Chapter 200: Making Prophecy
When the First Emperor's carriage arrived in Kuaiji County, the old nobles like Luo Ling naturally could not appear openly, but they still saw the grand occasion of the emperor's procession from afar, which was far more grand than the processions of the Zhou emperors in previous years.
Xiang Yu looked at the First Emperor from afar, and his heart was filled with excitement. He seemed to have found the meaning of life, so he said, "Uncle, I can replace that man."
He can be replaced!
Xiang Liang frowned slightly when he heard this and said, "The Xiang family has been the highest officials of Chu for generations, but we are not qualified to sit on the throne."
The power of traditional customs is strong. It will form a huge ideological imprint in people's minds and then regulate people's behavior.
At best, this is called political credibility; at worst, it is being trapped in one's own bondage.
This is why kings always like to make use of the descendants of loyal ministers, because in this era where ancestors are extremely valued, the price to pay for humiliating the reputation of ancestors' loyalty is extremely high, and it is even easy to fall into the accusations of the world.
Xiang Yu was a little unhappy when he heard this, but thinking back to his many ancestors, he valued blood relatives the most, so he said awkwardly: "Uncle, it's Ji's fault."
Luo Ling looked at Xiang Yu in amazement, and saw that he was full of nobility and heroic spirit, so he said, "I cannot agree with what you said, Xiang Gong.
Ever since Duke Huiyan of Luo entered Chu, the Xiang family has been loyal to their duties, sacrificing many of their sons and daughters, and traveling across various states. Is there anyone as loyal as the Xiang family?
But does loyalty come out of thin air? It is just because of the grace of the Xiong family of Chu State who gave them land in the past.
All those favors I have received over the years of assistance have long been repaid.
Most of the kings of Chu were licentious and immoral and loved to favor villains, so when Qin destroyed Chu, all of its direct descendants were slaughtered.
It was God's will to destroy the Xiong family's country, not the Xiang family's fault.
Yu was born with double pupils, which was a sign of an ancient sage king.
According to legend, King Shun had double pupils. In modern times, Duke Wen of Jin, Chong'er, also had double pupils.
From this perspective, this is a symbol of natural nobility.
Is it the way it should be that a man with double pupils cannot be the king of the world?
Ling thought it was inappropriate.
When the Qin Dynasty was tyrannical and unjust, a military leader like Yu was born in the clan. This was because God loved the Xiang clan and wanted Yu to lead his army to fight against the tyrannical tyrant.
Isn't it the will of God that should be followed? Why do we have to bring along those old public offices?"
Xiang Yu couldn't help but get excited when he heard Luo Ling praising him again, but Xiang Liang heard another meaning in Luo Ling's words.
That is, stop thinking about your homeland. The Luo family has enough reputation among the people of the world, and the Xiang family's reputation in Chu is no weaker than that of the Luo family. There is no need for the royal families of the six countries to show up and cause trouble. The demise of that group of useless people is simply because God hates them. There is no need to bring them out to disgust people now.
The Luo family is not planning to pull the Zhou royal family out again, so don’t even think about it. There are so many heroes in this world, and people should look forward.
Luo Ling's few words made Xiang Liang begin to ponder whether his previous thoughts were really wrong. This is the weight of Luo Ling's words.
Then Xiang Liang set his eyes on Xiang Yu. He could see that Luo Ling thought highly of Xiang Yu. This was the main reason why Luo Ling looked up to Xiang Yu.
Luo Ling did indeed think highly of Xiang Yu, because he discovered that Xiang Yu was a commander at the level of a chief of troops. When the military situation was at Xiang Yu's level, and he had 30,000 to 50,000 elite soldiers under his command, even the top military strategists could not stop him on the front battlefield.
If you want to overthrow the rule of the Qin Dynasty, you must fight with the main force of the Qin Dynasty. Don’t be fooled by the fact that the world seems to be leaking everywhere, like a house that is about to collapse at any time, but in fact the army of the Qin Dynasty is still strong and cannot be resisted by the old nobles of various countries.
If they wanted to completely overthrow the Qin Dynasty, the task would be long and arduous, and Luo Ling had even prepared for a major defeat in the early stages.
The First Emperor inspected Kuaiji County for nearly a week, but he did not expect that the direct descendants of the Xiang family of Chu and the direct descendants of the Luo family whom he had been looking for tirelessly were right under his nose.
Although the prefect of Kuaiji County did not know about Luoling's affairs, he did not report the situation of the Xiang family to the First Emperor because he was worried that the First Emperor would blame him. He even took the initiative to cover up for the Xiang family. From this, we can see the situation at the grassroots level of the Qin State.
Then the First Emperor ended his tour and prepared to return to Xianyang. It was said that an alchemist had found the whereabouts of the elixir of life. This time, in order to get the First Emperor to support him, he must get the elixir of life from the immortal and present it to His Majesty the Supreme.
The First Emperor was very pleased, so he generously took out gold, silver, pearls and jade from the treasury to reward him.
These were all plundered from the six kingdoms, and the First Emperor used them without any regret, just like picking up a handful of sand on the beach and casually throwing it into the air to dissipate.
A mighty army of thousands of people headed towards the East China Sea, and the First Emperor began his next tour because a small rebellion broke out in the old land of Qi, but it was quickly subdued by the local county magistrate.
A simple rebellion is naturally not worthy of attention, but a piece of news in the rebellion is very eye-catching.
The county magistrate said that there was a fire from the sky at night, and then a meteorite fell on Zhao County, but the amazing thing was that there was no collapse on the ground at all.
It doesn't look like it fell from a high altitude at all, it looks more like it moved directly here, but how could such a large stone appear directly?
In particular, there are eight large characters written on the meteorite: "It was Qin that destroyed Zhou, and it was Luo that destroyed Qin."
This is completely different from the stone that had the words "The First Emperor will die and the land will be divided" written on it in the past. It was definitely written by the common people back then.
Perhaps they were the powerful people of the six kingdoms who secretly wanted to overthrow the Qin Dynasty, or perhaps they were those who were afraid of chaos in the world.
The county magistrate can guarantee that this time's meteorite has absolutely no carvings on it. It is natural. This is unprecedented.
If Luo Ling knew what the county magistrate was thinking, he would definitely ask him to read more history.
Back then, Duke Xuan of Luo played this trick when he faced Marquis Shen, who led the Quanrong troops to invade Haojing, but unfortunately it did not succeed.
Now Luoling is starting to create a trend for the demise of the Qin Dynasty among the people of the world, and this prophecy is very crucial.
Prophecies can weaken this sacredness, reduce the psychological burden of rebellion, and make people believe that what they are doing now is what God expects.
Through prophecies, people's hearts will gradually fade away, and once their reverence is lost, the true face of the paper tiger will be revealed.
You are so weak!
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When Emperor Qin Shi Huang visited Kuaiji, he visited Mausoleum, Liang and Ji.
Ji said, "He can be replaced."
Liang said: "Xiang is not worthy of being a king, don't say anything!"
When Ji was ill, he thought of his great-grandfather and said, "Don't worry, uncle. This is Ji's fault."
Ling said: "This is wrong! The ancient sage king Shun had double pupils, and the overlord of Jin, Chong'er, also had double pupils. These two are the most perfect people.
I have never heard of a person with double pupils who did not rule the world. Why is the body of a dragon trapped in a shallow sandy mud pit? "——"Records of the Grand Historian: The Biography of Xiang Yu"
(End of this chapter)
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