On the day before the Spring Festival in the 53rd year of the Great Qin calendar, when we were eliminating the old and welcoming the new, the entire Great Qin was in an early stage because of a piece of news.
Through the operation of the Black Ice Platform, the news of Xu Fu's capture in less than a day had already been released from Hangu Pass and entered Julu, Handan, Sishui, Nanyang and other counties, and was rapidly moving towards the north, east, and more
The counties and counties in the west and south are spreading.
Xu Fu relied on rare treasures cheated from the First Emperor, boys and girls taken away from the Qin Dynasty, and a large number of craftsmen. The fact that he established a country on the island of Japan claimed to be the Emperor of Shenwu and was enfeoffed as a minister was also the Hei Bingtai according to Hu Hai's meaning.
It was passed on in its original form .
If in the past, most people of the six countries would applaud if they did not applaud the Qin Dynasty. But now, as the people from all over the world feel stronger and stronger, Hu Hai
In the practical action of exempting taxes from taxes for three consecutive years, Xu Furen has become a minister in the Great Qin Dynasty and has not returned to Xianyang, but has become a great Qin Dynasty.
The object everyone shouts to beat.
People from all over the world, especially those in counties that Xu Fu may pass by, have prepared all kinds of things such as rotten vegetables, leaves, rotten eggs, smelly dog shit, etc., and are preparing to "welcome" Xu Fu's return.
It would be fine if I deceived the First Emperor, but on the island of Japan, I dared to forget my ancestors who founded the country privately and called myself the Emperor of Shenwu. This is no longer a problem of liars, but a great ethical rebellion of forgetting my ancestors, unkind, unrighteous, unfaithful and unfilial.
Including the story of Xu Fu that His Majesty the Second Emperor said two years ago, it corresponds to the news that Xu Fu was captured now. Hu Hai, who had already covered his body with a mysterious veil because of all kinds of things, stepped onto the altar again.
A big step forward.
Xu Fu, who also caused the entire Qin Dynasty, was captured and reported. Feng Quji, Wei Liao and Dunliu jointly requested the emperor to return his fiefdom to the Ministry of Revenue and the emperor seemed to want to take all the nobles to the hands of all the nobles.
All the fiefs given were taken back and the rumors that the Ministry of Revenue were also quietly spread throughout Xianyang and even Guanzhong.
But unlike Xu Fu's capture, everyone knows that the things that happened at the dynasty meeting and the rumors that Hu Hai wanted to take back the fiefdom were only spread on the official side and did not spread to the people.
Due to the reform of the official system, the Qin Dynasty no longer used to rely on titles to determine the level of official rank. Similarly, because the official system had just been formed, fresh blood finally began to appear in the officialdom of the Qin Dynasty. However, even so, the officials in the court are now in the court.
Most of them have a background of one kind or another. Only local officials are promoted because they are newly promoted. Except for a few counties, most of the rest are newcomers without backgrounds.
The noble families in Guanzhong have more or less their own spokespersons in the court. Perhaps this salt-bearing man is not very high in his official position, but he will definitely have it.
When the news came out, a group of noble families were naturally extremely frightened. But they also knew that if the news came to the people and the people in their respective places knew, the consequences would be unbearable for anyone.
Why?
Because the people in the fiefdom, including the land, are the private property of various nobles. Hu Hai issued an edict to exempt taxes and taxes nationwide, but the noble families did not suffer much influence. Because they did not have to pay taxes and taxes.
But they did not have to pay taxes, but the people in their fiefdom still had to pay taxes to them. This tax was naturally the private property of various nobles, and would not pay any of them to the court to the Ministry of Revenue.
Originally, the emperor exempted the world from taxes, which had already made the people in the fiefdoms fluctuate, but because they were all the private property of the owners of the fiefdoms, and the nobles did make a little concession, slightly reducing the taxes they required to pay
Fu, so in the end the people in each fiefdom still tolerated it.
You should know that even the emperor is afraid that it is difficult for the emperor to interfere in any matter in the fiefdom.
In other words, the local emperors are in their fiefs. Although Hu Hai was the emperor of the Qin Dynasty, according to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, he could not interfere in the fiefs of the ministers and nobles below at will, unless someone rebels in the fiefs.
It can be imagined that once the emperor wants to reclaim the fiefdoms of all sizes controlled by many nobles, the people in the fiefdom learned that they were afraid that those who were originally willing but were powerless would immediately become noisy.
It's right.
Once things get big, I'm afraid that the emperor's original idea of not taking back the fiefdom but changing his mind for the common people, then it's over.
The winter in Xianyang City is extremely cold. All the noble families that should have enjoyed in the mansion have moved at this moment. Some cursed, some worried, and some gloating.
However, the Meng family, the Li family, the Wang family, and even the Fan family, the Fang family, the Su family, the Minister of Justice Yao Jia's Mansion, the Minister of Works Zheng Guofu, and the Minister of Rites Hu Wujing's Mansion, but they all
Nothing happened.
