At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 209 The Dream of the First Emperor, the Avenger of the Underworld

September 37, th year of the First Emperor, Xianyang City, Guanzhong.

The bleak autumn wind blew through the city, and the people on the streets were busy walking, with a trace of fear on their faces. Those who could go home would not stay outside for too long. Originally a big city with a population of hundreds of thousands, it just looked a bit... depression.

Ever since Dong Yi's 6-strong army was wiped out and Sanchuan County was captured by the rebels, the entire Guanzhong was in a panic from top to bottom, even more than when the allied forces attacked Hangu Pass.

Because although it was dangerous when the Allied Forces attacked Hangu Pass, Da Qin had hundreds of thousands of troops to resist. The people and officials in Guanzhong had confidence in Qin and believed that Da Qin could defend Guanzhong with the strength of Hangu Pass.

But now Qin's troops are concentrated in the Central Plains and Qi, and there are not many young and strong troops in Guanzhong. Faced with such a sudden rebel army, especially the 6 elite Qin rebels who were annihilated, it is strange that Guanzhong did not panic.

Fortunately, the First Emperor was extremely calm at this time. He first sent his personal guards from Xianyang City to garrison Hangu Pass and blockaded the entire Guanzhong. At the same time, he ordered the two counties of Bashu and Bashu to dispatch 5 soldiers to reinforce Guanzhong and recruit troops to Longxi and the two counties in the north again. Guard Guanzhong.

The war machine in Guanzhong was also activated at full strength. The number of troops stationed at Hangu Pass exceeded 1 in one day, and the number soared to 5 in three days.

When Yingbu saw so many troops garrisoned at Hangu Pass, and because he had few troops at the time and was worried that his retreat would be cut off, he withdrew to Xingyang.

When Yingbu retreated, the First Emperor of Guanzhong and the nobles and high-ranking officials of Great Qin all breathed a sigh of relief. They had passed the most dangerous time of Great Qin.

Now that this backbone has fallen, one can imagine the shock to the civil and military officials who saw this scene. Many people felt that the sky was about to fall. Thinking of the millions of rebels in Guandong, everything Daqin has done in recent years has been extremely unsatisfactory. , the rebellion increased, and many people felt for the first time that perhaps the destiny had been transferred from Guanzhong to Guandong.

Counting from King Qin, it has been thirty-seven years since the First Emperor ascended the throne this year. The civil and military officials in Xianyang City have watched the First Emperor build an unprecedented empire. For more than thirty years, the civil and military officials in Xianyang City have become accustomed to it. Acted under the command of the First Emperor.

But the war situation in the world has become increasingly unfavorable to the Qin Dynasty. The entire Guanzhong can feel the afterglow of the empire's end from top to bottom. The nobles and high-ranking officials of the Qin State even feel a bit desolate. How come the powerful Qin Dynasty fell in three years? It became like this?

But after the First Emperor burned books and harassed Confucians, and a large number of his brothers died at the hands of Qin officials, he gave up this idea, and even harbored a hatred for the Qin Dynasty.

But one thing was beyond their expectations. They thought that the First Emperor was just angry and just needed to rest for a while. However, they did not expect that the First Emperor's condition was much more serious than they thought. This time he vomited blood and the First Emperor was dying. Although the imperial doctors tried their best to treat him, the results were very little. The First Emperor fell ill immediately. Fortunately, the First Emperor himself was still conscious.

The plump little official saw the people leaving, picked up the letter and read it. It contained the latest battle report. After reading it, he said to himself: "I didn't expect that the fighting power of the Han army was so powerful. Not only could it prevent the Northern Xinjiang army from going south, but now it was even more powerful. The fight has forced Meng Tian to shrink, and now even Shangdang County has been captured by the rebels. Meng Tian has no way out, the Northern Xinjiang Army is in danger, and the world of Great Qin is really going to fall." Although this fat little official was speaking He was more concerned, but he couldn't hide the upward corners of his mouth.

However, unlike his master Li Si who liked to fight for power and gain, Zhang Cang was a hermit who secluded himself from the court. Originally, he had some thoughts of doing things for the Qin Dynasty.

The clerk put down the letter and left.

Prime Minister Feng Quji suggested to the First Emperor that he recall the eldest son Fusu and make him the prince to supervise the country.

He appointed the eighteenth son Hu Hai as the supervisor of the country, and the left and right prime ministers Feng Quji and Li Si as the ministers of the supervision of the country to assist the young master Hu Hai in governing the country, while the First Emperor retired behind the scenes to cultivate himself.

