Chapter 344: The First Emperor Goes on Tour
Big brother, what do you think about Gao gradually leaving?" After separating from Gongzi Fusu, Meng Tian and Meng Yi also left Afang Palace, and sat in the chariot Meng Yi asked Meng Tian.
Meng Tian pondered for a moment, and then said leisurely: "I just didn't expect that this matter actually had anything to do with the Mo family, back then, because we recruited the public loser, the Mo family secretly kept fighting against Daqin, I just didn't expect them to be bold enough to dare to assassinate on the birthday banquet of His Majesty the Emperor." ”
Meng Yi nodded in agreement with his eldest brother's words, he didn't expect that Gao Yanli would come to avenge his friend Jing Ke regardless of his own life, but not only did he not succeed in revenge, but also left his life here, just like Jing Ke went to the palace to assassinate Yingzheng back then.
Meng Tian continued: "No matter what this matter is, Gao Yuanli is what I met after all, and I am responsible for such a thing, no matter what, I will investigate this matter clearly, not only for me, but also for Fusu." ”
"Fusu is the future helmsman of the empire and one of His Majesty's favorite princes, he alone is concerned about the future direction of Great Qin, of course we must do our best to protect his safety. Meng Yi said, now that someone has set their sights on Fusu's position, and they have not been able to defeat Fusu this time, I believe that these people will definitely have other ideas in the future.
"Fusu is my disciple, dare to shoot at him, it seems that I have been leading troops in Northern Xinjiang all these years, these remnants of the Six Kingdoms who don't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth have really forgotten how powerful my Mengjia Iron Cavalry is. This time Your Majesty is on his eastern tour, I will personally lead a team to accompany me, even if I don't say that Your Majesty will take you with me. This time, I want to see what other tricks these people can play, if they dare to make a move, I will personally go out and kill them!" Meng Tian clenched his fists and said in a cold voice.
His Majesty the Emperor was assassinated at the birthday banquet, and was almost hit by the assassin's secret weapon, and then came the news that Gongzi Fusu was grounded by His Majesty the Emperor's order, these two things are linked, and it is not difficult for people with smart brains to find some clues from these two things. Immediately, fewer and fewer people went to Fusu Mansion to meet him, and the courtyard, which was still very lively, became crowded in a few days.
However, a few days later, another will of His Majesty the Emperor came from the palace, and this time the eastern tour, the eldest prince Fusu supervised the country for His Majesty and handled political affairs. This made some of the ministers who had snubbed Fusu before begin to regret it, the status of this Fusu prince in the emperor's heart is clearly unchanged, the matter of supervising the country has always been treated by the next heir to the throne, His Majesty is not in Xianyang City, the power of the entire Qin State will all fall into the hands of Fusu, I am afraid that the successor to the throne in the future will still be Fusu.
A month passed quickly, and the day of the Emperor's Eastern Tour set by His Majesty was getting closer and closer, and the state of the entire Xianyang City gradually began to tense. In addition to the city gates in and out of the four directions, which have begun to inquire about the identities of the people who have entered Xianyang City, there are also teams of the Mengjia army who have rushed over one after another in the outer city.
Your Majesty's day of going on tour has finally arrived.
Before dawn, Meng Tian was already wearing armor and sword with the help of his wife, and then took Meng Tianci, who was also dressed in the same costume, to ride on a horse and walk towards the gate of the palace. When the father and son walked to Meng Yi's mansion, they happened to meet Meng Yi, who was also going out, so the three of them rushed to the palace together.
Yingzheng did not bring many officials on this tour, after all, there were still people to stay to help Fusu govern the country, so only Meng Yi, Wei Yi and a few other officials were on the road on this trip, and Prime Minister Li Si and his subordinate officials were all in Xianyang City.
However, although His Majesty the Emperor did not bring his own group this time, he still had to come to see him off. So by the time Meng Tian, Meng Yi and Meng Tianci arrived at the gate of the palace, in addition to the soldiers of the forbidden army standing guard at the gate of the palace, there were already many ministers waiting here.
Seeing the arrival of the three people, many ministers gathered around to greet the three people. Meng Tian and Meng Tianci were a little uncomfortable with the overtures of these ministers, but Meng Yi seemed to be comfortable in the encirclement of these people, and returned the salute to these ministers who came forward to greet them one by one on behalf of his eldest brother and nephew.
Li Si was also waiting for Yingzheng's Luan at the gate of the palace, and when he saw Meng Tian and the others coming, he just stood in place, neither stepped forward nor deliberately dodged, and continued to talk and discuss matters with the ministers around him.
Because of the deliberate interrogation at the birthday banquet, Meng Tian began to be a little worried about Li Si's attitude, so he didn't go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to visit Li Si in the past month, but just asked Li You to bring it to his father. Li Si originally had some appreciation for Meng Tian, but after he chose to support his son Hu Hai, the two of them had already embarked on different paths, so he also asked Li You to say hello to Meng Tian for himself, and nothing else.
