Chapter 730: Withdrawal and Preparations for Westward Advance
"Fengtian transported, the emperor edict said, there was a thief pretending to be a monk and secretly assassinating Yu Zhen. ”
"Fortunately, thanks to the blessing of the ancestors of the Ying clan, although I was slightly injured, I was fine. Thieves are rampant, and the world needs to be warned with heavy examples. ”
"Taste the wrath of the Son of Heaven, ambush millions of corpses, and bleed thousands of miles. I took the champion Hou as the commander, led more than 400,000 tigers, and went south to conquer Buddhism. ”
"Today, there is the head of hundreds of thousands of disciples of Buddhism, and the head of the Pure Land Sect personally went to Chang'an to apologize for the crime, clarify the misunderstanding, the assassin is a traitor to Buddhism, although it is related to Buddhism, but the crime is not in Buddhism. ”
"I feel the loyalty of the first seat of the Pure Land Sect, and I will exchange the death of one person for the survival of hundreds of thousands of disciples of Buddhism, and I will not pursue this matter anymore. ”
"The special champion Hou led the army back to the north and released the captured Buddhist disciples, as well as the dead monks. ”
At the gate of the camp of the Southern Expedition, the eunuch who passed the decree read out the holy decree loudly, and said to Lin Ze with a smile: "Please take the decree from the champion Hou." ”
Lin Ze bowed slightly, took the holy decree forward, and said with a straight face: "Weichen obeys the decree." ”
Immediately afterwards, Lin Ze turned around, looked at Han Xin and the others, and said calmly: "Your Majesty has a will, this is just a misunderstanding, and I ordered you to go back immediately to gather the army, there must be no mistake." ”
"The captured monks must be put back intact, so as not to make it difficult for His Majesty. ”
Led by Han Xin, Zhang Han, Li Xin and others all bowed and said, "No." ”
Lin Ze nodded with a satisfied face: "It's all gone." ”
Li Xin suddenly stepped forward, bowed and saluted: "Qi Hou Ye, there will be something I don't understand at the end, and I need to ask Hou Ye to solve my doubts." ”
Lin Ze glanced at Li Xin and said indifferently, "What's the matter?"
Li Xin said with a puzzled expression: "In addition to arresting monks this time, Buddhist believers have also arrested a lot, dare to ask Hou Ye, how should these people be handled?"
Lin Ze was stunned for a moment, opened the holy decree in his hand, read it carefully, and said angrily: "Li Xin, Li Xin, you are really going to give Ben Hou a problem, Your Majesty's holy decree did not mention this matter, how do you let Ben Hou answer?"
Li Xin hurriedly smiled and said, "Master Hou is wise and martial, he will definitely be able to come up with a good way." ”
Hearing this, Lin Ze said with a contemplative expression: "Those believers often preach that turning the suffering of this life into good fortune in the next life, presumably they have been extremely unfortunate in this life, why don't you send them directly to reincarnation? ”
Li Xin immediately held his head high and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”
In May of the fifth year of Qin II, Hou Linze, the champion of Qin, led the army to return to the north, so far the land of Nanyue withered, and it was difficult to see people for a hundred miles.
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On an unnamed peak, Lin Ze watched the army of the Qin State march forward on the winding mountain road, with mixed feelings.
He really didn't want to withdraw his troops if he could.
Lin Ze himself has no good impression of Buddhism, nor does he have a bad feeling.
But from the perspective of the Qin State, he is absolutely unwilling to take a breath against a force like Buddhism that has the strength to do big things and jumps out to do things at every turn.
This world is very big, Lin Ze originally wanted to wait for the troubles of the Qin State to be dealt with in this 10,000-mile territory, and then go to other places to see.
Byzantium in the west, snowy fields in the north, a resort island to the east, and the other half to the south, although it is not known if there is another half in this world.
In his previous life, because he had no money, he couldn't go anywhere, and in this life, Lin Ze wanted to compensate for it in another way.
It's a pity that the current conditions don't allow it.
It's not because Lin Ze is worried about the Qin State and can't bear to leave.
It was the temptation of immortality that lay in front of him, making it difficult for him to move.
Since learning that Confucianism supported Liu Ji and Buddhism supported Zhao Tuo, Lin Ze instinctively felt that the immortality of the Qin State would definitely bring him unexpected benefits.
If he could, Lin Ze wanted to destroy Buddhism and Confucianism in one go, let the world continue to be peaceful and prosperous, and wait for good things to come.
