The brothers who traveled westward in those years

Chapter 840 0003, died without a disease
Zhao Zheng didn't leave him any room at all, and told Lu Buwei directly that there were only two choices before him.Or just obediently obey the will and go to the land of Bashu to spend his old age in peace.Either resist the decree and fail to comply, and then wait to be ransacked and exterminated.This is not Zhao Zheng trying to scare him, but his last reminder.

After pro-government, Zhao Zheng has gathered several great talents around him.Among them, the most eye-catching one is Li Si, who was recommended by Lu Buwei. Li Si has a great talent and wants to assist Zhao Zheng to achieve hegemony, but he doesn't say anything good for Lu Buwei.

Lu Buwei couldn't see any hope, and Zhao Zheng had already made it very clear to him.Either leave directly, or stay and wait to die.

He didn't want to die and he didn't want to go, because he didn't want to die so he didn't want to go, but if he didn't go, he was dead.That being the case, he can only choose to kill himself.

A day later, the news of Lu Buwei's sudden death came from the state of Qin.Some people say that Lu Buwei died of a relapse of an old disease, while others say that Lu Buwei died of taking poison.All of this is not important to Zhao Zheng. The important thing is that after Lu Buwei's death, no one of his followers made trouble.Those hidden dangers that were just around the corner before have completely turned into a pool of stagnant water since then.

As the king of a country, he would never allow such a person to exist by his side.His rights are second only to the monarch, and he will act on behalf of the monarch in many cases.

Such a person must be someone the monarch can trust at first, but time will change everything, and of course it will also change a person's position and desires.

After Lu Buwei's death, Zhao Zheng did not appoint a new prime minister, but Li Si became a guest of Qin.Back then, Shang Yang was a guest minister when Qin Xiaogong was in charge.In the end, Shang Yang became Qin's Daliang Zao.The so-called Daliang Zao was the highest official position in the Qin State at that time, which was equivalent to the later prime minister, but had greater power than the prime minister.

Li Si wanted to advise Zhao Zheng that it was time for the Qin State to show off its grand plans after so many years of accumulation.The successive monarchs of the Qin State wanted to unify the six countries, but unfortunately their aspirations were all turned into a laughing stock later.

Otherwise, Zhao Zheng will not talk about the current strength of Qin State first, but talk about Zhao Zheng's nine years of traveling abroad.At the beginning, the people of Qin State didn't know what was going on, and later they heard that their monarch went to travel around the world alone.At that time, they were all worried about Zhao Zheng, worried that he would encounter some danger.

But later everyone received more and more news, knowing that Zhao Zheng is a master at hiding things, and also knowing that someone is secretly protecting Zhao Zheng.

Li Si advised Qin to unify the six countries, the first thing that must be annexed is the cold country.Because the Han country stands in front of the Qin country, if the Han country is not eaten up, the Qin country will have no way to go straight to attack the remaining five countries.

Although the state of Qin has reformed for many years, its infrastructure construction is still very backward.When Li Si's suggestion reached the Han Country, the King of the Han Country became impatient when he heard it, and immediately discussed the countermeasures, and finally sent a canal repairer from the Mohist family. This person's name was Zheng Qu.

The King of the Han Kingdom personally met Zheng Qu, and then explained the situation to him.Regardless of whether Zheng Qu can complete the task, he will be grateful when he returns to Han Country.

After Zheng Qu arrived in Qin State, he wandered around for half a year, and only then met Qin Wang Zhao Zheng under the recommendation of a nobleman.Zheng Qu drew several pictures for King Qin, and the pictures showed the appearance of the canal after it was repaired.The water canals can look across the Qin land from east to west, north to south, not only to help the people to keep their income from droughts and floods, but also to vigorously develop the aquaculture industry.

If this canal can be built, it will definitely boost Qin's economic development.Calculated according to the development speed of Qin State at that time, it can be increased by at least three times.

After reading the drawings, Zhao Zheng and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs were all amazed, but there was a problem in front of them.Building aqueducts costs a lot of money and employs a lot of people.

Since the reform of the Qin State, the economic development of the Qin State has achieved remarkable results, and the treasury has been filled and the people live in peace.It is not a problem to build a canal, but the problem is that tens of thousands of people will be used to build the canal, which will inevitably affect the supply of troops for the Qin army.

