Chapter 54
On this day, Ah Zheng summoned Han Fei as usual and asked him: "Now Xianyang paper is spread all over the six countries and is worth thousands of gold. I decided to build Xianyang Chongwen Palace in imitation of Jixia School Palace in Qi State, and collect all documents from all over the world to accept the world." Yingcai, what do Han Qing think?"
As a freshly appointed Dr. Qin Guo, Han Fei naturally knows how much paper can play in the spread of culture. In the school of debate, all the talents in the world will inevitably flock to Qin.
Han Fei really had no objection, so he had to say: "If the king really builds such a school, it will be a blessing for the world's scholars." Ah Zheng smiled and said: "I have ordered people to reorganize the buildings outside
Xianyang City. The old palace will be transformed into a school palace, Han Qing thinks, who should be in charge of the doctor's sacrificial wine in this school?" The
doctor's sacrificial wine is the head of the doctors, and the most talented existence among the doctors. If Qin really built such a For a school, the sacrificial wine is the manager and sponsor of the whole school. For such an important candidate, it was naturally not the turn of Han Fei, an outsider, to intervene. Han Fei didn't understand what he meant, so he had to answer
vaguely: "The state of Qin is full of talented people, and there are many talented doctors among them. The king can choose the best."
There are a lot of academic theories when studying in the palace to sacrifice wine. I heard that he is just a small Lanling order now, writing books, accepting apprentices and teaching lessons in that poor village all day long. Why don't you go to believe in Lanling and invite Xun Kuang Come over to preside over the important affairs of the academy, how about it?"
It turned out that Qin Wangzheng invited him here today because he wanted to invite his teacher through him. Han Fei realized it in his heart, and responded: "I'm going to believe in Lanling now, but Lanling is far away from Xianyang Mountain, and the teacher is old, so I don't know if he can be called here." Ah Zheng smiled
. He said: "It's no problem, I have personally prepared a hundred troops to deliver the letter to Chu, and I will be able to bring Xun Kuang back to Xianyang safely as soon as possible."
Faced with Qin Wangzheng's domineering and unquestionable behavior, Han Fei was annoyed by the teacher but felt helpless. Today, he wanted to ask Qin Wangzheng to allow him to visit the former King Han who was named the Marquis of Xiaoming. It's not easy for him to mention Zheng's state for a while, so he can only ask King Qin to resign and leave.
Ah Zheng had a problem on his mind, so he begged Han Fei to leave. In the past few days, there were no major events in the country. The weather was smooth and the world was peaceful. In order to prevent the Qin State from turning its attack target to its own country again, King Wei, King Zhao, and King Yan offered cities and land one after another in order to live in peace. Since gunpowder played such a big role in the war against Korea, Gan Luo, who was trapped in Zhao State, and the Prince Zhao State who was sent back to Zhao State cooperated with each other. The King Zhao, who was fooled somehow, went to attack Yan State, and the The captured land of Yan State was also dedicated to Qin State. The king of Yan hated this so much that his teeth itch, but the country of Yan was weak, so he could only keep compromising in order to keep peace. Because of this, Ah Zheng lived very comfortably these days. The autumn harvest is approaching, with the water supply of the half-built Guanzhong Canal, the grain yield is high; the border defense is stable, no soldiers and generals have been lost, and so many cities have been obtained just by relying on a few words from the envoy. Ah Zheng is only waiting for Gan Luo to return. Xianyang named him Shangqing. Lu Buwei seems to be a lot more honest these days. He reported all the political affairs to Ah Zheng in detail according to the priority. After Han Fei left, Ah Zheng complied with the agreement with Ah Ju, put down his pen, and prepared to go to the forest garden in the palace to have a look at the scenery and relax his eyes. The Linyuan in the palace can be used for horse racing, but the venue is not as open and comfortable as the Shanglinyuan. He ordered someone to lead the horse, called a few forbidden soldiers who practiced boxing with him, and went to the forest garden in the palace to race horses together. Azheng and a few guards ran a few rounds of horses, sweating from the heat, and were about to drink some water and take a rest, when they heard a slow singing from a man-made hill not far away. The saddest past in my heart. Ah Zheng frowned, called the servants around him, and ordered: "Go and ask, who is singing over there, and bring him here."
The palace man agreed, and searched for the singing place, and brought back a woman after a while.
This woman was born extremely beautiful, with fair skin, curved eyebrows, bright eyes and white teeth. She should have a very lively and dignified appearance, but at this time, her slender eyebrows are slightly frowned, and her eyes are full of sadness, making people unable to help but smooth her eyes. Eyebrows, help her solve the distress in her heart.
Several imperial guards were all hot-blooded young people. When they saw such a beautiful woman, they all blushed and silently turned around and pulled their horses away from the woman.
Ah Zheng looked at the woman in front of him, and asked her: "Who are you? Why are you singing there?"
The woman's red lips parted slightly, and her voice was soft: "Back to the king, my concubine lives near here. Seeing the autumn wind is bleak, I can't help but Feeling homesick, disturbing the king, please forgive me."
Ah Zheng didn't have any intention of pity, but only asked: "I ask who are you?"
The woman's face turned red, tears rolled in her eyes, Luo Buluo, opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer.
At this time, the palace servants beside Ah Zheng reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this is the new Korean concubine who has entered the palace. She was arranged to live near here by Yongxiang Order.
" After all, there are more trees and more water in Linyuan, and the more mosquitoes, the more people who live near here feed the mosquitoes. For example, the palaces of the Queen Mother Xia, the Queen Mother Huayang, and the Queen Mother Wang are not near here at all. From this, it can be seen that the Yongxiang order seriously carried out Ah Zheng's order and left this group of Korean women in this corner.
