After the First Emperor visited Longxi and the Northern Territory, he came to Jitoushan and then drove back, passing by on the way back to Central China.

Huizhong County was originally Zhao Gao's hometown, but now accompanied by the emperor's car, Zhao Gao wanted to take the opportunity to show off in his hometown and take revenge on the powerful people who persecuted his father.

Therefore, Zhao Gao took advantage of the gap between the First Emperor's return to Zhongpanhuan and ordered a carriage to ride on his own. At the same time, he led a group of guards back to his hometown and returned to Dongfeng County. The county magistrate personally led the county magistrate to greet him.

The county magistrate said: "I have long heard that your Excellency is serving in Xianyang and has won the emperor's favor. Today I see you. It is true! The faces of the people in the county are all bright! Why don't you invite the emperor to come with us and let us see you?"

See the true face of the saint!"

Zhao Gao laughed and said: "Your Majesty is busy with everything, how can you wait to see him? Now that he is passing by and returning to China, it is already a great favor for me to come and take a look on behalf of him!"

The county magistrate echoed: "That is, that is... It is a great honor for Dongfeng County that you are willing to come here!"

So the county magistrate led Zhao Gao into the county government office, and the guards accompanying him were all Zhao Gao's confidants, and they all entered the county government office to have dinner.

County magistrates usually have no chance to go to Beijing, but now that senior officials from the capital have come to the local area, they are not trying to curry favor with them! Dongfeng County Magistrate has long found out that Zhao Gao has an enemy in Dongfeng County. His surname is Shen and his first name is Wenliang.

In the cloth business, he relied on his uncle to serve as a county lieutenant in the county.

No one dared to offend Dongfeng County, and they often resisted taxes, so the county magistrate had nothing to do. Now that Zhao Gao was back, the county magistrate made up his mind to execute Shen Wenliang. On the one hand, he wanted to flatter Zhao Gao, and on the other hand, in addition to his own worries, even if the county magistrate

When Wei asked, he just said that Zhao Gao had instructed him, and there was nothing he could do about it.

After lunch, the county magistrate said: "I heard that your Excellency once had a grudge against someone in Dongfeng County, named Shen Wenliang. This person usually did evil things in the county. I am trying to confiscate his property and put him in jail! It's just that

Afraid of his uncle who is a county captain."

Seeing that the county magistrate took the initiative, Zhao Gao wanted to use his hand to take revenge, saying: "What does a small county captain mean? Just blame it on me, Zhao Gao, and see what he can do to me."

After the county magistrate received Zhao Gao's approval, he immediately sent people to arrest more than fifty members of Shen Wenliang's family and confiscated all their property. Half of the confiscated property was given to Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao said: "I will not accept the money.

This is a little bit of my love for my hometown! You can handle this matter well!"

The county magistrate understood what Zhao Gao meant and immediately sent someone to kill Shen Wenliang in prison. Zhao Gao could not stay overnight in Dongfeng County, so he led the guards back to Huizhong. Needless to say, the county magistrate led the people in the county to send him off.

Let's say that Shen Wenliang had a servant named Shen Chong, who was somewhat knowledgeable in martial arts. Shen Wenliang treated him well and was responsible for the daily purchases of the Shen family. When the Shen family was arrested, he happened to be out and was not at the Shen family. When he came back, he saw

When the Shen family was ruined, he was extremely angry! He heard that the county magistrate followed Zhao Gao's order and raided the Shen family, and he hated Zhao Gao to the bone.

After learning that Zhao Gao had returned to the palace of the First Emperor of China, Shen Chong decided to assassinate Zhao Gao at night because he knew in his heart that once Zhao Gao returned to Xianyang, he would be unable to avenge the Shen family.

That night, Shen Chong arrived at the palace of the First Emperor in the dark, and saw that there were houses everywhere in the palace, and he could not find them. He thought that Zhao Gao was a high official and should live in the largest house, so he took advantage of the darkness and slowly approached the emperor's palace.

Big account.

The guards patrolled back and forth in the camp, and there were secret sentries monitoring him. Shen Chong was unable to evade, and was discovered by the secret sentries. The guards quickly rushed up and captured Shen Chong alive.

At this moment, the First Emperor had not yet fallen asleep, and was still reviewing the memorial that had just been delivered. Hearing the commotion outside, Xuanmeng Yi came to see him and asked, "What happened outside? Why is it so noisy?"

Meng Yi replied: "We just caught an assassin."

The First Emperor was shocked and said: "Who sent the assassin? Is it another remnant of the Six Kingdoms?"

"When the assassin was captured alive, he shouted that he wanted to kill Zhao Gao, the commander of the Zhongche Mansion. I don't know the reason. I will report to Your Majesty after interrogation!"

"Then go ahead and ask for the reason!"

Meng Yi bid farewell to the First Emperor, came to his tent, ordered the assassin to be brought in, and asked: "You are so bold and unruly! How dare you assassinate the emperor! Do you know that those who assassinate the emperor will be exterminated?"

