Great Qin Shi Empress

==·Reunion·==

For a moment, their eyes met.

Lin Qian looked at Ying Zheng, her ears buzzed, and her mind went blank for an instant.

Ying Zheng smiled and got up and walked in front of her, reached out to take the small bag in her hand, and grabbed Lin Qian's hand with the other hand, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down.

And Lin Qian obediently followed him, without any struggle during the whole process.

It's just that the expression is quite dazed, and it seems that he has not recovered at all.

Ying Zheng was a little amused: "Seeing the widow so surprised? I thought I knew it a long time ago."

Lin Qian heard a familiar voice, turned to look at Ying Zheng, and leaned forward to kiss his lips.The two touched each other's lips, and the warm feeling instantly brought back Lin Qian's sanity.

She was about to leave when Ying Zheng pulled her into her arms.

……

After the two of them calmed down completely, Lin Qian finally asked why Ying Zheng appeared on the train.

Ying Zheng still said the same thing: "I thought you already knew."

Although he thought about giving Lin Qian a surprise, as the emperor, his every move attracted everyone's attention, especially after the newspapers began to be published nationwide, even if Ying Zheng went out of the palace, it would take a lot of effort to hide it. Some kung fu, not to mention taking a train from Xianyang to other places?

When Lin Qian heard him mention this twice, she knew that she must have overlooked some news.

Frowning and thinking for a moment, Lin Qian's eyes suddenly lit up: "It's the report about the first train opening, right? I remember that report also mentioned that you will come and experience it?"

Ying Zheng nodded: "Isn't the widow experiencing this?"

Lin Qian didn't think that Ying Zheng would take the train all the way to his place of work and thought, "I thought you would return after only one train stop at most..."

After a pause, she looked suspiciously at Ying Zheng, "If you've been on the train, you must have passed by the county before, right? Why didn't you come to see me?"

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Lin Qian amusedly: "Why, are you starting to settle the old score?"

Lin Qian just stared at him without saying a word.

Ying Zheng laughed and explained: "The widow wanted to come to you, but you were at the most critical finishing stage at that time, and you were too busy to touch the ground. I heard that you can only sleep for an hour or two at night. Wouldn't it be a waste of your time to come here?"

Lin Qian paused: "That's right, I was so busy that I lost my head..."

Ying Zheng smiled and hugged her in his arms. Seeing that her eyes were black, he hurriedly said, "It's still a few days before we arrive in Xianyang. You should take this opportunity to rest for a few days, and you'll be in good spirits when you return to Xianyang."

Lin Qian paused, then looked up at him: "What about you?"

It may be that most people cannot afford train tickets, and those who can afford train tickets are probably not short of money, so except for the last carriage, there are only two rooms in the other carriages of the train.

The room is large, and there are not only beds but also a toilet and a place to boil water.

The only problem is, the bed is rather small.

This bed is only about ten centimeters wider than a bed in a modern school dormitory, and it would be very crowded for two people to sleep on it.

Ying Zheng smiled, called a servant in, and put the two beds together.

After the people retreated, the two quickly embraced each other and fell asleep.

And after Lin Qian fell asleep, the train started whimpering.

What Lin Qian didn't know was that she got in the car and caused quite a commotion——

This train had already arrived at the county town once before. After seeing the speed and huge body of this train, no one wanted to spend money to experience it, but all of them were rejected without exception.

The reason is also simple. Although the world is peaceful today, no one knows if there are malicious people among them, and the train carriages are interconnected, so for the safety of Yingzheng, this train does not allow people to Others get in the car.

But, just now, someone went up!

Those who wanted to board the train before were sour, and immediately went to the station master to ask for an explanation.

The webmaster was helpless: "What do you want to say? The husband and wife are reunited, what's the matter with you?"

other people:? ? ?

The station master was speechless: "Marquis Gu Feng has been presiding over the construction of water conservancy projects in our county for the past few months. Haven't you paid attention to them? Now that the water conservancy projects have been completed, Marquis Gu Feng is about to leave for Xianyang. His Majesty happened to come by train. , What's the problem with the two leaving together?"

Everyone suddenly realized.

The station master also knew that most of these people would be the main passengers of the train in the future, so he smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, the first pass of this train is of great significance, and His Majesty's personal ride will also make you feel at ease. Wait for the train to arrive in Xianyang this time. After that, you can buy train tickets and experience what it's like to ride the train that His Majesty has taken."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's attention was attracted.

