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In Changle Palace, the birth of a child.

The maids who came in and out were extremely busy, with smiles on their faces, and the advent of a small life gave these maids who were trembling all day long with infinite happiness. A while ago, when the old pious woman of the Ying clan was there, there was almost silence in the Changle Palace, and even the sound of needles falling on the ground could be heard.

"Niangniang, you can rest assured this time, you see, the little master is smiling at you." Waking up from fatigue, Ying Yushu saw the pink and tender little arms and legs, and tears immediately flowed down, and the bitterness and pain of all these days were rewarded and released at this moment.

The birth of a new life also made the Qin State happy, and all along, Chen Ping, Hou Xi, and Guan Yue, the subordinates who had followed Li Yuan the longest, all had opinions on Li Yuan's personal problems.

Li Yuan's personal question, to put it bluntly, is who he married to, which lady gave birth to the first man, whether it was Ying Yushu or Gu Yunniang, or Xin Chai, Li Yuan has not had a clear statement all along.

After the completion of the Chang'an Palace, Ying Yushu and Gu Yunniang moved in successively, which made the families of the officials who were idle and panicked excited, thinking that the two palaces of Li Yuandong and Xi, the good thing of hugging left and right was just around the corner. But then, Li Yuan let two beauties into the palace and lived in the Hou Mansion by himself, which made the excited women all stunned.

Uncle and sister-in-law.

Because of Li You's relationship, the private relationship between Li Yuan and Ying Yushu has been concealed, even if the national style of the Qin State has always been open, everyone has kept silent about this kind of thing that is not good to say.

This taboo topic also made the ministers a little unsure of how to deal with it when talking about the marriage of Shenwu Hou, and Li Yuan has been secretive about it, and now all the mysteries have finally been revealed. The child of Ying Yushu and Li Yuan finally made everyone's hanging hearts finally fall.

Now, the national strength of the Qin State is gradually rising, and the Kwantung princes have been beaten by the Qin army again and again, all thanks to Li Yuan's leadership and prestige, and in the good situation, some objections have also resurfaced, such as: For the Shenwu Marquis Weishenme is only a prince, and not the emperor's private discussion, many people have repeatedly asked.

On merit. In the process of the Qin State becoming stronger, no one contributed more than Li Yuan, and Chen Ping also advised Li Yuan many times, asking Li Yuan Mo to do any more Shenwu Marquis, or simply become the emperor directly, in that case, they can also rise and go to the next level.

What did Li Yuan think. Chen Ping didn't dare to ask each other, but even if they asked, it was probably in vain. Because Li Yuan's answer would make them more and more confused.

Emperor.

That's just an illusory name, and it doesn't have much appeal to Li Yuan, who already has real power. Because, once he became an emperor. The ceremonial restraints from the royal family, the advice and persuasion from all sides, will fly like snowflakes. As a wise and resolute emperor, every trip is like a struggle, and even free travel is not guaranteed.

Moreover, from Li Yuan's personal preference, he actually prefers to lead his troops to rush to the front line of the battlefield, drink wine and eat meat with the soldiers, once he becomes the emperor, I am afraid that this bit of freedom will not be there, at least if the emperor wants to drive the expedition in person, as long as he proposes, he will immediately receive countless exhortations.

Now, the title of Marquis of Shenwu allows him to have full confidence and reason to grasp the most important liliang of Great Qin, so that he can brazenly throw a state affair to Chen Ping, the minister of state, and also allow him to rest and relax himself with peace of mind when he is tired.

The hard-working emperor who was tired and bitter, had to go to court early every day, and couldn't even get a guarantee of rest, it was better to be there first, and Li Yuan actually had his own selfish intentions for the future of the Qin State.

China's feudal society lasted for more than 1,800 years, which is the longest among the Shijie countries, among which the great dynasties experienced were Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.

Similarly, the selection of successors is only selected among the descendants and clans of the previous emperor, and this choice is too narrow, after all, it is not easy for a great man to appear in a clan, if there are two powerful emperors like Tang Taizong and Tang Xuanzong, the probability is really small.

Therefore, if the state apparatus of the Qin State wants to function normally, if it depends on the emperor alone, sooner or later it will fall into the repeated law of the rise and fall of the dynasty.

Now, with the throne empty, his power is not small at all, and internal affairs officials such as Chen Ping, Guan Yue, Zhao Ben, and Li Zheng have been more tempered in their abilities because of Li Yuan's decentralization, which is the most gratifying thing to see. The future of the Qin State cannot rely on him Li Yuan alone, but on the efforts of everyone.

Day 2.

In the afternoon, they rushed to the monument forest to pay tribute to the young people who sacrificed their lives for the rejuvenation of the Qin State, and compared the generals who died on the battlefield with their ancestors, which Li Yuan insisted on.

At the same time, the Qin Dynasty announced that the day of January 1 would be set as the restoration day of the Qin State, and on this day in the future, the ceremony of restoring the country will be held, and the stele forest sacrifice and sweeping activities will be held at the same time.

Happy days begin with the ringing of the New Year's bell.

