Chapter 1543 Dunes
Xuanwu Guard reported that the meteor that fell from the sky that day had been found and fell into the northwest wilderness of Juye, Qijun, and smashed a large pit with a diameter of nearly dozens of feet. All the weeds and thorns around were burned down. After the fire was extinguished, a meteorite appeared in the pit, with the words "First Emperor" dead.
This incident began to spread near the meteor falling to the ground, so folk astrologers began to promote this as an ominous sign based on the situation of Ying Huo guarding his heart and falling from the sky. When the Qin Dynasty was in trouble, the First Emperor who happened to be parading nearby also heard that he suddenly became seriously ill. On the second day after the meteor fell to the ground, the two things collided, which immediately caused panic among the people of the two counties in Qidong.
But this panic has led to two decisively different camps among the people.
On one side, someone was fueling the fire, and he vowed to say that disasters were from the sky, indicating that the First Emperor might die and that the Qin Dynasty was about to split and chaos.
On the other hand, more local ordinary people went to nearby Taiyi Temple or various temples to burn incense and sacrifice, hoping that God would bless the First Emperor with a long life.
A flood occurred nine years ago in the two counties of Qidong that was rare in a century, causing millions of people to be affected and tens of thousands of people died. However, the disaster not only did not cause chaos in the two counties of Qidong, but also had an extremely huge impact on the unprecedented disaster relief activities of the court, which can be said to have won the hearts of the people of Qidong counties at once.
Over the years, the people in the two counties in Qidong, especially in the disaster area, have always been the most enthusiastic and active in paying taxes for land reclamation and canal construction, and have also been particularly active in labor service, almost implementing various policies of the court the most thoroughly, and the local officials naturally have also achieved jealous political achievements.
Although this meteorite falling from the sky had such a ruthless word inexplicably engraved on it, just as Xuanwu Guard rushed over to investigate, some local people claimed that they had seen someone tamper with the meteorite, and several righteous men who also went to investigate the meteor fell to the ground caught several unknown people, and they were all taken back to the headquarters.
"Your Majesty, I think there must be some ill-gotten people secretly engraved this ruthless saying on the meteorite, hoping to use this to disrupt the Qin Dynasty!"
After listening to Xuanwuwei's reward, Chen Xu felt a certain confidence.
The Ying Huo guards his heart, the meteor falls to the ground, and the First Emperor dies, all these things are events that have been recorded in history.
Although Chen Xu did not know the specific location of the incident, he still made some arrangements in advance, allowing Liu Erma, one of the five commanders of the Musketeers, to lead more than 200 musketeers to scatter in various parts of the East County. Once a meteor falls into the ground, he must be found as soon as possible. The purpose is naturally to catch those who commit fraud on the meteorites.
Although it is difficult to judge the authenticity of this historical event, it is still somewhat credible to find out that Liu Bang killed the big snake and pretended to be the son of the Red Emperor, Chen Sheng and Wu Guangyu collected books in the belly of the fox called Chen Sheng Wang at night, which had the same effect.
That is, people in this era are no longer pure, and have learned all kinds of insidious and cunning tricks to cover up their nature and purpose, and find a more convincing excuse for their behavior.
The most convenient and easy-to-use thing is to falsely lie in ghosts, gods and celestial phenomena.
It is also the easiest thing to fool the people.
"Your Majesty, what the Grand Master said is not bad. We have briefly interrogated these sneaky people. Someone has indeed ordered them to do this. With a fortune of a thousand gold, they entrusted them to engrave words on the meteorites. However, we searched a hundred miles apart and never saw the person instructing him behind the scenes. Because we were afraid that Your Majesty would be concerned, our subordinates could only mobilize local lieutenants to cover the meteorite and continue searching, and rushed back as soon as possible to report the news to Your Majesty!" The leader of the Xuanwu Guard explained.
