"If Your Majesty has any other worries, the ministers can share your Majesty's worries!" Chen Xu asked confusedly.

Qin Shi Huang sat down again, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Aiqing used to talk about Li Shimin, the king of the Tang Dynasty, and said that the Tang Dynasty was several times larger than the territory of the Western Regions, which was not only several times larger than my Tang Dynasty, but also the people's abundant and rich ports, and the boat caravans reached thousands of miles away. ”

"Your Majesty, why worry, although the Tang King has created a prosperous Tang Dynasty, but it is just standing on the shoulders of giants, before the Tang Dynasty, there are countless kings who are working hard to open up the territory, there are like my Great Qin, several generations of kings have accumulated strength, to Your Majesty's hands with the right time, place and people to sweep away the princes of the world, this is a matter of course, not overnight, at the moment the most important thing in my Great Qin is to cultivate life and recuperate and develop people's livelihood and continue to accumulate strength, otherwise even if I capture the Western Regions, There is not enough manpower to rule and govern, if the people of the Central Plains are forcibly relocated to supplement the Western Regions, it will inevitably damage the manpower of my Central Plains, which is more than worth the loss, the minister can say that with the current force of my Great Qin, at most only three or five will definitely be able to conquer the entire Western Regions, and open up thousands of miles to the west, but it is meaningless to not rule and naturalize after the occupation, not to mention that Your Majesty is now at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, why bother to focus on the Western Regions, the countries of the Western Regions are just a group of barbarians...... Your Majesty, have you ever seen the Classic of Mountains and Seas? After a long speech, Chen Xu changed his words.

Qin Shi Huang nodded for a moment: "The Book of Mountains and Seas is written by an anonymous person, and it is written without roots and no reason, and the geography of the mountains and rivers recorded in it, as well as the monsters and ghosts, have never heard of it. ”

"Then Your Majesty has ever read the biography of Mu Tianzi?" Chen Xu then asked.

"The biography of Mu Tianzi records the journey of King Mu of Zhou to the west, and even went to Kunlun Mountain to have a banquet with the Queen Mother of the West, it is rumored that the Queen Mother of the West lives in Kunlun Sacred Mountain, I also wanted to visit, but there is neither a map nor a guide, and the carriage and horse are strained and I am afraid that it will not be able to address, I have also mentioned this matter to Aiqing, Aiqing dedicated me to the god list, saying that after the war of the gods, the road of immortals has long been cut off, I also dispelled this idea, I don't know why Aiqing mentioned it today?" Qin Shi Huang looked at Chen Xu suspiciously.

"The things recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas and the Biography of Mu Tianzi cannot be said to be true or false, because there is no record of the three heavenly books granted by Taiyi Xianzun, but what the minister wants to say is that this heaven and earth are not only a prosperous place in my Central Plains, although the Western Regions is a bitter cold place, but the Western Regions is a passage from my Central Plains to the West, through the Western Regions tens of thousands of miles away, there are several countries in the West that are not inferior to my Great Qin, Heaven and Earth Kyushu, and my Huaxia is just a corner of the place, it is really a place in the East, and it is definitely not the Middle Earth......"

"What? Is there such a thing? Qin Shi Huang Huo Ran stood up, his face became frightened and strange, and his eyes were fixed on Chen Xu's face.

"The minister didn't dare to lie, although those places the minister had not been, but there were records in the book of heaven, even a hundred years ago, there was a great king in the extreme west called Alexander, he established a kingdom called Macedonia, and once led tens of thousands of troops to conquer dozens of Western vassal states and then attacked outside the Western Regions, but it was also because there was no guide and map to withdraw and return, otherwise a hundred years ago, then Alexander might attack my Great Qin along the Western Regions, At that time, my Great Qin had just risen from the land of the West, and if it really clashed with Alexander's army, the outcome was still unknown......"

Qin Shi Huang was completely stunned at this time, his face was dull, his face was clenched in fists for a while, his face was distorted and twitched for a while, his mind was completely in a dizzy blank state, and it took a few minutes for his eyes to regain focus, but he still looked at Chen Xu in a daze, and only after half a minute did he speak in a hoarse voice: "Aiqing knows about this, why...... Why now? ”

"Your Majesty, it doesn't make much sense to say this matter sooner or later, the Macedonian Kingdom is tens of thousands of miles away from the west of the Western Regions, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers from my Great Qin, according to the strength of my Great Qin, the minister said it today, just to remind Your Majesty that the world is vast, and I Daqin can't be a frog at the bottom of the well, and I must prepare early, once Your Majesty is ready to take over the lands of the Western Regions, then we must always be ready to have a hard decisive battle with the big countries outside the Western Regions, maybe ten or twenty years of hard fighting, there is no stable domestic environment, Without the support of the broad masses of the people, without a strong economic foundation, without abundant grain and sophisticated equipment, and without brave and warlike soldiers, once we rashly open up the lands of the Western Regions, I am afraid that we will attract a fierce tiger ......."

