Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 189: Twenty Years of King Hao

In the twentieth year of Emperor Yan's reign,

He Bo finally climbed to the Qinling Mountains and proudly announced:
"I conquered Qinling!"

For so many years,

I don’t know if it’s because the Qinling Mountains divide the north and south of China, which is of far-reaching significance, and because it connects to more mountains to the west, but it’s more difficult for He Bo to chew it than the Taihang Mountains.

Although the sense of exclusion and oppression that the Qinling Mountains gave He Bo was not as majestic and heavy as that of the Taihang Mountains, it did not make He Bo feel like "since I'm here, I'll make the best of it."

But it still stands tall on the ground, dividing the north and the south, blocking the cold air in the north and the heat flow in the south, and it really lets He Bo see what it means to be -

"My heart is not made of stone, it cannot be turned"!
He Bo's head was almost pointed after drilling in Qinling Mountains, and it took him a lot of effort to get it down.

"Come!"

"Come with me to visit the mountains!"

Although before this,

In order to better control this huge mountain range, He Bo has explored up and down the Qinling Mountains many times.

But it is not completely under control after all. Taking into account the rejection of mountain spirits, there is a time limit for mountain tours and one cannot enjoy it to the fullest.

it's good now,

He is now in front of Qinling Mountains. How much does he look like before?

Little Qinling Mountains,

Has become a plaything in the hands of ghosts and gods!

In response to the call of ghosts and gods, Yi Zhong also rode his mount slowly over, keeping up with the pace of ghosts and gods.

For so many years,
He still rode a wild boar, no other kind of mount.
True love never changes.

"Why do I have to ride a pig?" He Bo was a little confused about his choice.

There are so many things to ride in the Qinling Mountains.

"I'm used to it." Yi Zhong showed a nostalgic look, "It's getting harder and harder for me to understand the world. Only riding this wild boar can give me a sense of the past."

King Qin Wu Yingdang died.
The new king Ying Ji ascended the throne, ushering in a new era.

Because he was the successor recognized by the previous emperor, there was not much unrest within the Qin State.

However, Ying Ji did not show his talents quickly, which led some people to think that they could use this King of Qin, who had never received education as a crown prince, to gain additional benefits.

The first one who tried to suppress him,
It was King Wu's mother, Wei.

She was very unhappy with Ying Ji's succession to the throne, believing that this boy had bewitched the new king, so she asked King Wu to abandon the brother chosen by his mother.

So she joined forces with the Wei clan in the Qin court and constantly obstructed the Qin king's administration.

However, Ying Ji had anticipated this.

He quickly took advantage of his mother, Mi Bazi's political ambitions, defeated the rough-handed Wei family, and then allowed more Chu officials to appear in the Qin court.

After all, mother is tired and needs some comfort.

Subsequently,

Queen Dowager Xuan made a triumphant appearance and actively interfered in the government affairs of Qin.

However, Ying Ji used the support of his predecessor's old ministers to firmly grasp power, and even the Queen Dowager Xuan could not shake him.

The newly rising Chu officials first eliminated the Wei faction for the King of Qin, and then discovered that the power of the Qin royal family was still entrenched and could not be shaken.

The latter sat still,

He asked someone to solve the problem for him, a Wei official who had been rooted in the court for many years.

The former had a shallow foundation and was soon abandoned for various reasons.

Queen Dowager Xuan then realized that although her son smiled all day long and appeared to be respectful, filial, humble and courteous, he was actually a black-hearted person.

She went straight to King Qin and asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"

The young King of Qin sat on his seat, still smiling.

He said, "Whatever our ancestors wanted, I want."

Queen Dowager Xuan chuckled and said, "You want to establish the destiny of the country in your own generation?"

"Not everyone can bear the fate of heaven!"

This thing is so dangerous!

Ever since Duke Xian of Qin returned to Qin and sounded the bell for reform, the lifespan of Qin kings has declined rapidly.

When Duke Xiao was forty-three years old,

King Huiwen was forty-five years old.
King Wu was twenty-three years old.

Ying Ji has been carrying the blood inherited from his ancestors for twenty years.

According to the previous example,

Only half of his life is left.

The King of Qin said calmly, "So in order to live a few more years, I pay great attention to health preservation!"

"There are many things that I can only ask of my mother. Please take care of it for me!"

Queen Dowager Xuan glared at him and said, "You take the benefits, but I have to bear the blame?"

"Ha, there are so many strange things in the world. Even a son is so filial to his mother!"

"Then doesn't mother want it?" The King of Qin still had that smiling face.

"Of course I want it!"

Queen Dowager Xuan turned around and waved her hand, bringing up a scent of fragrance.

"How can a mother refuse her son's filial piety?" Who stipulates that women cannot pursue power?
"By the way, remember to be nice to Lord Yiqiu!"

