The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 274: A plaque of chastity, the rise of the young Qin Wang, the rise of Qin Wang Zheng
Ying Chengjiao is free.

His brothers don't need him to participate, and his teachers don't need him to participate.

One allows him to be himself, and the other reminds him not to forget his original intention.

The dignified young master Cheng Jiao, who was ennobled at the age of seven and called himself a son when he was still young, and who traveled across the nations and stirred up the ups and downs of the world, was despised like this for the first time in all these years.

[Do whatever you want to do...] Ying Chengjiao muttered to himself, and for a moment he didn't know what he wanted to do.

He lay on Li Yigong's big bed for a day and a night, thinking of nothing and doing nothing. He even gave up the swordsmanship that he had practiced diligently for many years, and Gai Nie was so angry that he almost broke into the palace with a sword.

Lying down is what he is best at.

Having been slapped in the face by society in his previous life, he learned some lessons about the ways of the world and became so shrewd.

After struggling for five or six years and finding himself in a position where he could not die unless he wanted to, he just lay down and deleted all the skills he had acquired after going through so much hardship.

With his eyes wide open, he rolled over and over on the big bed.

While doing this extremely childish behavior, I felt a long-lost sense of relief.

to be frank.

Living in this era, Ying Chengjiao feels that he is not qualified to say the three words "not easy".

Compared with the common people who work hard in the fields and toil from sunrise to sunset for a bite of food, what's not easy for him who has nothing to eat and clothes to wear?

Compared with those slaves who were executed for saying or doing the wrong things, and those slaves who were executed for not saying or doing the wrong things but just being there was wrong, why was it not easy for him who could decide the life and death of these slaves with just a word?

That being said, he did feel a little uncomfortable over the years.

"If you want to inherit the crown, you must bear its weight!" he shouted loudly.

The frightened palace maids immediately closed the doors and windows and observed the reactions of the officials outside through the window lattices.

They looked at each other.

"My Lord, do you want to be king?"

"Isn't that treason?"

"Shh, no, we didn't hear anything."

Outside Li Yi Palace.

The officer on duty stood straight, looking straight ahead, and calmly held the axe that was about to fall out of his hand.

According to the Qin system, all the officials in the Qin King's palace were under the jurisdiction of the Langzhongling.

King Xiaowen of Qin changed this Qin system. The officials in Chengjiao Palace were not rotated with officials in other palaces. They did not obey the orders of the Langzhongling but the orders of Prince Chengjiao.

King Zhuangxiang of Qin changed back to this Qin system, and the officials in Chengjiao Palace were no exception.

When King Zheng of Qin ascended the throne, he not only abolished the names of the East Palace and the Chu Palace which were renamed by King Zhuangxiang of Qin, but also changed this Qin system back to the version of King Xiaowen of Qin.

Most of the palace officials in Chengjiao Palace now are old men who have served as palace officials in Chengjiao Palace five years ago and participated in the offensive and defensive battle between the late king and the prince.

If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight...Didn't hear that!

The sound that doors and windows cannot stop comes again:

"If you don't wear a crown, you are not important?!"

Some people have choices, some people don't.

Kings, princes, generals and ministers are indeed of different species.

King Zheng of Qin.

Born with a lowly life, born with a noble race.

From a hostage who was almost insulted to death to becoming the most powerful king in the world, not many people know how much effort he went through.

When he was the crown prince, most of the court officials' attention was still focused on the previous king's other son, Prince Chengjiao.

Prince Zheng, who grew up in Zhao State and studied in the deep palace, seemed to be far inferior to his younger brother who grew up in the deep palace and traveled among various countries.

Even his father told him personally:

"If Cheng Jiao didn't want to be king, how could you be king?"

No one was optimistic about him, but he just didn't live up to expectations.

Throughout the history of Qin, there has never been a single Qin monarch who was suppressed by his ministers to such a miserable extent.

After the gods descended upon Qin, he seemed to have given up on himself.

Although he still read the documents reviewed by Prime Minister Lu every day, he no longer expressed his opinions.

His passion shifted from government affairs to beauties.

Draft!

After one beauty after another entered the central palace, they had intense conversations with King Qin on the bed. The lewd music was played loudly every night, making the heart of the attendant who recorded King Qin's daily life tremble.

Isn’t this too frequent?
This has already surpassed King Xiaowen!

The attendant risked his life to advise King Qin and begged him to pay attention to the emperor's health.

Even if you have a strong body, you can't do it every day.

King Zheng of Qin refused to listen to advice and was even more fond of this doctrine than his grandfather, King Xiaowen of Qin.

I read documents during the day and work hard at night.

Even a blindfolded donkey pulling a millstone is not as capable as this.

Li Yue, the imperial physician who had served four generations of Qin kings, sweated even more than the attendant.

In his early years, King Xiaowen knew that he had no chance of becoming king, and he indulged in sensual pleasures because he did not want to go to war with his elder brother.

When he became king, his health was already in a state of disarray due to his dissolute life in his early years, and it was beyond repair.

