In the south of the city, there is an ordinary house.
The man living in the courtyard was named Kang Tingshan, and he was a minor official in the Yongzhou governor's office. Although his official position is small, his department is Hucao, which is the department that handles money. Even a small official has certain rights.
Kang Tingshan's current life, although he is not rich and powerful, is still living well.
In the evening, Kang Tingshan came back from Hucao. After making a cup of tea, he drank the tea to relax.
Kangtingshan itself is not from Qin, but from Jin. Once the Kang family broke the law and was demoted to slaves. Because there was a selection of hidden stakes at that time, Kang Tingshan was selected and he was arranged to come to Qin. As for Kang Tingshan's parents and family, they have already been hidden and arranged.
Kang Tingshan came to Qin when he was more than ten years old. According to external claims at the time, he was brought by traffickers and bought by others. Then he was taken care of by his master, got rid of his slave origin, and was considered an adopted son, so that he could read and become an official.
He has lived in Qin for more than twenty years.
Moreover, he is only a minor official.
Such people are very inconspicuous.
As a hidden stake in the Jin State, Kangtingshan could at most learn about the news from the Qin State and send the news away regularly. In fact, most of the news was very common, but he knew it relatively early.
While drinking tea and relaxing in Kangtingshan, my mind was thinking about the Jin imperial examination.
The closer to September, the more people gather in Xianyang.
This matter has a great impact.
As far as he knew, many Jin scholars had already arrived in Xianyang and settled in Xianyang City, preparing to take the imperial examination in Qin. It can be foreseen that if this matter is really implemented, it will weaken the Jin State in the future.
Kang Tingshan must report this as soon as possible and ask the State of Jin to make arrangements.
Even this matter must be dealt with.
While Kang Tingshan was thinking carefully, there was a knock on the door. The butler came in and bowed: "Master, Mr. Qiu from Nancheng invites you to come."
"knew."
Kang Tingshan nodded.
He left the house directly and took a carriage to Master Qiu's residence.
Mr. Qiu's name is Qiu Gui. He is in his early sixties and was born into an old noble of the Qin Kingdom. However, when Qiu Gui was about thirty years old, his family fell into decline and he committed a crime because of his alcoholism and had to be jailed.
Because of Jin's secret rescue, Qiu Gui was able to get out of trouble. After gradually getting in touch, Qiu Gui turned to Jin and served for Jin. More than thirty years ago, the State of Qin was poor and poor, the people's lives were miserable, and the court was not rich.
Most people can't even afford to drink, and even if they have the money to drink, they can't.
A few decades ago, the Qin State did not have the conditions to make wine on a large scale like today. At that time, the Qin State, in order to ensure sufficient food, prohibited people from making private wine, because it would consume a lot of food. Even in the current Qin State, the grain for brewing is mainly purchased from Jin State and other places, and the control of its own grain is still relatively strict.
Qiu Gui surrendered to the Jin State, so he could have wine and money, and his life was better. Qiu Gui served the Jin State longer than Kang Tingshan, and it was Qiu Gui's help that allowed Kang Tingshan to gain a foothold in the Qin State.
When Kang Tingshan came to Qiu Gui's house, he bowed his head and said, "I have met Mr. Qiu."
Qiu Gui waved his hand and said, "Sit down."
Kang Tingshan sat down and said directly: "Mr. Qiu came to see me, but what's the matter?"
Qiu Gui said: "What do you think of Qin's establishment of imperial examinations?"
Kang Tingshan looked solemn and said: "I have also considered this matter carefully. It is not conducive to our Jin country. There are no less than a hundred Jin scholars gathered in Qin State now. Regardless of their abilities, once these people Serving as an official in Qin will have a great impact on us."
Qiu Gui stroked the beard under his chin, nodded and said: "As expected of you, you have been working in the governor's office of Yongzhou all year round. Your views and vision are correct. Once the imperial examination is promoted on a large scale, it will not only be detrimental to our Jin country, but also help the Qin Dynasty. The country’s strength. Therefore, it must be contained.”
Kang Tingshan sighed: "I am also thinking about how to stop it, but it is difficult to take action. On the one hand, although there is a recruitment hall in the country, Jin scholars are prohibited from coming. However, they still come after all. On the other hand, the people from Heibingtai Everyone is watching us as we run around. Once we take action, we will be easily discovered."
Qiu Gui said: "I do have an idea."
Kang Tingshan said: "What do you think?"
A stern look appeared in Qiu Gui's eyes, and he said: "You just said that people from Heibingtai are running around. This does exist, but it is not too scary. It's just that the patrols have been strengthened. My plan is to deal with it. Scholars from Qi State killed some people."
