Diqin Designer

Chapter 389 Anyone who openly offends the powerful Qin will be punished even though they are far away!

After Meng Tian and the others stood up respectfully, the First Emperor said, "This battle was won thanks to the great contributions of all the soldiers. This battle demonstrated the might and power of our Great Qin. On behalf of all the people of the Great Qin and all the ministers, I welcome the soldiers back in triumph!"

The First Emperor's words were sonorous and powerful, and could be heard far away. Even people who were a little far away from the platform could hear them. The Qin people who heard the First Emperor's words cheered warmly, and everyone's face was filled with pride and honor.

It seems to be saying to those who are not from Daqin: Look, this is our Daqin, how is it, isn’t it very strong and powerful? But this is our Daqin, not your country!

Compared with the Qin people, the monks of Tamolidi, the envoys of the Maurya King, and the people of the Baiyue tribes were not so happy. They were full of anxiety and worry. But now it was the Qin people's triumphal ceremony, so they could not show too unhappy. Instead, they had to force themselves to squeeze out some joy.

Otherwise, our Great Qin won a victory, what does your expression of grief mean? Are you jealous of our Great Qin doing well?
The First Emperor's gaze fell back on Wang Ben: "General, you have made great contributions as the commander-in-chief of our Great Qin in this battle. All the soldiers of this generation will follow me on stage!"

This was also a part that had been decided beforehand, so Wang Ben would naturally not refuse, and quickly saluted the First Emperor: "Wang Ben obeys your order!"

Wang Ben originally wanted to walk behind the First Emperor, but he did not expect that the First Emperor would hold Wang Ben's hand and ask him to follow him to the platform. However, Wang Ben knew that he could not walk with the First Emperor, so he took the initiative to walk a little behind to show the difference between the monarch and his subjects.

Seeing the king and the general climbing up the high platform, the triumphant Qin soldiers stationed outside the platform all had fiery eyes and moved expressions, full of respect.

Didn’t you hear what Your Majesty said?

General Wang Ben is representing them as they accompany His Majesty onto the stage. So when General Wang Ben ascends the stage at this moment, in a sense, they are also ascending the stage with His Majesty.

At this moment, all the Qin soldiers felt the courtesy and respect shown to them by the First Emperor. Their eyes of fervent respect were fixed on the two figures, watching them climb up the platform step by step.

"A gentleman will die for his friend" is a very popular and simple value of this era. Even if the scholars and officials don't understand it, the common people like them can understand it.

Now that His Majesty the Emperor values ​​me so much, how can I not serve him?
The Qin people and soldiers who were watching the ceremony had similar reactions, because many of them had once served as Qin soldiers, and their descendants might also become Qin soldiers in the future. Now seeing the First Emperor treating the soldiers with courtesy, he was also treating them and their descendants with courtesy.

Qin Xiu excitedly said to his son: "Open, see, this is His Majesty, the greatest emperor of our Qin people!"

The son had no idea what was going on, and naturally didn't understand why his father was so excited. He could only nod in confusion as his father said.

Li Nian, who was standing on the side below the high platform, watched the First Emperor and Wang Ben go on stage hand in hand, thinking something in his mind: this triumphal ceremony will continue to increase the prestige of the First Emperor among the people of the Qin Dynasty and intensify the Qin people's tendency to worship the First Emperor as a personality.

This could be a good thing or a bad thing. What he needs to do is to guide it to the good side as much as possible. As for eliminating the Qin people's personal worship of the First Emperor...

Now is the feudal dynasty era. It is extremely difficult to make people stop worshipping the emperor. It is also very risky and may not necessarily bring any benefits.

The evolution and progress of society can hardly be achieved overnight. We cannot expect to jump from feudal society to modern society in one step, especially in the era of Qin Shihuang, when people were not yet enlightened. If we tell people about the disadvantages of the emperor and that they should not have a personal cult around him, people might not accept it. Instead, they might think that Li Nian is spreading rumors and misleading the people, bringing harm to the country and the people.

Moreover, under the nose of a strong and intelligent emperor like Qin Shi Huang, saying that there should be no centralization of power and no personality cult is like an old man eating arsenic and being tired of living.

The future Qin Dynasty will surely enter an era where there is no king who is high above and can decide the life and death of others with a single word, but Li Nian can clearly understand that that is not the present time where he is. All he can do is to lay some groundwork for the arrival of that era.

For example, promoting education and enlightening the people were the most important aspects of that era: only when the people's wisdom was enlightened and they could think for themselves instead of allowing themselves to be deceived by emperors and generals, could emperors and generals be eliminated.

Most people focused on Qin Shi Huang and Wang Ben who were walking towards the platform. Few people noticed that Meng Tian and others were standing on both sides of the platform in a certain order, like guards guarding the road leading to the platform.

