The procession of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's conferment of Zen passed through the Guanzhong area, and then took the Sanchuan Avenue towards Mount Tai.
Xianyang is more than two thousand miles away from Mount Tai. If we march at a marching speed of thirty miles a day, it will take more than two months, close to three months, to travel.
The day that the First Emperor most wanted to be enshrined in Zen was June 6.
The number sixty-six is in line with the virtue of water and is a symbol of Qin's destiny.
If the emperor can be enshrined on this day, it will better show the emperor's holiness and authority.
The Eastern Patrol team set out at the end of February and arrived at Mount Tai. They only had about three months to travel. It seemed a bit tight, but in fact the emperor walked very leisurely, stopping from time to time to look at the scenery, and the speed was not the same.
Not slow.
The reason is that Qin Shihuang took the newly built Chi Road during his eastward tour.
When Zhao Tuo proposed building the Chi Road the year before last, according to the plans of the ministers, in addition to the Western Road related to Longxi and the northern border, the highest priority was this road starting from Guanzhong and passing through the lands of Han and Wei.
Dongfang Road in Linzi, the capital of Qi.
Once this road is opened and there is chaos in Qi, the empire can immediately send troops to Qi via this highway and put down all rebellions, which is very efficient.
When Feng Chan's team arrived at Luoyang City in Sanchuan County, Qin Shihuang stopped in his tracks.
Luoyang.
This is the middle of the world, so-called Zhaizi is in China.
The Xia people established their capital in Yiluo.
Xibo, the capital of Shang and Tang Dynasties, is also located here.
King Cheng of Zhou also built his capital here, named Chengzhou.
When King Ping of Zhou moved eastward to Luoyi, the Zhou family stayed here for five hundred years.
This is the capital of three generations and the center of Chinese civilization.
The First Emperor's eastward tour this time was not only to enshrine the world and show his might and virtue, but he would not let go of such an important place as Luoyang.
He wanted to stay here for a day to offer sacrifices to the sage kings of Xia Yu, Shang Tang, Zhou Wen, and Wu, in order to show that the Qin Dynasty was a country with a destiny inherited from the three generations.
The First Emperor took Feng Chang to perform sacrifices, and Zhao Tuo would not follow him.
He simply took a few servants with him to visit Chengzhou City, where the king of Zhou used to live. It was not a wasted trip.
After wandering around outside, Zhao Tuo was surprised to find that Luoyang City was full of black.
Probably he received the emperor's order in advance.
On this day, all the four colors of yellow, green, white, and red in Luoyang were covered or torn off, and everyone, whether they were people or things, was dressed in black.
Even though Zhao Tuo was used to seeing Qin soldiers in black armor in the military camp, he was still a little dizzy when he suddenly saw the whole city in darkness.
"My eyes are all black. Does this mean that the colors of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were blackened by the Qin Dynasty?"
Zhao Tuo stood in the city, looking at the black eyes, a little speechless.
Not only Zhao Tuo felt uncomfortable, but another person passed by. After seeing Zhao Tuo, he came over and exchanged a few words with each other. As they talked, he also mentioned the scene in front of him.
"The emperor believed in the theory of five virtues. Among the five virtues, earthworms appeared during the Yellow Emperor's time, so the Yellow Emperor obtained the virtue of earth. Then a green dragon appeared in the suburbs. Xia Yu regarded this as the virtue of wood and replaced earth with wood. Later there were
Silver overflowed from the mountains, and Shang Tang obtained the golden virtues, which conquered Xia and prospered. As for the late Shang Dynasty, red crows holding alchemy books were collected in Zhoushe. The Zhou people regarded this as the virtue of fire, and used Zhou to conquer Shang. By the time of our Qin Dynasty, it was said
In the past, Duke Wen went hunting and got a black dragon, so it was the auspicious virtue of water. It used water to overcome fire and replaced the Zhou Dynasty, so the whole city was still black."
The man told the theory of the Five Virtues once, then turned to stare at Zhao Tuo in front of him, and said softly: "Do you think this theory of the Five Virtues is true or false?"
The corners of Zhao Tuo's mouth twitched slightly.
Ask me if the Five Virtues are true or false?
That must be fake.
Zhao Tuo wanted to scold him loudly, saying that this was feudal superstition. It was naturally false and could no longer be false.
In his opinion, the theory of the Five Virtues is just a toy of the ruler, which will be broken later.
For example, when the Han Dynasty revolutionized the Qin Dynasty, they felt that Qin was not worthy of being called virtue, so in the early decades of the Han Dynasty, it was all water virtue, and the Han army had black armor and black flags. By the time of Emperor Wu, it was changed to tu virtue, which was yellow clothes and yellow flags.
When Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he thought that he was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor and should be regarded as Tu De. But what if the Tu De was taken over by the Han? Then let the Han change it. With the help of Confucian scholars, Wang Mang changed the Tu De of the Han.
It becomes the virtue of fire, changing the cycle of the five virtues that are in conflict with each other into the cycle of the five virtues that are in conflict with each other and that of fire and earth.
