The time entered the forty-ninth year of Wu Shi Huang, that is, in 465 BC, the tenth lunar month.

In the Mobei area, the Hu people led by Zhao Wuxian, such as Dai, Donghu, Lou Fu, Yueshi, Su Shen, and Ding Ling, rebelled, and the allied forces went south to herd horses and wantonly invaded the northern border of Dawu.

Qing Ji was furious, and immediately took the emperor's grandson Wu Ji, the king of the Sai Wu Fan, and the Liao king Wu Zhang as the generals, and the troops were divided into three routes, and the crowd rode 300,000 steps, and the expedition was outside the Saiwai.

In order to ensure the victory of this battle, and in order to completely eliminate Hulu and occupy the land of Mobei, Qingji also requisitioned more than 1 million people to be responsible for logistics and supply.

At the same time, the Wu army would also adopt a step-by-step approach, building cities and pillboxes in the Mobei area to ensure that the Hu people could be resisted.

In March of the following year, Wu Ji, Wu Fan, and Wu Zhang, who had joined forces, led their troops all the way to Beihai (Lake Baikal) and returned with meritorious service.

Zhao Wuxian, who had been against Da Wu for many years, was also captured alive and sent to the imperial capital Jinling.

On how to govern the land of Mobei, the ministers of Great Wu were divided.

The ministers headed by Zeng Shen advocated the establishment of a metropolitan protectorate in Mobei, just like the Western Regions metropolitan protectorate.

The ministers headed by Li Ke advocated the division of feuds, and the princes of Qingji were divided into Mobei and feudalized to establish the state.

After all, Qingji has no less than 200 sons, and it is not impossible to seal them all out.

The establishment of the capital protectorate was part of the imperial fetters policy, and it took a long time to tame the Hu people who did not submit to the king, so that they could be assimilated with the Wu people, regardless of each other.

If it is a feudal state, making the princes vassal kings and sitting on one side, it can speed up the process of assimilating the Hulu outside the Saiwai.

It's just that the help of the empire is inevitably indispensable in the early stage of each vassal kingdom, and the consumption of money, food, soldiers and horses is the most important thing.

After some careful consideration, Qingji decided to divide the vast area of Mobei, which the empire occupied, from the north of Yinshan Mountain to the south of Lake Baikal, into three parts.

In the east and west, there were 20 princes, and the state was established, and in the middle, a capital was set up, which was the "Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate", which was the same as the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate.

It is worth mentioning that the majority of the capital protectors of the Metropolitan Protectorate have great power and heavy troops, so they are also served by the prince of Qingji.

Today, the territory of the Great Wu Empire is very vast.

From the American continent in the east, around the Pacific Ocean, to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain) in the west, around the Mediterranean, Aral Sea, Caspian Sea, north across Lake Baikal, south to the Australian continent.

In the 50th year of Wu Shi Huang, a total of 120 feudal kingdoms were divided into various places, and Li Shu was educated and Wu was promoted.

Qingji, who has more than enough heart but not enough strength, has also come to the end of his life.

……

The sun is shining and the sky is clear.

Accompanied by Fan Li, Qingji entered the Lingyan Pavilion to visit his heroes.

According to Qingji's instructions, the Lingyan Pavilion was built to be towering into the sky, about 300 meters high, with steel and concrete to build the foundation, all the way up, the position of the top of the tower, is the highest point of the Lingyan Pavilion.

If you want to climb to the top of the tower, if you just take the stairs, your current physical condition does not allow it, and it is too troublesome.

Fortunately, today's Dawu technology productivity is constantly improving, and an ancient version of the "elevator" has been invented.

It is said to be an elevator, but it is actually a lifting platform that is carried out through the mechanical movement of gears.

After Qingji entered the Lingyan Pavilion, he looked around and came to the portrait of each hero, and took a deep look, with a lot of sadness in his heart.

The twenty-four heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion of Dawu are:

Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Tian Sui Tho, Ji Zha, Wen Chong, Fan Li, Kong Qiu, Heifu, Xiong Zidan, Bo Biao, Xu Menchao, Gongsun Xiong;

Deng Xi, Wu Ming, Wu Liang, Sun Di, Li Ke, Zeng Shen, Zhanru, Shen Xi, Zhu Li, Yang Hu, Zeng Dian, and Gan Jiang.

These twenty-four heroes do not include the sons of Qingji, otherwise with the merits of the vassal kings, they would also be among the Lingyan Pavilion.

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People, without the merits of pouring the sky, without outstanding political achievements, or brilliant military exploits through the ages, it is absolutely impossible to enter the Lingyan Pavilion.

At this time, Qingji and Fan Li sat opposite each other, played chess together, drank tea and chatted by the way.

"Young uncle, in the early years, the heroes who followed me to create the Great Wu hegemony, in the past fifty years, Sun Wu, Wen Chong, Wu Zixu and others have passed away one after another, and you are the only one left."

Qingji smiled and said, "Seeing that your body is still quite strong, it shouldn't be a problem to live for ten or eight years."

"After I control Bintian, I will crown you as a national teacher, so I will bother you to help me, take care of Dawu, and take care of the foundation of eternity created by us."

Hearing this, Fan Li shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, why have you pity yourself?"

"You and I are both half-cut people, and we don't know when we're going to die. The children and grandchildren here have their own children and grandchildren, so why should Your Majesty worry about it?"

Fan Li can see many things, including fame and fortune and his own life.

Such people, in general, are very long-lived.

Fan Li was born about 536 B.C., and died of illness in about 448 B.C. at an advanced age, almost 100 years old, known as the "Shang Sheng".

In other words, Fan Li is three or four years older than Qingji, and may have more than ten years to live......

It is worth mentioning that Fan Li had resigned a few years ago.

It is said that he resigned and returned to support, but Fan Li is still in the economy, showing his strengths, he is engaged in business, amassed a lot of wealth, and donated all of it to the treasury.

Such a person, how can Qingji treat him without putting his heart into his heart?

"Young uncle, you are proficient in metaphysics and good at divination, you may be able to calculate how many years of Guozuo my Great Wu have?"

Hearing this, Fan Li pondered for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, I won't tell you that the minister had calculated the national fortune of Dawu in private before."

"The results were very surprising."

"Oh? Let's talk about it."

Qingji came to the interest.

Fan Li smiled bitterly and sighed, "Your Majesty, please don't bother the ministers. Heaven must not be revealed, and if it is leaked, it will cause trouble, and even cause great changes in what has been calculated, and endanger itself."

"If it's just a minister's life, it's okay for the minister to fall, but it will cause disaster to the society, and the minister will die at that time."

"Minister, I can only tell Your Majesty that the Great Wu Empire is a family for all generations. More than 2,000 years later, there are still many Wu royal families, and as for the empire, ......."

"Click!"

At this moment, outside the Lingyan Pavilion, there was a sudden thunderbolt on a sunny day, which was deafening.

Fan Li said it very mysteriously, and he couldn't tolerate jealousy and disbelief.

Now, there was this sudden thunderbolt on a sunny day, which made Fan Li can't help but stop.

But Qingji has already got the answer he wants-

Thousands of years later, the Wu royal family is still there, but the empire is gone.