The eighth day of the seventh month of the first year of the Second Emperor of the Qin Dynasty!
The entire Guanzhong land is like a huge stove, and the fiery red sun releases endless heat! It seems to be venting its anger that has been suppressing for almost a year!
The summer heat of the first year of the Qin II seems to be far more than all the summer days in Guanzhong for more than a hundred years!
All parts of Xianyang, Neishi County, Longxi County, Beidi County and other places encountered a drought that was far more severe than the severe drought in the first year of Emperor Shihuang (246 BC)!
It has not rained well in Guanzhong for two months since May to July. Most of the tributaries in Guanzhong, including Wei River, Jing River and Luo River as the main streams are exhausted!
Even the three major rivers in Guanzhong, Weishui, Jingshui and Luoshui, have sharply reduced water volume. Zheng State's supervision of the work, which lasted ten years to build, has rarely appeared in Zheng State's canals that irrigate countless fertile fields for Guanzhong.
The situation of interruption of flow!
Every day, hundreds of people in Guanzhong die of heatstroke due to this extremely hot weather!
All parts of Guanzhong have once again devoted themselves to vigorous drought resistance!
Originally, the Mausoleum of the Shihuang in Lishan Mountain was built, and nearly 800,000 civilians and men who ran all over the road finally chose to stay in Guanzhong! Among these more than 800,000 people, 30,000 were sent by Wei Liao to select soldiers.
A man with a height of more than eight feet and a strong man with a height of more than fifty thousand people of more than seven feet and a strong man with a height of more than eight feet was enriched to the Bashang Camp!
The more than 80,000 strong men who were preparing to enrich the Xuanwu Army also gathered from Longxi, northern and Shangjun to Bashang Camp for training shortly after Hu Hai left Xianyang!
The remaining more than 700,000 civilians were working. After discussing with Feng Quji, he allocated hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Longxi, Northland, Shangjun and the four places near Xianyang according to Hu Hai's intentions, either was abandoned or abandoned.
It is the land that has not been cultivated for a long time to resettle these people who do not want to return home!
These hundreds of thousands of people who were originally voluntarily serving labor immediately turned into employees of the official state-owned farm of Daqin. Except for a small part that should be paid, all the remaining food belongs to these people themselves!
Originally this should be a good policy! Everyone thinks so! Including those hundreds of thousands of people who are willing to stay!
However, now, the severe drought that the Qin Dynasty had never encountered in hundreds of years has made these hundreds of thousands of people the biggest burden on the Qin Dynasty today!
The few stones of food that hundreds of thousands of hungry people could not last for them for so long, and with a severe drought, hundreds of thousands of acres of arable land could not be planted, eating, drinking water, dressing, and patients.
A series of troubles are coming one after another!
How to deal with these hundreds of thousands of people suddenly became the most urgent issue in the Qin Dynasty!
If one cannot handle it well, these nearly 700,000 people who were originally grateful to Daqin will become the biggest disaster in the peaceful Guanzhong area today!
Resisting drought, scorching heat, and the more than 700,000 people who will explode at any time make the Qin Dynasty, which lacks an emperor, busy all over the Qin Dynasty! Li Si, Feng Quji and other officials have not closed their eyes for three days and nights!
Under the current severe situation and Li Si's deliberate show of affection, Li Si and Feng Quji, who had already broken up in front of Hu Hai, began to join hands to deal with this major event that concerns everyone's life and death!
Various rumors began to circulate in Guanzhong!
However, most rumors are attributed to one thing, that is, His Majesty the Second Emperor of the Qin Dynasty has not sacrificed to the sky until now, nor has he sacrificed to the Taimiao, which has caused resentment from heaven!
Since the First Emperor unified the world and became emperor, the first edict issued was the Ming Dynasty's rule, the country's name, national fortune, national calendar, national color, national discipline, national water, and other series of clear regulations!
On the first day of the Great Qin Kingdom, October is regarded as the first day of the new year, and the court congratulations will be held.
In the spring (January) sacrifice to the sky, in the autumn (July) sacrifice to the ancestors!
These are the two most important and grand rituals in the Qin Dynasty besides the ascension of the Qin Dynasty!!
In the middle of the spring, Hu Hai had just followed Zhao Gao's instigation to pursue the footsteps of the First Emperor's Eastern Tour. He didn't remember that there was such a major event at all!
Now Hu Hai doesn't know that there are these two important sacrificial festivals at all. Since Hu Hai returned from the Eastern Tour, too many things have happened. Li Si and others did not remind Hu Hai whether it was intentional or unintentional.
God, Meng Qiu worships ancestors these two things!
The people in Guanzhong were surging and people did not mean to blame the emperor. Instead, they strongly demanded that the emperor immediately hold a ceremony to worship the heavens and ancestors, so as to calm the anger of God and ancestors, and pray for rain together to calm the hearts of all people in the world!
This kind of remarks do occupy most of the markets in Guanzhong today!
The people in Guanzhong had no idea that the current Emperor of Qin was no longer in Xianyang. Faced with the surging mouths of the people, Li Si, Feng Quji and others who knew that the Emperor was not in Xianyang could not say that the Emperor was no longer in Xianyang!
