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The Western Expedition edict was like a thunderbolt of lightning, cutting through the comfortable night sky of the new Qin Dynasty.

King Han Xin of Yan responded first. Although the land of Youyan was located in the northeast, it bordered the Xiongnu, Donghu tribes, and natural pastures to provide great convenience for Han Xin to train the cavalry.

Soldiers are always bloody.

Especially those new soldiers who had just joined the army, for five years, they have listened to the great achievements of their ancestors in the battle of unification and longed to be able to join the banner of Emperor Shenwu. Now, Li Yuan has finally issued an edict, why are they not excited?

Under the example of Han Xin, the young and strong generals from various Qin troops wrote letters, including the excitement of young generals and officers, using their clothes and armor as silk, their blood as ink, and their fingers as pens, and their passionate words, asking to join the army in the west, even if they were a small soldier, they would have no regrets.

Among the generals of the Qin army, the elderly and the elderly don’t need to talk too much about it. However, overall, those who still desire to make more contributions still account for the majority. This is due to Li Yuan’s more than ten years of guidance, ideals, beliefs, honors and insatiable ambitions. These illusory spiritual things may not change anything in a short period of time, but subtly, in the deepest part of the human heart, their influence is extraordinary.

Li Zhongxiang, Luo Jia, Cao Xin, Ji Xin, Huan Chu, and even Feng Xuan, who were far away in Lingnan, all expressed their willingness to continue to fight under the command of Emperor Shenwu and the undefeated king Li Yuan.

March in the seventh year of the Xinli period of Qin Dynasty.

When Li Yuan was sacrificing generals and soldiers in the Shilin of Chang'an, he formally sent out a signal of expansion to the west in front of all civil and military officials and envoys from all over the country.

"The old Qin is brave enough to keep my rivers and mountains, and my blood will not flow dry, and I will never stop fighting if I die. -! There is a great Qin in the east, and the sun rises. There are sharp soldiers in Qin, who will compete with me?"

Amid the majestic and sad battle songs of the Imperial Guards, Li Yuan was covered in black armor and two simple wooden boards were tied high on his hair. Standing in the crowd in such a dress, it looked no different from the soldiers around him. Of course, if you look carefully, you can still find the emperor's majestic aura from your personal demeanor.

"Everyone - quiet!" The general of the Imperial Guard who was responsible for maintaining the scene shouted repeatedly.

"The Qin Dynasty has been in peace for a long time. Do you still remember what the sword in your hand is used for? Is there still a passionate blood in your chest? If you remember, then follow me and go west together-!" Li Yuan's voice was low and thick, and his sharp eyes swept across the dark crowd around him. At this moment, in the sky and the earth, I am the only one. Those explanations have been clearly stated in the edict. Today, in front of many undead spirits in the underground legion, Li Yuanyan was shocked and expressed his heart directly.

"To the west. To the west!"

"The Great Qin, the Great Qin is invincible!" The shouts of Qin soldiers were rising and falling. It was endless. Young people were always impulsive. What's more, Li Yuan's achievements and identity were placed there, and his simple dressing was closer to the soldiers, which brought him closer to ordinary soldiers.

The war machine of Daqin was rumbled to start.

While encouraging the morale of the generals, Li Yuan also stepped up control over the internal affairs of the court. A series of edicts for the adjustment of the appointment and removal of officials were issued. Some middle and low-level officials rose to prominence in just over ten days, stepped into the center from local counties, and some other officials fell from high positions and were directly dismissed and returned home to retire.

Among them, the most eye-catching change is Changshi Li Zheng.

March 20th.

The day of the birthday of my father Li Si.

Li Yuan set up a family banquet in Yong'an Palace to host the Li Zheng family. Li Si family. After experiencing the Hu Hai Massacre, only Li Zheng and Li Yuan survived.

