Xianyang Palace.
As the center of power of the Qin State, it is the place where all the civil and military officials in charge of all affairs of the Qin State gather, and it is also the place where people in the world change their opinions.
With the drizzle falling, the sky was just getting dark, and one carriage after another of officials stopped at the gate of the palace. Men wearing Qin official uniforms stepped out of their carriages one after another, and their number became more and more.
How vast the Qin State is can be gleaned from the number of these officials.
"Master Li!"
"General Wang!!"
"General Lee!"
There was a lot of noise, and when the civil and military officials saw other officials and colleagues, they all smiled and bowed their hands.
Although this scene may seem harmonious, in fact, like other vassal states, the civil and military officials of Qin State not only agreed on the matter of going east, but also often argued on other matters, big and small.
After all, among the hundreds of officials in the Qin State, there are also factions, and most of these officials are members of the gentry. Regardless of whether they are voluntary or not, they will be involved in some disputes over interests in daily life.
Fortunately, the Qin State had wise kings in the past dynasties and there were Qin laws. This meant that the officials of Qin State had far fewer places to compete for than other vassal states.
This is why compared to other vassal states, the officials of Qin State are more restrained and can have such a scene.
Royal palace gate.
Because of the drizzle, each servant or retinue held an umbrella to hold an umbrella for their respective ministers.
Speaking of umbrellas, some people say that the first person to make umbrellas was Lu Ban, and some said it was Lu Ban's wife Yunshi. But no matter who it was, umbrellas have now become a symbol of nobles and powerful people.
Because whether it was made of cowhide in the first instance or silk now, ordinary people cannot afford it.
Today, if people want to go out in the rain, they still wear raincoats.
Although the coir raincoat is not as valuable as the umbrella, it is extremely convenient. Just like the elite soldiers of the Qin State who are holding long swords around the palace gate at this moment, they are also wearing coir raincoats.
Just as every official was waiting to go to court.
Not far away, a carriage that was not an official's appeared in a row of carriages. Many peripheral officials noticed this scene.
After all, this is the palace gate of Xianyang Palace. Why does that carriage come here?
At the moment of doubt, as the ordinary carriage slowly stopped, a young man wearing Qin armor, holding a bamboo slip, got out of the carriage.
Seeing this scene, many people were a little stunned.
A young man wearing Qin armor, riding a carriage, and holding a bamboo slip came to the palace gate. What kind of trouble is this?
The messenger? Not like it? But if he were an official, why would he be wearing armor?
With doubts, the officials looked at each other.
"Do you know that person?"
"never seen it!"
Along with the whispers, many officials saw the carriage slowly leaving, leaving only the young man wearing Qin armor standing in the drizzle.
Seeing this, these officials became confused.
Several Qin soldiers in the distance were a little confused when they saw this. After looking at each other, the leading general, wearing a raincoat and holding a Qin sword, walked towards the young man.
The official we were talking about just now was watching this scene, and the palace door suddenly opened slowly.
When these officials saw this, they all knew they had to go to the palace to attend court.
"please!"
"please!!"
One by one, the officials bowed their hands to each other and then walked into the palace in groups.
Officials in other places didn't notice anything at first, but as the officials moved, more and more officials noticed the young man standing in the drizzle.
To be able to become an official of the Qin State, put on the official uniform of the Qin State, and come to the palace to attend court, the knowledge, ability and connections of each official are far beyond what others can match.
But the strange thing is that almost all the officials didn't recognize the young man when they saw him.
But after a few breaths
Among a group of officials in their 40s and 50s, there was a middle-aged man with a burly build, wearing an official uniform and a mountain crown on his head. He noticed the young man with his peripheral vision, full of surprise, and then stopped.
Saw this scene.
The two officials in their 40s and 50s who were accompanying him all stopped.
"Master Yao knows that person?"
Li Si, who had a good relationship with Yao Jia, was the first to ask.
The burly man is Yao Jia.
"know!"
Yao Jia smiled at Li Si, and then when he saw Wang Wan looking at him in confusion, Yao Jia smiled even more: "Yao Jia was sent to Xinzheng as an envoy before, and that young man escorted him!"
