Winters are bitterly cold.

The north wind of Hulala, from the vast Siberian ice field, all the way to the south, through the Altun Mountain, Gonglushui, and then over the Helan Mountain, until the hinterland of Guanzhong.

The difference of Chang'an City warms the Qin people in this cold winter, and at the same time, it also warms the tourists who are stranded in Chang'an one after another.

"Great Qin, the power of the kingdom, nothing more!" In some public bath rest areas in Chang'an City, several Hu merchants were naked, lying on their stomachs to be rubbed vigorously by the little guys, although their skin was trampled red, but their faces clearly showed bursts of comfort.

"Haha, let me tell you, this time King Wu destroyed Western Chu, the war in the Kanto region has finally subsided, and as soon as this winter is over, I plan to open the shop to Luoyang, which is the hinterland of the Central Plains, the closest distance to the sea and Jiangdong, and the price of silk and seashells is lower!" One of them, Hu Shang, obviously has a more business vision, and he suddenly saw clearly where the business opportunities for making money were.

"Luoyang, that's a good place, Jingchu in the south, Haiyue in the east, and Zhao Yan in the north, we might as well sum it up together, and propose to the imperial court to open a branch shop in Luoyang."

While taking a bath, the Hu businessmen talked about the big plan to make money, and they didn't know that their words had already been heard by the busy little guy next to them.

As early as the beginning of the construction of the public bathhouse, Li Yuan instructed Li Bi, who was in charge of internal intelligence and espionage at that time, to train and train some wandering orphans to serve as the service personnel of the bathhouse.

Now, one valuable piece of information after another is being transmitted from the bathhouses all over Chang'an City to Yan Le's Military Intelligence Department, and it is classified by the officials in charge of the affairs of each department, and then stacked on Yan Le's desk according to the importance of the level, if it is first-level classified information. For example, the discovery of the Xiongnu's shadows, or other major events related to Qin's domestic stability and economic development.

Like today's discussion of the Hu businessmen, it will be merged into the Rongchang Division, and after being sorted out, it will be placed on Prime Minister Chen Ping's desk a day later.

Chen Ping, on the other hand, must give instructions on these collected information documents within three days, how to implement them, by whom to implement them, when the effect of the implementation will be returned, and at the same time, what will be the long-term impact of the implementation of this matter. Who will conduct the final assessment of zuihou.

These are simple to say, but they are very trivial to do, and they are related to the coordination of various departments and links of internal affairs, and as long as there is a problem in one place, the whole mechanism will be paralyzed.

In order to prevent losses caused by work mistakes, the Qin State formulated a strict mechanism for evaluating performance, just like the conspicuous position of each standard weapon. They have the name of the craftsman who built it, the date and year of production, and the name of the craftsman who is in charge of the inspection, so if there is any quality problem, the responsibility of the person concerned can be traced immediately.

This is true of military construction. The same is true in Qin's internal affairs, military and other aspects, and this kind of harsh and unsympathetic assessment is the Legalist thought inherited from the Qin state, and has been criticized by the hundred schools of thought from the Kanto region. After Li Yuan founded Xinqin, this rigorous assessment system was followed.

"Our nation is not lacking in warmth. but the law is missing; In our country, there is no shortage of manpower, only discipline; Our people do not lack diligence, but they suffer from inequality! ”

When deciding to follow these Qin laws formulated by Li Si, Li Yuan faced the voice of doubt and answered loudly and confidently, and no one knew better than him what would happen in the future.

Today, Li Yuan is already the martial king of Qin.

No one dared to disobey his orders, and no one dared to disobey them.

Taoism, Confucianism, Moism, and other schools of thought, the Qin State can learn from others, but the foundation of the Qin State is still the ideology and theory of Legalism, which cannot be shaken.

Dethrone the hundred schools of thought, respect Confucianism.

The influence of this policy in the Western Han Dynasty on Chinese history was so far-reaching that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who decided to do so, did not expect that the essence of Confucianism lies in the mean, in blurring all right and wrong, and in making clear things neutral through debate.

It is undeniable that Confucianism has brought China the bearing of a great country and a history that is enough to make the world proud, but at the same time, it has also made the Chinese people lack distinctive edges and corners, and become a sleek and shili villain, lacking the motivation to study unknown things and explore unknown mysteries, and will only immerse themselves in their own world, dreaming of "I am the boss".

History has changed.

Then we must not go back to the old path of the cycle of feudal dynasties after a dynasty.

Li Yuan hoped that when future generations mentioned Qin one day, they would not be able to remember his name, but the laws and systems, and the insights drawn from the continuous disputes, evaluations, disputes, and evaluations.

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The Qin State is changing, changing day by day.

This was true of the Qin State, and so was the Xiongnu.

In this extremely cold season, Li Yuan's greatest enemy, the Xiongnu Dadan Yu Maodun, was braving heavy snowstorms and snowstorms to march on the vast snowfields north of the Altun Mountains.

Conquer and be conquered.

It is the eternal iron law of the grassland people, the Xiongnu tribe in the Spring and Autumn Period, just a nomadic alliance of more than ten small tribes in the Hetao area, in the conquest and integration again and again, this tribe gradually became stronger, and defeated one after another strong opponents on the grassland, and this time, the target of Mao Dun was the Guirong tribe.

Oni Rong.

It was the Gaonu Ghost Fang Jiubu who had been attacked by Li Yuan, and after this group was expelled from the Wuding River area by the Qin army, the three surviving tribes began to migrate to the northwest under the leadership of the clan witch Jinxi, and in the process, they showed extraordinary tenacity and learning ability.

