If there is one key factor that drove the Industrial Revolution, it is absolutely oil.

With the advent of oil, various gas-fired engines were able to appear on the stage of history.

It can be said that oil has greatly promoted the development of history.

Whether in later generations or in today's Daqin, the emergence of oil has also promoted the development of the entire Daqin.

With the discovery of oil, many of the ideas and designs of the Ministry of Industry and Qin Xi came to life directly from paper and became a big machine to promote history.

In the direction of the Western Regions, the Qin army is also advancing all the way.

The Fifth Route Army swept away all the rebels as quickly as possible, and then started a major battle with the Tibetan army.

Although the Tibetan army had received a lot of siege equipment, the Qin army had already been equipped with more advanced weapons.

After three major battles, the Tubo army suffered heavy losses and retreated directly into the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, not daring to fight with the Qin army again.

Faced with this situation, Qin Xi immediately ordered to stop the march.

Before there was any news from Zhao Yi's side, it was not a wise move to continue to create pressure in the west, and to attack an unfamiliar place with a bad environment in one go.

Therefore, at present, the war machine of Great Qin must be suspended, and the great machine of governance must keep up again.

The book is the same text, the car is the same track, and it has become the first step to assimilate the Western Regions.

The world is scolding Confucianism for burning books, but now Yang Mu knows that this is a necessary move for the first feudal dynasty.

Without the so-called book burning and Confucianism, the feudal dynasty could not be established, and the whole society could only be in a semi-slave and semi-feudal state.

When the book is promulgated and the policy is promulgated, when slavery is abolished, all

When slaves become commoners.

Those high-level intellectuals in the Western Regions were also transferred out, because they were all slave owners in the Western Regions, and the policies of Great Qin were directly cut into their big arteries.

The honest people in the Western Regions, who usually looked at the gentle and elegant, also began to oppose it, and even took out some literature unique to the Western Regions to confuse the world and resist the rule of Great Qin.

"Your Highness, do you really want to do this?" Ge Ming asked.

"Do you think I'm cruel?" Qin Xi sat on the chair and looked into Ge Ming's eyes.

The fear in Ge Ming's eyes flashed, but he quickly calmed down.

Ge Ming arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, I am afraid that this move will cause an uproar in the Western Regions, and even worsen the image of my Great Qin, arousing the resistance of the people of the Western Regions." ”

"Is there anything you can do about it?" Qin Xi asked.

Ge Ming lowered his head, he had been discussing this matter with His Highness Qin Xi for several days, and the final result was to kill all the rebels and burn all the books that were not conducive to the rule.

"Since there is no other way, then so be it, and dispose of them as soon as possible while they are not yet in the climate, so as not to cause trouble to the fighters on the front line." Qin Xi clapped directly.

"Wait a minute, Your Highness!" Ge Ming stopped Qin Xi and said solemnly: "Your Highness, this matter can't be done by you, you have to find someone who can die for Your Highness!" ”

Qin Xi frowned, sat down again, and said, "You mean, whoever did this will kill whom when the time comes?" ”

"Exactly!" Ge Ming arched his hand and said: "Push this evil deed on this person, and save the reputation of His Highness and Great Qin." ”

"Then find a death row inmate." Qin Xi said.

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Ming said: "This matter must be done by someone with a great reputation in the Western Regions, otherwise it will have no effect." ”

"Then you say, who will do it?" Qin Xi narrowed his eyes and looked at Ge Ming.

At this time, as long as Ge Ming said the wrong word, his future would be ruined.

Ge Ming also knew this, so he arched his hand and said, "My subordinates are willing to take this matter." ”

Qin Xi sighed, stood up and said, "No need, Your Majesty, the Western Regions need a substitute for the dead ghost official." ”

Ge Ming was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Qin Xi with a chill all over his body.

Qin Xi slapped the table and said, "The fact that Tubo got siege equipment shows that the court is not clean, so it is just a good opportunity to clean it up." ”

"Your Highness Shengming!" Ge Ming trembled and bowed over.

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In Xianyang City, since the last incident, some calm has returned again.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the DPRK and Chinese officials have formed interest groups one after another.

The deepest contradictions and the most powerful are the interest groups of the Shaozhuang faction and the interest groups of the old faction headed by Li Siyaojia and others.

However, at present, it is the interest groups of the old faction that have the upper hand, after all, the young Zhuang faction can now be said to be leaderless and fighting on their own.

Of course, how can all this escape the eyes of the first emperor Yingzheng.

It's just that the First Emperor is also happy to see this situation, first, it can inspire the officials of the young Zhuang faction, and second, it can make the officials of the old faction have a sense of distress.

On this day, the First Emperor sent Li Si and Meng Yi into the palace.

Outside the palace gate, after Li Si saw Meng Yi, he took the initiative to say hello to Meng Yi.

"Meng Yi has seen the Prime Minister." Meng Yi arched his hand.

Li Si nodded and said no more.

Although Meng Yi is not young

faction, but some officials of the older faction still chose to distance themselves from Meng Yi.

However, Li Si knows very well that Meng Yi is deeply trusted by His Majesty the Emperor today, otherwise he would only be alone in the palace now.

Moreover, Meng Yi and the Meng family are not only deeply trusted by His Majesty the Emperor alone, but also by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Li Si thought of the current situation of the civil and military factions, and couldn't help but sigh.

The Wang family and the Meng family of the military generals can be said to be talented in their later generations, while the civil official faction has very few people available to the younger generations, so that the young officials who seem to be in the imperial examination have formed the Shaozhuang faction.

At this time, a eunuch came out and called out loudly: "Prime Minister Li Si, Sikong Mengtian, come to you!" ”

"No!"

Under the guidance of the eunuch, the two went all the way around the front hall and came directly to the back hall.

The First Emperor sat there dressed in plain clothes, and when he saw the two of them come in, he waved his hand to the eunuch to retreat.

"Sit down."

"No."

Li Si and Meng Yi sat on either side.

"The Western Regions have become my Great Qin territory." The First Emperor said in a word.

"Your Majesty, ten thousand years! Great Qin 10,000 years! ”

The First Emperor waved his hand and continued, "But at present, the Western Regions are very resistant to the abolition of slaves, as well as the scholarship of my Great Qin. ”

"Although the prince currently has a countermeasure, but this countermeasure, you can take a look at it first."

Li Si and Meng Tian hurriedly got up and bowed down to take the paper in the first emperor's hand.

After the two of them saw it, a look of horror appeared on their faces, and cold sweat fell on their foreheads at the same time.

The First Emperor continued: "The prince means that he will send someone to replace the dead ghosts, what do you think. ”

Before Meng Yi could react, Li Si said, "It seems that His Highness is attacking."

The leakage of the city's equipment has not yet calmed down, but if this is the case, I am afraid that it will have an impact on the hearts of the world's scholars. ”

"But the affairs of the Western Regions must also be dealt with." The First Emperor tapped his fingers on the table and said, "I called you two here today to find a way for me, and if I can't think of a way, I don't have to go back." ”