"Aiqing knows the origin of this bandit?" Qin Shi Huang was even more surprised.

"Not bad!" Chen Xu nodded, "This Liang is not an ordinary thief, but was born into a family of military generals, and his father is the old Chu famous general Xiang Yan......"

"Is that the identity?" The emperor's face couldn't help but change.

"Xiang's family martial arts, all proficient in the art of war, is a first-class nobleman in Chu, very famous, Xiang Liang is the second son of Xiang Yan, and the third son Xiang Bo, Xiang has been entrenched in Wuzhong for many years, and the rebellion is probably premeditated, although General Tu Sui is brave, but the minister thinks that he is not the opponent of Xiang's thief, if he is too light, it may cause turmoil in the southeastern counties and even the entire Great Qin, so the minister came to the palace to remind His Majesty that other arrangements are needed to prevent General Tu Sui from failing, once the rebels are defeated, Not to mention the time-consuming food and grass, I am afraid that the remnants of the land of the Six Nations will take advantage of the situation to raise troops, and there will be chaos when the time comes......"

"The leader of the bandits turned out to be the remnants of the Xiang family, Ai Qing did remind me in time, that Xiang Yan led the Chu army to fight against my Great Qin for several years, and General Li Xin was defeated in his hands, since this Liang is his junior, he must not be a weak person!" Qin Shi Huang's face finally became serious.

"Not only that, the Xiang family has a high reputation in Wuzhong, and has close contacts with local powerful officials on weekdays, and there are a large number of rangers and idlers at their disposal, although the rebellion started suddenly, but the Xiang family must have premeditated, just when the minister was assassinated, and at the same time, when His Majesty had just returned to Xianyang, now the elite army is at war with the Yue family, and various circumstances are intertwined with the sudden rebellion, and the attack on Wuzhong is unfavorable and then quickly retreated, it can be seen that there is a degree of advance and retreat, not ordinary traitors can be compared, Your Majesty must not be careless!"

"Aiqing's worries are reasonable, it is indeed a safe policy to appoint another general to assist the Marquis of Xiongshan......" Qin Shi Huang stroked his beard and nodded and muttered for a long time before calling the inner attendant, "Quickly go to Pinyang to pass through the palace of Wuhou!" ”

"Whoa!" The chamberlain quickly left.

Chen Xu breathed a big sigh of relief.

It seems that the emperor is indeed very jealous of the name of Xiang, and even used the Zhenguo artifact in his hand.

There is no record in the history books of when Wang Jian and Wang Ben father and son died in history, but they must have died earlier than Qin Shihuang, otherwise after Hu Hai came to power, Xiang Yu, Liu Bang and others would not have rebelled, and only one Wang Li appeared in the history books, and although Wang Li is also a general, it is not a grade of existence at all compared to his father and grandfather, at most he is a pretty good man, he can't fight, and he was quickly captured and killed by Xiang Yu.

And when he thought that Xiang Liang's rebels would face Wang Ben, Chen Xu was a little inexplicably excited, not knowing which of these two people would kill whom.

Seeing his reminder, the emperor had already given a reassuring arrangement very seriously, so Cheng Xu planned to leave the palace.

"Aiqing doesn't have to be in such a hurry to get out of the palace, since Aiqing was injured in an ambush, I haven't had a good chat with Aiqing, today is just leisure, accompany me to the back garden to drink tea and chat for a while!" Finally, when Chen Xu was in the mood to come to visit him, Qin Shihuang was willing to let Chen Xu go, stood up and took Chen Xu's hand and walked to the back garden.

He needs to find someone to give him an idea.

Chen Xu couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to go to the back garden with the emperor arm in arm.

Accompanying the emperor to the back garden for a private chat, it was an honor that excited the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but for Chen Xu, the topic of today's chat must have made him feel a little tricky, and it must be because of the matter of dividing the prince to guard the Yue clan.

At present, there are three Shangqing in Daqin, although Chen Xu is not a Shangqing, his identity has long been transcendent, and he can be regarded as the fourth giant of the court.

Li Sifeng was reluctant to speak on the issue of separation, and Chen Xu naturally didn't want to get involved.