"There are also the mountains and rivers recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas and the monsters and ghosts seem to be in vain, but not all of them are nonsense, many strange-looking beasts can see some similar things in the western land, so the minister guessed that the Book of Mountains and Seas should be a record left before the battle of the gods, and then someone compiled it into a book, but because many of them have long been lost and cannot be examined, so they are also written simply and vainly, so that the world feels that it is a book of vain, when Emperor Yu ordered Zhuhai to measure the earth, With Qingqiu as the center, there are hundreds of millions of miles away from each other, and then cast nine tripods and divide Kyushu, but after the gods, there is no legend of Kyushu in the Central Plains, and the nine tripods of the Great Zhou inheritance, the minister guessed that it was no longer the nine tripods cast by Emperor Yu, and now the Central Plains are unified, and the nine tripods do not know their whereabouts......"

"Jiuding...... Jiuding ...... Thirty-eight years ago, Zhou He Wang, my ancestor Zhao Wang wanted to collect Jiuding into Qin, but searched all over the Zhou royal temple did not see the whereabouts of Jiuding, some people said that Jiuding was blown by the wind and sunk in the water, but I sent people to salvage several times are not visible, I have never seen the appearance of Jiuding, Jiuding falls under the folklore, but all have no root and no reason, this is a big heart disease in my heart, Jiuding is the image of royal power, I can not Jiuding, there is always uneasiness in my heart, Aiqing is a disciple of the fairy family, Did the three volumes of the Book of Heaven record the whereabouts of Jiuding? Qin Shi Huang looked at Chen Xu.

Chen Xu: ......

I still want to know the whereabouts of Jiuding?

There are countless versions of the Jiuding in history, but the only consensus is that the Jiuding, a symbol of royal power, disappeared during the Qin and Han dynasties.

As for when Jiuding disappeared, there is no unified statement, some people say that the Zhou royal family knows that the Great Zhou Dynasty will definitely die and can't keep Jiuding, so they secretly hid it, and what is even more excessive is to guess that the Zhou royal family is short of money, and the Jiuding melted and the money was spent, and there are also rumors that King Qin Zhao got Jiuding from the Eastern Zhou royal family, but on the way back to China, the river boat capsized, and Jiuding fell in the water without a trace, and some say that King Qin Zhao took Jiuding and brought it back to Qin, and then suddenly disappeared.

However, today I heard Qin Shi Huang personally say that the Qin State did not get Jiuding from the Zhou royal family, then Chen Xu can be sure that Jiuding may have disappeared long ago.

Qin Shi Huang would not lie about this, and there was no need.

And Chen Xu came to Xianyang for more than a year, and never heard the news about Jiuding, even if Jiuding symbolizes royal power, all the princes and princes dare not talk about it, but several major sacrificial activities every year, it is impossible for Qin Shi Huang not to lead the civil and military officials to worship Jiuding.

In other words, Qin Shi Huang really has never seen Jiuding, and he does not know the whereabouts of Jiuding.

Later, many archaeologists speculated that Jiuding was buried in the Lishan Mausoleum by Qin Shi Huang, but this speculation simply does not stand up to scrutiny.

First of all, Jiuding is the symbol of the orthodoxy of the Chinese emperors, all the princes are in the Central Plains to take the Zhou Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang is also ready to inherit the Great Qin for eternity, how can Jiuding be buried in his own mausoleum and not see the light of day, because Jiuding should be enshrined in the temple of the Qin royal family is the only reason.

And according to Qin Shi Huang's character who likes to publicize his own merits, if there is really Jiuding, it must be placed in a conspicuous place and widely publicized, so that the people of the world know that the Qin royal family is a heavenly king, so that the Zhou Dynasty is more justifiable, than the ethereal theory of promoting the reincarnation of the five virtues and replacing fire with water.

Secondly, when Qin was extinguished, Prince Qin only handed over the jade seal and did not have Jiuding, which shows that Jiuding was not under the control of the Qin royal family, and neither Xiang Yu nor Liu Bang went to investigate the whereabouts of Jiuding, which shows that the people should have already decided that Jiuding was not obtained by Qin, otherwise Xiang Yu and Liu Bang would inevitably find out Jiuding even if they dug three feet into the ground.

"Your Majesty, the minister has never gotten the record of Jiuding from the Book of Heaven, but Fang Caichen said that the Jiuding held by the Zhou family should not be the Jiuding cast by Emperor Yu back then, and the real Jiuding may have been taken away by the Emperor of Heaven as early as after the War of the Gods. At this time, Chen Xu could only sacrifice the battle of the gods again to cover up his ignorance.

