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Although Xiaoyue also knew that Hua Yuelong regarded him as his sister, she was very disappointed and sad when she was rejected, but later when her sister found out, she advised her after inquiring about Hua Yuelong's situation from her that since she was a man, she would definitely get married. Now Hua Yuelong is not young, and he will get married sooner or later. Although he doesn't like you, you are still young, and it's okay to wait for him for a few years. Not to mention feelings, as long as you get married, will you still worry about not having feelings after getting along for a long time?
Originally, Xiaoyue had no hope of being with Hua Yuelong, but after hearing what her sister said, she saw hope again. Yes, how could he never get married in his life? He always had to get married. Xiaoyue also found that Hua Yuelong had no woman he knew in Xianyang, so he still had great hope.
Therefore, this time during the New Year, Xiaoyue did not accompany her sister, but came to Yi Xiaochuan's house to celebrate the New Year with them.
"Xiaoyue, this matter is not urgent. It is not good to force it too much." At this time, Lu Su advised him when he saw Xiaoyue in this way.
Although she ran away from home for Yi Xiaochuan, it was because Yi Xiaochuan once lied to her to deal with Lu Zhi that she liked her, and she also liked Yi Xiaochuan. Therefore, after Yi Xiaochuan left, she followed her.
Moreover, Hua Yuelong's personality is different from Yi Xiaochuan. Yi Xiaochuan is sometimes too indecisive, but Hua Yuelong is just the opposite. Otherwise, he would not have discovered Xiaoyue's thoughts so quickly, and he even asked Xiaoyue to explain the matter clearly in private.
"I just heard their conversation. Now Brother Hua is no longer a general, but a censor. He used to stay in the military camp, which was quite inconvenient for us women, but now he has left the army. Isn't it easy to see him?" Since the discussions between the three people were not deliberately concealed, Lu Su heard their conversation.
"Really? That would be great. I have also heard that the Censor needs to do business in the palace for a long time, so I can't see Brother Yuelong often." After hearing this, Xiaoyue also cheered and excited.
Because it was in the Qin Dynasty, the ingredients were not so complete, but they could find alternatives.
For example, some seasonings such as spicy polenta, peppercorns, dogwood, etc. have to be said that although there is no garbage, the spicy taste has not been reduced at all with these kinds of things. This time they ate hot pot. When they saw the hot pot, Hua Yuelong was still surprised. He never expected that the two of them would make a double pot. What's even more crazy is that there were a lot of mutton, beef, pork, and of course some dishes for daily eating. Hua Yuelong was not curious about the mutton and pork. Although there were few pigs in Xianyang City, it was not without them, but when they saw the beef, Hua Yuelong was really speechless.
It was illegal to eat beef in the Qin Dynasty. Although it was illegal, Hua Yuelong ate more than anyone else. This time he only talked about family affairs and not state affairs, and the few people were very happy to eat it.
After dinner, the three of them gathered in the pavilion in the yard to drink and chat together. Just now, it was because of the female family, so it was hard for them to let go. Now they are playing with them, so the three of them are also relaxed.
"Brother Long, I'm really happy today. Do you know? Did I know how desperate I was when we traveled to the Qin Dynasty? If the arrow was a little more and directly shot into my heart, what would you think the result would be?"
"At the time, we were very lucky, and we survived. Later, we found out that we would go home, which gave me hope to go home. But not long after, my hope to go home was also shattered. For a long time... 60 years, I'll go fucking 60 years."
"But there is a saying that God closes a door for you and will definitely open a window for you. It is my luck to be able to marry Susu, but I still want to ask for more, but later I also discovered that I was too greedy. If I have Susu, I want to have Yushu again."
“….”
After drinking a few pots of wine, Hua Yuelong's eyes became blurred, and Yi Xiaochuan was drunk even more drunk, saying something in his mouth, which was what he had hidden deep in his heart in the past and did not dare to say it out. Today, because the three of them gathered together, he opened his heart and spoke freely.
At this time, Gao Yao also fell asleep on the table. Seeing one talking nonsense and the other having fallen asleep, Hua Yuelong couldn't help but shake his head, just because of the alcohol tolerance, he wanted to get me drunk.
Before, Hua Yuelong felt that the two of them wanted to get drunk intentionally or unintentionally. After coming to the pavilion, they toasted them frequently, but Hua Yuelong was practicing drinking, and coupled with the nameless martial arts, the two of them did not get drunk Hua Yuelong, but were instead poured down by Hua Yuelong.
As for why he wanted to get himself drunk, Hua Yuelong knew nothing about it. Thinking of Hua Yuelong picking up the wine pot that had just been filled with wine, standing up and walking out of the pavilion, calling a few servants who were watching the night and Xiaoyue whom he "accidentally" met, he carried them back. He clearly saw Xiaoyue's surprised gaze when he saw him and the small movements he had learned that the two of them were drunk.
When Xiaoyue saw the two people lying on the table, she was speechless and swore to tell herself that she would get him drunk, but now she still wants to take care of these two people. Xiaoyue looked back and found that Hua Yuelong's figure had fallen into the darkness.