However, it was useless for Chen Xu to worry, the emperor pulled Chen Xu to the back garden of the withered grass and trees to sit down in the pavilion, bathed in the cold autumn breeze, and the palace maid retreated after offering hot tea, the emperor spoke: "I am still a little hesitant about the matter of dividing the seal, I wonder if Aiqing can help me come up with an idea?" ”

Chen Xu smiled bitterly with the teacup and said, "Your Majesty, this is a matter of the royal family, and the minister is a foreign minister......

"Hey, how can Aiqing be a foreign minister, you are Shiyan's husband, my son-in-law, and you are a royal family!" Qin Shi Huang righteously rejected Chen Xu's prevarication.

Well, Chen Xu had to admit that the emperor married his daughter to him in order to tie him to the boat too, and if Daqin capsized, he would have to help, and he would have to help with everything.

"Your Majesty, the Yue Clan is the passage of the Great Qin to attack the West, although the terrain is narrow and the property is barren, but the geographical location is very important, Your Majesty is worried that the control of the Yue Clan cannot be turbulent, so as not to send troops to the western countries in the future to cause chaos, so the prince who divides the town and guards this place must be capable and loyal......"

As soon as Chen Xu talked about loyalty, Qin Shi Huang's face slowly became serious, which is the biggest reason why the emperor has hesitated so far, the reason why the emperor wants to adopt Li Si's suggestion to adopt the national county system instead of the sub-feudal system is to learn from the experience of the collapse of the Great Zhou.

The Great Zhou Dynasty inherited the Shang system and wantonly divided the princes, and indeed soon expanded the sphere of influence controlled by the Zhou Dynasty dozens of times, and in two or three hundred years it expanded from the Yellow River Valley to almost the same territory as the Great Qin. The princes competed for hegemony in the Seven Kingdoms, and the entire Chinese beacon fire continued to run through almost the entire reign of the Zhou Dynasty.

In order for the Great Qin not to repeat the mistakes of the Great Zhou, Qin Shi Huang strongly rejected the feudal system, and even did not hesitate to use Li Si's suggestion to burn books and slaughter hundreds of scholars to stabilize this policy.

But the county system is indeed insufficient in the foundation of the people, this problem Qin Shi Huang is still very clear, and the last time Chen Xu proposed to adopt the sub-feudal system, it also clearly said that the dominance of the royal family, if you do not divide your own group of sons, then these sons have no status at all, except for a noble identity without the slightest right, in this era of relying on bloodline to rule the country, this is a great hidden danger, the prince has the ability to do well, if not, Daqin may fall into the hands of the ministers, and this powerful minister used to include Chen Xu in Qin Shi Huang's heart, but now he has gradually downplayed this idea a lot.

Because Chen Xu's pursuit seems to be different from that of the Manchu Dynasty, he doesn't care about power at all on weekdays, and if you don't invite him, he won't want to go to the court to participate in politics at all.

It is easy to divide a prince, if this prince is ambitious and difficult to control, it will be a great hidden danger, and the most important thing is the ability to rule, whether he can keep this road to the West is the key.

"Your Majesty, there are six adult sons now, all of them are extremely smart, and the ministers think that there will be no big problem if they are divided into feudal ministers, and they only need to arrange a few more old and serious ministers to assist, not to mention that in addition to the Western Regions, there are also Xiongnu and Donghu and even Liaodong Jizi Korea, these places can be divided out, and if Your Majesty is undecided, you can actually conduct an exam on your sons!"

"What is an exam?" Qin Shi Huang asked curiously.

"The exam is to make a policy discussion, let the princes discuss their own statecraft, now the hundreds of disciples are different in their governing strategies, and the princes also uphold different ideas, Your Majesty only needs to select the best and seal, and then send to the places to govern, with three or five years as the inspection period, if the governance is effective, then let it rule, if the effect is insufficient, it can be transferred back to Xianyang to assist the court governance, in fact, this method can also be extended, the county officials in the world can be so appointed, It's just that it's not the time to need it urgently! ”

"Aiqing's strategy is indeed a good method!" Qin Shi Huang's eyes lit up slightly.

Besides, if he is selected by the exam, a group of sons will not have a grudge against him.

It is too common for a son to hate his father, and the history of dividing family property and not being in harmony with each other can be traced back to the primitive period, not to mention the temptation of being a king.

