Chapter 141: The Xiongnu invade the border
Write a few large words on it.
Change the land and return it to the stream.
In fact, the Qin Dynasty's governance of Baiyue was not short-sighted.
After the First Emperor pacified Baiyue, he withdrew from Lingnan to take a series of measures to stabilize the locality, not only setting up three counties in Lingnan, Guilin, Xiangjun and Nanhai, and implementing the county system, but also setting up Nanhai Wei in the relatively developed Nanhai County to deter the locality.
At the same time, the people of the interior were relocated to enrich Lingnan, and to encourage colonization and intermarriage with local residents. Even the officials of the counties were sent by the central court, although most of these people were reprimanded in the court and had to go.
However, this does not affect the actual governance of Lingnan and the influence of the Central Plains civilization in Lingnan.
However, this kind of restraint policy did not really solve the problem of Lingnan, and the various tribes still had a high degree of autonomy, and the imperial court could not govern Lingnan as deeply as it did in the mainland.
Even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops guarding it, they have to endure three points.
Therefore, after realizing this problem, Zhao Ying had to think about the feasibility of the far-reaching policy of changing the land and returning it to the river in later generations.
After the Ming and Qing dynasties, the reason why this measure was able to be implemented was actually related to the continuous exchanges and mutual influence between Lingnan and the people in the interior since the Qin Dynasty.
That's built on more than a thousand years of history!
Now that I move over bluntly, I probably can't solve the problem, and if it's not good, it will arouse the sensitive nerves of the Lingnan tribe, so that Lingnan, which has finally calmed down, will once again fall into endless war.
With it, it also dragged the already exhausted Great Qin to the abyss of destruction.
Thinking of this, his face became more and more serious.
After the first emperor's almost hand-in-hand teaching in the past few months, Zhao Ying's political vision and wisdom are no longer what they used to be. What he wants is not a copy of the land and the return of the land, but a simplified version of the land reform and return to the river that can really fit the status quo of Daqin and Lingnan.
Therefore, he scribbled and changed this note, and wrote it for almost half the night, until the time of the child, and he barely finished it.
I picked it up and re-examined it, and saw that there was nothing wrong or missing, so I breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that it was getting late, he didn't go back to his yard, but lay down directly on the bed in the study.
What he didn't know was that at the moment when he wrote the four words "change the land and return to the stream" on that piece of paper, a girl with bright eyes and picturesque eyebrows happened to walk to the door of his small courtyard.
As if he felt something, he suddenly stopped, looked up in the direction where Zhao Ying's study was located, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
His Royal Highness, the interesting Emperor Grandson, had changed again.
In her eyes, there was a streamer, her eyebrows frowned, and her eyes were full of puzzlement. It is still an unpredictable fate, but vaguely, that trace of domineering royal spirit suddenly rose by three points!
So, what the hell just happened!
Thinking of the change in Zhang Liang's life just now, the curious look in Xu Cheng's eyes couldn't help but become a little stronger.
"Interesting—"
Xu Cheng was silent for a long time, then suddenly smiled, turned back, and walked lightly, like an elf in the dark.
……
While Zhao Ying was staying up all night pondering how to govern Lingnan, many people in Hedong, Hanoi, Sanchuan, and Handan, which were closest to Xianyang, as well as Handan, which was originally the capital of Zhao State, were sleepless all night.
The sudden arrival of several large truckloads of books completely shattered the tranquility of these counties.
Unlike traditional bamboo and wooden tablets, the books were written from something resembling cloth that they had never seen before, but even when they were, there was a strange thing about them that people couldn't read.
The fonts of all the books are like one, not a millimeter!
How is this possible!
Handan County, so Zhao Guangwu Jun's mansion, some of the late Zhao nobles spontaneously gathered together, looking at the few books that Guangwu Jun Li Zuoche Tuo got from the county guard's mansion, and couldn't help but look at each other, what the hell is this!
"Have you ever inquired about the intention of the imperial court's move......
An old man with gray hair, frowning, looked at Li Zuoche who was sitting there silently.
"It is said that the county guard will be responsible for selling them cheaply to the young people and poor children in the county for them to learn to read, and then the imperial court will recruit talents and select officials, and these books will be used as part of the inspection......"
As soon as Li Zuoche said this, everyone couldn't help but be in an uproar.