Before leaving,
Queen Dowager Xuan left these words to her son.

Lord Yiqu,
It was established after Yiqiu was annexed by the Qin State in order to appease and warn the Yiqiu people.

The original king of Yiqiu was moved to Xianyang and passed down this title from generation to generation.

now,

Three generations have passed, and its ruler is a few years younger than Queen Dowager Xuan.

When Queen Dowager Xuan and the Wei family were fighting for power, in order to win over more forces, Prince Yiqiu was directly taken into the arms of Queen Dowager Xuan and became her lover.

Perhaps it was because Prince Yiqiu was really useful and made Queen Dowager Xuan feel comfortable using him. Now that her power was consolidated, she did not abandon him and even remembered to speak well of him.

However, the King of Qin remembered the deathbed vow between his parents.

He said with a strange look on his face, "...Didn't you swear not to keep a concubine?"

Queen Dowager Xuan gave him a sidelong glance.

"Lord Yiqiu still wants me to raise him?"

"He volunteered!"

As long as you don't pay,
It doesn’t count as prostitution!
How can this be considered a violation of the oath to the late king!

The King of Qin rarely changed his expression and was choked by his mother's self-righteous words.

Fortunately,

The mother and son reached a consensus on King Yiqiu's attitude, and no conflict broke out.

Although the King of Qin respected his father very much, as a filial son, he planned to serve his mother first.

After all, how can a dead person be as important as a living person?
……

"...Come down and break his legs too!"

Hades,

King Huiwen of Qin, who had just broken King Wu's leg again to stop him from going out to compete in martial arts, indifferently held the thick wooden stick and arranged the future of his other child.

but,

As long as there are no problems in the Qin State and it moves forward steadily, it would be okay for me to put up with this hat for the time being.

After people die, they all come to the underworld to reunite.

As the King of Qin took care of his health and controlled the overall situation behind the scenes, the Queen Dowager Xuan led the charge in the open, and the situation in the world further collapsed.

In the sixteenth year of Emperor Yan's reign,
The King of Qin invited the King of Chu to a meeting at Wuguan.

The King of Chu, who had been defrauded by the Qin State many times, went there again without any precautions and was then detained in the Qin State.

Once this happened,
The whole world was in uproar.

Although the princes have been forming alliances and making alliances for so many years, they have been jumping back and forth and have completely disregarded the Zhou rites and morals.

However, the open detention of a monarch on the pretext of a meeting still brought to a new low point in morality among the princes.

Fortunately,

This outrageous diplomatic incident was quickly resolved -

In the second year,
The State of Zhao, conscious of its strong military power, launched an attack on Zhongshan with the intention of destroying it.

This move directly diverted the attention of the princes and made them no longer pay attention to the love, hatred and enmity between Qin and Chu.

After all, the King of Chu is not dead.
And it seems that the King of Zhongshan is indeed about to die.

Until this year,

Zhongshan, which controlled an area of 500 li and had thousands of chariots, was finally destroyed. Its king was exiled to Fushi by King Zhao. The country was completely destroyed and the ancestral temple was overturned.

The national strength of Zhao State reached its peak.

The demise of the "Eighth Hero of the Warring States Period" also moved the dead ghosts.

Although Shang Yang preached "one world" every day in the underworld, the dead ghosts in the underworld, from the strength of Wei State to the present, only felt:
The countries are still the same countries.

The strong are declining,
The declining ones are becoming stronger,
But in the end, no one really died and the country was destroyed.

The states of Song and Wei were weak, but hasn’t that continued to this day?

Well now,

The fall of Zhongshan State

Let the dead ghosts react from their life in the underworld where there is no clear passage of time -

A flood that swept across the world,

It's here!
Yi Zhong, who originally liked to wander around the human world, learn about the unique herbs of that place, and catch monkeys to "test the medicine" for himself, was frightened and began to shrink his hands and feet, reducing the frequency of his visits to the human world.

He was just an ordinary old man.

How can one remain calm in this turbulent world?
Ye County became the front line of the confrontation between the two armies.

Tongdi was destroyed during the conflict between Han and Zhao.

a lot of things,

It can only appear in Yi Zhong’s memory.

Over the years, I have only followed the ghosts and gods, riding pigs into the mountains, catching monkeys and picking herbs, and I can still feel the old days.

However, while I dare not go to the bloody world to be a bloodthirsty spectator,
Yi Zhong decided to follow the recent trend in Haoli and write a book specifically recording various herbs.

He has even thought of a name for it: it’s called “Shennong’s Herbal Classic”!
Wait till it's finished.

We should spread it just like the "Book of Agriculture" written by Xi, and apply some plaster to this wounded world!
(End of this chapter)