"Well, Aiqing is reasonable, Jiang Ziya was named a god down the mountain, King Wen of Zhou asked him to go out of the mountain to assist the Zhou royal family, so he pulled the car for Jiang Ziya 800 steps, so Jiang Ziya said that the Great Zhou Dynasty was 800 years old, and I found someone to estimate that the entire Zhou royal family had risen and fallen until the King of Zhou He, and the time was just 800 years, so it can be seen that it does not matter whether there are nine tripods, and the time will inevitably die when the Great Zhou comes...... Aiqing, you ...... Do you know how many years my Great Qin can be inherited? ”

After hesitating, Qin Shi Huang suddenly asked this question that had made him entangle in his heart for a long time.

He wants to let Great Qin inherit for all generations, but he understands that what the Mandate of Heaven belongs to is fake, if it is really the Mandate of Heaven, he still has to suppress and guard against what the nobles of the Six Kingdoms do, the reincarnation of the five virtues that belong to the Mandate of Heaven is just an excuse, if the Qin State is strong without the law, the Mandate of Heaven will not be attributed to him.

He believes in immortals, believing that there must be immortals in heaven and earth, but he also knows that all the power is based on his own strength, and the gods will not choose a cowardly person to come to the king of the world, and his own strength is the last word, the strong only believe in their fists, defeat all those who disobey, and the world will be their own.

The Qin State succeeded, but it couldn't keep its descendants alive.

Regarding Qin Shi Huang's question, Chen Xu could only turn on his magic stick mode again, and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, the records in the Book of Heaven are not true, untrue, and illusory, and the heavenly machines are unpredictable, and the ministers dare not speak falsely, but the so-called Heavenly Way is natural, everything has its own law of development, develop the people's livelihood, open up the territory, let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and let the people of the world have enough food and clothing, this is what Your Majesty should do!" ”

After listening to this, Qin Shi Huang nodded after a long time of silence: "Aiqing is reasonable, I am too persistent, just now Aiqing said that there is another vast world outside the Western Regions, it seems that I and all the people in the world of Great Qin, are like frogs sitting at the bottom of the well watching the sky, it is really ignorant and ignorant, today Aiqing has just come back, and the cars and horses along the way are tired, I will not leave Aiqing to talk for a long time, and after a few days Aiqing will enter the palace and talk to me about the Macedonian Kingdom and Alexandria thousands of miles away in the Western Regions, since there is a sky outside the sky, I can't allow myself to continue to be ignorant......"

"Your Majesty wants to hear it, the minister will naturally know everything, and after the minister goes home and arranges it, he will come to the palace to discuss this matter with His Majesty in detail in a few days, and the minister will retire!" Chen Xu stood up and said goodbye.

"Okay, okay, come here, send Jingyang Hou to Concubine Yun's bedroom to greet him, and then escort Jingyang Hou out of the palace!"

Qin Shi Huang stood up and sent Chen Xu to the gate of the courtyard, and watched several Xuanwu guards and palace people escort Chen Xu to the harem, then he turned around and sat down again, and a person began to look at the green trees and flowers all over the courtyard in a daze.

In the past, the princes of the Central Plains all focused on the Central Plains, thinking that the Central Plains was the center of the world, and the prosperous and rich people in the world were the Central Plains, and all directions were inhabited by barbarians, but today Chen Xu suddenly said a news that made him at a loss, that is, the Central Plains is not the only place in the world, there is a broader world beyond the extreme west, and there are powerful countries no less than Great Qin, and even a hundred years ago, the king of the West almost led the army to attack the territory of Great Qin.

Although this statement cannot be proved to be true, Chen Xu will definitely not believe it, because it is not difficult for Qin Shi Huang to verify this matter, and organize a large army to kill along the Western Regions, and naturally know the truth of the matter.

In the eyes of Qin Shi Huang and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, all the Hu in the Western Regions were all scum, and they would definitely be crushed under the strong bows and crossbows and the new horse pawn equipment and steel weapons under the eyes of Great Qin.

But once he encountered the powerful Macedonian Empire that Chen Xu mentioned, Qin Shi Huang felt a sense of anxiety in his heart.

If there is a fierce conflict with Macedonia thousands of miles away, the road is far away, the supply of food and grass is not available, the consequences of the Qin army's labor expedition are unpredictable, once it fails, the Macedonian kingdom is chasing and killing the Central Plains, a vicious battle is inevitable, if the nobles of the six countries in the country take the opportunity to rebel, the Great Qin is likely to be subverted......

As the first emperor of the ages, although Qin Shi Huang is conceited, he is also well aware of the dangers.

It took ten years to conquer the Six Kingdoms alone, countless money and food were spent, millions of soldiers died, and even Zhao Chu's two wars almost dragged down the Qin State.

Now the people in the country are unstable, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, even if they conquer Baiyue, they are more than willing to do it, not to mention the labor expedition to attack another country that is not weaker than Daqin thousands of miles away, the number of victories and defeats is unpredictable, and it is not uncommon for the soldiers sent to be wiped out.