my grandfather was qin shi huang

Chapter 397

It wasn't until Zhao Ying's team, accompanied by the county guard Wu Rui and others, passed by the restaurant that they slowly looked away.

"Mr. Tang, are we just watching and doing nothing?"

The tall man had a trace of unwillingness in his eyes.

The old man opposite, known as Mr. Tang, glanced at him gently and said calmly.

"if not?"

The burly man was startled when he heard this, then blushed and said.

"Although Qing is not as good as Mr. Qing, he is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. He is willing to imitate Mr.'s old deeds, hold a sword in his hand, go to the place of death, and bleed five steps with him——"

The old man known as Mr. Tang smiled noncommittally when he heard this.

"It's not that I despise you, but that the eldest grandson of the emperor today is not the King of Qin back then. According to legend, he can carry a cauldron, fight bear bears in hand-to-hand combat, and has courage that no one can match. Not long ago, some people fled from Jinji Mountain Bandits say that this person can lift thousands of kilograms of boulders, do you think you have a chance..."

The burly man's expression froze, and he immediately picked up the wine bottle, filled a glass for the old man opposite him called Mr. Tang, and then smiled.

"There are many rumors in the world that are exaggerated, and I like to spread rumors. Humans are flesh and blood, and they are not monsters. How can they lift a boulder that weighs thousands of kilograms? When did you, sir, act like an ordinary person and believe the rumors..."

When I met the man named Qing in front of me, I was a little disapproving. The old man known as Mr. Tang shook his head with a serious face.

"There is a saying that there is heaven and earth, and there are many strange people and strangers in the world. How dare we rely on our own subjective assumptions to easily conclude that others cannot do things that we ourselves cannot do because of our limited abilities?"

Seeing the man's expression of disbelief, the old man surnamed Tang couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Do you think what I just said is really a rumor?"

When the man heard this, he couldn't help but look stunned, with an incredible look on his face.

"Sir, could it be..."

The old man surnamed Tang nodded slowly.

"I personally rushed to Jinji Mountain and inspected the huge rock at the foot of the mountain. I also found the bandit in the mountain who luckily escaped death that day. I personally verified that the man really used his hands to lift the stone weighing thousands in public. A huge boulder..."

When the strong man heard this, he was originally arrogant about his bravery. At this time, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded. He couldn't close his mouth for a long time, and it took a long time before he said in a daze.

"There are such monsters in the world. It's no wonder that Mr. Jing's swordsmanship is outstanding, and even the heroes of the world failed to achieve great feats - could this mean that the Qin Dynasty is immortal?"

The old man drank in silence, and it took a long time before he stood up.

"There are things you should and should not do in this world, and there are things you can and cannot do in this world. The King of Wei treats me as a scholar of the country, and I should repay him as a scholar of the country. As for the current plan, I will do my best to obey the destiny..."

The burly man couldn't help but be silent when he heard this.

Zhao Ying didn't know that someone was thinking about taking action against him in the restaurant he passed just now.

Of course, even if they knew about it, they probably wouldn't care much. There are many people in this world who wish they were dead, at least two of them. If you don't stand out, that's it. If you stand out, just crush him to death.

Three thousand Imperial Guards were assigned to the military academy in Lujiang County.

Two hundred soldiers followed the emperor's eldest grandson into the county governor's mansion, and then naturally took over the security work of the county governor's mansion.

in the hall.

Zhao Ying sat on the main seat without any hesitation, accompanied by the county magistrate Wu Rui and others.

"These people are all sages from our Lujiang County. I heard that His Highness was coming from afar, so I came here to greet you."

After Wu Rui exchanged a few polite words with Zhao Ying, he specially introduced Zhou Zhao, Du He and other local wealthy families in Lujiang County to Zhao Ying. Zhou Zhao, Du He and others had been waiting for this for a long time. After hearing this, they couldn't help but look at each other, stepped forward and bowed to salute.

"I heard that the emperor's eldest grandson went all the way south. Wherever he went, he encouraged mulberry farming and eliminated banditry. He also established charity halls in various places to provide relief to the people. He promoted free schools and educated the people. His benevolence and kindness are recognized by the world. We all express our gratitude to Your Highness. As an act of loving the people, we united our efforts to raise millions of dollars to help His Highness..."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ying stood up with a smile, personally helped up Zhou Zhao and Du He who were standing at the front, and extended his hands to the people behind them to help them.

"I have always heard that the sages in Lujiang County and Township have a profound understanding of righteousness and often do good deeds to help those in need. When I see them today, they are indeed even more famous!"

