Chapter 284: King Qin (I)
After the lieutenants were ordered to go to their respective positions, Li You called out to Heifu alone and asked him if he was going to see the king's car, and he was nervous.
"The subordinate is inexplicably excited, and he didn't sleep all night last night!"
Although Heifu actually slept soundly last night, he still made a look of excitement to meet the big guys.
His answer was very much in line with Li You's heart, so he laughed and said: "Yes, the king's car drives, even though I see it from time to time, but every time I still have a sense of awe and anticipation, let alone you?" Then let me ask you again, do you know, what is indispensable on the king's chariot? ”
"The subordinates don't dare to speculate about the driving of the delusional Son of Heaven." Heifu pretended to be sincerely frightened again, and he didn't guess, so Li You directly announced the correct answer.
"Although the king's car is spacious, there is no concubine palace to wait, and there are no treasures to play with, there will always be one, one is the map of the mountains and rivers in the world, and the other is the ...... of the counties and counties."
Li You explained: "Everywhere the king goes, even if it is a small town, he will always check the map, ask about the city, the hukou, the mountains, and the rivers, and it is necessary to reflect the land under his rule in his heart. In addition, even if he travels, he has to review 100 catties of bamboo slips every day! Never let government affairs go aside! ”
"A workaholic who doesn't enjoy it? Then why are you building so many palaces in Guanzhong, is it really just for collection......
Heifu thought so in his heart, but said with admiration: "The king is diligent in government, and the Qin State can sweep away the princes!" ”
Small talk but almost, Li You looked up at the time, the sun was three poles, then waved his hand and said: "Go to the section where An Lubing is located, when the king's car passes, be sure to let everyone kneel together, and then follow me into the city, although the king may not remember you, but when he sees me, he may think of Zicai's words again, or he will summon you to meet!" ”
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Huaiyang has been lost and recovered by the Qin army for several months, as a military food turnover center, so the suburbs of the city are like a large barracks, and half of the 300,000 people are left here. Knowing that the King of Qin was coming, they were immediately mobilized again and repaired the road from the city gate to Wanqiu, and the tens of thousands of Qin soldiers of Heifu and them went west along the city gate, lined up for a full ten miles!
The soldiers stood on the side of the road, behind them were groups of 150,000 Qin people who had been militarized and managed, and then there were the local residents with a suspicious attitude, who were also forcibly dragged out to watch the ceremony of the official surrender of the King of Qin and the King of Chu......
Heifu vigilantly maintained his vigilance in the hundred-step area, and at the same time had to answer the endless questions of his subordinates, especially Ji Ying'......
"Captain, what does the king look like?"
"I haven't seen it again, you ask me, who do I ask?" Hefu replied angrily.
"Isn't Li Duwei the king's son-in-law, he must have seen the king, so he didn't describe it to the commander?" Ji Ying and the others did not give up.
"Li Duwei said that the king is wise and wise, like a god." Li You really couldn't say why, he was like a god to his Qin prince.
"God-Man ......"
Ji Ying, Dongmen Leopard and others felt that this analogy was very reasonable.
"That's the king, of course it's a god."
"I've heard that the king doesn't grow old or die." Gong Ao, who was standing next to them, also came over.
"I heard that the king is three years old." Qingqi's peony compared himself to himself: "Twice as tall as me!" ”
"Not to mention the three zhangs, I heard that the king has stars on his head, wherever he goes, where there is wind and rain!" Dongmen Leopard said even more exaggeratedly, his eyes were full of admiration.
It can be seen that Heifu's subordinates are really excited, look at that, they may not have slept well last night, think about it, the future generations of national leaders come to the grassroots, and it can also make the common people who have the opportunity to shake hands with them happy, not to mention the ancient deified kings.
Everyone can be disrespectful to their own county officials and even county guards, but for the unattainable King Qin, they are blindly respected from the bottom of their hearts.
It is not only his power that is worshipped, but also all kinds of things that have been done in the past 20 years, some princes, who have reigned for many years, may not let the people at the bottom know themselves, but the king of Qin is different, since he was in power, every war, all the people of Qin have been mobilized to participate, under the propaganda of Qin officials, everyone knows that there is such a king:
With a wave of his hand, he can wipe out the Six Kingdoms, and if he moves his mouth, 600,000 people will have to travel north and south......
"We'll find out in a moment."
Heifu smiled helplessly, pointed to the west and said, "Go and stand in your own guarded area, I can already hear the sound of drums!" ”
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Heifu heard it right, there was indeed the sound of sheng xiao drum music in the distance, and it was in the wind.
The first to enter their field of vision was the leading force driven by the King of Qin, with six mighty "axe carts" passing by, followed by 50 honor guards with halberds to open the way and 50 flags to unfurl them, the halberds were made of red and black sheets, and the flags were colorful, decorated with various beasts, all of which had different meanings and fluttered in the wind.
