Qin Official

On the first day of February in Anlu County, Nan County, the spring scenery was beautiful, but the entire county was filled with a sad atmosphere.

In Heifu's hometown, Yunmengxiang, the white-haired old official Yan Zheng, leaning on a cane and supported by his children and grandchildren, hobbled all the way from the plaque where Heifu studied. The villagers also spontaneously gathered at Heifu's hometown, under the big banyan tree in the sunset, all with sad faces.

Everyone lamented to each other, talking about Changnan Hou... No, it was Wu Zhonghou who was good in the past. He promoted advanced farming technology in his hometown, and also encouraged everyone to grow sugarcane, deliberately buying it at a higher price than the market price, and giving it to them in disguise. Send money...

In the Huyang Pavilion where Hei Fu was the pavilion director, Anlu people from all over the country gathered here and silently offered sacrifices under the wooden sculpture of the Tengu in front of the pavilion.

In Chaoyang, where Hei Fu had searched the anonymous letter, Nanzheng Junzheng, the wife of Qu Ji, was telling the neighbors for the hundredth time the story of Hei Fu's righteousness and wealth.

The prostituted women who had been rescued from the blind mountain by Heifu were also weeping secretly.

As for the county town where Hei Fu served in the army and built public toilets, it was even more lively than when Hei Fu returned to his hometown in fine clothes and held a long street banquet two years ago.

Both sides of the street were crowded with men, women, and children. The bluestone avenue Heifu invested in building many years ago was so long and there were so many people that you couldn't see the end to the north or the end to the south. All Anlu people who have benefited from the black husband spontaneously wear mourning for the black husband, with black ribbons on their heads and red eyes.

Many people even went to Hei Fu's mansion outside the city to comfort his mother and brother.

"Hei Fu is not only Tang Guo's son, but also Zhong's younger brother, and also Kun's father and brother from Anlu people!"

The tearful county official told the tearful Zhong that Zhong was already in his forties. Although life had gradually gotten better in the past ten years, the hard work in his early years still caused gray hair to grow on his temples.

"We are all descendants of the prince's old tribe. The prince once said that people are like brothers. Now that the prince has passed away, please let us fulfill our filial piety for the prince!"

Hundreds of Anlu young people who had not caught up with the Southern Expedition Army two years ago were sitting silently in the courtyard, guarding the Wei family's inner house. Heifu's mother was inside. It is said that after hearing the bad news, the old man But I don’t believe it at all.

"How could my son die so easily?"

She refused to accept this fact and stubbornly kicked out all the people who came to comfort her. It was not until the emperor's senior officials arrived with an edict and tried to persuade her several times that the silver-haired old mother was willing to open the door to entertain guests.

In the eyes of the Anlu people, Qin Shihuang really had nothing to say to Hei Fu. Not only did Hei Fu posthumously be granted the title of "Marquis of Wuzhong", reaching the rank of 20th rank, but he also gave his mother a tall hat. Canonized as a "chaste woman"!

Perhaps out of disgust for his mother who had a chaotic private life, Emperor Qin Shi Huang paid more attention to women's chastity and morality, and even issued a decree: "Keep away from the inside and outside, prohibit adultery, and let men and women live in harmony. If the husband is a slave, there is no guilt in killing him."

The general idea is that if a man seduces a married woman or a widow, it is not illegal for the villagers to kill him! "It's even more cruel than being dipped in a pig cage. People like Song X were beaten to death directly in the Qin Dynasty.

The name of "chaste wife" in the Qin Dynasty is much more difficult than the memorial arch in later generations. In the past thirty years, Qin Shihuang only granted one person the title: Ba Widow Qing. He also moved the widow Qing to live in Xianyang and built Huaiqing for her. Taiwan, the most gracious and graceful.

This is of course not that Qin Shihuang fell in love with Qing, a widow who was more than ten years older than him, but that the emperor was worried about putting such a wealthy barbarian female chief in the place.

Now, Qin Shihuang actually gave Heifu's mother the same treatment, allowing her to not have to bow down when she sees officials at the county level in the future! Moreover, the whereabouts of Hei's wife and son are unknown, and the food and salary for thousands of households of Marquis Wu Zhong can be enjoyed by his mother and brother.

But these favors are also accompanied by an unquestionable order: all relatives of Wu Zhonghou's five clans must move to Xianyang to live!

Ziying, who came to announce the edict, said sincerely with a smile on his face:

"Your Majesty will build a high platform in Guanzhong, and set up houses and fields around it to accommodate you, and the name of that platform will be..."

"Huaiheitai!"

…

Qin Shihuang was extremely weak. Although he was still conscious, his body was failing and he was almost unable to stay. He could only listen to Zhao Gao and others to report the mourning of the black husband in Anlu County.

