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In two days and one night, Aisin-Gioro Yatu accomplished something that most people would never be able to accomplish in their lifetime.
She first took advantage of her husband Biltahar's going to meet Mengke and joined forces with Zasak Tengbale of Durburt Banner to launch a rebellion in Khorchin.
Then, she took advantage of the fact that her brother-in-law coveted her beauty and quickly and successfully instigated her brother-in-law Chitate to poison her uncle and seize control of the Left Central Banner.
For two days and one night, and being a princess who was considered by everyone to have everything handed to her, she actually seized every tiny opportunity accurately and completed this series of dazzling moves, which is amazing.
She originally had two thousand troops following her, and now with the addition of the Left Wing Center Banner, she and Qitate had a total of 5,500 troops.
In the past few years, the Eight Banners of Mongolia followed the Qing Dynasty into the pass, and each tribe suffered heavy casualties, and their strength was basically lost by more than half. Five thousand troops were already a very powerful force for the Mongolian tribes south of the desert.
She held the evidence that her brother-in-law Qitate had poisoned her uncle Manzhu Xili. Qitate was not as cunning as him, and was very obsessed with her beauty, so he was obedient to her. These 5,000 people were actually in Yatu's hands.
Now, no one dared to look down on her, including Meng Ke.
Without waiting for the Khorchin banners to stabilize, Mengke sent Aobai to lead 3,000 troops to attack Manzhu Xili's troops. Qin Tiedan then accelerated his preparations and sent troops.
Meng Ke vaguely felt that the series of rebellions launched by Yatu might also be an opportunity for the Qin Dynasty.
As long as she can't threaten the interior of the country, the more trouble she makes in the south of the desert, the more muddy the waters among the tribes, and the easier it will be for the Qin Dynasty to get more fish from it.
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Beijing, Forbidden City.
Qin Mu's main task every day was to summon those candidate officials to the imperial court to make reports. After each report, he would always give earnest instructions to the officials he was satisfied with, asking them to do more practical and good things for the people and govern the local area well after taking office.
At this time, the officials who received his earnest instructions always shed tears of gratitude, kowtowed repeatedly with tears in their eyes, and vowed not to disappoint the King of Qin's earnest expectations and to work hard until their death.
Qin Mu was half-truthful when he played this favor card. Of course, he sincerely hoped that these officials would become good officials. But at the same time, he also knew that it was impossible to guarantee that these officials would not be corrupt by relying solely on this favor card.
On the one hand, he asked the censors of the Metropolitan Censorate to strengthen their inspections of local areas;
On the other hand, let Yebushou strengthen intelligence gathering at the local level.
In times of chaos, severe punishments must be used. Anyone who is short-sighted will not be stingy with his butcher knife.
At noon that day, it was lunch time. After seeing off the last few newly recruited officials, Qin Mu asked Han Zanzhou to deliver the lunch directly to the Yangxin Palace. After taking two bites, Yan Gaofei came to ask for an audience.
Qin Mu put down his chopsticks and asked, "What's the matter? Tell me."
"I am sorry for disturbing your Majesty's meal. Your Majesty should have lunch first. I don't have anything important to do."
Qin Mu picked up his chopsticks again and said, "Stop dawdling. Tell me what you want to say. I will listen while I eat."
It is said that Qin Mu had followed his generals many times before, squatting down to eat and discussing battle plans at the same time. He was never interested in those things that required not talking while eating or sleeping.
"King Qin, it's nothing." Yan Gaofei scratched the back of his head unconsciously and said with a strange look, "King Qin, the person you asked me to find, uh...may have been found."
"Yan Gaofei, did you have a stroke, huh? What do you mean by maybe found it? Have you found it?" Qin Mu snorted in dissatisfaction.
Yan Gaofei quickly explained: "King Qin, please listen to me, because... .. Well, let me put it this way, this person was not found by us, he came to me on his own."
Qin Mu was also a little surprised. "He came to you on his own? How did he know that I asked you to find... uh, someone like that?"
Qin Mu was also a little confused.
Yan Gaofei smiled and said, "King Qin, I told you to eat first, you..."
"Stop talking nonsense and tell me what's going on. But has someone leaked the news?"
"Replying to the King of Qin, it is possible. If our people want to find someone, they have to ask the snakes and rats in the martial arts world. It is possible that he heard the news and took the initiative to find me. However, he did not admit it and said that he calculated with his fingers that the King of Qin wanted to find such a person."
Qin Mu was so angry that he couldn't help but want to beat Yan Gaofei.
