1250 TWO Chapter 1250-Qin Shihuangs choice (1/2)
Chapter 1250 – Qing Shihuang's Choice
7th month, 7th day, Great Qin dynasty, Xianyang City.
Within the palace, the middle-aged Qin Shihuang stood with his back facing someone. He was looking at the map of the China region. More specifically, he was gazing at the area belonging to Great Qin; it was just a small piece. He asked, ”Li Si, Great Xia sent someone, and it's also Zhang Yi leading them?”
Just one look at his back could give a person immense pressure; this was the authority of Qin Shihuang.
”Yes, your majesty!”
”What did they say?” Qin Shihuang did not turn around.
Li Si quietly wiped the sweat on his head and stuttered, ”T-they said that they hope for your majesty to become a hermit.”
Qin Shihuang kept silent.
After a long while, he turned around and looked toward Wang Jian at the side. His eyes flashed with a cold light as he asked, ”If we fight against Great Xia, what are our chances?”
Wang Jian thought about it and replied, ”We can try to fight.”
The meaning behind those words were worth considering.
In history, Wang Jian and his son had destroyed six countries. At the time, Qin was really prosperous, and its army was really strong. The six countries were corrupt and weak and were merely empty shells.
As a result, Qin could unify the six countries within a short 10 years.
The path began with Wei Yang changing the law, which was a result of the hard work of many generations of rulers. Qin Shihuang only completed the last blow and definitely did not dare to take all of the credit.
In the current wilderness, Qin was trapped in a small piece of land, and its army had no fighting experience. Their opponent Great Xia had a vast territory and a strong army; it was an entity that even the Qin country at its peak could not compare with.
The two sides were not even on the same level.
Hence, when Wang Jian said, ”We can try.” it was the same as saying that they had no chance of winning.
Qin Shihuang looked deeply at Wang Jian and Li Si before he waved his hands exhaustedly and said, ”You all can leave!”
”Yes, your majesty!”
That night, Qin Shihuang wrote a decree, passing the throne to his eldest son Fu Su before killing himself.
A ruler of a generation chose to use such a method to end his journey in the wilderness. During the last moments of his life, he looked into the sky and said, ”Mother god, I should not have come!”
Gaia kept silent.
The moment Qin Shihuang killed himself, a shooting star streaked across the night sky.
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Imperial capital, emperor city.
Ouyang Shuo, who was burning the midnight oil going through memorials, felt something in his heart, so he stood up and headed to the window. Coincidentally, he saw that star flashing past his eyes.
”The northwest direction?”
Ouyang Shuo fell deep into thought. Ah emperor star falling, was it Qin Shihuang or Tang Taizong?
”This is not what I wished for, but I have no choice.”
At this moment, Ouyang Shuo was really emotional and down. Ouyang Shuo only had the utmost respect toward both Qin Shihuang and Tang Taizong. However, the situation had forced his hand, and the wilderness could not allow all of these parties to exist.
The road to greatness was filled with such helpless decisions.
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Great Tang, Chang An City.
Tang Taizong Li Shiming looked at that eye-catching star quietly and said, ”You finally made your choice. What about me? What should I do...”
Next to him was the virtuous queen of a generation - empress Chang Sun.
”Your majesty, I have always been looking forward to accompanying you to tour the world.” the empress smiled.
When Li Shiming heard that, he suddenly burst out into laughter.
”That's right. Fighting or not is useless at this point. Why not put it down...” between family and power, Li Shiming chose the former.
Holding the small hands of the empress, Li Shiming broke out into a smile.
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