Chapter one hundred and eighty fifth private interview
After Qin destroyed Han, it changed the name of Han to Yingchuan County and became the easternmost county of Qin, adjacent to Wei and Chu.
Zhao Huaizhong once issued an edict to encourage people from all over the country to move to Yingchuan, and also moved some people who originally belonged to the Korean homeland to Guanzhong in the Qin border.
This is conducive to managing the original Korean border and reducing turmoil.
Xinzheng was the original capital of the Korean people. After it came under the rule of Qin, many changes were first reflected in Xinzheng.
The original old appearance of the city was quickly improved, the streets were widened, and the city became increasingly lively.
This afternoon, it was mid-afternoon and almost dusk.
At the entrance to the city gate of Xinzheng, a man and a woman walked in.
The woman was in her mid-twenties and her appearance was stunning, attracting the attention of the people and soldiers who were coming in and out of the city gate.
The man has a tall figure but an ordinary face, with only one pair of deep and striking eyes.
These two people were Zhao Huaizhong and Mu Yangjing who left Xianyang and came to Yingchuan.
Their appearance, clothing, and temperament have been appropriately adjusted.
After leaving Xianyang, Mu Yangjing looked calm.
He calmly accepted the arrangement of being dragged out and accompanied by the Crown Prince of Qin for a private visit incognito.
Anyway, the two of us are innocent, we just went out with him... Mu Yangjing comforted herself.
After entering Xinzheng, Zhao Huaizhong walked along the street, took a stroll and observed the scenery of Xinzheng.
At the beginning of the destruction of Korea, he came to Xinzheng once to calm the hearts of the Korean people.
At that time, Xinzheng was dilapidated, the roads were bumpy, and there were many beggars on the streets.
This time, the situation has improved.
Since Zhao Huaizhong ascended the throne, Qin has encouraged farming and business.
On the streets of Xinzheng, you can also see many Xianyang hot-selling commercial and other items, which shows that the Qin government is implemented well and commerce and trade are interconnected in various places.
Zhao Huai centrally thought: No wonder the emperors were willing to pay private visits incognito. In addition to relieving their boredom, they also wanted to see different scenes from different perspectives. Watching the changes in various places under their rule gave them an...indescribable sense of accomplishment.
"What exactly are you doing in Yingchuan County?" Mu Yangjing asked.
She didn't believe that Zhao Huaizhong simply wanted to go out with her to see the changes in Han Dynasty after it returned to Qin.
Zhao Huaizhong said: "Have you ever seen what Xinzheng looked like before he returned to Qin?"
Mu Yangjing nodded: "Does King Qin want to say that he has meritorious service in governance?"
At this time, the two came to a food shop on the street.
The shop only has a straw shed along the street, and sells the same kind of food that was passed down from Xianyang.
Zhao Huaizhong stepped forward and asked for two portions - yellow rice steamed sugar cake.
The sugar of this era was mostly malt sugar, which was made from rice, millet and other grains through fermentation and saccharification. There were two types of sugar, soft and hard. There were also natural sugars, but they were expensive and could not be used by civilians.
Jelly candy is also something that Zhao Huaizhong asked the Qin people's manufacturing department to come up with in advance in the past two years.
What was a bit embarrassing was that when buying something, the Lord of Qin was penniless and had no money to pay the bill.
The reason is that he never takes money with him when he goes out, and his entourage always follows him to pay the bills.
Mu Yangjing waited unkindly to see the joke, but saw that Zhao Huaizhong looked calm and used his magic power to turn out coins and give them to the boss, completing the disguised form of prostitution.
After shopping and leaving, Zhao Huaizhong took Mu Yangjing to the top of the main hall of a quiet courtyard in Xinzheng City.
He chose a spot on the roof and sat down.
Mu Yangjing looked at the courtyard below: Could the real purpose of his coming here have something to do with the courtyard below.
She also sat down next to Zhao Huaizhong.
Each of them had a piece of steamed sugar cake.
Zhao Huaizhong took a bite and said, "It tastes okay."
Mu Yangjing felt quite fresh about the experience of wandering around with him and eating candy cakes on the roof. Her eyebrows were filled with joy, and she happily looked at the courtyard below the building: "Where is this?"
