Good Life in Qin Dynasty

At the same time, in the quiet palace, countless balsam and ointment fires were lit for illumination. King Zhuang Xiang wrote on the case table, and stamped his king's seal on it after writing.

Kneeling down was the slightly old general Meng Ao, and the rest of the old generals were kneeling behind him.

In addition, there are four little maids in the palace guarding the lights, and there are many servants standing outside.

"General Meng Ao, I will send you to conquer Zhao Guo, and take Taiyuan back for me." King Zhuang Xiang handed the brocade silk in his hand to Meng Ao himself.

"Old minister, obey the order!" Meng Ao lost his old self in an instant, and became lively again!

He didn't ask why, he wanted to pacify Taiyuan for no reason, and when he returned, he actively prepared for the war and arranged matters very quickly.

On the third day, General Meng Ao led his troops to set off with his troops.

In the second year of King Zhuangxiang, the lord of Qin sent Meng Ao to lead an army to attack Zhao and pacify Taiyuan.

Wang Xiang was downgraded to Dian vassal state because his clansman framed Lang Zhongling, and everyone once again felt the importance that the lord of the country attached to Li Jiyang, his adopted son.

In the harem, the news about Mrs. Wang Jiao also spread. Even Mr. Cheng Jiao was affected by the comment of "misbehavior" that the lord personally said.

At the same time, Li Jiyang became a popular person in Xianyang City. He was ignored by no one when he took office before. After the hard labor, Lang Zhongling's mansion is completely on fire!

"My lord, Mr. Changping is here." Butler Li Fu came in and reported.

"Mr. Changping?" Li Jiyang frowned upon hearing this: "Master Chu?"

Steward Li Fu nodded.

"Who else?" Li Jiyang put down the bamboo slips in his hand.

"There is also Mr. Gang Cheng." Steward Li Fu reported that there were still guests visiting.

"Guncheng Jun Cai Ze?" Li Jiyang was surprised: "Why is he here?"

"I don't know!" Butler Li Fu also scratched his head: "If it wasn't for his entourage who reported his family name, I wouldn't even know that he is Gang Chengjun!"

In his mind, Li Jiyang dug out the information of the just Chengjun Cai Ze: Cai Ze was a statesman in the late Warring States Period.

But he is not from Qin, he is from Yan.

He was famous for his eloquence, and he lobbied many princes, but he was not trusted.

Exiled in Zhao State, life was very difficult. When he was desperate, he entered Qin Dynasty, recommended by Fan Sui, and was appointed as Prime Minister by King Zhao of Qin.

Later, he served in the four dynasties of King Qin Xiaowen, King Qin Zhuangxiang, and Qin Shihuang.

Although this person has a sharp mouth, he likes Taoist philosophy!

Inclination to Taoism, focusing on the Taoist thought of "retire after success".

He said: "The order of the old times, the successful ones go", and "the saying goes, 'The middle of the sun will move, and the full moon will lose'. Things prosper and decline, and the constants of heaven and earth are also constant. Advance and retreat, gain and shrink, change with time, the sage's Chang Dao also" argument!

To put it bluntly, this person is a spiritual person, not greedy for fame and fortune, and belongs to the true asceticism school.

There are few records in his historical records, but in fact there are many deeds, which are much better than that of Mr. Changping!

Lord Changping was born very noble, because he was the son of the state of Chu at the end of the Warring States period, his mother was the princess of the state of Qin, and his grandfather was King Zhaoxiang of Qin.

It was the result of Qin Chu's marriage, but such a double identity is also a double-edged sword.

Although he was the son of the Chu State, he was granted the title of Changping Lord in Qin Dynasty, served in Qin Dynasty, and was a minister of Qin Zhuangxiang King and Qin Wangzheng.

More importantly, his last name!

His surname is Mi, Xiong's!

The same ancestor as the Empress Dowager Xuan of the Great Qin Dynasty!

In the first [-] years, Wang, Lu Buwei, and Chang Wenjun were ordered to quell the chaos of Luoyi, served as Xiangguo, and moved to Yingchen to appease the people of Chu.

In the 22nd year of Qin Wangzheng ([-] years ago), he rebelled against Qin Yuying Chen, and later retreated to the south of the Yangtze River because he could not defeat the Qin army.