After being reminded by the palace servants, Ah Zheng remembered who the women in front of him were. They were the concubines and concubines of King Han who he didn't know how to deal with. These women either had a close relationship with King Han, or With the blood of the King of Han, Ah Zheng did not dare to easily reward them to those who have meritorious service in the army, lest any important secrets be revealed, so he could only temporarily place them in a corner of the Qin Palace. The Palace of the King of Qin is still too small, it seems that someone should be ordered to build a bigger palace.
"It turned out to be a Han girl," Ah Zheng looked at the woman in front of him and sneered, "Korea is gone, where did you come from? There is no mourning and joy in the Qin Palace, so I will forgive you this time, if there is another time, You can live in the prison to accompany Xiao Minghou."
The woman blushed, she was so ashamed that she couldn't say a word.
Ah Zheng continued: "Since I have the leisure time to sing, it seems that my life is too leisurely. Come here and order someone to send a spinning wheel to each of these Korean women to weave a piece of cloth every day. If it is not achieved , and sent him to clean Yeting."
The palace servant should be, the woman was already pale, she only looked at Ah Zheng with tearful eyes, begging him to take back her life.
Azheng was disturbed by the sight, so he asked the palace servants to take him back, called a few forbidden troops, and ran around twice before returning to Zhangtai Palace.
Not long after Han Fei sent the letter to Xun Kuang, Xun Kuang came to Xianyang to ask Qin Wangzheng. It turned out that Xun Kuang saw the paper sold by merchants in Xianyang in the state of Chu. He was very interested in paper, so he resigned and decided to go to Xianyang in the state of Qin to have a look.
At this time, Xun Kuang had gray hair and was nearly seventy years old, but he was still energetic and clear-headed.
When Ah Zheng heard that Xun Kuang was asking for an audience, he quickly summoned him to Zhangtai Palace and started talking with him.
Azheng asked proudly: "What do the elders think of the state of Qin? I still remember that the elder was hired by King Zhao and traveled westward to Qin. How does the state of Qin now compare to the state of Qin in those days?" Xun Kuang said: "Old man back
then When he entered Qin, he once said that the officials of the state of Qin were awe-inspiring and that the government was perfect. But now that I see it, I feel that it is not as good as before." The corners of
Ah Zheng's mouth are bent, a little unhappy, he thought that even if Xun Kuang would not praise him for destroying Korea He boasted about the strength of the Qin State, but he did not say such words that belittled the Qin State. His tone inevitably brought something out: "I don't know why the old man sees this?" Xun Kuang said: "When the old man passed by a certain place
, , The field is full of fruits and the harvest is abundant, but the peasants who stand by are yellow and thin, with ragged clothes. The fields are full of fruits, and the peasants starve to death. When King Zhao was here, I have never seen such a scene. I wonder what the King of Qin thinks?"
Ah Zheng frowned, full of doubts in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "I have never heard such a scene mentioned by the courtiers. I don't know where the old man said this place is?" He replied: "This is what the old man saw when he passed Hejian County of Qin State."
Hejian County is where Lu Buwei's fief is located. Ah Zheng put aside his doubts for the time being, and planned to send someone to Hejian County to investigate carefully in another day. He looked at Xun Kuang in front of him, and asked, "I heard that the old man once offered wine to the Jixia Academy, and Xianyang is going to build a school recently. I wonder if the old man would like to be the priest?" The old man asked his own question: "What
if The old man may get a cheaper price for paper for the sacrifice of wine?" After all, paper is really expensive now, and it is a monopoly commodity of Qin State, and only a small amount of paper is sold in the other five countries. Although Xun Kuang used to be Jixia Academy Jijiu, and later served as the Lanling Order, but he was also shy and didn't have so much spare money to buy paper.
Ah Zheng smiled and said, "Elder, don't worry, you have as many papers as you want."
Although the Xianyang Academy hadn't been repaired yet, Xun Kuang still took over the post of sacrificial wine with peace of mind.
On the other hand, Han Fei heard that the former king of Han, who was named Marquis of Xiaoming, was in a difficult situation, so he bribed the jailer and gave him a lot of things to help him secretly. But this was not allowed in Qin State. Han Fei was restless all day long, always worried that Qin Wangzheng would find out what he had done, even if he knew that Xun Kuang had come to Xianyang, he would just go to see him in a hurry.
Although Xun Kuang could see that his disciple was absent-minded, he didn't say anything more.
Amidst Han Fei's restlessness, the time came to October, the new year began, and Ah Zheng turned eighteen.
Ah Zheng's 18th birthday was finally no longer hastily ended like last year. The Queen Mother came back from Yongcheng to pray for blessings in person, and various countries also sent congratulatory gifts one after another.
At Ah Zheng’s birthday banquet, General Meng Ao, who had returned to Xianyang to recuperate from his wounds, came out from the banquet of the ministers, bowed his hands to the Queen Mother and Qin Wangzheng who were seated above him, and said: "Last year, God will help the country, and Qin will get gunpowder." And to destroy Han, get a blank sheet of paper to spread the word, the prosperity of the Qin State today depends on the King of Qin, I ask the Queen Mother to return to the government, and hope that the King of Qin will be in charge as soon as possible."
As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of discussion at the banquet. Generals headed by Meng Ao came out one after another, begging Zhao Ji to return to power.
On the other side, Wenchen Gongqing was still quietly looking at Lu Buwei's face.
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