Shen Chong shouted: "Sir, have mercy, I did not want to assassinate the emperor, I want to kill Zhao Gao! Revenge for the Shen family!"

Meng Yi felt strange that Zhao Gao, the commander of the CRRC, could have enmity with him, so he asked: "Who is your surname? What enmity do you have with Zhao Gao? If you tell me carefully, I may be able to make the decision for you!"

Shen Chong saw that the person in front of him was also a high official and might be able to make decisions for himself, so he replied: "My surname is Shen Mingchong, and I am Shen Wenliang's servant. My master was killed by Zhao Gao this afternoon!" "

Meng Yi was even more confused in his heart, but he scolded: "You are so bold and unruly, and you dare to talk nonsense! Zhao Gao, the commander of the CRRC, has always been with the emperor. When will he have time to harm your master?"

Shen Chong prostrated on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, and shouted: "Your Excellency, it is clear that the traitor Zhao Gao did go to Dongfeng County today. Not only did he ransack the Shen family, but he also killed our master Shen Wenliang. Please make the decision!"

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Meng Yi said: "If what you say is true, I will make the decision for you. If you tell nonsense, your life will be at risk!"

Shen Chong kowtowed with his head and said: "Every word of a villain is the truth. If you deceive an adult, you will die badly!"

Meng Yi ordered people to carefully monitor Shen Chong, and at the same time summoned the guards around Zhao Gao, asking if he had been to Dongfeng County today. Since Zhao Gao had ordered not to mention the matter to outsiders, he denied it and stayed in the camp all day. Inside, not out.

Meng Yi noticed that something was fishy, ​​and then asked what he had done today and who could witness it. They all hesitated and couldn't tell, and they continued to interrogate several people like this.

So Meng Yi re-interrogated and falsely claimed that some guards had admitted to going to Dongfeng County and would be executed if they did not confess again. The guards were shocked and had no choice but to reveal the truth.

Meng Yi reported Zhao Gao's unauthorized mobilization of guards to the First Emperor overnight, saying: "Zhao Gao not only went out without authorization, but also mobilized the emperor's guards without authorization. He shall be punished with death!"

The First Emperor was also very angry with Zhao Gao's actions and ordered Zhao Gao to appear in court.

Zhao Gao had also been awakened by the commotion outside. When the guards around him were summoned by Meng Yi, he quickly realized that what happened today might have been exposed. He was uneasy and thought about how to explain it to the First Emperor. Being summoned by the Emperor at this moment confirmed it even more. his thoughts.

The First Emperor said: "Zhao Gao, do you know your guilt?!"

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Zhao Gao quickly knelt down and bowed his head, saying: "I know I'm guilty! I'm here to apologize to your majesty!"

"What crime have you committed? Tell me!"

"Without His Majesty's permission, I went back to my hometown to visit my parents. In order to honor my family, I mobilized dozens of guards without permission. I am guilty of death and dare not ask for Your Majesty's forgiveness. I only hope that Your Majesty will not tell my father the news of my execution.

Mother!" Zhao Gao lay on the ground and kowtowed with his head.

The First Emperor had no father when he was a child, and there was a quarrel between mother and son when he was middle-aged. Therefore, he respected people who paid great attention to filial piety. Zhao Gao's words hit his weak point. Now that he saw that Zhao Gao knew his mistake and sincerely asked for punishment, he couldn't bear it and said

: "The law is great, but the greatest thing is human kindness. Since you are out of filial piety, if you tell me the details, I will allow it. Since this is your first offender, I will spare you for the time being!"

Zhao Gao quickly kowtowed and thanked him, with tears streaming down his face and his body soaking wet. He didn't know whether it was because of gratitude or fear.

Returning to the palace, the First Emperor formally issued an edict to recruit people to build Chidao and the Great Wall.

In order to show his determination to conquer the Xiongnu, the First Emperor decided to build the Xin Palace on the south bank of the Wei River, following the example of Zhao State. It was in the Xin Palace that King Wuling of Zhao decided to use Hu uniforms to ride and shoot, which made the Zhao army's cavalry quickly become stronger. Decades later, Li Mu relied on this

The army defeated the Huns.

After the construction of the Xin Palace began, Li Si suggested: "The mausoleums, Zhangtai, and Shanglin Garden of the ancestors of the Qin State are all on the south bank of the Wei River. Now the Xin Palace is also built here. It seems inappropriate to have the same name as the Zhao Palace. It is better to change its name.

Ji Temple, symbolizing the Heavenly Pole Star, will forever protect the world of Qin!"

The First Emperor thought for a moment and approved Li Si's suggestion. Soon he ordered the construction of a road from Ji Temple to Li Mountain, the construction of the front hall of Ganquan Palace, and the construction of a corridor to connect it from Xianyang.