In the fifth year of King Chu of Chu ([-] years ago), the Qin army captured Shouchun, the capital of Chu, and King Chu of Chu was captured.

Lord Changping was embraced by Chu general Xiang Yan as King of Chu, and continued to resist Qin in the Huainan area.

Wang Jian and Meng Wu led the Qin army to attack. Lord Changping was defeated and killed, and Xiang Yan committed suicide.

At the same time, Chu State perished.

He has a lot of records in the historical records, and the traces left behind are very heavy. The most important thing is that Li Xin's 20 crusade army could not have failed if he hadn't made trouble at the beginning!

Leaving aside that he finally betrayed the Qin State, Li Jiyang would not wait to see him just because he made Li Xin's 20 crusade against the army fail!

"I'm going to find Mr.!" Li Jiyang ran to find Gan Jing.

"The two lords are here, who do you want to meet?" Gan Jing is also very well informed. Among the guests who come to the door, these two have the highest status, but they cannot meet together.

Because the status of the two is similar, and they both came to visit alone, they didn't come together, but they entered the door almost at the same time!

Meeting them together will offend both of them at once!

"See Mr. Gang Cheng, please go back Mr. Changping." Li Jiyang made a decision immediately.

"Why?" Gan Jing didn't understand: "If you see Mr. Changping, please ask Mr. Gang Cheng to go back, right?"

Gang Chengjun was born in an ordinary family, while Changping Jun is the son of the Chu Kingdom with the blood of the Ying family!

No matter where the two compare, they should be meeting Mr. Changping, not Mr. Gangcheng.

"Mr. Changping, you have rebellious bones." Li Jiyang told Gan Jing very clearly: "This son will definitely rebel in the future!"

"That's impossible!" Gan Jing didn't believe it. "The reason why he came to Qin State was because he was not valued in Chu State. It is said that he came to Qin State to become an official, but he is actually similar to Proton, but he has half of Ying's blood after all, so Only then will he be valued by the lord of the country, and if he is not regarded as a proton, he will be closer to Qin than to Chu."

"Anyway, I don't see him, I see Mr. Gang Cheng." Li Jiyang said: "You are troubled, please meet Mr. Changping."

"Okay!" Gan Lei thought for a while and agreed.

My seniority is here, and Li Jiyang has just come of age, although he is considered an adult, but he has received Mr. Gang Cheng, so it is not considered that he treats Mr. Changping as a gentleman when he meets Mr. Changping.

After dressing up, Li Jiyang went to meet Gang Chengjun Cai Ze in person.

Cai Ze is a man in his thirties, with a moustache like that of literati in this era, wearing a very ordinary Qin costume, with a little book boy, and he is looking at the landscape painting painted by Li Jiyang himself in the living room.

It was Li Jiyang who wanted to decorate his living room, but his things were displayed, but the walls were bare, so he used the best silk to make a landscape painting.

There are two couplets next to this landscape painting: Why do you need to pick weeds on Zhoushan Mountain, a man should stand up for himself.

After Li Jiyang painted the landscape painting with a brush, Chun Ya feared that the color would fade, so she embroidered it again with a needle and thread, so it looked very three-dimensional.

"Boy Li Jiyang, I have met Gang Chengjun." Li Jiyang paid homage to him. Gang Chengjun, the ancestor of Taoism, is very important to the promotion of Taoism.

"Lang Zhongling is polite." Cai Ze didn't expect Li Jiyang to be so polite to him.

Although he was named Gang Chengjun, not many people in Qin State treated him. After all, what he likes is Taoism's rule by doing nothing, while Qin State is ruled by Legalism, and more men in Qin State join the army to win Being conferred with military merits is tantamount to the world of military strategists.

Neither the Legalists nor the military strategists are in line with Taoism. What Taoism pays attention to cannot be recognized by Legalists and military strategists. Taoism is too indifferent to fame and wealth!

"Please take your seat, Mr. Gang Cheng." Li Jiyang stretched out his hand enthusiastically, very politely.

"Thank you." Gang Chengjun Cai Ze just took his seat, otherwise he would have been standing there, never sitting down, never anxious or dissatisfied.

Li Jiyang knew that today's Cai Ze had become a frightened bird because he was recommended by Ying Hou Fan Ju, but Fan Ju was reprimanded by King Qin Zhaoxiang for accepting bribes and killing Wu An Lord Bai Qi, and finally died in depression.