In this way, a very strange picture was formed in various parts of Guanzhong, which seemed a little anxious due to the heat and severe drought!
The people of all over the country neither make trouble nor rebel. They prayed to the emperor to make the decision for the people to worship the heaven, ancestors, and rain as soon as possible! However, the Qin Dynasty headed by Li Si did not speak out, constantly mobilizing grain and digging ditches.
, widely used medicine to resist drought and save the people, but kept silent about the emperor's affairs!
After half a month, the emperor was still missing. No one knew that something was wrong. Gradually, the emperor's remarks that he had disappeared from Xianyang began to become popular again because of Hu Hai's decree of the remnants of the six countries that had rebelled against Qin.
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Many ministers in the court gradually began to wonder why the emperor has disappeared so far, and once again focused his eyes on Li Si, the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty!
Feng Quji rarely sang against Li Si in the whereabouts of the young emperor and in the matter of resisting drought and reassuring the people!
After all, if the emperor's whereabouts are confirmed from them, no one can bear the responsibility; if the land in Guanzhong is completely in chaos due to the heat and drought, then both of them, who are both prime ministers, will be
Can't run away!
Feng Quji and Li Si can see clearly about such major events that concern the foundation of the Qin Dynasty!
Faced with the surging Guanzhong people in the past two days, Feng Quji and Li Si appeared in the matter of whether to inform the emperor who has not returned to Guanzhong for the severe drought in Guanzhong.
Differences!
Feng Quji insisted that Li Si report to the emperor about the severe drought in various parts of Guanzhong, but Li Si refused Feng Quji's suggestion that obviously had no selfishness!
However, Ying Teng and Wei Liao had an ambiguous attitude, but Zhang Han stayed in Bashang Camp every day and did not interfere in these matters at all!
Faced with Li Si who had Yao Jia, Hu Wujing and Zheng Guo’s support, Feng Quji, who was alone, had no choice but to do anything!
However, the more Li Si refused to send a message to the emperor, Feng Quji, who had already thought something was strange, wanted to report the drought that occurred in Guanzhong to the emperor. Today, I don’t know that it was the two prime ministers of the Qin Dynasty in the past two days.
The last time the bad luck ended!
Looking at Feng Quji, who was waving his hand with a blue face and angrily waved his hand, a few inexplicable light flashed in Li Si's eyes!
"Master, I think you really need to tell Your Majesty about Guanzhong!" Yao Jia looked at the two prime ministers who had parted in disagreement again, and finally carefully expressed his thoughts that had been held in his heart for a long time!
Although Yao Jia will firmly stand on Li Si's side when Feng Quji and Li Si are arguing, when there are only his own people, Yao Jia will continue to express his thoughts as usual. This has nothing to do with competing for merit and profit.
, just to make suggestions to let Li Si have more considerations!
This is also why, no matter when, Li Si always believed and reused Yao Jia!
Because Yao Jia knows when to stand firmly on the same front with Li Si, and when should he express his different opinions to Li Si!
"Brother Yao also thinks that I am giving up and not sending a letter to Your Majesty?" Li Si was not surprised at Yao Jia's words at all, and asked with a smile!
"This..." Yao Jia knew Li Si's personality very well. Li Si's behavior is becoming more and more popular with Lu Buwei. He has always been unable to get up early! Now Li Si does not hesitate to Feng Quji turn against this trivial matter and is unwilling to pass on the letter.
The emperor, even Yao Jia, who knew Li Si very well, always thought that Li Si had planned so much!
However, now, from Li Si's words, it seems that he really has no selfishness or planning. Yao Jia still feels a little disbelief!
Hearing Yao Jia's words, Li Si's eyes flashed and said with a smile: "Brother Yao thought Your Majesty would not know the situation in Guanzhong now? Let's not talk about the Longwei and Black Ice Platforms that are scattered in Guanzhong, Lord Zongzheng and Guowei
Will Wei Liao and the others tell Your Majesty about the chaos in Guanzhong now?"
"Then why did His Majesty the Emperor not have any letters coming?" Yao Jia asked quickly when he heard Li Si say this!
"Your Majesty is doing things, and it is becoming more and more difficult for us to figure out! I don't know!" Li Si said lightly without moving!
"Prime Minister, Jia thought this matter was inappropriate! Prime Minister was in charge of politics. Although there are chaos in Guanzhong, Longwei, Hei Bingtai, Lao Zongzheng and Guowei who reported to Your Majesty, they are always the Prime Minister!
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"Maybe, Your Majesty is watching how I act?" Li Si asked retort without any objection!
While saying this, Li Si couldn't help but find a message from the Xianyang Palace that he received yesterday!
Concubine Li actually got pregnant with the emperor's blood before her daughter!
Yes! There are naturally Longwei and Hei Bingtai in Guanzhong. Ying Teng and Wei Liao told the emperor, but they didn't know about this hidden thing that happened in the emperor's harem, so naturally they couldn't tell the emperor.
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Thinking of this, Li Si's palm, which was originally placed on the armrest of the big chair, was suddenly tightened! (To be continued)
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