nucmednet Chapter 130 Meng Tian Goes to the North
Chapter 130 Meng Tian Goes to the North
"Right Prime Minister, please give your instructions."
Zhao Gao had just received a benefit, so naturally he would not refuse.
Zhang Yuanqing was pleased to see that Zhao Gao was so sensible.
He stood up and casually drew a simple map of the Qin State on a clean piece of paper.
"A few days ago, Zhao Ping reported that upon learning that the king intended to build an academy in Qin, the merchants in Qin donated their wealth, which has now been deposited into the treasury. The king is planning to build a second branch of the Great Qin Academy."
"The Imperial Chariot Officer has come to see us."
"Hedong, Shangdang, and Taiyuan are the three places chosen by the king."
"This area originally belonged to Zhao, but now it belongs to Qin. Your Majesty intends to build branch academies in these three locations to recruit students."
"Your Majesty has not yet decided who to send for this matter. I feel that the Minister of the Imperial Chariots is certainly capable of handling the task."
"I wonder if the Minister of the Imperial Chariot Office is willing to do so?"
Zhao Gao looked at the map Zhang Yuanqing had casually drawn and quickly replied, "I am willing. If I can help the king, I am willing to do so."
"Thank you, Right Prime Minister, for entrusting this matter to Gao."
"Gao Ding will do a good job on this matter and will not let the Right Prime Minister down."
The king has always asked Li Si, Feng Quji, Meng Yi and others to build the academy. Now that he has the opportunity to participate in it, how can Zhao Gao not be happy.
"Okay, then I'll hand this matter over to the Imperial Chariot Commander."
"Li Tingwei has the academy's construction blueprints. The Minister of the Imperial Chariot Office can go and borrow them."
"promise."
After Zhao Gao left, Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Gao is useful, but it is better not to keep him by the king's side.
The Qin State was so big, so let Zhao Gao build an academy for the Qin State and do more good things, which could be regarded as a pardon for Zhao Gao in history.
After that, Zhao Gao began to be busy for a long time.
After carefully consulting Li Si and others about the construction of the academy, Zhao Gao took people to Hedong, Shangdang and Taiyuan for investigation, and finally chose Taiyuan as the location of the academy.
In the hot summer, Zhao Gao started recruiting workers with the soldiers arranged by Zhang Yuanqing.
The second branch of Daqin College began construction in Taiyuan.
Zhang Yuanqing was naturally relieved after handing the matter over to Zhao Gao. Moreover, every month, Zhao Gao would take the initiative to send a letter to explain the progress of the matter in detail. Zhang Yuanqing was even more satisfied with this.
Every time he wrote back, he praised Zhao Gao a lot and also reminded Zhao Gao to get enough rest and take care of his health.
There were several times when Fusu came and saw the letters between his teacher and Zhao Gao, and he was once again impressed by how inspiring his teacher was.
Looking at what Zhao Gao was thinking, he almost couldn't spare another Zhao Gao to quickly complete the construction of the academy.
The days pass by like this while most people are busy.
In the blink of an eye, it is time for autumn harvest.
In recent years, most of the land in Qin State has been improved, and the joy of harvest can be seen everywhere.
When the people saw the harvested grain, they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
Compared with the joy of Qin, the situation of Yan and Chu was not so good.
Yan State is a mostly cold and harsh place with low grain production. Now it has to buy grain and salt from Qin State.
Looking at the proud look of the Qin people, the king and his ministers of Yan State felt depressed, but there was nothing they could do.
The same was true for the State of Chu.
Now, fine salt is only produced by Qin State. Originally, Qin State had to kowtow and buy salt from Chu State, but now it has switched.
Whenever King You of Chu heard his officials complain that Qin was deliberately raising the price of salt, he would fly into a rage.
The most peaceful of the four countries was Qi.
The grain output of Qi State had been insufficient in recent years. Upon hearing that Qin State had a good harvest, the King of Qi sent envoys to Qin State to purchase grain.