Now the external troubles of the Qin Dynasty have been pacified, and the slave policy has also flourished due to the pacification of external troubles. Hua Yuelong believes that those nobles who put family interests first will let go of the declining Rongdi. The wind and snow this time were not big, but not small. The life of Rongdi and the Xiongnu outside the country is probably not easy, and I don’t know how many people will be frozen to death. Although Hua Yuelong doesn’t know whether it is better to become slaves or to starve to death, Hua Yuelong thinks they are better to become slaves. Moreover, Hua Yuelong also believes that in the face of huge interests, Rongdi will not be able to recover. Maybe the Rongdi clan will disappear and disappear into the long river of history. Compared with Rongdi, the Xiongnu’s situation is much better. Although the loss of 100,000 soldiers is also a trauma for the Xiongnu. This winter, they will only starve to death at most and freeze a little. But don’t expect to invade the south in the next few decades.
Hua Yuelong believes that the second plan can be launched after the New Year. Originally, Hua Yuelong and Ying Zheng divided the plan into three parts. The first is to quell external troubles in three years, and the second is to issue some policies that will harm the interests of some traditional aristocrats. Therefore, in order to avoid domestic turmoil, except for some basic soldiers guarding the frontier, the rest of the soldiers will be transferred back to Xianyang and ready to be on standby at any time. It is expected that it will take five years to implement the policy nationwide and suppress national turmoil. However, Fusu is the leader, because Ying Zheng already felt that his life was not long, so he handed over the last part to Fusu, which is also a test for him.
The last part is also the most important part, after Ying Zheng's death, once Ying Zheng dies, the power of the entire Qin Dynasty is also the lowest and the easiest time to turmoil. At that time, it will be the only opportunity for the long-planned rioters. Therefore, there will be a big chaos in Qin. If Fusu can pacify that big turmoil, and if the policies proposed by Hua Yuelong are implemented, then the Qin State will not be a dream for a thousand years.
Hua Yuelong had a premonition that if he implemented all the policies he had imagined, the turmoil would likely subvert the Qin Dynasty.
Hua Yuelong also thought about it. The most important thing now is to do everything you can while Ying Zheng is not dead yet.
In Hua Yuelong's view, the most important thing for a strong country is to develop education and technology. Today's movable type printing and papermaking techniques have been made by Hua Yuelong, but he didn't want to touch the sensitive nerves of the nobles too much and did not announce them. In fact, Ying Zheng had already sent someone to secretly print a large number of books.
Hua Yuelong had traveled half of the Qin Dynasty before, and he was also very familiar with some of the current situation of the Qin Dynasty. The most important thing in the county system implemented by the Qin Dynasty is to separate the local military power from zhèng quán, and to cultivate a large number of grassroots officials. The first batch of grassroots officials Fusu had already prepared, namely those in Juxian Hall. Although those people were from the six countries, most of them were small nobles who lost their country. Although they were all headed by the great nobles of their home country, it would be no big problem as long as they were separated. They could start a college and then gradually implement the imperial examination system. Of course, the nobles would definitely oppose it, but all of this was also planned.
Before he knew it, Hua Yuelong drank and thought late at night. A cold wind blew, and Hua Yuelong tightened his clothes, put the empty wine pot in his hand aside, and then went back to the house to rest.
The next morning, Hua Yuelong received news that a large number of nobles sent out a large number of personnel on the first day after the New Year. According to inquiries, Hua Yuelong also learned that these people were all sent to capture slaves, and they were just the main managers.
"It's still the interests that are touching. I really picked up sesame seeds and lost watermelons." Hua Yuelong smiled and whispered in a low voice as he looked at the crowds of people walking out of Xianyang City on the street.
After a while, the rest of the room was over, and many officials returned to their posts one after another. Hua Yuelong also took advantage of this time to visit the homes of Meng Tian and other important officials. Meng Tian was most eager for them because he always wanted Yi Xiaochuan to return to the Meng family. When he heard that Lu Su was pregnant, he was also the happiest person besides Yi Xiaochuan and others. Although he was the only direct descendant of the Meng family, he has not married yet because of the urgent war. In his eyes, Yi Xiaochuan is Meng Yi, and Yi Xiaochuan's children are also from the Meng family.
When Hua Yuelong inadvertently asked why the Meng family imprinted the tiger talisman pattern on his body, Meng Tian said, "This is the pride of my Meng family. More than a hundred years ago, our Meng family was not as powerful as it is now. It was because we followed the Guigu successors of that year to fight the world. Later, he retired. After the request of my Meng family's ancestors, he finally agreed to give the tiger talisman pattern to our Meng family. This is the pride of our Meng family. But unfortunately, when a mysterious man appeared twenty years ago, my father talked to him for a long time, and finally he took the tiger talisman away. And he told us that Meng Yi would come back twenty years ago."
"Sure enough, he didn't lie to me, you're back, Meng Yi." Meng Tian proudly talked about the history of their Meng family. In the end, he watched Meng Yi tell some things twenty years ago.
After hearing this, Hua Yuelong finally understood something, and this incident was very likely related to the major changes recorded in Jixia Academy hundreds of years ago.
Chapter completed!