In Zhao Tuo's view, the most difficult part of this battle to conquer Vietnam was the treacherous environment of Yuedi, and most of the year was the rainy season that was not suitable for marching.

Therefore, it will take at least several years to fight this battle, and even as in history, it is possible to get it for ten years.

For Zhao Tuo, this point in time is the most critical time, so he will lay out some back-up before leaving.

"When I was on my southern expedition, you should pay more attention to the changes in the DPRK and China, and if there is any change, you will immediately send a message."

In the dark room, Zhao Tuo solemnly instructed the person in front of him.

The man arched his hand and said: "The prince can rest assured, he is in Xianyang, and he will be careful." ”

Zhao Tuo nodded reassuringly.

This time, Zhao Tuo was most afraid of the change in the court, but he couldn't react in time because he was too far away.

So on Xianyang's side, someone must help him pay attention.

Shima served in the Taiwei Mansion and was a good helper.

But Shima is a good general, but he is not a scheming strategist, and he lacks political sensitivity.

So Zhao Tuo finally chose Chen Ping.

Li Shiqi and Chen Ping are the two major strategists under his command, and they are both superhuman people with wisdom.

However, in addition to military strategy, Li Shiqi is also good at debating and fighting, which is more useful in conquest.

So this time in the southern expedition, Zhao Tuozheng transferred Li Shiqi to accompany him.

As for Chen Ping, he was left in Xianyang by Zhao Tuo, and entrusted with an important task and asked him for a position.

Prince wash (xiǎn) horse.

This position is the prince's attendant officer, because its duty is to ride a horse as a guide when the prince travels, so it is called washing horses, also known as the front horse, and belongs to the prince's close attendants.

Chen Ping is already resourceful, handsome and good-looking, and he is still recommended by Zhao Tuo.

With the combination of these favorable factors, I think that Prince Fusu will soon use Chen Ping as an assistant.

Zhao Tuo's arrangement in this way was to recommend a think tank to Fusu.

In case he was not in Xianyang, Fusu did something stupid to anger the emperor when his head was hot, and Chen Ping could also advise.

Second, Zhao Tuo sensed the threat.

Prime Minister Li Si's second son, Li Yuchang, dated Fusu. Zhao Tuo was afraid that Fusu would be too affected by this person, after all, Li Si was a legalist, and there were many differences between him and Zhao Tuo in some political affairs. Just in case, Zhao Tuo wanted to install a person of his own on Fusu's side.

At the same time, it also has the meaning of surveillance, which allows him to pay attention to Xianyang's matters remotely.

Chen Ping was very grateful to Zhao Tuo for his arrangement.

The position of the prince washing horses, don't look at it as having little power, but it is the position of the dragon.

Build a good relationship with the crown prince, and get the other party's affirmation and appreciation, and when the prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor in the future, will there be fewer opportunities for reuse?

This position can be described as a bright future. Chen Ping, who has the heart to climb up, is very satisfied, and even with the requirements for Zhao Tuo, he is also very attentive.

It's just that there is a trace of doubt in the heart of a smart man.

The prince asked him to pay attention to the movements of the crown prince and Prime Minister Zuo, and also talked about the past.

Why did he pay special attention to Shangshu Ling Zhao Gao and Gongzi Hu Hai?

Is there anything special about these two?

On Zhao Tuo's side, he arranged Chen Ping as a shadow. After analyzing the current situation again, I feel that the change of sand dunes in history is absolutely impossible to happen again.

"Zhao Gao and Hu Hai were able to tamper with the edict and ascend to the throne, which was originally an accidental event with a very small probability, but now that it has been changed by me, there is no possibility of reappearance at all!"

Zhao Tuo is sure.

In his view, the success of the Dune Incident in history was all due to the combination of accidental factors.

On the first emperor's eastern tour, the right prime minister Feng Quji and the imperial historian stayed in Xianyang, and there were not many important ministers who followed the emperor.

When he was seriously ill in Pingyuanjin and sent the most favored Meng Yi out to pray to the gods of the famous mountain to prolong his life, Li Si was the only important minister in the convoy.

This is a necessary condition for Zhao Gao to be able to convince Li Si to tamper with the edict with him, because there is no one else to restrain him.

Meng Yi was reused by the emperor at that time, and when he went out, he participated in the ride, and when he entered, he was in front of the emperor. As long as he was in the convoy, Zhao Gao would never dare to tamper with the edict.

So the success of that coup d'état is a complete coincidence.

And in this time and space, it is completely different from the original history.

First of all, the emperor didn't take that kind of heavy metal pill, and his workload in the past two years has also been controlled. Although there are sequelae of injury, judging from Zhao Tuo's visual inspection, the life expectancy should be a little longer than the original history, and it is very possible to live until he returns after a hundred passes.

Even if you take a step back, the first emperor still died of illness in the thirty-seventh year, and he Zhao Tuo did not return.