……

Compared with those whose families are wealthy and willing to take the train, most of the common people's attention to the train is only a matter of pleasure, and it doesn't matter much to them whether anyone takes the train.

More people are not even willing to go to the train station to watch the excitement, really want to see the train...

The photos that appeared in the newspapers recently are actually not bad.

After all, going outside the city gate is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it may not be possible to squeeze in. It is enough to buy a newspaper for one dollar, and you don't have to pick the time.

As for the real train, there will always be a chance to see it in the future.

……

There are not many people who hold this idea. After all, most people have jobs and cannot go to watch the train during the day.

In addition to those adults who have jobs in their hands, the same is true for school students.

After all, there are only so many holidays, and it is impossible to be lucky enough to hit them just right.

Fortunately, the newspapers today are all founded by the imperial court, and the people have never been allowed or have the conditions to create and sell newspapers. Therefore, as a school founded by the imperial court, every time a newspaper is released, people will be sent to each class of the school in advance. A copy of each newspaper was sent over.

According to Ying Zheng's meaning, since these students are destined to serve the country in the future, it is natural not to be stingy with their training.

Early this morning, the imperial court sent today's newspaper to the school.

Xiang Yu and Xiang You came to the school early in the morning, put away their schoolbags and textbooks, and went to the teacher's podium habitually, wanting to read today's newspaper——

The two of them have developed a habit of reading newspapers.

However, apart from the fact that there is not much entertainment in this era, the formation of this habit is also because the patriarch of the Xiang family, that is, the uncle of the two, Xiang Liang, sternly ordered the two to read all the newspapers issued by the court in their free time. .

Not only did he finish reading it, Xiang Liang would randomly check the two people's understanding and feelings about a certain report in a certain newspaper after returning home.

Xiang Yu has a detached personality and prefers newspapers such as novel newspapers and gossip newspapers.

But these newspapers are often the most popular type among students, so when Xiang Yu walked to the podium, there were no gossip and novel newspapers on it, only Daqin Weekly, Xianyang Daily and various study newspapers, news paper.

Xiang Yu flipped through it with some displeasure, and finally picked out a legal newspaper——

It will publish some special, bizarre or troublesome cases, as well as the specific judgment methods of these cases. In a sense, it is also a kind of newspaper for popular science and learning.

But Xiang Yu chose this newspaper just to read the above cases.

When the story is read, it's actually not bad.

But when Xiang Yu just picked up the legal newspaper, someone immediately called Xiang Yu: "Boss Xiang, I have the novel newspaper, do you want it?"

Xiang Yu instantly became happy: "You finished reading it so soon?"

Said and ran over immediately.

Not just that one student, but soon several students wanted to hand over the newspapers in their hands to Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu waved his hand: "I'll read a copy first, you read it first, and then exchange it with me after reading it."

The others were obedient and immediately looked down at the newspaper.

At a young age, he has already begun to have a charismatic personality, and has attracted a large group of fans around him.

Xiang You has a quiet personality and is not very interested in newspapers such as novels. She prefers various news newspapers and newspapers for popular science studies, and this type of newspaper happens to be the type that students dislike the least, so even if she is not the first People who have also successfully obtained most of the newspapers.

After looking around for a week, Xiang You took all the remaining newspapers with her.

Then classify them into categories, first extract the news newspapers and periodicals, prepare to scan ten lines at a glance as in the past, and then concentrate on reading the contents of the popular science learning newspapers and periodicals.

But what she didn't expect was that she saw something unexpected on it this time——

When His Majesty came to Guilin County by train, he happened to meet Gu Fenghou who had completed the last water conservancy project, so they took the train back to Xianyang together.

But it wasn't the news itself that caught Xiang Xiang's attention, but the photos on it.

Although it is not the first time I have seen it, Xiang You is still fascinated by it.

She was very curious, and she did a lot of research in private, but no matter what, she couldn't make a machine that could retain people's images.

Later, when the teacher learned about her idea, he not only told her that the technique of "preserving" images was jointly invented by the Mohist School and a group of alchemists, but also told her the production principle of this camera——

They have learned pinhole imaging.

And the reason why Xiang Mi has not been able to make a camera is also simple, because if you want to preserve the picture, you must use a special chemical material.

Item you do not have.

The teacher also didn't know: "This kind of confidential matter, I'm afraid you can only know it when you join the Mohist School or the chemistry school where those alchemists work."

