Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1980: The Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon (Twenty-Seven)

"If there are some results that neither Lord Zhao Gao nor I want to see, it will be embarrassing for everyone."

"You don't need to remind me of these things!" Yanri snorted coldly and replied, "You'd better remember the adults' instructions and don't cause trouble at this time!"

"I'm afraid I don't have the final say on this." Ah Yan didn't give him face and replied directly, "The Zhu family is not someone who will sit and wait for death. Even if I stop for the time being, he will not stop."

"I just don't know how he will resist."

"Can't you handle him?" Yanri asked impatiently.

"I can handle him, but I can't guarantee that everything will be done quietly." Ah Yan replied calmly, "As for Lord Zhao Gao, I can only ask him to be more tolerant."

"Please forgive me...ha!" Yanri sneered, and without arguing with Ayan anymore, he turned around and left. "Then it depends on whether the adults are willing to forgive you."

After saying that, Yanri left Lieshan Hall.

Ah Yan didn't care about it at all.

By taking this opportunity to inform Zhao Gao that the internal strife among the farmers was at its most intense, she achieved her goal.

As for how Zhao Gao would react...A Yan felt that he would not have any reaction.

She pushed the blame for the chaos in the farming family onto the Zhu family. What could Zhao Gao do to the Zhu family?

As long as Zhao Gao was not confused, it would be impossible for him to assassinate the Zhu family.

But apart from assassination, what else can Luowang do?
There may be Luowang's spies inside Shennong Hall, but their number is definitely not large, and none of them will hold high positions.

Under such circumstances, it would be impossible for Luo Wang to cause much trouble inside Shennong Hall.

Unable to destroy them physically, nor able to break through from the inside, Luowang was basically powerless against the Zhu family.

Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that Zhao Gao made a ruthless decision to assassinate the Zhu family. After all, Zhao Gao was also an unpredictable person.

Killing the Zhu family would, after all, only cause trouble to Ayan, but would not directly allow the farmers to escape control.

If Zhao Gao deliberately creates some trouble for A Yan, it is not completely without benefit - for example, it can allow Luo Wang to further directly intervene in the affairs of the Nong family.

But the Zhu family didn’t give it away for free.

In terms of direct combat capability, he is indeed average and basically cannot be compared with masters of the same level, but when it comes to surviving, he is professional.

With his unique skills, no matter how many assassins the Luowang Sect sends, they cannot kill him. At most, they can only seriously injure him.

As long as people don't die, it won't be a big problem for Ayan.

As for A Yan himself, he was even less afraid of Zhao Gao's trouble.

If Luo Wang couldn't handle a hall master of the Zhu family, it would be even more impossible for him to handle her, the leading chivalrous hero.

………………

More than half a month later, it was the end of April in the 36th year of Emperor Qin Shihuang's reign.

Ying Zheng ended his western tour.

Compared with the eventful Eastern Tour, the Western Tour was much calmer and smoother.

Ying Zheng, who had just returned to Xianyang, did not get a moment's rest before his northern tour was immediately put on the agenda.

However, this news did not attract much attention in the world.

Although almost all forces are waiting to see the fun between the imperial court and Liusha, the northern tour has not started after all. Even if it starts, it will take at least a month for the emperor to enter the north.

There's no rush for this fun.

Their main concern now is still the bustle of the farmers' homes.

After Liu Ji, the second in command of Shennong Hall, was forced to flee and become a bandit in the mountains, the conflict between the head of Shennong Hall, Zhu Jia, and the new hero of the Nong family, 'Tian Yan', was basically exposed.

All kinds of gossip flowed out from Dazeshan, the headquarters of the farmers, and the content was nothing more than the struggles and frictions between Shennong Hall and other halls, and some verbal conflicts between the Zhu family and "Tian Yan".

Overall, it's all about rumors surrounding the core theme of conflict.

No one can tell what is true and what is false.

Fortunately, the various underworld forces basically don’t care about whether it is true or false.

Everyone just came to watch the fun and didn't care about anything else.

Even if the Zhu family and 'Tian Yan' were just joking, as long as it was fun, they would be happy to be deceived - of course, no one thought that such a thing would be fake.

Those who play politics have dirty hearts, and these mixed forces are basically the same.

Playing someone else, and being played by someone else, is old news to them.

But this game played by the farmers doesn't look like a show at all.

In a nutshell, what the insiders say or do is not important; what is important is their respective interests.

The ambition of the new farmer's hero 'Tian Yan' is so obvious that even a blind man can sense it through hearsay.

And he really has the ability. By taking advantage of the game between various forces in the Nong family, he not only successfully became the leader of the knights, but also took control of the five halls of the Nong family.