So far, the original palaces in Xianyang, together with the palaces built after the palaces of the Six Kingdoms, reach from the east of Yongmen to the area where the Jing River and the Wei River converge. Palace rooms, sky planks and winding pavilion roads are continuous. From the vassal states

The captured beauties, bells and drums were all placed inside.

This year, in commemoration of his first tour, the First Emperor granted the country the rank of civil peerage.

Not long after the First Emperor's edict to build the Great Wall was issued, a memorial from the governor of Ba County caught the attention of the First Emperor. It stated that a widow named Qing from Ba County was willing to donate all her family wealth, including fifty thousand taels of gold, to support the First Emperor.

Build the Great Wall.

Seeing this memorial, the First Emperor was very curious about Ba Widow Qing, and ordered Meng Yi to send people to inquire about Ba Widow Qing's life experience. Meng Yi immediately sent his cronies to Ba County to investigate, and soon found out Ba Widow Qing's life experience.

Ba Widow Qing's maiden name is Chen. She was born in the 36th year of King Zhao of Qin. Chen Qing was smart since childhood. When she became an adult, under the auspices of her parents, she married Xue Dan, a local businessman specializing in the cinnabar business.

Xue Dan is generous and forthright. Under his management, the cinnabar business grows bigger and bigger. Due to business needs, Xue Dan travels around all the year round. The affairs at home are left to his elderly father and his wife Chen Qing. Chen Qing gradually understands

Chen Qing and Xue Dan were deeply in love as a couple, and soon gave birth to a baby boy for the Xue family. She then turned to raising her husband and raising their children, and no longer interfered with the family business.

However, the good times did not last long, and bad news came one after another. First, Xue Dan's father became bedridden a year later, and soon died of illness; soon after, Xue Dan was robbed by bandits from the Baiyue Land, and not only the mercury he brought was stolen

She was snatched away and herself was killed. Chen Qing had to wipe away her tears and take over the affairs of the family again. At this time, everyone in the family looked down upon her and believed that a female generation could not take charge of such a large family business!

The more others looked down on Chen Qing, the more Chen Qing's ambition was inspired. So she rejected all the matchmakers who advised her to remarry and began to take over her family's cinnabar business. She did everything personally, drilling the dansha acupoints herself no matter how cold the winter or the heat was.

Entering the blast furnace, setting up the pot and adding firewood. After asking for advice from many parties, she quickly mastered it.

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Mastered the "core technology" of cinnabar smelting and extraction of mercury.

Not long after, Chen Qing discovered that Zhi County is surrounded by high mountains, and it is not suitable to transport the mercury in finished products. Eight taels of mercury are often missing from every pound of production. One day, Chen Qing climbed up to a high mountain and looked into the distance. Several small fishing boats were busy loading and unloading goods, which inspired her, "

Why not

Collection and smelting should be carried out separately to shorten the transportation radius of mercury and reduce costs?" So she moved the smelting point to the riverside, so that the smelted mercury could be shipped nearby, thus greatly saving costs and rapidly expanding the scale of production.

At the same time, Chen Qing learned from her husband's lesson and hired many highly skilled bodyguards at high prices to escort the products to various places.

From then on, the profits of the Xue family's cinnabar industry increased rapidly, and everyone in the Xue family looked at Chen Qing with admiration!

However, misfortune struck again at this time. Chen Qing focused too much on running the family business and neglected to take care of his son. His three-year-old son fell ill and died, leaving Chen Qing completely alone.

She had already cried all her tears. In order not to let herself be idle, she forced herself to put all her time and energy into running the cinnabar business. Perhaps because she was afraid of losing again, she also completely gave up the idea of ​​getting married again.

Many people heard that the widow Qing's family was extremely wealthy, so they asked people to propose marriage, but the widow Qing refused. Many men began to pester her at the door of Xue's house, so she began to recruit and train thousands of domestic servants at home to protect the family business.

, and to protect their own safety. From then on, many people were afraid of her power and did not dare to move forward.

As she got older, the widow Qing accumulated more and more money, but she had no children. After much thought, she decided to donate most of her family property to the country. Her misfortune was caused by rampant thieves.

If the country were prosperous and stable, tragedies like mine might not happen. So when I learned that the First Emperor was going to build the Great Wall, I still decided to donate my family wealth.

After the First Emperor learned about Widow Qing's life experience, he was filled with emotion. His mother was an unruly woman, and in comparison, Widow Qing was even more respected! So the First Emperor issued an edict to name her a "chaste woman" in recognition of her loyalty.

Patriotic, at the same time, the Xue family was specially authorized to support a guard of 3,000 people. It is not illegal to carry weapons.

A few months later, the First Emperor was concerned that the widow Qing was already old, had no heirs around her, and was helpless, so he issued a decree to take her to Xianyang to rest in her old age.

After many twists and turns, Widow Qing came to Xianyang. The First Emperor led his officials to greet him at the gate of Xianyang City. He was treated with unprecedented courtesy, and the officials and the people watching were all amazed!
To be continued...