There are some questions that you still want to ask even if you already know the answers.

When I don't ask it, I always wonder if this "answer" is just my own speculation and not true.

If I asked, would there be a "yes"?

If you stop asking because you "feel" what you are doing, and thus miss your heart's desire, will you regret it?

Ying Zheng is such a state.

He knew that there was no immortality in the world, and Chen Ke was definitely not an "immortal", but he still wanted to ask about immortality, and he wanted to hear a definite answer from Chen Ke's mouth.

Whether this answer is yes or no.

This has nothing to do with the answer itself, it's just that Yingzheng wants to "cut off" all the thoughts in his heart.

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Chen Ke raised his head, he looked at Ying Zheng who was standing there, he wanted to say something, but in the end he stopped, just sighed faintly, and then looked very serious.

He straightened up, their eyes meeting each other, and the look in their eyes was a little solemn.

It was the most solemn conversation between them.

It was also the first time in the years since he came to Daqin that Chen Ke really stood on an equal footing with Yingzheng to talk about something.

In the past, Chen Ke liked to give the first emperor a reason and a little hope.

People who have no hope are terrible.

Therefore, Chen Ke's previous examples, and even the examples just now, are "it is difficult to grow melons and fruits in the desert".

If you want to deceive yourself, there is still room for interpretation.

For example, melons and fruits cannot grow in the "desert", but the oasis in the desert can, so melons and fruits exist in the desert; In the same way, it is difficult to live forever in the mortal world, but there are certain places in the world where you can seek immortality and find immortals.

This is the first explanation.

The second explanation is "difficult".

It's a play on words.

It is difficult to grow melons and fruits, and it is not impossible to grow melons and fruits.

It is difficult to appear immortals, but it is not impossible to appear immortals.

It's hard to live forever, but it's not like you can't live forever.

This is the leeway that Chen Ke left for himself and the First Emperor, and it is also an opportunity for himself.

It's just that Yingzheng doesn't seem to want this room anymore, and he doesn't want this opportunity anymore.

And Chen Ke didn't want it either.

Standing beside Ying Zheng, he felt for the first time that his body was tall, his waist was straight, and the momentum on his body reached a point of "asking for nothing", so that Chen Ke could open his mouth to say that sentence.

"Your Majesty, there is no immortality in this world."

In a word, it seems that throughout the past five years, from not talking about this issue at the beginning, and even talking about the dreams of immortals, to the desert melon and fruit theory that left room for later, and then to the current "there is no immortality in this world".

This sentence, which came many years ago, has been heard by today's Yingzheng in his ears.

It's business as usual.

Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke faintly, his eyes staring at him, and some of the flames seemed to spread throughout his heart.

He spoke: "On the day of the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King Qin, you told me that you had obtained papermaking from the immortals in your dreams, and then you had obtained engraving printing from the immortals. ”

"Chen Ke, you told me today that there are no immortals in this world?"

Ying Zheng's voice was heavy with a little seriousness and anger: "You dare to bully the king? ”

His words fell to the ground, and the momentum around him instantly rose, like an angry person.

Ying Zheng stared at Chen Ke's eyes tightly, not knowing whether he wanted to see something from Chen Ke's eyes, or whether he wanted to use his momentum to oppress and force Chen Ke to change his words so as to achieve his own goals.

Chen Ke just stood there.

The wind was blowing quietly, and the blue sky and white clouds in the distance stood quietly, and everything looked like it was in normal times.

"Whew-"

He exhaled quietly, his expression suddenly relaxed.

Chen Ke did not hesitate or deny at all, and said directly: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, please punish Your Majesty." ”

This is a direct admission that he was deceiving the king at the beginning.

I'd rather bear the charge of bullying the king, and definitely don't continue to delay it in the future, there is no immortal god in this world, that is, there is really no immortal god! There is no need to delay this point any longer, giving Ying Zheng hope.

Even if it may cost him his life, he does not hesitate to make this choice.