It doesn't matter what the study of agriculture and mulberry is, and the works of medicine and astrology, but the book "Casting the Soul of the Army" ......
Because Handan is not far from Xianyang, unlike Huiji County, the promotion of "Casting the Soul of the Army" has not been completely stopped, but under the resistance of these nobles of Zhao State, the progress is also not smooth.
But that was before, once these books were distributed to the young people in the county, especially the poor children, the situation was probably going to get out of control.
You know, these young people have already become quite resistant to the Lord's house because of the sinister edict, if they read these books again.
Everyone couldn't help but gasp.
Da Qin, this doesn't even want to leave a little leeway!
"What to do? If these books are allowed to flow into the people, the consequences may be unimaginable......"
The old man who asked just now frowned, and a trace of deep worry flashed in his eyes.
As a descendant of Pang Xuan, although his vision and insight are not as good as those of his ancestors, he is also outstanding among these old Zhao nobles, and he naturally knows the terrible consequences of allowing this kind of book to be promoted.
But the imperial court is under the banner of selecting officials, who can stop it?
Not to mention outsiders, I'm afraid that even those young children in the clan are not easy to stop.
What's the matter-
Push the grace order, stuck and unwilling to implement it, and now these people want to make a future through studying, you also have to stop it? If it is really blocked, I am afraid that without the help of the imperial court, the family will fall into chaos.
Li Zuoche smiled bitterly.
"I have asked people to ask for help, and the officials in charge of the county have temporarily suppressed this news, but now that the general trend is in Qin, what we can do is actually very limited, and this matter will not ......be able to hold back sooner or later."
At this moment, a middle-aged man with three wisps of clear beard stood up.
"Zhao has an idea, I don't know if I can do it......"
Hearing him say this, everyone immediately looked over. The old man of the Pang family looked at the middle-aged man expectantly.
"General Zhao's good plan-"
The middle-aged man who spoke was the descendant of Zhao Hao, that is, Zhao Dun, the younger brother of the famous Zhao Kuo, who was a lieutenant colonel in the Zhao Guojun and served under the old general Lian Po.
"Didn't you say that you want to sell it cheaply to young people in the army? We can't stop the imperial decree, but we shouldn't have a problem buying it......"
Zhao Dun's words made everyone's eyes light up.
That's right-
We can't stop you from promoting it, but we have the money, we can buy them all.
Books are not anything else, it is not easy to copy, and so many books can be made, I don't know how much work it took to come to the imperial court!
Buy it for him!
"Okay, after we go back, we will all buy some, and we must not let these sinister things flow outside!"
Zhao Dun's proposal was quickly recognized by everyone, and even Li Zuoche, who had always been resourceful, didn't say anything more, although he vaguely felt that things didn't seem to be so simple.
But what else can be done......
Then buy it first!
A similar scene has begun to appear in other places not only in Handan, but also in other places as these printed books are shipped out. Although many places did not think of the idea of buying books with their own funds, they coincidentally delayed the release of these books through various means.
It was temporarily pressed into the treasury of various parts of the county.
However, it is believed that with the spread of the practices of these nobles in Handan County, more and more nobles of the Six Kingdoms will follow Handan's example and adopt similar practices to obstruct the circulation of books.
From their point of view, they were naturally unwilling to watch this kind of book that cut the aristocratic roots of the Zhao Kingdom appear on the market.
I just don't know if they will be so depressed that they will vomit blood on the spot when they know that there is still something called printing and papermaking in this world.
……
Zhao Ying didn't care about these, after all, these were all things that he and the First Emperor had repeatedly scrutinized.
Just wait for them to come out to buy books and subsidize Daqin's somewhat tired treasury.
Nothing else, just a time difference!
"According to the itinerary, those books should have arrived in Handan and Sanchuan and other places yesterday, and I don't know how they will react at this moment——"
The First Emperor stopped the chopsticks in his hand, looked at Zhao Ying, who was sitting opposite him, gobbling up breakfast, and asked with a smile.
There was a palpable schadenfreude in the words. Those dogs, like rats, have been stumbling on themselves in secret, and this time they can make them suffer a loss, and his heart is happy.
Looking at the first emperor's eyebrows, Zhao Ying couldn't help laughing.
"How else can I react, at most find a way to delay for a few days, eat dust in the treasury for a few days, and then, either buy them or let them flow to the market - we won't lose anything anyway......"
