A quarter of an hour later, under the escort of the imperial guards, Chen Xu brought two kitchen workers in with an ice bucket. Because he was in a hurry to get on the road, his forehead was covered with sweat and his clothes were sweating.

"I pay homage to Your Majesty!" After entering the door, Chen Xu respectfully saluted Qin Shihuang.

"Your dear, please don't give me a gift!" Qin Shihuang had already arrived at the door at this time. Looking at Chen Xu's sweaty face, he held Chen Xu's hand and said with concern, "The weather is so hot, why are you here in such a hurry? Could it be that there is something important to report?"

"There is no need to be important. In recent days, I have developed a new snack called ice noodles in a villa outside the city, which has the effect of cooling and cooling. I have specially made some to give it to your Majesty to taste it!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Haha, I'm sorry, I'm really hot. The weather is really hot. Taibuzhan said that there is little rain and drought this autumn. It seems that it must be good. Could my delicious ice powder be in this bucket?" Qin Shihuang asked at a wooden barrel wrapped in animal skin and linen at the entrance of the hall.

"That's right, I asked Your Majesty to summon the Imperial Physician Order and the Imperial Official Order to come and taste it after checking. And I have told the Imperial Chef how to make it. I also got dozens of kilograms of ice powder and sent it to the Imperial Chef. Your Majesty can arrange for the Imperial Chef to make any food in the future!"

"Okay, I'll be considerate of me!" Qin Shihuang smiled very happily and ordered the palace servants to carry the wooden barrel in and place it in the center of the hall. He lifted the lid of the barrel by himself. In an instant, a cool breath came to his face.

Looking at the crystal clear ice powder floating in a tiled basin inside the wooden barrel, under the dual stimulation of vision and feeling, Qin Shihuang felt half of his whole body, and even his restless soul calmed down.

"It's true that it's like the legend outside, it looks like ice, its texture is like snow, and it's crystal clear like ice crystal chalcedony. I felt much cooler before I even got in my mouth. Come and get the jade bowl!" Qin Shihuang couldn't wait to turn around and give orders.

"Yes!" A palace maid left and quickly brought over an exquisite light blue jade bowl.

Qin Shihuang took the bowl and handed it to Chen Xu: "Please make a bowl for me, I can't wait!"

"Your Majesty should summon the Imperial Physician Order and the Imperial Official Order first!"

"Don't use it. If I can't even believe in my beloved, how could I still believe in the world? I am my loyalty, just like my arm. Why should I distinguish between you and me in one's own monarch and minister!" Qin Shihuang supported Chen Xu with a gentle expression.

"Thank you for your trust. I will devote all my efforts to you until you die!" Chen Xu bowed excitedly.

"Your dear, you don't have to do this. Since you arrived in Xianyang, you have seen everything you do, and everything is for me. This disaster relief has also made me see you with your kindness in the world. I am deeply moved and inspired. It is still what I said before. But you can win the world on horseback. You can't rule the world on horseback. You can take it against it and keep it in line. Therefore, I have been thinking about this matter in recent days. Well, you should do it quickly. I will taste it first and discuss something with you later!"

At the urging of Qin Shihuang, Chen Xu quickly put a bowl of ice powder, then opened a ceramic wine bottle of Qinghe wine in the barrel, poured out some juice made of fruit vinegar and honey from it and poured it on the ice powder. Then he placed it respectfully on the desk with both hands and said, "Your Majesty, please taste it!"

Qin Shihuang sat down and looked at the bowl of crystal clear ice powder that emitted a slight cool air. Without any hesitation, he picked up a bamboo spoon and scooped a small piece into his mouth.

"Well, it's cool, sweet and sour, and good in color and taste. It's indeed a good thing to relieve heat..." Qin Shihuang was amazed while eating. The bamboo spoon danced very quickly, and soon ate a bowl of ice noodles. Then he wiped his sleeves with his mouth, stood up and scooped a bowl of ice noodles in person. Chen Xu helped pour sweet and sourness on it. This time, Qin Shihuang slowly tasted it in small mouthfuls and took a few minutes to finish it.

"I am worthy of being a master of food. Eating ice noodles has the artistic conception of being a master of art. After eating two bowls, I feel that the heat is gone..." Qin Shihuang was in a comfortable mood at this time and his whole body was cool and transparent. He couldn't help but praise Chen Xu a few words.

