Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 289
In just over a year, there were no less than a dozen alchemists sent out by the first emperor to search for immortal medicines, and each of them carried a large number of treasures as gifts to the immortals.

In the 32nd year of the first emperor, Lu Sheng, an alchemist from Yan, told the first emperor that there were immortals on the ocean to the east of Jieshi who envied their gates and vowed to practice, and they could ask for immortal medicine for them.

To Lu Sheng's surprise, the first emperor not only immediately agreed to his request, but also Ying Zheng, who couldn't wait for a moment, directly ordered to inspect Jieshi.

One is to express to the immortals his sincerity in seeking the elixir, and the other is to take it immediately after obtaining the elixir.

After all, as he grew older in the past two years, Shi Huangdi's health has become worse and worse. Although he still firmly holds the supreme authority of the Great Qin Empire, he no longer has the momentum of sweeping the six kingdoms.

After Jieshi Yingzheng watched Lu Sheng's fleet go out to sea to find immortals, Yingzheng stayed in Jieshi Palace for several months. Yingzheng did not wait for Lu Sheng to return, so he had to return to Xianyang via the northern border again lonely.

However, to Emperor Shihuang's surprise, he returned to Xianyang with his front feet, and Lu Sheng, who had gone out to sea, came back with his back feet.

The first emperor sent so many alchemists out to search for immortals, but most of them never returned, and Lu Sheng was the first one to come back.

On the day Lu Sheng came back, he was invited by the first emperor to the first emperor's bedroom to respond to the search for immortals.

"Mr. Chang'an, this is a great joy. Master Lu has gone through many hardships and dangers and finally met the two immortals, Xianmen and Gaosao. The two immortals appreciated the sincerity of the first emperor in seeking immortality, and have given the prescription of the immortal medicine Down.

The first emperor had given the Immortal Palace to Lu Zhenren for refining medicine. When Lu Zhenren concocted the medicine of immortality, the emperor would be as immortal as the sun and the moon. "

The one who spoke was Ziying's eunuch Yu Yu, the eunuch Yu, Yu, who was the imperial insider, suddenly lowered his voice when Yu said this, and leaned into Ziying's ear with a serious face and added: "This time, Master Lu not only obtained the prescription of the elixir, but the two The immortal also gave me a divination letter from Daqin—'Hu Ye, who died in Qin'."

Hearing this, Ziying frowned suddenly.

In the previous life, Ziying had seen this story in history books. At that time, he just thought that Taishi was fair and recorded it from hearsay. Who would have thought that it was true.

I just don't know how Lu Sheng came up with this sentence.

According to Ziying's memory, the next thing Yingzheng believed in the fairy's words was to send Meng Tian's 30 soldiers to attack the Xiongnu in the north.

As for Hu Hai, he is only a little over ten years old now, even the first emperor would not think of the word "Hu" to his young child.

Because of Bo Langsha's incident, the first emperor gradually relaxed his guard against Ziying in the past two years.

The battle report from the Southern Tu Sui Department made the court even more aware of Ziying's foresight.

Except for Tu Sui's rapid progress in the first period, killing Nanyue's blood in rivers, Tu Sui didn't achieve much at all from the second year onwards.

On the contrary, the Qin army suffered heavy casualties and had already replenished several times.

Even if the Qin army is well-trained, it is still powerless to face the fragmented Nanyue tribe hiding in the deep mountains and dense forests.

Once the Qin army in the small team is alone, they will be taken as spoils of war by the swarming South Vietnamese tribes.

Tu Sui's defeat naturally drew the attention of Ziying, who strongly opposed Tu Sui's military strategy in South Vietnam.

However, Ziying, who knows the way of forbearance, is still low-key like dust.

Except for the matter of building the mausoleum that was arranged for him, Ziying was completely transparent in the court hall.

He didn't say a word about the military matters, and it seemed that all his energy was put on the matter of building the mausoleum.