Xiang You originally yearned for the Mohist school, and after hearing about it, she made up her mind to join it in the future.

==·Preparation·==

They are also students, Xiang You and Xiang Yu's sister and brother live a peaceful and quiet life, but Han Xin and Mao Dun in Jiuyuan County are not so peaceful.

The reason for their uneasy mood was also the report that Lin Qian and Ying Zheng returned to Xianyang together.

After reading the report, Han Xin handed the newspaper to Mao Dun: "All the water conservancy projects have been completed."

This can be regarded as the project with the largest radiation range and the most far-reaching impact in Qin State in recent years, but because of this, this water conservancy project is quite expensive.

Now that all the water conservancy projects have been completed, the pressure on the imperial court's finances has been greatly reduced.

Once Qin's financial pressure eases, then...

Han Xin hurriedly dug out the Xianyang Daily, and sure enough, he found a report later——

"In the spring of this year, the Touman tribe once again led people to invade the border of Daqin"

In recent years, the Man tribe would send troops to harass the tribes who had defected to the Great Qin every spring. Although the fighting power of the two sides was equal and did not cause much impact, it was really annoying.

Meng Tian kept the agreement, and whenever Touman sent troops over, he would bring the Qin army to join the Huns and go to crusade against the Touman tribe.However, that man is very cunning, every time he sees Meng Tian leading troops to chase, he will run away without any reluctance, and then he will directly lead his tribe to the north without fighting Meng Tian at all.

So Meng Tian could only lead his troops to chase after him.

But the closer the geographical location is to the north, the colder the weather will be. The Huns are fine, but it is difficult for the Qin army to adapt to the extremely cold weather in the north.

So the two sides have been in a stalemate for several years.

……

Of course, on the surface it does appear to be so.

But people with a little military vision will find that the facts are not completely consistent with it.

The reason why the people of the Touman tribe have been able to harass the border of Qin State for so many years is not because Touman is too good at running, but because the grassland is so vast and sparsely populated that no one lives there even if Meng Tian takes down the place. Difficult to control.

And as long as the imperial court can't control those places, Touman will lead people to snatch the land away sooner or later.

Therefore, the two parties have never been serious.

At least Qin didn't move——

If Qin really wanted to make a move, it would be the battle mode of waiting for the Touman tribe to lead troops to attack at the beginning of spring, and then lead troops to pursue them in the past few years; Find the Huns to lead the way and go straight to Huanglong.

Of course, enough grain and other materials must be prepared for such a war, and the problem of subsequent transportation of grain must be completely resolved.

In short, money and transportation are not in place, so there is no way to fight like this.

But the traffic problem has long been solved——

When the Mohists were repairing the railway from Xianyang directly to the cities where most of the water conservancy projects are located, they had to temporarily suspend work because they encountered a problem that needed to be solved midway. Production cannot be stopped.

Because people who produce rails and soft pillows can only eat when they work, otherwise they have to be dismissed.

But the problem is that now the state of Qin has to employ people everywhere. Once these people are released, the next time they want to find so many people, they don't know how long they will have to wait.

Juzi of the Mo family is unwilling to let people go, but so many people can't be kept for nothing, right?

It happened that someone in Jiuyuan County mentioned that someone had discovered coal and iron ore on the grassland, and an additional road needed to be built to transport those coal and iron ore back to Jiuyuan County.

So the Mohist Juzi directly suggested that this road can be built into a railway.

To build a concrete road requires additional horse-drawn carriages, but to build a railway, there is no need to prepare additional means of transportation at all. It is only necessary to replace all the carriages that people used to ride with with mine carriages.

After thinking about it carefully, Ying Zheng also felt that the railway was more suitable. After asking about the specific situation of Mojia Juzi, he agreed to build a railway on the grassland.

It is easier to build a railway on the grassland than in the mountains, and it doesn't take too much time.

And this railway can be used to transport food.

Although it does not go directly to the Touman tribe, the length of the railway is quite good, and it can continue to extend outward.

The only problem in the later stage is that the money is not enough.

But after the repair of water conservancy projects in various places, money is no longer a problem.

The imperial court no longer needs to spend more than half of its annual tax revenue to build water conservancy projects. Instead, these water conservancy projects will increase the grain production of the people after they start to be used, which in turn will increase revenue for the treasury.

After money is no longer a problem, will food and grass needed for war still be a problem?

