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The day before the Spring Festival in the fifty-third year of the Great Qin calendar, on the occasion of removing the old and welcoming the new, the entire Great Qin was boiling in advance because of a piece of news. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In less than a day, the news of Xu Fu's capture in Shijiān spread out of Hanguguan and spread to Julu, Handan, Surabaya, Nanyang and other counties, and spread rapidly to the counties further north, east, west, and south.

The fact that Xu Fu relied on the rare treasures deceived from the First Emperor, the boys and girls taken away from Daqin, and a large number of craftsmen, and the fact that he founded the country on Dongying Island, proclaimed himself Emperor Jimmu and was a great vassal, was also passed on by Hei Bingtai according to Hu Hai's meaning.

In the past, Ruguo secretly applauded Xu Fu Nénggou for deceiving the First Emperor, and it was impossible to say that most of the people of the Six Kingdoms would secretly applaud even if they did not applaud. But now, under the condition that the people everywhere have a stronger sense of belonging to Daqin, in the practical action of Hu Hai to exempt taxes and light Yao Fu for three consecutive years, and under the stimulus that scholars have the opportunity to enter the court as officials and all walks of life can be crowned marquis and worship the prime minister, Xu Furen has returned to Xianyang, and Yijing has become the target of everyone's shouting and beating in Daqin.

The people of various places, especially the people of the counties where Xu Fu passed by, Yijing prepared all kinds of things such as rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs, stinky dog poop, etc., and prepared to "welcome" Xu Fu's return.

Even if you deceive the first emperor, you dare to forget your ancestors and build a country privately on Toei Island and call yourself Emperor Shime Jimmu. This yijing is not a liar's problem, but a great rebellion against the ancestors, unkindness, injustice, disloyalty and unfilial piety.

It is related to the matter of Xu Fu that His Majesty the Second Emperor said two years ago, and corresponds to the news that Xu Fu has been captured now. Hu Hai, who had originally covered his body with a veil of mystery because of various things, took another big step towards the altar.

And along with the capture of Xu Fu, who led the entire Great Qin, there was also a joint request by Feng Quji, Wei Yu, and Dun Weak at the Great Court Meeting to the emperor to return the fief to the Hubu, and the rumor that the emperor seemed to want to return all the fiefs given by the nobles to the Hubu jurisdiction, also quietly spread throughout Xianyang and even Guanzhong.

It's just that unlike Xu Fu's capture, what happened at the court meeting and the rumors that Hu Hai intended to reclaim the fiefdom only spread among the officials and spread to the people.

Due to the reform of the official system, Daqin Yijing is no longer the appearance of relying on titles to determine the level of official rank. Similarly, because the official system has just taken shape, fresh blood has finally begun to appear in Daqin's officialdom. But even so, most of the officials above the court today have one or another background. Only the difāng Shangjun county officials, because they were newly promoted. Except for a few counties. Most of the rest are newcomers to the background of Méiyou.

The noble family in Guanzhong more or less has a spokesperson for ziji in the court, maybe the official position of this person with salt is not very high, but there will definitely be.

When the news came out, the noble family was naturally terrified. But. They also let the news reach the people, especially the people of their respective fiefdoms. The consequences will be unbearable for anyone.

Why?

Because the people in the fief, including the land, were the private property of the nobles. Hu Hai issued an edict that the whole country was exempt from taxation, but the various noble families were affected by how much. Because they don't have to pay taxes in the first place.

But they didn't have to pay taxes, but the people in their fiefdoms still had to pay taxes to them. This tax is naturally the private property of the nobles, and it will not be paid to the imperial court to the household department.

Originally, the emperor exempted the world from paying taxes, and Yijing made the hearts of the people in each fief fluctuate, but because they were the private property of the owners of each fief, and those nobles did make a little concession and slightly reduce some of the taxes they were required to pay, so in the end, the people in each fief still endured.

To zhidào, anything in the fiefdom, even if the emperor is afraid, it is not easy to meddle casually.

In other words, the nobles were the Emperor of the Earth within their fiefdoms. Although Hu Hai is the emperor of Great Qin, according to the law of Great Qin, he cannot arbitrarily meddle in the affairs of the fiefdoms of the ministers and nobles below, unless there is a rebellion in the fief.

It is conceivable that once the news that the emperor wants to take back the large and small fiefs controlled by many nobles spreads, and the people in the fiefs learn about it, I am afraid that those people who originally had the heart but were powerless will suddenly become noisy.

Once the matter is big, I am afraid that the original idea of the emperor méiyou to take back the fief will change his mind for the sake of those common people, and it will be over.

The winter in Xianyang City was extremely cold, and the noble families who were supposed to enjoy the mansion were all moving at this moment. There are those who curse, there are those who worry, and there are those who gloat.

It's just that the Meng family, the Li family, the Wang family, and even the Fan family, the Fang family, the Su family, the Yao Jia Mansion of the Criminal Department, the Zheng Guofu of the Ministry of Industry, and the Hu Wujing Mansion of the Ministry of Rites, who are all watching are all méiyou at all.

These important ministers of the court with the attitude of the emperor not only reacted to this matter, but most of them were also happily slaughtering cattle and sheep, putting on lanterns, and looked like they were ready to celebrate the New Year.

As for whether they are really happy, then it is méiyou people zhidào.