"Hmph, it's true that someone is secretly instigating and instructing me. If I get this person, I will tear him to pieces and spread him to the east of Qi and the two counties in Qi. Based on the confession of these craftsmen, the following picture is taken nationwide!"
After the Xuanwu Guard took the order and left, the anger in the First Emperor's heart slowly subsided. He ordered people to call a few heroes who helped to praise him in person. After rewarding some money, the matter was temporarily put down.
On the day when the meteor fell to the ground, it was sunset and dusk, so the people in the two counties of Qidong saw a lot. After Emperor Shin-chan was seriously ill these days, the spread of this matter became more and more sensational, and even Pingyuan County could hear people's discussions.
However, as the imperial guards held the token and went southeast, southwest and northeast, it was said that the county and county in various places were searching for a middle-aged man who was instructing the meteorite to engrave letters on the meteorite. This matter soon spread. Many civilians and even officials and gentry in the two counties of Qidong suddenly realized that someone secretly used the meteor to fall to the ground to cause trouble, so they spread ten times and hundreds of people united in the same hatred for the enemy to help search for this person.
Emperor Shin-Emperor's condition improved, but he also gave up his plan to continue inspecting Liaodong and borders, and set out to return to Xianyang along Shangdang's Shangjun Road in Handan.
When the First Emperor was parading, the gods and ghosts were naturally evaded. Wherever he passed along the way, all merchants and tourists had to avoid making any moves dozens of miles in advance to avoid catching up with the emperor's ceremonial guard.
Today's Daqin is no longer the era when civilians were not allowed to go out casually ten years ago. After the autumn harvest, it was a good time to go out to work. Therefore, the roads across the country were full of caravans and groups of civilians working in groups. In order to meet the supply of various materials for construction everywhere, dozens of caravans transporting cement, steel, grain and tools were often carried along the road, and the entire Qin Dynasty was so prosperous that it was simply unreasonable.
These caravan migrant workers have to stay wherever they pass, eat, drink, defecate, and repair cars and horses. In such a huge flow of personnel and goods, the chidao service stations, counties and towns in various places have benefited, and the repair of the squatters and posters and horses and carriages have flourished, driving the development of a large number of basic service industries.
While Emperor Qin Shi was chaotic all the way, he naturally aroused the emotions of the local people. He lined up along the way and welcomed him to see him off. In the range of several miles away from the parade, there was always a group of migrant workers pretending to be grain merchants, goods and migrant workers following along the way. He did not disappear after leaving Langya. However, in the busy and lively situation at present, no one noticed or cared about it.
At the end of August.
The parade team set out from Pingyuan County, and after a walk and stopping, Liaocheng arrived at Julu.
And when he arrived here, Chen Xu's heart almost reached his throat.
Because I had just entered Julu County and had not yet arrived at Shangjun Road, a heavy rain suddenly came. In this autumn, there were thunder and strong winds. In half a day, water accumulated on the ground several inches. The parade team had to stop and pierce the throne again under the slippery mud. The throne areas were indeed in the sand dunes ten miles southeast of Julu County.
The sand dunes are a bit deserted at the moment, but they were not desolate in the past, but were very famous.
King Zhou of Shang once built a large-scale construction of Yuantai here, raising birds and beasts to set up wine ponds and meat forests, allowing young men and women to run naked and play naked inside, causing excessive debauchery to cause state affairs to be abandoned. After King Wu conquered Zhou and occupied this place, he burned King Zhou's palace to ashes with a fire.
During the Warring States Period, Zhao State built a large-scale construction of the Li Palace here, called the Sha Dune Palace.
The talented and wise King Wuling of Zhao was besieged by his son Gongzicheng in the Shaqiu Palace. He was starved to death for three months. He reformed Hu's uniform and cavalry, leading Zhao's country to defeat Loufan, attack Linhu, attack the Huns, and destroy Zhongshan, which made Zhao's country's mighty emperor die in a desolate and frustrating way. The ending is sighing.
But as the saying goes, you won’t die if you don’t commit suicide.
