For the family of Zhao Tuo, the Marquis of Zhenguo, this is a relatively important year.

Seventeen-year-old Zhao Che was officially a Fu official, and according to the rules of the Qin people, he would be obliged to serve from this year.

However, after the Qin people have the title of not changing the title, in principle, they can be exempted from the battle of the war, and Zhao Che is the title of the right lord at a young age, and he can be directly exempted from the service.

But this young man is strong in blood, with his own ambitions and dreams.

"The ministers will be born in the army, and the prime minister will be sent in the state and county. My father enlisted in the army at the age of fifteen, and after several battles, he destroyed the princes for the first emperor, conquered the barbarians, and achieved the rank of marquis. ”

"Zhao Che is the son of the Marquis of Zhenguo, and he is the right chief of the right concubine, although the title is high, but he has no matching merit, and his heart is very uneasy, I am willing to go west with the army, make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and expand the territory for Daqin, and ask Your Majesty for permission!"

Zhao Che is eight feet tall, has a resolute appearance, and speaks sonorously and powerfully, showing his manly spirit.

As soon as these words came out, the Qin palace resounded with applause.

This is a family banquet held by the second emperor, in addition to his wife and children, he also specially invited Zhao Tuo's family to come to show closeness.

"It's so Che'er, when he first arrived at the age of Fu, he wanted to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, and this kind of ambition is worthy of being the son of the Marquis of Zhenguo. I got it done. ”

The Second Emperor showed appreciation on his face and made no secret of his love for Zhao Che.

After speaking, he looked sideways at the young man on the other side.

"Qiming, since Brother Ru has such a strong ambition and is willing to fight for the country, you should respect him with a cup."

Gongzi Qiming hurriedly stood up, raised his glass to Zhao Che and said: "Brother is proud, brother admires him very much, I wish my brother can make meritorious contributions on the battlefield." ”

Zhao Che also hurriedly raised a glass to greet him.

Seeing the harmonious scene of the two cousins, whether it was the second emperor on the emperor's couch or Zhao Tuo and his wife on the side, they all smiled.

Only Queen Li Shu had a smile on her face, but there was a flash of displeasure in her eyes.

Her gaze flickered over Zhao Che's face, and finally fell on Zhao Yun, the girl beside the eldest princess Yingyinyan.

A teenage girl, with bright eyes and bright teeth, willow eyebrows, inherited her mother's appearance, and is a complete beauty embryo.

Of course, Li Shu is not interested in the other party's beauty, but the identity of this girl.

The eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhenguo, she is deeply loved by Zhao Tuo.

He is almost old, and he will be able to marry in two years, so during this time, many big families in Xianyang City have set their sights on Zhao Yun.

The Wang, Feng, Yang, and Xin all had the move of asking the Marquis of Zhenguo to marry him.

Li Shu is naturally no exception, as long as her son marries Zhao Tuo's daughter, it is equivalent to getting a strong foreign aid, and the position of the heir will be stable in the future, and she is not afraid of the emperor doing anything to abolish the elder and the younger.

But because Zhao Tuo's status was too high and his merits were too great, even the second emperor Fusu had a lot of respect for the Zhao family, so Li Shu didn't dare to force it, but just asked his brother Li Yu to go and convey this meaning on his behalf.

It stands to reason that the queen proposed marriage to the eldest son of the empire, no matter which family she put it in, she was absolutely overjoyed and happily agreed.

After all, when Gongzi Qiming ascends the throne, then they will be proper royal relatives, and their daughters will also become the mother of a country, which family doesn't want to.

didn't expect Zhao to be an exception.

Faced with the queen's brother expressing his intention to marry with a smile on his face, Zhao Tuo declined.

"Rejected my son!"

Li Shu was angry, which reminded her of more than ten years ago, when she wanted to marry the Zhao family to stabilize her position, she blew the pillow wind for Fusu for a long time, and asked Fusu to go to the Wugong Marquis Mansion to ask for marriage, and was finally rejected by Zhao Tuo.

