The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

There is a kind of cub in this world, who is very cute, sweet and caring, such as Lu An was like this when he was a child.

But there is also a kind of cub, who is smart, sensible and capable, with a quick brain, usually looks very cute and clever, but when he is focused on making troubles, it is difficult to deal with him.

Zhao Zheng is such a cub.

When a smart and sensible kid wants to make trouble, the situation is very troublesome.

Qin Wang Yingji is seventy-five years old this year, and his energy and physical strength are insufficient. In addition, in the past few years, in order to protect the Qin State, which is undergoing water conservancy construction, he has tried his best to calculate everywhere, and his energy and physical strength have been exhausted. It's a little bad.Although he can still deal with state affairs, his eyes can no longer see the text on the bamboo slips clearly.

Since he cannot see it with his eyes, he has to find someone to read it to him.

His crown prince, An Guojun, was also 50 years old, and his eyesight was not very good, so Yingji ordered his grandson to read the memorial to him and give him a reply on his behalf.

Therefore, Ying Ji, who was listening to the government affairs, noticed that the voice of the stranger suddenly stopped. He opened his eyes slightly, and saw his always gentle grandson holding a scroll of bamboo slips, trembling slightly.

Ying Ji immediately woke up. Seeing his grandson's attitude, he thought something serious had happened, but when he asked about it, he felt dumbfounded.

The bamboo slips that the grandson read were not sent by the prime minister, but a memorial that Zhao Zheng stuffed in without knowing when.

"What did he write?" Ying Ji raised his eyebrows, glanced at the faintly bulging veins on his grandson's forehead, knowing that his great-grandson would not escape this beating, but King Qin was going to pretend he didn't know anything.

He took the scroll presented by his grandson with great interest, and then he saw an overview map of the city drawn by his great-grandson on parchment.

I don't know how this kid did it, the whole piece of parchment is full of horizontal and vertical, and the Weihe and Jinghe are clearly drawn, and they are very neat at first glance.

Although Ying Ji's eyesight is bad, he couldn't see what the grandson wrote above, but he knew that it should be the purpose of the house written by this kid.

He snorted and asked first, "How busy is Lu Buwei recently?"

The other person's face tightened, he didn't know what answer his grandfather wanted to hear, so he could only respectfully say: "Lu Qing should be preparing for the spring plowing and breaking the ground."

Lu Buwei's job is to be in charge of water conservancy, but now it is winter, the dry season and the ground is frozen solid. At this time, workers and craftsmen are all on vacation. Naturally, his work is to deal with paperwork and write work plans.

Overall, pretty empty.

Ying Ji had rich experience, so of course he knew what the other person meant, so he pointed to the table and said "no wonder", and then continued to look at the picture without saying a word.

When Lu Buwei was busy with his work, his son would either help out or take care of the farmland at home, so he had no time to take Zhao Zhengman to have fun in Xianyang, and now that Lu Buwei was free, Lu An would be liberated.

After all, it's still space.

He hummed twice, gently placed the parchment on the table, and then squinted his eyes to see what the great-grandson had written on the bamboo slips.

Although his great-grandson is only ten years old now, but because he was born in the new year and added one year to his false age, he is actually only eight years old.The eight-year-old boy in other people's family can't even read all the words, but their family's Zai Zai has already been able to write letters to his great-grandfather in a decent manner.

In this regard, Yingji is still very proud.

Yingji narrowed his cloudy eyes and read Xiaowa's words one after another. After reading it, there was a long silence. This is the minister's fault."

Yiren gritted his teeth and said, "Zheng'er mentioned this policy to the minister a few days ago, but the minister didn't pay attention to it at the time, so Zheng'er will do this."

"You didn't respond, presumably because you disapproved?" Ying Ji asked an irrelevant question.

"Chen..." Yiren gritted his teeth and replied, "I really don't agree."

He kowtowed and said: "I believe that the state of Qin already has two major projects. If the capital city is to be planned as Zheng'er wants, the consumption will be huge and the benefits will be too small. What Zheng'er said is indeed reasonable, and it is not unreasonable to divide Xianyang and govern it." Well, it's just not the time."

Yingji lowered his eyes, and after a while, he raised his hand to signal the servant to help him up, and he said, "Call Zheng'er over, don't meddle in this matter."

"Here!"

Ying Ji laughed: "Zheng'er is a smart boy, but just because he is a smart person, he is more likely to go astray. Once a smart person goes astray, the consequences will be disastrous."

