The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 665 This is destiny!
Even now, there are still many people who want to make fun of Ying Zheng.

Many people had a glimmer of hope in their hearts. If Dai remained safe and sound, then everything King Ying Zheng of Qin had said before would become a ridiculous joke.

What is destiny?
The King of Qin is nothing but a liar who deceives the world and steals his reputation!

January passed slowly.

Daidi seems to be a corner forgotten by time. It is uninhabited, quiet and peaceful, without any trace of disaster.

The people who had moved to the surrounding counties a long time ago had begun to get a little restless. They were in their new place, looking at their former hometown, and they began to feel uneasy. But they could still bear it, and the private discussions gradually increased.

February also left quietly, and Daidi remained safe and sound.

Many people are already complaining, and many are clamoring to go home. If they go home now, it is still in time for the spring plowing.

However, they were persuaded and forced to stay by local governments. Many people were angry, but there was nothing they could do.

Even those people who believed in Ying Zheng have begun to have doubts.

Many people have even started laughing at it secretly.

The King of Qin merely staged a farce that made the whole world laugh at him!
For example, King Jingmin of Wei, King You of Chu, and even Fu Chu all breathed a sigh of relief.

They were even in ecstasy.

As long as the King of Qin becomes a joke, don't even think about annexing them easily.

Even King Jian of Qi was worried, and he himself couldn't tell what he felt.

In the fifteenth year of King Zheng of Qin, the month of Chen.

This is a good season when laurel blossoms, peach blossoms bloom, and all things revive.

This should be a season full of vitality and hope. The breeze blows gently across the earth, and Mother Earth's hand gently caresses all things in the world.

This is true for any place in the world, but not for Daidi.

At the beginning of March, the earthquake struck.

Although the sky did not collapse, the earth was really cracked.

A strong earthquake of magnitude 8 or above swept in with overwhelming force.

Hundreds of miles of land from Lexu to Pingyin in the north trembled and groaned in the disaster. Tall houses and solid walls collapsed like fragile building blocks under the ravages of the earthquake.

The land was torn into a huge gully, which was 130 steps wide from east to west! There was a horrifying wound on the ground.

The earthquake spread quickly across the country like a surging tide. It was felt in Liaodong in the north, Linzi in the east, Guanzhong in the west, Daliang in Wei, and even Pengcheng in Chu.

This news is already known to everyone without even having to be spread actively.

The tremors were felt too far away and too many people felt them. After all, this earthquake was so huge.

However, Ying Zheng still took the initiative to spread the news. He wanted to make public opinion spread completely according to his own wishes.

This earthquake caused extremely heavy losses in Dai. If Ying Zheng had not ordered the people to migrate in advance, there would have been countless casualties. In this era, it is difficult to provide disaster relief for disasters as major as earthquakes.

No matter what Ying Zheng’s purpose was, the current result is truly a great merit.

Except for those who really didn't believe in it and hid themselves and refused to leave, the vast majority of the people escaped the disaster.

This completely shocked everyone in the world. The voices of doubt that had been raised in private disappeared without a trace in an instant. No one could doubt the fate of the King of Qin anymore! There was no more noise!

What will happen when a monarch who has always been blessed by heaven completely proves that he has the destiny one after another?
As for the nobles, they ushered in a comprehensive and active dependence. In order to protect their own status and interests, the nobles would take the initiative to move closer to Ying Zheng, who had proved that he had the Mandate of Heaven, and become strong supporters of Ying Zheng's rule, working harder for Ying Zheng and maintaining the ruling order.

Everyone will suppress their ambitions and put away their past arrogance and greed. Nobles who originally had rebellious intentions or ambitions will also be restrained because of Ying Zheng's halo of destiny, fearing that they will go against destiny and be punished by heaven and opposed by the public.

As for officials, they will be more loyal in performing their duties, be more devoted to their responsibilities, enhance their sense of honor, and dare not slack off in the slightest. They will take it as their responsibility to maintain the authority of Ying Zheng and national stability, and improve administrative efficiency and governance.

Relying on the halo of being appointed by heaven, Ying Zheng could thoroughly strengthen the bureaucratic system, control it more effectively, appoint, dismiss, reward and punish officials with greater authority, and make the bureaucratic system operate efficiently around his will.

For the various schools of thought, including Taoism, Yin-Yang School, Confucianism, Mohism, Legalism, Agriculture, and so on, this is the holy monarch appointed by God for them to be loyal to.

The same is true for scholars in the opposition and ordinary scholars. All scholars will be more motivated to enter officialdom and will have a stronger sense of honor and mission.

They will regard Ying Zheng as the common ruler of the world and a moral role model, be loyal to Ying Zheng, agree with Ying Zheng's rule ideologically, actively safeguard Ying Zheng's authority and the court's ruling order, and resolutely resist any remarks and actions against Ying Zheng.