Li Yuan accompanied Ying Yushu and Xiao'er for more than a month, and this period was also the happiest and most peaceful period for him in the past five years, as if the flames of war and the smoke of gunpowder were far away from the land of Qin.

After the Chenggao Alliance, the exchange of prisoners between the two countries continued, and nearly 100,000 Qin prisoners returned to their hometowns one after another, some of them suffered the same thing as Ma Jin, some were joyfully reunited with their families, and some could no longer find their relatives.

Joy and sorrow, everyone has their own experience.

Perhaps, this is life.

In the blink of an eye, it is already the beginning of the sixth year of the new calendar of the Great Qin, according to the Western calendar of later generations, this is 202 BC, in this year in history, the four-year war between Chu and Han is coming to an end, the battle of Qixia started in December, the overlord Xiang Yu finally died on the bank of the Wujiang River, and the Western Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang began from there.

Today, everything is very different.

In the previous year, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, had been killed in a battle with the Qin army on the banks of the Zhangshui River, and the Han state had largely disappeared, and the more energetic and stronger Qin army under Li Yuan had replaced the Han and Chu states.

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Shenwu Marquis Mansion.

Li Yuan held a silk letter from Chang'an East City and a parchment scroll from the Western Regions in his hand, and his expression was thoughtful, and after a while, the decisive color in his eyebrows gradually increased.

The silk newspaper in Dongshi was reported by Guan Yue, who was in charge of commerce and trade, and it recorded that in the past three months, the number of Hu merchants from the west had decreased sharply, and even many Hu merchants who had opened shops in Chang'an had never heard back after they went west. The parchment scroll of the Western Regions is an overview of the war with the Xiongnu sent back by Bai Guangji and Li Zhongxiang, who were sent to the Western Regions the previous year.

In this parchment, there are only a few words of more than a hundred words. But the content recorded in it is thrilling, and people can't help but feel rippled when they watch it.

In July of the fifth year of the Qin calendar, Bai Guangji and Li Zhongxiang led more than 130 Qin envoys, from Didao to Hexi, passing through Jincheng and other places controlled by the Qiang people, and then in the area of Zangcheng, the former capital of the Yueshi people, they were discovered by the Hun rangers.

This hiding is more than three months, finally waiting for the winter to come, covered with ice and snow, the Huns retreated, the Qin army mission continued to go west, all the way through Yumen and other places, first arrived at the Western Regions Daze on the shore of the great country Loulan, here, the envoy of the Qin State and the Xiongnu Maodun sent the envoy met.

The king of Loulan set up a banquet and invited the envoys of the two powerful countries to attend the meeting, and at this banquet, the Xiongnu envoys took the lead in making a difficulty, and wanted to compete with the Qin envoys to wrestle and archery. As a result, the Huns won in the wrestling, and during the archery competition, the Hun warriors were shot three arrows by Li Zhongxiang and killed three people.

Li Zhongxiang won the reputation of "Marksman King" in Loulan this time, and more importantly, the little princess of Loulan took a fancy to Li Zhongxiang and insisted on leaving him as a concubine.

Li Zhongxiang, who was concerned about Great Qin and eager to follow the footsteps of the Qin army, naturally did not want to stay in Loulan, and in this regard, Bai Guangji, who had been dormant in the Hexi area for a long time, had another opinion on this.

At the back of this parchment scroll, Bai Guangji put forward his own suggestion that the Qin State could take advantage of the marriage between Li Zhongxiang and Princess Loulan to form an alliance with Loulan, a great power in the Western Regions, so as to attack from both sides and reopen the Hexi Corridor, an important passage on the Silk Road.

Open up the Hexi Corridor.

Such an important trade route could make the trade channel between Eastern and Western cultures and products smoother, and for the Qin State, it was like the main artery of a powerful country.

In the parchment scroll, Bai Guangji also mentioned that the Dayue clan that retreated to the Tianshan area was once again defeated by the Xiongnu's Western Expeditionary Army a year ago, and now the intention of using the Dayue clan to contain the Xiongnu is no longer possible, and the Dayue clan has been frightened in the defeat again and again, and they dare not fight with the Xiongnu cavalry again.

In the case of the loss of the Dayue clan, the main force of the anti-Hungarian resistance, the situation in the Western Regions became more and more unfavorable to the Qin State, and within the Xiongnu tribes, Dadan Yu Maodun after a year of integration, also basically completed the conquest of the grassland tribes, as long as Maodun gave an order, this group of hungry wolves on the grassland may raise troops to the south at any time.

In view of the grim situation, Bai and Li suggested that the Qin army must quickly send troops to Hexi in the shortest possible time, and reopen the trade routes in the Western Regions that were cut off by the Xiongnu with a strong offensive, only in this way can the Qin state regain nourishment from the blood of the Silk Road.

There are tigers in the east and wolves in the west.

Time is running out, the Qin State caught in it, once again faced a severe test on the road to a strong country, unlike the war against the Kwantung princes, once the Battle of Hexi started, it will be a battle to publicize the national prestige and resist the foreign captives. (To be continued......)

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