The two of them stood outside the main hall, standing under the blue sky, standing in the shadow of the white clouds, and standing in this bright and clear Great Qin.

I don't know how long it took, Ying Zheng suddenly laughed out loud: "Hahahahahahahahaha ”

He waved his hand, turned around and walked directly to the side, Chen Ke followed behind Ying Zheng, not asking or pursuing what Ying Zheng saw and thought.

That's all irrelevant.

It's all ordinary.

The two of them walked and walked, as if they had returned to the past.

Ying Zheng said a little calmly: "If there is no immortal god, there will be no immortal god, maybe immortality is not a good thing for me and for Daqin?" ”

He said with some emotion: "Father Zeng lived for a long time back then, but later Father Zeng became another person and did many bad things. ”

Ying Zheng lowered his head, as if he had returned to his childhood and became a child.

Sincerity.

"Maybe if I get immortality, I will also see everything as an ant, and finally lose my emotions in immortality, and then become a decision-maker without any feelings, and even time will show traces on my body, making me gradually become arrogant."

Ying Zheng's speculation is not an unfounded speculation, but a completely logical speculation.

Because that's really what happens.

The power of time is simply too great, binding everything in it, waiting for the rest of the people to choose.

Chen Ke was still silent, he just looked into the distance, and then replied softly: "Your Majesty, no one can say for sure about such a thing as immortality, after all, no one has ever experienced it." ”

Ying Zheng was quite curious, he looked at Chen Ke and said, "Chen Ke, I always feel that you seem to have no desires and no desires. ”

"If there really is immortality, will you choose immortality?"

"It's as if you had a disdain for immortality from the beginning, feeling that it was poison."

Chen Ke was a little stunned, but then smiled: "Your Majesty, if there is immortality, the minister will definitely not choose immortality." ”

"The minister only wants to live a chic and happy life."

He put his hands behind his back: "Life is short for a few decades, and time is limited. ”

"But Chen feels that it is precisely because this time is limited that we will do something meaningful, and we will pursue ourselves, truth, and "Tao" and "rules."

Chen Ke groaned a little: "If time is unlimited, the minister will only think that since time is unlimited, then many things can be like this first." ”

"That is, it will pass."

"The thought of the minister's endless time makes the minister feel powerless, and he doesn't want to argue with anyone about things - they will die if they are left right, but I won't."

"I don't want to have contact with anyone, because they're going to die, and the minister won't."

"I don't want to be involved with the world, after all, the world is changing all the time, and I will always stay in the same person I was back then, because I am not old, and not being old means eternal."

Chen Ke sighed faintly: "Eternity is never a good thing, and eternal things will decay after all. ”

Ying Zheng glanced at Chen Ke curiously, a little leisurely: "What you said seems to have some truth." ”

"It seems that something that is eternal and immortal really does not exist, how can the world let go of anything? A lot of things that seem to be solid are damaged from the inside. ”

"And once you open a damaged head, then the subsequent damage is very smooth and fast."

Chen Ke had a slight smile on his cheeks: "Therefore, the minister will not choose eternal life, immortality seems to be a sweet candy, but it is actually arsenic wrapped in molasses, something that kills people." ”

Ying Zheng sighed a little silently, and after a while, he didn't know what he thought, but said, "You're right." ”

As if he wanted to open it, he said silently: "Chen Ke, it's the third year of the five-year plan, and there are still two years left, do you think you can see the results?" ”

Chen Ke was a little surprised: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with this not seeing results?" ”

"Now whether it is the Xiongnu or Baiyue, almost all of them have been leveled by the Great Qin, and Tianhai City in Tianhai County has also begun to be built, and it is becoming one of the largest cities in the south."

"In addition, the minister received news from the Prime Minister's Office, saying that the Yin Shang Continent is gradually sending back the energy source of "oil", and our encroachment on the Western Regions is also progressing step by step."

"General Han has even started to build a city in the Western Regions, and when that city is really built, we can use that city as a foundation to gradually encroach on the more western regions of the Western Regions, where there is more "oil"."