With the sale of paper in the Han Dynasty, it quickly spread all over the world. Although the First Emperor could not hear news related to the rebels, he could not refuse the convenience brought by paper. In the past, the memorial he reviewed cost 300 kilograms, but after having paper , only a few memorials were needed, so the Qin court was also the largest customer of Chenjun paper.

However, the First Emperor vetoed the opinions of Prime Minister Feng Quji. In the First Emperor's view, although his eldest son was benevolent and righteous, he was too weak and unfit to be a king in troubled times. Making Fusu the prince would only ruin the 500-year foundation of the Qin Dynasty. On the contrary, his youngest son Hu Hai, although young, is resolute, courageous and tough to the outside world, which is suitable for the situation of Qin at this time.

The plump little official said calmly: "Leave it to me!"

Even though there are millions of rebels in Guandong, as long as the First Emperor is there, they have a backbone and believe that Qin can defeat these rebels. Now that the First Emperor has passed out, the heads of many Xianyang officials are blank.

A few days later, a battle report came from Sanchuan County, saying that the rebels used sky fire to attack the city. Half of the entire city of Xingyang was burned by sky fire. The soldiers in the city suffered heavy casualties in the sky fire. Xingyang was captured by Yingbu. Tens of thousands of shi of food were obtained by the rebels.

When the First Emperor heard the news, he vomited blood and fainted in front of the civil and military officials of the court. The entire Xianyang court was in panic. The civil and military officials were filled with helplessness and fear. In their eyes, the First Emperor, who was like a god, fell like this. This was simply too much for them to accept.

This fat little official is called Zhang Cang. Although his official position is not high, he is no more than a small official with a hundred stones, but his background is not small. He studied under Xunzi and was a fellow disciple of Li Si, Han Fei and others.

In the Censor's Mansion's collection room, a clerk took some letters to a plump man and said, "Zhang Zhu's history, this is the document that was filed today."

Were the nobles of the Six Nations back then as miserable as they were? Thinking of how they ridiculed, despised, oppressed, and killed the nobles of the six countries 10 years ago, and that all this might befall them, the nobles and high-ranking officials in Guanzhong felt shuddering.

Fortunately, at this time, the prime ministers Feng Quji and Li Si showed their responsibility as politicians and immediately blocked the news of the First Emperor's serious illness, stabilizing the situation in the Xianyang court and Guanzhong.

At night, the official offices of Qin's prime minister, censor, Taiwei's Mansion and other ministers were still brightly lit, and a large number of Qin officials were shuttled between the official offices, extremely busy.

Historically, Zhang Cang fled home because of a crime. When Liu Bang passed through Yangwu when he conquered the city, Zhang Cang followed Pei Gong to attack Nanyang as a guest. It can only be said that the Confucian scholars of this era were still very fierce and did not know how to speak. , If the king wants his minister to die, he must die. Rather, it emphasizes the unscrupulous tyrants, who can be punished by everyone, and who does not lack the courage to practice.

"The Butterfly Lovers, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and The Fairy Match are all operas again. I wonder what the story will be like this time?"

Zhang Cang looked at it for a while and said with a smile: "The second princess disguised herself as a woman to join the army. These rebels really dare to make it up, Zhu Yingtai?"

"Why not call you Ying Yingtai or Zhao Yingtai? Is it because you are afraid of being discovered?"

Zhang Cang naturally wouldn't have thought that because this was a story thousands of years later, all he saw was a suture monster. But the content of the story is still very attractive to Zhang Cang.

When he saw that the villain of "Butterfly Lovers" was Meng Tian, ​​he smiled and said: "Meng Tian, ​​Meng Tian, ​​you can be considered a famous minister of the generation. Once Butterfly Lovers comes out, I'm afraid you will be infamy for thousands of years."

Then Zhang Cang read the two stories "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" and "The Fairy Match", and was quickly attracted by these two stories. It didn't end until midnight. When he saw the full moon outside the window, he realized that time had passed. so long.

Zhang Cang sighed: "I thought that the novelist was a hermit among the hundreds of schools of thought, but I didn't expect that he could have such great power. The novelist can become one of the schools of thought. It should not be underestimated. The novelist can actually compete with Sun Tzu. If we combine the psychological attack and psychological warfare mentioned above, novelists will become popular in the future and will be taken seriously by military strategists of all ages."

In Zhang Cang's view, Xu Fan created a new war model, and the experimental subject of this war model was the Qin army.

Although there was a saying in the past that attacking the heart is the highest priority and attacking the city is the lowest priority, Mencius also said that the benevolent are invincible.