These important officials in the court who may have influenced the emperor's attitude not only did not respond to this matter, but most of them were also excited to kill cattle and sheep, and they were decorated with lanterns, and they seemed to be preparing to celebrate the New Year happily.
As for whether they are really happy, no one knows.
Of course, if you have to say something abnormal, then all the above-mentioned nobles and nobles chose to turn all the visitors away and posted a notice directly on the door. During the Chinese New Year, only family friends and family members are allowed to be together during the Chinese New Year.
The younger generations come and wish you a happy New Year, but the rest will not accept you.
This is actually the biggest exception.
What situations do we need to express our guests in a closed door and even pay New Year’s greetings without even giving New Year’s greetings?
Who else can be the one who can silence the most prominent nobles of the Qin Dynasty besides the young emperor in Xianyang Palace?
This situation naturally made the noble families who regarded the fiefdom as their lifeline but did not have much strength in the court even more anxious.
This Spring Festival in the third year of the Second Emperor should be the most difficult Spring Festival for the noble families in Xianyang and Guanzhong.
Life is like a year!
At this moment, the second emperor of Daqin, the real initiator, Hu Hai, seemed not to have been affected by this incident. Instead, he secretly arrived at Liangshan on the morning of New Year's Eve with a group of military commanders who returned to Xianyang from all over the country.
middle.
“Cruff!”
A round thing with a long spark behind a black ball left the huge trencher and fell to the clearing on the side of the valley with a heavy sound of breaking through the air.
"Bang!" A muffled sound. The ball of black iron balls, which were not stone bullets, were not iron bullets, and things that hit the ground hard, and still rolled with sparks with their long tails. It's not moving anymore.
What is this situation?
Feng Jie, Xin Sheng, Meng Li, Han Xin, Shejian, Wang Gan and other generals looked at each other. If Hu Hai hadn't stood in front, they would have been catching Tian Ren's collar and shouting at this moment.
During the Chinese New Year, the cold weather takes us out to blow the northwest wind, just to see how you can throw the iron lumps that sparkle out with a trencher? This is the rumored thing called gunpowder that has been rumored to be extremely powerful?
Next to him, Tian Ren touched the cold sweat on his head and secretly looked at Hu Hai who was standing in front of him. Seeing that Hu Hai had no annoyance on his face, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Today is His Majesty the Emperor bringing a group of senior generals from the Qin army to watch the power of gunpowder. Originally, what he was preparing to bomb the ship like last time, but Hu Hai rejected it. Let Tian Ren use the "bomb" that the Shangfang Ordnance Department is studying. The thunder "cataloger fired a shot.
The Ordnance Department was a special institution established by Hu Hai in Shangfang. The task of this institution is very simple, which is to specialize in the research of various weapons equipped with the Qin army, especially gunpowder weapons.
The Ordnance Department gathered a group of researchers who studied gunpowder by lucklessly died and was awarded by Hu Hai. Now it is full of the end and has been replaced by the alchemists who are called chemists. As well as the most exquisite craftsmen in the Mohist school and the entire Shangfang.
Today, the emperor himself. Tian Ren was worried that something unexpected happened to the "Thunderbolt" trencher that had not been successfully developed. He specifically reminded him to lengthen the lead wires on the iron bomb so that the iron bomb would explode before it was thrown out and injure the launcher. There is nothing to do. The most important thing is that today is New Year's Eve. If an accident occurs at this time and people die, or the emperor is scared, it will be a serious crime. Not to mention that it is still in front of a general in the army.
You should know that the "Sky Thunder" was tested by the Ordnance Department, but there were several accidents in which the iron bomb exploded on the catapult before it was thrown out.
These iron bombs filled with gunpowder are different from stone bombs. The explosion is extremely loud and the sparks are splashing everywhere. The most important thing is that the iron sheets that were broken by gunpowder are flying everywhere, but they will be injured when they are rubbed. Just die.
Since the "Boom Thunder" has only been studied for a short time, Tian Ren and others have not fully grasped the combustion time of the leads and the coverage of the iron sheet after the explosion, so they have to take the safest measures.
However, Tian Ren did not expect that the lead wire was too long and the iron bomb fell to the ground and rolled around. The lead wire was still long and not burned, let alone exploded.
"You guys don't have to worry. You can see that everything about gunpowder is covered with the blood of Shangfang craftsmen. If it weren't for them, I, Daqin, wouldn't have mastered such a heaven-defying weapon."
Hu Hai looked back at Tian Ren who was constantly wiping cold sweat, as well as a group of military craftsmen and alchemists, and glanced around the generals who looked disapproving.
"boom!"
The earth suddenly trembled. Before the generals could answer, the iron ball that was still motionless suddenly emitted a terrifying huge explosion. As the fire was splashing everywhere, the empty space had been stirred up. Covered by dust.
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