This is something that no peasant hero in history has ever done - let alone actually controlling five halls, no one has even actually controlled one hall.

Take Tian Guang, the chivalrous leader of the previous generation of the Nong family, for example. He was already one of the few chivalrous leaders with relatively high prestige in history.

Before, whether it was the Sixth Hall Master of Zhu’s master’s generation or the Sixth Hall Master of their own generation, they all obeyed Tian Guang’s orders.

Putting aside the previous six hall masters, the fact that the Zhu family was still willing to obey Tian Guang was enough to illustrate his prestige in the farming family - because the previous six hall masters, who were also the Zhu family's masters, were all killed by him.

Of course, the issue of responsibility division is very complicated if you get down to it, but Tian Guang definitely bears the main responsibility that cannot be shirked.

Even so, Tian Guang is far from being able to actually control the Six Halls of Nongjia.

Because he could never directly interfere in the internal affairs of the halls, all his control over the farmers came from the fact that the six hall masters listened to him.

But the Sixth Hall Master can stop listening to him at any time.

Although the power game involved cannot produce results with a simple idea, in fact, the Six Halls can indeed ignore the words of the chivalrous leader Tian Guang.

But it’s different with the current hero leader ‘Tian Yan’.

None of the five halls under her control could disobey.

Situ Wanli's Siyue Hall and Tian Hu's Chiyou Hall still maintained a certain degree of autonomy, but it was also very limited.

The hall masters under Tian Guang are disobedient, so he has to find ways to unite with other hall masters to make things difficult for them. But Tian Yan doesn't have to be so troublesome, as he will always find ways to mess with you anytime and anywhere.

Will Tian Yan, who has already controlled the five Nong Family Halls, let go of the only remaining Shennong Hall?
The answer to this question is obvious to everyone.

Naturally, the Zhu family, the head of Shennong Hall, would not sit idly by and wait for death.

Therefore, the outbreak of conflict between the two sides is an inevitable and indisputable event.

acting?

Do they need to do this?
Theoretically speaking, the fight between the two of them was an internal fight among the farmers. If there were external forces threatening the farmers, they should unite against the outside forces.

The farmers do have tough external enemies, such as the Empire, and the matter of the battle-hardened armored soldiers will never be left unresolved.

Therefore, there is a possibility that both parties are working together to act and fool outsiders.

But this is just in theory.

The Nong family had been peaceful before and had not been threatened by any external forces. In this case, why did Tian Yan and the Zhu family join forces?

Planning for a rainy day?
This is pure nonsense!
For Tian Yan, even if she was really worried about the external threats that might be encountered in the future, she should not join forces with the Zhu family, but should seize the time to kill the Zhu family.

For the Zhu family, worrying about such things is ridiculous.

He is about to die, but he is still worrying about whether the farmers will be in danger. Isn't this just idleness?
It can be said that no matter whether it is the imperial court or the underworld forces, all those who know about the farce of the Nong family have no objection to it - this is what "Tian Yan" wants to do to Shennong Hall.

No one doubted it except those who really knew the truth!
Even Zhao Gao, who was extremely cunning, had no doubts.

He was just raging in impotence.

Angry at Tian Yan's disobedience again.

For Zhao Gao, the most important thing right now is to make the emperor conflict with Liusha during his northern tour, so as to take advantage of Gu Xun's absence to severely damage Liusha in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Apart from this, everything else will take a back seat.

Farmers should never help Liusha attract attention at this time!
He just didn't understand. It was just a Shennong Hall and a just the Zhu family. Why couldn't they prepare it at any other time? Why did they have to do it at this time?

In a few days, will the Zhu family run away, or will the Shennong Hall run away?

There is nothing wrong with Zhao Gao's opinion. There is really no need for A Yan to rush to deal with the Zhu family.

With five halls facing one, the Zhu family didn't even have a chance to struggle. They would either fight and die immediately, or be slowly eaten away and killed.

She chose this moment to take action, clearly intending to make things difficult for Zhao Gao.

Not only did he resort to violence, but he was also unwilling to be quick and decisive, making a huge noise and his methods were rather lenient!
Zhao Gao could only "screen" the news from the farmers as much as possible to avoid really alarming Ying Zheng.

Of course he didn't dare to hide it from Ying Zheng.

The news of the internal strife among the farmers had already spread widely in the martial arts world. No matter how poor Ying Zheng's ability to obtain information from the outside world was, it was enough for him to know about it without going through Luowang.

If he dares to conceal it, he will be courting death.

But how to express oneself is an art, whether it is verbal or written.

The same thing can become important or insignificant by expressing it in different ways.

And Zhao Gao was precisely the master of this art.

But Zhao Gao was just messing around.

Ying Zheng didn't care much about the farmers.