But this is just a general statement and has no practical feasibility at all. Military strategists of the past dynasties did not believe in this theory at all. What they believed in was bloody violence. And as the warring states became more and more intense, the lower limit of military strategists became lower and lower, and the methods of dealing with the enemy became more and more cruel. In the end, Bai Qi was raised. Such a massacre of people during the Warring States Period.

The teacher of benevolence and righteousness, the teacher of the king seems to exist only in the mouths of various schools of thought, and in the very distant ancient times of the Three Dynasties.

Although Zhang Cang studied under Xunzi, he did not believe in any teacher of benevolence and righteousness or teacher of kings. These are just beautiful stories fabricated by the sages of various schools of thought. After all, people cannot believe in something that has never appeared before. .

What he saw was a low-end competition in the troubled times of the Warring States Period. In the end, the brutal Qin army won the final victory in this competition.

Until he saw news about the rebels for the first time. This time, the rebels' swords were not aimed at ordinary people, but at hanging the worms of the country.

Speak kindly, trade fairly, and do not buy or sell by force. This is one of the eleven core military disciplines of the rebel army.

This is the code of conduct that an ordinary person should have, but when he appears in an army, it becomes the most beautiful virtue.

All the codes of conduct of the rebel army are so close to the descriptions of the benevolent and righteous teachers and the king's teachers by hundreds of scholars. This is an army built according to the standards of the benevolent and righteous teachers. Although Zhang Cang was a little surprised by the appearance of this army, he also deeply doubted how such an army could be the opponent of Bao Qin.

Until Xu Fan annihilated Wang Li's 5 troops in the first battle, and then quickly instigated the rebellion of Wang Li's soldiers, and then teamed up with these rebel soldiers to annihilate Li You's elite troops.

It was the first time that he saw that the power of the Master of Benevolence and Righteousness was so powerful that even his enemies could become his own.

This was the first time that Zhang Cang saw how the army of benevolence and righteousness fought. His power was so powerful that the violent Qin army that the six countries feared was like a ragtag army in front of this army. The Qin army was invincible in the field. Army, for the first time I did not dare to fight in front of an army.

Xu Fan was the first to turn psychological warfare into a practical means of warfare, and the object of his verification was the most brutal army in the world, using this army to set off the power of the benevolent and righteous army.

What Mencius said was actually true. The benevolent can really be invincible. Zhang Cang could not help but sigh at the wonder of this world.

"I really don't know what it will be like if Xu Fan leads his army into Guanzhong. I'm afraid the people in Guanzhong will take refuge in Xu Fan. After all, even the people in Guanzhong can't stand the brutality of the Qin Dynasty."

The place where the most information about Xu Fan is collected in the world must be the Censor's Palace. They have all the information about Xu Fan's first time out of the mountain, to what Xu Fan did in Chen's house for half a year, and later when Xu Fan occupied Chen's house. The county occupies most of the Chu land and is called the King of Han. There is more and more information about Xu Fan in the Censor's Mansion, which can be said to be exhaustive.

Zhang Cang had read Xu Fan's information, and the more he studied Xu Fan's information, the more Zhang Cang appreciated Xu Fan. He believed that Xu Fan was born to end this troubled world and was the true enlightened master of the world. As for the First Emperor , in Zhang Cang's view, he was just a tyrant and a single man, and his brutal rule eventually destroyed the entire world.

Qin Palace.

"Zhao Zheng, you Qin dog, get out of our Zhao country, get out of our Handan."

In the dream, the First Emperor was furious when he heard the sound of cursing. Who dared to curse me? The First Emperor wanted to teach him a lesson, but he couldn't do it at all. He could only let the child punch and kick him.

At this time, a child appeared in front of the First Emperor. He beat the child away and pulled him up and said, "My name is Yan Dan!"

The First Emperor bowed his hands and said, "My name is Zhao Zheng."

The child quickly became a young man, and he said angrily to the First Emperor with a ferocious face: "Zhao Zheng, you have destroyed my country. I curse you to live a long life. When I see the day when the Qin Dynasty is destroyed, I will wait in the underworld for you to bring about the tyranny." News of Qin’s destruction.”

The First Emperor said angrily: "You will never wait until my dynasty will be passed down for hundreds of generations, thousands of generations or even eternity."

After speaking, the First Emperor pulled out his sword and cut open Prince Dan's body.

At this time, a ranger and a musician appeared in front of him. They were Jing Ke and Gao Jianli.

The two laughed loudly and said: "The days are mourning, and you will all perish! Tyrant, the world of Da Qin will finally perish."

