The Qin army entered Chengdu.

The surrender of Li Shang marked the end of the Han army's last resistance in Shu County. After nearly three months of arduous fighting, the Qin army's southern expedition to Bashu came to an end. The Qin army's troops headed south to drink the Yangtze River, and the Qin State

Its territory has also expanded southward from the Wei River Basin, into the Han River, and then into the Tuo River, the Chongqing River and the Yangtze River.

After many rounds of discussions with Lu Jia, Li Shang, who was frustrated and disappointed with Liu Bang, chose to live in seclusion. He now did not want to serve either Qin or Han, fighting and killing so much.

In the past few years, not only Li Shiqi but also Li Shiqi and his son have been missing from the clan. If given the chance, he would also like to preserve some vitality for the Li family.

Li Yuan led his army into the city.

Chengdu in this era was not as vast as in later generations. The main area of ​​the city was in the Jinli area of ​​Huanshui River. For this place, Li Yuan could be considered as revisiting the old place. However, every plant and tree he saw was...

One house and one street are completely different from what I imagined in my memory.

"I heard that Shang Li found a house to live in seclusion by the Huanhua River. Let's go and have a look!" Li Yuan said to Lu Jia after touring the county offices in Shu County.

"Li Hou, my subordinate just came back from Prime Minister Li's house. The servants there said that Prime Minister Li is only concentrating on being a fisherman and doesn't see any guests behind closed doors?" Why did Lu Jia ask Li Yuan to say that he wanted to see him?

Li Shang thought that Li Yuan's regret was because he wanted to take action on Li Shang, an old friend. Lu Jia quickly defended.

"Haha, why are you so anxious, sir? I just went to see an old acquaintance. Under Xingyang City, General Li and I have met each other, even though we are far apart." Li Yuan laughed and said indifferently.

Li Shang was a major general of the Han army, but now he had to surrender and had not yet changed his mind. This is normal. I think Lu Jia's attitude was much more determined than that of Li Shang at the beginning, but he still gave in in the end.

Qingyang Temple (Palace).

According to legend, "The immortal uncle of Taiqing ordered the boy of Emperor Qing to transform sheep into the Kingdom of Shu." Hence the name. This Taoist temple, built in the Western Zhou Dynasty, is located on the bank of Huanhua Creek, a tributary of Jinshui River. It is the first Taoist temple in western Sichuan.

A temple, Taiqing Daodetianzun, one of the Three Pure Heavenly Gods, is the place where Taishang Laojun preaches and cultivates immortality.

The Qingyang Temple in the Qin Dynasty had only one main hall and a few side rooms, which was completely incomparable with the size of the three main halls in later generations. However, the incense was still very popular, and the Taoist priests in Qingyang Palace were still very dedicated to preaching.

In the main hall, in addition to the statue of Taishang Laojun, there are also several golden immortals, namely: Guangchengzi, Taiyi Zhenren, Cihang Taoist and Daoxing Tianzun. The legendary Twelve Golden Immortals of Taoism are in

There are four people in the main hall. According to Li Yuan's imagination, the others should not have been discovered and shaped yet.

The place where Li Shang lived in seclusion was Qingyang Guanli. When he learned that Li Yuan was coming to visit, Li Shang was greatly surprised. In his impression, he and Li Yuan, the famous Shenwu Marquis of Qin State, had nothing to do with each other except on the battlefield.

Apart from a few fights, there was no friendship.

During this interview with Qin Jun, Li Shang mentioned three conditions. He did not expect that Li Yuan agreed to them all. To be honest, this surprised him. He originally thought that among the three conditions, he could do it.

It's good to agree to one point. Li Shang admired Li Yuan's magnanimity very much.

"People outside the country have seen the Great Qin God Wuhou." In the main hall of Qingyang Temple, Li Shang unexpectedly wore a green cloth Taoist robe. He held a whisk in his hand and bowed to Li Yuan who entered the hall.

Li Yuan's eyes narrowed. Li Shang was dressed as a Taoist priest, and he looked very strange among a group of real Taoist alchemists. This was not only because of the wrong posture of holding a fly whisk, but also because his aura was different from this otherworldly place.

It is incompatible with the competitive environment.

Since you have entered the Tao, you should regard money as nothing.

How could Li Shang do it? If nothing else, he couldn't let go of Li's future development alone, let alone money and silk.

"The place of Sanqing is Laojun's dojo. I have heard about it for a long time. When I saw it today, it was indeed extraordinary. Prime Minister Li, could you introduce the gods in the temple one by one?" Li Yuan looked serious, bowed to the ground solemnly, and rushed

He bowed to the statue of Taishang Laojun in the main hall.

"Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things." As a latecomer, Li Yuan still admired Taishang Laojun, the founder of Chinese Taoism, although in the battle between Tao and Buddha, Taoism only

The feeling of cultivating immortality is too real and cannot compete with the Buddhist teachings of six paths of reincarnation and practicing good deeds in this life to accumulate predestined relationships to enjoy blessings in the next life. As a result, Chinese Taoism gradually declined and was gradually replaced by Western Mahayana Buddhism.

But Taishang Laojun’s Taoist teachings at least allowed China to retain some of the things of its ancestors. From Li Yuan’s personal feelings, the Tao Te Ching is not much worse than the Western Buddhist scriptures.

"Shenhou also believes in Taoism?" Li Shang asked dumbly.

There are hundreds of schools of thought, and the national policy of the Qin State believes in the Legalist theory of decisive killing, and does not believe in Taoism and other theories of gods and ghosts. Li Yuan's worship not only made Li Shang feel sudden, but also made all the disciples of Laojun in the palace look at him.

Become eager.