Just as Yao Jia finished speaking, Li Si and Wang Wan all looked surprised.
"Bai Yan?"
"Is he Bai Yan?"
Li Si and others spoke instinctively, because they all knew that it was Bai Yan who escorted Yao Jia on his mission to Xinzheng.
Thinking of this, Li Si and others turned to look at the young man in the distance.
Thinking about the past six months, from rising to fame, to repeatedly achieving military exploits, and the previous battle with Gao Nu, which was even more amazing, they have always been curious about how brave the Bai family's descendant named Bai Yan is.
But now, I looked at the thin young man standing in the drizzle in the distance.
This really surprised Li Si, Wang Wan and others in their hearts. This was obviously different from what they had imagined.
"What? Is he Bai Yan?"
"Is he Bai Yan?"
"The young man wearing Qin armor is Bai Yan?"
Around Li Si, officials one after another heard the words of Li Si and others, and they all looked at the young man in surprise. He had heard the name countless times during this period, and the person who had the whole court arguing endlessly.
Among the officials, two young and burly men wearing official uniforms immediately stopped and looked at each other after learning that the young man was Bai Yan.
"Is he Bai Yan?"
The person who spoke was Li Xin, and the other person was Qiang You. Both of them were Qin generals of the younger generation in the Qin court.
As among all the young generals in the Qin Kingdom, the two people with the best status, background, reputation, and abilities, the one who is most unconvinced during this period is Bai Yan, a descendant of the Bai family.
Even before they met Meng Tian, neither of them cared that much when they heard people talking about Meng Tian.
Only the sudden appearance of Bai Yan made the two of them feel depressed in their hearts when they talked about his deeds.
Climbing Yangcheng first, he killed five officials in one battle and lost twenty-one of the enemy's soldiers.
Leading the cavalry to the north, he killed more than 3,000 Korean soldiers at Fuxi Mountain, killed the Korean general Han Qiu, and then went north to capture four cities.
Xincheng's words directly revealed Han Jun's plan.
In the battle of Gaonu, he not only predicted that the Xiongnu and Yuezhi would move south, but also ordered the people to migrate. He led more than 10,000 cavalry and faced the Yuezhi and Xiongnu with 150,000 horses, fighting to the death without retreating.
Among them was Bai Yan's fire, which burned a Gaonu city and tens of thousands of Yuezhi's horses to the ground.
Anyone who hears this incident will be in a trance, sincerely curious about what Bai Yan is like, who has such talent, leading troops and planning, and is so decisive and ferocious.
"You can't tell at all!"
Qiang Yu frowned, not only Li Xin, but also him, standing here at the moment, looking at the thin young man holding a bamboo slip in the distance.
This was completely different from the fierce and decisive Bai Yan he had imagined.
"Bai Yan?"
Li Xin looked at the young man in the distance with doubts in his eyes.
In fact, not only Li Xin, but also the surrounding officials, especially some military generals wearing official uniforms, were also full of doubts.
Because everyone looked at the young man and couldn't see that he could personally kill twenty-two of them, including the five doctors, after ascending first.
But Yao Jia has passed.
That young man is Bai Yan's business, and there's no way it's fake.
Moreover, counting the time, Bai Yan will indeed return to Xianyang within these few days.
With doubts, each official took one last look at the young man, then turned around and continued walking into the palace.
"Bai Yan?"
Outside the palace, the Qin soldier general holding the Qin sword heard the words of the civil and military officials behind him, and then looked at the young man in front of him with confusion.
He is Bai Yan!
The commander of the Shangjun Gaonu Cavalry.
Thinking of this, the general holding the Qin sword did not question him again, especially when he saw that Shang Qing Yao Jia had already walked towards the young man.
"Bai Yan, I have met Master Yao!"
Bai Yan looked at Yao Jia who was approaching and bowed his hands in ceremony.
After we said goodbye, Bai Yan didn't expect to meet here so soon. He originally thought he would meet him after entering the court.
"General Bai, long time no see!"
Yao Jia came to Bai Yan with a smile on his face, and then returned the gift with his hand.
Yao Jia was naturally no stranger to Bai Yan. The young man not only escorted him to Xinzheng, but also when he was in the new city, he witnessed the young man guessing Shen Yan's plan word for word and destroying Korea's last hope in one fell swoop.
