Chapter 41 First Clues
Ying Zheng summoned Li Si to discuss the matter.
"This can indeed help the implementation of Qin law. I wonder which capable person proposed this to the king?" Li Si is now the Chief Justice, in charge of Qin's judicial system.
Since Shang Yang's reforms, the foundation of Qin's rule of law was established. After that, the Qin laws were continuously revised and refined by successive Qin monarchs. Today, the Qin laws have become so complicated that they are terrifying. Except for the Legalists who have specially studied the Qin laws, even the clan members may not be able to understand these laws.
This is also why, although the Qin laws are extremely strict, there are still many people who are unaware of the law and yet break it every year.
Li Si once ordered Qin officials in all counties to educate their subordinates about the law, but unfortunately the effect was minimal.
If the laws could be simplified and only state what cannot be done, it would be a good way to promote Qin laws.
"Her?" Ying Zheng chuckled. "I don't know who she is either. None of this matters. As long as it benefits Great Qin, that's all that matters. Since Li Qing thinks it's feasible, let her continue!"
"Your Majesty, you don't know who this person is? How can anyone believe this? What if he intends to harm the Qin State—"
"Don't worry! She won't. As long as she is still in Qin, she will have no chance to betray me." Ying Zheng's eyes were firm.
Li Si frowned. The king wouldn't leave the legislative task to him, but rather to an unknown individual? Why did the king trust this person so much? Could he be even more powerful than himself?
Ying Zheng waved his hand and asked him to leave.
Li Si could only leave with full of questions.
After reading the second half of the letter, Ying Zheng gained a new understanding of Zhao Yuanxi's abilities regarding the farmers' plan to breed good seeds.
He didn't know much about farming, so if he could really breed good seeds, it would naturally be a good thing for his Great Qin.
Ying Zheng thought of the thing called corn planted outside Yongcheng and felt inexplicably excited.
Even if the yield per mu does not reach ten dan, as long as it can reach half, he is willing to reward it.
Everyone seemed to be busy, except Ling Yin, who was applauding the story he had compiled and marveling at his own extraordinary talent.
The next day, when Zhao Yuanxi received the story he had written, the corners of his mouth kept twitching.
I have to say that Ling Yin has a very rich imagination. What a bloody drama of a princess falling in love with a prince from an enemy country!
Ling Yin made up an identity for Zhao Ji as a princess of the State of Zhao, and in the story she fell in love with Prince Zichu at first sight.
First, he kept showing goodwill to him, and then he took advantage of him.
In the end, their affair was discovered by King Zhao, who did not agree with their marriage and forced them to break up. Zhao Ji threatened to commit suicide, which angered King Zhao, and he gave her to Lu Buwei.
After that, Zhao Ji and Zichu were together openly. When she was pregnant with Ying Zheng, Zhao Ji even dreamed of a real dragon coiled around her.
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Zhao Yuanxi remained silent for a long time. So, making up mythological stories for the emperor is a talent of the Chinese people?
But this inspired Zhao Yuanxi. If you don’t occupy the high ground of public opinion, someone else will!
The phrase "The great Chu will rise, and Chen Sheng will be the king!" didn't Chen Shengli use this to gain the upper hand?
"It's well written, but don't write about me next time!" Zhao Yuanxi smiled. "You can make up more stories about destiny for the king."
Ling Yin had also read the stories of Yao and Shun, and when he wrote that the king was the reincarnation of a real dragon, he had the intention of flattering him. After hearing what the queen mother said, he immediately understood the meaning.
"Then should we add some stories about other vassal states?" Ling Yin thought it was very reasonable to praise oneself more and insult others more.
"Do you think people from other countries can see what you wrote?" Zhao Yuanxi rolled his eyes.
Ling Yin lowered his head and dared not refute.
Zhao Yuanxi said quietly, "Even if I have to write, I'd better write stories that can be passed down from generation to generation, so that people can understand them easily. They can't be too far away from reality. Half truth and half falsehood will make people more believable!"
The seed-finding team she formed is almost complete. It won't be difficult to spread some interesting stories like this while collecting seeds from the six countries.
These rumors cannot harm the foundation of the six countries, but they can cause some trouble for the rulers.
Those vassal states were obviously all the same, yet they had to discriminate against Qin and call it barbarians.
In this regard, Zhao Yuanxi just wants to say, if you are not good at it, just practice more and stop talking nonsense!
When people want to do bad things, they are really not afraid of hardship or fatigue.
After getting Zhao Yuanxi's approval, Ling Yin immediately began his creation as the first person to write unofficial history. His creative passion was like a surging river, endless.
Fortunately, Zhao Yuanxi made paper, otherwise it would not have been able to withstand his efforts.
He wrote so much and his works were circulated so widely that later scholars almost took his fabrications as official history.
For example, the king of a certain country, in order to win over his court officials, did not hesitate to seduce them with his own body. The relationship between the king and his officials was very harmonious. They were together day and night, inseparable. Another example is that the nobles of a certain country, in order to maintain their own glory, did not hesitate to let their sons serve the king.
The content is half true and half false, which makes people think a lot.
In ancient times, in order to show the importance that the monarch attached to his subjects, the monarch was often willing to sleep with his subjects' feet touching. However, since these stories spread, the monarch looked at his favorite subjects with strange expressions, and the subjects were also terrified of sleeping with their subjects.
Of course, that’s a story for later.
Zhao Yuanxi hadn't been to Lugewu for a long time, and he planned to go and see how his corn was growing.
Fusu had just returned from Chunyu Yue, and this time Zhao Yuanxi took the two little guys with him.
Ziying was very excited. He lay beside the carriage and looked at the fields outside. "Mother, those wheat seedlings are almost taller than me!"
Fusu had never left the palace, and on the way to Yongcheng he was preoccupied with his affairs and had not been able to take a closer look at the outside world. But now he has gained a lot of knowledge.
He lay down with Ziying, looking at this strange yet vibrant world with curiosity.
Zhao Yuanxi followed them and looked over. He was indeed quite tall!
Now is the tillering period of wheat, which determines the number of wheat ears, so both water and fertilizer must be sufficient.
But Zhao Yuanxi saw that the fields were already slightly cracked, which obviously meant that the soil was not moist enough.
Zhao Yuanxi has rarely seen rain in all the time he has been here.
She frowned, looked at the cloudless sky, and murmured, "There won't be a drought!"
For farmers, a drought means that there will most likely be no harvest this year, which could lead to starvation.
When Zhao Yuanxi got off the carriage, he saw the gray soil on the ground and his brows frowned even deeper.
With this level of moisture, if it doesn't rain, this year's harvest will definitely be greatly reduced.
Yongcheng is surrounded by three rivers and is not short of water. The current situation can be alleviated as long as the canal is rebuilt and the water of the Yong River is brought into the fields.
Zhao Yuanxi is not worried about this place for the time being. She is more worried about the entire Qin State. If a large area of Qin State suffers from drought, millions of people will face the dilemma of not having enough food.
Unfortunately, there was no one around her who knew the weather conditions in Qin State, so she could not accurately grasp the situation in the entire Qin State. But since Yongcheng was experiencing water shortage, other places were probably not much better.
Seeing Chu rushing over covered in mud, Zhao Yuanxi sighed slightly, "Have you been digging a canal?"
"Several nearby streams have dried up, so we can only divert water from rivers farther away." Chu wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded.
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