wu, a new generation general of the Meng family.

Gongshu Qiu is the contemporary head of the Gongshu family who just defected to Qin a few years ago.

These two people and their backgrounds, one is in the court and the other is in the world, both enjoy great reputations. Anyone with a little bit of knowledge must have heard of their names.

As for Mr. Mo.

Two years ago, most of the nobles in Qin would have heard of his name, but didn't know much about him.

However, with the arrest of Lao Ai and his arrest, Lu Buwei was implicated in being placed under house arrest, and the rebellion of 27 noble families in Nanjun was suppressed... and so on, after these news came to Xianyang one after another.

Mo Jun's name gradually became known to everyone in Xianyang.

Of course.

At least half of them, after learning about Mr. Mo's deeds, had the idea of ​​'wanting to kill him and then kill him quickly'.

After all, if you think about it carefully, you will find it.

Lao Ai was killed.

Lu Buwei was placed under house arrest.

Chu's foreign relatives were suppressed.

Behind these three things, Mr. Mo almost appears.

Under such circumstances, if the remaining forces of these three forces in Xianyang have a good impression of Mr. Mo, then they are ghosts!

"All three gentlemen, please be equal!"

After Ying Zheng got off the carriage, all the dignitaries and nobles behind him naturally got off the carriage and followed Ying Zheng, quickly walking to the front of the team.

Ying Zheng first asked the three of them to excuse themselves, then smiled at Lord Mo and said, "Qing Mo, it's really not easy for me to see you now!"

Although he didn't know whether Ying Zheng's words were a slap in the face or just a joke, Mr. Mo bowed sincerely and said apologetically: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. It's not that I mean to refute Your Majesty's good intentions, but the flood in Nan County is not over yet." , I really can’t let it go.”

When Ying Zheng heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "Hahaha~~~ I have heard about what Mo Qing did in Nanjun. Before leaving, thousands of people came to see him off, and the people of Nanjun spontaneously built a shrine, etc. Glory, even few people are envious of it!"

After hearing what Ying Zheng said, many Qin officials behind them subconsciously turned their attention to an old man with a goatee and gray hair in the second row.

This person was none other than Guan Yu, the official who had refused Yingzheng to allocate grain to Nanjun for disaster relief.

Guan Yu's face looked calm at this time, but if you look closely, you will find the gloom hidden deep in his eyes.

Again.

As the governor of Suzhou, Guan Yu could not allocate grain to help Jinan County. Even King Yingzheng of Qin could not punish him for this reason. After all, the flood in Nanjun was a natural disaster.

But now, this thing that Guan Yu thought was impossible was solved perfectly by another person.

The meaning is completely different.

Let’s not talk about anything else.

First of all, a label of 'incompetent' has been placed on him.

Change to the past.

This kind of 'incompetence' is actually not a big deal. Guan Yu only needs to take care of it a little and ask Prime Minister Lu Buwei to come forward to intercede. At most, it is a punishment of a fine and a reprimand.

But now that the King of Qin is powerful and Lu Buwei is under house arrest, any small mistake made by Guan Yu, even a member of Lu Buwei's lineage, may be magnified infinitely.

So when he first learned that the Nanjun disaster had been resolved, Guan Yu already had a bad premonition. At that time, he was even ready to be demoted from the position of "governing Su Neishi".

However, nearly a year passed.

However, King Qin seemed to have forgotten Guan Yu's disrespect and had no intention of punishing him.

But this did not make Guan Yu feel at ease. On the contrary, as time passed, the bad premonition in Guan Yu's heart became stronger.

Ying Zheng exchanged a few words with Mo Jun.

Seeing Ying Zheng's attitude when talking to Mo Jun, the group of officials behind him felt a little weird.

Although Lord Mo has made a lot of contributions during this period, I still feel that the relationship between the king and the governor of Nanjun is a bit too close.

"Is everything going well with this year's harvest?" After greeting Mr. Mo, Ying Zheng asked Meng Tian again.

"Reporting to your Majesty, everything went well." Meng Tian clasped his hands and saluted, and said resolutely.

"color!"

Ying Zheng shouted, then turned around and said to the ministers behind him: "You have followed me all the way, and you must be tired now. In this case, let's go in with me and have a look!"

Until this moment, Ying Zheng still had not revealed the true purpose of his trip to Bashu.

But just as a group of officials followed Ying Zheng into the blocked area ahead with doubts, it didn't take long for everyone to discover something was wrong with the surrounding farmland.

"This is······"

Guan Yu was the first person to notice something strange.

As the internal history of Zhisu, although Guan Yu and Ying Zheng had different positions, he was by no means a person in vain.

So when he first walked into this blocked area, he immediately noticed the difference between the rice grown in the fields in this area and the rice grown in the farmlands he had seen before.

In an instant, Guan Yu's expression suddenly changed.

And the second he noticed something unusual, others soon noticed something was wrong with the surrounding farmland.

"So big and thick!"

“The fruits of these rice plants are so plump and the stalks are also thick.”

"How is that possible? Why is the rice grown in the farmland in this area so different from the rice I just saw outside?"

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