Zhao Huaizhong muttered: "Seafood market."
Mu Yangjing didn't understand, and there was a questioning look on her face.
Zhao Huaizhong said: "It's going to be dark, you'll know it just by looking at it."
The setting sun falls on the horizon, and the sunset slowly loses its color.
The sky quickly darkened.
But after the sky darkened, the courtyard below put up wind lanterns and became lively.
Soon after, several men came together to the courtyard where Zhao Huaizhong and his two men were staying and entered the palace below.
At this time, Zhao Huaizhong took out a mirror, which was a bone mirror.
He flipped the mirror over, and the light immediately penetrated the obstruction of the roof, showing the scene in the room.
The room below is spacious and elegantly decorated.
Sitting in the room was a tall, middle-aged man wearing a yellow-brown robe, with an ordinary face but a graceful demeanor. He was sitting calmly behind a low seat.
Four attendants stood on his left and right.
In front of the man was a woman in her thirties, wearing a rather gorgeous long dress, with charming eyebrows and a respectful expression.
This courtyard is called Yuerong Garden, which is of the same nature as the Xiao Qin Tower in Xianyang.
The woman in the room below is a character similar to the old (harmony) bustard of Xiao Qinlou.
Next to the man sitting in the center of the room, an attendant asked: "Are you ready for the person your Excellency wants?"
The woman said flatteringly: "Your Majesty ordered it, so of course it has already been prepared."
"Bring the people up." The attendant ordered.
Soon, three women were brought into the room from outside.
Of these three women, two were about sixteen or seventeen years old, and the other was slightly older, in her mid-twenties, with hair on her temples. She looked like a married woman, and her expression was dignified with sadness and panic.
The three women obviously came here unwillingly. The two girls also had red and swollen eyes, and their faces were filled with fear.
The man sitting in the center of the room looked up and down at the three women who were brought in. When his eyes fell on the oldest woman, he showed a satisfied look and said: "Stay all three of them. You wait until you go out."
The latter sentence was said to the attendants around me.
Seeing that the seafood business was about to take place next, Mu Yangjing couldn't stay any longer on the roof and stood up to leave: "What on earth are you going to do? If you don't tell me, I'll leave."
Zhao Huaizhong sighed and put away the bone mirror:
"After Han Fei entered the Qin Dynasty, he made several memorials admonishing the rule of law, so I asked the Ye Yufu to thoroughly investigate whether officials in various places were corrupt.
If I have free time today, I would like to come and see how the officials of Yingchuan County deceived me and deceived me."
"This one below is an official from Yingchuan County?"
Mu Yangjing closed his eyes and said in surprise: "Who is this person? He is worthy of your visit in person."
"The point of this matter is not his identity. Let's go down and listen to what he has to say."
After Zhao Huaizhong finished speaking, his figure suddenly disappeared and immediately appeared in the room below.
In the room below, the tall middle-aged man who was sitting in the room just now was taking off his pants, revealing a pair of thick hairy legs.
The three women who were called into the room before were all bound to the couch by an invisible force and unable to move.
All three of them knew what was going to happen next, and their faces were filled with sadness and fear.
After Zhao Huaizhong entered the house, he did not hide his whereabouts. The man immediately sensed the situation and turned around like a whirlwind.
When he saw Zhao Huaizhong, a look of surprise flashed across his face for a moment, but he quickly calmed down and shouted softly: "Here comes someone."
The four guards who had just left the door opened the door and entered again.
When they saw Zhao Huaizhong standing by the window, their expressions changed slightly.
The leader of the guard was about forty years old. He was wearing a black Qin official robe and a waistband of the same color. He had a wooden sign that represented his identity. He stared at Zhao Huaizhong with sharp eyes and shouted: "Who are you? Dare to break into this place without permission."
,Do you know the identity of my adults?"
Zhao Huaizhong said calmly: "Zhao Yue, the governor of Yingchuan County."
On the roof, Mu Yangjing did not come down, but her heart moved slightly when she heard this.
