Chapter 590

After another period of time, regarding the rituals of Fengshan, the Confucianists had not yet discussed a conclusion. It could only be said that the Confucianists had poor ability to do things, and now even their ability to talk was not good.

However, the guard of honor for Ying Zheng’s Eastern Tour had already been prepared.

This was also because two years ago, not long after the Mirage went to sea, when the Qin state was conquering the Regarding Baiyue, in order to make the world stable and deter those remnants of the six states, Ying Zheng had conducted an Eastern Tour.

With the experience of that time, the matter of conducting another Eastern Tour seemed to be familiar.

This time, the person escorting Ying Zheng on the Eastern Tour was still Meng Tian.

Two years ago, during that Eastern Tour, the person who escorted Ying Zheng was Meng Tian. But what was different was that the current Meng Tian had already been conferred as the Marquis of Jiuyuan for his great contributions in annihilating the Xiongnu, and the personal soldiers under his command had also experienced the great war with the Xiongnu and had become more valiant.

Two years ago, under Meng Tian’s escort, Ying Zheng’s Eastern Tour went very smoothly without any accidents. This time, it is believed that there would be no accidents either.

Of course, compared to the last Eastern Tour, the differences in this Eastern Tour were not just that.

This Eastern Tour also had one more person.

National Master... Su Xuan!

During the previous Eastern Tour, Su Xuan did not participate because he was taking the Mirage to sea and had not returned. This time, with his participation, many ministers thought that no matter how noble Su Xuan’s status was, he would only sit in an ordinary carriage.

As a result, Ying Zheng’s performance was beyond the ministers’ expectations.

Under Ying Zheng’s arrangement, Su Xuan boarded the "six-horse carriage" that only the Son of Heaven could ride.

The six-horse carriage was the exclusive carriage that only the Son of Heaven could ride. For the sake of safety during the Eastern Tour, the Qin state prepared multiple six-horse carriages. Each "six-horse carriage" not only looked exactly the same on the outside, but the windows were also closed grid-like, and covered with a layer of thin gauze. People inside could roughly see the scenery outside, but people outside could not see clearly inside. And this gauze was also unusual; it was a special kind of silk, fine and transparent, which even ordinary strong crossbow arrows could not pierce.

According to the rituals, the six-horse carriage was for the exclusive use of the Son of Heaven, and it was not allowed for others to sit in it even if it was empty. Even the eldest son, Fu Su, could only ride in a four-horse carriage with the Prime Minister. As a result, Su Xuan sat in a six-horse carriage, which made many ministers think of the imperial edict when Ying Zheng conferred Su Xuan as the National Master.

"Status equal to the Emperor, no need to bow when seeing the Emperor?"

Many people pondered deeply, increasingly realizing the weight of Su Xuan in Ying Zheng’s heart and his status in the Qin state.

Well, it is worth mentioning that although the eldest son, Fu Su, could only ride in a four-horse carriage if he participated in the Eastern Tour, the reality was that Ying Zheng did not take Fu Su with him on either the last Eastern Tour or this one.

The reason?

Of course, it was for supervising the country!

Ying Zheng went to the Shandong region to patrol, and it was impossible for no one to sit in Xianyang. The eldest son, Fu Su, was the person supervising the country. During the last Eastern Tour, he did a good job of supervising the country with the assistance of Han Fei. Now, Ying Zheng decided to let him supervise the country again, which could be considered as accumulating some experience for Fu Su’s succession in the future.

Yes, although Ying Zheng admired the way of longevity, longed for immortality, and even unified the world to become the king of the world, he did not intend to occupy the position of Emperor forever. Fu Su was his eldest son and was born of the main wife, and he had ability, so he naturally did not mind giving Fu Su more opportunities.

And under Su Xuan’s suggestion, since Fu Su did not come for this Eastern Tour, he simply did not bring the other sons, so as to avoid Fu Su’s misunderstanding and giving birth to some other ideas.

This made Hu Hai, who learned of Ying Zheng’s Eastern Tour and secretly made all preparations to please his father on the way, depressed.

Hu Hai was young, but because of someone’s influence, he was deep in thought.

During the last Eastern Tour, Ying Zheng took him with him, which gave him some hope.

As a result, he did not expect that for this Eastern Tour, Ying Zheng would not take him anymore. It should be known that for this Eastern Tour, Ying Zheng was preparing for Fengshan, which was more important than the last Eastern Tour, but he did not take him?

So, am I no longer the youngest cub that Father Emperor loves the most?

Hu Hai thought secretly.

He did not understand where he had offended his Father Emperor.

Could it be that the relationship between him and his teacher was exposed?

Hu Hai thought of the dead Zhao Gao.

When Hu Hai was very young, Zhao Gao secretly taught him. According to Zhao Gao’s guidance, he was skilled in scheming at a young age and thus won his Father Emperor’s favor.

As a result, no one expected that his teacher, Zhao Gao, would lose his position as the head of the Net and be forced to go to Jiuyuan Commandery.

However, although Zhao Gao went to Jiuyuan Commandery, Hu Hai still kept in touch with him through letters. The small means he used to please his Father Emperor during the last Eastern Tour were derived from his teacher’s guidance.

As a result, bad news came one after another.

His teacher died directly because his collusion with the Xiongnu was exposed.

Hu Hai had indeed had some thoughts of avenging his teacher, but at the moment, during this Eastern Tour, the attitude shown by his Father Emperor made Hu Hai depressed again.

"Is it because of him?"

Hu Hai thought secretly.

The biggest impact of this Eastern Tour was the addition of Su Xuan, which made it hard for Hu Hai not to attribute all the reasons to Su Xuan.

The carriage rumbled, the horses’ hooves stepped, flags flew, the tips of spears and halberds shone with golden light in the sun, the elite guards were majestic, and the ranks were neat. The carriage team was vast and winding for a mile. On both sides, men, women, old and young, were crowded, but not noisy, as if everyone had come to watch with a heart of awe. A solemn and solemn atmosphere permeated the streets.

As the guard of honor was prepared, starting from Xianyang, the Eastern Tour officially began.

Starting from Xianyang, passing through the Neishi Commandery, and arriving at the place where the six states of Shandong were located, although the ultimate goal of this trip was for Fengshan, Ying Zheng was not in a hurry to rush to the land of Qi and Lu. Along the way, he visited famous mountains and rivers, carving stones and erecting monuments. No one would tell him the next destination. Often when he arrived at a place, he would ask his attendants to understand where he was.

Until this day, the Eastern Tour team arrived at a palace.

In front of the palace was a vast hilly area, and on one side of the hills was a dense swamp, where reeds grew.

It is worth mentioning that after learning the name of this place, a playful look appeared in Su Xuan’s eyes, because this place was called—"Bolangsha!"