The first emperor agreed to Zhao Tuo's request to no longer inspect the world, and even if his emperor died, he would die in the palace.

This time, there are no conditions for Zhao Gao and Hu Hai to commit crimes.

Not to mention that Fusu has been publicly established as the crown prince and has the right to inherit legally.

And Li Si, an important figure in the original success of the Dune Incident, was Fusu's father-in-law.

In addition, Zhao Gao's enemy Meng Yi is the Zhonglang general in charge of the Qin Palace, and he must be guarding the emperor's side, and it is impossible to give him a chance for a coup.

Under these conditions, if Zhao Gao is given 10,000 guts, he may not dare to take risks.

"So there's no need to worry at all, this time on the expedition, the focus is still on the war."

The more Zhao Tuo thought about it, the more relieved he became.

And he has other back-ups.

His old subordinates such as Black Buttocks, Zhong Liyi, Lu Juan and others, Zhao Tuo will not take any of them with him when he goes out this time.

Because these people are now middle- and high-level cadres in the lieutenant army and the guard army, they have a certain amount of military power in their hands, and they can transfer troops.

Even if something really happened here in Xianyang, they were all arm helpers, and they were Zhao Tuo's hole cards.

Even if Zhao Tuo is not in Xianyang, these old subordinates will protect his wife and children, and it is impossible for them to be harmed.

In this regard, the black buttocks and others poured bitter water at the party before Zhao Tuo left.

"What kind of lieutenant Sima, my black buttocks are not uncommon at all. The happiest time in my life was to follow the prince to fight on the battlefield and be a small soldier. ”

"If it weren't for the prince's refusal, I really wanted to resign from my post and go south with the prince!"

Facing the grumblings of the old ministers.

Zhao Tuo just smiled and relieved, and hinted at their own importance for their families, which would inspire the old ministry to protect them even more.

Compared with the regrets of these old men in the old department, the young Han Xin was extremely excited.

He showed off in front of Zhao Che, who was more than five years old: "Che'er, Che'er, I'm going to go out with the prince to Baiyue." You'll have to play by yourself at home in the future! ”

Zhao Che pursed his lips and snorted, "What's the big deal, I'm not uncommon to play with you." Sister Yun, let's go, we won't play with Han Xin in the future. ”

As he spoke, Zhao Che angrily pulled his one-and-a-half-year-old sister and walked to the back room, and the surrounding maids hurriedly followed.

Looking at the little backs of the two children, Han Xin smiled dumbly.

Since following Wugong Hou to Xianyang, Zhao Tuo has been very good to him, not only treating Han Xin as a disciple, but also often letting him play with his own children.

Even the eldest princess Yingyin Yan was quite friendly to Han Xin, and often gave him food and clothing.

After a long time, Han Xin found a deep sense of belonging in the mansion of the Marquis of Wugong.

It seems that this is his Han Shin's home.

Zhao Che and Zhao Yun are the younger brothers and sisters he watched grow up.

Han Xin's eyes were full of tenderness.

After getting together and saying goodbye to the old department, Zhao Tuo hosted a banquet for Zhang Cang, Zhang Han and others.

Perhaps in order to comfort Zhao Tuo's heart, the first emperor immediately appointed the next candidate for Shaofu after announcing Zhao Tuo as the general of the expedition against Baiyue.

"The prince can rest assured that I will do my best to not disappoint the prince and the prince in matters such as engineering and gunpowder."

At the banquet, the new Shaofu Zhang Han patted his chest and gave Zhao Tuo a package ticket.

"Shaorong does things, I am naturally relieved."

Zhao Tuo smiled and bowed his head.

This move of the First Emperor is indeed very sincere.

Zhang Han was pulled up by Zhao Tuo from the Shaofu Bureau, from the examination room order to the Shaofu Cheng, Zhao Tuo made various projects Zhang Han participated.

Now the emperor appointed Zhang Han to take over the throne, which is a statement and an echo of Zhao Tuo's previous request.

Zhang Han also knew that his position as Jiuqing was completely obtained by virtue of martial arts, so he was naturally grateful in his heart. When it was time to drink, he actually saluted Zhao Tuo on the spot and thanked him for his promotion and appreciation.

Compared with Zhang Han's excitement, the big fat man Zhang Cang was quite calm at first, and discussed the area and population of Baiyue in the south with Zhao Tuo at the banquet.

Then drinking and drinking, the fat man actually talked about Baiyue's women, and after getting drunk, he actually asked Zhao Tuo to draw Baiyue and send him a few Yueren women.

Zhao Tuo was speechless about this, and responded casually.

The three-day preparation time passed in a flash, in Zhao Tuo's arrangement and banquet guests.

Soon, the day came for him to go south.

He will leave Xianyang to fight for the empire, and he will not know when he will return.

(End of chapter)