Great Qin Shi Empress

Lin Qian looked at Ying Zheng, and suddenly remembered that he had never mentioned Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in front of Ying Zheng, so he said with a smile: "How about these two people... If you really count it strictly, the demise of Qin State In fact, it died at the hands of the common people who rose up to fight back because they couldn't survive anymore, because the common people fought back first, which gave people like Liu Bang and Xiang Yu a chance to stand out."

"As for Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, they are the No. 1 who opened the prelude to the peasant uprising that led to the demise of Qin."

When she said this, Ying Zheng immediately understood: "It seems that these two people played a very important role in the demise of Qin?"

Lin Qian nodded: "Not only did it play a very important role in the demise of the Qin State, but it also played a very important role in the subsequent thousands of years of history. Even a great man thousands of years later has a great influence on this matter." The peasant uprising has always held an attitude of praise and appreciation."

The most important thing is the phrase "The princes and generals have a kindness", which directly affected the thinking of the Chinese people for thousands of years.

After listening to Ying Zheng, he couldn't help being curious: "According to what you said, the people of Qin State could no longer survive at that time, so they rose up to resist? But there must always be a fuse for resistance? This is why Chen Sheng and Wu Guang resisted and chose to revolt. what is the reason?"

Lin Qian paused and explained: "Because of the heavy rain on the border, time was wasted. According to the law at that time, even if you arrived at the border, you would be beheaded."

In fact, in modern times, there have been disputes about the direct cause of the two uprisings.

According to the legal provisions on the Yunmeng Bamboo Slips that were unearthed not long ago, some people think that these two people are pure lies, but some people think that the legal provisions recorded on the Yunmeng Bamboo Slips are from the period of Qin Shihuang. Dissatisfied officials and people have changed the law many times, so it cannot be proved that the reasons for the two uprisings are false. Some people think that the records in Yunmeng Bamboo Slips are corvee service, not the military service of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and they cannot be used for military service according to the requirements of corvee service .

But hasn't Lin Qian already traveled to the Qin Dynasty?She also learned Qin law, so what she knew was the fourth situation that had been circulated in her previous life. The legal provisions were indeed true, but Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had indeed lied.

Because Qin Lv did record the situation that he should be beheaded if he missed the deadline, but the two leaders who really needed to be beheaded were Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.

It's like Liu Bang let his people run away because he led people to serve in the army. In the end, only Liu Bang, the boss, had to run to the mountains to escape.

There is no such thing as the beheading of ordinary civilians who serve in the army.

but……

Lin Qian approached Ying Zheng, and seriously suggested: "The so-called heavy codes are used in troubled times. Now Qin is in a prosperous age, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and Qin's foreign enemies have almost been wiped out. There may not be many opportunities to fight in the future." , It is very unnecessary to continue to use the previous law to govern the people of the world."

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then understood what she meant: "You want to amend the law?"

Lin Qian blinked: "I have a suggestion."

Ying Zheng fell into deep thought.

In fact, he also understood that Lin Qian's proposal was very reasonable.

In times of troubled times, stricter, even stricter laws will not only help manage the people and restrain their behavior, but also improve the country's combat effectiveness more effectively. When a war breaks out, it will naturally make it easier for the country to survive .

But in times of peace, overly strict laws do more harm than good, and continuing to enforce them does not do much good for managing the country——

All people have to be tense in their lives, worrying that if they don't pay attention, they will violate the law. Not only is it not good for the people's own life, but it is actually not good for the development of the country.

but……

Ying Zheng looked at Lin Qian: "It's not the time yet."

Lin Qian was stunned for a moment, and his eyes lit up instantly: "It means that when the time is right, you will amend the law?"

Ying Zheng nodded: "That's natural."

Seeing that Lin Qian wanted to ask when is the most suitable time, Ying Zheng immediately changed the subject and asked, "It sounds like you admire Chen Sheng and Wu Guang?"

Lin Qian shook his head: "I don't like these two people. What I like is the peasant uprising, because the state of Qin is constantly introducing new technologies. These things are getting better and better but visible to the naked eye.”

The more turbulent the society, the easier it is for ideas and classes to change. When the society is completely stabilized, ideas and classes are very easy to solidify. At that time, if the words of class and blood, which were popular during the Zhou Dynasty, become the mainstream, it will not be the same. good thing.

Lin Qian said seriously: "I was a little worried before, whether this peasant uprising would disappear because of the flapping wings of my butterfly. It would be a pity if it disappeared."

This was the first peasant uprising in recorded history.

Even if we know that it is gone now, there may not be others who will start peasant uprisings in the future, and there may not be others who will say things like "Princes, princes and generals are better than each other", but... what if?

As for Chen Sheng and Wu Guang...

It can only be said that these two people are brave and smart enough, and they seized the right time to revolt, so they have left a strong mark in the history books, but if you have to like someone, they are actually far inferior to Liu Bang and Xiang Yu .

