My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 779: The Mohist Reappears

The underground palace will be filled in soon, and a few more wooden rail cars will be built at that time.

According to Qin Shihuang's original plan and the deployment steps that had been implemented, the treasures looted from the six kingdoms had already been transported to Xianyang City and placed next to the mausoleum, ready to fill the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang at any time.

After all, Qin Shihuang is the pioneer of this new era. Although his status and reputation are now inferior to Fusu, there are still many supporters of Qin Shihuang in Xianyang City.

If it were not for Qin Shihuang, their family would not have been able to catch up with the wave of destroying the six kingdoms, reap the dividends of the times, and rise from commoners to generals.

Although there were only a handful of outstanding figures like Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiong, there were still many common people who rose from being penniless to becoming wealthy.

Moreover, Zhang Cang and other imperial censors who had always criticized Qin Shihuang for his greed and tyranny were surprisingly consistent in this matter. They did not object to changing the original design of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum or revising the plan, and they did not intend to let Qin Shihuang reduce the specifications of the burial objects in the mausoleum.

In Zhang Cang's opinion, although Qin Shihuang had many shortcomings, the focus was not on the shortcomings themselves, but on the fact that his shortcomings as an emperor caused a lot of pain to the people.

Qin Shihuang's personality had nothing to do with Zhang Cang, but the fact that he did not take care of himself and had a bad impact on people's lives had something to do with Zhang Cang.

Now that Ying Zheng's tyrannical and absurd political rule has come to an end, Zhang Cang's attitude towards Qin Shihuang has naturally begun to change. He believes that Qin Shihuang also has many achievements that are worthy of recognition, and he is not that stupid.

Just based on his achievement of pacifying the six kingdoms, laying the foundation for great unification, and completely ending the hundred years of chaos during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, he deserves to be enshrined in such a mausoleum.

Since the mausoleum had been under construction for more than ten years, and only needed a few final steps to be completed, it would be abandoned at the end. Firstly, there would be no place for the prisoners to be placed, secondly, it would show that Qin II did not attach importance to funeral rites, and thirdly, it would be a waste.

The miracles that Qin Shihuang left for history must be completed. The connection of the Great Wall is half terminated, the Lingqu Canal is still under construction, the Apang Palace has been directly terminated, and the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is the closest to completion. Now that it is abandoned, it is really more trouble than benefit.

Since Zhang Cang had no objection to the completion of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, and Fusu also wanted to fulfill Ying Zheng's wish to remain the emperor after his death, the project had been carried out in full swing.

After all, the First Emperor's achievements were there. It was already inhumane for his sons and ministers to join forces to drive him out. If they then changed the specifications of the mausoleum, it would only cause controversy and create chaos.

Therefore, not to mention that there are countless baggage waiting to be transported at the foot of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum now, there will be large quantities of baggage waiting to be buried with him in the tomb in the future.

Fusu's current plan is to wait until the combat power of more than 200,000 prisoners is consumed first, and then make a decision.

The targets of benevolent policies are truly honest farmers, and good laws protect the interests of those law-abiding and dedicated people. It would be foolish to implement benevolent policies on enemies and potential enemies!

The weather is not very good today, and the sky is full of dark clouds.

Although the sky was gloomy and cloudy, the weather was hot and the light between heaven and earth was unusually bright.

The prisoners worked desperately to move stones and transport earth inside the mountain, enduring hunger, looking at this hell on earth but unable to struggle and escape.

On the top of the mountain, Zhang Han and some senior officers were watching the unprecedented project and admiring the artificial scenery. Countless black heads were patrolling between the mountains and tombs, carrying baskets on their backs, digging and carrying things one by one.

And between the two groups of people standing above and below, there is another kind of scenery.

That is the advanced modern mechanical engineering in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang of the Great Qin Empire.

Before Fusu intervened in Mo Men and the Qin State's scientific and technological department, the wooden rail car had already been designed and operated.

You have to admit that the huge potential unleashed by those craftsmen in order to please Qin Shihuang and the various negative and lack-of-motivation psychological factors displayed by their microwave motivation to obey Fusu's orders and serve the people led to a huge difference in their innovation efficiency.