This is why, when the bamboo slips sent by Shangjun Yang Xian arrived at the palace, Yao Jia felt that things might not be as simple as Yang Xian said.
Especially two days later, Yang Xian's bamboo slips came again. When he learned that Bai Yan had directly ordered the Gaonu people to move south, Yao Jia felt a little worried when he thought about what happened in the new city.
But then.
Not to mention other people, even Yao Jia himself was not sure.
Even if I have seen the young man's keenness on the battlefield, I have some doubts.
Never thought about it.
The results really surprised everyone.
"Yao Jia congratulates General Bai for another great achievement!"
Yao Jia looked at Bai Yan, cupped his hands and said with a smile.
Bai Yan quickly returned the gift with his hands in hand.
"Master Yao is so complimentary!"
Bai Yan said modestly. At this moment, Bai Yan suddenly saw three officials slowly walking up.
Looking at the three officials, Bai Yan was a little confused as he had never seen any of them, but the three of them all wore alpine crowns, and the patterns on their official uniforms were different from other officials.
Bai Yan knew at a glance that these two officials were ministers with extremely high status. Although he didn't know what their positions were, the only thing he was sure of was that the titles of both of them were Shangqing.
Two nobles!
When Bai Yan thought about it, he was still a fifth-level official, not even a general.
Not to mention uneasy, but also very confused, because he couldn't figure out why two officials came over. You know, the officials who were traveling with Yao Jia just now were also Shangqing, but they were just taking a look and had no intention of coming over.
A fifth-level official is high-ranking in the eyes of the people, and he is also high-ranking in the eyes of ordinary Qin officials.
But compared to Shangqing, the gap is extremely huge. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is unreachable.
There are also three levels of ministers. The lowest rank is equal to the lowest general rank. The lowest rank is the middle-left concubine chief and the right concubine chief.
The fifth doctor and Zuo Shuchang seem to be only one rank apart, but this one rank is very different.
One is a lord, and the other is a general.
The five highest-ranking officials had 25 hectares of farmland and 25 hectares of residence each, but the Zuo Shuchang, who was one lordship higher, had 74 hectares of land and 74 hectares of residence each.
There are five titles in between, ranging from the nine hectares of the Dafu Jue to the twenty-five hectares of the Fifth Dafu.
There is only one title difference between the fifth doctor and Zuo Shuchang, but even with this title, the gap is so huge that it is unimaginable.
And Shangqing is equivalent to the general among the generals.
So now Bai Yan is still a fifth doctor, a doctor.
And those two are Shangqing!
"Haha~!"
When Yao Jia saw the young Bai Yan, he suddenly became cautious. When he saw the two officials, he suddenly couldn't help laughing.
Especially looking at Bai Yan, Yao Jia shook his head and introduced Bai Yan with kindness.
"General Bai, this is Shangqing Hu Quan, Mr. Hu. This is Shangqing Mao Jiao, Mr. Mao."
Yao Jia introduced Bai Yan one by one.
"Master Yao!"
"Master Yao!!"
After Yao Jia finished speaking, Hu Quan, who was in his sixties, and Mao Jiao, who was in his fifties, both bowed their hands to Yao Jia. This gesture was also a gesture of goodwill.
Because Yao Jia took the initiative to introduce the two of them, whether they were saying hello or otherwise, they naturally returned the favor.
Under the huge embroidery of Yao Jia's official uniform, he returned the salute with his hands.
And because of Yao Jia's introduction, Bai Yan, who was a little confused at the beginning, immediately knew that one of the two ministers in front of him had some relationship with him, and could even be said to be a patron.
Hu Jin’s biological father is Hu Quan, the minister!
In the past, when Yang Xian wrote to Xianyang, General Hu Jin also wrote to his biological father, Hu Quan.
At this time, Bai Yan finally understood why Yao Jia smiled at him just now.
"Bai Yan, meet Mr. Hu and Mr. Mao!"
After Bai Yan waited for Yao Jia to return the gift, he stretched out his hand to greet Hu Quan and Mao Jiao. Looking at the elderly Hu Quan, Bai Yan's eyes were full of gratitude.