When Wang Ben stepped onto the steps of the platform, a loud "bang" was heard, but Wang Ben did not look. He knew what it was. When he climbed onto the second step, there was another "bang" sound.

People who were watching the ceremony in various areas saw that the seventeen copper tubes placed under the high platform and pointing obliquely toward the sky suddenly spewed out flames, as if something was emitted, and the roar came from them.

The sudden "bang" sound startled many Qin people, but they were just startled by the sudden sound and immediately calmed down. Even though the sound was a little loud, it didn't seem like a big deal.

Hey, what's up with those people?

They saw a rather strange scene. After a loud bang, those people who were said to be from the Peacock Country were so scared that they squatted on the ground and covered their heads.

The Baiyue people who had just got off the carriage were better off than the Peacock people, but it was obvious that some of them trembled and retreated backwards.

This is very much like a reaction after encountering something that scares or frightens you, but even though that thing made a loud "bang", it didn't cause any consequences?

It shouldn't be a problem with the seventeen copper tubes, but the fact that they had seen the power of the artillery when they were watching the battle with the army. The power generated by the artillery on the battlefield left a deep impression on them and made them afraid and terrified.

However, what kind of power did the artillery have on the battlefield that made these people afraid when they heard the "bang" sounds.

The people of the Great Qin were naturally filled with pride, but the envoys from the Baiyue tribes who had not yet received accurate information were filled with anxiety. After the Qin's triumphal ceremony was over, they would definitely ask the tribesmen who had followed the Qin army to watch the battle.

Even hearing the sound is frightening, you can imagine how powerful a real artillery fire would be!
It is hard not to suspect that these seventeen things that look like cannons but are not cannons were deliberately placed here by the Qin people, in order to use the roar to celebrate the triumphant return of the army and to demonstrate the power of the Qin people and shock them.

But it must be said that the Qin people used this tactic well. Although we still don’t know the specific power of the artillery, we can tell from the reactions of those people.

There is a story in the Qin State: It is said that a bird was wounded by an arrow, so it was frightened and fell from the sky after hearing the sound of the bowstring being pulled. The reactions of those people were the same as the bird in the story.

Although they had not been "wounded by arrows" like the bird in the story, they had seen the Donghu and Yuezhi people being wounded by artillery, which left trauma in their hearts. At this moment, some people completely understood why the Qin army insisted on letting their people watch the battle. They wanted their people to see the scene after the battle with the Qin army, so that they would be afraid and then bring this fear back to them.

These seventeen salute cannons were of course Li Nian's suggestion. They could not only add some etiquette to the Qin Dynasty, but also scare those who were afraid of cannons.

Now it seems that the effect is good and the demonstration is very successful. Through those people, the strength of the Qin Dynasty was fully demonstrated. You are all green leaves, and the Qin Dynasty is the red flower!
After seventeen cannon salutes, the First Emperor and Wang Ben stepped onto the platform. The First Emperor looked forward and began the next process: raising the flag and playing music!
Not only the national flag of the Qin Dynasty was raised, but also the military flag of the Qin Dynasty. The national flag and the military flag were the same two flags that were raised before Wang Ben led his troops to war. Although they are not in the same parade ground today and the people who came are not exactly the same, they are also rising with the wind and the sun.

On the first day of every month, a flag-raising ceremony is held in Xianyang, and people are regularly arranged to teach the Qin national anthem at the podiums located in various places in Xianyang.

This made flag-raising not new to the people of Xianyang. When the national flag was raised, the people who came here to watch the triumphal ceremony waved the small national flags in their hands and sang the national anthem, so that the black bird and blue dragon flags were flying in one area after another.

This scene not only silenced the Baiyue people, but also many Xiongnu, Wusun, and Maurya people. Compared with the Qin Dynasty, their countries and tribes were so much worse!

The gap was so huge that it made them despair. It would be very difficult to even learn from and imitate such a powerful Qin, let alone surpass it.

But some people also feel happy and excited. The stronger the Qin Dynasty becomes, the more it proves the correctness of the Qin Dynasty's path. As long as they follow the Qin Dynasty's path, their countries and tribes will surely become strong.

If we can get the support of Daqin, we can become stronger faster...

After the flag-raising ceremony, the First Emperor said, "The Donghu are rebellious and the Yuezhi are rampant. They insult the dignity of the Qin Empire and are disrespectful and servile to the Qin Empire. However, we have won the support of all the generals and soldiers. We have traveled thousands of miles to conquer the Donghu and Yuezhi, eliminate the threat to the Qin Empire, and boost the prestige of the Qin Empire!"

"On behalf of all the people of the Great Qin and all the ministers, I welcome the triumphant return of all the soldiers. Thank you for your hard work!"

