Today is the day of Lin Yuyan's wedding, and he will not leave Mi Yun, although Mi Yun knows that once the new Cai Huimeng is formed, it will undoubtedly be a catastrophe for Jing State, but Mi Yun saw Lin Yuyan wearing the prince's costume of the Qin State, and only then did he remember what Lin Yuyan's business was.

The next day, Lin Yuyan took the bride Zheng Dan to the palace, it seemed to be a little different from usual, I saw the palace attendants and supervisors in a hurry, Lin Yuyan didn't ask much, as the prince of the Qin State has opened a mansion and built teeth, the newlywed naturally wants to come to the palace to thank him.

According to the convention, Lin Yuyan should go to the palace of Queen Qin, after all, this Queen Qin is the main mother in the palace, and Duke Qin will also stay there to accept Lin Yuyan's courtwork.

It's just that when I arrived at the palace of the Empress Qin, I saw that the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard surrounded the palace, and the attendants took out a lot of camphor wood boxes from the palace, and they were extremely careful, it seemed that there was something remarkable in them.

At this time, Gao Jincai, who received the news that Gongziyan had entered the Qin Palace, hurried over and hurriedly said: "The gentleman is waiting in Mrs. Jiang's palace, and I also ask Gongziyan to go to Mrs. Jiang's palace." ”

"This ......" Lin Yuyan looked at Gao Jin, and then at the palace of Queen Qin, full of doubts.

Gao Jin took two steps closer and lowered his voice, so that the two of them could hear it and said softly: "Your Highness, it is the Empress Qin who died of illness......

"Death!" Lin Yuyan's eyes widened, a few days ago, Empress Qin hadn't prepared a wedding gift by herself, but she didn't expect that a few days later, Empress Qin would actually die of illness!

Gao Jin hurriedly explained: "It's because Empress Qin is worried that the eldest son is sick, so it's ...... It's just that His Royal Highness's big wedding, the Southern Expedition is imminent, and the monarch is also going to Xincai in person to participate in the alliance of the Chu State, so it is a secret not to mourn, and please don't ask Your Highness to do this, so as not to make people panic! ”

The internal affairs of the palace, Lin Yuyan knew that there were many secrets hidden in the high walls and deep courtyards of the Duke of Qin, and now looking at Gao Jin's restrained appearance, the dignified queen of the Qin State is actually secret, and the inside story inevitably makes people speculate, among the details, Lin Yuyan is too lazy to get to the bottom of it, but still asks: "Has the matter of the queen been informed of Shouying's eldest son?" ”

Gao Jin shook his head: "No, I don't even know about Gongzizhuang, who has just come out of the pavilion to build a mansion." ”

In this way, Lin Yuyan had already guessed a seven, seven, eighty, eight or eight in his heart, and said to Gao Jin: "In this case, let's go to my mother's palace......

"That's very good...... Gao Jin nodded with a smile, and then said: "Although Mrs. Jiang is busy during this time, but watching His Royal Highness marry, no matter how tired she is, she will be happy!" ”

So, Gao Jin led Lin Yuyan and his party to turn around and finally came to the palace where Lin Yuyan's mother Jiang was located, and it seemed that he was not affected by the death of Empress Qin.

Seeing that there was movement outside the palace, Mrs. Jiang, who was standing on the side, also smiled: "It has always been Yuyan who came, and today it is the ...... who came to the palace."

Duke Qin did not explain to the Jiang family about the affairs of the Empress Qin, but how could there be an impermeable wall in the palace, and some secretly circulated news would reach the ears of the Empress Qin, especially at this hour, the Duke of Qin was actually in his own palace, and the Jiang family had no quarrel with the world, but it did not mean that he was ignorant of the world, on the contrary, indisputable was the Jiang family's way of life.

"It should be ......" Qin Gong nodded, and then said: "When you get married, you should know how to act steadily." ”

Not long after, Gao Jin led Lin Yuyan and Zheng Dan into the palace, and when they saw Duke Qin, they all saluted.

Duke Qin waved his hand: "Today in the palace is a family banquet, no need to be polite, get up." ”

Only then did she get up, Mrs. Jiang knew that Qin Gongnai had something to say to Lin Yuyan, so she went to Zheng Dan's side, pulled up Zheng Dan's sleeve, and said, "Today's Dan'er is really beautiful!" ”

Zheng Dan bowed: "Thank you, mother!" ”

So, Jiang took Zheng Dan aside to talk about the long and short things, and Qin Gong also walked to another relatively empty place with Lin Yuyan, Qin Gong turned around and said: "The urgent news from Shouying Baili Situ, the attitude of the Chu people towards Qin's taking of Jiangbei is very vague, it seems that it should be due to the pressure of Wu, but whether you can agree to it, you have to wait......"