The two of them chatted while drinking tea, in addition to opening the seal, they were very interested in the emperor's examination method for Chen Xu, so Chen Xu said a lot of topics about opening a science and taking a scholar, and sowed a seed again in the emperor's heart, waiting for it to slowly take root and sprout.

After chatting about opening a branch and taking a scholar, the emperor finally asked the devil topic that he was holding back in his heart that was almost uncontrollable.

"The last time I toured southeast Mount Tai, Aiqing left alone, and before leaving, I sent me a secret book, this matter has been confirmed in Langya I have confirmed that Aiqing's calculations and guesses are no different......" Qin Shi Huang looked at Chen Xu with the already cold tea, "Aiqing is proficient in celestial deduction, can you solve my doubts, what does the catalogue presented by Fang Shi and the proverbs of the deceased Qin Hu written in Aiqing's secret book refer to?" ”

Chen Xu's head instantly widened, he knew that the emperor would definitely ask about this matter, he had been thinking about this matter in his heart for a long time, but he didn't know how to answer.

Could it be that it was Hu Hai who wanted to tell the emperor that the Great Qin was destroyed?

The reason?

There was no good reason for the Emperor to kill one of his sons, which was a very strange and very terrifying thing.

The most important thing is that Hu Hai's teacher is Li Si at the moment, and Li Si brought Hu Hai with the emperor on the parade this time, if Chen Xu told the emperor that this nonsense was Hu Hai, the emperor's first reaction was definitely not anger, but would suspect that Chen Xu was competing with Li Si for the candidate for the prince, and taking the opportunity to kill Hu Hai was Chen Xu's only purpose.

"The heavenly machine cannot be revealed, the minister can't say it, only His Majesty can figure it out by himself, and this matter is indeed related to the safety of the Great Qin Jiangshan Sheji, originally the minister reminded His Majesty that he had already suffered a catastrophe, if the heavenly machine is leaked again, I'm afraid the minister will not be able to assist His Majesty!"

"Aiqing is saying that the ambush encountered in Hangu Pass this time was caused by the leakage of heavenly secrets?" Qin Shi Huang's face suddenly became frightened.

"Not bad!" Chen Xu nodded slightly, "Your Majesty has a three-year appointment with Hou Sheng Lu Sheng and other immortal families, and the minister has already told Your Majesty that there is no Divine Mountain Immortal Island overseas, and there is no immortal elixir, but Your Majesty still has a hope, the minister is not good to spoil Your Majesty's interest in parading, in order for Your Majesty to be able to meet Lu Sheng and others smoothly, so he left early, the minister does not know where Lu Sheng and Han Zhong and others got the catalogue, but it is indeed an early warning, and Your Majesty needs to be cautious and ...... it."

"After the minister and His Majesty parted ways, although it was estimated that there would be a catastrophe because of this matter, so he hesitated outside the customs for several months before returning to Guanzhong, but he didn't expect that the catastrophe came, although the minister escaped, but even the Chuyue girl died because of me, and the domestic servants and guards also suffered heavy casualties......"

"Yin and yang hug each other, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, the sky is unpredictable, there are many things that can only be pointed, can not reveal too much, otherwise it will anger the gods to kill themselves, since the warning has appeared, Your Majesty will inevitably gain something in your heart, even if the proverb is fulfilled, as long as the minister is in one day, he will definitely try his best to resolve the ......"

"What's more, everything has a cause and effect, some things are not without warning, so please don't worry too much, what the book says is just in response to the situation, the time changes, not necessarily it will really appear, in fact, this time Wu Zhongxiang's rebellion is related to the book of the book to a certain extent, if it is not for the book of the book, this matter will go back for many years, indicating that things have begun to change a little different, although the minister does not know whether this matter is good or bad, but it is better to appear early than later, In this way, Your Majesty will have enough time to resolve these karmic entanglements, Your Majesty must remember that the destruction of the Xiang clan is related to the future stability of Great Qin, don't be too careless, but Your Majesty has already arranged for the Marquis of Tongwu to go out, and this matter will not have too many twists and turns, so please let Your Majesty relax for the time being! ”

Chen Xu said at length that Qin Shi Huang was in turmoil.