Not to mention Li Yue, even if Bian Que, his second brother and his eldest brother were reborn, they would be helpless in the face of King Xiaowen of Qin in his later years.

Qin Wangzheng...Your Majesty, you are already the king, why are you in such a hurry to die! You are going to outlast the prime minister!

If you want to die, wait until I stop being the imperial physician!
Li Yue had never been so busy in his entire life. He went to the Qin Palace every two days.

He not only took the pulse of the King of Qin, but also took the pulse of the beauty who had been favored by the King of Qin some time ago.

Li Yue, who had served four Qin kings, had never seen such a meaningless Qin king!
The central palace is divided into front and back.

In front are the Xin Palace, Zhangtai Palace and other palaces where offices are located.

Behind them are the residential palaces such as Chengjiao Palace and Ganquan Palace, commonly known as the harem.

The harem was expanded once to accommodate the beauties of King Xiaowen of Qin.

During the reign of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, there were not many places in the harem where people lit lamps.

Because this king only had two women with whom he had official status, and one of them ran away to Korea and never came back.

During the reign of Qin Shi Huang...while the snowflakes were flying, the harem was to be expanded!
Qin Shi Huangdi’s women are not enough to accommodate him!

Li Yue was loudly complaining in his heart that he had never seen anything like this before, interspersed with a few outrageous words, while he was taking care of King Zheng of Qin's health.

Among the five internal organs, the imperial physician originally thought that the heart was the best organ, but now the kidneys are the best.

The only thing that comforted Li Yue was that King Zheng of Qin had an extraordinary physique and was even more energetic than the previous king who suffered from goiter. He was also young and experienced.

Should, probably, possibly, perhaps... I definitely won't walk ahead of him!
Li Yue, who was preparing kidney-tonifying medicine in the Imperial Medical Bureau, wiped his sweat.

As an imperial physician, if four Qin kings died during his tenure, then... he would no longer be able to be an imperial physician!
"Wuqie!" Li Yue called out.

"Yes!" Xia Wuqie replied in a crisp voice.

"You are grown up now and don't need so much sleep. Study with me for two more hours every day in the future." Li Yue said selflessly.

"...Yes." Xia Wuqie responded in a low voice.

Look at your skinny little arms.

I tiptoed quietly but couldn't reach the teacher's armpits.

The boy let out a sad sigh.

He felt that he had not grown up yet and he would not grow taller due to lack of sleep.

The first year of the reign of Qin Shi Huangdi, December, twenty-first day.

Qin State welcomed the first snowfall during the reign of Qin Wangzheng.

The snow was falling heavily, and the falling snow seemed to bury all the sins in the world.

In the Qin King's bedroom covered in silver, twelve earth dragons reversed the weather.

It’s summer in the palace and spring is endless.

After fighting for who knows how many rounds, King Zheng of Qin lay on his back on the bed, sweat running down his uninjured and unscarred tendons and dripping onto the messy mattress.

A beautiful woman whose whole body looked as if all the bones had been pulled out was lying beside King Zheng of Qin, breathing hot air in her small mouth, with a lingering blush on her face, and she was still in the afterglow of the moment.

One moment, two moments... The beauty finally rested and glanced at Qin Wangzheng's chin:
"Is the king still human?"

King Zheng of Qin closed his eyes and said nothing.

Surrounded by the red silk tent, in such a beautiful and enchanting place, what he was thinking about was not the charming woman beside him, but a man.

Li Mu, a great general of the State of Zhao.

He saw a memorial during the day.

Li Mu, who was in control of the border of Zhao State and was known for his conservatism and weakness, actually took the initiative to attack.

It's winter!
When troops are sent out in winter, food supply and marching are hindered.

However, the memorial said that Li Mu was suspected of leading his troops deep into the desert.

King Zheng of Qin was not only well-versed in civil affairs, but also knew military strategies. This was the biggest taboo among taboos.

The desert is the territory of the Hu people.

The Central Plains' strategy to control the Hu was to build cities while fighting and to encroach on the Hu people's land. No country had ever invaded.

The Prime Minister approved the general plan for our border troops to prepare for battle, and at the same time passed this news to the Yan and Wei states.

From this reply, King Zheng of Qin knew Zhongfu's opinion on the matter - this was an opportunity.

Obviously, Zhongfu thought Li Mu was being stupid.

Marching in winter, deep into the desert.

King Zheng of Qin believed that if any Qin general saw this information from Zhao State, he would laugh and scold Li Mu, saying that he was not only a birdman but also a fool!

But King Zheng of Qin had a different opinion.

This may be because his younger brother, who has been missing recently, has always been praising Li Mu highly.

Or perhaps, he didn't believe that a general who was in charge of the border army and not only did not need blood transfusions from the mainland of Zhao, but was also able to replenish the mainland of Zhao would make such a low-level mistake.

[If things are abnormal, there must be something fishy going on.] Qin Wangzheng frowned unconsciously and shook off two or three beads of sweat from his forehead.

