The Qin State celebrates the New Year in October, which makes Zhao Tuo still a little uncomfortable.
With a happy smile, the villagers replaced the peach charms on the door with new ones and hung peach boards with "Shen Tu" and "Yulei" written on them to ward off evil spirits and avoid ghosts.
In the countryside, there are children chasing and playing from time to time, which is quite a lively scene.
There are only two people in Zhao Tuo's family, he and Heng. Although as his title increases, he can have more homesteads to build a big house, but Zhao Tuo has no such idea at all.
He entered the palace as a man, so he naturally had to live in Xianyang. The house here was just a place to stay and was dispensable to him.
"Heng, do you want to go to Xianyang with me, or stay here? Tell the truth." Zhao Tuo asked.
Heng hesitated and said: "The gentleman went to Xianyang to serve the King of Qin and have a bright future. I don't have any skills. I can't even drive a cart. Now the only thing that can help the gentleman is farming. I dare you to ask the gentleman to be here." Farming here.”
Zhao Tuo smiled and said, "I knew this was what you were thinking. Could it be that you are thinking about the woman named Jing? If you like her, I will ask Li Dian to propose to you as my bride."
Heng's face turned red, but he finally shook his head and said, "In the past, Tian Dian led people to surround the house, and Jing was among them."
"She had no choice. The situation was like this at that time. Why should you worry about it?" Zhao Tuo advised.
Heng just shook his head and said nothing.
Zhao Tuo frowned slightly, this guy was also a fool. But this is someone else's private matter, and he can't say much about it.
As for Heng's reluctance to go to Xianyang, Zhao Tuo also expected it. Heng was a native of Zhao and had some resistance to Xianyang and the nobles of Qin. Whether he stayed here and farmed, he could continue to experiment with other agricultural technologies for Zhao Tuo.
Zhao Tuo knew many technologies that improved agricultural productivity and knew the general principles, but after all, he only read them from books, which were just words on paper and could not guarantee actual results. Just let Henglai test them one by one. If they are effective, they can be presented to the King of Qin. This is safer.
In the previous siege incident, Zhao Tuo could strictly abide by his oath in the face of Tian Dian's coercion and inducement and his lover's pleading. Such a loyal person can be used with confidence by Zhao Tuo.
Next, Zhao Tuo told Heng some simple agricultural techniques, and the two discussed with each other and finalized the agricultural production plan for the next year.
As time passed, the day came for Zhao Tuo to leave.
Compared with gatherings in the countryside, the New Year atmosphere in Xianyang city is much more lively. Residents in the city are either wearing newly sewn clothes or carrying freshly slaughtered chickens and ducks, walking around each other, and meeting each other on the road. Acquaintances will say hello to each other with a smile.
When Zhao Tuo arrived in Xianyang, he did not report to the official office immediately. Instead, he carried two dog legs and some new year's goods and went to pay Su Jiao New Year greetings.
"It turns out to be Mr. Zhao, please come in quickly."
The person who opened the door was Xiaojun from Su Jiao, a delicate-looking woman.
Seeing that it was Zhao Tuo knocking on the door, especially when she caught a glimpse of the dog-legged New Year's goods in Zhao Tuo's hand, she immediately smiled and greeted her to come in.
"Sister-in-law."
Zhao Tuo also smiled and walked in carrying his things.
Su Jiao was practicing martial arts in the courtyard. When he saw Zhao Tuo coming to visit, he hurriedly invited him into the room to sit across from him while the woman went to get some food.
The two exchanged a few pleasantries first, and then Zhao Tuo learned an important piece of news from Su Jiao.
"The King of Chu sent an envoy to offer land to ask for peace?"
Zhao Tuo was slightly surprised. Just about a year ago, Yan State also sent an envoy to Qin Xiandi to seek peace, but in the end, Jing Ke assassinated Qin.
Now the Chu State sent people to offer land again, which is really surprising.