King Zheng of Qin readily agreed and also sold a lot of fine salt to Qi. The King of Qi was so happy that he praised the King of Qin for his generosity and said that Qi would always be Qin's friend.
The fourteenth year of King Zheng of Qin passed peacefully, and the fifteenth year of King Zheng of Qin began.
It was snowing heavily, and the Huns invaded the Qin border again.
The battle report was sent to Xianyang.
"Your Majesty, I suggest sending General Meng Tian to the border to assist General Li Mu."
Zhang Yuanqing looked at the battle report sent by Li Mu, thought for a moment, and then bowed and made some suggestions.
"The Xiongnu invade year after year, and General Li Mu alone cannot slay them all. The Imperial Physician has ordered Meng Tian to go and learn from General Li Mu how to fight the Xiongnu. One day, our Qin army will surely sweep away the Xiongnu and permanently stabilize the northern border."
In history, Meng Tian was a famous general who resisted the Huns. If he could join forces with General Li Mu, he would surely be invincible.
"allow."
Ying Zheng directly agreed to Zhang Yuanqing's proposal.
Li Mu was the only general in Qin who was familiar with fighting the Xiongnu. Ying Zheng had long wanted to send another general to accompany Li Mu in the northern campaign against the Xiongnu, but he had yet to decide on a candidate. Zhang Yuanqing's recommendation of Meng Tian was exactly what Ying Zheng wanted.
Meng Tian, who was on duty outside the hall, was summoned by the king and quickly came to the hall.
"Meet the king."
"Get up."
"The Xiongnu are invading. I order you to go to the northern border to assist General Li Mu in resisting the Xiongnu."
Meng Tian had not expected such a good thing to happen, and was delighted. "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Go down and get ready."
"promise."
A group of generals watched Meng Tian leave with envy.
But the king obviously wanted to train the young people this time, so it would be inappropriate for them to get involved.
Otherwise, I would at least ask for your permission.
Three days later, Meng Tian was ready and led 10,000 soldiers to the northern border, along with a batch of bows and crossbows.
These crossbows are compact in shape and can only fire thirteen rounds in a row, but they are lightweight and easy to carry.
After Meng Tian got the bow and crossbow from the Mohist school, he couldn't let it go.
The further north you go, the colder the climate becomes.
At this time in the northern border, Li Mu had just repelled a group of Hun cavalry.
Now these Huns have been frightened by Li Mu, and now they turn around and run away when they see the Qin army.
Moreover, these Huns were divided into several small teams each time, with each team consisting of only about thirty people, which made Li Mu very distressed.
"General, we can't do this. The Huns are slippery these days. They run away when they see us. The soldiers are very frustrated."
Tian Wei sat down in the tent and started complaining.
In the past few days, they have been chasing the Huns several times a day. Many times you can't catch up with them, and even if you do, there are only dozens of them. Everyone is angry.
"What's the rush?"
Li Mu listened to Tian Wei's complaints and took his eyes off the map.
"I have carefully studied the places where the Huns have appeared in the past few days. I suspect they have a temporary camp here."
When Tian Wei heard this, his eyes lit up.
At this time, Yin Jue walked in from outside.
"General, the king has sent someone!"
When Li Mu heard this, he stood up and walked out.
Tian Wei also hurried to follow.
"Meet General Li Mu."
When Meng Tian saw Li Mu, he saluted happily.
Li Mu was delighted to see that it was Meng Tian. "Come with me into the tent and rest."
"Don't be in a hurry, General. The king sent Meng Tian here to serve by your side and defend against the Xiongnu."
"The king gave Meng Tian 10,000 soldiers, as well as a batch of new bows and crossbows."
"General, you should try it."
Upon hearing this, Li Mu, Tian Wei and Yin Jue naturally went to check out the bows and crossbows first.
The bows and crossbows that the king sent last time were really powerful, but the quantity was limited. I wonder how powerful the bows and crossbows will be this time.