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Chapter 49: The new capital, Chang'an, the overlord in the domain

"Is this Chang'an?"

Han Xin rode on his horse and looked down at the majestic city in the distance from the high ridges of the fields, Chang'an.

The city wall as high as six feet high is irresistible at first glance. The tall city gates have three gates in the east, west, south and north, which can be regarded as a thoroughfare of all directions and a vast capital of nine provinces.

"This city has been employed for 300,000 labor service. The external facilities have been built and we have begun to build the walls of the imperial city."

Next to Han Xin, Xiao He, the chief clerk of the Prince's Mansion who came to greet him. Xiao He was wearing a common clothes and rode on a horse, looking like a merchant who was passing by. He and Han Xin were in the prince's mansion before, and they usually looked up but didn't look down, so they were very familiar.

"Mr. Xiao He, is this city built by His Highness the Crown Prince's memorial?" Since Han Xin accepted Ying Ziyi's military talisman, his name for Ying Ziyi has changed.

"That's right." Xiao He nodded, "not only that, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also submitted a memorial to build a pass in Taolin, and to build large granaries near Longxi, Wuche City, Jinguan City, and even major cities in Kanto. The series of arrangements are really intriguing!" Xiao He stroked his long beard and said thoughtfully.

Han Xin looked at Xiao He. Xiao He was about to be in his forties, but he was well maintained. His tight and fair skin was not unbelievable, even if he was in his early twenties, no one believed him.

"His Majesty the First Emperor pacified the six kingdoms. Now that wars in all parts of the world have begun to end, they should have cultivated and restored the fields and safeguarded the people, but" said Xiao He, who did not continue to speak. Xiao He was good at conserving the country, comforting the people, and was proficient in the law and criminal names, was in charge of the money and grain expenditures in the prince's mansion, and had a huge channel for wealth and goods. Naturally, he also knew how declining the people's livelihood outside Hangu Pass is now? After being an official in the Qin court for several years, Xiao He naturally felt how much the person who was in the throne of the nine fives in Xianyang City was now.

When the world was settled, the Qin Emperor was busy building fortifications in various parts of the world, building the Great Wall, building the Dao, building Chang'an, and building the spiritual canal, abolishing the six kingdoms' writings, and unifying the weights and measures. If a king with a slightly inferior method was replaced, the world would have already been full of war. The existence of the Qin Emperor suppressed the ambitious clans of the six kingdoms in the world, and did not dare to look up. The Qin Emperor was too strong! But because of this, once the Qin Emperor was gone, how amazing would the undercurrent tide erupt?

"Did Lord Xiao He feel that he was born at the wrong time?"

At first hearing this, Xiao He seemed to have a hole in the most secret place in his heart. When he looked at Han Xin again, the other party's faint smile was like a sword light, extremely sharp.

What a sharp sword!

Xiao He said in his heart.

"Looking at what Lord Xiao He said, Han Xin asked here, is Lord Xiao He from Taoism?"

Han Xin's outspokenness made Xiao He feel a little unhappy. Seeing that Xiao He did not answer, Han Xin turned to him and said, "We all use troops, do not ask about the prosperity of the world, but only ask about victory, defeat, life and death. Whether the world is prosperous or destruction! What the crown prince is what we are trying to do."

The boy was full of energy and sincere heart, but it was revealed in broad daylight. Xiao He was not only infected by the boy's sincerity, but the unhappiness in his heart just now had already been thrown out of the sky.

Xiao He couldn't help but ask with a smile: "If one day the world is stable and the world is peaceful, how will you deal with it?"

Yes! If the world no longer needs a sharp sword, but only an iron hoe, then how will Han Xin, this sharpest sword in the world handle itself?

Han Xin smiled, relaxed his shoulders lazily, and said, "Let's talk about the future things in the future! There are endless battles in the world, so why do you need to talk about those distant things?"

"Hahaha!" Xiao He laughed and said, "Let's go quickly! His Majesty the First Emperor summoned the soldiers who made contributions to the Baiyue conquest in the day after tomorrow. You are the youngest of these people and are attracting much attention!"

In the Qin Palace and the Qin Emperor's Hall, the generals stood quietly.

All the meritorious soldiers who conquered Baiyue this time were summoned by the Emperor Qin. From the general Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo to the small centurion, they all stood in the magnificent and solemn hall.

