As soon as the army entered Tongguan, the simple old Qin people welcomed the two thousand soldiers around Montenegro in the warmest way. Both sides of the road were crowded with crowds of people who welcomed the triumph of the king. Dressed in festive costumes and with heartfelt smiles on their faces, they presented fresh fruits, hot pot helmets, fragrant roast mutton, and the most eye-catching thing was the bowl of warm old Qin wine.

The soldiers did not eat less meat in the army, but they were very hungry for alcohol. Because there are three disciplines and eight points of attention, I can only swallow my saliva and look at it with my eyes blank.

When Montenegro saw this, he shouted to everyone: "Brothers, after entering Tongguan, we are like returning home!" The old Qin people are our parents. Go home, open your belly, eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, don't violate military discipline, and don't get drunk today! ”

The crowd immediately cheered! Two thousand soldiers were immediately drowned in the sea of people......

The next day, the morning star was still hanging in the sky, the soldiers were drunk and asleep, and Montenegro only took Nobita, and the two of them set off back to Xianyang.

I just entered Xianyang City, and I obviously felt the changes in Xianyang City. The streets became more crowded, and the warm, soft cotton clothes dyed green, replaced the black, gray, and earthy yellow moss clothes worn by the common people. On the streets, there are merchants of all colors coming and going. The people on the street talked about the battle to destroy Chu the most, and they all had arrogance on their faces, as if the Chu State was captured by them. According to the current form, the common people also know that there is no opponent of the Qin army in the world, and the day when Great Qin will dominate the world will not be too far away!

Black Mountain and Nobita were walking slowly on the street with their horses, and suddenly saw a long queue in front of the Bab's bookstore, and they were very curious, so they asked the soldiers of the Lieutenant's Mansion standing guard on the street: "What are these people doing in line?" ”

The soldier turned his head and saw that it was Montenegro, and hurriedly replied: "General, there is a new set of books written in the printing house about you leading the troops to destroy Chu, and people are afraid that they will not be able to buy it, so they are queuing up to pre-order!" ”

When Montenegro heard this, he secretly thought that since he was writing his own book, he might blow himself into the reincarnation of Sun Wu, and he faintly felt that it was inappropriate in his heart, so he said to the soldier: "Since you know General Ben, please go to the printing shop to spread General Ben's words, ask them to suspend printing, send a sample book to General Ben's mansion first, and wait for General Ben's confirmation before printing." If it has been brushed, all of it will be sealed, and if there is anything sold, it must all be recovered! "The paper mill and printing mill in Xianyang were built by Montenegro and Teng Yue together on the orders of the king, so Montenegro also has the right to decide the affairs of the printing mill.

"No!" The soldier answered and immediately trotted away.

The two of them actually came straight to the gate of the palace, and Montenegro said to Nobita: "Nobita, you don't have to wait for me, go back to the mansion first, I must go to the palace to meet King Qin before I can go back!"

"No!" Nobita took the reins from Montenegro's hand and left.

Montenegro had just arrived at the gate of Xianyang Palace and happened to meet Wang Li. Wang Li saluted in surprise and said, "General Montenegro, you are really back!" King Qin has an order, if Montenegro comes back first, there is no need to report, go directly to the study to see the driver! ”

"Thank you, General Wang!" Montenegro thanked Wang Li and went straight into the palace.

The Xianyang Palace is still so simple and solemn, at this time the sky began to fall lightly, standing guard Lang Wei in the snow did not move, all this is very quiet, so quiet that you can hear the sound of snowflakes falling, and the footsteps of Montenegro are a little heavy. Thinking of the history books of later generations, the great Qin Empire perished in only a dozen years after unifying China, and I really have mixed feelings in my heart!

In a blink of an eye, I came to King Qin's study, and two pots of charcoal roasted the study as warm as spring. The two chamberlains helped Montenegro take off his cloak and pat off the snowflakes on his body before signaling that Montenegro could enter.

The King of Qin, dressed in a black robe, with a black scarf tied up his hair, holding a quill pen in his hand, was writing a chair behind the bookcase more than three feet high, and the table was stacked with documents sent by the garrisons of various counties and border passes.

"Minister Heishan greets King Qin!" Black Mountain stood in front of King Qin and bowed.

