At the end of May, Qin Shi Huang arrived in Zhejiang, and then for three consecutive days and three nights, thunder and torrential rain, lightning and thunder and strong winds continued.

On the first day, the big tent was torn apart by the wind and could not live, and was replaced by a nearby house to live, but in the middle of the night, the wind directly blew the roof away, forced by the storm, Qin Shi Huang had to hide under the big tree to avoid the rain, and after a night of panic, he found that the house he lived in had been blown by the wind and did not know where to go, and countless houses nearby were blown to, and many waist-thick trees were directly blown off the waist or even uprooted, the whole station was a mess, hundreds of horses fled in fright, and the parade carriage was blown over more than ten cars, The large amount of food and clothing he was carrying was swept away by the strong wind.

The next day, the situation was even more helpless.

Nearly 4,000 troops, plus hundreds of retinues and officials need to eat, drink and lazar, there are also chariots and horses that need to be repaired and fed, the torrential rain is like a fierce wind roaring, and the grain and grass collected from nearby counties and towns cannot be transported in time, thousands of forbidden troops and guards, horses are hungry for a day, and there is nothing to be done, Qin Shi Huang asked Taibu to divinate and calculate the bad luck and then lead the hungry subordinates to retreat to a small mountain, and take shelter from the rain in caves and woods.

On the third day, the storm continued, and the grain and grass collected by the nearby county government finally arrived, but the people along the way were injured countless times, many prisoners escaped, and most of the grain was soaked in the rain and lost, but this batch of grain still saved the hungry parade army.

On the fourth day, the torrential rain and wind finally stopped slowly, and when Qin Shi Huang went on the road again, he found that the road had been in disarray, the big trees and houses were lodging innumerable, and the grain fields that were about to mature for hundreds of miles were almost destroyed by the torrential rain.

Qin Shi Huang sat on the bumpy carriage, looking at the guards of the forbidden army with messy hair and disheveled clothes following him, looking at the tired expressions of Li Si and others on the accompanying car, and looking at the black victims who were crying incessantly, although his face looked calm, his hands were tightly grasping the armrests of the seats, and the green muscles were highlighted.

"Kyushu Yizhiyun: The king is the boat, and the people are the water. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat. Now the land of the six countries is the land of His Majesty, and the people of the six countries are also the people of His Majesty, and they can all be treated kindly. ”

The last sentence of the letter written by Chen Xu slowly emerged from his mind, and at the same time, a figure of a young man who was neither humble nor arrogant appeared.

"Jiang Fu Order!"

"The minister is here!" Jiang Heng, who had been following beside him, hurriedly got up from the carriage.

"Spread the edict to let the county guard of Huiji carefully investigate the damage situation, and those whose houses were destroyed will be given money and grain for repairs, and those whose grain fields are destroyed will be exempted from grain tax in the summer and autumn of this year!"

"Yes!" Although Jiang Heng was surprised, he hurriedly agreed.

"Again, all affected areas, regardless of artisans and farmers, will be exempted from forced labor this year!"

"Your Majesty is really a benevolent and righteous king!" Jiang Heng was touched and slapped the emperor hard.

The Jiang family all believe in Confucianism, and the children of the family have all followed Confucian scholars to learn the Confucian concept of governing the country since childhood.

But although Confucianism is the largest school of learning, but it is not very popular with the first emperor, it can be said that Confucianism in the Warring States period in the other six countries can be mixed like a fish in water, but only in the Qin State can not be mixed, from the beginning of the Shang Dynasty to change the law, the Qin State will go further and further on the road of Legalist governance, and other countries can not pee a pot at all, and it is precisely by virtue of the strict laws of the Legalists, the Qin State gradually rose rich and strong, and finally annexed the six countries one by one.

Although the Legalists are now dominant in the Great Qin family, the influence of Confucianism is still very strong, and the current Zuo Xiang Li Si is a student of the Confucian great sage Xun situation, although the study is crooked, but I have to admit that Confucianism is still the first university school today, and no one can shake the status, even Qin Shi Huang has a weak heart.

The Confucian philosophy is: the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. Therefore, the people of the hill are the sons of heaven, the sons of heaven are the princes, and the princes are the doctors.

In the eyes of Confucianism, attaching importance to the people's livelihood is the only criterion for judging whether an emperor is good or not.

Therefore, there is a saying in Confucianism in later generations: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world come from this."

Because of the emphasis on Confucianism, the Jiang family has been at odds with the Legalist concept promoted by Daqin, so the status has not been able to go up, and can only be ranked in the third rate.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the county order is an absolute official, but in the eyes of the civil and military ministers of the Xianyang Manchu Dynasty, it can only be regarded as just getting started, and it cannot be recognized by the emperor.

But this time in Wancheng Ran Feng attacked the emperor's line, Nanyang County Shou Ma Boyuan was dismissed, the emperor was in a bad mood and asked a few casual questions, and directly promoted Jiang Beiting, the county commander of Pheasant County, to the post of Nanyang County Warden.

For the Jiang family, this change was like a big pie falling from the sky, and Jiang Heng was smashed almost fainted happily.

Today's Jiang family, a CRRC government commander, two taishou and a right guard military captain, has definitely become a first-class minister.

And now, the emperor has suddenly changed his attitude of not paying attention to the people's livelihood in the past, and wants to pardon the grain tax and forced labor in the disaster area, which is tantamount to another unprecedented good news for Jiang Heng, who believes in the Confucian concept of governing the country.

The emperor's order was quickly passed through the forbidden army and the accompanying envoys holding the emperor's edict, and Jiang Heng quickly passed it out after stamping the emperor's jade seal and treasure seal.

