Now, it has been about three or four years since the turmoil of Lao Ai ended.
Zhao Anping is also unsure of this time:
It is probably due to the fact that the history of Shi Ji's description of this place is also very vague, so this game's year table in this time period near the node is somewhat vague.
"At this point in time, Zhao Gao had already entered the palace, which means it would be after BC235. That is to say, within a maximum of fifteen years, the Great Qin would be unified."
Zhao Anping gave it a slight moment of contemplation, "At this very moment, King Zhao Ang came to find me. Is there anything we can discuss?"
["Hello, King Zhao Ang."]
[I'm here.]
[I am Zhao Anping, also known as Zhao An.]
He replied concisely, preparing to throw the question at the other party. King Zhao Ang responded:
[Dear Zhao An, hello.]
[I have been governing alone for more than ten years and governing myself for over a year. There are many problems, and I would like to ask for guidance from Zhao An.]
Clearly, based on the language used, King Zhao Ang is already different from the one Zhao Anping saw in the modeling scene of the previous day.
He speaks with the aura of a sovereign.
"It seems that the turmoil of Lao Ai has indeed had a very significant impact on King Zhao Ang."
At this moment, King Zhao Ying of Qin looked just as he should have in countless historical records from later generations!
The first emperor of the ages, Emperor Ying Zheng of the Qin Dynasty!
Before the turmoil of Lao Ai, he was a very talented young man, but he was just a talented young man.
He lacks the unique aura of a sovereign that belongs to the emperor of all ages.
Zhao Anping had expected that the other party would say something serious, but King Zhao Ang's question turned out to be:
[Mr., can you predict the future?]
[Or, do you represent the will of Heaven, so you know all the possibilities of what might happen?]
[I feel that your abilities should not belong to our era.]
[...]
King Zhao Ang's question is actually because he doesn't dare to be sure:
It's just a trial question.
After the turmoil of Lao Ai, he has done many post-mortems, including analysis.
As the most authoritative monarch in the six hundred years of Qin's monarchy, he had an unparalleled intelligence network.
To Li Si, at the end of the day, he is just a person.
While King Zhao Ang represents the entire Qin Empire.
There is no doubt that King Zhao Ang has far more power to mobilize than Li Si.
He quickly investigated and found out that there was no such thing as "witchcraft and poisonery" —
Then there are only two possibilities left:
Or Zhao Anping is a high-ranking master of the world, but he was not satisfied with the seven countries in this world before, so he decided to withdraw from the world...
Or, Zhao Anping is the representative of the mandate of heaven himself.
The mandate of heaven is in the Qin Empire!
In the eyes of King Zhao Ang, Li Si, and the witnesses at the time, King Zhao Ang had a bit of a supernatural element.
How did he just happen to survive amidst a rain of arrows?
It's quite strange.
And after King Zhao Ang went back, he found out about Zhao Anping —
It's terrifying when you think about it.
He may himself represent the mandate of heaven!
[Here, I cannot disclose this to you.]
[If you have anything else you'd like to ask, feel free to do so.]
Zhao Anping silently replied.
At least in Einstein's time, time travel had defined.
Before Einstein, people's concept of "past and future" was more like Su Shi's simple view of time, expressed in his line, "I grieve over the fleeting moments of my life, envying the boundless vastness of the Yangtze River."
[Okay, Mr. Zhao An.]
[I want to ask, what will be the difference between the future Qin and now?]
[Me, did I successfully unify the six states?]
[How will future people evaluate me?]
King Zhao Ying of Qin threw all the questions to Zhao Anping.
[...]
"For the evaluation of King Zhao Ying of Qin?"
Zhao Anping paused for a moment, deciding that it would be better to reply honestly:
The evaluation of King Zhao Ying is often adopted in historical studies using a dialectical two-way method, separating his positive and negative impacts.
[...]
"I am a witness to history!"
Zhao Anping knew in his heart:
He was certain that he could change history!
"Then it could be tried, maybe it could prevent the emergence of the cruel Qin Dynasty?"
Then perhaps our China could become strong earlier.
[I have already calculated that.]
[Everything else, except for your death, can be said.]
[The evaluation of later generations: King Zhao Ang's rule was tyrannical, cruel, solitary, and harsh! He was skilled in governing and brutal in his actions!]
[The evaluation of the Qin Empire by later generations: none did not call it the tyrannical Qin!"]
[They also called you, a tyrant! An despotic monarch who committed every evil! A disgraced monarch who would be despised for eternity!]
[This is the evaluation of you by later generations.]
King Zhao Ang seemed not to be surprised, he just smiled lightly and looked at the talismans in front of him.
"Indeed, that is the evaluation?"
As a Qin king, as a Qin king raised by the Legalist school, how could he not know that the evaluation of him by later generations would not be favorable?
Regardless, the Qin Empire has experienced six generations, conquered six major states, and this alone is enough to make wild histories go crazy.
The nobles of the six defeated states would definitely not let go of any opportunity to slander him.
Moreover, he also knew that in order to strengthen the autocracy, the things he had done had gone too far.
Loyalty as the 15th article, a merit-based 20-rank system, military achievements as the foundation...
These are not things that ordinary people can understand.
But this is necessary!
Now that the Zhou Dynasty has collapsed, if the Central Plains do not unite, they will eventually disintegrate and be conquered by foreign horse-riding tribes!
The horse-riding foreign tribes are not civilized, but their troops and looting will never be weak!
However, King Zhao Ang could not help but feel a sense of loneliness.
"In this world, there are still not many people who understand me."
Even Zhao An, the one across from him, might not understand him.
[King Zhao Ying of Qin, is mentioned in the "Chancellors of Qin"]
[‘Qin King Zhao Ying was nineteen years old when he began governing. He defeated the Lao Ai Rebellion.’]
[‘In the eleventh year, he sent Wang Qian, Huan Tie, and Yang Duanhe to attack Bin and capture nine cities.’]
[‘At age 32, Qin defeated Zhao; at age 34, Qin defeated Wei; at age 37, Qin defeated Chu; at age 38, Qin defeated Yan; at age 39, Qin defeated Qi.’]
[‘King Zhao Ang conquered the world in this manner.’]
[‘Someone once praised him in poetry and songs, "King Qin sweeps the six directions, how majestic is his gaze! With a sword, he cuts through floating clouds, and the feudal lords all come west."’]
[This is the evaluation of King Zhao Ying of Qin by later generations.]
[This is what you want to hear.]
[Now, what are your thoughts?]
Zhao Anping adopted a method of praising first and then lowering.
After all, King Zhao Ying was no longer a child. Some realities had to be faced.
He was not afraid that King Zhao Ying would start holding back because of these later evaluations. That was not the kind of thing that Emperor Qin Shi Huang would do.
Zhao Anping continued to guide him gently:
[But you can also understand that for someone like King Zhao Ying, the evaluation of later generations is not important, right?]
[For example, if I tell you that in later times, the Central Plains is still unified, and the Chinese nation remains intact, the Huns submit, and foreign tribes dare not boast of their bravery, what would you do then?]
