The Moon of Meng Chun.

The so-called plan of the year lies in spring, although the New Year of Qin is not in January, but these big court meetings after the beginning of spring are still very important.

Especially according to the scattered information received by the ministers of the DPRK and China.

The emperor wants to announce several major events related to the country at today's court meeting, which further highlights the importance of this court meeting.

Therefore, at sunrise on this day, when a ray of sunshine just appeared on the horizon, Zhao Tuo had already gotten into the carriage and headed towards the Qin Palace.

He had a tense face, and whoever stood in front of him could see his displeasure.

After a while, the carriage arrived outside the Qin Palace, and Zhao Tuo stepped into the palace gate.

Before the sky was dark, the palace was lit with lanterns everywhere, emitting brilliant light, reflecting the statue of the bird on the eaves vividly.

Zhao Tuo stopped and looked at the Xuanniao that was about to fly in the brilliance.

"Great Qin is now exterminating the Six Kingdoms and shaking the four kingdoms, it is just the time for this Xuanniao to spread its wings and fly high. But if the bird is too proud and flies towards a thunderstorm or the dazzling sun, it will still fall to the earth. ”

"And the higher you fly, the worse you fall."

Zhao Tuo sighed lightly.

The current Qin State looks extremely powerful, but in fact it is full of hidden dangers, and because Qin is the first unified empire, there is no experience of the previous generations to learn from, and the implementation of every policy is basically crossing the river by feeling the stones.

If the leader is careless and chooses the wrong direction, there is really a possibility that there will be no recovery.

Zhao Tuo didn't want the world, which had been chaotic for five hundred years, to split up again.

He shook his head and walked towards the main hall.

The main hall of Xianyang Palace is still luxurious and magnificent.

Musicians dressed in silk robes jingle bells and drums and play praises to the emperor.

"The emperor is in the court, making a clear law, and the world is ......"

In the sound of music, the ministers walked into the hall and arranged them according to their titles and positions.

As the emperor's authority increased day by day, the ministers did not dare to talk casually before waiting for the emperor to come, and could only show each other with their eyes.

Zhao Tuo noticed that military representatives such as Wang Ben and Meng Wu were all tense, and they didn't look good at first glance, probably they also got the news.

After a while, the First Emperor, dressed in a black robe, sat on the chariot and was carried in by six strong Lang Wei.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, ten thousand years!"

Zhao Tuo followed the ministers to bow and bow.

In the midst of the cries, the First Emperor sat on his imperial couch and glanced at the ministers in the palace.

The Great Pilgrimage Meeting officially began.

The Qin State has always pursued the principle of efficiency and practicality in administration.

After the court meeting began, the first emperor did not say too much nonsense, and directly began to deal with the first thing of today's court meeting.

"In the past, I ordered Li You, the lieutenant of Shu County, to lead his troops to conquer the Southwest Dian Kingdom and pacify the Yuer Barbarian State......"

The First Emperor spoke, and all the ministers in the palace showed playful looks on their faces.

Many people quietly glanced at Li Si, the court lieutenant standing in the ranks of civil officials.

With the defeat in the southwest, the name of Li You, the lieutenant of Shuqi County, spread completely, and it had already made all the ministers thunderous.

Especially after Li You's defeat, he was able to run to Ba County from the forests in the southwest with more than a dozen of his subordinates, and his ability to escape for his life was really admirable, which made the name of "running and running" he won when he was in Chu also re-proposed.

Counting odd plus running, making Li You famous, has become the most popular topic in the entire Xianyang in the past two days.

Everyone didn't know how many times they had discussed and joked in private, and now that the emperor was about to punish Li You who returned to Xianyang, they wanted to see the excitement.

Facing the eyes one after another, especially the teasing look on the face of Prime Minister Wang Juan.

Tingwei Li Si's waist was straight, his face did not change and his face did not blush, as if the emperor was not his son Li Si.

As an old politician for many years, he can cry for his son in private, but in the court, his mask will never be removed.

This skill made Zhao Tuo sigh when he saw it, and felt that he should learn more from Li Si.

At this time, as the emperor finished speaking, the confessor holding the edict stepped forward and began to read out the punishment of Li You.

"In the twenty-eighth year of the emperor, he was in Mengchun. Therefore, Li You, the lieutenant of Shu County, led the army to the south to conquer Yunnan, lost his division and humiliated the country, and was defeated in the southwest, which was a great humiliation for Qin...... The emperor remembered his hard work for a year, and won several victories over Nanyi, and now he is reduced to a knight, thinking that he is a punishment......"