The old snow had just melted into a little bit of mud on the road, and the first emperor, who couldn't wait, called all the civil and military officials in Xianyang to the Xianyang Palace Grand Court Meeting.

"The drums of war are rising again." Ziying, who had already had an insight into history, understood that Emperor Shi Huang couldn't wait to attack the Huns in the north.

However, Ziyingdao didn't have much sympathy for the Xiongnu, the enemy of the Chinese nation for hundreds of years.

Ziying, who is familiar with history, knows the huge disaster caused by the nomadic invasion to the south, so he agrees with the first emperor's use of troops.

In Ziying's previous life, when the Central Plains dynasty was at its peak, it was often able to take absolute advantage over the northern nomadic peoples. However, due to the characteristics of the nomadic peoples, they have not been able to effectively rule the northern grasslands.

Most of the time, the Central Plains dynasty adopted a defensive strategy for nomads. Once the nomads were weak, they would drive south for a long time to plunder beautiful women and property.

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At the court meeting, civil and military officials gathered together, but there was no sound.

In the past few years, Yingzheng's officials have become accustomed to obedience. The Dachaohui is not the time for you to submit your opinions to the king, but the time to come to Yingzheng to receive tasks and complete them.

You don't need to say anything, just wait for Shi Huangdi's edict.

It wasn't until the ministers were seated that the first emperor came slowly under the leadership of Zhao Gao's eunuch.

At this time, Ying Zheng was already in his 40s, and in the eyes of modern people, he was just a middle-aged man, in the prime of his life.

However, in recent years, Emperor Shihuang, who had been taking various elixirs all day long, had clearly leaked out of his twilight years.

Not only is most of his hair gray, but his waist and abdomen have also gained a few circles, and his dark face is full of twilight.

It's not that there were no ministers who warned the first emperor, but the grass on their graves was already high.

Knowing that persuasion was useless, Ziying simply didn't speak. At this time, Emperor Shi Huang yearned for longevity even more than Xu Shi did at that time.

"The barbarians in the north are ungrateful and ungrateful. When I Qin conquered Zhao, I invaded our land and plundered our people. Now I want to send troops to the north to attack them. Do you think so?"

At the beginning of the court meeting, Yingzheng directly threw out today's theme-I want to fight the Huns.

Of course, the reason used is naturally not the divination of the immortal.

Previously, Li Mu of the State of Zhao defeated the Xiongnu in the north, and the Xiongnu who had been killed did not dare to invade for ten years.

The Hetao Plain captured by Li Mu plus the land that Zhao State seized from Lou Fan and Lin Hu before, Zhao State also set up Daijun, Yanmen, and Yunzhong in Beidi.

However, when Qin destroyed Zhao, Zhao Wang transferred Li Mu's army to guard Handan, and the three counties in the north suddenly became a vacuum.

Naturally, the Huns would not let go of such a god-given opportunity. Not only did they move south to reoccupy the Hetao area, but they also took most of Yunzhong County and the whole of Henan to be reoccupied by the Huns.

At this time, Yingzheng's reason for attacking the Xiongnu in the north was this matter. Since this area originally belonged to Zhao State and Zhao Wangqian surrendered to Da Qin, the area that originally belonged to Zhao State had to be taken back.

The first emperor had already spoken, and all the ministers of His Royal Highness naturally began to criticize the Xiongnu, counting all kinds of injustices of the Xiongnu. In a word, we will fight when the emperor says to fight.

Seeing the performance of the court officials, Ying Zheng smiled contentedly and said, "Li Si, please tell me about the situation of the Huns."

At this time, Li Si had been granted the title of Prime Minister Zuo by the First Emperor. He was a high-ranking and powerful man, and he was quite trusted by the First Emperor.

Li Si was also the first to know about some major military affairs, including surrounding information, so he was one of the few people in the court who knew the current situation of the Huns best.

(End of this chapter)