my grandfather was qin shi huang

"Brother - cough, Your Highness, the woman leading the dance in the middle is none other than the little girl Yue Ji. I wonder if she is good enough for you..."

Ah, this-

Even Zhao Ying couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed when he stole someone else's daughter and was caught by his father. He coughed lightly and looked away pretending to be indifferent.

"Ahem, yes, the beauty of the country is fragrant, and the beauty of the world is stunning..."

After receiving Zhao Ying's positive affirmation, King Yuezhi's face became even more joyful.

"My little girl has always admired heroes. Ever since I saw His Highness's unparalleled heroic appearance today, I have never forgotten it and wanted to accompany His Highness—"

Having said this, King Yuezhi carefully observed Zhao Ying's expression.

"I wonder if my little girl has that blessing..."

Zhao Ying: ...

I don't know when it started. The people in the big tent who were drinking and mingling stopped their movements and quietly pricked up their ears. Especially those nobles of the Yuezhi who had just surrendered, their eyes could not help but drift this way. .

A little nervous?

Only then did Zhao Ying realize that this old guy had taken great pains to arrange such a song and dance, and it turned out that he was waiting here.

In this era, not to mention these tribes on the grasslands, even in the hinterland of the Central Plains, it is normal to rely on marriage to consolidate the relationship between them.

Now that the Yuezhi has newly descended, compared to his empty promises, a genuine marriage might be more reassuring to them, right?

Alas, it is so difficult for me!

But if I don’t go to hell, who will?

For the sake of the country, for the overall situation, for the sake of quelling the war, for the well-being of Da Qin and the Yuezhi people, I, Zhao Ying, had no choice but to sacrifice my appearance and obey them——

Thinking of this, Zhao Ying stood up and took the wine glass from King Yuezhi with a smile.

"It is a blessing for me, the general, to be valued by my daughter for her beauty in the world——"

As he spoke, he raised his glass high and looked around.

"Everyone, from now on, the Yuezhi and I, Da Qin, are the home of in-laws - come on, everyone, drink from this cup..."

As soon as Zhao Ying finished speaking, there was a loud cheer from the big tent, and everyone raised their glasses and drank. Zhao Ying could clearly feel that it was a little more sincere and a little less nervous than the excitement just now.

The expressions on the faces of the Yuezhi nobles were obviously much more relaxed.

On the contrary, when the officers and soldiers of Great Qin looked at His Highness, their eyes seemed to have a little more admiration and pity?

Even Zhao Ying was a little baffled.

I reluctantly made a small sacrifice, but your eyes are too exaggerated!

On the Yuezhi side, it was completely the opposite, they were really happy. After receiving Zhao Ying's approval, the Yuezhi King was overjoyed and immediately waved his daughter over to pour wine for Zhao Ying himself.

"The people beside me are like the moon, and my bright wrists are covered with frost and snow..."

I don’t know if it was because of the sachet she was wearing, but Yue Ji had a very comfortable fragrance on her body. At this moment, she knelt down next to Zhao Ying, gently holding the wine bottle, with slender fingers and bright wrists. Snow made Zhao Ying inexplicably think of this popular quatrain in later generations.

Although the person in front of me is not a gentle Jiangnan woman, she has a plump and straight figure, white and delicate skin. Compared with the Central Plains woman, her facial features are more profound and delicate, especially a pair of big amber eyes, which are lively and lively, with an air of aura. Comes from the wild nature inside.

Zhao Ying couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, took the wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp.

This son-in-law of brother Yueshi Wang is destined to be my elder brother!

Guests are happy.

"Yue Ji, why don't you serve His Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson and go and rest..."

Under the influence of alcohol, King Yuezhi blushed and looked at his daughter beside him with feigned displeasure.

Zhao Ying smiled and waved his hand when he saw this, and said seriously.

"Thank you very much for your kindness, King Yuezhi. However, my daughter is the princess of the Yuezhi. She has a noble status and should have her dignity and respect. How can I be so disrespectful? Now, the Yuezhi and I, Da Qin, have become one, and we have been a family since then. If the Yuezhi King is sincere enough to accomplish this beautiful thing, why not tell the whole clan and marry her according to the ceremony..."

King Yuezhi couldn't help being slightly startled when he heard this, and then he lowered his head and bowed deeply.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your support. This matter is due to Xiao Wang not thinking carefully——"

Yue Ji, who had her head lowered on the side and was about to step forward to help Zhao Ying, suddenly raised her head, and a different kind of brilliance suddenly appeared in her amber eyes.

Not to mention the princess of a country, even if she is the daughter of an ordinary family, who would want to follow someone else without any reason?