"Your Majesty, this item cannot be stored for too long. It will turn into water after two or three hours, and the taste will become worse. I suggest that Your Majesty send you the rest to the concubines in the harem to taste it. On the way I came, I heard that Concubine Shu sent someone to Qinghe Garden to buy it but it was unavailable. I was a little frightened..."

"Your dear is an important minister of the Qin Dynasty and my loyalty, so why should you be afraid?" Qin Shihuang waved his hand and asked a few palace servants to carry the remaining ice powder to the harem, and sent it to Concubine Zheng and Concubine Shu and other concubines he liked, and also specially told him to send some to the fifth princess.

After watching the palace servant carry the ice bucket away, Qin Shihuang smiled and said to Chen Xu: "You have not come to court for a long time, nor have you come to chat with me. I miss you quite a lot, and I don't rush to go back to the house today. I have something to discuss with you!"

"Please give me instructions!" Chen Xu didn't know what the emperor wanted to say, and he thought about it in his mind. It seemed that there was nothing important to do recently except disaster relief and summer grain tax collection.

"I heard that Ziying went to class with her beloved a few days ago. After I came back, I saw him write a sentence on the paper, which touched me deeply. It seems that Fusu wanted her to be Ziying's teacher at the time to be right!"

"But the career is good at diligence and waste, and the action is good at thinking and ruined by following me?" Chen Xu said while sitting on a big chair.

"That's right!" Qin Shihuang nodded and his face returned to his usual plain expression. "Ziying also told me the story of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who suffocated his love for birds to death, which shocked me. Today, I love you in front of me, I want to listen to this story carefully!"

"Your Majesty wants to hear it, so I naturally dare not hide my own private life. This story comes from the Jiuzhou Yizhi volume in the three heavenly books. I have said before that the Jiuzhou Yizhi records all the things that have been sensible from ancient times to the present, and many things cannot be distinguished from the true or false. The story I told is one of the founding kings of the Tang Empire, named Li Shimin. He rose in troubled times and led a large army to fight in the east and west to finally establish the country. Li Shimin was diligent in governing the country when he ascended the throne and became emperor.

The world was governed in an orderly manner, and the people were rich. However, as the world gradually became peaceful, the Tang King was complacent and began to get tired of the government and play. However, he had a minister named Wei Zheng, who was a subordinate of the King of Tang. Because he was upright and never flattered, the Tang King tried his best to take him under his command. Wei Zheng also helped the Tang King unify the world and made great contributions. Therefore, when the Tang King began to enjoy it, Wei

Zheng would criticize him in person every time, and even questioned him in person because of the mistakes of the King of Qin in the court. The King of Tang was very angry and wanted to kill Wei Zheng many times, but Wei Zheng was not afraid of him. He bluntly contradicted the King of Tang and said: "The bitter medicine is good for the disease, and the loyal words are unhelpful to the action." You were determined to be a wise king, a wise king, and an emperor and minister who cares about the people to conquer the world, but now you are so unstoppable, what is the difference between you and the foolish king in history.

, If you kill me, it will only make the people in the world laugh at you. Moreover, now that the world is not stable, there are still many barbarians who want to invade our country at all times. What kind of face do you have to be greedy for pleasure? Wei Zheng always speaks so frankly. The King of Tang feels ashamed because of Wei Zheng's advice, so he no longer dares to be greedy for pleasure but works hard to deal with government affairs. Therefore, over the past decade, the Tang Dynasty has flourished unprecedentedly and has become the most powerful empire in China throughout history..."

"Your Majesty, suffocating the bird is just a very inconspicuous little thing between Wei Zheng and the king and the ministers of the Tang Dynasty. There are many such things happening between the two. Later, Wei Zheng passed away. The Tang Dynasty was inexplicably sad and felt that he could never find another minister who could scold him like Wei Zheng. Therefore, he cried and said: Using copper as a mirror can correct his clothes; using ancient as a mirror can help him know the rise and fall; using people as a mirror can make him understand the gains and losses. I always protect these three mirrors to prevent his own mistakes. Now Wei Zheng died, and he lost one mirror! "

"Your Majesty, this is the complete story between the King of Tang and Wei Zheng. Although the king and his ministers are not harmonious, it is the most memorable story among the Yizhi of Jiuzhou. Good medicine is bitter and honest. But if you want to be an upright and selfless person, you must be able to accept the mistakes and shortcomings pointed out by others in person. I told Ziying this story, and I also want Ziying to listen to advice like the King of Tang in the future and tolerate the direct rebuke of his ministers, so that the future of Qin will be passed down through the ages!" Chen Xu bowed and looked at Qin Shihuang after saying that.