Later, Liu Xiu came to power and established the Huode King in the world with the prophecy of prophecy. This is why he was called "Yan Han".
Therefore, in the Western Han Dynasty, it was impossible for the Han army to appear with red flags and shouts of "Yan Han".
In the Han Dynasty alone, there were three virtues of water, earth and fire, which could be changed at will.
How does this make Zhao Tuo believe in the theory of five virtues?
However, when faced with this person's inquiry, Zhao Tuo still nodded solemnly and said: "Sir, I, the Qin Dynasty, have unified the world, inherited the destiny of three generations, and prospered on behalf of the Zhou Dynasty. Naturally, I have the destiny of destiny, and the theory of the Five Virtues is inevitable.
Fake."
The man nodded, looked at the black sky in the distance, and sighed quietly: "If this statement is true, and the five virtues continue to circulate, then someone with earthly virtue will definitely appear in the future. I don't know when he will replace me with the virtues of Great Qin."
Zhao Tuo did not expect that the other party would make such a sigh, and was immediately frightened and said hurriedly: "Master, be careful what you say."
After being reminded by Zhao Tuo, the other party also realized that he had made a mistake and hurriedly said: "What Junhou reminded is that it was Ziying who made a mistake. I just saw that Luoyang was the capital of three generations, and the three generations rotated, Shang Kexia, Zhou Dynasty Shang,
In the end, he was replaced by me, Da Qin. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. I said these random words. Please forgive me and don't let them out."
Zhao Tuo smiled and said: "Young Master is an honest and honest elder in the clan, and what he said is very reasonable. But it's a pity that I was distracted just now, and I didn't hear what Young Master said. It's a pity."
Ziying was startled for a moment, then laughed dumbly.
"Your Majesty, you are truly a wonderful man in this world."
He bowed to Zhao Tuo, said goodbye, and left gracefully.
Zhao Tuo looked at Ziying's leaving figure.
"At this time, he is actually thinking about when the native virtuous man who will replace Qin will appear. This Ziying has really discovered a blind spot. Or is he already aware of the possibility of Qin's demise?"
Zhao Tuo was a little surprised.
As Ziying said, the First Emperor vigorously promoted the theory of the Five Virtues to show that he had the destiny to succeed Zhou Dynasty as political propaganda.
But when Qin is placed in the theory of Five Virtues, a problem arises.
The five virtues rotate and are endless. Since Qin is a water virtue, there will definitely be a person with earth virtue who will replace Qin in the future.
Did the First Emperor ever consider this issue?
Or.
Zhao Tuo raised his head and looked at the palace of Zhou Shi in the city.
"Does he really think that he can live for ten thousand years and that the Qin Dynasty can also be passed down to ten thousand generations?"
After Qin Shi Huang finished offering sacrifices to the three generations of holy kings in Luoyang City and once again reiterated the Qin State's destiny to inherit the three generations of heirs, he set off again, heading east along the Chi Road.
To the east of Luoyang is Xingyang.
This is the real county seat of Sanchuan County of the Qin State, and it is also an important stronghold of the Qin State in the east. It is not only a superior water transportation hub, but also because of the construction of Aocang, Xingyang's strategic position has been further enhanced.
Since he arrived here, the First Emperor naturally wanted to inspect Aocang, a strategic storage place.
"Ao Cang has accumulated six million shi of grain. When the warehouse is filled in the future, it will be enough to feed an army of 500,000 people for three years."
Shangshu Pushe Li You reported the data obtained from the Sanchuan County Sheriff to the emperor.
"Tell the governor of Sanchuan to guard Aocang for me. If Aocang is not lost, our Qin Dynasty will never have trouble from the east."
The First Emperor looked at the continuous warehouses built along Aoshan in front of him and nodded slightly.
This is the guarantee for Da Qin to rule the world.
If someone dares to rebel against Qin in the hometown of the princes.
Great Qin warriors can quickly rush to help everywhere along the main roads and county roads extending in all directions.
Aocang has sufficient food to ensure the logistics of the Qin army.
The important location of Xingyang Water Transport Hub can ensure good transportation.
With such conditions, how could the country of Qin be shaken by the remnants of the Six Kingdoms?
"This is where my great Qin empire lies for all generations!"
The First Emperor spoke calmly, his eyes filled with pride.
When all the ministers heard this, they all bowed and said: "Your Majesty, ten thousand years!"
"Great Qin Dynasty for ten thousand years!"
Among the accompanying people, Zhao Tuo watched this scene and followed the others in whispering.
What came to his mind was another sentence.
"The world has been settled. The first emperor thought that the Guanzhong was solid, the golden city was thousands of miles away, and the inheritance of descendants and emperors would be eternal... However, Chen Sheweng's son, the gangster, and the migrating people also... cut down the wood.
Serving as a soldier, raising a pole as a flag, the world gathered to respond, winning food and scenery. The heroes of Shandong then joined forces and destroyed the Qin tribe!"
"Emperor, you can't see the real trouble."
In Zhao Tuo's sigh.
This Feng Chan team set off from Xingyang again.
The First Emperor wanted to go south along the chasm to see the former Daliang City.