The truth is that Lin Ze can't do it, or he doesn't want to do it.
First, Lin Ze could not destroy Buddhism and Confucianism.
Second, Lin Ze couldn't hold the Qin State.
Just like this time, even if the Buddhism Gate does not give benefits, Lin Ze will hold on for another half a month at most, and kill all the captured hundreds of thousands of monks and believers, and it is impossible for him to stay in South Vietnam for a long time, waiting for a palm trick that falls from the sky and shoots himself to death.
In the same way, Lin Ze will not provoke Confucianism again, lest a few months later, a mighty righteousness will cross thousands of mountains and rivers and turn him into ashes thousands of miles away.
Lin Ze will no longer stick to the Qin State, he is busy with this and that every day, waiting for Liu Ji to take Confucianism and Zhao Tuo to take Buddhism to break through Chang'an and divide his five horses.
So after Lin Ze got the benefits, he retreated very simply.
The eunuch and the holy decree were prepared by Lin Ze before he came to South Vietnam.
For ordinary soldiers, arresting and releasing people from Buddhism is actually very hurtful to the morale and morale of the army.
That's why Lin Ze will send a holy decree in the name of Hu Hai, as for whether the soldiers will scold Hu Hai for being a faint king, what does it have to do with Lin Ze?
In the eyes of ordinary soldiers, even if Lin Ze is a champion marquis, it is impossible to be greater than His Majesty.
This pot, Hu Hai has set his back.
After the decree was made public, Lin Ze ordered officers at all levels to strictly urge the Qin army to release the prisoners and return to the east and west on the grounds of acting in accordance with the order.
The soldiers of the Qin army, who were holding their breath, had no choice but to obey.
In just three days, all 400,000 Qin troops left the field and rushed to Chang'an.
Next, Lin Ze will take them, on the pretext of conquering the Byzantine Empire, into the Western Regions, and wait and see the great changes in the world.
The matter of South Vietnam was over, and Lin Ze rushed back to Chang'an without stopping.
According to Qin's law, the commander cannot leave the army without permission and act alone.
But Lin Ze has no taboos at this time.
Even Hu Hai was locked up in the "big prison" of Xianyang Palace, and he was not allowed to be free, who could control him?
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In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Chen Ping was dealing with government affairs that seemed to never be finished, and when he saw Lin Ze walking in, he immediately threw away his hand, bowed and saluted: "Meet Uncle Shi." ”
Lin Ze waved his hand, signaling not to be polite, and then pulled a chair at random, sat on it, and said with a straight face: "From today on, these government affairs can be delayed, and all the focus will be on the Western Regions." ”
"It's a pity that the grain, grass and ordnance in the treasury are moldy in the treasury, so arrange reliable manpower and send them to the cities of the Western Regions to store them for later use. ”
Hearing this, Chen Ping asked, "Uncle Shi plans to transport all the grain, grass and ordnance in the treasury?"
Lin Ze glanced at Chen Ping with a strange expression, shook his head and said, "How can this be done? There are still millions of ordinary people in Chang'an City, there is nothing when the ordnance is gone, there is nothing to eat and grass, how can you let them live?"
"Leave half of it, eat less, and get to the autumn harvest, it is estimated that there is no big problem. ”
Chen Ping nodded solemnly and said, "What Uncle Shi said is extremely true, and my nephew should act accordingly." ”
Lin Ze thought for a while and said, "The main purpose of entering the Western Regions this time is to conquer the Byzantine Kingdom, the land of the extreme west. The road is long, the transportation of ordnance is not easy, in order to save costs, it is necessary to recruit half of the generals of the Shaofu as an army. ”
In the same way, half of the doctors in the Tai Hospital were recruited to serve as military doctors, so as not to make the soldiers unaccustomed to the soil. ”
Chen Ping nodded: "My nephew has written it down." ”
"Martial arts and martial arts above the ground level, arrange for someone to copy it once, and turn it back as a reward and send it to the meritorious minister. ”
"Good. ”
"Another 300,000 people were levied to build roads in the Western Regions to facilitate the march. ”
"Good"
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Lin Ze kept talking for half an hour, telling him all over the things he wanted to move to the Western Regions, including people.
Compared with the Central Plains and Guanzhong, the Western Regions are too barren, if he doesn't "rob the rich and help the poor", what will Lin Ze do to fight with others?
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