Chapter 188: Management of Bashu

Everyone has seven emotions and six desires, and everyone is different.

Ordinary people have their dreams. As the nominal ruler of Qin, King Ying Ziying of Qin was also moving forward step by step on the road of cultivating immortals and seeking gods. In his heart, he was also full of piety and desire, but he didn't understand that it was a dead end that could never be understood.

Chaolu Palace.

The green smoke burned, and the red palaces and buildings were buried in a hazy area, making people unable to see the direction clearly.

In the hall, Qin Prince Ziying sat upright on the brocade couch with his eyes closed, with a solemn and pious expression. He was surrounded by five or six alchemists, and he was chanting something loudly in his mouth.

"Well, since Zhen'er married the Fu surname, it doesn't matter which of the great Qin dynasty is to be made. Besides, I'm old. If I really exclude this capable son-in-law from the court, who can resist the rebels and so many enemies of the Huns?"

Finally, Ziying is not a king who is overly fascinated by power. For nearly 50 years old, enjoying every day of the emperor's life is the most important thing.

What's wrong with being a wealthy king who doesn't care about everything?

There is no need to worry about the cumbersome government affairs, no need to be careful of the cold arrows from behind, no need to think about who is a loyal minister and a treacherous minister. Such a life is enough to make many people envy. At least, Fu Ge sometimes envies Ziying's life. Of course, even if he is envious, if he really asks Fu Ge to ask for the immortals, it would be better to kill him and come happily.

"Father, this is a good golden elixir specially sent from Ba County. Taking it can calm the mind and prolong life!" Ziying's eldest son Ying Zhen's eldest brother Ying Xi ran into the hall with a happy face and shouted.

The business of refining golden elixirs appeared as early as the Shang Dynasty. Crushing cinnabar into powder will have the miraculous effects of treating leper disease and calming the mind after taking it. Therefore, in the era of cold weapons, cinnabar was an extremely precious thing.

Before and after Emperor Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, taking golden elixir gradually became the precept for the emperors of various countries to desire immortality. In this regard, Emperor Qin Shihuang, a talented and wise emperor, was even more obsessed with elixirs, especially in his later years, who longed for immortality. On the one hand, the First Emperor, who was eager to live forever, sent a priest Xu Fu to lead 500 boys and 500 virgins to the East China Sea to seek immortality. On the other hand, he continued to use ancient prescriptions to take golden elixirs, and countless people refining elixirs for him.

In the end, Emperor First Emperor died suddenly due to mercury poisoning during his tour. This fact did not scare away Ziying, who was unwavering in his will to seek immortality and ask for gods. He still persisted and continued to walk the "dead road" that his brother had walked through.

"Well, you go down! From now on, don't care too much about the affairs of the court, let it go!" Ziying sighed lightly without opening his eyes. He seemed to have taken the lead in his life and was immersed in asking about the worldly affairs.

"Father--!" Ying Xi was still a little unwilling to accept it. The throne was still very attractive to him, which is why he frequently entered the palace recently.

"Go, remember what I said!" Ziying turned around and stepped into the back hall, leaving only an unseen back to the dazed Ying Xi.

Immortality is the kingly way, and immortality is eternity.

If you can truly practice and become immortal, then what's the point of giving up the king's skin?

Just as Ziying, the king of the Qin Dynasty, was drunk and dreaming all day long, and was full of thoughts and asked God for the truth, Prime Minister Fu Ge, the real creator of the revival of Qin, said goodbye to the officials who were farewell at Baqiao. He was about to travel fare, and the destination of the trip was Bashu.

Building an alliance with the Yuezhi of the Western Regions was an important aspect of Qin's diplomatic development, but not all. What was more urgent than this was the stability of the south. After taking over Nanzheng, the capital of Hanzhong, the northern stack from Guanzhong to Bashu could be opened. If Bashu could be included in the scope of the Qin Dynasty's governance as soon as possible, it would be equivalent to truly installing the two wings of the Qin Dynasty.

Guanzhong has the foundation of Qin for more than 600 years and has not suffered a long war. It is not surprising that it can be restored under effective governance. However, Shuzhong is not the case. Although it has always been two counties of Qin, local officials have not contacted the central government for a long time. It is still unknown whether they have enough ability to stabilize and enrich the local areas.

Peng Yue and Luan Bu were just military generals and they did not have the ability to govern the local area. In view of this, in order to make Qin take the lead, Fu Ge decided to transfer a large number of grassroots officials from Guanzhong to Bashu to develop. In fact, when he decided to make the decision to merge Nanbian, Fu Ge had this idea, but now the time is almost done.

It's really funny to think about it. This is really similar to the great development of the western region in later generations. It exports talents, funds and technology from relatively developed regions, while the Bashu area to be developed provides basic resources such as minerals and land. This may be the law of economic development.

"Sima, I will go to Bashu and my entrusted all the affairs of Guanzhong to you, especially in Hangu Pass and the northern border." Fu Ge said with a tight grasp of Sima Liang's hand.