And he was after Fan Ju, who existed as Prime Minister of Qin, but he had been in Qin State for a few months, and some people slandered him badly. He was afraid of being killed, so he excused his illness and sent him back to Prime Minister, and he was given a title. It's called Gang Chengjun.

Cai Ze lived in Qin State for more than ten years. He served King Zhaoxiang, King Xiaowen, and King Zhuangxiang for three generations. He retired as Prime Minister and became Lord Gangcheng.

But Li Jiyang knew that this was not the last time Cai Ze appeared in history. According to records, he served Qin Shihuang at the end and was sent to Yan State for Qin State. Three years later, Crown Prince Dan of Yan State came to Qin State as a hostage.

It can be seen that his eloquence is great!

Now living in Xianyang City, Li Jiyang was surprised when he came to visit.

"I came to visit this time because I want to take a look at the tofu mill." Cai Ze directly explained the purpose of his visit: "There is also a wheelbarrow, and Ze is very curious about it."

The method of making tofu is still kept secret, because Qin has not negotiated with other countries how to exchange for the method of making tofu.

And the unicycle is already famous, everyone knows that it was made by Lijiazhuang, and it is very convenient, Xianyang City is full of streets!

This makes other countries jealous.

"What's so difficult about it?" Li Jiyang immediately agreed: "I'll show you there, kid!"

This makes Cai Ze even more puzzled, is it too nice for him?

He had heard from others that those who came to see him came in more, and saw fewer people, not to mention wanting to see the tofu mill and the wheelbarrow.

There are all kinds of unicycles outside, but he just wants to see the original unicycle, what does it look like?

Coupled with Li Jiyang's reputation, he just wanted to make friends with him. In the future, when something happens, he doesn't know him well. The two of them had just left the house, and happened to catch up with Li Xin, who came whizzing over on a tricycle: " Uncle! Uncle!"

"Hey!" Li Jiyang quickly agreed, and picked up the little guy, "Come on, call me Grandpa Cai."

"Grandpa Cai!" Xiao Li Xin called out crisply.

"Hey!" Cai Ze didn't expect his child to be so straightforward, so he quickly touched his whole body. He was dressed very plainly when he came, but now he only has a jade pendant on his body, which is still a very common auspicious cloud pattern. Good jade, it's suet white jade, quickly tore it off: "It's a gift from grandpa."

The little guy didn't reach out directly, but looked at Li Jiyang.

"Thank you!" Li Jiyang said only two words.

Little Li Xin hugged his little paw into a fist and arched it: "Thank you, Grandpa Cai."

Only then did he reach out to take it, and didn't ask for it himself, but gave it to Nanny Lan next to him: "Nurse, help Xin'er put it away."

"No!" Nanny Lan quickly took it and put it in her arms.

"This is my brother's posthumous son, my nephew Li Xin." Li Jiyang introduced the child while holding the child.

"What is the young master riding?" Cai Ze was amazed at the speed at which the little one came over just now, that is so fast!

Look at the thing he is riding, it's all wooden with three wheels.

"Oh, this is a tricycle." Li Jiyang hugged his little nephew and put him in: "Ride it for grandpa!"

As soon as Xiao Lixin kicked his foot, the car whizzed away!

Nanny Lan hurriedly bowed, and then ran away. She was taking care of the young master, so she couldn't stay too far away.

"At that time, I also got this tricycle because I wanted to get a toy for my little nephew, and then I got a unicycle." Li Jiyang thought of that time, and it was really so.

"This tricycle is so fast and convenient, why didn't it be launched together?" Cai Ze saw the little dolls running out of the yard, and felt that this thing was very convenient.

"You don't know, the small one can walk on flat ground, but the chain is a problem if it is too big." Li Jiyang pointed to the car: "The small one can still be tied with a strong hemp rope, but the big one has nothing to use at all. !"

"Since Mr. Lang Zhongling can make this wheeled car, there must have been a reference object? May I ask if the reference object has a chain?"

Cai Ze thought for a while and asked boldly.

"Yes." Li Jiyang didn't dare to underestimate this one: "I saw it at Master's place, and it used iron chains."

Later generations of bicycles all use iron chains, even steel chains!