Hangu Guanxi according to the plateau, east of the stream, south of the Qinling Mountains, north of the Yellow River, was founded in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, has always been the Qin State to resist the Shandong States westward advance of the Xiongguan, since ancient times is the place where soldiers must fight.

Historically, there have been many large-scale battles in Hangu Pass, Zhou Shenliang King three years, King Chu Huai raised the army of the six countries to attack Qin, Qin according to the Hangu natural danger, so that the army of the six countries "ambushed millions of corpses, bleeding and drifting"; In the sixth year of Qin Shi Huang, the armies of Chu, Zhao, Wei and other five countries committed Qin, "to Hangu, they were all defeated".

After the unification of the "world", the first emperor ordered the demolition of the "world" city wall, the cities of the counties and counties were successively chiseled and destroyed, and the various Xiongguan were also demolished with an order.

The first emperor ordered the demolition of the city wall in the world, the original intention was not to let the city wall become a dependence of secession, but the order beyond the city wall, whether in the original historical version or in Lu Zhe's version, whether there is a city wall or not, is not the key to whether it will form a secession, it is the will of the people.

The rebuilt Hangu Pass is naturally incomparable with the previous 100-year-old Xiongguan, according to legend, the wall of Hangu Pass before it was not demolished is as high as more than 20 meters, and it is built by the mountain and the stream, and the tiger dwells in the dragon and lies in the saying that there is a husband when the pass is not opened.

Now the natural advantages of Hangu Pass are still there, but the hastily repaired city wall is only six meters high, and it is not connected with the towering mountains, and some parts should even collapse because they are too sloppy to build, and they can no longer see the appearance of Xiongguan.

"The domestic passes and city walls were all demolished in order to reduce the number of troops stationed in the country, so that the army could be transferred to the frontier or defend the territory or open up the territory, and its own will is to adopt the concept of governing the country with internal priority and external importance." Meng Tian's voice was relatively soft, and standing beside him was Kui Lin, and the two of them were now on the edge of the demolished Hangu Pass ruins, both with emotion on their faces.

"The First Emperor was ambitious, and some of his ideas were not wrong. It's a pity that the world has been decided, and some strategies have gone a little radically......" Kui Lin had already said more clearly, and then simply said: "The enmity between the Six Kingdoms and Great Qin is too deep and too big, how can one or two generations be wiped out?" We should concentrate on internal stability, live three or four generations to get the people's hearts and minds, and then wave our troops outward. ”

Talking about what has happened and then making assertions about those things is actually an afterthought.

Meng Tian immediately smiled bitterly, everyone knew what was going on afterwards, but at the time it was a different matter. The formulation of a national policy of internal importance and external importance was something that the Qin Zhongshu agreed with at that time. No one even stood up against it.

At that time, no one stood up to oppose it, first, the authority of the first emperor was too heavy, and no one dared to have any disobedience; The second is that the Fushun shown by the leaders of the Six Kingdoms after the war made the Qin center have a delusion, thinking that the Qin army was in its prime, and no one dared to cause trouble; The third is that the Xiongnu in the north are too arrogant to swallow the river and force Xianyang, and the Baiyue in the south repeatedly invade and encroach on the counties in the south, and the Qin State has to react.

Under the current situation at that time, it was possible to say that we should concentrate on internal stability maintenance and ignore the aggressiveness of the Xiongnu and Baiyue? It's obviously impossible.

"It's not the old man who talks about the past and the present. It's too difficult to really return to the heart of the Six Kingdoms, hundreds of years of blood feuds, so many nobles lurking waiting for something to happen. Then there was a strong attachment of the laws of the Qin State to the heads of the six kingdoms, and there was no difference from time to time and from place to place. Intensify the rebellion of the leaders of the six countries......" Kui Lin felt a little guilty, sighed, and said: "The old man took Shu County to join him early as today, in fact, he has already seen that it is difficult to maintain stability in the world. Even if the first emperor was not chaotic when he was alive, it would be chaotic when he was the second. ”

Meng Tian glanced at Kui Lin and was silent, he didn't comment on Kui Lin's move to take Shu County to join him as today's son early.

At that time, the north of Great Qin was under great threat from the Xiongnu. The northeast and east are the countries that have been restored to advance step by step, and the Qin State that has fallen into the siege is actually a little difficult to parry, and it is difficult to ensure that the Han army at that time can send troops to defend the land when it goes west to the three counties of Ba, Shu and Hanzhong, so it will exchange the land of the three counties for the Han army not to send troops, and it is also to use the land of the three counties to obtain urgently needed materials from the Han State at that time.