……

Han Xin and Mao Dun received the same education, and what Han Xin could see, Mao Dun could not fail to see.

And Mao Dun has another advantage over Han Xin: he has been trained as an heir since he was a child, so he will be more sensitive than Han Xin in terms of political vision.

Han Xin saw the financial link of Qin State, so he could attack the Touman tribe.

However, Mo Dun could see from this report...

Ying Zheng had already sharpened his sword, and was about to attack the Touman tribe.

boom--

Mao suddenly stood up: "I want to join the army!"

Maodun has reached the age of fifteen, and he is old enough to serve in the military, but because of his status as the prince of the Huns, no one dares to send him to serve in the military.

Han Xin looked up: "Are you serious?"

Mao nodded and said solemnly: "If I don't enlist in the army, I will never be able to avenge myself."

Han Xin was stunned, and said for a while: "It's not impossible. But you know, the county guard and county lieutenant will not dare to let you join the army. If you want to join the army, you can only go to General Meng. Only he has the power Let you join the army."

Mao paused: "Then I'll go now!"

After finishing speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

Han Xin hesitated for a moment, then chased after him.

The two thought it would be difficult to join the army, but they didn't want Meng Tian to agree to their request by simply asking "I can figure it out" after hearing their request.

yes they are.

After Mao Dun proposed the idea of ​​enlisting in the army, Han Xin also proposed enlisting.

After the two left Meng Tian's military tent, they still couldn't recover.

Mo Dun always felt unreal: "General Meng just agreed to let me join the army? Doesn't he care about my identity as the Hun prince?"

Han Xin glanced at him and couldn't help complaining: "Although Touman Shanyu didn't abolish your crown prince, it's only because his Yan family didn't give him a son, so you need to occupy the crown prince's position. , in fact, your position as the prince..."

In addition to bringing countless fatal disasters, can it bring other things?

Mouton: "..."

Although it is true, it is really disappointing to say it so bluntly.

Han Xin saw that his expression was not very good-looking, so he quickly changed the subject: "Don't think too much, let me tell you, your position as the prince of the Huns is really as good as not at all. However, maybe your vicious stepmother will give it to you soon. What about the father who is partial to the creaking nest and has a son? At that time, even if you want to keep your position as the prince, you probably won’t be able to."

Mao Dun gave him a blank look: "Can you say something nice?"

Han Xin laughed: "Sounds good? Think about it, we have been allowed to enlist in the army, so we don't have to go to school tomorrow?"

The two of them are studying very fast. They have already finished their primary school courses. Unless they go to junior high school, they won't be able to learn much knowledge if they stay in school. However, the two of them have nothing serious to do in the military camp, and their daily idleness is an eyesore. , so they still can only go to school with other children.

If they enlisted in the army, it would be easy for them.

Mao Dun was really happy.

but……

Han Xin may have been a crow's mouth in his previous life.

Not long after they joined the army, it was Meng Tian who called the two of them to the military tent, and then told Mo Dun some good or bad news: the Yan family of Touman Chanyu really gave birth to him a young son , and almost as soon as the youngest son landed, he immediately ordered the abolition of Modun's crown prince.

Han Xin looked at Meng Tian in astonishment: "General Meng, is what you said true?"

Meng Tian was helpless: "What's the benefit of me lying to you?"

"But..." Han Xin looked a little dazed, "The child was just born, and he didn't even know if he could grow up. Why was Tou Mandanyu so eager to abolish the crown prince of Maodun? Shouldn't the child grow up?" ?"

Mao Dun is now living in the state of Qin, and he cannot pose a threat to Touman Shanyu's newborn son.

He looked at Mouton worriedly.

But he didn't want to, Mao Dun's eyes were so calm and scary: "It's very simple, just like what you said before, Touman Shanyu probably wanted to abolish my crown prince a long time ago, and he might even have wanted to kill me a long time ago. He never ordered the abolition of the prince, but it was because he wanted me to take the seat for his youngest son."

Han Xin was a little confused: "I just said it casually..."

Mao Dun twitched the corner of his mouth: "But what you said is exactly what he thought."

Han Xin opened his mouth to comfort him, but saw that Mao Dun bid farewell to Meng Tian first, and then left Meng Tian's military tent directly.

Han Xin was about to chase him.

Meng Tian called people to stop: "Han Xin, remember to stay close to Maodun recently."

Han Xin paused, nodded and agreed.

Xianyang quickly learned the news that Touman Shanyu had abolished the prince.