Zhao Zheng fell into a dilemma, and the civil and military ministers also began to divide into two factions.One faction insisted on building water canals, of course for the future development of Qin.One faction resolutely opposes the construction of water canals in order to allow Qin to focus on expanding its territory.

When Bashu was not annexed, Qin's territory ranked fourth among the seven countries.After he annexed Bashu and Bashu, the territory of Qin State jumped to the second place.

It's not that Zhao Zheng cares about this number one, but that he needs to give an explanation to the soldiers of Qin.And there is another point that he also considered, if there is a war with other countries when the canal is built, Qin will definitely suffer heavy losses.

After sending away his left and right entourages, Zhao Zheng left Li Si alone.He knew what Li Si was thinking, so he hoped to get the answer from Li Si.

In fact, others have misunderstood it. In fact, Li Si is not cold and unaccompanied to Lu Buwei.He wanted to help Lu Buwei more than once, but it was a pity that Lu Buwei refused to let go.I have stepped out of the house twice, but in the end I went back by myself.

Not to mention that Li Si was a bit unwilling, even Zhao Zheng felt a little sorry about it.But it's a pity, it's a pity, no matter when he will not regret it.

Lu Buwei's influence in the Qin State is too great. Although his meritorious service is not good, it is not enough for the emperor to sleep and eat.Lu Buwei's power has gone beyond the scope of the master of meritorious service, and he has even met the conditions to become the king of Qin at any time.

After all, he had also been in charge of Qin for more than ten years.Don't ask for no merit but no fault, it's a pity that he didn't go well once, and in the end he lost everything.

Li Si didn't blame Zhao Zheng, he even admired Zhao Zheng's treatment of Lu Buwei.But few people know that Zhao Zheng wanted to let Lu Buwei go more than once.He has even made arrangements, and if it doesn't work, he will directly arrange for Lu Buwei to go back to the mountains.

Unfortunately, in fact, many things are not as expected.Not only does it often happen that people's hearts are not enough, but even things that make people worse.For example, what happened to Lu Buwei this time, many people competed to play his book in the temple.

At dusk, Zhao Zheng and Li Si sat at the entrance of the main hall, watching the setting sun.

Zhao Zheng lay on the bluestone slab, closed his eyes and asked, "Li Si, you said that if one day I lead troops to conquer the Six Kingdoms, will no one dare to underestimate Qin?"

Li Si said, "Of course!"

Zhao Zheng said, "What if I don't just want to conquer the Six Kingdoms?"

Li Si said, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Zheng said: "I had such a dream a long time ago, and this dream has become my ideal. I hope to gather all the forces together and create a brand new world.

Seeing Zhao Zheng's radiant look, Li Si suddenly felt a sense of pride in his heart.

Birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups, and you will learn from the kind of people you follow.Li Si wholeheartedly wanted to help Zhao Zheng seek the world, but now he realized that Zhao Zheng's goal had never been limited to the six countries.

According to Zhao Zheng's intention, Qin would not only unify the six countries, but also include the Xiongnu and Baiyue into Qin's territory.

His ideal is of course beautiful, and it is not impossible to realize it.But if there is any downside, it's that it's too complicated.

The Xiongnu is a nomadic tribe, composed of countless nomadic peoples gathered together.They like drinking in big bowls and eating meat in large pieces. They are easy-going and very hospitable.There are not so many rules, as long as the food can fill the stomach, it is not like Baiyue has so many rules.

The sea is inclusive of all rivers and rivers, and the country recruits talented ministers to form a country.

Zhao Zheng has never been so calm as today, perhaps because all the difficult things in front of him have been resolved.He not only chatted with Li Si about a lot of trivial matters, but also had a few drinks with Li Si.

By the time the stars were around, Li Si was drunk like a dog, and Zhao Zheng had been helped back to the bedroom by Zhao Gao.While hiccupping, Zhao Zheng was still talking drunk.

He was happy not because the obstacles in front of him were removed, but because he felt that Qin State was now stable, and he could take Xia Yufang to Qin State.

At the beginning, he had promised Xia Yufang that as long as the situation in Qin State was stable, he would immediately take her to Qin State.Of course, there is also Li Nishang, as for Zhao Linger and Zhao Dan, forget it, after all, they are all princesses of the Zhao Kingdom.

If Zhao Zheng took the two of them to the state of Qin, maybe the king of the state of Zhao would fight him for the rest of his life.

(End of this chapter)