Of course, Ruguo has to say something unusual, that is, all the above-mentioned nobles and dignitaries have unanimously chosen to turn away all visitors, and directly posted a notice on the door, only relatives and friends of various worlds are allowed to come and go to pay New Year's greetings, and the rest will not be accepted.

This is actually the biggest anomaly.

Shime situation only needs to close the door to thank guests, and even the elders of the noble family are not allowed to come to pay New Year's greetings?

Nénggou made the most prominent nobles of Great Qin all silent, except for the young emperor of Xianyang Palace, who else could there be?

This situation naturally makes those noble families who regard the fiefdom as the root of their life but have too much strength in the court.

This Spring Festival in the third year of the Second Dynasty should be the most difficult Spring Festival for the noble families in Xianyang and Guanzhong.

Time hangs heavy on one's hands!

At this moment, His Majesty Hu Hai, the second emperor of Great Qin, who was the real initiator, seemed to be affected by this incident in any way, but secretly went to Liangshan on the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve with a group of army commanders who had returned to Xianyang from various places.

"Crunch!"

A black mass with a long sparkling circular object left the huge trebuchet with a heavy sound of breaking the air, and fell in a parabola towards the clearing on the side of the valley.

"Bang!" There was a muffled sound. The mass of black iron balls, stone bullets, not stone bullets, iron bullets, not iron bullets, just smashed heavily on the ground like this, as if with a long tail flashing sparks, rolling twice, but not moving.

Is this a shime situation?

Feng Zheng, Xin Sheng, Meng Li, Han Xin, Shejian, Wang Gan and other generals all looked at each other. Ruguo is not Hu Hai standing in front, I am afraid that they will grab Tian Ren's collar and shout at this moment.

During the Chinese New Year, the cold day took us out to blow the northwest wind, just to see how you could throw the sparkling iron lump with a trebuchet? This is the boiling and powerful thing called gunpowder that Yijing has passed on?

On the side, Tian Ren touched the cold sweat on his head, secretly glanced at Hu Hai who was standing in front, and saw any annoyance on Hu Hai's face, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Today, His Majesty the Emperor brought a group of high-ranking generals from the Great Qin Army to watch the power of gunpowder. Originally, he was preparing to bomb the ship like last time, but Hu Hai vetoed it. Let Tian Ren use the "Thundering Thunder" trebuchet that the Shangfang Ordnance Division is researching to put a cannon.

The Ordnance Division was after the gunpowder research came out. Hu Hai set up an institution in Shangfang, and the mission of this institution was simple, that is, to specialize in the study of all kinds of weapons that equipped the Great Qin army, especially gunpowder weapons.

The Ordnance Department has concentrated a group of people who have studied gunpowder and have been rewarded by Hu Hai for their luck, and are now at the end of their lives, and they have changed their appearance to be called chemists. and the most exquisite craftsmen of the Mo family and the entire Shangfang.

Today the emperor himself. Tian Ren was worried that the "Thunder Thunder" trebuchet developed successfully by Méiyou would have an accident. Tèbié instructed to lengthen the lead on the iron bullet so that it would not explode when the iron bullet was thrown out and hurt the person who fired it. The most important thing is that today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and ruguo, the shihou, has an accident and dies, or frightens the emperor, which is a big crime. Not to mention in front of a senior general in the army.

In the past, the Ordnance Department had tried to fire this "thunderbolt", but there were several accidents in which the iron bullet exploded on the trebuchet because the lead was too short and burned too fast.

These iron bullets filled with gunpowder are different from stone bullets, the explosion is extremely loud, sparks are flying around, and the most important thing is that the iron pieces that are broken by gunpowder and flying everywhere are injured, and they will die if they touch it.

And because the "thunder of the sky" had only been studied for a short time, Tian Ren and the others had a complete grasp of the burning shijiān of the lead and the range of iron sheets covered after the explosion, so they had to take the safest measures.

It's just that Tian Ren is méiyou, thinking that the lead is so long that the iron bullet has fallen to the ground and rolled in a circle, and the lead is still a long section that has not been burned, let alone exploded.

"You don't need to worry. It can be seen that every thing related to gunpowder is stained with the blood of Shangfang craftsmen. Ruguoméiyou them, I'm afraid that my Great Qin will not have such a weapon against the heavens at all. ”

Hu Hai glanced back at Tian Ren, who was constantly wiping cold sweat, as well as a group of ordnance masters and monks, and glanced at the generals with disapproving expressions on their faces, and said lightly.

"Boom!"

The earth shuddered suddenly. Before the generals could reply, the iron ball that had just stood still suddenly made a terrifying huge explosion. In the firelight, the originally empty clearing, Yijing was shrouded in stirring dust.

ps: Thanks to the three friends of "Northern Army", "Liuxing L Holy Month" and "California Veal" for their tips.

Thanks to the two brothers "Love on the Water Side" and "Xiaoyang Remnant Snow" for rewarding the 10,000 coins for the monthly ticket. The monthly pass is too bleak, I received your heart, and it would be too hypocritical to say thank you. Let's use it as an update.

Eleven, méiyou go to any difāng, all the way to the codeword. Today, a friend came to Wuhan to play, and it was really a méiyou reason and an excuse not to entertain.

So that's all there is to it for today. Sorry! Tomorrow I will add two chapters for Brother Love and Brother Xiaoyang. (To be continued......)