The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 734: The Temple of the Seven Sages of the Blue Dragon
As soon as Ying Yue sat down on the embroidered cushion, she couldn't wait to speak, her eyes sparkling with excitement: "Father, the Magic Sound Box hides the zodiac star map, which shows the positions of the stars in the sky, and these seven copper boxes hide a map, a star map."

Ying Zheng listened attentively, giving very appropriate emotional value and never discouraging his daughter's enthusiasm.

"I put these seven copper boxes together and found that the patterns on their surfaces were different. They were connected in series and arranged in a specific order, with the Magic Sound Box placed in the middle. I manipulated the Magic Sound Box to play a piece of 'Cloud Gate Scroll', and these seven copper boxes would project a celestial route map. With the Magic Sound Box as a reference point, I could determine where it would eventually point to."

Ying Zheng thought to himself that the "Yunmen Dajuan" was created by Ling Lun during the time of Emperor Huangdi. It was based on the cry of the phoenix and was divided into twelve scales, specifically for praising the various gods in charge of the sky.

The mystery here is probably really extraordinary...

The corners of Ying Zheng's mouth slightly lifted up, revealing a gentle smile of approval. He raised his hand and rubbed Ying Yue's little head, saying softly, "Thank you for your hard work, Yue'er. It is not only difficult, but also very hard, to find this answer from thousands of tunes."

Ying Yue smiled sweetly and said happily: "No, I am very happy to share your worries. It's not that hard. This can only be tested at night, so I can rest during the day."

Ying Zheng rubbed Ying Yue's little head lovingly, "Good Yue'er, this time your father really wants to thank you."

Yingyue felt very comfortable being rubbed. She squinted her crescent-shaped eyes and enjoyed the pampering to the fullest.

He said, "Father, the starting point of this star map is roughly around Xinzheng and Yangcheng, and the end point is 8,000 miles to the west. I don't have a map and I haven't been there, so I don't know exactly where it is, but it looks slightly north."

Ying Zheng thought to himself: "The area around Xinzheng and Yangcheng was originally where the Yellow Emperor and Dayu ruled the country. It is eight thousand miles to the west and slightly north."

Ying Zheng quickly reviewed the map in his mind and confirmed that it was in the Western Regions, but he couldn't tell Yue'er exactly where it was. He had to have a map to let Yue'er know.

Of course there are maps of the Western Regions. Maps are too important. The Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions have been occupied for so long, it is impossible not to draw maps. It is not difficult to draw maps with a flying mechanical beast in the sky.

Ying Zheng asked someone to bring a map, spread it on the ground, and let Yue'er look at it.

The empire is so huge that the map of the empire is now a vast landscape embroidered on white silk. It is spread out on the ground and is three meters square. It shows all the mountains, rivers, towns and passes.

Ying Yue leaned over to look at the map, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, she silently recited while calculating with her slender fingers like green onions. The sunlight shone on her, outlining the girl's graceful figure.

It took her a while to make sure, and she checked it again and again. After confirming that it was correct, she stretched out her finger and pointed to a place on the map.

Ying Zheng looked in the direction Yue'er pointed and narrowed his eyes slightly. It was unexpected, but also reasonable.

He thought to himself: After two years when the empire is stable, it will be necessary for me to go to the Western Regions in person. It would only take a few days for me to go there and come back quickly.

Ying Zheng smiled slightly, waved his hand and asked someone to put away the map, then gently held Ying Yue's hand, his eyes full of love, and told her: "Yue'er, don't tell anyone about what happened today. You can play with the Magic Sound Box, but don't take it out of the palace. Send the seven copper boxes back to the treasury for the time being."

Ying Yue nodded obediently.

Ying Zheng was extremely confident about Ying Yue. This child was well-behaved, sensible, intelligent, and cautious. Now that she had grown up, she was no longer an ignorant child, so there was no need to worry about any problems.

Ying Zheng rubbed Ying Yue's little head again and asked in a gentle voice: "Yue'er has helped father a lot. Is there anything you want? Father will definitely satisfy you. You are not allowed to refuse."

Ying Yue wanted to refuse, but after hearing Ying Zheng's last words, she thought about it and said, "Father, I don't want anything for now. I don't lack anything. Can you please owe me something for now? If I need anything in the future, I can ask you then."

Ying Zheng laughed heartily and said, "Okay, then I'll keep it for now. Father owes Yue'er a promise."

Then, he said softly, "You've been very hard-working these days, so you must have a good rest. Tonight, your father will go to your mother's place, so you can ask your mother to prepare well, and ask Da Zhuang to come as well, so that we can have a good meal together."

When Ying Yue heard this, her eyes were filled with joy, and she nodded repeatedly, like a chick pecking at rice. Ying Zheng doted on her pink face and said softly, "Go quickly."

After Ying Yue bowed and left, Ying Zheng pondered for a moment and had already thought of his future plans.

After coming back to his senses, he instructed Sang Ruoyu, "Sang Ruoyu, go to the inner storehouse and select some rare tribute items and send them to Concubine Xian."

"The virtuous concubine likes birds, so send the white peacock from Yizhou and the Saker Falcon from Liaodong to her."