Chen Ke exhaled.

"When we completely occupy those places, and finally get some of the resources there to our Central Plains, we can develop ourselves with peace of mind."

Chen Ke did not think that he could occupy the places with rich oil resources forever.

There is no such thing as eternal things in the world, even if Daqin can occupy it with strong force now, but what if Daqin encounters the Faint Monarch in the future? With so many resources lost, wouldn't Great Qin be caught up by others, wouldn't it be in decline?

Therefore, when there is such a thing as cement, Chen Ke has already made plans.

In some of the open lands in the Western Regions that have belonged to Great Qin so far, some open places in the northern Xiongnu, and some relatively empty places in the Central Plains, Kaihua Temple excavated places and made places where oil could be stored.

These places will become the last guarantee of Great Qin.

Occupy resources first, and then develop slowly, this is Chen Ke's way of governing the world.

With so much technology, current experience, concepts, and strong resource reserves, Daqin will be able to survive for several generations if he encounters any faint monarchs in the future.

As long as it is not the faint monarch who has encountered bullshit for seven or eight generations in a row, Daqin can still catch up.

He had already discussed this with Ying Zheng before.

Ying Zheng also supported this idea, because he was not sure that among his descendants, there were those who could surpass himself and Fusu, and even he could not guarantee that his descendants would not be faint kings and tyrants.

Maybe at this time, in Ying Zheng's eyes, "Daqin" is just a symbol, and "Zhuhua" and "Zhuxia" are the places that he needs to remember and need to last forever.

After walking a few more steps, Chen Ke looked at Ying Zheng beside him and asked, "Your Majesty, what should you do with the prince of Jiang Lu?" ”

Hu Hai is now fourteen or fifteen years old, and Jiang Lu is older than Hu Hai, but three or four years younger than Fusu, and now he is about to be crowned.

There are many other sons, all of whom are Yingzheng's children.

Ying Zheng's expression was a little dark, but after all, he firmly thought in his heart: "My idea is to allow them to do their own things, but they must serve the court." ”

He put his hands behind his back: "The current generation, whether it is Hu Hai or Jiang Lu, has no ambitions, and I don't expect future generations to be so peaceful, I just hope that there will be less disputes between them." ”

"This is also why, before, why Fusu has become like that, I am still reluctant to change the idea of the prince and the prince."

Ying Zheng was a little silent: "I've been thinking about whether the position of the emperor should be a "virtuous" or a "superior". ”

"If it is a virtuous person, there will be countless disputes in the future, and even some disputes may be led by some short-sighted people, but if it is a long one, I am afraid that there will be successive generations of monarchs in the future who are mediocre."

He pressed his forehead: "But fortunately, there is no such thing as immortality in this world. ”

Yingzheng's eyebrows were filled with a slight smile: "In this way, I don't have to worry about these things, let the people of the future generations worry about it." ”

"After all, a generation has the journey and responsibility of a generation, and we just need to do a good job of the responsibilities of our generation."

"Why bother with the rest of the things?"

He smiled profusely, and his smile looked very wanton in the sun.

"When I go out this time, I must be going to tour the world, and I will go to most of the counties in the world, and see the changes in the world with my eyes."

Ying Zheng's voice was filled with emotion: "The transfer of imperial power will take at least five years. ”

"Enough for the Second Five-Year Plan to be completed during my term of office, and for the Third Five-Year Plan to begin to be formulated."

He looked at Chen Ke and said with some pride: "Chen Ke, Fusu's eldest son is already in his mother's womb, and after ten years, the child will have grown up, and I can see the inheritors of the next two generations of Qin like my eldest father." ”

"Moreover, according to my current body, I will only be fifty and three in ten years, I am afraid that I will not die so early, and I will not be able to see the Qin Emperor three generations later?"

The sun and sunset hit Yingzheng's face wantonly, and everything seemed so bright.

This is the best era, and it is also the worst era of Great Qin in the next hundred years.

Everything ushered in a new spring in this sparkling wave.