Ye Bushou was his eyes and ears, and as Ye Bushou's deputy commander, he was fooled by someone. This guy used to be quite smart, could it be that he really had a stroke
Yan Gaofei saw that he looked strange, and immediately said, "King Qin, I have tried it. This man is not only eloquent, but also has all kinds of magical spells. He can make a pear tree in my home suddenly bear a tree of fruit. I even tasted one, and it was a real pear... And he..."
"And how is he?"
"He is an old Taoist priest with white hair and beard. He looks like an immortal. He calls himself Xuanjizi and comes from Kunlun Mountain..."
Is it going to end? Qin Mu could clearly see that Yan Gaofei was really fooled by this bullshit Xuanjizi. He thought, well, not bad, not bad, he could fool the usually shrewd Yan Gaofei like this, isn't this the kind of person he was looking for
"Where is this Xuanjizi?"
"Report to my king, wait outside the Meridian Gate."
"Bring the person in."
“Yes!”
Qin Mu was actually looking forward to it. He wanted to see what kind of person could have fooled Yan Gaofei, the spy chief, into such a daze.
When Yan Gaofei brought the man in, Qin Mu took a look and his first thought was that the old guy was in makeup. He saw that his hair, eyebrows, and beard were all white, but his face was very rosy. Apart from a few crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, there were no wrinkles on his face. He really had white hair but a youthful face.
Moreover, his eyebrows were very long, hanging down an inch, holding a whisk in his hand, and wearing a Taoist robe, spotless. The whole image was just like the Bodhi Patriarch in Journey to the West.
"Infinite life and blessings!" When the old Taoist saw Qin Mu, he did not kneel but bowed slightly and said, "I am Xuanjizi, and my honor is to meet the King of Qin." As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand, and suddenly, a fist-sized longevity peach appeared out of thin air on his empty palm. The eunuchs and palace maids in the hall could not help but exclaimed at the sight of such a magical sight.
"The King of Qin is the reincarnation of the Purple Star. On my way here, I picked a longevity peach from the Queen Mother's garden and presented it to the King of Qin!"
"Hahaha... Not bad, not bad, the Taoist's skills can catch up with Liu Qian's."
Xuanjizi did not care about Qin Mu's slightly sarcastic words, "Infinite life and blessings!" He flicked his whisk lightly, lowered his eyelids and bowed slightly again, without explaining anything. This made people feel that he was a little unfathomable.
"Master, please take a seat."
"Thank you, King Qin."
Xuanjizi sat down calmly, his every move was measured, his sage-like appearance made people feel like they were in the spring breeze. If Qin Mu had not been present, the palace maids in the hall would have probably not been able to help but bow down to him.
Qin Mu asked calmly, "Master, what advice do you have for me?"
"I don't deserve your advice, but King Qin, do you know that the Dipper is the imperial star, which moves in the center and overlooks the four directions. It divides yin and yang, establishes the four seasons, balances the five elements, moves the military governorship, and determines the course of the country. All of these are dependent on the Dipper?"
"Please teach me, Taoist priest."
"I was in Kunlun Mountain, observing the sky at night. I saw the Big Dipper gradually darken, and the Three Enclosures and Five Emperors were not sitting properly. I was shocked..." Xuanjizi said this. Seeing that Qin Mu was not surprised, he was quite disapproving. He stroked his silver-white beard and sighed, "Before I came here, I thought that the King of Qin would regard me as a quack who was cheating people for food and drink."
"Hahaha... This is exactly the person I need right now. Taoist priest, don't be discouraged. Keep going."
"Whether the King of Qin believes it or not, since I have come down from the mountain, I'd better make it clear. King of Qin, when building a city, it should be like the sky and the earth. The imperial capital is the residence of the emperor, so we must not be careless. Now the dipper is getting darker, and the seats of the three spheres and five emperors are not straight. This is exactly the position of the imperial capital that should not be the three spheres. King of Qin, please forgive me for being so bold. Jinling can only be a secondary capital, but not the imperial capital. Otherwise, the great Qin will not have a hundred years of national fortune..."
Han Zanzhou, who was standing by, could not help but shout, "How dare you, a daring demon, to confuse the people with your lies..."
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ps: There are still 29 hours left, brothers, the battle is fierce at this moment, the drums of war are crushing the mountains, the spirit is soaring into the sky, the flags cover the sun and the enemies are like clouds, the swords are broken when the swords clash, the soldiers and horses of all parties are galloping like thunder, the sound of killing is endless, at this time, how can we retreat, please brothers, throw down the monthly tickets in your hands, let us fight to the death again, and fight a bloody way out among thousands of troops, brothers, there is you, there is me, and there is the monthly ticket! Please give me the monthly ticket!
.(To be continued..)
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