"This is the second time!"

Li Shu felt insulted, and at the same time, when she saw Fusu let her son toast Zhao Tuo's son, her heart became more and more uncomfortable.

It's just that she knew how much the Second Emperor trusted this Marquis of Zhenguo, so she forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart and kept the smile on her face.

After the feast.

Zhao Tuo's family left the palace.

"Che'er, this time you have to follow General Wang to the west, be a good student to learn the art of marching and arranging, remember that the art of war is only a theory, everything must be based on reality!"

Zhao Tuo instructed his son on the road.

Zhao Che responded: "Father, rest assured, my trip is mainly based on study and practice, and I will never fight for merit indiscriminately." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Tuo nodded with satisfaction.

In recent years, under Zhao Tuo's changes, the Qin State has become more and more stable and strong.

There was no war for four years, and the society was stable, so men could work at home and women could give birth and raise with peace of mind.

At the same time as the population increased, the grain and straw of the government treasury at all levels of the Qin State were gradually filled, and many places had reached the point where the grain overflowed warehouses.

Zhao Tuo came up with a lot of agricultural science and technology, and also established the Department of Agronomy, which specialized in cultivating agricultural talents and promoting the development of agriculture in the empire. These measures made the productivity of the Qin State in this era several times stronger than the original history, and the speed of grain hoarding was very fast.

Since there is money and food, and the head of Qiantou has also rested for several years, many military generals in the court have once again started the idea of going west.

In recent years, Zhao Tuo has been building various schools to strengthen basic education, and at the same time, he has also gradually implemented the probation system of the Han Dynasty in history, wanting to peacefully solve the big trouble of the military merit system.

Because he is now in the transition stage of the two systems, Zhao Tuo does not want to fall out rashly with the military merit group, not to mention that the banner of this western expedition is to avenge the first emperor and completely eliminate the scourge of Wusun, so he also expressed his support.

"Wusun is one of the four great regrets of the first emperor, and at the same time, these barbarians block the way of communication between my Qin State and the Western Regions, if you don't destroy Wusun, you will not be able to communicate with the Western Regions, and it is really necessary to break it in one fell swoop."

The Qin State rested for four years, and now the soldiers are warlike, the grain and straw are abundant, and even the Zhenguo Marquis Zhao Tuo supports this battle, and the second emperor no longer hesitates, and takes Wang Li as the general, leading 100,000 troops to attack Wusun in the west.

Zhao Che asked to join this battle.

In addition, Zhao Tuo's disciple Han Xin also asked for orders to participate in this battle.

These young people are going to the west to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and have a bright future.

They will destroy the strong enemy in the west and expand the territory of Great Qin again.

On the day when the army set out, Zhao Tuo led the ministers and ministers to send Wang Li and the generals away.

When he saw his seventeen-year-old son put on his armor, said goodbye to him, and galloped away, Zhao Tuo's heart suddenly had a sentimentality of being a thing.

More than ten years ago, he also led the army away with such a majestic spirit.

The times have changed again, and the days when he Zhao Tuo galloped all over the world will be gone forever.

"What do you think, I'm still young, I can live for a few decades, my time is far from over!"

Zhao Tuo shook his head heavily, drove the sadness out of his body, and regained his fighting spirit.

He's still young and he still has a lot to do.

But the joys and sorrows of the world are not the same.

Some people are like the rising sun, youthful and powerful.

For others, it is like a red sun, dazzling and shining.

But some people are like the golden Wuxiluo, and they are about to come to the end of their lives.

Just two months after the Qin general Wang Li led 100,000 Qin troops to the west to conquer Wusun.

A big event happened again in Xianyang.

Li Si, the 78-year-old Prime Minister of Zuo, finally couldn't hold on and suddenly fainted at a big court meeting.

After that, he was sick in bed, and within a few days he was dying.