Twenty-eighth year of Qin Shi Huang, May 25.

The huge convoy came from the west and went straight into Zou County, Xue County.

"Junhou, I heard that Yi (yì) Mountain is a famous mountain in Qi place, which has always been praised by Confucian scholars who entered Qin, and is known as the wonder of Zou Lu. Compared with the steep and majestic mountains in my Guanzhong, it is really like a low hillside, which is really disappointing. ”

When the team set up camp near Zou County, and when Zhao Tuo went out to look at Yishan Mountain in the north, another person's exclamation came from his side.

Zhao Tuo looked back at the person who spoke, it was the son of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, the younger brother of the current emperor, Ziying.

It may be that Zhao Tuo once led the army to fight in the south and the north, traveled all over the land of the Six Kingdoms, and had a lot of knowledge of the mountains and rivers in the world.

Ziying, the elder of the clan who traveled with the emperor, often came to talk to Zhao Tuo, and every time he finished chatting, he felt that he had gained a lot, and after coming and going, there were some exchanges between the two.

Zhao Tuo also has a good impression of Ziying, the historical "Qin III", and did not refuse it.

Compared with the princes, in the Qin State, which pursued the primogeniture inheritance system, the children did not have much inheritance rights.

This is also the reason why when Qin II killed his brothers and sisters and unjustly killed the Mengshi brothers in history, Ziying dared to stand up and admonish, first, he was an elder, and second, he had nothing to do with the battle for the throne.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo does not have to be afraid of any taboos when he interacts with Ziying.

At this moment, in the face of Ziying's sigh.

Zhao Tuo said with a smile: "Childe is used to seeing the steep mountains of Daqin, and now that he has come to see the mountains of Qidi, he naturally feels boring. You must know that Mencius said that climbing the East Mountain and Xiaolu, climbing Mount Tai and the small world, in fact, it is just the people of Qilu sitting in the well and watching the sky, not knowing the size of the world, and what magnificent scenery the majestic mountain is. Even that Mount Tai, known as the same as the sky, is actually not as high as the Huashan Mountain in our Guanzhong, let alone this small mountain. ”

Ziying frowned and said: "Mount Tai is claimed to be on par with the sky, but it is not as high as Mount Hua?" If this is the case, how can the holy kings of the past dynasties enshrine Zen in Mount Tai. ”

Zhao Tuo smiled and said nothing, only saying that although Mount Tai is not as good as the mountains in Guanzhong, it is also a standout in the land of Qilu in the east, which may be the reason.

In fact, Zhao Tuo studied it after finalizing the matter of sealing Zen, and estimated that it was difficult to distinguish the truth from the truth of the ancient holy king's sealing of Zen, and it was most likely that it was the accumulation of Qilu Confucianism layer by layer, and it was something that was drummed up in the past two hundred years.

After all, Confucius never said the word "Feng Chan" in his life, and his writings and the classics handed down from the Zhou Dynasty have no record of Feng Chan. The earliest source is the "Guanzi" published in the name of the fake trusteeship of the Jixia School Palace, and the people who boasted that this was the matter of the Holy King were all Qilu Confucian students, so its authenticity is indeed questionable.

However, Zhao Tuo himself is a layman, and he can suspect things that can be suspected when he goes to the Imperial History Mansion to check the classics, will Qin Shi Huang himself not know?

Isn't there any suspicion among the learned men under his command?

Maybe the First Emperor didn't care about the truth or falsehood.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, with the efforts of Confucian scholars for hundreds of years, Feng Chan has been completely equated with the matter of the Holy King and accepted by the world.

With the help of Feng Chan, when the first emperor boasted of his exploits to the heavens, he was also announcing to the world: his emperor is the lord of the mandate, with the blessing of the gods of heaven and earth, and the Great Qin Empire is destined by God for thousands of generations!

"This is a kind of political propaganda and ideological tactics."

"In these years, people believe in the Mandate of Heaven the most, and the emperor performs the ritual of sealing Zen, which means that he has been recognized by God, as long as he uses this to carry out propaganda, at least he can charm most of the nobles and Qiantou. That's why he came to do something to seal the Zen ceremony, and even the sacrifice of the three generations of holy monarchs in Luoyang before was also a meaning. ”

"The First Emperor did this in order to repeatedly instill the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to the heads of the world and transform the concept of the Mandate of Heaven of the scholars of the Six Kingdoms. Keep brainwashing the people of the Six Kingdoms, Qin annihilates the Six Kingdoms, it is a move by the mandate of heaven, you are born to be ruled by the Qin State, you should be born to be the head of the Qianqian under the rule of the emperor, if you dare to resist the rule of Qin, it is against the sky! ”

Since the emperor sacrificed in Luoyang, on the way to Mount Tai, Zhao Tuo has had some aftertaste, feeling that Qin Shi Huang's insistence on sealing Zen may not only be the expansion of his own desire for power, not only that he can't wait to boast of his achievements.

The First Emperor was using this to deify and sanctify his rule.