King Qin raised his head, put down the quill pen in his hand, and said with a smile: "The widow asked the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Zongzheng Mansion to arrange a suburban welcoming ceremony to welcome your triumphant return." The lieutenant said that you would leave the team and come back first, and sure enough, he was right! I heard that people all over the street are telling your story, and you have become the god of war in the hearts of the people. ”

"Your Majesty, these are misunderstandings of the people! My Great Qin soldiers are strong and strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, the king knows people well, and the national lieutenant is well dispatched. Where would victory come from without these? Montenegro replied.

"You can not be arrogant or impatient at a young age, and the widow is very pleased! I'm back, so get some rest. Cher comes every day to ask when you will be home, and she and your son are in the palace! Now go pick them up and take them home for a good reunion! King Qin said.

Montenegro said goodbye from King Qin's study and walked towards the fourth princess's bedroom. Zhao Gao personally led the way in front, and he still bowed his head and half-bent over, walking on tiptoe.

Montenegro was disgusted by this great eunuch who would bury Great Qin in the future, but at this time he could only endure it and said with a smile: "How dare you drive Lord Zhao to lead the way in person, just arrange an inner servant!" ”

Zhao Gao replied in the eunuch's unique male duck voice: "The horse is polite, you are not only a general now, but also a great hero of the destruction of Chu, I don't know how many palace maids want to see the majesty of the general!" It's our honor to lead the way for the horses! ”

Black Mountain looked at Zhao Gao's servile and humble smile, and it was hard to imagine that in the future, this person would be the eunuch Zhao Gao who was referring to the deer as a horse and pushing the Qin Empire to extinction.

In a blink of an eye, she came to the bedroom of the fourth princess, and the palace maid at the door hurriedly squatted and saluted when she saw the horse coming. Black Mountain actually strode straight into the main hall, a fragrance came to his face, and a beautiful and familiar figure was squatting on the thick carpet, teasing a child crawling on the ground.

That figure is not the fourth princess Who else, she heard the familiar footsteps, and as soon as she looked up, she saw that she was thinking about her husband day and night, and hurriedly stood up and threw herself into the arms of Montenegro!

This expedition, a year and a half, how many days and nights haunted dreams, at this time the two hugged tightly, reluctant to let go of each other.

"Are you really back? I'm not dreaming, am I? The princess whispered.

"Didn't I hold you well? How can it be a dream? Montenegro replied.

"Mama...... Momma! "A little boy in a small leather jacket, with a rich head, a safety lock on his chest, and a chubby face, sat on the ground, holding the princess's robe, and a pair of black eyes looked at Montenegro suspiciously.

You don't have to guess, you know that it's your son who is under the age of one who hasn't met yet! Montenegro let go of the princess, picked up his son with both hands, kissed him fiercely on his pink face, and said, "Come, let Daddy kiss him!" ”

"Wow wow!" The child cried loudly, and stretched out his hand to the princess.

The princess hurriedly took the child, and said angrily, "Your beard hurts the child!" Be careful! He turned his head and coaxed the child again: "Yinghao is obedient, don't cry, this is your Da!" ”

In this era, it is normal for a child's surname to follow his mother, but Montenegro is still a little difficult to accept, and asks: "Didn't you say that you would wait for me to come back and give him a name?" Why is it called Ying Hao? ”

"Master Meng said that he lacked fire in the five elements, and his father personally gave him the name Yinghao." Princess Cher said.

"Even if it is a name given by your father himself, it is a blessing for a child! Let's go home. Montenegro said.

Since the princess became pregnant, she has lived in the palace almost and is taken care of by the imperial hospital every day. After the child was born, King Qin brought four more wet nurses and more than 20 palace maids to take care of them day and night. The rewards were also particularly rich, with all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin countless.

Knowing that Montenegro had returned, the General's Mansion hurriedly shouted. Uncle Chen asked everyone to sprinkle and sweep the courtyard and the courtyard again, and Grandma personally went to the street to pick half a fan of wild boar, cooked it herself, and stewed it with the dried grass roots picked in the summer to make it fragrant.

Montenegro held his son in one hand and the princess in the other, and returned to the house with a group of nurses and palace maids.

The mother took the grandson from Montenegro's arms, and Montenegro squatted down and picked up the daughter who ran over. The compound was lively again.

