Chapter 38: The brave old Qin, facing the national crisis together

Chu Yian's eyes lit up when he heard Qin Sheng say this, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Calligraphy is still too difficult for her.

It takes too much paper for her to write, and it will be difficult to organize it later.

Chu Yian took the written paper, sorted it out, read it according to what was written, and simply asked Qin Sheng to rewrite it.

"The book I want to write is called The Great Qin Empire."

Qin Sheng was stunned: "Daqin? I don't think I've ever heard of this dynasty."

Chu Yian: "I made it up."

Qin Sheng nodded, without questioning whether Chu Yian could independently conceive a complete and logical story.

Instead, he took out a piece of paper and wrote the four big words "The Great Qin Empire".

His handwriting is elegant and beautiful, completely different from Chu Yian's incomplete and crooked handwriting.

After finishing writing, seeing that Chu Yian didn't say anything, Qin Sheng looked at Chu Yian: "Why don't you read it anymore?" Didn't you think about what to write next?

Chu Yian frowned, feeling very conflicted. "Qin Sheng, let me ask you a question. What is your understanding of the word 'empire'?"

Qin Sheng pondered for a moment, his brow furrowed slightly as he held up his pen. "No dynasty on this continent has ever dared to add the word empire to its name. But since it has, it must have reached an unprecedented peak, both militarily and politically, making all the surrounding countries afraid to invade."

Chu Yian nodded and pursed his lips: "I have a different understanding."

Qin Sheng became interested and wanted to hear what Chu Yian, this somewhat rebellious young lady, had to say.

"Tell me about it."

Chu Yian said seriously: "Empire should be a historical concept, but people today don't have such a concept."

“In my opinion, it should contain three points to be called an empire.”

"First, unify a vast territory. If the territory is too small, no matter how strong the military is, it cannot be called an empire."

Qin Sheng nodded: "How big is considered big?"

Chu Yian: "Take Dashun for example, it extends to Jinheling in the north, Mingfengzhou in the south, Wangguan in the west, and Huayang in the east."

"Compared to the surrounding countries, the territory is actually not much larger. It can't be called an empire in any way."

"When the Dashun Kingdom has annexed all the surrounding countries, it can almost be called an empire."

Qin Sheng's hand holding the pen trembled, and a drop of ink fell onto the paper and spread out.

He looked at Chu Yian in surprise, and was horrified in his heart: "You are quite ambitious."

Chu Yian coughed and said, "That's why we call it an empire. It must be different from ordinary countries. We can't even call it Dashun, right?"

Qin Sheng's Adam's apple rolled, and he lowered his eyelashes and threw the ink-stained paper away: "What about the second one?"

Chu Yian thought for a moment and said, "The emperor's autocratic rule."

She felt that this statement was somewhat redundant. Dashun was originally a feudal dynasty, and there was no democracy here.

From the royal family to the common people, there is no concept of democracy, so there is no need to bring it up specifically.

Qin Sheng's eyes flashed with contemplation, but he didn't ask why. Instead, he asked, "What is the third one?"

Chu Yian: "Third, strong military expansion. Without expansion, there is no empire."

"Look, I just said that if Dashun wants to become an empire, it must annex the surrounding countries. Isn't this right?"

Qin Sheng nodded, and there was a hint of admiration in his eyes when he looked at Chu Yian, which he himself did not even notice.

No matter how Chu Yian's story is made up, being able to say these words has already surpassed many people.

The current emperor wants to be a wise and benevolent monarch and be praised by future generations, but he has never thought about expanding his territory. He only wants neighboring countries not to invade and to protect his own piece of land.

If he had the same awareness as Chu Yian, the territory of Dashun would have been expanded to an unknown extent long ago.

Just guarding this small piece of land, he was at most a king who maintained the status quo in the eyes of future generations. How could he deserve the title of the greatest emperor of all time?

Qin Sheng slowly exhaled, and in a short period of time, he once again changed his opinion of Chu Yian.

He originally married his wife to satisfy his superiors and parents, and he carefully chose Chu Yian because he didn't want to bring harm to others.

Chu Yian happened to be a rebellious person, so marrying him would not lead to her suffering and causing herself to die of anger in the backyard.

Qin Sheng never thought about getting anything from Chu Yian. With the ability of the Qin family, they would be able to protect her no matter what.

But now it seems that he underestimated Chu Yian.

Looking at this little person, his eyes were bright in everything he saw, his cheeks were still a bit childish, he had never seen the dangers of the world, and was still very curious about everything.

But he already has his own thoughts and can sort out his own ideas from so many words without being influenced by outsiders.

This is already rare.

Qin Sheng suddenly began to look forward to what kind of magnificent story this script of his, which currently only had a name, could develop into.

If this story is written only from the perspective of today's people, it will never be able to make it amazing.

But if you want to break out of this framework and reach another level of writing, it will be an extremely challenging task.

It would be difficult to complete such a grand story without a certain amount of experience, vision and a huge reserve of knowledge.

Qin Sheng wanted to know how far Chu Yian could go?

Can you clearly describe the twists and turns and hardships involved?

If we just gloss over it and easily let Qin become an empire, then the story will lose its color.

If people can't find any reference, the emperor may not even look at it, so how can we help the Qin family get rid of the emperor's suspicion?

However, this story may also have begun after the Qin Dynasty became an empire. So what followed was a foreign war or internal conflict?

It’s not easy to write in any direction.

Qin Sheng suppressed his thoughts and asked Chu Yian, "So what are you struggling with?"

Chu Yian: "I'm struggling with whether I should explain to them at the beginning what I understand as the concept of empire."

Qin Sheng thought for a moment and then shook his head: "Once they finish reading your book, they will naturally understand what an empire is. There is no need to bring it up specifically."

Chu Yian thought about it and agreed.

After all, this is not the era of fast food literature, and readers have little patience.

There were still very few books in this era, and scholars read very slowly. They had the patience to read and understand every word.

She agreed with Qin Sheng's idea.

"Then write it. The first part: The Six Kingdoms plotting against Qin."

Qin Sheng understood in his heart that it seemed that he was going to write about the rise of an empire.

The seven kingdoms were fighting, the six kingdoms were plotting against Qin. With such a big world and such a complicated background, I don’t know if she has figured it out.

Qin Sheng picked up his pen and wrote it down.

For an entire night, one read and the other wrote. They stopped from time to time to sort out the characters and add some popular science without affecting the reading, using a few simple sentences to help everyone better understand the characters in the book.

Qin Sheng felt that he still underestimated Chu Yian.

She has a lot of characters in her mind, and there are already a lot of them when she appears.

It’s just that so many people appearing at once creates a completely unfamiliar social background, which makes people feel very chaotic.

He just happened to help Chu Yian eliminate some unnecessary characters to make the article flow more smoothly.

Although there are many characters, Chu Yian’s mind is not actually confused. Everyone has his or her own thoughts and different identities.

It is rare to sort out so many relationships in such a short time, but Chu Yian seems to have completely thought out how the whole story will develop, which makes Qin Sheng look at him with admiration.

As the night went by, Qin Sheng became more and more curious about how the Qin State would rise when the six states were all eyeing it covetously.

I was also deeply moved by what Qin Xiaogong Ying Quliang said to his subordinates: "Let us, the old Qin people, face the national crisis together."

The Qin family has never been treated well by the monarch. If the current emperor is someone like Qin Xiaogong, he...