In the cold and cruel climate, the Ghost Fang tribe relied on the knowledge they had learned from the border with the Qin State back then, and gradually became the leader of the alliance in their dealings with more primitive and barbaric clans and tribes.

Shanrong, Qiang, Meat Porridge, Lou Fu, Ding Ling, these nomads who once appeared in Chinese history and disappeared in the long river of history, some of the tribes who were unwilling to be annexed by the Xiongnu began to merge with the Guifang tribes, and finally formed a Guirong tribal alliance with "white sheep" as the totem of the clan.

Of course. The development direction of these small tribal alliances has long been far away from the south and north of the desert, and has migrated to the north of the Altun Mountains, the Irtysh River Basin, which flows into the Arctic Ocean to give birth to one primitive tribe after another in the Siberian wilderness, and also let the Aries tribe gradually develop in a difficult environment.

It was the witch Si Jinxi who led the revival of the Aries tribe who was persuaded to leave by the old leader of the ghost party, Jiuhou, after experiencing the difficulties of the tribe's displacement, she not only came out of nowhere. Let Da Dan Yu Maodun never forget it after only seeing him, and he has grown into an excellent tribal leader.

Primitive times.

The contest between liliang and wisdom runs through the entire process of matrilineal and patrilineal societies.

With his brute strength and brains, Mao Dun annexed one clan after another on the grassland under his command, while Jin Xi was more focused on wisdom and scheming, and after seeing Li Yuan's tricks in destroying the Ghost Fang tribe in the Wuding River, Jin Xi used her lobbying to include the weak tribes into her Aries Alliance.

In the process of the development of the Aries tribe, the Xiongnu coveted the beauty of Jinxi in Maodun. In addition, the area around Altun Mountain is already the western frontier of the Huns, and the north of Altun Mountain is full of vast primeval jungles, and only hunting barbarians will stay there, so. Mao Dun did not interfere much with the expansion of the Shili tribe of the Aries tribe, and when he returned from Yandi, he found that a new opponent had risen to the west of him that threatened the Xiongnu.

There is a precaution in the next southern expedition to Qin. The Aries tribe will bring trouble to itself, and at the same time, it also wants to welcome Jin Xi, the woman he likes, back to the royal court as soon as possible. Maudun decided to launch a surprise attack on the ghosts.

Snowy night.

It's the perfect time to strike.

Mao Dun believed that after a calm autumn, the Ghost Rong people had raised the cattle and sheep to be extra strong, and at this time, they would shrink into the tent one by one, drink the hot milk of the cows and goats, and dream of having a few more babies next year, without being wary of the enemy.

In addition, in order to prevent leakage, Mao Dun did not inform other affiliated tribes, and directly took 20,000 elite cavalry belonging to his headquarters to make a long-distance attack.

The most haode booty.

Of course, you have to keep it to yourself, the cruel competition on the prairie, and not to those hypocritical mutual humilities.

Under the blow of the Hun cavalry, the various tribes of the Guirong were defeated, some tribes close to the Altun Mountains were first exterminated, the women were captured, the old and weak, and the men over the age of five were killed, and for a time, the Guirong Aries tribe fell into a bloody catastrophe.

When the news came, Wu Si Jinxi, who was accepting gifts from the envoys of the tribes, was taken aback, she never thought that the Huns would be so insidious and choose to attack herself in this extremely bad weather.

Jaisangbo.

A Aries tribe station located at the northern foot of the Altun Mountains.

In the vault.

A cacophony of noise.

Bai Guangji was dressed in a fur fur, wearing a small hat made of white fox skin, and looked coldly at the leaders and envoys of the Guirong tribes who were in a panic, his current identity is the head of the small tribe that migrated from Hexi to the north, this tribe belongs to the Xiaoyue tribe, but when the Huns and Qin people fought for control of Hexi, they decided to join the Guirong tribe north in order to avoid oppression.

Jin Xi reluctantly settled down, glanced at everyone with a pale face, and asked: "The Huns are coming, and all the departments are here, dare to ask: How many warriors can our department gather within three days, and please report them one by one." ”

Hearing Jin Xi's question, the heads of the various tribes frowned one by one, and no one stood up for a long time, for these small tribes, the fierceness and cruelty of the Huns made them extremely afraid, if it weren't for the fact that the Huns' methods of annexing the various tribes were too bloody, they would not have gone to the Guirong tribe to seek refuge.

"Are there no men in your tribe? You are scared, don't dare to fight, my ghost tribe has had enough, this time, we will not run away again, we will not move west, we have decided, right here, in Zhaisangbo, the big lake that raised us, and fight to the death with the Huns! ”

Jin Xi's voice was sharp and high-pitched, with a little excitement and a little pride. From Maudun's previous marriage proposals, as well as this surprise attack, she has realized that even if she flees west, Maudon will not let herself go, this is a self-respecting person who will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals.

"King Wu, we, the Qiang Department of Hexi, are willing to fight side by side with the ghost side and fight the Huns together!" Bai Guangji strode forward and raised his sword above his head.

"Hexi Qiang, how many warriors do you have?" Jin Xi was overjoyed to help Bai Guangji, what she said just now was just a cry out of despair in her heart, and she never thought that any tribe would really respond.

"Witch King, 1,300 combatable men in Hexi Qiang, two days later, you can arrive at Zhaisangbo and wait for the Witch King's dispatch." Bai Guangji replied loudly.

Jin Xi nodded excitedly, at this time, in her eyes, the man in front of her who had a similar appearance to Qin Ren was the kind of person she admired the most.

Reliable and loyal.

At critical times, he was able to stand up regardless of life and death. (To be continued......)