Chapter 147 It’s a cold winter night, long live the king
It wasn’t until the clear sound of “dang” came that Li Nian and all the young masters of Da Qin finally ended their standing in Luoquan Palace.
"Let's go!"
Following Ying Zheng, Li Nian and the other princes of Da Qin rushed to the first stop of today's ceremony - Wuyang Shangchou, one of the four Yong dynasties.
After the process decided upon by Ying Zheng and his ministers, the first step in the ceremony of proclaiming emperor is to worship the heaven and earth, and inform the heaven and earth that raised all things: Ying Zheng will proclaim himself emperor today!
Sacrifice to the heaven and earth is an ancient activity. All the seven countries have dedicated places for sacrifice, and Da Qin is no exception.
The most important sacrificial site in the Qin Dynasty is Wuyang Shangchou in Yongshan Mountain. It is located more than 30 miles northwest of Yongcheng and is known as the "Yongshan Blood Pool Site" in later generations.
This is also the reason why Li Nian is not in Xianyang. He needs to accompany Ying Zheng to Yongcheng to worship heaven.
Li Nian originally thought that he might have to stay in the Great Qin Palace for the rest of his life, but he never thought that he would still have the chance to go out. Although he would still be restricted, it was still better than living in Liuying Palace all day long.
After leaving the palace, Li Nian got on a carriage belonging to Empress Ying Zheng. He was surrounded by Da Qin cavalry, each one lit with torches. Because the team was extremely long, it looked like a fire dragon passing through the night.
Li Nian opened the window of the carriage and looked out, only to see a little fire not far away from Chidao. Apparently someone knew about the movement and was watching with a torch.
Suddenly, a noisy sound came, as if someone was shouting something.
In these days, Li Nian also learned some Qin opera. These voices seem to be shouting "Long live the king!"?
Subsequently, I seemed to notice that everyone was shouting this sentence. These noisy voices merged into one and became neat and loud. They were really shouting "Long live the king!"
Although I saw it in the dark night He couldn't tell who was shouting, but Li Nian knew that it must be the Qin people from Yongcheng: these Qin people were probably holding torches, kneeling on the ground with their families, worshiping the entire team, and shouting for them to reduce the corvee tax. Long live that great king.
'There are so many simple people, but it is a pity that in the original history, they were forcefully forced by the First Emperor and Hu Hai to 'fear that Pei Gong would not be the king of Qin'! I wonder what the First Emperor is thinking now? ’
Li Nian thought with interest, wondering what Ying Zheng’s expression and thoughts were when he heard these voices shouting “Long live!”
In the carriage ahead, Ying Zheng naturally heard the shouts of "Long live!". Although some people had shouted "Long live!" to him in the past, they were more of compliments and fear, and now these never The shouts coming from all directions in the dark night came from the heart of love and respect.
These Qin people may have been waiting on the edge of Chidao early, regardless of the cold winter night, just waiting for him to kowtow to him when he passed by and shout "Long live the king!".
This is something Ying Zheng has never felt in the past few decades. An indescribable emotion emerged in his heart.
Is this what it feels like to be respected by the people?
It seems pretty good, more pleasing to the ear and more real than the respect of officials, concubines, and chamberlains when they worship him.
This is called the people's heart, this is called the public opinion, this is called the power to determine the world!
At this moment, he thought of many things: what Li Nian said was the main reason for the death of the second generation of Qin, the needs of the people are actually very simple, the old Qin people were afraid that Pei Gong would not become the king of Qin, and what Li Nian said The one who passed...
Ying Zheng looked complicated.
He didn't do much, but these people respected and loved him so much. With these people here, why should they be afraid of the nobles of the six countries, and why should they be afraid of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang?
Even if all the six countries rebel, with these people here, it will be just another conquest, another destruction of the six countries, and another unification of the world.
But in the history that Li Nian mentioned, why did he fail to know this, and pushed these old Qin people who should be loyal to him into opposition. That's right, the one who is too arrogant and proud, thinking that his achievements are eternal, powerful, and that there is no problem with the way he governs the country, even if his ministers have given correct advice, he will not listen to it.
In a sense, Lu Shenghousheng’s evaluation seems to make sense!
Ying Zheng began to really think about a problem. Perhaps the Qin laws of the past were really not suitable for today's world, and there was something really wrong with the Legalist way of governing the country.
Listening to "Long live the king!" who was still shouting outside, Ying Zheng ordered: "The winter nights are cold and easy to get sick, so let them go home and there is no need to wait here to welcome me."
Part 2 After completing this order, Ying Zheng He added: "Don't expel them to leave. Use words to persuade them. If they don't want to leave, don't force them to leave!"
Ying Zheng originally wanted to give each of these people a dollar, but at this time It was inconvenient to travel, so I did not issue this order.
After receiving the royal order from Ying Zheng, some Qin soldiers immediately left the team, holding torches and heading towards the people not far from Chidao.
Seeing the Qin soldiers approaching with torches, the people in Yongcheng were still a little scared, and stopped shouting "Long live the king!". When the Qin soldiers said that the king was worried that the cold night in winter would make them sick, so he specially sent these Qin soldiers After coming to persuade them to go home, a louder voice of "Long live the king!" came.
The proclaiming of the emperor ceremony is an unprecedented event. Ying Zheng attaches great importance to it. He has brought all the people who can and should be brought. Naturally, the princes of the Qin Dynasty are also on this trip. middle.
Hearing the roar of shouts outside, Chun Yuyue burst into tears, excitedly pointed outside, and said to Su Xu and others sitting in the carriage: "This is the people's support, this is the benevolent government!" "
In another carriage, Li Si, who was sitting with his eldest son Li You, was also looking outside. Through the torches, he seemed to see the people of Yongcheng kneeling not far away.
This was a sight he had never seen in all his years in politics. The people could trust and respect a king so much that they did not hesitate to brave the cold and night to worship him.
What made Li Si feel that his values over the years were somewhat broken was that the king did not use the Legalist techniques of controlling the people. The king just issued some people-friendly decrees, which resulted in this scene.
Although Li Si is not a pure believer in Legalism, and Legalism is just a tool in his eyes, he still believes in Legalism quite a lot. But at this time, he couldn't help but have an idea: no need Can Legalist thought also cure the world?
But this idea was quickly wiped away by Li Si. He still felt that Legalist thought was the best thought in the world today, inferior to all other schools of thought, although he sometimes did not follow Legalist thought entirely. .
'No, these people are only grateful to the King because they have received benefits from the King. However, it is hard to be satisfied. Once they open their mouths, they will definitely ask for more benefits in the future. If they are not satisfied, they will understand. Resentment and anger make it more difficult to manage. ’
People’s desires are insatiable. Even if they get what they want, they are often not satisfied. They only crave for more. When they cannot be satisfied, they will become resentful and even hateful.
In another carriage, Liu Jitong and Fan Kuai were sitting in the carriage.
In order to satisfy his vanity of calling himself emperor in front of the founder of the Han Dynasty, Ying Zheng brought Liu Ji and others to Yongcheng.
Hearing the shouting outside, Liu Ji also curiously opened the car window and looked.
Just hearing the cry of "Long live the king!" echoed in the heaven and earth, rising and falling in the night sky, one sentence emerged in Liu Ji's heart: 'You should be born like the King of Qin, and a true man should be like this! ’
(End of this chapter)