A pair of slightly cold hands covered Qin Wangzheng's forehead and gently smoothed it:

"Your Majesty, you already have Qing, why are you still worried?"

Qin Wang Zheng did not open his eyes, but waved his arms to embrace the petite beauty and held her in his arms:
"This is none of your business."

"Your Majesty, don't you know that women are jealous?" The beauty smiled, her eyes were not filled with tenderness, but with dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty, don't blame Qing for not keeping her word."

Qin Wang Zheng finally opened his eyes and moved his eyes to the beautiful woman with a faint look of excitement:

"If you don't want to, just leave."

"If the king has no Qing, where will the money come from to escape from Zhongfu?"

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics."

"Qing is in Bashu, not in the king's harem."

"I will give you a plaque to praise your chastity. No one will dare to covet you unless you find someone to have an affair with. If you do something to offend me, my promise will be voided and the Qin army will come to Bashu again."

"You are not allowed to ask this, you are not allowed to ask that, and you still want me, a widow, to keep my virginity for you. How overbearing! Your Majesty, do you know that the previous king also had feelings for Qing~"

King Zheng of Qin closed his eyes again.

Ba Shu beauty Ba Qing curled her lips in boredom and sighed leisurely:
"The King of Qin bestowed a chastity plaque on his own woman... How ridiculous."

Ba Qing, the head of the Bashu Chamber of Commerce.

She has a hidden illness and cannot have children.

She also couldn't bear to give up everything in Bashu, and couldn't bear to give up the glory of being in a high position.

"Your Majesty, please make sure to put enough pressure on the Prime Minister." Ba Qing coiled around him like a snake.

The mature beauty looked at the young King Qin and licked her lips with a savoring look:

"If the Prime Minister knew that Qing had slept with the King, he would have killed Qing as soon as possible. If the King cannot restrain the Prime Minister, Qing will die."

Before re-engaging in the war, King Zheng of Qin's mind flashed through some interesting memorials from recent days.

Bai Jia, the head of the Bai family, carried his beaten white horse and went to Chang'an County to ask for forgiveness.

The poor white horse had its head wrapped in thick white cloth and had to kneel in Chang'an County with its upper body naked and carrying thorns on its back in the snow and ice.

Chang'an Jun stepped forward and forgave Bai Ma.

Bai Ma, the next patriarch of the Bai family, who will become one of the three leaders of the old Qin nobles, hugged Master Cheng Jiao, who was five or six years younger than him, and cried, saying that from now on he would follow Master Cheng Jiao's lead.

His father Bai Jia, the current head of the Bai family, looked on with approval and a proud look on his face.

The old Qin nobles felt that their glory had been lost by the Bai family.

It would be fine to kneel before the King of Qin, because he is the king of Qin.

Kneeling to Chang'an Jun, what are you thinking?

Afterwards, even more shocking things happened one after another.

White Horse is not just a matter of words.

After asking for forgiveness with a thorn stick on his back, Young Master Bai Ma always regarded himself as a disciple of Lord Chang'an no matter when and where he was, acting like Young Master Cheng Jiao's number one lackey.

It's just that this lackey has a more noble status and will not cause trouble to his master. He will also actively handle matters for Master Chengjiao.

For example, the Bian family was settled in Chang'an County.

Ever since the establishment of the Zhangtai Academy and the start of comprehensive teaching of the new Qin script, the Bie family has been dissatisfied.

Originally, the new Qin language was learned only by the Bie family, but now everyone who enters the palace can learn it.

Will the wealth and glory in the future still count?

In fact, Bie Hu, the head of the Bie family, never thought that learning the new Qin language would bring him wealth and glory.

According to the original words of the tiger:

“Can this be called a word?”

Zhangtai Academy is an excuse for the Bie family to make a fuss. The crying child gets the milk.

Before Master Chengjiao could make any comment on this, the Bai family behind Bai Ma took action.

Once one of the three leaders of the old Qin nobles takes action, we will immediately know whether there is any.

The Bian family, who were kicked out of the Qin official sequence by Lu Buwei, left Xianyang and went to various counties in the Qin State to serve as officials.

This one is the county magistrate, and that one is the county head.

Although it is not as glorious as when Bian Gong was here.

But in actual life, the Bie family was much better off than when they were in Xianyang.

The sky is high and the King of Qin is far away.

Although the official position is not as high as that in Xianyang, the power is greater and the restrictions are less.

The Bie family was very happy to have the support of the Bai family, and had no sense of crisis of becoming a vassal of the Bai family.

Having said that, how many foreign families would not want to become vassals of the Bai family after their decline?

The powerful prime minister Lu Buwei had Xianyang under his control, and outside Xianyang... that's it.

[Is it that Zhongfu can't manage it, or Zhongfu doesn't want to manage it?] Qin Wangzheng shook his head, not wanting to think too much, and overwhelmed Ba Qing.

He truly loves beauty.

(End of this chapter)