These are all troubles that King Wuling of Zhao himself asked.
Of course, the folk legend is caused by a woman, and this woman is named Wu Mengyao. She is not only unparalleled in beauty but also good at singing and dancing.
King Wuling of Zhao originally had a wife, Princess Han, who gave birth to the eldest son of Zhao Zhang. Zhao Zhang was studious because he was very smart and had a good rule in governing the country. He was made the crown prince by King Wuling of Zhao.
Later, Princess Han passed away. King Wuling of Zhao had been the diamond king for several years. Once he dreamed of a beautiful girl. He was intoxicated by playing the piano and singing while he was intoxicated. When he asked the ministers to explain the dream, a minister named Wu Guang sent his daughter. When King Wuling of Zhao saw that I was going, it was the fairy in my husband's dream, so he married her and favored her day and night. Later, this woman who he called Wu Wa gave birth to another legitimate son Zhao He for him. Unfortunately, his beauty was poor. Wu Mengyao died a few years later. Before his death, he asked King Wuling of Zhao to make her eldest son Zhao He the crown prince.
This kind of thing is generally unlikely to happen. Although there have been cases of deposing the prince in vassal states, Zhao Zhang was born as a Korean princess after all. He is much stronger than Zhao He in terms of status, status, ability, and even in terms of age and strength.
But King Wuling of Zhao was so angry that he slapped his butt and agreed to Wu Mengyao's request, deposed the prince Zhao Zhang, and established Zhao He, who was less than ten years old, as the prince.
In order to make Zhao He successfully become King Zhao, King Wuling of Zhao even abdicated early to make Zhao He ascend the throne. Then he claimed to be the regency of the master father, but unfortunately he was a little different from what he imagined. After his son Zhao He ascended the throne, he gradually grew up and kept undermining his father. Lao Zhao began to regret it at this time and wanted to get the king's throne back from his son, but this wishful thinking was destined to fail. So the Zhao royal family staged a battle between father and son, brother, uncle and nephew in the sand dune palace.
The ending was that Prince Zhang was killed, King Wuling of Zhao starved to death, and Prince He continued to go back to be his King Huiwen of Zhao.
This is the first famous dune coup in history.
It was the Zhao royal family's struggle for power and profit, father and son turned against each other, and brothers and sisters were killed.
Here, another more famous dune coup has been recorded in later history.
Now, the protagonist of the incident has reached the predetermined position.
The former King Zhou Yuantai was no longer in sight, and King Zhao's sand dunes were left with only ruins and rubble.
The head of the First Emperor was just a few wooden houses and tents built hurriedly based on the mountain and terrain. Then, the accompanying horse and carriages surrounded a defensive formation. The Xuanwu Guards and the accompanying kings, princes, princes, and ministers were all in the inner circumference, while the imperial guards and servants were all in the outer circumference.
The huge team of thousands of people must occupy a large range. In order to solve the problem of food and drink along the way, before camping, the imperial guards will inevitably inform local officials to prepare food, horse materials, poultry, eggs, fish and meat.
Therefore, this tour was actually a huge act of wasteful people and money. The consumption of one day alone was no less than 200,000 yuan. This tour took nearly half a year, and the money spent tens of millions was not worth it in Chen Xu's opinion.
Moreover, this kind of long-term bumpy and fatigue is also a great test for people's health. Even young people like Chen Xu feel that they can't eat well and sleep well. I don't know how many people fall behind when they get sick along the way, but in order to accompany Emperor Qin Shi, everyone can only grit their teeth and persevere.
Therefore, it is not a good thing for the emperor to be too diligent and patriotic.
Being an emperor was a careless emperor, building a vacation villa in several beautiful places such as Mount Huashan, Taishan and even Hainan Island. The next year, the government affairs were thrown to the civil and military officials of the court. In fact, the expenses were not high, and it was good for the health, so I could live a few more years.
Chapter completed!