It can be seen that Fusu’s ideal future will still be tested.

However, just based on the technology in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, the welding technology for decorating the horse's mane is enough for Fusu to do a lot of things.

Of course, Fusu also reflected on his past behavior based on the efficiency of the ministers in serving Qin Shihuang and their different responses to his lofty ideals.

Fusu realized that those ideals could no longer be publicly announced or even promoted all day long. Doing so would not only be meaningless, but would also allow some bad people to destroy his ideals under the guise of hypocrisy.

When necessary, he also has to support corrupt officials, use people's bad nature to do good things, and then promote righteousness in the process.

Well... it seems that it is not necessary at the moment, because Fusu has dealt with many corrupt officials and the atmosphere in the court is much better.

In short, although Qin Shihuang had many problems, in Fusu's view, his father had many cunning and treacherous aspects that he needed to learn, and the mentality of using any means to achieve one's goals was also something he needed to learn.

However, today is not the home court of Qin II, the ruler of the Qin Empire.

A group of imperial elites who were secretly trained and hidden by Fusu in the past have become active recently.

The first place they went to was the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Their purpose of coming was to see the rail cars.

When Fusu saw a railcar for the first time, he anchored the beginning of the Industrial Revolution on this wooden railcar.

So this group of elites who had always been mysterious received a new and major mission from Qin II.

Design railcar.

Fusu said, "I don't care how much it costs, how much manpower and material resources it takes, but within five years, the railway car must be launched in Xianyang City."

Of course, the importance of the iron tracks and the iron cars themselves is not that strong. The key is how to solve the power problem of the iron cars.

However, Fusu had already sent special people to be responsible for the development of this matter. Unfortunately, Zhang Cang, who was arrogant and confident, was recruited by Fusu at the beginning. He thought that Qin II was whimsical and did not participate.

However, under the guidance of Fusu's "alien language" and the pressure of political orders, those unfortunate craftsmen spent a full two years and finally understood what the power system Fusu was talking about was.

In the following time, they have made a lot of progress, thanks to those alchemists who often play "explosions".

Many people don’t know that there is no chemistry in China, but there is alchemy. And Chinese alchemy has already reached its peak two thousand years ago!
Although Ying Zheng didn't do much serious work in his later years, his greedy heart drove people of that era to accidentally explore many cross-era civilizations.

Those alchemists have mastered the composition of gold and stone, as well as their effects and the changes in their proportions.

So Fusu quickly asked the alchemists to join them, and forced the people from various sects and the craftsmen to form a team to study the automatic power source.

Ever since Fusu traveled through time, he has been looking for someone to figure out how to invent a fuel engine.

To be honest, in this imperial era, under the centralized political model.

Qin II himself gave an order and allowed countless people to participate in this major project, and the effect would be no worse than building a Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.

Some people may think that Fusu is a little late, but Fusu thinks everything is just right.

To be honest, if Fusu had seized power earlier, those craftsmen would not have made great achievements in alchemy and railcars if they had not pleased Qin Shihuang.

In a sense, this helped Fusu a lot.

Well, as for the problems with engines in the industrial age, just leave them to the craftsmen.

You have to believe that those big guys who can invent bronze welding technology and bronze wire drawing technology with their own skills have the ability to design such machines.

Back to the point, many people came to the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang today. Zhang Han came in person, and a group of men in black also came.

They were ordered by Emperor Qin II to personally observe and investigate the construction of the wooden rail car and officially begin its production practice.

Because Fusu had been preparing for a long time, they had always lacked tools and suitable venues, while the craftsmen at the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum had a large number of ready-made machines and technical experience. Even some prisoners had to use their brains, which were often dizzy due to hunger, to speed up the construction. They also summed up many experiences and techniques on their own.

Now, this group of people are watching the huge project together on the top of the mountain.

There is one thing that must be made clear in advance. This is the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. At that time, it was a secret project known to everyone in the world and not a national public tour project.

Not to mention ordinary people, even the powerful and wealthy could not easily approach the construction site of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum without the emperor's edict, let alone contact those officials who mastered the technology, as it was all top secret.