Whether it was Wang Ben on the platform, or Meng Tian and other generals below the platform, or the Qin soldiers stationed in the distance, they all knelt on one knee and said in unison to the platform: "It's not hard, we fight for your majesty, and for Qin!"

Looking at the tens of thousands of soldiers kneeling on one knee and listening to the uniform shouts of “It’s not hard, fight for your Majesty, fight for the Qin!”, the First Emperor felt extremely heroic and felt that even if God turned into a man and came down from the sky, he would be able to fight him.

He was already over 40, but he seemed to have returned to the days when he was most vigorous and vigorous, starting the war to unify the world under the Qin Dynasty. He asked, "Wang Ben, how was the result of this battle?"

"Your Majesty, our Great Qin won a great victory in this battle, beheading ..."

Many people were shocked when they heard the numbers Wang Ben uttered. The numbers of people killed, captured, killed in battle, and captured were all more detailed than the victory reports sent back.

But if what Wang Ben said was true, then the victory of the Qin Dynasty was too amazing. It destroyed the Donghu and Yuezhi with an extremely outrageous ratio of enemy and friendly casualties.

Was Wang Ben lying? Or was the reason why the Qin army suffered so few casualties was because the Xiongnu and Wusun suffered more casualties?
But everyone saw that after listening to Wang Ben's report, the First Emperor did not seem very happy. Instead, he was silent for a moment before asking, "They were soldiers of the Great Qin, but they died in a foreign land. They are heroes of the Great Qin and should not be unable to return home. Can you bring their bodies back?"

Wang Ben said: "Your Majesty, the bodies of all the fallen soldiers have been brought back, not a single one is missing!"

The First Emperor said: "Okay, they are soldiers of the Qin Dynasty and also the people of the Qin Dynasty. Even if there is only one of them, they cannot be abandoned. Return their bodies to their families and reward their families as heroes. If there are parents in the family, the county where they live will provide for them. If there are children of school age, they can go to Xianyang to study..."

The purpose of Qin Shi Huang's move was mainly to win over the hearts of the troops, but the effect was very good, as can be seen from the ardent and respectful eyes of the Qin soldiers and the people of Qin.

After the First Emperor said this, some Qin soldiers took the initiative to shout "Your Majesty is wise!" The shouts quickly spread like wildfire, and even the Qin people who were watching the ceremony knelt on one knee and shouted.

If His Majesty the Emperor can treat his dead comrades like this today, he will treat them the same way tomorrow. They are not only shouting for their dead comrades, but also for their future selves.

When Zhao Gao, who was among the ministers, saw this scene, he knelt on one knee swiftly and shouted "Your Majesty is wise!", making the other ministers follow him.

Now, the Baiyue people, the Peacock people, and the Huns who did not kneel and shout became extremely conspicuous in the entire scene. After all, the Qin people knelt one after another, but they did not. Isn't that conspicuous?
They slid down to their knees just as easily. In this atmosphere, if they did not kneel, they would probably be hated by the Emperor of Daqin. And Daqin was so powerful that they could not defeat it.

After giving the order to pacify them, the First Emperor asked again, "Where are the Donghu and Yuezhi captives?"

Immediately, Qin soldiers escorted a group of Donghu and Yuezhi captives over.

Looking at the captives below, the First Emperor asked again: "Where is the head of the King of Donghu?"

After their defeat, the Yuezhi fled more efficiently than the Donghu, so their king was not caught. He led a part of his people to flee to the west.

But this no longer matters. The main force of the Yuezhi had been destroyed, and many of their people and livestock had been taken away by the Qin and Wusun. Even if the Yuezhi king fled to the west, it would take at least several decades for him to recover and make a comeback.

During this time, the Qin Dynasty had already become stronger, and it was lucky that it did not cause trouble for the Yuezhi people. If the Yuezhi people dared to come back for revenge, they would be easily killed by the Qin Dynasty.

After hearing the question from the First Emperor, a Qin general stepped onto the platform holding a wooden box, knelt on one knee, and respectfully presented the wooden box to the First Emperor.

When the First Emperor opened it, he saw a specially treated human head inside. Not caring that it was the head of a person who had been dead for several days, the First Emperor took the head out of the box with his right hand, held it in his hand, and showed it to everyone.

"This is the leader of the Donghu tribes. He sent envoys to humiliate the dignity of the Great Qin in the past, but now he is in my hands. If he knew this would happen, would he regret his actions in the past? However, he has violated the dignity of the Great Qin, and even if he regrets it, his crime is unforgivable!"

The First Emperor held the head of the Donghu King in his hand, looking down upon the world with disdain. His voice was neither hurried nor slow, neither light nor heavy, but every word went straight into everyone's heart: "Whoever openly offends the mighty Qin will be punished, even if he is far away!"

(End of this chapter)