"Ship Fu, this is the details of the Bashu area you ordered to collect and the information of some big merchants. The most famous of the merchants are these two families. One is the Bashi who made his fortune by refining alchemy, and the other is the Zhuo who made his fortune by refining iron." Sima Liang's eyes were red, and he seemed to have not closed his eyes for a night. He nodded vigorously and said, and at the same time handed over two volumes of heavy bamboo slips. Judging from the thickness of the bamboo slips, Sima Liang's information on Suluo was quite complete.

"Okay, I'll take it on the road, and watch it while walking!" Fu Ge smiled with satisfaction. If it weren't for Sima Liang, he wouldn't have left the base of Guanzhong so confidently and boldly.

From Baoxi Road to Hanzhong, then through Nanzhan to Shuzhong, this is the closest road from Xianyang to Bashu. The last time I came back with Yu Ji, I took this road, so Fu Ge was already quite familiar with this road crossing the Qinling Mountains.

The scenery is incredibly beautiful. This time, there is no beauty with you, so naturally there is less interest in enjoying the scenery of the mountains and forests. Fu Ge simply hid in the comfortable carriage and looked through Sima Liang's information.

In one year, in Chengdu, in the second year.

This is the origin of the name of Chengdu, the capital of Shu County. As the last capital of the ancient Shu Kingdom, Chengdu has a long history. In Fu Ge's memory, the civilization of Shu is brilliant and brilliant. The bronze statues, golden staff, gusts, zuns, plates, and other vessels unearthed from the Sanxingdui bronze civilization amazed later archaeologists. The ancient Shu people with high noses and deep eyes, prominent cheekbones, wide mouths and big ears surprised those Chinese and foreign historians who were curious about mysterious events.

Since Shu Kingdom could create such a splendid civilization, why did it suddenly disappear into the long river of history? What happened on the land of Bashu when Sima Cuo led his army south to merge? From the records of Qin's classics, Fu Ge could find only a few words, among which only the matter of Li Bing in the prefect of Shu County, Li Bing, managing Dujiangyan was clearly recorded. If Li Bing had not managed the flood and the rushing Minjiang River was rampant, Shu would still be a barbaric land where people frequently make trouble.

After all, I don’t know what the situation in Shu County is. I think that with Dujiangyan water conservancy irrigation, it will not be bad no matter what.

In addition to Dujiangyan, the world-famous water conservancy project and fertile land, Shu County also has Linqiong, a place rich in iron and stone, which attracted Fu Ge's attention. In addition to local officials who walked into Shu with him this time, there were also a large number of soldiers and iron smelting craftsmen, and the person in charge was the chief engineer Shen Tu Er.

The wrought iron technology was trapped in Guanzhong's bottleneck of lack of high-quality iron and stone, which was unable to make a breakthrough. This not only made Fu Ge anxious, but also made Shen Tu Er, who regarded iron smelting as his life, anxious. Therefore, after hearing that the Qin army reopened Bashu, he couldn't wait to start the work of military construction and migration.

Some conventional technical workshops such as bronze crossbows continued to stay in Shanglinyuan, and the iron smelting department moved to Shu. These things were easier to remember than to do, and everything must be carried out in an orderly manner.

Bashu, Bashu, only Shu, but no Ba. After being unified by the Qin State, Ba County received a number of preferential policies. The First Emperor, who vigorously promoted the county system and centralized power, specifically allowed Ba County to retain tribes and clans and implement relatively "autonomous". Some larger tribes and merchants in Ba County could retain local private armed forces as long as they recognized the rule of the Qin Dynasty. Think about what it meant for merchants to have a private army and how glorious it was.

Speaking of which, the reason why Emperor Shin-Emperor was that Ba County could produce cinnabar.

Cinnabar, a mysterious raw material, was only produced in the area of ​​the country of Ba and Yelang. It could be used as medicine and dyed cloth. It was loved by the royal family. As early as the Shang Dynasty, Ba people paid tribute to the royal family. In the hundreds of years from the early Warring States Period to the Qin Shihuang period, whether it was building palaces or emperors seeking immortality, a large amount of cinnabar was needed. At that time, countries advocated red. The steps of the palaces of emperors of all dynasties were red, which was called "danji". The tombs of emperors and generals also needed to be used to use the refined mercury (i.e. mercury) of cinnabar for preservation. In Sima Qian's record of the inner chamber of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, there was a pattern of filling mercury into rivers and rivers.

In addition to being used as a building material, cinnabar has another more important purpose, which is to refine golden elixirs. Because of the belief that golden elixirs have the effect of immortality, the demand for elixirs by emperors and generals has increased greatly, which has directly driven the development of the alchemy industry. Among many alchemists, especially the golden elixirs of Bajun Bashi, Bashi became rich by mining cinnabar in Bajun, and accumulated a large amount of wealth over the years. By the time of the Qing Dynasty, the previous generation of widows of Bashi, he was even more favored by the First Emperor.
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