Having said this, Zhao Ying looked around at everyone and bowed solemnly.

"On behalf of the people of Lujiang County, I would like to thank you all in advance. Later, I will have someone erect a monument here to commend you for your righteous deeds..."

"I don't dare to praise His Highness, this is just our humble thought..."

Zhou Zhao, Du He and others returned the gift one after another.

With this incident, the atmosphere among everyone in the hall suddenly became much more lively. At noon that day, the county governor Wu Rui held a banquet in the mansion to entertain His Royal Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson and his entourage, as well as this group of gentry families from Lujiang County who "know deeply about righteousness".

At the banquet, changing glasses and changing glasses is quite enjoyable.

In the backyard specially set aside by the county governor Wu Rui for the emperor's eldest grandson, Anu looked at her senior brother with some curiosity.

"Senior brother, you don't like this kind of banquet the most on weekdays. Why don't you go out for a drink with His Highness? Instead, you hide here and feel unhappy..."

How could Xiaoyaosheng dare to tell his junior sister that he had done a lot of big things when he went out in the past few days? If someone recognized him when he went out, he might be beaten to death on the spot. I could only smile dryly, wave my hands, and interrupt.

"Senior brother, I haven't seen you for many days, and I just want to spend more time with you - please tell me, during my absence, did His Highness the Emperor's Grandson take the opportunity to bully you..."

"Brother..."

After Xiaoyaosheng said a word, the girl turned red and said coquettishly.

Xiaoyaosheng:......

No, you were really bullied during the past few days when I was away from home!

"no……"

Xiaoyaosheng was halfway through his words, but he suddenly stopped him. After holding it in for a long time, he said angrily.

"You silly girl - no, I have to go to him and ask for an explanation. I can't let you just follow him without any reason, without even having a title..."

Aunt:......

A pink face almost dripping with blood.

"Brother!"

He wanted to explain that things were not as he imagined, but for a moment he didn't know where to start.

In the past few days, the emperor's eldest grandson had indeed "bullied" her. He would torment her whenever he had nothing to do, ask her to pinch her shoulders and back, serve her tea and pour water, and treat her like a maid. But this kind of bullying was not the same as what his senior brother said. Bullying seems a little different...

The senior brother and sister were eating and bickering in the backyard when they suddenly heard light footsteps coming from outside, and then Xu Fu's familiar voice came from outside.

"Girl A--"

Upon hearing this, the lady immediately left her senior brother behind and went out to welcome him with a joyful expression.

"Sister Xu, why are you here? I was about to go out to find you..."

While speaking, he had already hugged Xu negative's arm intimately. At this moment, Xu Fu felt as if he had just discovered Xiaoyaosheng, and was slightly blessed by the Xiaoyaosheng inside.

"Sir, it turned out that he was also here..."

Xiaoyaosheng quickly stood up and returned the gift. He didn't know why, but in front of this extremely beautiful girl, he always felt that he had no place to hide, and he felt an indescribable panic in his heart.

"I've met Miss Xu..."

Xu Fu glanced at him, and there seemed to be a flash of surprise in his eyes. He quickly looked away, looked at the girl holding his arms, and invited him with a smile.

"Have you had your meal, Miss? Do you want to go out for a walk together and see the scenery of Lujiang County..."

It wasn't until his junior sister followed Xu Fu out of the courtyard that Xiaoyaosheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Being with that girl Xu was too stressful. He looked at the food in front of him, and then listened to the faint sounds of people drinking and feasting in the yard in front, and suddenly felt that it was nothing.

……

As expected, the emperor's eldest grandson kept his word.

The next day, he asked the accompanying officials to record the righteous deeds of these wealthy families in Lujiang County. On the one hand, they asked the court for credit, and on the other hand, they had people set up monuments and biographies to praise their actions of understanding the righteousness.

Although from the bottom of his heart, he wished he could take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out all the aristocratic families in Jiangnan and completely eliminate hidden dangers, he also knew that this kind of thing could never happen again.

Governing the world is not about conquering the world.

When conquering the world, you can take advantage of the chaos of war to wipe out these local cancers. But when you govern the world, you need to use both kindness and power, and you cannot rely too much on killing.

In Changsha County, I almost wiped out the wealthy families in Changsha County. If I continue to do this in Lujiang County, no matter what banner I use or whose name I borrow, I am afraid I will not be able to hide from the eyes of the world.

There is really no way to escape a person with a reputation of being cruel and murderous.

It is not conducive to your subsequent development.