Ying Zheng and Lin Qian had already arrived in Xianyang. After hearing the news, they went directly to the meeting hall to discuss the possible development of the matter with the ministers of the DPRK and China.

In fact, Lin Qian has never understood the logic of this Tou Man Chanyu, whether it is the current Tou Man Chanyu or the Tou Man Chanyu in historical records.

Today's Touman Chanyu just abolished the prince after he had a young son, but according to historical records, after having a young son, Touman Chanyu immediately sent the prince Modun who had never had contact with Qin at that time. After conquering the Yuezhi tribe, Touman Shanyu ordered to attack the Yuezhi tribe.

If it wasn't for Maodu's vigilance, he quickly fled back to the Touman tribe on horseback, and he might have died.

Then, facing Mao Dun who fled back, this Touman Shanyu didn't want to kill the grass and roots at all, but felt that Mao Dun was brave because of this, and lifted him up high and carefully cultivated him.

It's as if what he did before doesn't exist anymore.

But how could something that has happened not exist?

At least Modun can't be regarded as non-existent, so he was completely blackened after returning to the Touman tribe. Not only did he try his best to stabilize his position as the prince, but he also kept secretly training his confidants, and finally succeeded in killing his father and taking the position.

Although the operation in this life is still within the normal range, but to apply his historical practice...

Lin Qian said, "Tell me, is it possible for Tou Man Shanyu to borrow a knife to kill someone again?"

Li Si looked at her blankly: "Borrow whose knife, who do you want to kill?"

Ying Zheng reacted immediately: "You mean, Touman wants us to kill Modun?"

Lin Qian nodded: "I'm just guessing."

And she felt that this guess was very likely to come true.

After all, it's not like Touman hasn't done it before.

Li Si was a little puzzled: "Touman Chanyu has already abolished Prince Modun, so why not take action against him? If he couldn't tolerate Modun so much, why did he make him the prince?"

Unless there is a huge and irreconcilable conflict of interests between the two parties, the average father will not think about the death of his son.

In the past, Modun was still the prince, and Touman Shanyu wanted to leave the prince to his youngest son, so it was normal for him to want Modun to die, but since he had already abolished the prince, why did he kill Modun?

Lin Qian paused: "Yes, if Mao Dun is not the prince, he doesn't need to kill..."

"No, it's possible." Zhang Liang said calmly, "Since the Touman tribe was taken away by our Daqin half of the territory and subdued dozens of tribes, Touman Shanyu's prestige in his own tribe has not been as good as before. The fuse of all this is because the Yan family of Touman Chanyu wanted to attack Maodu, so many people in the Touman tribe urged Touman to abolish the Yan family, wanting Maodu to apologize and take him back tribe."

Lin Qian was a little curious: "I heard that when the people who fled back to the Huiman tribe, all the confidantes of the Feiyan family were killed? How did they know that the source of everything was the Yan family?"

Ying Zheng laughed, and explained: "Of course I sent someone to talk about it."

Lin Qian was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized——

[Understood, the traditional art of Qin State is a way of alienation. 】

Ying Zheng was a little dumbfounded.

but……

He looked at Zhang Liang: "Zhang Tingwei thinks that Touman will force Modun to death in order to remove obstacles for his Yan clan and youngest son?"

Zhang Liang nodded: "If Touman Shanyu really dotes on Yan and his youngest son."

After Yingzheng heard it, he was not worried but happy: "My dear friends, if Touman really wants to use a knife to kill someone, when will he send troops?"

The way to kill the prince of the Xiongnu with the sword of the Qin State couldn't be simpler——

Send troops to attack Qin.

Li Si and the others looked at each other, and after some debate, they finally reached a consensus: as nomadic people, the Xiongnu would never abide by the default unspoken rules of spring plowing and autumn harvest truce in the countries of the Central Plains. It is the best time to send troops.

Now that the spring plowing has passed, the most likely time for the Xiongnu to send troops is naturally only the autumn harvest.

If not, we will have to wait until next year's spring plowing.

Ying Zheng smiled: "During the autumn harvest...it seems to be very cold in the north too?"

Lin Qian paused and looked at Ying Zheng suddenly.

[Are you going to take the opportunity to attack the Touman tribe? 】

Yingzheng laughed: "Although the Huns basically only have the Touman tribe and some inconspicuous small tribes left, don't forget the Donghu, Yuezhi, Wusun and other tribes."