Chapter 18: A glimpse of Lü Buwei at the first time
Zhou Yuanzhi was close to Chang Yu and the Queen Mother during this time.
found that although they were high and enjoyed wealth and glory, they still had a lot of joys and moods like ordinary people.
Sometimes, they are more sensitive and vulnerable than ordinary people, and some subtle changes can make them fall into contemplation and uneasiness.
is the so-called wealth and danger, this is the truth!
Although there is nothing wrong with wealth in itself, how can the heart of the wealth obtained through improper means settle in tranquility?
As the old saying goes: a gentleman loves money, takes it in a proper way, and uses it in moderation.
Zhou Yuanzhi suddenly found that these words of the ancients did make some sense.
Throughout the ages, the wealth accumulated by a gentleman can only be reassured by a way that is in line with the "Tao", and only when it is used in moderation can people feel at ease.
As the so-called transgressor, it is also fornication.
Nothing should be excessive, once excessive, it is easy to hurt yourself or others, money is the same, emotions are the same, and lust is the same.
This is a kind of "Tao" law, and no one can escape it.
Chang Yu and the Queen Mother, it is precisely because they don't understand this truth that they fall into confusion again and again, unable to find true happiness.
However, if you tell them this truth yourself, it is the truth.
Will they be able to get rid of the confusion and emptiness?
Of course not, because there are some truths that can only be comprehended, or in other words, once these truths are expressed by words or words, they will no longer be the original meaning, and if they are not good, they will be regarded as ulterior motives.
Therefore, although Zhou Yuanzhi saw everything clearly, she couldn't change them.
What's more, people themselves don't like other people to change themselves, even if they are forced to change temporarily under various pressures, once they have the opportunity, they will return to themselves, and even intensify their preferences in disguise.
This is perhaps one of the greatest disadvantages of human beings.
This kind of inferiority may not be visible to ordinary people, but it is often vividly reflected in the lives of powerful and rich people.
Chang Yu is like this, and so is the Queen Mother, but I don't know if Xiangguo Lu Buwei is the same.
When I first saw Lu Buwei, Zhou Yuanzhi was still Chang Yu's bodyguard.
It was an urgent combat deployment, and as for the specific content, Zhou Yuanzhi didn't know, and Chang Yu didn't know either.
When she received the message, Chang Yu was still in the Queen Mother's residence, playing with her.
At this time, the Queen Mother's desire has become bigger and bigger, and Chang Yu is also getting deeper and deeper into it, but as soon as Lu Buwei's message arrived, he completely became another person, and hurriedly went out, and the Queen Mother was still shouting: "The time has not come, what is the hurry."
It's just that he can't listen anymore, which shows the importance of the matter.
Zhou Yuanzhi followed, although Chang Yu did not ask him to follow, but did not tell him not to follow.
In this case, it is often the meaning of asking him to follow.
He had no choice but to follow, not to mention that he also wanted to meet the next generation of prime minister and businessman Lu Buwei.
When they walked outside the door, there was already a carriage waiting, Chang Yu got into the car, and Zhou Yuanzhi also got into the car.
Chang Yu didn't speak, he didn't speak, and of course he didn't ask.
Sitting in the carriage, I didn't say anything all the way, I only saw the sound of horses' hooves, and I couldn't see outside.
This is Chang Yu's special carriage, no windows, obviously this is a kind of dislike of the outside interference, people often say, Wen is like his person, in fact, the car is more like his person.
A person's car, to a greater or lesser extent, will show the character of the owner.
Judging from the arrangement of the carriage, Chang Yu likes to be simple, which is a common characteristic of many successful people, because in their eyes, too many things are unnecessary or even cumbersome.
Therefore, the more successful people are, the simpler life tends to be.
The reason why the carriage is not equipped with windows is that he does not want things outside to affect his thinking or interrupt his train of thought.
Ordinary people take the car to watch the scenery along the way, or even to dazzle, but in the eyes of successful people, the car is just a tool, and the car is just to send themselves to the destination, so they have no time for the scenery on the road.
That is, they never stop working, even though they are sitting in the car.
This may be one of the factors contributing to their success.
Ordinary people want to rest after work, but for successful people, even if it is a physical recuperation, it is also work, or in other words, it is for a better job.
And Chang Yu is such a person.
They were sitting in the carriage, Chang Yu was thinking, and Zhou Yuanzhi was only silent.
Fortunately, the carriage was moving fast, and the place where Xiangguo worked was not far away, and it was soon there.
Zhou Yuanzhi got out of the car and found that the soldiers here were guarded, and the guards were strict, with one post in five steps and one sentry in ten steps.
Although Zhou Yuanzhi was born as a security guard and was responsible for the security of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, he had never seen such a big battle.
The people who can work and live in such a strict place, I am afraid that there is only Lu Buwei in the Qin State.
Of course, only people like him need to be so guarded, after all, he has offended too many people in order to get to the top and seize power.
In order to continue to have power, he had to live in such a strict environment.
The house is similar to the palace building, the deepest building, called the Datong Pavilion, there is a plaque hanging in the center of the house, the plaque is written with the word "Datong", it is said that these two words are written by Qin Feizi, the ancestor of the Qin State, and have been circulated to Qin Mugong, the grandfather of the first emperor, and later passed to the hands of King Xiangwang of Shizhuang.
In order to thank Lü Buwei for everything he had done for him, King Zhuangxiang gave this plaque to Lü Bushu.
After the death of King Zhuangxiang, Lü Buwei acted as the government of the court, in order to show his loyalty, adhering to the will of the ancestors of the Qin State, he hung this plaque in the place where he reviewed and dealt with government affairs, and renamed this pavilion "Datong" pavilion.
It can be seen that the ancestors of the Qin State had the ambition to unify the world.
Although the Qin State was originally just a tribe called Ying, but because they were meritorious in guarding Xirong during the Yin Shang period, they were valued by the Shang Dynasty.
In the subsequent continuous expeditions, there was another heroic figure in the Qin State, that is, the Duke of Qin Zhuang, he defeated Xirong in the process of the expedition, and was named the doctor of the West by King Xuan of Zhou, and then later, the Duke of Qin Xianggong sent troops to escort the King of Zhou Ping to move eastward, and was named a prince, and the Qin State here has officially become a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty by a tribe.
By the time of Qin Mugong, the Qin State had been listed as one of the "Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period".
And this plaque engraved with the word "Great Unification", no matter how the throne of Qin is replaced, it is always a sacred relic of Qin, a symbol of Qin, and a witness that the descendants of Qin are proud of.
Zhou Yuanzhi couldn't have imagined that two thousand years later, he would have the opportunity to see this plaque in person, he knew that this was the hub of the Qin State, and it was also the source of everything related to the Qin State's wars and government decrees.
Military and political leaders from all over the country come here to discuss various decisions and countermeasures that are related to the lifeblood of the country.
Ordinary people can't get in at all.
Chang Yu quickly stepped into the "Datong" Pavilion, and Zhou Yuanzhi was stopped outside the Pavilion.
In the center of the main hall there was already a man standing, dressed in black, not tall, with a beard on his upper lip, and a majesty of his own.
Zhou Yuanzhi thought in her heart: This person must be Lu Buwei.