On the contrary, if this group of people can be tied to his chariot and become a "role model" for the wealthy families in Chu Land, then they will become the key to prying open the iron plate of Chu Land.

How to pry it open?

Of course, they should be praised in a big way for their righteous deeds.

They publicly expressed their loyalty and support to themselves, and praised them without hesitation, and then promoted the concubine children in their family. Even if they had any small calculations in their hearts, it was of no use. They would definitely be punished by Qin. Alliance rejection, even hostility.

As for the future, will it be self-defeating and make them become more entrenched in Lujiang?

A wealthy family that is independent from the imperial court may be able to obey and disobey orders, but if there are already family members who have joined the imperial family, then there is no need to consider it.

Even if the court does not come forward to investigate, those concubine children who have the right to speak in the court will not willingly hand over the huge family to those legitimate sons who are nothing.

This is human nature.

In the following period, Zhao Ying, along with his accompanying officials and young disciples who had just been transferred from major aristocratic families, with the cooperation of Lujiang County, established a charity hall in Lujiang County with great success, promoted free education, and persuaded Farming mulberry trees, building water conservancy projects, and promoting the Da Qin version of Henan Opera. With the successful experience in the past, we can copy it, and when we start doing these things again, we will become more and more comfortable.

……

Lujiang County.

Zhou's backyard.

All the servants were kicked out. In the study, the head of the family, Zhou Zhaozheng, personally carried tea to receive two distinguished guests from afar.

"Mr. Tang, what do you mean by coming here..."

Zhou Zhao looked calmly at the old man in front of him and the burly man beside him, who looked like a master in the military.

The old man was silent for a long time, then stared at the tea cup in front of him and said slowly.

"Master Zhou, are you really going to change your family and join Bao Qin?"

Zhou Zhao was silent for a long time.

"Sir, he is a famous person in the world and has great vision. Please teach me..."

When the old man surnamed Tang heard this, he gently shook his head.

"The head of the Zhou family is a wise man in this world. How could he not see the danger he is currently facing? The eldest grandson of the emperor seems to be quite friendly to the Lujiang scholars, but in fact he has evil intentions. He is also very unkind to the young people in many families. , but how many of the chosen disciples are the legitimate sons of the family? If things go on like this, trouble will inevitably arise..."

Zhou Zhao smiled bitterly.

"We have to do this as a last resort. A few days ago, we were warned by experts. If not, there may be a bloody disaster in Lujiang County..."

The old man surnamed Tang couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.

"A warning from an expert? What kind of expert can make you so convinced?"

Zhou Zhao said slowly.

"This man is known as a semi-immortal, with a straight tongue and the ability to tell people's misfortunes and blessings. We saw with our own eyes at that time that in order to solve the bloody disaster in Lujiang County, his green hair turned into white hair in one day..."

When the old man surnamed Tang heard this, his withered palms couldn't help but stagnate slightly, and he put down the tea bowl in his hands.

"Although I have never seen or heard of it, I have been involved in medical divination and astrology over the years, and I have also sat and discussed it with the old man Huangshi. Have you ever heard of the theory that you will grow old in one day if you break the catastrophe? I guess there must be something fishy in it!"

Zhou Zhao looked at the old man in front of him with some hesitation.

"Then how should we explain what we saw then?"

Speaking of this, Zhou Zhao looked a little embarrassed.

"What's more, Changsha County Yinjian is not far away. I will never let the family's hundreds of years of foundation be ruined in my own hands. With this monument set up by the court, if the court wants to touch us again, it will have to consider the material opinions of the government and the opposition..."

The old man surnamed Tang couldn't help but sigh softly when he saw that Zhou Zhao seemed to have made up his mind.

"Since Master Zhou has already made up his mind, I won't say anything more and say goodbye..."

After saying that, he took the strong man beside him and drifted away.

"Father, since we have decided to help the emperor's eldest grandson, why not help them..."

Seeing the old man surnamed Tang retreating away, Zhou Yi stretched out his hand and made a grabbing motion. Zhou Zhao couldn't help but sigh deeply as he looked at his stupid son.

"Do you want our Zhou family to be extinct from the Chu people?"

Having said this, he finally couldn't bear to continue blaming his incompetent son and explained.

"Remember, we are helping the eldest grandson of the emperor now only because of destiny and because we have no choice but because our Zhou family does not care about old friendship and kindness!"

Having said this, Zhou Zhao couldn't help but put his hands behind his back, walked to the window, looked at the white clouds in the sky, and sighed softly.

"As for the future——"

"Watch it change!"

(End of this chapter)