Qin Emperor turned his eyes away from the generals standing in the first two rows, and looked at a captain in the middle: "Captain Sheng Yong, how do you feel when you escape from death on the battlefield this time?"

Qin Huang's tone suddenly relaxed, as if an old friend had a joke when he met. Suddenly, Sheng Yong was called out like this, and he was at a loss in his heart. However, after Qin Huang said that, a warm current surged in Sheng Yong's heart, and he smiled silly: "Haha, it's great!"

Emperor Qin did not care about Sheng Yong's rudeness. The Qin Dynasty established a country with military force and was highly praised by military merits. Emperor Qin was very strict and even ruthless towards his enemies, his ministers, and even himself. However, only his attitude towards these soldiers was always tolerant.

"I remember that in the past, you followed Wang Ben to attack the Wei Kingdom, fought all the way, and fought bravely, and was promoted to the lieutenant because of your merits. This time you fought with the prince. Although you have lost the army, you have also achieved the merit of promoting our army's power. Say it! I will give you any reward you want."

"Report to Your Majesty! Before I led my army, His Royal Highness once said that I would give me a mansion, three fertile land and eight wives and concubines. But now that Baiyue has been beaten, I have not seen any shadow. I don't want anything else, I just want these."

"Hahahaha! Okay, I will give you a mansion in Hedong County, and three fertile lands are tilted. In addition, let the Shaofu help you pick eight beauties and give them to you together." Qin Emperor seemed to like the brave Sheng Yong very much, and said so.

"Thank you Your Majesty!" Sheng Yong received the reward, was satisfied, and happily stood back to the queue.

Qin Emperor was standing high in the throne. He was usually busy with government affairs, but now he had the time to talk to the soldiers below and ask about the situation at the other party’s family. At this moment, Qin Emperor did not have the domineering butcher of a million butcher who swallowed the world. The matter he was asking was trivial. During the conversation, Qin Emperor even had a few dogs at the other party’s family and was usually interested in eating a few bowls of millet rice.

For a whole afternoon, Qin Huang passed by such a conversation.

In the end, Qin Huang focused his attention on the end of the queue, on Han Xin, the youngest among the crowd.

"You are Han Xin, who led more than 5,000 troops in Cangshan and attacked Jie Jun's 60,000 troops at night?"

"It's right." Han Xin said with his hands clasped his fists.

"Yeah!" Qin Emperor nodded and said to Han Xin: "Very good."

After Qin Emperor said this, he stopped talking.

Zhao Tuo stood in the first row, his heart was filled with a stir. Why did His Majesty the First Emperor reward the soldiers and even a centurion in the army with a lot of money? But only to Han Xin, this person who obviously made great contributions did not reward him? He didn't even make any statement at all, but just said it lightly.

The middle and lower-level officers were not as good as the gains and losses in the hearts of the first two generals. They only thought that it was His Majesty the Emperor who had been talking for an afternoon and was a little tired. Anyway, the Qin Dynasty's military merit system was clearly rewarded, so are they still worried that they would not get the reward they deserve?

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, news has been sent back from the palace. His Majesty the Emperor rewarded all the middle and lower-level officers who went to the hall today, only Han Xin, with only two words, very good!"

In Ying Ziyi's study, Li Zuoche walked in and reported to him. He had just received the news and immediately came in and reported to Ying Ziyi.

"This is indeed a noteworthy situation." Ying Ziyi knew that for people at the level of Qin Emperor, contempt was equivalent to paying attention. Han Xin, this peerless weapon, exposed him too early, and I wonder if it was a good thing.

"Forget it, I won't talk about this anymore. How did I ask you to do?" Ying Ziyi asked.

Li Zuoche nodded, walked out of the study room, and said to the two eunuchs standing in the corridor: "You go to Lord Xiao He's library and get me something. Lord Xiao He knows what it is? Just go and get it."

"Yes, sir!" The two eunuchs set off immediately after hearing this.

When the eunuchs turned around again in two years, they held a long blanket-like thing in their hands.

Li Zuoche placed the blanket flat on the ground and stretched it out. It attracted the eyes of a map with extremely accurate surveying and mapping. Mountains, rivers, and cities and roads appeared one by one. The territory depicted by the map includes the six Kanto countries, Baiyue, Northern Hu, and various parts of the Western Regions.

"The empire is like a painting, and there are so many heroes at the moment."