Even though the Nong family had severely damaged the empire's ace troops last year, he still looked down on such a gangster force.

Because of the defeat of the Hundred Battles Armored Soldiers, no matter how you look at it, the blame lies with the commander Wang Li.

If he had not done any fancy tricks and had just advanced steadily, he could have wiped out the entire farm without causing casualties of tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

He wanted to come up with a brilliant plan, but ended up being tricked by others. He deserved the loss.

Of course, we can’t conclude that Wang Li is a waste because of this. We can only say that he was... careless.

This is a fact, not an excuse for him.

Otherwise, Ying Zheng would not have chosen him to check and balance Meng Tian - Wang Jian and Wang Ben's face allowed Ying Zheng to ignore Wang Li's defeat, but it was impossible for him to reuse him immediately.

With the previous example of Wang Li, I think the commander will not be careless again when the empire launches another crackdown on the rebellious elements of the Nong family.

As long as they fight seriously, Ying Zheng doesn't think the imperial army will lose again.

The reason why the farmers had been ignored before was because the empire was at war between the north and the south and the military force was tight. Even Ying Zheng would not be able to gather troops to start a new war at this time.

No matter how much he looked down on the farmers, the number of people was there, and the empire had to send an army of at least 30,000 to 50,000 people.

The empire could certainly gather an army of tens of thousands, but considering logistical supplies, material transportation... and so on, the total mobilization scale would have to be at least over 100,000.

The common people are more or less unable to bear it anymore.

Ying Zheng didn't care about the lives of the people, but population was an objective data that could not be changed by anyone's will.

The empire's manpower is stretched to the limit and it is a reality that even if the emperor speaks with the power of heaven, he cannot just open his mouth and conjure up people.

Now that the wars on both the northern and southern fronts have been resolved, the empire has freed up at least millions of manpower, and it will be easy to launch a war against the farmers.

However, Ying Zheng was not in a hurry to clean up the farmers at this moment.

It was not because Zhao Gao had reported to him before that the Nong family had fallen into Luowang's control, but because he had many things to worry about now and the Nong family was not on the list.

Zhao Gao's words did not allow him to consider the Nong family as part of the empire.

The net controls the farmers?

joke!

What qualifications does Luowang have to control the farmers!
As a sharp blade of the empire, Luowang is just a knife. It does not need any other functions, and it is even less likely to control other vassals on behalf of the empire.

The emperor does not need Luowang to annex the farmers to strengthen himself, and he does not even need the farmers.

In Ying Zheng's view, there was only one outcome for the farmers who had directly offended the empire, and that was to be destroyed by the empire.

Of course, infiltrating and destroying the various schools of thought is also Luowang's mission.

Therefore, Ying Zheng did not blame Zhao Gao for this idea, but he just did not intend to leave the farmers behind for the trap.

Of course, this matter has a lower priority.

He had to complete his own tour plan first, and wait for the Mirage to return during this period. Only after his plan for immortality was really settled, could he do this kind of "trivial things".

That’s right, Ying Zheng planned to live a quiet life before the Mirage returned.

Apart from patrol plans to stabilize the borders of various parts of the empire, important projects such as the Great Wall and the Straight Road, and his most important new palace project - the Afang Palace, he would not make any other major moves.

Naturally, there was no more war - of course, even if he didn't want to stop, he would not easily start a war again.

The main reason is that there is really no war to fight.

The three Lingnan counties in the south are already the limit of the empire's expandable borders. If they fight further south, they will not be able to govern anything at all.

Unless you learn from the nomadic people in the north and just grab a ticket and run away.

But it is meaningless for the empire to rob these supplies, and there is no shortage of them!
The only significance is to plunder military merit for the military, but Ying Zheng has no intention of continuing to expand the power of the military merit group.

The situation in the north is similar. The only valuable land in Henan has been acquired, and further north is the grassland.

The empire's army was no match for the nomadic people in that place, so going there would be like sending yourself to death.

To the west is a vast desert and to the east is the sea.

The conditions are not met in the east, west, south, or north, and the empire cannot declare war in vain.

Since he was unable to expand the territory and Ying Zheng did not need to be involved in various projects, his main focus now was on touring.

On the one hand, it can stabilize the imperial government, and on the other hand, a monument can be erected to praise his virtues.

It not only maintains stability but also demonstrates achievements. For Ying Zheng, it can be said that it is both a matter of substance and face.

Best of all, almost no one has a problem with it!

In later generations, Emperor Qianlong's trip to the south of the Yangtze River was a waste of money and labor, and the amount of money and goods spent at one time was astronomical, but Emperor Ying Zheng's tour was much cheaper.

The main thing is the expenses of the thousands of people in the patrol convoy.