Looking at the lively and lively family, Montenegro finally breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed all his body. This is home, and you no longer have to worry about the life and death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, the hunger, thirst, and warmth of hundreds of thousands of ordinary people, not to mention the suspicions of the people in the court......

The next morning, Montenegro and the fourth princess were playing with the two children at home, and the doorman came to report: "Tell the general, there is a visit from Wu Bufan, who claims to be the Xianyang Printing Workshop!" ”

When Montenegro heard this, he remembered that a few years ago, when he was a public servant, he and Wu Bufan talked all night, and hurriedly replied: "Please come in!" No, I'll personally greet you at the door! ”

I haven't seen him for several years, Wu Bufan has gained a lot of weight, and his beard has grown a lot. Wu Bufan was very surprised when he saw the famous Black Mountain come out to greet him in person, and hurriedly gave his hand to salute. Before he could speak, Montenegro had already hugged Wu Bufan with laughter like the way old friends reunited after a long absence, and when he saw Wu Bufan's surprised face, he remembered that there was no such etiquette in this era, and hurriedly took Wu Bufan's hand and said, "Brother Wu, don't come unharmed, go, let's have tea in the study." ”

"Who is Wu? Take the work to drive the general, and the chief horse to welcome you! Wu Bufan teased.

"Old friends meet, don't mention the official! Just rejoice! Montenegro said.

The two of them came to the study and sat down. Wu Bufan took out a book, handed it to Montenegro, and said: "As soon as you come back, stop the printing of this book "Montenegro Attacking Chu", which I asked people to sort out with a lot of effort, and King Qin personally saw it before it was decided!" ”

Montenegro took the book and read it about it, and the content in it really blew himself into the sky, which was worse than his grandson and Bai Qi. Hei Ben picked up the pen to delete the exaggerated part, and said: "In the Great War of Exterminating Chu, there are Meng Tian, Wang Ben and 600,000 Qin troops, as well as Meng Yi and 400,000 people to ensure logistics and food, and there are Qin kings and national captains in the rear to strategize, so that it can be completed in a battle." Even if Montenegro has three heads and six arms, it is difficult to support such a big situation alone. ”

"That's it, just take the general's will and revise it again!" Wu Bufan agreed.

The two talked happily and dispersed for a long time.

In recent years, as the nobles and wealthy families of the six countries have continued to move into Xianyang, which has led to the great development of Xianyang's commerce, handicrafts and culture, the city has doubled in size compared with a few years ago, and the population has reached 2 million, which is equivalent to the total population of Qin before the Shang Dynasty changed the law.

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In the past few years since its establishment, the Imperial University has trained thousands of officials for the Great Qin Empire, and scholars from all over the world have flocked to it for the glory of being admitted to the Imperial University. And Meng Fuzi, as a university sacrificial wine, is already the most admired teacher of the world's scholars, but he acts more low-key. In addition to being his "teaching without class" wholeheartedly, he refused all the requests of scholars to apprentice; Except for King Qin, he kept his mouth shut and didn't talk about any political affairs. At this time, the craze for calligraphy and painting began to rise in Xianyang, and Meng Fuzi was known as a masterpiece of calligraphy and painting, but he rejected everyone's desire to paint. Occasionally, a piece of teaching calligraphy and painting flowed out, and the people who got it were regarded as treasures.

On this day, Mencius came back from school and was sorting out the manuscripts of Confucius and Mencius in his study. Montenegro came to visit, Meng Zhao put down what he was doing, and asked the scholar to boil water and prepare to make tea.

This book has been in his twenties since he was a child, and he has been in charge of sorting out his master's study for several years, and he said excitedly to Montenegro: "The year before last, I listened to the words of the young master and sorted out all the manuscripts written by the master and kept them. Now when I go out, sure enough, many people ask me for words, as long as it is written by the master, it can be sold for a large price. These people are crazy! ”

"Ahem" Before Montenegro could talk, Meng Fuzi coughed lightly, and the scholar immediately closed his voice and went out. While pouring tea, the master solemnly said to Montenegro: "You are at home now, what time do you get up every day?" What are you doing? ”

Seeing that the master's expression was solemn and his heart was very strange, Montenegro also replied seriously: "Teacher, the disciple smells the chicken and dances every day, visits friends during the day, and accompanies the princess to enjoy singing and dancing at night. ”