"What's the meaning?"
Kang Tingshan frowned and said: "Mr. Qiu, if you say this, I really can't understand how humble you are. What we want to deal with are the scholars who betrayed the Jin State, so that the Jin State scholars will not dare to come again. However, with the Qi State scholars, What does it matter?"
Qiu Guidao: "The reason is very simple. If we directly deal with the Jin scholars, we will easily get burned and people will be suspicious of us. So at the moment, our simplest way is to attack the Qi people first and kill some Qi scholars first."
"Then news came out that Qi State would not allow scholars to come to Qin State, and any Qi State scholars who were in Qin State would be killed."
"Following that, we spread the news that the Jin State is also going to take action. As long as the Jin State scholars do not serve as officials or return to the Jin State, nothing will happen. In this way, we will use our strength to attack We won’t be discovered even if we don’t have enough power.”
"Wonderful!"
Kang Tingshan's eyes lit up when he heard this.
With a look of approval on his face, he said: "This strategy of Mr. Qiu is indeed excellent. But if we want to take action, we must mobilize all of us."
Qiu Gui nodded and said, "No matter what, it's worth it."
Boom! Boom! Boom!
There was a knock on the door and the butler entered.
The housekeeper was Qiu Gui's confidant. He came to Qiu Gui's side and whispered: "Master, there is a letter from the south."
Qiu Gui took it and opened it for inspection, while the housekeeper stepped back.
After a while, Qiu Gui looked at Kang Tingshan and said: "The news from the Jin State tells us to try to persuade all the scholars who entered Xianyang to go back. If we cannot achieve this, then we will kill those who want to serve the Qin State." Scholars of the Jin State. In addition, they also have to disturb the imperial examination this time. But it may be a bit difficult to disturb the imperial examination. "
Kang Tingshan's mind was spinning and he was thinking quickly.
After a while, Kang Tingshan said: "Mr. Qiu, it's actually not difficult to stir things up."
"What does that mean?"
Qiu Gui asked.
Kang Tingshan said: "The Qin State has launched an imperial examination. This time, it can be predicted that even if people from White Deer Academy set the questions, most disciples from noble families will come forward. By then, few scholars from poor families will be able to come forward."
"The reason is very simple. The children of the noble family receive more knowledge, read more, and have a broader vision. We will use this incident to spread the news when the time comes, saying that the reason why there are so many people from the noble family is selected. It’s because of the fraud in the imperial examination.”
"Why the Qin State established the imperial examination was actually to fool the people, deliberately create a reputation, and then make room for people from aristocratic families with great fanfare."
"All this is a trick of the noble Qin people."
"We secretly fiddle with the news, confuse public opinion, and even kill a few more scholars from poor families. It is difficult for us to kill the scholars from aristocratic families. These scholars from poor families will die if they are killed, and then they will start a fight among the scholars from poor families against aristocratic families. Clash of great clans.”
"Finally, it explodes the existing contradictions."
Kang Tingshan's eyes flashed and he said: "When Xianyang is completely in chaos, the imperial examination will be completely disgraced. In the future, the Qin State will no longer be able to implement the imperial examination."
"well!"
Qiu Gui's eyes lit up when he heard this.
This is a good strategy.
Children of noble families, noble families, and scholars from humble families are inherently opposed to each other.
Many scholars from poor families are resistant to the noble families of Qin from the bottom of their hearts. These people are unable to attack due to their own strength and can only swallow their anger. Once the explosion is completely detonated, and it is detonated on this very critical occasion, it will trigger a conflict.
"Okay, that's great."
Suddenly, a loud voice came from outside the study.
Qiu Gui looked up and saw a knife on the butler's neck. Ying San entered with the people from Heibingtai.
Ying San looked at Qiu Gui and Kang Tingshan with a solemn expression, and said coldly: "An old nobleman from the Qin State and a person from the Jin State worked together to conspire to sabotage the imperial examination. It's a pity that your plan is doomed to be in vain."
Qiu Gui stood up, his face a little cold, and said: "Who are you?"
Win three: "Heibingtai wins three."
boom!
Qiu Gui was confused.
His body softened and he collapsed directly to the ground.
Black Ice Platform wins three.
This is the person in charge of Black Ice Platform, and his hands are stained with the blood of countless people. It is said that once a person enters the Black Ice Platform, there is no chance of getting out alive. Now that he is in the hands of Ying San, there is no reason to live anymore.