Although he was not in Xianyang, Bai Yan could know that more than half a month ago, the old man in front of him spoke for him in Xianyang Palace.
As for Shangqing Mao Jiao, almost everyone in the Qin State today knows about him.
After the Lao Ai incident, the Empress Dowager Zhao was placed under house arrest, and twenty-seven officials were executed for remonstrating. Mao Jiao was the official who remonstrated with the 28 officials. It was also because of Mao Jiao that King Yingzheng of Qin took the Empress Dowager Zhao back.
Therefore, even if I dare not say that Mao Jiao is as upright as Master Meng Yu, Master Mao must be a bold and careful person.
The most important thing is that Shangqing Mao Jiao is also a Qi man.
"The future life is terrible!"
When Mao Jiao saw Bai Yan, he simply returned the favor and then laughed.
The elderly Hu Quan on the side looked at the young Bai Yan with a friendly smile in his eyes.
"The Bai family has produced another great disciple. That old guy Bai Zhong is really enviable."
Hu Quan nodded and said to Mao Jing, then looked at Bai Yan and noticed the drizzle: "Why don't you bring an umbrella?"
When Bai Yan heard what the old man Hu Quan said, he bowed his head.
"It's okay! It's just a light rain. Bai Yan is wearing Qin armor from the bloody battle. If I hold an umbrella, it will make the people in other countries laugh at me."
In fact, Bao had always prepared an umbrella, but when he came to the palace for the first time, Bai Yan had no experience at all. Especially since he was wearing Qin armor, he felt that holding an umbrella was not appropriate.
After all, unlike wearing official uniforms, this Qin armor is a thing of bloody battles. If you hold an umbrella in the light rain, if others see it, it will be laughed at by those who are interested.
Not to mention, it might spread to the palace.
"Hahahaha! Okay!"
After hearing Bai Yan's words, Hu Quan laughed with his wrinkled face and kept stroking his long beard.
Even Yao Jia and Mao Jiao couldn't help but smile and shake their heads after hearing Bai Yan's words and looking at their young appearance.
In one sentence, he was born as a Qin general who was unruly and frivolous.
No wonder General Teng and even Lord Meng Yu praised him very much. Not only did they say this, but even if it reached the king's ears, he probably felt comfortable hearing it.
Civil servants will remonstrate to the death, and soldiers will fight to the death. No king will refuse these words.
"Okay, since you are wearing this Qin armor, I won't give you an umbrella! I will go to the palace first, and the king will definitely summon you in later."
Hu Quan smiled at Bai Yan.
Looking at the young Bai Yan, Hu Quan couldn't help but sigh. This time, this young man has to wait outside the palace gate here.
Maybe next time, there will be no need to stand alone outside the palace gate in the rain.
"Um!"
Seeing Bai Yan cupping his hands, Hu Quan nodded, then turned to Yao Jia and Mao Jiao: "Master Yao, Master Mao, please!"
"please!"
With Yao Jia and Mao Jiao returning the favor, the three of them glanced at Bai Yan and walked towards the palace gate.
Bai Yan stood there with his hands folded, watching the three people leave.
After a while.
Only after Hu Quan, Yao Jia, and Mao Jiao entered the palace did Bai Yan look back.
Standing outside the palace gate, feeling the drizzle alone, Bai Yan once again felt the benefits of being from a noble family. In the Hu family of Qin, Hu Quan was a Shangqing, Hu Quan's eldest son Hu Jin was a Shangjun commander, and his second son Hu Wujing was a senior official. He worked as a jailer in Yueyang and became a city magistrate.
Even though there are only three people in power in the Hu family, the connections between these three people are far from simple. Not to mention things that Bai Yan has never seen before, Shangqing Mao Jiao, who was also a member of Qi just now, obviously has a very good relationship with Hu Quan. That's a minister.
It is such a family. Because he has the surname Bai, he is also the one he relies on in the court.
Sigh.
Bai Yan looked at the drizzle falling in front of him with emotion.
In the eyes of Lu Qi and Lu Sheng, he was a patron, but in the Qin court, he was far from enough.
The real power over him is far from that simple.
There is one more chapter, updated at 12:30.
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