Meng Fuzi took a sip of tea and said: "There is a student named Wang He in the university, who is the grandson of the old general Wang Qian. But he is a well-known loser in the school, spending money like dirt, eating, drinking and dressing to the extreme. A meal can eat hundreds of gold, and in order to buy a cat, he does not hesitate to exchange it for a large manor rewarded by the king. The grades are extremely poor, and the exams have been at the bottom for several years, and it has always been a negative example in school. At the beginning, I couldn't figure out the Wang family, who had a strict family education, why was Wang He so defeated? Until I heard that when the old general Wang Jian led the troops to fight in the eighth foreign war, he always wrote to the king of Qin every once in a while to ask for a reward, I figured everything out! Wang Jian and Wang Ben's father and son desperately asked the king of Qin for bounties and mansions, in order to tell the king of Qin that their father and son only wanted wealth and nobility. Let Wang He lose most of his family wealth again, so that King Qin can rest assured that their family has no capital to return. This old general Wang is really well-intentioned! ”

Montenegro listened to it and was full of emotion! He knew from the history books of later generations that King Yingzheng of Qin did not kill a hero in vain in his life, and the only thing left behind was the burning of books and Confucianism. So he has not been able to hide his sharp thoughts, some time ago I listened to Wei Yu's advice, and today I listened to the teacher's words, I have to think carefully about my own affairs. He said to the teacher: "The disciple sees that King Qin loves him like his life, and he has always been very respectful and generous to those who have real skills. ”

"Hey! I hope so! Meng Fuzi sighed, "Since ancient times, kings have killed heroes, and most of the reasons are not because the heroes have returned, but because the heroes have the capital to return!" Yue Zhi Wen Zhong, Qin Zhi Bai Qi, there are countless examples of this. Now in the Qin army, there are countless people who have been crowned by your cronies' subordinates; There are also thousands of people who have come out of the Imperial University to serve as officials, and they all claim to be my protégés. There are tens of thousands of civil and military officials who have come out of the hands of our teachers and students. In the eyes of outsiders, what a scenery this is, but who knows that as a teacher, it is like lying on pins and needles every night! ”

When Montenegro heard this, he felt a chill down his spine and a cold sweat on his head. After thinking about it, I didn't know what to do, and I also sighed: "The disciple only thought about how to make meritorious contributions and be promoted to the knighthood before, and never thought that after being in a high position, danger would come!" The disciple's children are still very young, and it is difficult to find someone like Wang He to help me lose. What should we do? ”

"Since you led the army to attack Chu, in addition to teaching at the university, you have been concentrating on sorting out the manuscripts of Confucius and the ancestors at home. Since then, he no longer cares about the political affairs of the DPRK and China, and the assessment and recommendation of students in the university are all arranged by the Prime Minister's Office. In the past, I always hoped that the Everbright Ancestors would have the ideal of teaching without class and being full of peach and plum all over the world, but now I don't want others to say that the students are all over the world. You are the same, since you have returned, do not bother with the affairs of the army. The king of Qin has rewarded you with so many treasures, and you should live as luxuriously as you should, and don't care about fame and money. Do you understand what the teacher says? Meng Fuzi said very seriously.

"Thank you for the teacher's teachings, the students understand!" Montenegro replied. I really can't imagine that Mengfuzi, who had made it his mission to promote Confucianism all his life, would suggest that his disciples should live a life of luxury.

Since talking to Meng Fuzi thoroughly, Montenegro has had to rethink his situation. Being prepared for danger in times of peace is what the ancients learned by summing up countless bloody lessons. So he decided not to take the initiative to intervene in military and political affairs from now on, and tried to write as little as possible with his old subordinates; began to buy famous swords, jewelry, and jade everywhere; If you have nothing to do, you go to all kinds of restaurants and theaters, and even if you are at home, you will sing and dance every day. It seems that overnight, he has become an out-and-out loser. At the beginning, family and friends thought that Montenegro was tired of long-term saddle horse fatigue, and it was appropriate to relax after returning home, but a few months have passed, and seeing that Montenegro is still singing every day, spending money like flowing water, someone asked, and the answer was just one sentence: "Lao Tzu's merits are world-famous, and you should have fun in time while you are young!" ”