Lin Yuyan nodded and responded: "Ten ** will respond, after all, if the battle of Jing becomes the self-entertainment of the Chu State, not to mention the jokes of the princes of the Central Plains, the Wu State is gearing up, if the elite of the Chu State comes out, Shou Ying is dangerous......"

"Yes......" Duke Qin turned around, looked at Lin Yuyan and said: "This time I want to let the Yulin Army as the main force of Nanyang in Great Qin, this is also the army you created, and it is also handy to use, as for the 200,000 subordinates who went out with the army, it is really a long way to transfer Nanyang, and I heard about the subordinates of Jiangxia......"

Duke Qin wanted to speak and stopped, Lin Yuyan still didn't understand what Duke Qin meant, and smiled at the moment: "Jiangxia's subordinates are enough to afford the transportation of grain and grass for his Great Qin Southern Expedition!" ”

"That's good, that's good......" Duke Qin seemed to be extremely concerned about this southern expedition, and he was asking for the details, and he must ask for perfection.

Lin Yuyan also noticed it, saying that the Great Qin Southern Expedition was indeed important, but there must not be the existential crisis of the Jin and Han clans at the beginning, and the Duke of Qin was like this, which made Lin Yuyan incomprehensible.

Finally, after inquiring about the details of the two marches, Duke Qin finally let Lin Yuyan notice a trace of the reason: "The army marched south, in order to ensure the great victory of the division, how about sacrificing to the sky?" ”

Since Lin Yuyan went to the south, several major battles have won over the admiration of many Qin generals, so much so that the Duke of Qin has asked the opinions of these six sons more than in military affairs.

It's just that...... Lin Yuyan looked at Qin Gong and was silent for a long time, because he also saw that Qin Gong's fear of this southern expedition was very weak, but it was still captured by Lin Yuyan.

Is it because of the death of Empress Qin?

The induction of heaven and man has been handed down with the etiquette culture of the Central Plains since ancient times, although it has not formed a systematic scale, but its influence should not be underestimated.

Seeing that Lin Yuyan was silent for a long time, Gong Qin immediately asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

Lin Yuyan woke up like a dream: "Erchen is thinking about sacrificing to the sky, but he is really working hard and not talking about it, and for the southern expedition of the army, it is really a bit of labor and money...... It is very likely to affect the supply of grain and grass for the southern expeditionary army and horses. ”

What Lin Yuyan said is true, the reason is precisely because although Jiangxia seems to be rich, in fact, a few years ago, it was a business business, so that although Jiangxia's annual grain exceeded the reserves of Nanjun, but in fact, the grain produced in Jiangxia could not ensure the self-sufficiency of Jiangxia's population, and Jiangxia's surplus grain came from Nanjun.

Jing occupies the entire land of western Chu, hundreds of miles from east to west, thousands of miles from north to south, and thousands of miles from north to south, and the mobilized soldiers and horses can reach millions of people, and Daqin is directly facing nearly forty percent of the main force of Jingdi, so this battle is at least guaranteed by two years of grain reserves, and even longer.

For such a long time, it is almost the support of Daqin's national strength for several years, for example, now Qin Gong and Han Kui reuse Fang Chi to build the Shuishui River, but also for Nanyang's grain to reach the south as soon as possible, to support the southern conscription of soldiers and horses, straight roads, rivers and other huge projects that exhaust manpower and material resources, in the next year or two, it is still the main work of Nanyang Liren, and even when the farming is idle, Daqin has to recruit a large number of people as conscription!

It was already overstretched, not to mention that a grand sacrifice to the heavens was going to be held, and the national strength of Great Qin was not as rich as that of Chu, so Lin Yuyan also agreed that good steel should be used on the blade.

Qin Gong was hesitating, he didn't know that sacrificing to the heavens at this time was really a bit of labor and money, and for the soldiers who were about to march south, it would consume their rations after all.

Duke Qin was silent for a long time, and Lin Yuyan on the side looked at Duke Qin like this, and also said: "If the monarch wants to boost morale, he might as well give the identity of the old Qin people to those soldiers of the Southern Expedition, when the son returned to Shanglin Yuan this time, he met an old man, his son is in the Yulin Army as a chief, unlike the usual Great Qin expedition The people complained, this time Shanglin Yuan supported the Great Qin's southern expedition and opened up the southern border......"