Yingzheng's brows and eyes eased: "Are you sure that the person who caused trouble in Kucha Kingdom is Chen Sheng?"

Lin Qian glanced at the letter again, shook his head and said, "Mo Niang didn't make it clear, she just said that she was a useful subordinate. She also said that she originally planned to sanction the Kucha country economically, directly costing a couple of dollars. In [-], when the time comes, the Kucha Kingdom itself will request to be merged into the Qin Kingdom."

"But this confidant is eager to make meritorious service, and I seem to be indifferent to the current living conditions of the people of Kucha, and I don't want to delay it for a year or two, so I secretly contacted many local people without telling Lin Mo. The famous family has quietly organized an army and has persuaded those people to choose another day to revolt."

"Now," Lin Qian said helplessly, "They seem to be waiting for Mo Niang to set a time, and then they will directly revolt against the brutal rule of the King of Kucha."

Ying Zheng smiled: "Since all the preparations have been made, why hesitate?"

When Lin Qian heard this, he understood what he meant.

Soon, Ying Zheng personally wrote the imperial decree and sent it to Lin Mo.

On the second day after Lin Mo received the imperial edict, he sent someone directly to send the imperial edict to the country of Kucha, and personally handed it over to Chen Sheng, who was in charge of the matter.

Yes, Chen Sheng.

After he got the imperial decree, he immediately found the local people and led them to initiate an uprising that night.

And this battle is not too difficult.

One, because the people launched the uprising at night, the ruling class of Kucha Kingdom did not discover it immediately and respond in time;

Second, the ruling class of the Kucha Kingdom forgot one thing. Most of the soldiers responsible for the security of the entire country were of ordinary background. Sometimes, it is very likely to come face to face with your parents, brothers or even your son.

After all, the country of Kucha is only that big, and it is quite normal to meet one's relatives.

But this is unacceptable to the royal family and nobles of the Kucha Kingdom.

They watched the brave soldiers they trained being beaten back by a group of mobs, and their faces turned green with anger.

In order to prevent this situation, the King of Kucha even ordered that anyone who chooses to retreat in the face of the people will be killed directly, and their faults will be investigated after the war subsides!

But such laws have completely backfired.

The soldiers were just retreating at first, but when they heard that the Kucha Kingdom used to turn over old accounts and pursue their faults after the war ended?Well, these soldiers don't have to worry about it anymore, they immediately turned their spearheads on their comrades.

Because there are too many such soldiers, the soldiers who originally wanted to serve the king could only choose to disobey the king's order to protect themselves, and because of the previous order, they targeted the king.

Soon, the palace of Kucha Kingdom was surrounded by his own people.

The king of Kucha Kingdom realized that the situation was not good, and finally regretted asking Lin Mo and Zhang Liang for help. However, regardless of their attitudes towards the current situation, the king had no choice but to send the letter out of the palace.

The people will not be relentless in the face of the ruling class that exploits and oppresses them. The king of the Kucha Kingdom who was merged into the Qin State and had the opportunity to spend his later years in Xianyang was killed by the angry people directly after the people broke into the palace. , not only the king, but also the royal family, nobles and most of the ministers were killed by the people.

When the turmoil in the Kucha Kingdom subsided completely, the person in charge of the uprising did not directly ascend the throne and become the king. Instead, he wrote to Lin Mo expressing his desire to merge into the Qin Kingdom and become a part of the Qin Kingdom. He only hoped that the Qin Kingdom could All the factories previously built in Kucha were relocated back.

Of course it’s impossible to relocate all of them back, but we can reopen the factory in Kucha——

Just send some necessary machines directly from Xianyang.

Not only that, Ying Zheng also directly awarded a title to the local people who were in charge of the uprising, but the other party must also come to Xianyang to live like other kings.

The other party has no objection.

As for Chen Sheng who directly contributed to the peasant uprising, Yingzheng also gave him a promotion reward, and at the same time sent another official to the Kucha Kingdom to govern the local area.

Since then, the Kucha incident has completely subsided.

Among the countries in the Western Regions, there is only one Loulan country that still insists on not being merged into the Qin country.

But there are actually some troubles in Loulan Kingdom——

Why didn't Lin Mo take the same economic sanctions directly in Loulan Kingdom?The reason is simple, because Qin built the fewest factories in Loulan among all countries.

Among them, of course, Loulan is not close to Qin State, so Qin State did not regard it as the first choice when building a factory. Intimacy, in order to facilitate transportation and reduce costs, Qin should not have built so few factories in its country.

At least, it shouldn't be the country with the fewest factories among all the countries in the Western Regions.

There are so few factories in Loulan, not only because of the relationship between the two countries, but also because the king and ministers of Loulan have always been very wary of Qin——

After all, it was the first big country in the Western Regions that was almost taken over by Qin.

Therefore, while they are greedy for the benefits of Qin's domestic factories, they will also deliberately control the number of Qin's domestic factories.

Although there are quite a few factories in the country, it is obviously impossible to use this to initiate economic sanctions against Loulan.