The guilt of the high-proclaimed slam is gently fallen.

Compared with such a big battle caused by Li You, the emperor's final punishment was only to cut him by one level, which was very light.

However, the ministers have no different colors, and they all think it is normal.

After all, Li You's father is the emperor's confidant Li Si, and if he doesn't look at his son, he has to look at Lao Tzu's face, and it is normal to give Li Si a face.

Another point is that Li You's failure is actually a bit of a loss, he fought very well in the previous year, and he had good results, but he fell into the trick of Yiren by mistake and fell in front of the final finish, so on the whole, the punishment should not be too heavy.

The reason why everyone was excited just now was that they just wanted to see what Ting Wei's expression would be, but they didn't expect Li Si's mentality to be extremely stable, but it made them lose interest.

Only Zhao Tuo's focus is a little different.

Li You's previous title was Zuo Shuchang, and if he cut off the first-level title, isn't he the fifth doctor?

If Zhao Tuo remembers correctly, when he just entered Qin eight years ago and didn't even have a first-class title, Li You was the fifth doctor.

In eight years, Zhao Tuo has climbed from a white body without a title to the nineteenth level of Lunhou.

As for Li You, he was a big doctor eight years ago.

Eight years later, he was still a five-year doctor.

The title of the five doctors is quite valuable.

Zhao Tuo shook his head and expelled this strange thought.

The punishment for Li You was just a small appetizer, and then the emperor announced two other major events.

The first thing was to announce that 50,000 households would be recruited from the Kanto region.

This was something that had been planned for a long time, after all, the Qin army had previously made an expedition outside the Saiwai and seized the Hetao and Yinshan regions, and opened up countless lands.

However, it was still a place where the Hurong tribe grazed, and the Qin State had to migrate people to build towns and reclaim the frontier wasteland in order to completely transform that place into the territory of the Qin State.

This kind of thing has been done by every great unified dynasty in history, and it is normal to strengthen the empire's control over the frontier.

Today's court meeting officially announced this matter, and how to select the 50,000 households and how to arrange the requisition and other matters will be discussed by various departments and local counties.

After the first immigration was announced.

The Emperor couldn't wait to announce the second thing.

He's going to fight the Yue Clan!

Completely defeat the Yueshi people occupying Hexi, and plant the banner of Qin on the land there.

This thing was also planned a long time ago, just because after the victory of Zhao Tuo's Northern Expedition, he happened to encounter a cold winter, so he could only lead the army to retreat to Sene first.

Now that spring has begun and the frost has thawed, the First Emperor naturally can't wait to start this war against the Yue Clan.

"I will order a general to lead an army of 100,000 to the west to conquer the Yue Clan and open up territory for me!"

The First Emperor's voice was excited, which made all the ministers in the palace look at each other with some expectations.

It is said that Zhao Tuo, the martial arts marquis, will not go out to fight against the Yue clan again, and will give up the credit for this great battle.

The main general of this battle is not known to be the one who will fall.

The First Emperor's gaze scanned the hall and finally announced.

"Zuo Gengwang Li, once accompanied the martial arts marquis to the expedition outside the Saiwai, familiar with the geography and climate there, understand the tactics of the Hu people, as my Great Qin general, led 100,000 troops to the west."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Li, one of the military generals, stood up excitedly and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Wang Li will lead my Great Qin Ruishi to set foot in Hexi, exterminate the Yue Clan, and expand the territory for Your Majesty!" ”

Although many people think that Wang Li is still a little young, but after thinking about it carefully, Wang Li is actually qualified.

First of all, Wang Li had accompanied the Marquis of Wugong to conquer the Qi State, and then followed the expedition to Saiwai, as a general, he had a lot of combat experience, and he was not a fledgling novice.

Moreover, Wang Li participated in the Northern Expedition, and was very familiar with the geography and climate of Saiwai, and also understood the tactics and distribution of the Saiwai Hu people, which was indeed much more suitable than other generals in this regard.

Of course, the most important thing is that Wang Li not only has the title of Zuo Geng, he is also the grandson of Wang Jian and the son of Wang Ben.

The Wang family is a family of Great Qin generals, and they are famous generals of the Qin State from generation to generation.

In the past, Wang Jian and Wang Ben fought in the Six Kingdoms, and Wang Li was hidden in the palace.

Now that his ancestors and fathers are either retiring, or they are the captains of the Qin State, and no longer lead the army to fight, the emperor pushed Wang out to lead the troops at this time, which is also a balancing consideration.