The governor of Yingchuan County is not only an important member of the Qin Dynasty, but also the head of a county.
As far as Mu Yangjing knew, he was still a member of the Qin clan, and was originally quite relied upon by King Zhuang Xiang.
If Zhao Huaizhong comes to Yingchuan County in person, the county governor will definitely be in bad luck, and there will probably be a lot of involvement behind the scenes.
Mu Yangjing then thought again and thought: The Yingchuan County Sheriff is the head of a county and an important member of the Qin Dynasty. His status is quite prominent. Why does he come to a place like this to coerce women? What is his special habit?
In the room, the Yingchuan County Sheriff, the tall man, saw Zhao Huaizhong reveal his identity. He slowly pulled up his trousers and looked at Zhao Huaizhong, his face as cold as ice:
"Who are you?"
Zhao Huaizhong said to himself: "After investigation, Zhao Yue, the governor of Yingchuan County, increased taxes privately and concealed the actual tax amount. Any income higher than the tax amount was withheld for private use.
You dare to misappropriate the money, food and other materials allocated from Xianyang to Yingchuan County for construction.
And you bullied men and women in Yingchuan, and you were afraid of being discovered by Ye Yu Mansion, so you placed all the women you liked in this Yuerong Garden for your lewd (harmonious) pleasure.
This place is claimed to be a place for prostitutes (harmony) in order to cover up people's eyes and ears, in an attempt to hide it from the inspection of the Night Palace, but in fact it is only for your private access.
There are sixteen courtyards under the jurisdiction of this place, and there are no less than a hundred women, all of whom are women from good families who have been forcibly taken over by you. Do you know your guilt?"
Zhao Huaizhong secretly thought that this was a public utensil for private use, turning the public market into private seafood, and eating it alone. The nature of it was too bad.
Zhao Yue, the governor of Yingchuan County, sneered.
When he heard that Zhao Huaizhong mentioned the name of Ye Yufu and was able to find out so many secrets about him, he immediately reacted and regarded Zhao Huaizhong as a secret agent of Ye Yufu.
"Now that you know my identity, you know that I, Zhao Yue, belong to the Qin clan. In terms of closeness, the King of Qin is also my clan brother."
Zhao Yue met Zhao Huaizhong's gaze, suddenly took a step forward, showed off his momentum, pressed towards Zhao Huaizhong, poked his finger and shouted:
"This person broke into our Yingchuan County without permission and intended to assassinate the county governor. His identity is unknown. Please capture him with me."
He deliberately did not say that he had seen through the identity of the other party as a secret agent of Ye Yu Mansion, and gave the order suddenly. He was already thinking about the next plan and how to exonerate himself.
Because of his status as a member of the Qin clan, he had an old relationship with King Zhuang Xiang.
If what he has done is known to Ye Yufu, things will be very troublesome, but it is not a dead end.
He had to first catch the Ye Yufu secret agent in front of him and find out how much Ye Yufu knew about him before he could deal with it.
Seeing the four attendants rushing towards him, Zhao Huaizhong's internal power began to circulate and he regained his appearance.
Zhao Yue's eyes darkened, his expression changed drastically, the thoughts racing in his head suddenly stopped, and he suddenly became cold: "Your Majesty!"
His legs weakened and he fell to his knees.
The few attendants beside him also had expressionless expressions.
On this day, Zhao Huaizhong returned to Xianyang in the middle of the night.
The governor of Yingchuan County and the Qin clan member Zhao Yue neglected their duties.
Zhao Huaizhong went to Yingchuan County on a temporary basis, mainly because he wanted to see the changes after the Han Dynasty returned to Qin Dynasty. However, he investigated and punished Zhao Yue, and conveniently used Yingchuan County as a breakthrough point to kill Zhao Yue Wen as a warning to others.
Next, there will be much less resistance to Han Fei's strategy to govern Qin.
All parts of the Qin Dynasty investigated corruption and other crimes, and all the money collected was put into the national treasury for military use.
Mid-June, night.
In the Xianyang Palace, Zhao Huaizhong suddenly felt some kind of energy sensation, stood up and walked out of the palace, turning his head to look at the night sky in the distance.