The First Emperor said angrily: "If I am still here, the Qin Dynasty will not perish."

The First Emperor took the Tai'a Sword and slashed Jing Ke and Gao Jianli, and the two disappeared without a trace.

King Jian of Qi, Wang Qian of Zhao, Wang An of Han, King Ji of Wei, King Xi of Yan, and King Chu appeared in front of the First Emperor. They said with hatred in their eyes: "Our country will eventually be restored, and the world of Qin will be violent." Destroyed, Zhao Zheng, what you did to us will eventually come back to you."

The First Emperor said coldly: "Wishful thinking, you are no match for me even if you are alive, let alone dead. Even if this is the underworld, I will kill you again!"

After speaking, the First Emperor swung his sword to kill the six kings, but in an instant they disappeared without a trace.

At this time, the First Emperor's father, King Qin Zhuangxiang, and his father-in-law, Lu Buwei, appeared in front of him.

Lu Buwei looked at the First Emperor sadly and said: "Your Majesty, I have taught you long ago that the world belongs to all people, not to one person. The world belongs to one person. That is the behavior of a single man. You have been a single man for more than ten years, and the world has finally become It’s a falling apart situation.”

King Qin Zhuangxiang said angrily: "The Qin State that has been passed down for 500 years has been defeated in your hands, A Zheng, do you know that you are wrong?"

The First Emperor said angrily: "Qin has not yet been destroyed. As long as I am not dead, Qin will not be destroyed!"

King Qin Zhuangxiang said disappointedly: "You still don't know your fault. Just look at what you have done."

King Qin Zhuangxiang slapped his sleeves at the First Emperor, and the First Emperor found himself constantly flying into the sky. In his field of vision, the palace quickly became smaller, and soon the entire Xianyang City was only the size of a coffee table.

He saw the Northern Xinjiang Army fighting on the front line of the Yellow River. At this time, they were besieged and killed by several times the number of rebels, and they were retreating. Meng Tian was fighting at the front line. Even though he had killed the enemy bravely, too many rebels were surrounding him. He died, and soon Meng Tian became a bloody man, surrounded by rebels. Meng Tian cried in the direction of Xianyang: "Your Majesty, I did my best!"

Then he drew his sword and killed himself. In the end, the empire's northern army disappeared without a trace.

Countless rebels held the banners of "Kill the Qin Dynasty, conquer the unjust, equalize the fields, and avoid corvee". Everyone sang loudly in unison with the slogan: "The King of Han is coming, exempt from corvee".

Like a long dragon, people rebelled wherever they went. Seeing this, the First Emperor said angrily: "How dare you betray my country!"

But the Emperor's roar was more useless, no one heard him. He could only watch helplessly as cities were conquered one after another, and Qin officials were caught and hanged by the people. All the people joined the rebels like crazy. The number of rebels increased. They attacked Hangu Pass from Sanchuan County. Invasion of Xianyang City.

He looked at the rebel leader Xu Fan holding his spear high and laughed loudly: "The time for revenge has come, everyone kill!"

He watched the people of Qin being slaughtered by the rebels. His daughter jumped off the city wall to avoid being insulted by the rebels. His palace was filled with blood. His concubines were taken away by the rebels like slaves. His children He was caught by the rebels and hung one by one in the palace. His important ministers were tried by the rebels and then quartered into pieces.

Therefore, the punishments he had used on the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and the things he had done were now used by these rebels on his children, his concubines, his civil and military officials, and his capital.

The twelve golden men who represented his achievements were pushed down by the rebels, and his palace was set on fire by the rebels. Then the entire Xianyang City was surrounded by sky fire, and everyone died wailing in the fire. He rose higher and higher, looking at the beacon of his empire. everywhere, and eventually his empire suddenly disappeared.

The First Emperor watched all this and said angrily: "How dare you destroy my country!"

But the Tai'a Sword in his hand could not kill any of the rebels. He could only watch them destroy everything he owned with an arrogant smile. For the first time, the First Emperor felt that he was so powerless, and there were things in the world that he could not do.

After a while, the First Emperor opened his eyes and calmed down his rapid breathing. The First Emperor wanted to get up, but he sadly found that he could not even do this. His body could no longer hold on.

"Come here!" shouted the First Emperor.

Although his voice was very soft, Zhao Gao came in quickly and said: "Your Majesty."

"Summon the young master Hu Hai, the prime ministers on the left and right, and the imperial censors to come."

Zhao Gao secretly said with joy: "No!"

(End of this chapter)