Not only economic sanctions are not enough, but even trying to make the people of their country launch an uprising is not enough, because the king of Loulan and his ministers are very clear-headed, and they have never messed up when governing the country, and the local people still support the royal family.

So, if you want to take Loulan, it seems that there is only one way left to send troops to attack. ,

This is also the reason why Lin Mo felt that Loulan was the big problem at first.

But what Lin Mo didn't expect was that just after Qiuci was incorporated into Qin's territory, the king of Loulan, who had always been unaware that other countries had been incorporated into Qin, personally sent a letter to Lin Qian, stating that I hope it can be handed over to His Majesty the First Emperor of Qin.

To His Majesty the First Emperor?

Lin Mo and Zhang Liang looked at each other, and almost immediately guessed that they wanted to surrender.

After all, writing a letter to His Majesty under such circumstances cannot be a plea?The king's mind has always been good, so he doesn't know that Loulan is just a fish on Qin's sticky board.

The fact is just as the two guessed.

The letter written by the king of Loulan to Yingzheng was indeed asking him for the idea of ​​merging into Qin, but at the same time, the king also discussed conditions with Yingzheng in it——

It's not to fight for better treatment for himself, but to hope that Yingzheng can treat the people of Loulan better.

There are so many countries in the Western Regions that offered to be merged into the territory of Qin, only this one king fought for conditions for his people, and combined with Zhang Liang and Lin Mo's views on this king, Ying Zheng finally made a decision for everyone. Unexpected decision.

He directly wrote back to the king of Loulan, saying that if he was worried about his people, after Loulan became part of Qin, because Qin was short of talents, he could continue to serve as the sheriff of Loulan.

However, all his relatives also need to live in Xianyang.

In other words, take their relatives as hostages.

This is a special case, and it is obviously impossible to continue living in the palace as a sheriff, and her life in the future is bound to be worse than before.

But just like Yingzheng made a special case for the king, the king also accepted Yingzheng's arrangement without hesitation after receiving the reply, and took the initiative to stay in Loulan as the sheriff of Loulan County.

Since then, the entire Western Regions have become part of Qin.

Qin's territory has also become unprecedentedly large.

Yingzheng specially ordered people to draw a map of the land under Qin State's current jurisdiction, and published it on the newspaper for the first time. With the great news that the Western Qiang tribes and the countries of the Western Regions were acquired by Qin State, everyone in the country felt They couldn't help but feel a surge of pride. In the period after the news was released, everyone walked with wind, and even talked three points louder than usual.

And the admiration and love of the people of Qin State for Yingzheng, the first emperor, has also reached an unprecedented height.

Ying Zheng was extremely happy when he saw the praise and undisguised admiration and love for himself in the letters from readers published in the newspaper.

For this reason, he specially held a banquet and had a big drink with the ministers.

For the next half month, the entire country was also filled with such excitement.

But at this moment, Ying Zheng, who was always in good health, suddenly fell ill.

In the beginning, it was just a cold and fever, and it was an inconspicuous low-grade fever, so all the insiders, including Ying Zheng and Lin Qian, didn't take this illness seriously.

But as time went by, Ying Zheng's condition became worse and worse.

Half a month later, not only did Ying Zheng look pale, but his figure was much thinner than before, and he was frighteningly emaciated.

Lin Qian was so frightened that she urged Bian Que to see a doctor every day.

But Bian Que, who has always been unparalleled in medical skills, has nothing to do about it. He can't even find out the cause of Ying Zheng's illness this time.

Lin Qian suddenly remembered that this should be the illness that led to the sudden death of Qin Shihuang in history. She didn't dare to delay, and immediately ran to Yingzheng's bed: "Is the longevity pill still on your body? After taking this medicine In addition to prolonging life and curing diseases and common wounds, you should eat it quickly."

Ying Zheng wanted to wait a little longer, because he felt that he was in good health, and he should be able to recover from this illness.

Lin Qian was in a hurry: [Don't forget, this year is the year in history when Qin Shihuang died suddenly! 】

Ying Zheng's complexion changed, and he immediately took out the jade bottle from his pillow, and poured the top-quality longevity pill into his mouth.

Almost instantly, Ying Zheng's pale face returned to normal.

In less than a cup of tea, Ying Zheng's originally uncomfortable body returned to normal, and his weak limbs could move freely as if healed instantly.

He raised his hand in astonishment, lifted the quilt and got off the bed, put on his shoes and stood up.

After a set of punches, Ying Zheng said pleasantly, "This elixir really has a miraculous effect."

Seeing that he recovered from his illness, Lin Qian immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

She was about to speak when she heard footsteps coming from behind the screen: "Your Majesty, Marquis Gu Feng, I seem to have found the cause of your Majesty's disease in the book you handed over to me before you, but I don't know the solution for the time being. It will take a while to study..."

Bian Que paused, looking blankly at the ruddy Ying Zheng: "???"