"Is it because he is from Old Qin?" The Duke of Qin asked, although Lin Yuyan opened up the duke system of the Qin State, but it was not completely implemented, why, this is no longer to arouse the disgust of the old clan, and those old Qin people who came from the Northern Qin are also not allowed, why, the old Qin people who fought bloodily cannot everyone get the military knighthood, and those who are attached to the Qin State can still get the military knight, which is simply a humiliation to the old Qin people.

Even if Han Kui is the policy of the Great Qin, the old Qin people are also marked with the circle number when they enter the house, so that when they see the identity verification of the old Qin people, they will know that this is the old Qin people, which invisibly means that the identity of the old Qin people is higher than that of ordinary people, and there is also an invisible convenience in many things.

Lin Yuyan nodded and said: "You Yu once came from Longdi and described in detail to Great Qin that Northern Qin had already realized the so-called cultivation war, and also planned a kind of twenty-rank meritorious lord system, precisely because of this, the once dying Northern Qin was the resurgence of the West and the annexation of Zhurong, the reason is that Northern Qin saw that whether it was the old Qin people or not, or even those Rong people who were once enemies, as long as they could contribute to the rise of the Qin State, they should be reused, even at the cost of knighthood!" ”

Lin Yuyan further said: "Father, the current old Qin people of Great Qin, with the old, weak, women and children, are only 200,000 people, but the population of Great Qin has exceeded 2 million people, and there are tens of millions of people in the Central Plains and Jingchu land, can these 200,000 old Qin people repel these many strong enemies for Great Qin?" ”

Duke Qin's face was moved, and he looked at Lin Yuyan, unable to speak for a long time, because he found that the words such as "the blood of the old Qin people cannot be defiled" that were originally firmly in his heart were not convincing in front of Liuzi's practical theory.

Qin Gong as the old Qin people, naturally is the old Qin people have a very deep feeling, when the first monarch was alive, it was to take the young Qin Gong and many sons, go to the north to guard the northern frontier, and the old Qin people day and night, know the old Qin people's loyalty to the Great Qin, that is a group of people as long as they can pick up the long sword age, no matter how hard the years, as long as the Qin State wins the family, they will prepare their own dry food to go to the front line to participate in the battle, in the past, the Northern Qin and Wei State of the first battle, 500,000 people, It's really exhausted, all the old Qin people in Hangu Guanxi have surpassed the young men to join the army, and the blood has dried up and advanced more than once!

Qin Gong still has a hurdle in his heart that he can't get over, after all, the old Qin people are a group that Qin Gong doesn't want to disturb unless it is necessary.

Looking at the silent Qin Gong, Lin Yuyan stood quietly aside, and finally did not continue, the pros and cons, Lin Yuyan believed that as long as he threw out a seed, one day Qin Gong would figure it out!

After a while, Duke Qin finally spoke: "The matter is very high, it should be to invite Han Xiang and many other courtiers to discuss." ”

Lin Yuyan nodded and didn't say anything more.

It seems that he saw the nine-zhang high platform in the southeast, and Qin Gong also said: "The matter of sacrificing to the sky is also figured out, instead of sacrificing to the sky, it is better to imitate the pre-battle wine oath like the ancestors, and invite the southern expeditionary army and horses to the front of the nine-zhang high platform, and Lone wants to reward the three armies and encourage them to conquer Jingdi in the south!" ”

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the house, although it was light, but from far to near, it became clearer and clearer, Qin Gong and Lin Yuyan turned their heads and looked at the direction of the palace gate, the news reported at this time could only be something that Qin Gong had deliberately instructed, and there was only one thing to think about.

Naturally, it was that Shouying, and Situ Bailihuai's deliberation had a result!

Sure enough, the eunuch of the progressive son approached the Duke of Qin, and hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the news from Shouying Baili Situ that the State of Chu agrees with Great Qin to take the land north of the river!" ”

Hearing this, Duke Qin, who was still gloomy just now, was instantly overjoyed, and took the letter from the attendant to the side carefully, and only after making sure that it was correct did he look at Lin Yuyan and said, "God bless Great Qin!" ”

Immediately, the Duke of Qin summoned Gao Jin again and said: "Gao Jin, convene the ministers to discuss the affairs of the court, and send someone to Shanglin Yuan, pass a cadre of generals to the Qin Palace, and only want to do it for them!" ”

Gao Jin also knew where Gong Qin's happiness came from, and nodded in response: "Oh! ”

It seemed that Qin Gong's gaze fell on Lin Yuyan's body, and he restrained some smiles and said: "I forgot that today is a family banquet, although the state affairs are serious, but there is no hurry, let's go into the house, your mother has been waiting for a long time......"

"Whoa!"