The ministers talked in detail, and the emperor listened for a long time before suddenly saying:

"Heifu is to Anlu, just like Lord Mengchang is to Xuecheng..."

Xue, that was the fiefdom of Mengchang Jun Tianwen, one of the three caves. Because Feng Xuan burned bonds for him to promote justice, Xue people felt the kindness of Mengchang Jun. When he returned in a hurry after being in trouble, he helped the old and the young to walk dozens of miles. He walked across the road to welcome Mengchangjun, allowing him to regain his footing.

Not only that, Lord Mengchang also invited all the heroes from the world to live in Xuecheng, as many as 60,000 people. Therefore, to this day, Xuecheng still has many violent Jie children and the public security is extremely poor.

Zhao Gao and others knew Qin Shihuang's intentions, so they came: "Your Majesty clearly knows that all the people of Anlu County have received his kindness, and most of the children in the countryside have their fathers and brothers following Chang... When Wuzhonghou went to the south, they all grew up hearing about Wuzhonghou's great achievements. , I admire him so much that everyone can follow him if he raises his arms..."

After Qin Shihuang thought for a while, he issued another order.

"In this case, then everyone in this county, regardless of men, women, old or young, must move! Let them move to Guanzhong and then disperse to the counties in Guanxi!"

"Your Majesty, this is a county!"

The governor of Nanjun who came here from Jiangling was shocked when he heard about it.

You know, although Anlu is not a big county, it still has 10,000 households and a population of 50,000. This is not a small number, and both young and old have to migrate. It is a long way to go to Guanzhong. How many people will die along the way!

To Heifu, the people from Anlu were fellow villagers, brothers from Kun's father, and soldiers from Paoze whose blood was thicker than water.

But to Qin Shihuang, they were just a bunch of numbers...

Or a bunch of numbers that could endanger the security of the empire at any time!

Just moving them to another place instead of erasing them directly is already a great mercy of His Majesty the Emperor!

Qin Shihuang coughed violently, and then said unhappily:

"I once moved 120,000 of the world's richest households to Xianyang, 30,000 households to coastal counties, 30,000 households to Yuzhong, Beihe, and more than 100,000 merchants, sons-in-laws, and concubines of humble status to Lingnan..."

Plus those troops, garrison soldiers, watchmen, and prisoners who were running around the world because of Qin Shihuang's order.

Combined, there are at least two million people.

Two million people, one-fifteenth of the world's population, if the emperor's flag points south, they have to go south, if it points north, they have to go north!

What does it mean to move tens of thousands of people to one county now?

There is no doubt that Qin Shihuang issued an order:

"I will leave this matter to Captain Feng Jing, the son of Marquis Wu Xin, and leave him 10,000 people. I will give him a month to search the countryside! At the beginning of March, all the people in the county, together with Heifu's family, will be sent to him. Move to Xianyang!"

"promise!"

The commander-in-chief of the emperor's army this time, Wu Xinhou Feng Wuze, who appeared for the first time in the book, quickly promised to arrange the matter immediately.

Qin Shihuang added: "When summer comes, it will be the turn of the families of the soldiers in the Southern Expedition. There are 14,000 people in Nanjun joining the army, so the families of these 14,000 people..."

Sheriff Nan almost cried. In the blink of an eye, he had lost 150,000 people under his rule. What a big deal!

"Your Majesty, that adds up to at least 100,000 people..."

Prime Minister Zuo Li Si interrupted him and scolded: "One hundred thousand people can just enrich the newly developed Shuofang! South County Governor, follow the imperial edict and go quickly to draw up a roster!"

Qin Shihuang nodded: "Before autumn, 50,000 people from Anlu County must enter Wuguan, and before winter, the great migration of another 100,000 people must also be completed!"

Anlu, this once prosperous and wealthy county, will be wiped out and become even more desolate than Yunmengze in the south.

Within half a year, tens of thousands of households across Nanjun will leave their homes and hit the road during the lean period to Guanzhong, where food prices are soaring. Many people may die on the road and at the end.

But Qin Shihuang didn't care.

The closer he got to death, the more stubborn Qin Shi Huang became, like an old child who was angry with his younger generation.

He gave Hei Fu a name both before and after his death, and he was extremely honorable.

He wants to block every last possibility of Hei Fu jumping off the leash!

Regardless of whether Hei Fu is real or fake, if he dares to lift the coffin and plot rebellion, he will be criticized by thousands of people and despised by all the people of Qin.

And the Southern Expeditionary Army that Heifu may instigate will also be unwilling to rebel because their family members are in Kansai!

"I destroyed the caves in Nanjun and the caves in Northland. Where is that black rabbit and those caves?"