"Your Highness, this is the control of our power."

Li Zuoche held a box of chess pieces and placed them on the map.

"Western Regions, Wuche City, Baiyue." Ying Ziyi smiled. These places are really remote!

The relationship between father and son, the difference between king and minister, and between Ying Ziyi and Qin Emperor, there is still a blurred boundary. This is the tacit understanding between the two and the bottom line that Ying Ziyi cannot touch.

"In the West, we can mobilize an army of about 80,000, and with the vassals of the Western Regions, the total number should be about 120,000. At the same time, there are still 50,000 boys in the Xiaoyu Camp, which will take at least about ten years to come in handy." Li Zuoche counted the forces of Ying Ziyi's men and said in detail.

The wealth that Ying Ziyi has accumulated over the years seems to be rich, but compared with the vast anti-Qin forces in the future, it is still very weak.

It is impossible for all of the 80,000 people to twitch, otherwise who will rely on to conquer the Western Regions? Not to mention the vassals in the Western Regions. If one day the Six Kingdoms rebel and draw them into Guanzhong, they will have to be wary of their rebellion.

In other words, even ten years later, the limit of the troops drawn by Ying Ziyi was about 100,000.

"It's still not enough!"

Ying Ziyi murmured.

Although Qin State has a million troops, they are the million troops of Qin Emperor. As long as Ying Ziyi does not sit in the position of the Supreme Nine Five for a day, the Qin State's army will not completely obey him. Ying Ziyi's authority comes from Qin Emperor, and life, death, sorrow and honor are all based on the superior intentions.

Ying Ziyi is in a contradiction now, that is, if he waits until Emperor Qin dies and ascends the throne, then he will face a turbulent chaos. As long as Emperor Qin still does this, the history of the future generations will inevitably reappear after his death. Even if Ying Ziyi kills Xiang Yu and Liu Ji now, it will be the same. He is not necessarily the case with these people in Qin Huang Town.

As for getting rid of Zheng Ge and taking office, although it is very consistent with the usual style of the villain, Ying Ziyi has never been so stupid. I don’t even look at the joke, whose territory is the huge world east of Guanzhong and west of the East China Sea? The various schools of thought, the remnant military and nobles of the six countries, and even the rebellious military and nobles in the Qin Empire, all the civil officials of various factions are subject to Zheng Ge. What is it? Is it benevolence?

In this huge world, the bottomless world, who has the greatest power? It is not the various schools of thought, the rest of the six countries, nor is it Ying Ziyi, but the Qin Emperor.

Iron Eagle Sharp, Shadow Secret Guard, these are just two open intelligence agencies. In the dark, Ying Ziyi's net slightly touched the forces hidden in the darkness under Qin Emperor. The amazing power, compared with the current net, is as naive as a toy in the hands of a child.

There is a million troops in his hand, and countless masters obey orders, and they control the world's number one intelligence network. Unless Ying Ziyi's mind hits a wall, he will think about killing Brother Zheng and taking over the throne himself.

Then the question is, if Brother Zheng dies and ascends to the throne, the change of the throne will inevitably lead to a power vacuum for a long time, which is inevitable. Without the helmsman of Qin Huang, it is hard to say how the power and even individuals who serve this huge empire will choose.

Among these people, they may continue to be loyal to the empire, but they may also betray the empire and serve the rest of the six countries and even hundreds of schools of thought. After all, Ying Ziyi also learned about the history of Qin in another world, and knew that after the death of Qin Emperor, the princes of the six countries rose, and many Qin officials also participated.

Ying Ziyi was in such a dilemma, so he had to neutralize and take a curved path.

At this time, except for the Beihu, all the areas of power on the surface were filled. No matter how much Ying Ziyi fought for it, he could not expand his territory.

The forces that can be fought for are among the princes of the six countries and the hundreds of schools of thought. As for the forces under Zheng Ge, the biggest part on the market, Ying Ziyi cannot get much now even if he fights for it.

Therefore, Ying Ziyi had to make a plan, a long plan from now on to more than ten years. In order to cope with the chaos in the future, and also for the dignity of the villain.

Only a few people know about this plan, and Ying Ziyi also has extreme trust in them, and Li Zuoche is one of them.

"Your Highness, the Emperor, call you over."

Ying Ziyi and Li Zuoche discussed for a long time. It was getting late and the eunuch in the mansion came to report it.
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