Feng's Feng Wuxuan fought the Yue people in the southeast.

Li Xin of the Li clan struck the Hu people in the northeast.

Montessori's Meng Tian is cultivating the straight path.

The people of the Wang family should indeed go out and lead the troops alone.

looked at Wang Li's high-spirited appearance.

Li Si, who had always been indifferent, couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Look at other people's sons, and then look at your own.

Alas......

Compared to the envy in Li Si's heart.

After Wang Li accepted the order, he looked at Zhao Tuo gratefully.

He was very grateful to the Marquis of Wugong for not coveting the credit of the Jianyue Clan, and chose to give up this credit, so that Wang Li also had the opportunity to be the chief general of the first army and lead the troops to fight.

Facing Wang Li's grateful gaze, Zhao Tuo bowed slightly, revealing an encouraging expression.

At the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

In his current position, he also has some feelings about Wang Jian back then.

The credit still has to be let go.

It is not a good practice for a person to eat alone and take all the credit, and it is easy to become the target of public criticism.

If you eat meat yourself, you have to give others soup to drink.

It's better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone.

It is normal that the main general of the Western Expedition will be Wang Li.

To everyone's surprise, the First Emperor announced at the court meeting that Su Jiasha, the noble daughter of the Yue clan who had the title of Zuo Geng, would be named the Marquis of the Yue clan, and let him lead the two Yue clans that had surrendered to the Qin State and assist the king in his expedition to the west.

This appointment is very unusual, and it is extremely rare for a woman to be a general.

However, no one objected, after all, Su Jiasha was not the official position of the Qin State, but the leader of the Yue Clan, which belonged to the internal affairs of their Yue Clan, and it was not the same system as everyone, so there was nothing to say.

Only Zhao Tuo watched Su Jiasha being summoned, walked to the hall, and said loudly to thank her, and was a little in a trance.

When he first saw this woman in Yiqu City, Northland, he probably never imagined that she would be mixed with such a status.

Perhaps feeling Zhao Tuo's gaze, Su Jiasha finished receiving the order, and when she turned sideways, she showed a faint smile at Zhao Tuo.

Zhao Tuo smiled back.

At the same time, I secretly sighed in my heart, judging from this woman's previous actions, the future is limitless, and I am afraid that she is also a famous figure in history.

After Wang Li and Su Jiasha were ordered to retreat, Zhao Tuo immediately gathered his mind, his eyes were slightly condensed, and he stared at the First Emperor on the emperor's couch.

All the ministers who received the news more or less also looked at the emperor.

Emperor, would he really do that?

The First Emperor sat on the emperor's couch and stretched his body, with a faint, proud smile on the corner of his mouth.

He looked at the ministers in the palace and said slowly: "In the past, my ancestor of Qin was Doctor Zhou, guarding the west and fighting with the Rong people for generations. As for Mu Gong was strong and prosperous, he dominated Xirong, but in later generations, he was a small remote country in the western corner, and was invaded by the Shandong countries. ”

"In the world of filial piety, the law of the merchant monarch will be used to strengthen the country. As for my accession to the throne, the remnants of Fen VI swept the world and were within one universe. Today, Zhao Tuo, Feng Wuxue, Li Xin and others will break Hu Yi for me, hang the Xiongnu Shan Yu, the head of the King of Donghu in Qin Que, and serve the Marquis of the Yue clan in the border stop, such merits have never been seen since ancient times. ”

"I am very happy to have done this. The merit of the emperor should be in the head of Qian. ”

"Therefore, I want to give the knighthood a first-class ...... in the world"

In the main hall, the ministers were solemn.

Zhao Tuo's hand in his sleeve trembled slightly.

And so it was.

Give the first rank to the head of the world.

Zhao Tuo roared in his heart.

Chaos in the government!

This is chaos!

"Records of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty": 27 years...... It is a year old, and it is given a knighthood.

According to historical records, after the unification of Qin, there were two large-scale knighthoods, which was the first time.

According to the analysis of "Research on the Military Merit Knighthood: The Decline of the Military Merit Knighthood System at the End of the Qin Dynasty", this time the knighthood was a mediocre and chaotic government, self-destruction of the Great Wall, and the loss of the original value and role of the military merit system, and the decline and indiscriminate use.

The Han Dynasty completely collapsed and evolved into the eight-level system of civil lords, which probably also had the influence of large-scale knighthood after the unification of Qin.

(End of chapter)