Yuzhang, and Jiaodong.

Yes, if Qin Shihuang remembered correctly, Heifu left a counselor named "Chen Ping" there. This man once went deep into the Xiongnu and caused the Xiongnu Chanyu and his son to kill each other. He was a man who was good at conspiracy.

"Heifuhui went from being loyal and honest at the beginning to being cunning and plotting today, most likely because of Chen Ping!"

Qin Shihuang hated the strategists and the like the most, so he immediately sent an order to go to Jiaodong and capture Chen Ping. In Yuzhang, he also sent the county governor Yin Tong to replace Heifu's subordinate Li Xian and others.

Of course, the several barracks in the north of the mountain and the 100,000 troops in the south of the mountain could not be left behind. Qin Shihuang had ordered Li You to quickly go south with the tiger talisman, and notified the Wuchang and Changsha camps to put Heifu's cronies under house arrest.

It is expected that Li You will arrive in Lingnan by mid-March. Regardless of whether the Yue rebellion is true or not, it must be put down as soon as possible. Although in order to maintain the stability of Lingnan, generals cannot be replaced on a large scale for the time being, but at least the military power must be taken back from the Heifu gang members. !

After doing this, Qin Shihuang closed his eyes, and his anger at Hei Fu for daring to go to the meeting without obeying the order subsided a little.

His Majesty Qin Shi Huang, who has been fighting against heaven, earth, and people all his life, showed a satisfied smile.

"I won this battle between up and down!"

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"He is still alive, Qin Shi Huang, still alive..."

In the early February of the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor of Qin, in the Mangcong tidal flat on the south bank of Yunmengze, a dark-faced middle-aged man in brown clothes smiled.

It was the same as Qin Shihuang's mixed emotions of joy, sadness, and doubt when he learned that Hei Fu was dead.

When Heifu learned from Li Cang, who secretly followed Ziying to the vicinity of Anlu and reported the news by rowing a boat, that Qin Shihuang was still alive, his smile contained two parts of joy, three parts of bitterness and one part of worry.

Li Cang was a little puzzled. He did not dare to enter the county town, so he could only get the news through some reliable disciples:

"No one in Anlu County has seen Qin Shi Huang in person. How can the emperor be sure that the emperor is still alive?"

"Of course I know."

But Heifu was very sure.

"Code me the Marquis of Wu Zhong, seal my coffin, and consecrate my mother as a virgin. They even built some kind of black platform in Xianyang, and then, with a slap on the forehead, tens of thousands of people in Anlu were relocated. …”

Crazy, domineering, and very angry.

"No one else except Qin Shi Huang could do this method!"

Hei Fu shook his head helplessly, this was the Qin Shi Huang he knew.

He is a great man.

Also crazy.

He left Li Cang to pick up the guards who were arriving one after another, but Heifu stood by the swamp and muttered to himself.

"You win, Your Majesty."

Heifu bowed his hands in the direction of Anlu, not only to his family, but also to Qin Shi Huangdi.

I never thought that one day, I would actually confront him head-on, and Qin Shihuang's fierce and unreasonable palm skills could no longer be defeated by conspiracy and tricks.

But Heifu was not panicked. On the contrary, he was full of confidence.

"Your Majesty, although you won this round, I have two advantages that you don't have..."

"The first thing is time."

Since it was determined that it was Qin Shihuang's method, he did not dare to show his face in front of others. This shows that His Majesty the Emperor has really reached the point of being haggard and dying. Calculating the time, it is almost there, not to mention the fuss about Fusu. one time……

And he, Heihu, was only in his thirties, still full of hair and in his prime.

Therefore, this is the first and last head-to-head confrontation between the king and his ministers!

"And the second thing is the understanding of the future!"

Heifu's tone sounded sad and sorrowful.

"As long as Qin Shihuang lives for one day, he will be like the sun hanging in the sky. No one dares to openly make a mistake, and the stars will be dimmed, and he will be completely invincible in the world."

"But does a great emperor know what will happen after his death?"

Qin Shihuang had no idea that after his death, the world would be turned upside down!

"What will happen to the world once the sun sets?"

Heifu gave the answer.

"Suddenly, a madman sharpens his sword at night, and the emperor's star flutters high!"

Heifu once wanted to prevent this day. He even kicked Liu Bang and "Xiang Yu" away like a dog meddling in his own business.

"But in this world, even without Liu Xiang, there will still be many Tian Heng brothers, many Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the hometown of the Six Kingdoms..."

He smiled: "When the time comes, I will have to clean up this mess!"

"Indeed, Qin Shi Huang, Your Majesty, you have won everything in your lifetime."

"But I, Heif, will win everything behind you!"

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