The fact is that Shu County had been trading with Lu Zhe for many years before that, and Lu Zhe's ruling area bought cloth, silk, cannibalization and other commodities from Shu County, and Shu County purchased a large amount of grain from Lu Zhe's ruling area, and the two sides cooperated very closely in commerce, as if it was already to the point of you and me.

Who is Kui Lin? Sima Cuo led his troops to swallow the ancient Shu Kingdom, and after the fall of the Ancient Shu Kingdom, Shu became the territory of the Qin State, but Kui Lin was one of the kings and grandsons, and no one would believe it if he had no idea in his heart that the Qin State would swallow the Ancient Shu Kingdom.

The state of Qin weakened slightly, and Kui Lin returned to Shu County, and there were some signs that he was actually brewing something when he returned to Shu County, and he also had a lot of contact with the Ba people on the side of Ba County, and it was likely that he wanted to unite the Ba people to restore Shu and Ba.

Of course, whether it is in the original history or in this version of Lu Zhe's history, Shu and Ba were not restored in the end. However, the original historical Bashu finally tried his best to help Liu Bangdong out, and this historical version of Bashu also quickly invested in Lu Zhe's arms to send people and materials, which shows that the relationship between the Ba people and the Shu people and Daqin is really a bit delicate.

"Exhausted, the people in the country are unstable, and the nobles are also ......" Meng Tian didn't say the two bad words, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "In this situation, no one is to blame." ”

The Qin army was really exhausted, and before there was no great chaos in the world, the north gathered a large army to prepare for a big war with the Xiongnu, and the south also sent troops to prepare for the southern expedition, which means that the empire is thousands of miles away from each other.

The world was unified, but the Qin people did not get the war dividends after the unification, and the taxes and labor became heavier and heavier, giving birth to a sense of confusion and even resentment. The Qianshou in the occupied territories of the Six Kingdoms are also living under the high-pressure policy, and there are young and strong people who are transferred to military service and hard labor all the time, and even a large number of families are forced to relocate, such as the southern expedition prepared by Great Qin, which forced a very large number of families to go south, so that the whole country is a little resentful.

The aristocracy of Daqin is not much better, and the competition for various interests has intensified with the unification of the world, such as the Mengshi and the Wang clan fighting for control of the northern frontier, the royal grandson and the nobles competing for the right to speak in the court, and the center has made a matter of gathering the power of the world to the emperor. There was no major chaos.

"We are not in the same situation as we are today...... Hehe! Kui Lin chuckled twice, took a deep breath and continued: "I estimate that you will die of old age in the mountains and forests, should you be dead in the northern frontier?" ”

Meng Tian's pupils contracted, and he couldn't help but look into the distance, where there were today's sons and a group of ministers, among whom were Wang Jian and Wang Ben.

"Is it a corpse in the northern frontier?" Meng Tian pondered for a moment: "I won't die at the hands of the Huns, so ......"

Kui Lin asserted that Meng Tian would cross the Northern Frontier not because he had the ability to prophesy, but because the Meng clan was too powerful, because the first emperor's favor offended too many people. In addition, the Montessori gained control of the northern frontier, and after a long time, the emperor would be jealous, so the better the Montessori managed the northern frontier, the more dangerous it became. This kind of thing is not uncommon in history, and Li Mu's management of Daijun at the end of the Warring States period is one of the obvious examples.

Meng Tian had a cold war, it was because of the snow in winter, and he was also frightened after thinking deeply. He couldn't help but think of the current empire from the Qin period, since ancient times, the strong ministers and the weak lords are the source of contradictions, and the kings of the past dynasties will target powerful courtiers, so will Lu Zhe be like that one day?

Kui Lin seemed to know what he was thinking from the change in the expression on Meng Tian's face. He said faintly: "The empire is a sub-feudal system, and this sub-feudal is different from the previous sub-feudal system. But if you think that you can grow with all your heart, and then separate from the central government after you grow, you must bear the thunder. ”

Meng Tian and Fusu have always been in contact. The relationship between the two sides was not alienated because of Meng Tian's attachment to the empire, Kui Lin was advising Meng Tian, and he also wanted to use Meng Tian's mouth to convey to Fusu that Qin, as one of the feudal states, could strengthen itself. However, unless it has enough strength to confront the Empire, any provocation will lead to a full-scale counterattack by the Empire.

The fief of the Qin feudal state has been determined, and the divided fief will be north of Wusun. That is, the place where the Otsuki clan currently lives temporarily, very close to Lake Balkhash.