Kang Tingshan's cheeks twitched and he said quickly: "Master Ying San, misunderstandings are all misunderstandings."
Ying San said: "Is this a misunderstanding? Let's talk more slowly after we go to the Black Ice Platform."
"take away!"
Ying San gave an order.
The people from Heibingtai behind him stepped forward and escorted Qiu Gui, Kang Tingshan, and the housekeeper away. In addition, all the people in Qiu Gui's house were also detained, and the Qiu family was directly sealed off.
After Ying San went back, it didn't take long. Ying Wu waited for the other people from the Black Ice Platform to come back one after another.
They all arrested the other people who were behind the scenes in Jin State. When Ying San originally discussed with Lin Feng, his plan was to arrest only Kang Tingshan. After thinking about it for a while, I realized that if I caught someone, I would definitely alert the enemy. I simply investigated and captured him in one fell swoop.
Ying San looked at Ying Wu and ordered: "Give you half an hour, I need the results."
"Make sure to complete the mission."
Ying Wu answered immediately.
He took a kind of black ice platform personnel to go to the interrogation.
Ying San sat alone, waiting for news from Ying Wu. Within two quarters of an hour, Ying Wu came back. With a cold look on his face, he handed over the case file for interrogation and said: "The situation of Qiu Gui, Kang Tingshan and others has been investigated clearly and is all in the case file."
Ying San opened it and looked at it, and saw that Qiu Gui had served the Jin State more than thirty years ago, but these services mainly involved spreading some news and covering up the Jin people when necessary.
Of course, Qiu Gui also instigated some Qin people to rebel and let Qin people go to Jin.
Ying San knew some of them.
Ying San read all the files and frowned.
Things are big.
In particular, Jin State actually conspired to subvert the imperial examination, which means that Qi State may also have arrangements in this regard. After all, both Jin State and Qi State are hostile to Qin State. What Heibingtai has to do next is more.
Next, he must take advantage of this period of time to try his best to remove some of Qi's hidden weapons.
Ying San thought about it for a while, and after thinking it through, he stopped staying and went straight to the palace.
He had to report this matter to the emperor.
Ying San came to the palace, and Ying Jiuxiao was still reviewing government affairs. He stood still and saluted, saying: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhen Guo instigated a rebellion by a businessman from the Jin State. Then this businessman mobilized his connections in the Jin State relationship, and discovered many hidden dangers in the Jin Kingdom."
"The Duke of Zhenguo gave the news to the minister, who arrested the people for interrogation and found that these people had conspired to subvert the imperial examination. Your Majesty, please read it."
Ying Jiuxiao took the file and quickly looked at the back with a cold expression.
The imperial examination is a big deal!
This cannot be subverted.
Ying Jiuxiao said: "What are you going to do with these hidden stakes in the Jin Kingdom?"
"Kill him directly."
Ying Sansen spoke coldly.
Ying Jiuxiao said: "What's the next step?"
Ying San said: "Heibingtai also has some hidden stakes in the Qi State. My plan is to completely capture this group of people and kill them all. In this way, we will first cut off a large number of Jin and Qi people." Hidden stakes.”
After Ying Jiuxiao heard this, he frowned slightly. He was not satisfied with this treatment.
Ying San stood below, a little uneasy.
Wasn't his decision wrong?
Ying Jiuxiao said: "Now the person in charge of the imperial examination is Lin Feng. For the disposal of all hidden piles and subsequent disposal, you go to Lin Feng and discuss it carefully with him. I only look at the final result. Don’t look at the process.”
Ying San said: "I obey the order."
He bowed again, turned around and walked out.
"Wait a minute."
When Ying San walked to the door of the hall, Ying Jiuxiao's voice came.
"His Majesty."
Ying San turned around and saluted again.
Ying Jiuxiao said: "The imperial examination is the key to the rise of Qin, and Heibingtai must do a good job. I don't want Heibingtai to disappoint people again."
Ying San's body stiffened. The emperor was disappointed because Ling Fugui had discovered the hidden stake, but he had never discovered Qiu Gui and the others. Once Qiu Gui and Kang Tingshan are allowed to operate, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to Qin.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Black Ice Platform promises to complete everything and will not let your Majesty down again."
Ying bowed three times and bowed before leaving.
Because it was night, Ying San could not disturb Lin Feng, so he went straight back to the Black Ice Platform. This night, Ying San did not rest, but carefully read many news about Jin State's hidden equipment and Qi State's hidden stakes.
The next morning, Ying San took the compiled files and went straight to Lin's house.
This matter must be discussed with Lin Feng.
What to do next?