In the evening, Zhao Ying did not stay in the tent of the Yuezhi people. Accompanied by everyone, Zhao Ying returned to Yanzhi Mountain. Although the Yuezhi people have surrendered, they cannot completely relax their vigilance.

"My lord, this is the military merit list that I and several military merit officers have compiled. Please take a look at it..."

The military merit system is the foundation of the Qin Dynasty. It has a very strict and detailed military merit statistics method, as well as corresponding supervision methods. Each military merit is signed by the commander of the unit to which it belongs, including the commander of the corps, and even the hundred generals. , confirmed by the signatures of two to five hundred masters, as well as Han Xin, Zhang Han, Meng Zhan, Wang Li and others.

Unless you don't want to live anymore, no one dares to do anything about it.

Even so, Zhao Ying still took it, sat under the bright anointing candle, and carefully looked through the military merit book. After repeatedly checking that it was correct, he picked up the brush and signed his name on the back carefully, solemnly. Use the seal of your own champion general in every situation.

This heavy book is the achievement, the honor, and the sacrifice of countless soldiers who carried their heads, swords and guns, in exchange for their lives.

Zhao Ying can't do anything else. The only thing he can do is to do his best to ensure that it is fair!

He couldn't let his brothers who followed him through life and death bleed and shed tears.

This military merit album will be sent to Xianyang in an eight hundred-mile expedited manner, along with the documents reporting the victory, after the affairs at Wushaoling are settled early tomorrow morning.

After handing the military merit album to Chen Ping, Zhao Ying thought for a while, took the pen and paper again, and carefully wrote a serious letter to the First Emperor, focusing on the issue of marriage with the Yuezhi and the relationship between the emperor and the Yuezhi. Yuezhi's treatment ideas.

The Yuezhi is a large tribe with a population of hundreds of thousands, and the Guang clan has more than [-] available soldiers.

It is definitely not appropriate for such a large population base to remain in a strategic military area like Hexi. Therefore, in this case, how to stabilize people's hearts and how to resettle the population is crucial.

These issues all need to be discussed with the First Emperor in advance.

Before dawn the next day, news came back from Wushaoling.

The Yuezhi were responsible for guarding Wushaoling and resisting the Qin army's attack. The leaders of the six tribes including Urqi, Jiuzi, Pangdun and Shuangmi decided to surrender to Zhao Ying, the eldest grandson of the emperor. At the same time, the Longxi defender received Zhao Ying's letter. General Xin Sheng also stopped the attack very cooperatively.

The army retreated ten miles away and stationed itself on the spot.

After categorically rejecting his subordinate's suggestion to immediately report the victory to Xianyang, he carefully counted the achievements and casualties of the storming of Wushaoling during this period, and asked his deputy general Shejian to rush to Yanzhi Mountain in person and hand it over to Zhao Ying.

Then, he wrote a separate memorial and reported back to the First Emperor through normal channels and procedures.

Yanzhi Mountain.

"Are you Shebama?"

Zhao Ying glanced at this middle-aged general with some surprise, a tall figure, a delicate face, and a somewhat bookish look. He was naturally familiar with the name Shejian.

I still remember the concise and stingy yet thrilling record of him in "Historical Records of Xiang Yu":

"Xiang Yu then led his troops across the river, but all the ships were sunk, the cauldrons were broken, the huts were burned, and he took three days' worth of food to show that the soldiers would die and none of them would return. So when they arrived, they surrounded Wang Li, met the Qin army, and defeated them in nine battles. Corridor, destroy it, kill Su Jiao and capture Wang Li. If Shejian refuses to surrender to Chu, he will burn himself to death."

Although there are only eight words in the record about Shejian, it fully describes the integrity that a military commander should have.

He was one of the few warriors of that era who was truly willing to die for the Qin Dynasty.

Compared with him, those who have enjoyed the salary of the Qin State for generations, but acted coyly, half-heartedly, and turned around to become Han ministers should be ashamed.

Of course, as for those Donglin Party members who pride themselves on being loyal ministers every day but feel the water is too cold, they are not even scum.

Because of this, he still remembered this passage and he also admired Shejian. Since I have traveled so far, I need such talents.

"Back to Your Highness, you are really the last general——"

Shejian politely returned the favor without thinking too much. After all, Xin Sheng's letter must have introduced his name.

Zhao Ying smiled and returned the salute.

"General She, it's been a hard journey, please take a seat first——"

Later, Zhao Ying had someone bring him tea, and he carefully read the military merit booklet that Xin Sheng had sent him, with a smile in his eyes.

He naturally understood that Xin Sheng had someone send him a military merit book instead of reporting the merit himself. He was obviously treating himself as a subordinate and unwilling to compete with himself for the merit. This man is a smart man.

Although he knew that this was a gesture of goodwill to him, the favor was real and he had to admit it.