Perhaps it was because of insufficient communication in daily life, perhaps it was because of different experiences when he was young, or perhaps it was because Li Yuan's thoughts surpassed this era. When Li Zheng talked to Li Yuan, his cheap third brother, he often felt inferior. He urgently wanted to prove himself, but he hurriedly stepped astray. This was the case six years ago, and this time was no exception.

Qin State ruled the country with law.

Other theories have basically no chance to become dominant under the strong suppression of Li Yuan. During the rise of Li Yuan's power, the Confucian forces led by the Four Elders of Shangshan once gathered thousands of Confucian scholars to file a lawsuit, trying to change the situation where Confucianism is not valued, but were ruthlessly suppressed by Li Yuan.

In the face of bloody facts, Confucianism firmly grasped the pain and finally changed its thinking of head-on and infiltrated the center of Qin in a roundabout way.

This time, the Confucian scholars still focused on the Chief Secretary Li Zheng, and the breakthrough was Mrs. Ru who was newly appointed by Li Zheng.

During the family dinner, Li Zheng's new wife was very low-key. To put it in detail, this bride who was only twenty years old was actually Li Zheng's third wife. Li Zheng's original wife was originally a royal family member of the Qin State, but after the court prison, he died early due to physical loss. Later, Li Zheng's bride was the daughter of the royal family member Chen Di. In the change that concerns the fate of the royal family, Chen Di was uprooted. In order to protect himself, Li Zheng naturally could not leave a hidden danger around him.

With this second lesson, Li Zheng's third marriage was very cautious. Of course, as the chief of Qin State, Li Zheng's identity was there, and he was only about forty years old. It was the most mature golden age for a man. His standards for choosing a spouse would not be reduced much, especially for the age and appearance of a woman.

In the end, the Li clan from his hometown, the Li clan from Shangcai, had the last laugh in this marriage battle. Qin was not as strict as the marriage between the clans as in later generations. As long as the blood relatives were not within three generations, this close integration within the clan made people feel more at ease.

However, Li Zheng had calculated everything but ignored one thing. This Mrs. Li was not a foolish woman who was illiterate. On the contrary, she once studied under Kong Feng, the eighth-generation grandson of Confucius, the Confucian master. Under her subtle influence, Li Zheng's political views also changed unknowingly.

Behind every interest group, there is its spokesperson. Li Zheng is not only the second-ranked figure in the Qin court, but also the agent of Legalism. The honorary dean of the Chang'an Academy of the Great Qin Dynasty. If he had supported the Confucian scholars in the court, then the later students of Confucius would have lived much better.

Chang'an Academy.

It is a public school organized by the Qin court. It was founded in the third year of the Xinli calendar and has been four years since then. It is not only in Chang'an, but also in other county seats in the thirty-six counties. Its existence also provides reserves of young talents for various positions in the Qin Dynasty.

In the academy, there are not only works such as Guan Zhong, Zichan, Shang Yang, Shen Dao, Shen Buwei, and other Legal works, not only works of the foundation of the Qin system, such as "Han Feizi" and "Quotes from the First Emperor to Prime Minister Li". There are also schools that are popular in the Spring and Autumn Period, such as Confucianism, Mohism, Zongheng, and Taoism. Over the years, with the increase in contact with Confucian scholars, doctors, and traitors, Li Zheng's personal political propositions have also changed.

The essence of Confucianism lies in its influence and belief in the good nature of human nature. This is inconsistent with the practice of starting a first move that Li Yuan advocated. Li Zheng, under the recommendation of many Confucian scholars in the academy, said Chen Shu, asking Li Yuan to give up the idea of ​​leading his army to conquer the West with the peace of the people of the Qin Dynasty.

In the court, Li Zheng insisted on his own opinion and gathered a group of doctors and censors as supporters. In addition to the influence of Confucian scholars, Li Zheng also believed that Li Qin's country was not stable, and Li Ye was underage and could not bear the responsibility of the crown prince. Therefore, Qin State is still inseparable from Li Yuan, a powerful leader. Once Li Yuan made any mistakes during the Western Expedition, Qin State would redirect the collapse after the death of the First Emperor.