As for the common people, they no longer have any worries. They will be fanatical supporters of Ying Zheng, and will absolutely respect and support Ying Zheng, and absolutely obey him loyally. In their hearts, Ying Zheng is the sun hanging high in the sky, shining brightly and illuminating their lives warmly. They obey Ying Zheng's rule absolutely loyally, and they execute every instruction without hesitation as if it were the will of God.

It also greatly enhances the cohesion of everyone. Those who newly join Daqin will be more actively integrated into Daqin and be proud to be a Daqin person and a subject of the King of Qin.

As for those who have not yet joined, now that the army is marching over, they should prepare food and drink to welcome the royal army.

For the people of other countries, it is better to seek refuge with a sage monarch who truly possesses the mandate of heaven and cares about the people than to listen to the orders of those good-for-nothings who only know how to oppress their own people.

As for the noble officials of other countries, their stance is always very flexible, especially for those who rely on the holy monarch who has the mandate of heaven. This is legally justifiable. It directly gives them the best step and excuse, and allows them to make choices without any pressure.

Even those truly upright people in other countries who possess noble character are now in despair; they cannot do anything that goes against the will of heaven.

For those hostile elements and elements of the enemy country, they have already lost their appeal. Just this one move is enough to basically divide and disintegrate them internally. No ordinary people will respond to their call. No one will listen to their nonsense and go against destiny.

It is also greatly beneficial in the cohesion and dissemination of culture and beliefs. It can be more conducive to the unity of thought, the cultural development after unification, and the guidance of academic thought, making social thought more in line with the interests of Ying Zheng.

In general, the difficulty in terms of ruling costs, ruling effects, conquest costs, conquest effects, unification costs, unification effects, and even the continuation of empire inheritance has now become unimaginably low.

No one will go against someone who has destiny.

Just like the people of Dai now, their mentality has completely changed. How confused and resentful they were before, now they are grateful and full of admiration.

Resentment? What resentment?
We never have!
There is only one sun in our hearts! That is the King!
I only have one thought for the king! That is loyalty!
thanksgiving!

Even many officials and nobles of the old Zhao were the same. After all, earthquakes don’t care about your identity. Ying Zheng really saved their lives.

Even the beauties in the harem would have stars in their eyes when they saw Ying Zheng.

After all, no matter how close other people are to the king, they can never get so close that they can sleep in the same bed!

And they can receive the king's grace and blessings!

That is the grace and blessing from the emperor!

As for the children, they were truly filled with admiration and pride.

Being a descendant of the emperor is naturally something to be proud of.

Throughout the Qin Dynasty, from top to bottom, inside and outside, basically everyone was excited and proud.

As for other countries, it is different.

After King Jian of Qi confirmed that the tremors came from Dai, he was aware of the terrible earthquake disaster in Dai. Even though he had been prepared for it, he was still extremely shocked and his mouth was dry. He drank several glasses of wine in succession before he calmed down.

I smiled with relief, no longer thought about anything else, and made up my mind completely.

Then play music and then dance!
As for the State of Chu, King You of Chu, Fu Chu, and even Lord Changping were all panicked and afraid.

No, are you, King Qin, serious? Is there really a destiny?
But the three brothers of Chu State were worthy of being the three brothers of Chu State, and they quickly decided to put the matter behind them.

I haven't even settled my own family affairs yet, so how can I have the energy to care about things outside?
And even if they settle their own affairs, it will still be difficult for them to control it.

In that case, I should settle my family affairs first.

Anyway, as long as we don't offend the Qin State, it won't be considered going against the will of heaven.

Besides, the Zhou Dynasty also had the Mandate of Heaven, but it will be gone soon. As long as we drag it out until the King of Qin dies, there will be more wars then!
People like this who have a destiny usually don't live long!
If you don’t die at thirty, you will die at forty. If you don’t die at forty, you will die at fifty. In any case, you will definitely not live past fifty!
The State of Chu could only deceive itself in this way as it was unable to take care of itself.

However, facing the Qin army that was already gathering a large force and was extremely eager to fight, King Jingmin of Wei could not deceive himself.

This time, the Qin State raised an army of 150,000, of which 50,000 were conscripted from the Zhao territory, and among these 50,000, 20,000 were from the Dai territory.

Now, everyone has red eyes and cries out that they want to make amends for their crimes and redeem themselves in exchange for God's forgiveness.

Looking at our side, even though we have been preparing for several months, after this earthquake, let alone the will to fight, we almost want to surrender.

To be honest, if you don't surrender immediately when a fight breaks out, but instead turn around and run away, you can be considered loyal to the Wei Dynasty.

From the most basic value perspective of any person, no one would want to confront someone who has a destiny.

The King of Qin attacked Wei this time under the instruction of heaven. If he still resisted, what would that be called? That would be called defying heaven!
In order to protect the throne of a tyrant and do something against the will of heaven, the people and soldiers all said that whoever wanted to go could go, but they would not go anyway.

(End of this chapter)