"Haha, Prime Minister, I didn't expect that what the Prime Minister started today is also constructed. "If the mountain doesn't come, I'll go to the mountain, Meng Yi walked in front of Li Si, hugged his fist and greeted him with a smile.
Li Si is the prime minister, Meng Yi is the imperial doctor, and the two of them belong to the same Shangqing, but in terms of official rank, Meng Yi is a little lower than Li Si, so according to Qin law, Meng Yi must first give Li Si a gift.
Li Si also smiled slightly, and replied to Meng Yi: "Lord Meng Yi is also early enough, it seems that Lord Meng Yi is very enthusiastic about this time to tour the east with His Majesty." ”
"That's not it, Your Majesty's tour of the world is a big thing, how dare Meng Yi not care. Besides, this time it was supposed to be the Prime Minister accompanying His Majesty, but His Majesty thought that Fusu Gongzi was still young, and it was still difficult for him to supervise the country, so His Majesty left the Prime Minister in Xianyang City and took me, a person who is not very capable, on patrol, which shows that Your Majesty attaches great importance to the Prime Minister. Meng Yi said to Li Si.
Li Si put his hands in his sleeves in front of him, smiled at the ministers around him, and then said to Meng Yi: "What Lord Meng Yi said is that the prime minister does not have the ability to please His Majesty, so he can only rely on his own strength to help His Majesty govern the Great Qin world, so it is not a pity that he cannot accompany His Majesty to the east this time, this minister cares about the people of Qin, whether it is outside Xianyang City or in Xianyang City, it is the same." Did you say, Lord Meng Yi?"
"What the Prime Minister said is right, as long as you serve Great Qin, Your Majesty, and the people of Qin, no matter where you are, it will be the same. Meng Tian walked through the crowd, and the ministers who were surrounding Li Si saw Meng Tian coming over and hurriedly saluted him.
Meng Tian waved his hand, he was not familiar with any of these ministers who were following Li Si, so he didn't bother to greet them.
"This time, the Prime Minister will assist the Prime Minister in the court, and I, who is a teacher, want to say thank you to the Prime Minister, I believe that when His Majesty returns from his eastern tour, I will definitely see a different son. ”
Li Si looked at Meng Tian and said, "There is no need for General Meng to speak, this is also what Li Si should do, so the general is not so polite." ”
While everyone was still talking, the gate of the palace slowly opened, and then there was a voice: "Your Majesty has arrived!" Yingzheng's chariot drove out of the palace with the first rays of sunlight slowly rising in the east.
The crowd at the gate of the palace hurriedly made way for the emperor's chariot, and then knelt on both sides of the gate, "Greetings to Your Majesty, long live long live long live." ”
The curtain on the chariot was lifted by a eunuch, and Ying Zheng walked out of the huge luxurious chariot and said to the ministers kneeling on the ground: "All the ministers are flat. ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”
Ying Zheng saw Li Si, Meng Tian and Meng Yi kneeling side by side on the chariot, and said to the three of them with a smile: "Yo, I didn't expect the three Aiqing to come so early today, it looks like you have been waiting here for a while, right?"
Li Si bent down slightly, stepped forward and said to Yingzheng: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers have just arrived, and after saying a few words to General Meng and Master Meng here, Your Majesty will come out." ”
"Hehe, Prime Minister, the time on the road to the east may not be short, so all the affairs of the court and the central government will be handed over to Fusu and you, you have to assist Fusu well, don't let me down. ”
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will do his best to assist His Royal Highness Gongzi, and promise not to disappoint His Majesty. Lees replied.
Ying Zheng nodded, "Then I can rest assured, the prime minister's affairs have always been the most reassuring to me, with your words, I believe that this eastern tour will be much easier." ”
After saying that, Yingzheng looked at Meng Tian and said, "It's not too early, Meng Qing, let's go." ”
Meng Tian hugged Ying Zheng with a fist, then walked to his horse parked on the side of the chariot, rode up and said loudly: "Let's go!"
"Woo~~" The deep horn sounded from the high walls of the palace, and the five hundred forbidden troops guarded around Yingzheng's chariot, and Luan drove towards the east gate of Xianyang City.
Outside the east gate, 1,000 cavalry of the Mengjia army and 2,000 elite infantry of the Mengjia army were ready, after seeing the general riding in the front and His Majesty's chariot of the emperor following behind, 3,000 soldiers and horses also joined the escort convoy of Luanjia to protect Yingzheng's eastern tour.
Out of Xianyang City, Luan's speed gradually began to accelerate, the eastern tour along the way to pass through Hangu Pass, and then the first stop is the old capital of South Korea, Daliang, and then along the Yellow River through Xinzheng, and finally to the original capital of Qi Linzi. Finally, after returning from Linzi, Yingzheng also had to climb Mount Tai, where he had to learn from the ancient Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and seal Zen at the top of Mount Tai to show his exploits, and at the same time he also wanted to use this matter to tell those who wanted to plot against him, whether it was him or Daqin, these Xiaoxiao could not overthrow it.