The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 690: The Seventeenth Year of Qin Wangzheng
This year, the drought in Zhao came as expected. Fortunately, preparations had been made in advance, and the people were less affected by the disaster. At least not many people starved to death.

This time the predicted natural disaster once again defended the majesty of Ying Zheng's destiny, making Ying Zheng's prestige, which had already reached its peak, even more supreme.

Ying Zheng's two disaster relief and post-war disaster relief efforts also made the people of Zhao no longer worried.

Ying Zheng vigorously spread the news of disaster relief throughout the world, telling all his people that if something happened, your current king and father would not ignore you and would do their best to save you. Even if it was a punishment from heaven, your king and father would not give up on you.

When it comes to winning people's hearts, Ying Zheng has always been professional and never slacks off, and will seize every opportunity.

If you can talk but can’t do, you are a fake; if you can do but can’t talk, you are a stupid; if you can both do and talk, you are a real master.

If you can do 30% of your work in publicity, you are a qualified monarch!
You can't stop working on your reputation. When you do good things, you must publicize them so that everyone knows about it.

Of course, let’s not talk about bad things.

Things like this that make the people suffer cannot be said unless someone is to be blamed. The news must be suppressed and handled quietly.

However, even though Ying Zheng had made the best possible preparations, the natural disasters in the past two years still resulted in unavoidable casualties, as well as the massive consumption of disaster relief materials in order to win people's hearts.

These things made Ying Zheng feel sad, not because of the number of people who died. After all, the preparations were proper and not many people died.

The main reason is that disaster relief results in too much loss. Food is stored in good years and disaster relief is provided in bad years. Three years of good years are needed to prevent one year of disaster.

In order to reduce the number of deaths and for this show of taking over the world, too many losses were incurred, so much that even Ying Zheng felt a little distressed.

Not only was it necessary to digest the Wei and Qi states so that they could not attack the Chu state, but it was also for disaster relief. The loss of supplies was serious. Without causing suffering to the people, it was necessary to slow down temporarily.

What made Ying Zheng even more sad was that the life of Queen Dowager Huayang had also come to an end.

The Queen Mother Huayang passed away.

Even though Queen Dowager Huayang was the person with the highest status in the world and enjoyed all the glory and wealth, she was too lonely.

She had no children, and her beloved husband had been gone for twenty years, so much so that his appearance had gradually become blurred in her memory.

In the deep palace, it was noisy and bustling, but she only felt it was noisy.

During these years, the happiest thing for her was playing with Ying Zheng's children. The sound of their laughter seemed to dispel the haze in her heart. However, the children all had their own mothers and would eventually return to their respective mothers.

She is not too old, but her heart is old.

Without anyone to accompany her, her youthful appearance could not soothe her heart.

She died very peacefully, and she had told Ying Zheng her final worries and concerns the previous year. Her last words were only one, that she be buried with King Xiaowen.

Ying Zheng was very grateful to Grandma Huayang who had always been very supportive of him and his son. There was no need to say much about the support given by Queen Mother Huayang, and what was even more rare was that she never made things difficult for him.

No matter what happened, Queen Dowager Huayang always had a very good grasp of the scale. She had no children, so she had no ambitions or threats, and no extra demands.

It can be said that it is just giving without asking for anything in return.

Ying Zheng buried Queen Dowager Huayang with the same rites as he did Queen Dowager Xia, and buried her together with King Xiaowen in Shouling.

She could finally see her husband again.

Together forever, never apart, never lonely again.

All mortals will die, and immortality is difficult to achieve.

When old life dies, new life is born.

Only blood can be passed down for a longer time, which is the continuation of genes. The more blood that is passed down, the more successful life is.

Similarly, the passing down of reputation and deeds is the longevity of the spirit and soul. Only when the two are combined can there be true success.

So Ying Zheng has been persisting in having children.

In the 16th year of Qin Wangzheng's reign, Ju Rong gave birth to a son named Qianze. This child seemed to be a ray of light shining into her world and bringing her salvation.

The nights that often kept her awake were now peaceful, and the occasional crying of the child sounded so sweet to her. This child was her hope and the most precious treasure in her life.

Because of her contribution to childbirth, Ju Rong was also appointed as the chief envoy.

Sevilanya, the little saint of Jingjue Kingdom, this well-behaved little golden retriever, also gave birth to a son, whom Ying Zheng named Henghui.

The Kingdom of Jingjue is a tiny country in a barren land. It is already strange that a woman is the ruler. The supernatural powers passed down from generation to generation are even more extraordinary. Now this child makes Ying Zheng even more surprised.

Although the princess born to Severan inherited her pupil ability, there was nothing unusual about her appearance. However, this son's pupils were one black and one white. The white one was not scary, as it was not the same color as the white of the eye. Instead, it was as white and translucent as mutton-fat jade, and exuded a mysterious luster.

According to Sevillania, their talents and abilities are passed down to girls, not boys, and they generally do not give birth to boys. But now, not only did they give birth to a boy, but this boy is different from ordinary people.

After Ying Zheng asked Nian Duan to investigate, he also investigated it himself, but he didn't find any problems. There was just a slight difference in the pupil, but there was nothing wrong.

Moreover, this child is extremely talented and quite strong.

Ying Zheng was secretly surprised that the bloodline of the Jingjue royal family must be extraordinary. He guessed that the combination of his own bloodline and the bloodline of the Jingjue Kingdom had caused some changes.