The stranger froze, "The grandson will definitely discipline Zheng'er strictly in the future."

"It's not discipline, let alone strict discipline." Ying Ji waved his hand, "You can't control a smart kid like Zheng'er. The key point is to teach. If words are not enough, you have to teach by example. Grandfather will arrange a class for you. Homework, this homework is to spend some time every day with Zheng'er, no matter what you do, take him with you."

"In the past, the widow also took the first prince with him in this way." Ying Ji smiled, "Take him to receive guests, take him to ride horses for hunting, and take him to read and write to handle official documents."

The first prince is very good, the only shortcoming is that he left him prematurely.As a father, he never thought that there would be a day when he would give his son a posthumous title.

Ying Ji pinched the center of his brows, suppressing the sudden sourness in his eyes.In the past two years, he has thought more and more about the past, the years when he was a hostage in the Yan Kingdom when he was young, his mother, the Queen Mother Xuan, and his wife and enemy.Yingji knew in his heart that this was a sign that a person's lifespan was coming to an end, and it was also a sign from heaven.

Although Yingji was calm about his death, he couldn't help being lucky.He wanted to stay in this world longer, and he knew very well what would happen to Qin Congress once he passed away.As long as he is given a few more years, when Guan County and Jingluo Canal can be connected, a large number of Qin State's troops will be liberated. As long as the army is there, Qin State will not be afraid.

As for the leading generals...

His fingertips slid across the words "Martyr's Shrine". The great-grandson's thoughts were very simple, even a little childish, but Ying Ji was different.

He is a king, and his ideas are much more complicated and philistine.

How important is the word "loyalty", and how important it is to share the national sacrifice with the ancestors of the winners on both sides of Xianyang Palace. With this temple of loyalty, it is a stele standing in people's hearts.

It is inevitable to make choices in one's life, and some people go the wrong way just because of a single thought.And this martyr's shrine will be a huge weight. With it, maybe it can change some people's minds at critical moments.

As for whether it is useful and how useful it is remains to be verified, but even if it is useless, it doesn't matter, it's just to share some incense.At this point, Yingji felt that his ancestors were not reluctant.

While thinking this way, the servant came in to announce that Zhao Zheng had arrived, so Ying Ji asked Zhao Zheng to be taken to the fish pond in the garden to wait for him.

The ornamental pond in the garden was built a few years ago. After the windmill was able to basically meet the irrigation needs, the excess Jing River water was sent to Xianyang Palace as domestic reserve water.Later, because the water from the windmill runs day and night, it can save a lot of pressure on the Xianyang Palace to lift water. In the rainy season when irrigation is not needed, the craftsmen also connected another set of pipes to the water outlet of the windmill so that the water can be directly sent to Xianyang. palace.

Xianyang Palace has changed from the previous situation of suffering from water shortages to become a major player in water resources. It was even able to surround a fish pond on the mound so that King Qin could occasionally live a retired life of raising cages and feeding fish.

Now, King Qin pointed to the fish in the pond and said to his little great-grandson, "This fish pond will be taken care of by you in the future."

There was a question mark in Zhao Zheng's head. He thought his grandfather was looking for him to talk about rebuilding the capital. Why would he give him a fish pond?

Then, he heard his great-grandfather say slowly: "You little boy, don't underestimate fish farming."

"It took a few years for the widow to learn how to raise fish in this pond, and you may not be able to raise them well."

Zhao Zheng immediately raised his head when he heard the words, his eyes were full of disbelief, but he turned his eyes and said, "Great-grandfather, Zhenger knows that you are using aggressive tactics! But you succeeded!"

Inside that little expression was written "It's not that Zheng'er is not smart enough to see aggressive methods."

"Oh, you still know the aggressive method?" Yingji was a little amused, and didn't point out that even if the little boy saw the aggressive method, he was still in the trap, saving the little man's face.

He walked out with the child, pointed to a lever and said: "This is to control the water intake of the canal, and control the water intake of the pond according to the seasons."

……

"So, I think there must be something wrong with that lever." Zhao Zhengxin said frankly, "Otherwise, why would great-grandfather just mention this lever and not talk about anything else?"

"Great-grandfather said that on his birthday this year, Zheng'er's fish will be used as the main banquet, so Zheng'er must make the fish fat!"

"Brother, brother, take care of me!" Zhao Zheng went over and poked Lu An, who was expressionless and writing quickly, and the latter sat motionless like a clock.