Although he admired Shejian very much and intended to stay and work under him, Zhao Ying didn't say much. After asking someone to take Shejian down to rest, Zhao Ying turned around and handed the military merit book to Chen Ping who was standing aside.

"Just follow the above and report your victory to His Majesty——"

Chen Ping accepted the order and went out to make arrangements in high spirits.

In just over a month, the emperor's eldest grandson used strong winds to sweep away the fallen leaves, destroying Dunpu, Qiemo, Dangtian, and Dunpu, closing the Hexi Corridor, and expanding the land for thousands of miles. This achievement shocked the past and the present, even with Wang Jian. Compared with the general, he is no less generous.

The trend of the emperor's grandson has been established since then!

No one can shake it anymore.

Although the war is over, Zhao Ying cannot go back before the First Emperor's decree comes. There are also many things on the Yuezhi side that need to be handled by him, the eldest grandson of the emperor, personally.

In the following days, Zhao Ying walked around like a revolving door to personally meet with the leaders of various large and small tribes in the Hexi Corridor. According to the practice of Great Qin, he registered all the people and appeased people.

So, after a round, he was stuffed with seven or eight more exotic maids.

There is no other way, if you give up, you will get something. This is the sacrifice he must make.

At this time, he was surprised to find that there were as many as twenty tribes, large and small, in the entire Hexi Corridor. In addition to the five major tribes of the Yuezhi: Xiumi, Shuangmi, Kushan, Pangdun, and Dumi. In addition, there are more than ten large and small tribes such as Yuzhi, Yutian, Wujie, Yanqi, Jiuzi, Wuji, Woju, Wuerqi, Hezhe, Jucishan and Jiuzi.

The larger ones have thousands of tribesmen, while the smaller ones have only a few hundred tribesmen.

The ingredients are staggeringly complex.

But because of this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He was really afraid that these 10 people were all Yuezhi people.

In short, although he no longer has to fight, he works day and night, and is more tired than fighting every day. He truly understands what it means to manage everything every day. But the results are also gratifying, and many tribes have gradually begun to accept this new superior.

Apart from him, the busiest people are the Mohist disciples. These days, according to his instructions, these Mohist disciples have gone to various places in Hexi to inspect the terrain, draw maps, and also consider the future Yangguan, Yumenguan, Jiayuguan, Wushaoling and other places. It is feasible to build defensive pass tunnels at famous dangerous passes such as Yanzhi Mountain.

As for Chen Ping, he was so busy that Zhao Ying almost handed over all the internal affairs of Hexi to his hands.

Today, he has become a hot celebrity in the Hexi Corridor.

Many tribes even couldn't curry favor with Zhao Ying, and had begun to set their sights on Zhao Ying's right-hand man.

Wang Li, Han Xin, Zhang Han, Meng Zhan and others were also kicked out by Zhao Ying and followed Chen Ping to become familiar with Hexi affairs. As for Zhang Liang, after stabilizing the situation in Jiayuguan, he was recruited by Zhao Ying to help him handle Hexi affairs.

Together with Chen Ping, carefully plan the governance plan for Hexi.

At this time, Zhao Ying discovered why this bitch was rated as the Three Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty. His ability to handle internal affairs was truly extraordinary. He was meticulous, careful and prudent. Among all the ministers in the court, I am afraid that only Li Si, Meng Yi, etc. Only a few people can compare with it.

This made Zhao Ying feel a lot more relaxed.

While Zhao Ying and others were busy in Hexi, the good news from the Hexi Corridor also reached Xianyang at a speed of eight hundred miles.

"Report - the great victory in Hexi - the emperor's eldest grandson Zhao Ying expanded the land thousands of miles, captured Hexi with three arrows, completely opened up the Hexi Corridor, and the Yue family surrendered to the Qin Dynasty!"

The legendary story of Zhao Ying, the eldest grandson of the emperor, charging thousands of miles and wiping out four kingdoms in one day was not over yet. Another piece of news that was enough to make the entire Xianyang explode in an instant spread like crazy at an incredible speed.

In the middle of the official road, the rapid sound of horse hooves tapped on the stone slabs.

The captain's hoarse voice reporting victory was so shocking that many people could hardly believe their ears.

what's the situation?

Isn't the emperor's eldest grandson fighting against the Huns? Why did he suddenly open up the Hexi Corridor!

It's only been a few days?

how can that be!

You must know that the Yuezhi who occupy the Hexi Corridor have hundreds of thousands of tribes and more than [-] troops. Just a few years ago, General Meng Tian personally led an army of hundreds of thousands, but they failed to conquer it.

The emperor's eldest grandson was captured in just a few days!

Many people have begun to count on their fingers how many days have passed since the last time the emperor's grandson defeated the Four Kingdoms in one day.