Then there is the Moon Goddess, who has been trained by Qin Zheng to be a glutton. Finally, he has another princess, Ying Wo. The sixteenth year of Qin Wang Zheng passed quietly in the joy of the birth of new life and the sorrow of the departure of the old.

The seventeenth year of King Zheng of Qin arrived.

This year, Wei Zeng was bedridden for more than a year, and his life finally came to an end due to depression.

Wei Zeng, died.

His son Wei Jia inherited the title of Wei Zengwei Hou.

Ying Zheng was merciful and compassionate, so he did not reduce his title in this life, and instead changed his title to Marquis of An Ning.

This year, Dai was hit by another earthquake, but this time it was not as severe. After this earthquake, all the people of Zhao felt relieved, and the divine punishment was completely over.

This last divine punishment was not very severe, indicating that God had calmed down. The people were not too sad but were joyful instead.

Of course, this is also because Ying Zheng did a good job in disaster relief, allowing the people of Dai to still think about this and that.

There was another thing that was slightly beyond Ying Zheng's expectations. King You of Chu was worried because of the heavy workload and had been in poor health since the past few years. In order to relieve the stress, he indulged in alcohol and sex.

He fell ill last year and passed away at the beginning of summer this year.

Over the past two years, there has been a standoff within the State of Chu, but no fighting has broken out.

Firstly, the Qin State was too powerful and King You of Chu did not dare to act rashly; secondly, King You of Chu was in poor health and was busy with the transfer of power, so he had no energy to launch an attack on Fu Chu.

Fu Chu did not take action because his strength was limited. He was good at protecting himself but not aggressive enough. He was waiting for the right time and chance.

King You of Chu had no son, so his half-brother Xiong You succeeded to the throne.

Ever since Fu Chu's rebellion and the beginning of civil unrest in Chu, King You of Chu had publicly stated many times in order to win over the hearts of the people that after the death of the elder brother, the younger brother would succeed him. After him, his half-brother Xiong You would succeed him as the King of Chu.

Later, he entrusted the important task to Xiong You and trained Xiong You. Under the threat of Fu Chu and because King You of Chu had no children, he no longer considered restricting Xiong You and trained him carefully.

When he was bedridden and felt he was dying, he did his best to help Xiong You take over the government and asked Li Yuan to assist Xiong You with all his strength.

Li Yuan is their uncle. Given the current situation, Li Yuan is reliable.

After the death of King You of Chu, Xiong Han, Xiong You succeeded to the throne. In order to stabilize the people's hearts, he kept everything in the court as before and made no changes. Moreover, before he officially succeeded to the throne, he officially made his son Xiong Cang the crown prince to stabilize the people's hearts.

Then the posthumous title of Xiong Han began to be debated in the court.

Xiong You naturally wanted to give his elder brother a good posthumous title in order to safeguard his own legal rights of inheritance.

Anyway, my elder brother has no son, so no matter how good the posthumous title is, it will not affect me, so the better the better.

However, all the ministers were unanimously opposed to it, and their attitude was very clear: with the late king's character and character, how could he deserve a beautiful posthumous title?
Is there any justice in this world?

Loss of sovereignty and humiliation of the country, loss of cities and territories, indiscriminate killing of ministers, cruelty and violence, and division of the country, no matter which of these, it would be impossible for him to receive a good posthumous title.

The ministers debated for a long time and gave Xiong You three options - Li, You, and La.

Killing the innocent is called Li; being tyrannical and without relatives is called Li; being stubborn and cruel is called Li; supporting evil and violating justice is called Li; being a gossip-teller and causing trouble is called Li; being violent and rude is called Li; being stubborn and cruel and doing wrong is called Li.

Blockage and obstruction are called You; disordered movement and stillness are called You; being alone and having a position early is called You; being alone and losing one's position early is called You.

Not thinking about forgetting love is called la; being stubborn and cruel and doing wrong is called la; being violent and ruthless is called la; being arrogant and disrespectful to the nine ministers is called la; not thinking about happiness is called la; being violent and disrespectful is called la; loving recklessly is called la.

After seeing these three posthumous titles, Xiong You was so angry that his nose was crooked.

Why can't I feel the badness of elder brother?

He angrily rebuked all the ministers on the spot, saying that they were disloyal and unjust to the emperor and his father, and rejected the posthumous title.

Let’s discuss this again!

The ministers had no choice but to reluctantly upgrade the posthumous title from an evil one to a neutral one.

It is determined for compassion.

When the country encounters worries, it is called minion; when the country encounters difficulties, it is called minion; when disaster and chaos are about to happen, it is called minion; making the people sad is called minion; causing the people to be injured is called minion; when the country is in constant worry, it is called minion; when helping the country encounter difficulties, it is called minion; when risking one's life to serve the emperor is called minion.

Although Xiong You was still not satisfied and argued again and again, this time the ministers refused to give in no matter how hard they argued.

Xiong You could only quit while he was ahead.

Xiong Han was given the posthumous title: King Min of Chu.

Xiong Han died some time earlier, but this was understandable. After all, the situation Xiong Han encountered was much more difficult than what he had encountered before. It is no exaggeration to say that he was extremely anxious.

However, as the saying goes, "Misfortune may turn out to be a blessing in disguise." Although he died about a year earlier, at least his posthumous title was better, which is also a good thing.

As for Xiong You, he was even luckier. After several years of experience, he also had some experience in governing. And under external pressure, Xiong Han fully delegated power and made preparations in advance, allowing him to take over power smoothly.

(End of this chapter)