After the Otsuki clan migrated, they continued to wage war with the Sakya, occupying part of the Sakya lands and driving the Sakya to the west. In the past many years, Wusun has helped the Otsutsuki clan to a limited extent, but in recent years, not only has the Xiaoyue clan who has taken refuge in Wusun have become dissent, but the Otsuki clan, which has been helped by Wusun, has also shown signs of moving eastward.

The empire helped Wusun, and among the series of conditions reached, the empire's placement of the feudal state on the edge of Wusun was one of them, and it can be seen that Wusun actually had the intention to resist, but he had to agree to it under the current situation.

Around October of this year, the emperor sent an envoy, and 80,000 cavalry of the Wehrmacht also entered the Western Regions and began to provide practical and effective assistance to Wusun. It was about the beginning of November, and the two Qin army corps that had originally stopped in Beidi County also marched to the Hetao, and after two months, they arrived at the newly established Dunhuang County in the northwest of the empire, waiting for the arrival of supplies in the latter step, and then continued to drive west into the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty seems to be in a bit of a chaotic mood lately, hovering over making every effort to open up and calm the hearts of the people. Other than that...... It seems that you are also a little worried about the imperial capital? Kui Lin paused, waiting for Meng Tian to digest his previous words before continuing: "The two legions of the feudal kingdom are about to march into the Western Regions, and the King of Qin has repeatedly asked to set off but has been refused, I wonder if there will be a recurrence?" ”

Meng Tian thought that Kui Lin was going to say something, but he was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is a generous person, with a heavenly constitution in his mouth, once he promises, how can there be any reason to change the hexagram?" ”

It is really generally believed that Lu Zhe is a trustworthy person, which has a lot to do with Lu Zhe's good reputation for always speaking. Furthermore, no matter how you look at it, there is no need to change Lu Zhe's hexagram, it is related to the national policy of the country, how can it be child's play?

At this time, Hangu Pass has been covered with a layer of silver white, and the farther away, the mountains and rivers are also covered with snow, and the Yellow River is also frozen.

The freezing of the river was a major impact on the grassland warfare, because most of the army's previous use of waterways for transportation, including the Yellow River, froze, because of rain and snow, and the land transportation became muddy, which was a great problem for the logistics transportation line.

"So far, even if there is enough cement, it is difficult to build all roads into concrete roads." Lu Zhe pointed to the road to the east of Hangu Pass, and then pointed to the road to the west of Hangu Pass: "It is the limit that it can be built here in a short period of time. ”

It's about manpower hiring, almost three years after the end of the war, the people who should have returned to their hometowns have basically returned to their hometowns, and most of the soldiers captured in the former Warring States have been released, and those who have not been released will usher in a new round of resettlement in the coming year, and the shortage of labor has become an imminent thing.

"In April, the navy will bring back tens of thousands of savages to the country, and most of them will be put into the mines on the other side of the Japanese islands, and it is only a strange thing to stay in the country and use them as labor." When Lu Zhe spoke, his eyes were looking at the northwest direction, where there was a piece of land named the Western Regions, and he said: "The natives of the Western Regions are not easy to move in the short term, but there are a large number of alien races who have fled from the west to the east. ”

Wang Jian is already old, but his spirit is still vigorous, he "haha" smiled, and said: "Junji Mountain and Rouran Mountain, and even Wolf Juxu Mountain have nearly hundreds of thousands of Hu people, how can Your Majesty lack labor?" ”

Lu Zhe was actually surprised and surprised by Wang Qian's appearance, and probably knew why Wang Jian appeared, not that Wang Jian wanted to serve with an old body, but that he made a statement for the sake of Wang's appearance. Wang Jian arrived with another person, and that person was Li Xin, who had appeared in the south.

The empire was a nobleman, and Wang Ben got the title of a second-class viscount.

Wang Ben was a marquis in the Qin period, but how many marquis were there in the empire, and how many marquis were there in the Qin State during the Warring States period? In terms of the time when Wang Ben took refuge in the later period, although he made a lot of military achievements, everyone can see that Lu Zhe has given Wang Ben extra preferential treatment.

After the Dafeng aristocracy, the commander of the national defense army also moved, Wang Ben led the position of the commander of the Zhonglang general of the Ninth Cavalry Corps, and was later promoted to the general of Zhenbei, governing the border defense military of Dai County, Merge County, and Liaodong Counties.

The empire is destined to use troops to the north of Liaodong in the future, and Lu Zhe also revealed that the rumors will know Wang Ben, and let Wang Ben do a good job of reconnaissance on the mountains and rivers, the meaning is already more obvious, that is to promote Wang Ben to the general of the expedition to the east after the outbreak of the war against Donghu, Wang Ben will let his father find Li Xin and bring Li Xin to the emperor's side for introduction. (To be continued.) )