And then there's the tall puff wagon, which has two floors! The upper tree is built with a drum, the feathers are fluttering, there are two drummers holding mallets to beat the drum, and there are four musicians sitting on the lower floor, facing each other in pairs, playing the sheng flute.
Six drum wagons, thirty-six people, the drummers beat the drums like a wild dance, and the blowers played with all their might, their cheeks swelled into a big ball, and their hearts seemed to burst at any moment, and they tried so hard that they wanted to tell everyone in the loudest voice:
The king has arrived!
After the guard of honor, followed by the heroic and neat "Lang Zhong Ling Army".
Lang Zhong Lingjun, this is the elite army guarding the king's left and right, and the members in it are all officials in Guanzhong, such as Li Xin, Li You, Meng Tian and others.
First of all, the walking warriors wearing black armor and heavy hoods on their heads, the height was almost uniformly eight feet, and five hundred people walked in turn according to the order of the "five soldiers", with the shields behind their backs, the short swords at their waists, the spears raised high, the bows and crossbows and arrows neat, and the branches of the copper halberds like a passing forest.
According to Li You, they were all under the age of forty, more than seven feet five inches tall, with strong bodies, superb riding skills, and superb archery skills, and were able to "cross ravines, climb hills, take risks, and be absolutely daze, gallop strong enemies, and chaos the public." ”
I saw two hundred horsemen divided into two branches, the front and rear, the former wearing a móu (móu) sprinkled with red cherry blossoms, wearing copper skin armor, draped in a crimson battle robe, and a nine-foot-long spear pointed diagonally forward.
The latter wears a hideous bronze mask, a crown of pure white feathers, a long sword at his waist, and even the horses are equipped with leather horse armor.
They are tall horses, well-equipped, and when they pass by, they seem to have the spirit of dragon horses, and Heifu's subordinates don't sigh when they see it, they only feel that they are worthy of being the elite who defend the King of Qin, and it seems that they can really fight five with one enemy, especially the Yu stables who are scouts, and their eyes are about to fall out with envy.
At this point, King Qin's car has passed a few hundred meters one after another, and Heifu is lamenting that the king is worthy of being majestic when traveling, "he must ride thousands of rides", and he is also sighing that King Qin is really coming out after a long time!
Just when he wanted to sigh when it was the end, several drum carts passed by, and the officials above shouted:
"The king's law is coming, worship!"
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"Bye!"
Subconsciously, all the soldiers knelt on one knee, and the Qin people behind him knelt down on their legs, and within ten miles, more than 100,000 people along the way fell down like a wheat field blown by the wind!
At this time, the chariot composed of the king's driving wings also drove in front of him, and Heifu heard that the king of Qin was already driving with the Son of Heaven method, although it was not as exaggerated as the eighty-one chariot after becoming the emperor, but there were also thirty-six times.
First of all, there were six-passenger light cars, scarlet wheels, no scarves and no covers, spears and halberds, and crossbow-wielding guards looking around vigilantly, and colorful flags were planted on them.
After that, there are six pilot cars, there are Shangshu and Yushi rides, which are the king's leaders, and there are also Ge spear crossbow (fú), soap-colored car covers, red inside, and the car is also painted vermilion.
Finally, after the pilot car, Heifu finally saw the real driving of King Qin......
It was a huge carriage drawn by six pure white horses, which did not seem to be very luxurious, but it was exquisite, first of all, it was twice as large as the average car, and the wheels were all Zhu Ban heavy teeth, Wen Hu Fu Shi, the dragon head yoke, the feather cover Hua flea, and the construction of the big chariot (qí), followed by five auxiliary cars.
Huangwu Zuoxu, Heifu can really see it, it's King Qin's car driving yes!
"Coming?"
Hefu nodded.
"It's coming!"
Ji Ying, Dongmen Leopard and others beside Heifu were originally asking in a low voice. After receiving an affirmative answer, they all held their breath, looking very nervous, they wanted to straighten up and look at the appearance of King Qin, but they were a little afraid to do so, and finally they couldn't help but be curious, tilted their heads to look at the oncoming car.
Today is not an ordinary trip, but a trip to reward the soldiers of the three armies, so King Qin did not take the tight, but relatively safe "Jingen car", but the open top can let everyone see his ride......
However, the first thing they saw was the person who drove for the King of Qin, tall and majestic, with a sword and a crossbow, a crown, a short beard, and a mighty and calm person, who was the official of the CRRC Mansion!
And behind the emperor, sitting in the middle of the car, of course, is the King of Qin himself!