Only when Fusu gained great power and upgraded his authority could he order people to conduct on-site inspections and start large-scale production and construction.
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On the rail car, there are several boats and carriages with a base design and a track that is just gentle enough to start about every half a minute.

Every time those giant boats and carts started, they would transport things weighing up to two thousand kilograms to the depths of the underground palace.

Accompanied by a rumbling sound, the tall boat and carriage will rush towards the ground of the underground palace at the fastest speed from the height shrouded in clouds and mist.

The clever Qin craftsmen chose to let the tracks run along the mountain, and at the same time, they made the boats and carts make multiple detours as they got closer to the ground. They even designed buffer slopes to reduce the speed of impact, so that when the boats and carts reached the ground, they could just push them out without generating too much impact that would cause the boats and carts to fly out with their cargo.

The boat is made of pure wood and has a light body.

As long as the boats and carts enter the underground palace, they can be pushed out to the ground through other roads, and then sent to the ground outside the underground palace. Then they can be installed on the carts to load new goods and transport them into the underground palace.

In addition to this method of transportation, there is another method of transportation that would make the foreigners at that time kneel down.

The Qin people built a lifting tool similar to the mechanical arm on the top of the mountain based on the mechanical arm used to draw water buckets from wells, which was the lever principle discovered by Mozi.

With the help of a tool, the boat cart would rise from the bottom as long as the person on top pulled the rope. Because it was a wooden cart, the weight would not exceed the load.

You have to admire the wisdom of the Qin people.

What a pity that Qin Shihuang actually used such a good thing to build an underground palace for himself.

People are like this; once they start to have selfish desires, they often end up trapping themselves in a web of traps and ultimately shooting themselves in the foot.

If Qin Shi Huang could be like Fusu and not harbor any selfish motives, he wouldn't have to stay in that broken Yuzhen Palace now.

Today is not a good day for Zhang Han.

He stood on the top of the mountain, looking down at a line of officials in black robes on the hillside.

That’s right, they are the disciples of the Mohist School who were reorganized and trained by Qin II.

The Mohists are back in action.

Beside the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, countless prisoners could not help but have red eyes and tears flowed out when they saw those people in black clothes.

"Is it the Mohist?"

Mozi, the god in the eyes of the lower classes sixty years ago!

An old man with a slightly red nose and a chrysoberyl-studded tiara on his head was originally marveling at the technology used in Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum.

“It’s really breathtaking!”

Hearing this sound suddenly, he felt as if he was in another world. When he turned around, he saw a sea of ​​people.

Their feet were buried in the loess, surrounded by dead snakes, and rats and insects running freely under their feet.

They all wore hemp cloth, had tattoos on their faces, and had long fingernails filled with dirt.

His hair was covered in dust and mud, his nostrils were black, but his eyes were bright.

Their stomachs are all shriveled.

"Is it the Mohist?"

Another person asked.

The Mohists behind Xiangli's car took out red ribbons and tied them around their heads.

A black short robe, a red headband, and white leggings.

A dozen capable and brave Mohists came into view at once, with tiger arms, bee waists, and mantis legs. Their clear eyes looking over were frightening.

They didn't say anything, just looked at Xiangliche.

Xiang Liche smiled and said, "It's Mohists. We are all from Mohist Sect."

"I heard that the current emperor wants to use the ideas of Mo Men as the ideology for governing the country. Is that true?"

The young Mohists were silent.

They all looked towards Xiangliche.

Xiang Li Che looked at these blackheads and felt a little ashamed.

In fact, Mozi who lived sixty years ago was their ancestor.

But after sixty years of changes, times are changing, many countries are collapsing, and the Mohists are falling apart and going their separate ways.

When it came to his generation of Mohist inheritors, he knew very well that their generation had long lost the spirit of their ancestors who were willing to serve the people.

If the current Emperor had not called him back, he might have asked his son to give up his ancestral craft and go to the school to work as a Qin official.

Xiang Li Che looked at these black heads, with the teachings in the Mohist classics surging in his mind.

Love all, do not attack, respect the virtuous, be frugal...

He felt very ashamed.

Soon, several generals came over, and naturally they wanted to reprimand the prisoners.

(End of this chapter)