Poor Lu Xiaoan, as a member of the troublemaking duo and the initiator, was assigned a lot of copying homework by his father.

That's right!It's just copying with no technique and no enthusiasm, and the copy is still "Qin Law", which is absolutely miserable!

Lu An copied until his wrists were numb, and the words he wrote began to flutter.

Pen, too many strokes!Why are there so many strokes!I don't think it usually, but now when he has to write a long speech, he feels that it is really inconvenient!And once you write a wrong word, you have to cut it off with a knife, which is really inconvenient!

Seeing that his elder brother ignored him, Zhao Zheng felt aggrieved and guilty.This matter is indeed his fault. He shouldn't have revealed the plan of the two without brother's consent, causing brother to be punished. However, Zhao Zheng did not expect that the matter would be so serious. He misjudged the situation.

Moreover, he was the one who started the crime, but he caused my elder brother to be punished.For a little man, this kind of punishment pierced their heart the most, and the child's small shoulders drooped.

He moved over bit by bit, leaned his head on Lu An's back like a tentative animal, rubbed it lightly, and then called out viscously: "Brother~ Yes, Zheng'er was wrong."

"Brother, don't ignore politics."

"Zheng'er will definitely be obedient in the future." The more he said, the more obvious the child's trembling sound became.Seeing that the Golden Doudou was about to drop, Lu An finally relented. He stopped writing and handed the bamboo scroll over, "You read it, and I will write it."

"Okay!" Zhao Zheng realized that brother was forgiving himself, so he immediately cheered up, and took the bamboo scroll with sparkling eyes. After checking where Lu An wrote, Zhao Zheng quickly found the corresponding paragraph. Reading bit by bit, Lu An took the pen and walked on the bamboo scroll.

At this moment, both of them tacitly did not mention that Lu An had memorized "The Law of Qin".

When Lu An completed more than half of the copying task, he finally poured tea for Zhao Zheng and asked about fish farming.

Zhao Zheng gulped down three cups of herbal tea, and then told what happened that day.

After listening to Lu An, he also felt a little strange. Since Zhao Zheng didn't need to prepare fish for food and fry, the only thing that was specifically pointed out by King Qin was the water inlet.Lu An has never done fish raising before, but it is not much different from ordinary livestock raising, right?Give them food every day, let them exercise, and then clean the cages... Is this what the king came up with casually or is there some deep meaning in it?

He suddenly thought of something and asked, "Did your majesty forbid you to ask other people how to raise fish?"

Zhao Zheng suddenly looked stunned.Zhao Zheng, consciously deciphering the thoughts of the adults, immediately stood up. Just as he rushed outside, he suddenly remembered something. Had to rush out quickly.

Lu An was stunned, ah, when did brother become like this?

My little brother is so cute! !

My brother will kiss my brother!After the proud Lu An met Wei Liao who came with a bamboo scroll in the school the next day, he half showed off and half proudly told about it.

There is "this brother is raised by me" inside and outside the words

"Isn't it cute? Is it considerate? I'll raise it!"

It means "it's not easy to raise a younger brother for so many years".Hearing that, Wei Liao couldn't help but look sideways at him, the strange look in his eyes was so weird that Lu An couldn't ignore it.

"What's wrong?"

"Liao just suddenly remembered—" Wei Liao had a soft smile and playfulness in his dark eyes, "Liao also raised a younger brother."

"..." This topic is too dangerous!Lu Xiaoan immediately spread his legs and ran forward. Unexpectedly, Wei Liao moved even faster. He stretched out his hand to clamp Lu An's neck, and said softly, "Junior brother, why are you running so fast? I have raised my brother for so many years. , why is my younger brother not as caring and cute as someone else raised?"

Lu An: Trembling!

While the two seniors were fighting, a serious conversation was going on in Xianyang Palace.

At the same time, Qin Wang Yingji summoned the two top leaders of Qin State-Bai Qi and Fan Ju.The two big men came out together and attracted the attention of many people. However, when King Qin saw the two, he waved away the waiters, leaving only the two to talk privately.

What will the three of them talk about together?Everyone exchanged a look, and each had their own guesses in their hearts.

The atmosphere in Xianyang Palace was extremely harmonious. Ying Ji held the hands of the two people kindly, and then told them about his plan to build the Martyr's Shrine, and invited them to "stay in" after death.