This emperor of the ages is not as superficial as many people think, in order to show off, he ran all the way from Guanzhong to Mount Tai, because Feng Chan is indeed a means to stabilize the empire and stabilize the hometown of the princes, at least at the ideological level can play a certain role.

The next thing that happened on Yishan confirmed Zhao Tuo's speculation.

The first emperor took his beloved son Hu Hai, his younger disciple Ziying, martial arts marquis Zhao Tuo, as well as the left and right prime ministers, Fengchang, Tingwei, Zhisu Neishi and other important ministers, as well as Zhou Qingchen, Chun Yuyue and other Qilu Confucian students, climbed Yishan together.

Fortunately, Yishan is only 500 meters high, and its mountain path has been cleaned by the Xue County Guard, so this mountain climbing trip is not difficult.

When he reached the top of Yishan, the first emperor sacrificed the spirit of Yishan here, and then asked Tingwei Li Si to write and erect the first carved stone of the eastern tour in this Yishan.

"The emperor founded the country, and the beginning of the Wei dynasty was in the past...... Crusade against rebellion, intimidating the four poles, and martial righteousness. Rong Chen was edicted, and after a short time, the six violent and strong ...... It is the current emperor, one family in the world, and the army will not come back. Disaster eradication, Qianshou Kangding, and Lize long-term ......"

Zhao Tuo silently recited the words of the carved stone, and suddenly understood that the emperor's heart was really similar to what he guessed.

The Qin army fought the six countries, which was called: crusade against rebellion and destroy the six violent powers.

The result after the battle was that the army did not come back.

Then the people of the world enjoy the benefits of unifying the world: the head of Qianshou is Kangding, and the benefits are long-lasting.

The content of this carved stone is precisely to publicize the legitimacy of Qin's unification of the world, and it is a proper brainwashing method.

"If you let the teachers of the local schools and county officials carry out long-term propaganda on the local Qiantou, as long as you wait until these remnants of the Six Kingdoms die, two or three generations later, then the newly-born Qianshou will only have the impression of a riotous country for the Six Kingdoms, and the First Emperor is the master of the Mandate of Heaven who ended the troubled times, and this generation of brainwashing continues, if there is another book burning in the future, then he will really have all the right to speak."

Zhao Tuo secretly lamented the methods of these rulers.

After the first emperor finished sacrificing the spirit of Yishan, when he asked Li Si and the craftsmen to carve a stone monument, he walked to the edge of the mountaintop by himself, looking at the vast plains in the distance, and felt open-minded.

There was a mountain wind blowing, rolling his clothes and dancing, such a scene made the emperor feel something.

The First Emperor turned his head, looked at the people behind him, and asked calmly.

"I am a great Qin and a universe, swallowing the four seas, and achieving today's great cause. What do you know the main reliance? ”

"Hu Hai, let's talk about it first."

The First Emperor's gaze looked at his youngest son, Hu Hai, who was following behind him.

Ask Hu Hai first, just to prevent him from learning from other ministers, the first emperor wanted to hear his son's opinion.

Zhao Tuo also looked over, curiosity flashed in his eyes, he had not had much contact with this "Qin II", and now he just wanted to see how the other party behaved.

Although Hu Hai is young, he is clever and lively, and in the face of his father's questioning, his eyes rolled, and he already had an answer.

He grinned and said: "The reason why my Great Qin was able to annex the world and destroy the six violent powers was naturally because of my father's martial arts and wisdom, and under the leadership of my father, my Great Qin soldiers fought bravely, which unified the world." If there was no father, there would be no Great Qin today! Father is the reason for everything! ”

Sycophants!

Zhao Tuo muttered in his heart.

No wonder this Hu Hai is the most favored by Qin Shi Huang, this time on the eastern tour, the eldest sons did not bring any of them, only let the youngest Hu Hai follow, look at the skills of other people's speaking.

If it is replaced by Fusu, I am afraid that it will be another tirade, and it will not please the emperor at all.

Sure enough, the First Emperor laughed, shook his head while laughing, and said: "You kid, you will make me happy, Daqin can unify the world, isn't it just the reason why I am alone." ”

As he spoke, the First Emperor turned his head to look at the silent child next to him.

This time, the clan surnamed Ying, in addition to Hu Hai, is also the only child, which is naturally eye-catching.

"Ziying, what do you think?"

Zhao Tuo hurriedly looked up.

After Qin I finished asking "Qin II", he asked "Qin III" again.

Such a scene of three generations in the same house is really extremely rare.

Ziying groaned slightly, and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, I Daqin unified the world, and Your Majesty is the first meritorious." After that, bento is the efforts of the first kings of the Qin State in the past dynasties, since the filial piety of the prince to the law to be strong, and then the king of Huiwen, the king of Wu, the king of Zhaoxiang, the king of Xiaowen, the king of Zhuangxiang, the six generations of the first king, fought bravely to be the first, so that my Qin country became more and more powerful, which laid the foundation for the unification of the world. ”

Ziying's answer was decent, and it did match his age and identity.