"Send the white panda sent by Shu County to Yue'er. Give two, and one to Dazhuang."

"Ask the Imperial Hospital to prepare some warming and nourishing pills for Yue'er, and have the Imperial Kitchen prepare some more warming and nourishing meals for Yue'er in the next few days."

"Well, Yue'er likes musical instruments, so I'll give her a set of chimes. I'll also give her a piece of purple-red silk with gold embroidery and a piece of Longmen ice silk."

"The South Sea has just sent a three-inch pink bead as tribute, right? Send it to Yue'er as well. Also, there is the kingfisher-inlaid pearl-inlaid gold dragon and phoenix hairpin from the treasury."

"Pick out a dozen or so items that your daughter likes and give them all to Yue'er."

Sang Ruoyu bowed his head respectfully, silently keeping these in mind, and then said respectfully: "Yes, I'll do it right away." The child said no, which was because he was sensible, but as a father he had to give it to him.

Only by giving children positive feedback can they become more positive and confident.

You can't just give gifts to the children, that would be too snobbish. You should also give gifts to her mother and brother. This will make the whole family happy and help maintain family harmony and unity.

The child is happy, the father is happy, the mother is happy, the younger brother is happy, the whole family is happy, and everyone wins!

Before we knew it, the first year of Qin Shihuang's reign was about to pass.

This year, the sun shone brightly on the earth, and the whole world enjoyed a rare peace. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and everyone looked forward to a brighter future.

Apart from the officials being a little busy, the new official system has been basically implemented, all regions are booming, and everything is moving forward steadily and in great strides.

Ying Zheng did not engage in large-scale construction. Now was not the right time. It would take at least another three to five years before he could start any major construction. It would be best to recuperate now.

At present, apart from the Wannian Jibei of Ying Zheng and the giant statue of Longmen in Yishui, which have occupied 60,000 to 70,000 people for corvée labor, there are no major projects in other places.

Temples in various places were slowly being built and renovated, and the empire's roads and water conservancy projects were also slowly being constructed. These efforts continued, but they were not done at a desperate pace.

Things like infrastructure cannot be rushed. If you are not careful, it may endanger the foundation of the empire or even lead to the destruction of the country.

Now that the north is stable, the tribes are like a pile of loose sand and are extremely loyal to the Qin Dynasty, at least that was the case when Ying Zheng was alive.

In the land of Baiyue, the Qin Dynasty adopted a policy of appeasement, slowly nibbling away, developing bit by bit, assimilating and occupying it step by step, and there would not be any major disputes.

Even if the local tribal chief had some opinions in his mind, he did not dare to raise them.

The Qin Dynasty expanded slowly and in a gentle way. It also did business with them and did not actively provoke war. Even if the locals had a hundred guts, they would not dare to provoke the Qin Dynasty.

Even though they knew that their people were being slowly eaten away and assimilated, they dared not say anything and could only endure it.

Even if they were ignorant and naive, they knew what was happening to the behemoth Qin.

The Qin Dynasty adopted the sausage tactic, so they did not dare to turn against each other, and those scattered tribes could not unite at all.

Since both the north and the south are stable, there is naturally no need to build roads desperately. All we need to do is to continue to steadily advance infrastructure construction.

Ying Zheng did not reduce taxes. After all, there were still too many places to spend money. Even if the matters were not urgent, the money and grain were still spent like water.

Now is not the time to lower taxes. As long as there is no major disaster and there is no war, the administration is relatively clean and the people do not have too much pressure to survive. Compared with the previous days, it is already a paradise.

The second year of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first month, the first day of the year.

At the grand court meeting, Ying Zheng announced the candidates for the Temple of Sages, and basically all the philosophers were very satisfied. In order to take care of people from all over the country, this time they would only consider their virtues and contributions instead of their backgrounds and regions.

As the saying goes: The best is to establish virtue, the next best is to establish merit, and the next best is to establish words. If they are not abandoned for a long time, this is called immortality.

The basic requirements were these three things, and those who met these three things, even if they had a slight flaw, were sent in. This move was intended to win people's hearts and to demonstrate the magnanimity of the Qin Dynasty.

Another purpose is to add some sand in the sand, telling the world that what the saints said may not be entirely correct, that there is no perfect person in the world, and to prevent people in later generations from using the words of the saints to limit the imperial power.

What the emperor said is most right!

Because the emperor is not a human! He is the Son of Heaven, a real dragon! What the Son of Heaven says is the will of heaven!

Moreover, the people selected are quite diverse, including thinkers, politicians, military strategists, scientists and other figures with far-reaching influence throughout the ages, sages from various schools of thought, pioneering figures, saintly kings and emperors, and loyal and righteous people.

This is also for the purpose of winning people's hearts and adding personal goods. Of course, it is also to convince the public, otherwise this temple to the sages will become a joke.

Just like the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Suiren, Ziyi, Youchao, Yiyin, Jiang Shang, Duke of Zhou, Confucius, Mozi, Mengzhuang, etc. are necessary. Guanzhong, Shang Yang, Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Gongshu Ban, Bian Que, etc. are also available.

There are also Guiguzi, Zhang Yi, Su Qin, Ju Xin and so on.

(End of this chapter)