The First Emperor nodded happily.
"Well, how's the storyteller's preparations......"
Zhao Ying picked up the bowl, drank a bowl of millet and red date porridge, and when he served it to himself, he gave it to the first emperor with a bowl.
"Father, you can also drink some, this kind of rice porridge can be appetizing and calm, didn't you say that you haven't had a good rest recently? The book says, drink more of this ......"
First Emperor: ......
He looked at the big bowl pushed by Zhao Ying with disgust, and then took a sip of it.
Zhao Ying didn't force him to drink like an errand like an errand, anyway, he just drank a little bit, and he couldn't let the old man really eat it.
"In the past few days, the Rumo family has gathered a total of more than 1,000 disciples, and I have already sent Chen Ping from my mansion to give them unified training, and in three days, they will officially set off......
Speaking of this, Zhao Ying couldn't help but smile.
"I have to give them a little time to buy books......
After hearing this, the First Emperor couldn't help laughing.
"In this matter, you just have to put on a name, didn't you also find a Daqin storyteller? Let him do it with your Chen Ping......"
Zhao Ying smiled and nodded.
Although this matter is very important, it is not an overnight task to guide public opinion and change people's minds, and he still has a lot of important things to do, so it is naturally impossible to spend all his energy on this.
After breakfast, the ancestors and grandsons wandered around the Zhangtai Palace for a while, digesting and digesting the food, and then returned to the palace, ready to start reviewing the music.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.
"Your Majesty, Jiuyuan County Emergency-"
When the First Emperor heard this, his face suddenly became serious, and Zhao Ying couldn't help but put down the brush in his hand and got up and stood beside the First Emperor.
He reviewed the matter for the First Emperor, except for a few palace maids who served him closely, Hei Bingtai, the head of the Black Ice Terrace, and Zhao Gao, who has now been reduced to the horseman of the Emperor's eldest grandson, Zhao Ying's mansion, no one else knew.
Zhao Ying was also unwilling to cause some unnecessary criticism and disputes because of this kind of thing, and create unnecessary trouble for the First Emperor.
After all, although he just wanted to share some of the burden for the First Emperor so that his old man's health could be better, if he really talked about it, his behavior was already seriously arrogant.
Therefore, as long as there are outsiders, he usually stands aside and waits, even if Hu Hai has recently become a captain of the forbidden army, and Hu Hai, who is in the palace every day, has not discovered this little secret between him and the first emperor.
Of course, the main reason is that Zhao Ying asked the First Emperor to give Hu Hai a ban on trespassing without permission.
In the blink of an eye, an attendant held a roll of bamboo slips, walked in hurriedly from outside, and stood still not far from the First Emperor.
Zhao Gao was not there, Zhao Ying consciously temporarily played the role of Zhao Gao, stepped forward to take the bamboo slip, walked to him, and handed it to the First Emperor.
Then, stick your head out and watch.
Sure enough, Jiuyuan County reported urgently, and there was nothing good.
Due to the fact that in recent days, Jiuyuan and Shangjun and other places have also been hit by heavy snow, and several tribes in the Xiongnu's neighboring Jiuyuan County have been seriously affected, and there has been a serious food crisis.
Therefore, as soon as the heavy snow stopped, they couldn't wait to launch a surprise attack on several villages and towns in Jiuyuan County.
Hit the grass valley.
Several villages and towns were destroyed, and thousands of people suffered.
Su Jiao, the general in charge of guarding Jiuyuan County, was furious and had launched a retaliatory counterattack, and near the border of Jiuyuan County, he fought several brutal encounters with the Xiongnu.
Although the Xiongnu were repelled several times, these small tribes of the Xiongnu were like maggots on the tarsal bones, and they still attacked and disturbed from time to time. But Su Jiao was trapped in the snow, unable to pursue deeply, and failed to take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle.
So, this note from Su Jiao.
One is to report the situation of the Xiongnu invasion to the imperial court, and the other is to ask the imperial court for guilt.
Looking at the song from Jiuyuan County in front of him, the First Emperor couldn't help frowning. What he was concerned about was that the Xiongnu harassed the border again, and as for Su Jiao's plea or not, it was actually the same thing.
After all, this kind of behavior of the Huns happened almost every year, and he had long been surprised.
(End of chapter)