The First Emperor also nodded and said: "Yes, I am the remnant of the Sixth Emperor, and I crushed the Six Kingdoms with the powerful Great Qin. ”

Everyone around nodded and praised, Qin State's ability to unify the world has absolutely something to do with the emergence of six generations of Ming monarchs in a row.

If there is only one loser among these six people, there will be no Great Qin world today.

After questioning his son and younger brother, the First Emperor's eyes looked at his son-in-law who was standing next to Ziying.

"What does the martial artist think?"

The First Emperor spoke expectantly.

Hu Hai and Ziying's words made him agree, but he felt that it was not enough, and he hoped for Zhao Tuo's answer.

When the surrounding ministers heard this, they all perked up.

Hu Hai looked at his brother-in-law curiously.

Tingwei Li Si also squinted over.

Zhou Qingchen and Chun Yuyue and other Confucian scholars looked at each other.

Facing the gaze of countless eyes.

Zhao Tuo's face was calm, he saluted the emperor, and then raised his head to look at him.

"Your Majesty, there is only one reason why the minister thinks that my Great Qin can unify the world."

"Destiny!"

At this moment, the eyes of the First Emperor burst with brilliance.

Sure enough, Zhao Tuo can understand him!

Zhao Tuo said in a deep voice: "In the past, there was turmoil in the Zhou Dynasty, and it was the mandate of heaven for the first monarch to obtain the land of Zhou and establish a country. Later, Gong Wen went out hunting and obtained the omen of black dragon like water virtue, which is the destiny of heaven. It is the mandate of heaven for Mu Gong to dominate Xirong and open up thousands of miles. Since filial piety has changed the law, as for King Zhuang Xiang to produce six generations of Ming Jun in a row, it is also the mandate of heaven! ”

"It was the Mandate of Heaven that allowed me to rule the world, and it was the Mandate of Heaven that made His Majesty the Lord of the world!"

"Everything is destiny!"

In Zhao Tuo's voice, everyone was shocked, and they secretly scolded the sycophants in their hearts.

Even Tingwei Li Si was grinding his teeth, and this Zhao Tuo robbed him of everything he wanted to say.

Fortunately, after getting a satisfactory answer, the First Emperor did not continue to ask.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, he didn't see the wrong person, Zhao Tuo should know his true thoughts.

I know the true purpose of his coming to this eastern Fengzen Mount Tai and sacrificing to the mountains and rivers in various places.

The First Emperor, in addition to conferring on Chan to boast of his achievements, also wanted to announce the Mandate of Heaven of Great Qin to the world and obtain a legitimate and reasonable ruling claim, which was a great benefit to the rule of the empire.

If you say that it is the hard work of the previous kings of the Great Qin Dynasty, the scholars of the Six Kingdoms and the heads of the Qians will not feel anything except resentment. But if it's the Mandate of Heaven, it's a big difference.

The doctor's servant Zhou Qingchen reacted very quickly, and immediately surrendered his hand and said: "Great Qin's destiny is returned, Your Majesty is ordered by heaven to annex the four seas, and achieve the great cause of eternity. Please also ask Your Majesty to move to Mount Tai and do the act of sealing Zen! ”

Seeing Zhou Qingchen take the opportunity to stand up and pat himself, Li Si smiled, but his eyes were already full of cold light.

The First Emperor once again felt his greatness and destiny in Zhou Qingchen's voice.

He glanced at Zhou Qingchen, then looked at Zhao Tuo, and nodded with a smile.

"I should move Mount Tai, and on June 6, I will perform the great ceremony of sealing Zen to announce my destiny of Great Qin, and tell the heavens with meritorious deeds!"

The First Emperor turned to look out of the cliff, only to see the vast plains as far as the eye could see, and suddenly felt that his chest was full of generosity and heroism.

This is the world I have conquered.

And I am the Lord of Destiny.

Everything is already doomed.

Zhao Tuo watched this scene silently.

"Destiny ......"

There are about five or six types of identities for children, of which there are two more mainstream ones. One is the "brother of the second" in "The Book of the First Emperor of Qin", and the other is the "brother of the first emperor" in "The Biography of Li Silie".

The former is the most popular, from the Eastern Han Dynasty to modern times, this theory is mostly used, and even said that it is the son of Fusu, but it is not quite consistent in terms of logic and age.

As for the popular son of Cheng Chan on the Internet, it was Mr. Ma Feibai who broke the sentence "Infant of the First Emperor's disciple" to "Infant of the First Emperor's disciple, infant", saying that he was the son of the younger brother of the First Emperor, and he was called Infant.

Then Mr. Li Kaiyuan adhered to this and further linked it to Cheng Chan. For the time being, I only see Mr. Li Kaiyuan alone, which is the words of the family, and I will not take it here.

"Historical Records: The First Emperor of Qin": In the twenty-eighth year, the first emperor traveled east to the county and went to Zou Yi Mountain. Standing stone, discussing with Lu Zhu Confucianism, carving stone to praise Qin De, discussing the matter of sealing Zen and worshipping mountains and rivers.

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