Chapter 41 Lancang River
As the sun sets, the orange-red sunlight decorates the huge Xianyang City with dazzling and noble golden yellow. (/baojian/baojian) As the last bit of the sunset disappears, the sparks of light begin to appear in the south, north, east and west of Xianyang City.
That was the lights of thousands of homes ignited by the people who had been busy all day.
Xianyang City, which had been noisy all day, slowly fell silent. The crowds of people on the spacious avenue were gradually dissipating towards all directions of Xianyang City, and they all went back to their homes to find their mothers.
In the night, several fast horses galloped out of Xianyang Palace. From time to time, a few sparks burst out from the avenue paved with bluestone. They were sparks caused by the collision of horseshoes and bluestones.
In the hazy night, you can vaguely see five knights wearing black robes carrying packages on their backs, whipping the horses under their crotch with a whip, galloping past the avenues of Xianyang City like lightning.
As the horse galloped, under the reflection of the lights in the wine shops on both sides of the street, a few golden lights reflected dazzling golden lights from the waists of the five knights.
That is the five-faced golden Longwei Mansion waist card!
The sparse and rushing crowds on the street heard the sound of dull horse hooves that seemed to hit people's hearts, and hurriedly avoided both sides of the avenue.
The brightly lit moat in the south gate of Xianyang City, the gatekeeper who was on the night heard the roar of horse hooves and was about to stop them, and the golden light reflected by the golden medal raised by a knight was tearing his eyes.
A strong force came from behind him, and Shi Chang, who covered his eyes and blocked his golden light, fell back in a mess.
Five rapid winds flashed past the long body. As the sound of horse hooves were clattering, sparks burst out from time to time, heading towards the Western Avenue.
"Good, the golden waisted guard of the Dragon Guard Mansion!"
A familiar voice came from behind, and Shi Chang was swallowing all the words he had just been about to scold him.
A while ago, when Longwei Mansion and Hei Bingtai vigorously cracked down on the children of noble families in Guanzhong who bullied ordinary people in the downtown area and rode horses, most of the Guanzhong people were very aware of the composition of the two government offices, Longwei Mansions and Hei Bingtai, which were directly under the emperor.
The nobles of the Guanzhong family and the three dukes, nine ministers, and the governments and yamen in the court obviously need to know much more than ordinary people.
Most of the people in Longwei Mansion and Black Ice Taichung who are commonly seen have black waist cards. However, the patterns on the waist cards of the two palaces are different. Only the guards of Longwei Mansion who can often serve the emperor's guards can wear golden waist cards. There is no such thing as a golden waist card in the Black Ice Taichung. This is the proof that the emperor's guards, the Longwei Mansion's dead soldiers, can enter and exit the Xianyang Palace.
However, after the emperor returned from his personal expedition, even Xianyang, there are almost no activities of Longwei Mansion and Black Ice Platform Dead Warriors wearing special waist tags on their bodies.
Today, we could see five Longwei Mansion personal guards wearing golden waist cards at the same time. Even the idiotic officials knew that something big happened in the court was obviously happening. Otherwise, the personal guards around the emperor would not have let the emperor take action personally.
Judging from the directions of these five dead soldiers from Longwei Mansion, it was obvious that they were either going to Longxi or Bashu. Since the emperor reset the post stations of each major road. The post stations of Daqin to Longxi, Bashu were the first to complete the reset at the emperor's request.
General letters only need to be passed on through postmen.
While the gatekeepers were thinking about it, three faith eagles rose from the brightly lit Xianyang Palace, plunged their heads into the dark night, and disappeared in an instant.
That direction is also heading towards Longxi.
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August 20, 20th year of the Second Emperor of the Qin Dynasty.
Forty thousand Suzaku Army cavalry quietly left the Bashang Camp, which was more than 50 miles away from Xianyang, and walked along the road from Hangu Pass in Xianyang. Three days later, after the 40 thousand Suzaku Army cavalry left Hangu Pass, they divided into four, went north, one way to the east, and one way to the south, scattered.
August 22, 2nd year of the Second Qin Dynasty.
In the sequence of the central government system of the Qin Dynasty, there was a private voice of the Third-Primary Imperial Heavenly Supervisory Office. On the same day, an astronomical academy quietly appeared in the Daqin Royal Academy, and dozens of disciples from the Yin-Yang Sect became the first batch of students of the Astronomy Academy.
Nowadays, the Royal Academy is no longer a place that anyone can come in. Even disciples from several major sects of Confucianism, Taoism and Mohism have to go to the Royal Academy to go through strict assessments by the Zongzhengfu Supervision Department, and then they can only enter the college to attend classes as students of the outer college. There is not much difference between students of the outer college and those who are actually registered in the Royal College.
Whether students from the outer school or students on the booking, the Empire arranged food and accommodation. Even the clothes were made by Shangfang in a simple and elegant style. The only difference was that students from the outer school did not have the Royal Academy badge on their chests.
Of course, the biggest difference is that students from the outer colleges cannot be included in the ranks of the Ministry of Personnel before passing the exam. They cannot go out to serve as teachers in various counties.
On September 1st, the second year of the Second Qin Dynasty.
Hu Hai formally issued an edict to the world. The Zhuanxiang Calendar was abolished and the latest compiled Daqin Calendar was carried out. The year of Emperor Shi Huang's birth was the first year of the Daqin Calendar, which was 259 BC. Now the second year of the Daqin II is the fifty-second year of the Daqin Calendar.
The new Daqin calendar has added sixteen new solar terms based on the original eight solar terms, namely the beginning of spring, the spring equinox, the beginning of summer, the beginning of autumn, the beginning of autumn, the beginning of winter, and the winter solstice, to facilitate the people to arrange farming.
The new Daqin calendar uses one month, the first month, the first month, the end of the year, the twelfth month, the last day of the twelfth month is the Spring Festival. The fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival, the second day of the sixth month is the day of national sorrow, the fifteenth day of August is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the ninth day of the ninth month is the Double Ninth Festival, and the twenty-fiveth day of the first emperor ascended the throne and became the imperial National Day.
The new Daqin Calendar will be implemented throughout the Qin Dynasty from the date of its promulgation. From this day on, all the documents will use the latest Daqin Calendar as signature for inquiries.
All the latest official documents of the six ministries are registered and recorded using the latest Daqin calendar for future inquiries.
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Mengkuo stood on the high mountain and looked at the river below that was running and roaring south. He touched Guangguang's head and frowned. Since his head was shaved, touching his bare head whenever he encountered difficulties, it has become Mengkuo's habit.
Behind Mengkuo is a straight and flat avenue. Although it is not as wide as the Jiuyuan Straight Road, this avenue can accommodate at least ten war horses walking side by side. However, when the avenue arrives here, it encounters unprecedented difficulties.
Difficulty is the river in front of you that carves the mountains into an almost insurmountable cliff. This river has a famous name in later generations called the Lancang River!
ps: Thank you for your happy and good luck, 3998, the three brothers of the Grassland Wolf Rider!
Chapter completed!