Three days later, the parade convoy arrived in Zhejiang (note: this Zhejiang refers to a river, not Zhejiang Province as later generations, of course, the two are related. At this time, the entire Huiji County has received the emperor's decree, the disaster area is exempted from summer and autumn grain tax and forced labor, and suddenly along the way, countless disaster victims and hungry people bowed and said goodbye, all of them shouted the emperor's majesty benevolence and righteousness, countless gray old men raised pulp and food in front of the emperor, and there were many local famous scholars who jointly wrote a letter to thank the emperor for his kindness.

Although Qin Shi Huang's face was calm all the way, his heart was slightly moved.

On June 3, the parade convoy arrived in Qiantang County, Huiji County.

Qin Shi Huang led the entourage of officials to climb Huiji Mountain, this time did not cut down trees and burn the mountain, but very devoutly notified the local officials to prepare three livestock melons and fruits, solemnly worshiped the tomb of Emperor Yu, and built a stone to commend Emperor Yu's merits.

And it was in the process of commemorating Emperor Yu that almost all the famous scholars of Huiji County were alarmed, and countless people, carriages, horses, and stars came at the same time, not only to see the emperor's demeanor, but also to support and thank the pardon of grain taxes and conscription in the disaster area.

Today's hundreds of schools of thought, are greatly influenced by the two factions of Confucianism and Mo, and Confucianism originated from Taoism, respect for the art of Huang Lao, coupled with the inheritance and influence of Zhou Li, the concept of governance is very focused on people's livelihood, even if it is Legalism, but Legalism is more extreme, the status of farmers is very high, but it is also the most oppressed object, and it is very miserable.

After the famous scholars of various factions came to Huiji Mountain, they intercepted the emperor's car along the way, and constantly presented enthusiastic recitals to express their praise for the emperor's benevolence and righteousness, so Qin Shi Huang was soon immersed in this unprecedented joy.

For a long time, the people of the land of the Six Kingdoms in the past did not want to deal with Qin, and the news of the Imperial Prison and Xuanwuwei was like this, and the nobles of the Six Kingdoms had been secretly ready to move, although Qin Shi Huang knew, but he didn't take it too seriously, he believed in his martial arts.

The matter of pardoning tax-free grain and forced labor was just a remark to him that Chen Xu said casually, but he didn't expect it to have such a huge impact.

"Today's China, only Qin, the center can be obtained immediately, but not immediately ruled also, the former soup, martial arts to take and obey it, both civil and military, long-term art also."

This is another sentence in Chen Xu's letter to him, he didn't pay much attention to it after reading it at first, but now that he thinks about it again, it makes him feel a little throbbing in his heart.

Because the people of Huiji County are too enthusiastic, cheering along the way, the famous scholars and the virtuous and virtuous elders also come in an endless stream, these people are all good intentions when they get together, Qin Shi Huang can not arrange the forbidden army to drive away, and so on slowly arrived in Qiantang County, simply set up a unified arrangement to accept the bow of tens of thousands of people, until a few days later, the people slowly dispersed, and Qin Shi Huang remembered the story of the White Snake, so he led the accompanying officials, accompanied by the officials of Qiantang to visit Qiantang Lake.

Qiantang Lake, in fact, was a part of the Qiantang River very early, but due to the continuous siltation of sediment, two sand spits were gradually formed under the obstruction of the two mountains of Wushan and Baobao Mountain, and then slowly closed to form a sand bank, forming an inner lake on the west side of the sand bank, so this inner lake was later called West Lake, but in the Qin Dynasty, this lake just formed a prototype and was still called Qiantang Lake.

At this time, Qiantang Lake is still not famous outside Qiantang City, so the so-called ten views of the West Lake in later generations have nothing except the sand bank full of wild trees and thorns in front of them, Leifeng Pagoda does not have it, Baoshu Pagoda does not have it, and there is no moon in the three pools, only a few small islands in the center of the lake with lush plants and dense wild birds, but they are all barren and no one has set foot on them.

Recalling the lively scenery of Hangzhou and West Lake described in the Legend of the White Snake, compared with the state of thorns and overgrown weeds in front of him, Qin Shi Huang stood silently on the sand bank for a long time, and asked the Qiantang County Commander and other local officials in detail about the history and legends of Qiantang, and found that there was no description of the Legend of the White Snake.

"Ah~~, ah~~, the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, the sky in March, the spring rain is like wine, the willows are like smoke, there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, it is difficult to hold hands on the other side, a hundred years of repair to cross the same boat, a thousand years to ......sleep together"

Qin Shi Huang's ears still seem to be echoing the tactful and melodious song he heard in the Qinghe Theater, but there is little empty water in front of him, and his eyes are full of desolation, there are no scholars who take boats, there are no demon fairies who borrow umbrellas, and there is no white sand willow embankment with smoke and rain.

"From now on, Qiantang County will be renamed Hangzhou, this lake is called West Lake, this embankment will be planted with willows, well, a stone tablet will be made, Li Xiang will help me leave a poem!" When Qin Shi Huang left, he issued several edicts that puzzled almost all the officials and officials of Qiantang County, except for Li Si and Zhao Gao.

But under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.

The whole Daqin is the emperor's, he said that he wanted to change his name, then he had to change, he said that if he wanted to plant trees, then he had to plant trees, and he said that he wanted to leave poems, so he could only quickly arrange for someone to prepare the stone tablet.

So Li Si, the left minister, wrote an extremely lingering and strange poem with his own hands and left it on the sand bank of the West Lake, and Qiantang County was officially renamed Hangzhou, and this name finally appeared on the map of China more than a thousand years ahead of history.