"Using copper as a mirror can correct your clothes and hats; using ancient as a mirror can help you know the rise and fall; using people as a mirror can help you understand gains and losses..." Qin Shihuang's face was serious, but his eyes were a little confused. He muttered this sentence in his mouth. After a long time, he looked up at Chen Xu: "Love, who is better than the King of Tang?"

"If you talk about achievements, Your Majesty will win, if you talk about literature and martial arts, the King of Tang will win!" Chen Xu thought for a while and answered.

"It is also a decisive world, why do I win in terms of merit?"

"The unification of the world and the unity of the six kingdoms is a great achievement for the world. No one can surpass Your Majesty!"

"Where is the King of Tang who is better than me in terms of his achievements in literature and martial arts?"

"The King of Tang recovered the four barbarians and conquered the world. The territory was more than three times that of the Great Qin. The population was 80 million, which was four times that of the Great Qin. Today, the Xiongnu Donghu lands, the Huhu lands of the Western Regions, and the Hu people and the Hu people thousands of miles away from the west are all the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Giant boats traveled across the rivers and seas, and their products were piled up into mountains. Silk and porcelain were sold to the country of the four seas. There were no ragged people in the territory, no poor or living, no treacherous people who were treacherous and treacherous, and they sang and danced to peace and return to their hearts. Throughout history, they have been the best in the world in civil and military affairs. Your Majesty cannot reach it!"

"I can do these things too!" Qin Shihuang looked at Chen Xu straight. As the First Emperor who achieved eternal hegemony, Qin Shihuang thought he could do better than the King of Tang.

"I think so too, but Your Majesty is still not as good as the King of Tang at the moment. I just talk about the matter and have no intention of offending Your Majesty!" Chen Xu bowed his hand lightly.

"I hope you can be my Wei Zheng!" Qin Shihuang stood up.

"What Your Majesty asks, what I wish!" Chen Xu stood up and bowed respectfully again.

"Okay, with my good friend, I will definitely be the best in the world in the future, and will conquer the world's most powerful country!" Qin Shihuang stepped forward and pulled Chen Xu's hand and swayed repeatedly.

A few days ago, he heard that Fusu took Ziying to Chen Xu to study in a villa outside the city, so Qin Shihuang took the time to visit Fusu's bedroom. Most of them were mainly because of curiosity, because he wanted to know what strategies Chen Xu could teach a six-year-old child to govern the country.

As a result, when he arrived at Ziying's study, he saw the words of Ziying's professionalism and diligence and playfulness written on paper, which made him feel that Chen Xu was indeed extraordinary, because although this sentence seemed simple, it had a very profound truth. So he asked Ziying a few words, and Ziying recalled the content of Chen Xu's class and said it again.

A novel country, such a domineering minister and such an elegant emperor, all these elements aroused the emperor's interest.

That's why the comments between the monarch and his subjects are today.

Every accomplished emperor must be competitive. If he doesn’t even have this intention, he will definitely not be able to achieve great achievements.

Emperor Qin Shi faced an emperor who might be stronger than him. Although this story may have been fabricated, it was not possible to fabricate it. I can definitely do what he could do.

The content of Chen Xu's lesson in teaching Ziying was naturally thoughtful. If he wanted to assist Qin Shihuang, he would inevitably arouse Qin Shihuang's ambitions. Qin Shihuang must have no shortage of ambitions. However, Qin Shihuang's martial arts were not good enough, and he valued magic too much and despised people's livelihood. In addition, the six kings, the nobles of Sun were still ready to move. Although external troubles were not as good as the Tang Dynasty, his internal troubles were much stronger than the Tang Dynasty. After all, before Li Shimin ascended the throne, the Sui Dynasty had helped him unify China. What Li Shimin did was just overthrowing the rule of the Sui Dynasty, and the internal troubles he faced were much smaller than that of Qin Shihuang.

Therefore, Chen Xu needed to let the emperor know that it was not enough to unify the six kingdoms alone. He wanted to be the emperor of the ages, and in addition to martial arts, the civil rule must also keep up.

As for the content of the lecture, Chen Xu believed that Qin Shihuang would understand the content of the lecture no matter how busy he was, and he would inevitably be interested in the King of Tang.

And interest is the greatest source of motivation.

Chen Xu believed that as long as Qin Shihuang understood this plausible history, he would definitely not be willing to do worse than what the King of Tang did.
Chapter completed!