"Whether you believe it or not depends on your heart. What does Li Xiang think?" Li Yuan stood up and replied with a smile.

"Original intention?" Li Shang was stunned and whispered. He did not expect that Li Yuan would say such infinitely reasonable words as "care about the original intention".

The interaction and communication between people is sometimes just a piece of paper away.

Li Yuan spoke generously. His understanding of the Taoist classic, the Tao Te Ching, was mainly based on the famous sentences he liked to recite when he was reading: "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and they treat all things like straw dogs; sages are unkind, and they treat the common people like straw dogs." There are also other famous sentences among them.

Some explanations, these understandings were nothing in later generations, but in the Qin Dynasty, they were a blockbuster.

"The Shenhou is the person who is destined to my Dao?" Hearing what Li Yuan said, the Taoist priests in the palace looked at Li Yuan even more enthusiastically. If they can get into the eyes of the Great Qin Shenhou, there is hope for the spread of this Dao.

, when the time comes, there will be Taoist temples not only in this Shu County, but also in the whole world, every place occupied by the Qin State——.

After eliminating the estrangement, Li Shang finally let go of his ties. In the subsequent in-depth conversation, he also answered the internal issues of the Han Dynasty raised by Li Yuan from his perspective.

From Li Shang's answer, Li Yuan learned about some recent changes in the Han army. For example, Liu Bang had begun to order a batch of iron swords and armor from Xiping in Han Dynasty and equip them for his closest troops.

However, Li Shang did not agree to Li Yuan's suggestion to persuade him to defect to the Qin State. He was still conflicted. It was one thing to put down his weapons and not fight against the Qin State. It was another thing to put on the Qin army's armor.

However, Li Shang still couldn't do it just in case one day he could meet his Han army colleagues on the battlefield without restraint.

Seeing Li Shang's attitude, Li Yuan did not insist. He only mentioned one sentence at the end: If the Qin army can defeat the Guandong princes and unify the Central Plains within five years, Li Shang will no longer be able to live in seclusion and will serve as an official.

Li Shang, the general of the Qin army, hesitated for a while and finally agreed to Li Yuan's final proposal.

The war between Ba and Shu counties has come to an end.

Li Yuan appointed Wang Shang as the governor of Shu County and Luo Xian as the governor of Ba County to stay in the rear area of ​​the Qin State. At the same time, he appointed the school captain Feng Xuan as the commander of Ba County and stationed troops in Jiangzhou. While guarding the Yangtze River Pass, he also

It serves the purpose of monitoring Luo Xian and resisting the barbarians from the south and the invaders from the north.

Luo Xian was very excited that he could serve as the governor of Ba County. After Li Yuan hinted that the Qin State had a vast territory and would need a large number of brave men for future campaigns, Luo Xian immediately requested an order to select from among the Ba people within three months.

A team of 2,000 people was sent out to join the Qin army.

Li Yuan readily accepted Luo Xian's overture. The Ba people had obvious advantages in mountain warfare. In future wars, the Qin army would need to deal with a variety of challenges. In addition to cavalry, crossbowmen and infantry,

The addition of mountain soldiers will also give the Qin army more flexibility in combat.

In the third year of the Qin Dynasty, it was June 27th.

Li Yuan led his army back to Guanzhong. This time he took the road starting from Chengdu, taking Jiange, and the Shiniu Road at Yangping Pass. This road was also the passage chosen by the Baocheng Railway in later generations. It was deeper than the Micang Road in Daba Mountain.

, the distance between Shiniu Road connecting Hanzhong and Shu County is shorter and the road is easier to walk.

After Li Yuan announced a series of tax reduction policies for Shu County, the elders of Shu County were extremely grateful. The farewell procession stretched from Jinli to Pixian County in the north. Every time they passed through a county, they were greeted by elders.

This made Li Yuan inexplicably moved.

There are four seasons in a year.

The summer in Shu County is rainy and humid. People living here like to use spicy food to eliminate moisture from the body. Li originally thought that he had immunity to this place, but the fact gave him a heavy blow.

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After leaving Chengdu and after the army passed through Jushui, Li Yuan fell ill. The disease came violently and almost without warning. Not only Li Yuan, he relaxed his mood. After leaving the hot and humid south of Shu County, Li Yuan entered the relative

After drying out the northern slope of the Qinling Mountains, where the humidity is low, there are signs of acclimatization.

"Is this a symptom of the successive invasions of plague and miasma?" the doctor in charge of the army's treatment gave the answer after carefully observing the condition.

This reply immediately made everyone in the Qin State nervous. Li Yuan was now like a needle in the sea for the emerging Qin State regime. If there were any shortcomings, let alone others, the Qin State had looked at everyone from top to bottom, and no one could succeed Li Yuan.

To shoulder this burden?

Although Chen Ping was wise, he offended too many people.

Although Ying Yushu is a descendant of the emperor, she is a weak female.

The following Wang Shang, Luo Jia, Han Xin and others may have started their army at a young age and have little reputation; or they may be from Guandong and have recently defected to Guanzhong and cannot be trusted by the elders in Guanzhong.

In the state of panic, the eldest princess Ying Yushu and a group of civil and military personnel set out from Xianyang in an emergency and walked along the Chi Road to Chencang to welcome the Qin army returning from the south. She was ill and sought medical treatment. In this welcoming team, Ying Yushu's heart

Under the worry, I gathered almost all the famous doctors and alchemists in Guanzhong. (To be continued...)

ps: Note: I arrived in the mountains yesterday and there was no internet where I lived. I feel so sad this week. Now I have gone to the small town on Shili Mountain Road to find the chapter uploaded online. I don’t know if I can find it tomorrow. It’s hard. Fortunately,
Chapter completed!