In the pre-Qin period, people did not shy away from death, so when they heard that King Qin told them that he wanted them to enter his martyr's shrine in the future, instead of feeling unlucky, Bai Qi and Fan Ju were extremely excited.

Especially Bai Qi.

Frankly speaking, after the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi made a series of assumptions about his future, and the only thing he didn't have was the happy ending of his death.

It is extremely complicated to explain the various reasons, but the essence of it is nothing more than the four words "Great achievements overwhelm the master".

Bai Qi has already ranked the first step among the princes of the Qin State, and there is nothing to seal.

Moreover, the king of Qin is old, and the state of Qin may change the king at any time.In the history of the Qin State, fierce power struggles between important ministers and the new king and the resulting bloodshed and killings were all too common.

The ministers killing the emperor, the emperor killing the ministers, the ministers electing puppets, and Wang Tao biding his time and forbearance have become a common occurrence every time the old and the new change.Not to mention anything else, let's talk about the current King of Qin Yingji, who had a rebellion that lasted for three years at the beginning of his accession to the throne.

Bai Qi can say that he has no intention of seizing power, but it doesn't matter what he said, it depends on whether others believe it or not.

But Ying Ji's current proposal is to tell Bai Qi that he does not intend to touch himself, at least for now, in the eyes of King Qin, Bai Qi is still the most trusted subject of King Qin Ying Ji as a hero of Qin State one of the existence.

Bai Qi has been constantly killing and attacking all his life. He went to the battlefield when he was young, and since then he has continued to fight in various battlefields. In fact, he didn't have many years to live.

Bai Qi is not afraid of death, but if possible, he does not want to leave this world as a sinner.

Not to mention that one day he cannot be buried on this piece of land that he once guarded and fought for.

He could think clearly, and he also knew that he was heading towards a dead end step by step.

Qin Wang Yingji may be able to accommodate him, but Yingji must consider the next heir.An Guojun is weak, mediocre and incompetent. In order for An Guojun to successfully take over the power of the empire, Bai Qi must and can only give way.

But now King Qin suddenly changed his mind for some reason, he stretched out the shackles called Glory to Bai Qi, and it was up to Bai Qi to decide whether to stick his head in.

Bai Qi knew that Ying Ji was creating a reason for himself to trust him.

This point comes from the king's mercy...

Bai Qi saluted and bowed, "The minister is willing to accompany the king."

He accepted the shackles.

Fan Ju was also happy in his heart.

Xiangbang of King Qin is a high-risk occupation.There are not many who can escape unscathed, and obviously, the current King Qin is giving him a promise.As long as he is obedient, then he will not die due to sin, but at the same time, there are also unspoken threats.

This is the martyr's shrine of the Qin State. If he wanted to enter it and enjoy sacrifices, he would naturally have to be a native of the Qin State from the beginning to the end.

Therefore, the king of Qin was silently warning him that even after the transfer of power, he would no longer be the prime minister of Qin, he could no longer leave Qin to assist other countries.

Fan Ju didn't dare to hesitate, and he didn't need to hesitate either.

He's aged, he's been through insults and bullying, he's crawled out of the mud.

As a subject, he found a place for him to display his talents, and he could also find a monarch who is willing to accept advice. How many people dream of this?

Fan Ju felt that he could be regarded as a good relationship between the king and the king of Qin in these years. He accompanied the king of Qin through the years suppressed by his mother and uncle, and also accompanied him through the emptiness in the country. In those days when the teeth were squeezed out of the army, they raised troops, fought wars, reformed and established a brand new dynasty.

And until the end, his king was still willing to trust him.

Fan Ju felt that he had nothing to regret in his life.

He is different from others, what he wants most is the word "trust", which is something he once dismissed, and only after losing it did he realize how precious it is.

And now, he finally got it.

At this time, he even said humorously: "The minister will go back and prepare the good wood. After all, it will last forever. As a great king, Xiangbang must not be too embarrassed."

King Qin laughed and said, "It's not going to cost you money, let's save your money for food and drink."

Fan Ju and Bai Qi also both laughed, at this moment, the three reached a tacit understanding.But when he walked out of Xianyang Palace, Fan Ju didn't show it on his face, but he felt a little disappointed in his heart.

He knew that King Qin Yingji was already making arrangements for his death.

He also knew that the era that belonged to King Qin Yingji was counting down like the sunset in front of him.