Su Jiao smiled and said: "The messenger has not yet arrived, but the news has already spread. Last year, General Xiao Wang won a great victory against Chu and captured more than ten cities of his Chu State. Even the old capital Chen Ying was captured by our Qin State. . In addition, we defeated the Yan Kingdom and captured Yan Dan in Xianyang. Such things probably scared the King of Chu quite a lot, so it is normal for him to send people to offer land."
Zhao Tuo nodded, thoughtfully.
Although the senior officials of the Qin State had planned the candidates and military forces to attack Chu at the celebration banquet, they were actually keeping it secret from the outside world. The King of Chu would not know that the King of Qin was determined to destroy Chu, otherwise he would not eagerly come to offer land to ask for it. And.
The King of Chu was trying to put out the fire with his salary.
Zhao Tuo shook his head, then turned to Su Jiao and asked, "Where will my brother go to work after the new year?"
Su Jiao glanced at the crown on Zhao Tuo's head with envy and said, "You have the title of Duke, and you are also loved by the king, so you can enter the palace as a prince. I am just a mere official, and I guess I will be sent to a certain place." The county magistrate should be a county captain. You, on the other hand, have entered the palace as a minister this time. I wonder what kind of minister you are?"
Zhonglang.
This is the position that Zhao Tuo learned after reporting to the official office.
The so-called Langguan refers to the official who is the attendant of the monarch.
He is in charge of guarding the door, he is a guard inside, and he is a chariot and rider when he is out.
Although he did not have much real power, because Lang Guan was always around the king, he was easily noticed by the king.
If the performance is outstanding, the king will be directly sent out to assume important positions in the local area or the army as soon as the king is happy.
For example, even if Li Xin worked as a Langguan for several years and was directly appointed as a military official by the King of Qin, he no longer had to climb up from the bottom step by step.
Among them, Langguan is divided into many types, such as Yilang, Zhonglang, Shilang and Lang.
The Zhonglang that Zhao Tuo served as was the most noble among them, with a rank of six hundred stones, which was the same level as the county magistrate of a small local county. And they have the responsibility of accompanying the king at all times and staying in the imperial guard. It can be said that they will go wherever the king goes. This is the easiest position to earn performance.
As for the doctors who had similar responsibilities to the Zhonglang, they were mainly responsible for guarding the fixed palaces and were far inferior to the Zhonglang. Their rank and salary were only 300 shi, which was only half of Zhao Tuo's salary.
After Zhao Tuo completed the formalities at the official office and received the corresponding talisman and clothing, he gloriously became a lieutenant beside King Qin. He only had to go to the palace to officially report tomorrow.
Just when Zhao Tuo was about to leave the official office, the official responsible for handling the formalities said: "Zhonglang Zhao, please stay."
Zhao Tuo turned back to look at the bearded official and asked, "I wonder what my superior has ordered."
The official said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty told us years ago that if Zhao Zhonglang comes here, let us invite Zhao Zhonglang to the mansion on behalf of your Majesty."
Zhao Tuo was stunned, and his first reaction was that Chang Wenjun was so impatient. He had clearly agreed to his visit in the palace, but this person actually came here to say hello, as if there was something urgent.
"Thank you for telling me, superior. I will go to the prince's mansion to visit you later."
Zhao Tuo nodded slightly and was about to turn around and leave when suddenly something moved in his heart and he couldn't help but ask: "Dare I ask the superior? I don't know which monarch gave the order."
The bearded official smiled and said: "Of course it is Lord Changping, the one who just resigned from the post of prime minister."
"Book of Han: A List of Hundred Officials and Officials": The man in charge guarded the door and went out to serve as chariot and rider. There were Yilang, Zhonglang, Shilang, and Langzhong, all of whom had no personnel, and there were as many as a thousand people. The rank ratio of Yilang and Zhonglang is six hundred shi, the rank ratio of minister is 400 shi, and the ratio of middle lord is 300 shi.
(End of chapter)