However, he was sitting in the car, wearing a royal robe painted with the twelve chapters of the sun, moon and stars, and his clothes were xūn, and he was still holding a bamboo slip in his hand, as Li You said.
The King of Qin wore a heavy crown on his head, seven inches wide and two inches long, which covered his countenance, so Heifu could only see that the long mustache (zī) under his chin was slightly flowing with the wind, while the eyes of King Qin were slightly closed, as if he was resting and recuperating his spirits......
As he passed by the most advanced An Lu soldiers, King Qin finally opened his eyes.
After the pearl, there are a pair of bright and sharp eyes!
Although it was only a slight stroke, and there was not too much expression on his face, it was enough to make those soldiers who were opposite Wang Simu half frightened to death.
The bold Dongmen Leopard, Lixian, who often makes amazing words, and Ji Ying, who was still full of complaining words, all lowered their heads suddenly, because they subconsciously felt that it was disrespectful to look at the king!
Heifu also looked away, and then he realized that some of his men even fell to the ground and breathed the dust raised by the king's driver, which was regarded as a privilege.
"King!"
I don't know who took the lead, and the Qin pawns in this area let out a low and heavy eulogy.
"King! King! ”
From 100 steps to 1,000 steps, from 1,000 steps to 10 miles, along the way from Wanqiu to Huaiyang, hundreds of thousands of people began to shout the same words from west to east.
"King!"
"King!"
First the Qin pawns were shouting, and then the Qin people on both sides were also shouting, and finally, even the local Chu people, who had seen the majesty of the car and the face of death, couldn't stand the atmosphere and pressure, knelt on the ground, and shouted.
Regarding Chinese dialects, there are Nanjun dialects, Central Plains dialects, and even Bashu and Yanzhao dialects, which are mixed together, but the things to be expressed are the same.
Only this man can make so many people and so many voices as if they were out of a mouthful.
King Qin's eyes closed again, he didn't smile, he didn't frown, he just stroked his beard lightly, without a trace of fluctuation, he seemed to be enjoying it, and it seemed that he had long been accustomed to and even tired of the sound of the mountain......
Heifu also shouted a few times, and when he looked up again, only the back of King Qin's car was left in front of him, as well as the high crown, which was worn on the top of his head without moving.
Different from the reverence and crazy shouts of ordinary Qin pawns and people's husbands, just now, from King Qin, Heifu seems to have seen a lot of things.
There is a law to ride the public opinion, and the glory represented by the yellow house left 纛 (dào). King Qin is the supreme king, and he will soon be the only emperor in this land. During the whole process, although he didn't say a word, he was able to make thousands of people cheer for him, go crazy for him, and die for him.
The authority of the world is in the hand that holds the bamboo slip, so majestic, it is no wonder that Liu Bang saw this scene in the future, and wanted to sigh with emotion, "The husband should be like this!" ”
But in addition to the glory, after getting closer, Heifu also saw a trace of fragility in King Qin: no matter how powerful he was, he was also a person, a mortal. There were too many deifications piled up on his body, and some Qin soldiers firmly believed that King Qin was immortal, but Heifu knew that Qin Shi Huang did not live forever in the end.
Xiang Yu also saw this, saw the aging emperor, and saw the mortal body under his Ninety-Five Venerable, who could be defeated by ten thousand enemies, as long as he jumped up, he could defeat him......
No wonder, he would arrogantly blurt out the phrase "He can take his place!" ”
However, compared to the thoughts of these two, as a later generation, Heifu also knows more about King Qin and the First Emperor:
He will live a wonderful life, and with his power he will do many things that were unimaginable in previous generations and cannot be repeated by future generations. Within the Liuhe, the land of the emperor. Wherever people go, there are no subordinates.
He would die a helpless death, and on his last trip, he collapsed in agony from the car he was sitting on, his body was placed in a stinky fish and abalone, his will was manipulated and modified, his children and grandchildren were almost slaughtered, and years later, the empire he had built fell apart.
In addition to this, Hefu saw others.
He saw that during the trip, King Qin's hand was unrelieved.
He felt how heavy it was to govern such a huge country with the energy of one person. It's easy for Heifu to be a commander of a thousand now, but it's very difficult for him to be in charge of a county or 10,000 troops.
He saw the height and weight of King Qin's crown.
Seven inches wide, two inches long?
"No, no."
"Its glory is high."
"It's worth a lot of weight!"
Liu Bang saw the glory high, but this little pavilion chief must not have known its weight at that time.
Xiang Yu saw the possibility of snatching this crown, but he didn't know how to wear it.
So at this moment, what came out of Heifu's heart was not the words of those two, but his own thoughts.
After King Qin's law drove away, Heifu didn't know whether to sigh about the King of Qin in his eyes or sigh at history, and got up and said secretly:
"If you want to wear a crown, bear its weight first!"