Compared with the construction plan of the Martyr's Shrine, which has been developing at a rapid pace since it was proposed, Zhao Zheng's fish farming plan is not so smooth.

Zhao Zheng asked many people about the principles of fish farming, and he even went to ordinary fish farmers to learn the experience.Although everyone said something different, he probably summed up the common points among them into a set of empirical principles, and strictly enforced them.

Zhao Xiaozheng has a sense of responsibility and a sense of urgency since he was a child. Since he received the first task in his life, the child has been going to the fish pond every day to pay attention to the situation of the fish in the pond. Rain or shine, his diligence is enough Put adults to shame.

However, the result was not very good. Although everyone who passed by the pond would praise Zhao Zheng for his well-raised condition, but...

"Fish just isn't fat."

Zhao Zheng, who had to measure the "waistline" of the fish with cloth strips every few days, was extremely confused.

He combined everyone's experience to formulate a set of standardized and effective fish feeding methods, including eating less and eating more frequently, cleaning fish feces frequently, and paying attention to changing food for fish to appetize. How come fish don't gain weight?

Eat more to get fat, but the appetite of fish is limited, so Zhao Xiaozheng also had an idea to let the fish "exercise" more, so that they would naturally eat more when they had an appetite.

The effect was indeed very effective in the first few days, but now although the fish still ate so much, the body size did not grow any longer, and even gradually began to lose weight.

Why?

The child was puzzled, and no one could answer the questions from the previous fish farmers. This is the inner garden of Xianyang Palace. Those who can enter can't raise fish, and those who can raise fish can't. In the end, everyone It can only be said that it may be that the water temperature is high in summer, and the fish lose fat in summer.

This guess is indeed quite reasonable, and since then, as the sun has sunk, the fish's food intake has decreased, which is also a strong testimony.

But this won't work, isn't the fish getting thinner and thinner like this?Zhao Zheng touched his chin, and then thought of a good way.

For the sake of safety and to prevent the roots of big trees from drilling into the ground and destroying the foundations of buildings, large trees were not planted in the palace.

Although the garden of Xianyang Palace is a garden, most of the plants are small shrubs.However, the fish pond has a large area, and only the corners of the small shrubs can provide shade. The fish pond is generally bathed in sunlight, so after a long period of sun exposure, the water temperature inside is indeed hotter than ordinary water.

And Zhao Zheng found that the water temperature was slightly cooler because the canal channel needed to be reused, and it was brought in from the culvert.That being the case, we only need to increase the amount of water poured into the canal, can't we effectively cool down?

So he turned the lever and poured a large amount of water from the canal into the fish pond. The effect was very obvious. However, after half a day, when Zhao Zheng came in the evening, the water temperature in the fish pond had dropped significantly!

In this way, the fish will definitely have an appetizer tomorrow!

Before going to sleep that day, Zhao Xiaozheng thought happily, but what awaited him the next day was full of fish belly.

Overnight, most of the swimming fish in the fish pond turned their bellies up.

Zhao Zheng, who was standing by the fish pond the next day, gritted his teeth. While directing people to fish out the dead fish first, he wanted to go into the water himself to see how many live fish were still in the fish pond. Cooked fish as the main course at the banquet!Now he is raising him to death!

This, the implication of this made Zhao Zheng panic and feel guilty.

He wasn't afraid that Grandpa Zeng would be angry, what he was afraid of was the ominous meaning it represented!In the pre-Qin period when witchcraft was prevalent, Zhao Zheng had to think about this sudden accident.

No, he must be thinking too much, this must be a man-made disaster rather than a natural disaster!

But this is not the case. After the palace people fed the dead fish to the livestock, the livestock lived well, which means that all the fish in this pond died naturally, at least they did not die from poisoning.

"Impossible! This must be a man-made disaster." Zhao Zheng clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. "I will go to see the king and ask him to allow me to bring people who are good at raising fish into the palace."

The young boy called the palace guards to order him to keep a close eye on the "scene of the crime", and then he ran all the way, waiting for Yingji to allow him to see him, he had already prepared the draft.

When Ying Ji announced him to enter, the child knelt down with a plop, and worshiped: "Great-grandfather, my grandson raised the fish to death due to poor management. I beg my great-grandfather to allow my grandson to bring good fishers into the palace to investigate and save the rest. fish."

Yingji curled his lips when he heard the words. He looked at his great-grandson who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes flickered, and finally he settled on a soft expression: "Yun."