Different eyes see, different political positions are also different.

As a result, the family dinner started with a happy and ended in an unhappy manner. In the end, only one behind each other was left.

Compared with Li Zheng's fierce opposition, Prime Minister Chen Ping's reaction was much calmer, and he had no more objections to Li Yuan's edict.

Chen Ping is very accurate in his positioning. In Li Yuan, he is a working person. With the boss's decision, his task is how to execute it better. At this point, Chen Ping is more like a professional manager. It is impossible to make him loyal, but let him keep his duties and do his job as the prime minister, there will be no big problem.

"My subordinates have ordered the army to fight the west, and all the departments and officials have arranged the matters. This is the list of volunteers to join the army. Please check it out."

This is Chen Ping's answer in the court. Compared with Li Zheng's boastful talk, he is undoubtedly much wise and pragmatic. This Qin Prime Minister, who has a somewhat feminine and smooth personality, has always hidden himself behind the scenes and never showed his sharpness. This time, he is no exception.

Although from the bottom of his heart, Chen Ping did not hope that Qin's healthy finance would fall into crisis due to his huge military expenditure, the ancient saying of accompanying the king as if he was with a tiger still made him selectively forget to oppose it.

Compared with Chen Ping's obedience, Li Yuan quickly responded to Li Zheng's behavior of being used as a gun inadvertently.

Kill the chicken and scare the monkey.

Two days after the family dinner, Li Zheng was removed from his post as chief secretary, and even the honorary president of Chang'an Academy was also removed. If he hadn't been Li Yuan's brother, this political storm would have directly killed him.

Affected by this thunder storm, the Confucian scholars in Chang'an Academy who commented on current affairs were silent one by one. They never expected that the Emperor Li Yuan, who usually seemed to be basically indifferent to state affairs, would be so "crazy and desperate" that even his brother could take action.

Yan Le's Zhijing Department and Meng Hu's Military Information Department acted quickly, and those with dissenting intentions were eliminated. Under the high pressure, officials at all levels of Qin showed unprecedented unity. The high-speed state machinery was running rapidly. Teams of war soldiers from various counties, and baggage trucks loaded with baggage and weapons were concluded from Jinyang, Jiangdong, Handan and other places to Chang'an.

At the same time, Zhang Liang also summoned Taoist people in Zhongnan Mountain to clarify the grand goals of Tianshidao. In addition to going to Chang'an to explain the moral principles in late March, the focus of Tianshidao's teachings will shift to the west, with the focus on developing Taoist disciples among Hu Shang who traveled on the Silk Road, and began to establish branches in the Western Regions and other places.

Imperial power and religion are united.

This system of integration of politics and religion has caused Qin to fall into tension and busyness.

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New changes have occurred in Chang'an City.

This made the border tribes of alien races that were concerned about the trends of the strong Qin Dynasty extremely nervous, especially the Helian tribes and Huyan tribes who survived in the Altai Mountains. Under the oppression of the Qin army, these two remnants of the Huns had to continue to flee northwest from Lake Cordo and Beihai. Their lives have been extremely hard in recent years, but even so, Helianbi and Huyanxie will still feel glad.

Compared with the Maodun tribes in the Hannanhe area, they could at least maintain the independence of the tribe and have their own army. Most of the remaining Maodun tribes were forcibly moved to the Central Plains by Qin, leaving only a small part of them, and were imprisoned on the grassland to teach the grazing knowledge of farming ethnic groups from the south.

Immigration and migration.

This is Li Yuan’s strategy when dealing with the threat of nomadic peoples in the north.

This forced dispersion method was extremely bloody in a short period of time, which also led to the endless war fires in the Hannan River area. The Huns were resisting continuously. The resistance of the Huns tribes was just adding some credit to Su Jiao's border troops. The Qin army took advantage of the resistance of the Huns to train troops continuously.

Su Jiao's name is almost the same as that of the butcher among the Huns.
Chapter completed!