In the study room.
Ying Zheng asked Bai Yan how many people knew about the stirrups.
Bai Yan told everyone he knew.
Ying Zheng called a eunuch and asked him to prepare all the names Bai Yan had mentioned in the edict. He then sent someone to Shangjun and handed them over to Feng Quji.
After talking about Gaonu's construction of the city, Ying Zheng asked Bai Yan to go back first and stay in Xianyang for the next few days, waiting for the summons.
"Your Majesty, Lord Yao has arrived outside the study."
After Bai Yan left the palace, less than an hour later, a eunuch hurriedly walked in.
Ying Zheng looked at the bamboo slips and nodded.
"Let Yao Jia come in."
Ying Zheng said.
As the eunuch retreated, after a while, there was a faint sound of footsteps. The footsteps were steady and different from the slow pace of Bai Yan just now. The speed of walking at this pace was obviously not the first time he came here.
"Yao Jia, a humble minister, pays homage to the king!"
Just in front of Ying Zheng's wooden table, a few steps away, Yao Jia's voice came.
Ying Zheng raised his head and put down the bamboo slips.
"Yao Jia, sit down."
Ying Zheng looked at Yao Jia without being overly angry. Ying Zheng respected and trusted this minister who traveled around the world for him all the year round.
In the future, if Qin wants to unify the world, it cannot do without these high officials and important ministers.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yao Jia was not too lively. After the eunuch brought a cushion, he rolled up his official uniform and knelt down on the cushion.
"Your Majesty has met Bai Yan!"
After Yao Jia sat down, he turned to look at Ying Zheng.
The officials did not know about the king's urgent summons to Bai Yan yesterday, but they, the important officials of the Qin State, all saw the king's order with their own eyes.
In this regard, they, the important officials of the Qin State, all agreed that the stirrup matter was too important.
Ask yourself, in the hearts of these important ministers, they would rather never have had stirrups.
The Qin State was already preparing to destroy Zhao. At this time, the stirrup was the best weapon for the Qin State to use against Li Mu, but it was also a huge risk.
"seen."
Ying Zheng nodded, thought for a moment, and looked at Yao Jia: "Bai Yan's previous estrangement was not to use the Xiongnu to destroy the Yuezhi, but to use the Yuezhi to get rid of the Xiongnu, and then annihilate the Yuezhi in one fell swoop."
Ying Zheng told Yao Jia what Bai Yan said just now.
Hear the words.
Yao Jia paused, thinking, and quickly understood what Bai Yan meant.
"This is a very good idea."
Thinking back to yesterday's discussion, Wang Wan and others suggested using the Xiongnu to get rid of the Yuezhi. Although Bai Yan's plan was risky, it was real and had a chance to succeed once and for all.
Think of this.
Yao Jia immediately made up his mind, looked at Ying Zheng, and raised his hands.
"Your Majesty, Yao Jia is willing to send Yuezhi as an envoy!"
Yao Jia cupped his hands and said.
Bai Yan had previously planned to use Gaonu's city and a fire to burn tens of thousands of people from the Yuezhi tribe to death. Now the Yuezhi can be said to hate Qin to the core.
At present, if Qin wants to form an alliance with the Yuezhi, it must either hand over Bai Yan or send envoys to negotiate peace.
The former is simply impossible. If Bai Yan is handed over, I dare not say that the whole Qin State, at least the people of Shangjun, will definitely be disappointed.
Then there was only one option left, to send envoys.
However, with the Yuezhi's hatred so high, ordinary officials might not achieve success or even risk their lives.
"There is no rush in this matter! Regarding the stirrups, Bai Yan has ordered people to keep an eye on those who know about the stirrups, and I have also issued an edict to Feng Quji."
Ying Zheng said.
Where the Yuezhi is, Bai Yan is the same as him. Now he must wait until the Huns go to take revenge. When the Yuezhi can no longer hold on, he can send envoys to negotiate. Now is not the best time to send an envoy to the Yuezhi.
It wasn't because of this incident that he asked Yao Jia to come.
In the study room.
Ying Zheng looked at Yao Jia and thought for a while.
"Yao Jia, do you still remember Tian Jin?"
Ying Zheng said.
Yao Jia looked thoughtful. Within a few breaths, he immediately remembered and nodded to Ying Zheng.
"Your Majesty, I remember that when I was in Qi State, Tian Jin's talent was not inferior to mine. Unfortunately, Tian Jin didn't want to leave Qi. I also felt sorry for it for a long time. I never thought that within a year later, I would be defeated by some Tian Jin. The clan members secretly plotted to kill him."
Yao Jia said.
Of course, it is impossible to say it too bluntly, but Yao Jia also said that he still remembers this person.
"Do you still remember the things related to Tian Jin and the plot set up by Hou Sheng and others?"
Ying Zheng nodded, then looked at Yao Jia and asked.
In the study room.
Although Yao Jia didn't understand why Ying Zheng asked this, he still recalled what happened and told everything he knew.
Ying Zheng listened quietly, and soon found out that everything was the same as what Bai Yan had heard before. Bai Yan even knew that it was more detailed and specific than what Yao Jia said.
When Tian Jin died, it had been more than four years, and Bai Yan was only that old at that time.
in this case.
Bai Yan knew this in detail because it was indeed said by Tian Jin himself.
And the process of Bai Yan's understanding does seem to be something Tian Jin can know.
"Why does the king suddenly mention this person?"
Yao Jia looked at Ying Zheng who was thinking and asked with some confusion.
Tian Jin has been dead for so many years, why would the king suddenly mention this person today.
"I suddenly thought of this person and got curious!"
Ying Zheng stood up, walked to the window step by step, and looked at the darkening sky outside the study.
At this moment, Ying Zheng was thinking about whether to let Yao Jia go to Qi State or let Mao Jiao, who was also from Qi State, make a trip.
These two people are the most suitable people to go to Qi State.
For that boy.
Ying Zheng was full of curiosity. He was also homeless and dependent on others.
I remembered that the young man had dared to fight the Xiongnu and the Yueshi with 150,000 horses with 10,000 warriors in Shangjun before.
"Yao Jia, tell me, when will war break out between the Xiongnu and the Yueshi?"
Ying Zheng asked.
After the words fell, Ying Zheng heard Yao Jia's answer from behind him.
"There will be a war within three months!"
Within three months!
After listening to Yao Jia's answer, Ying Zheng already made up his mind. Yao Jia could not leave Qin now, so he had to let Mao Jiao go.
"Yao Jia, go down and rest first!"
Ying Zheng said.
"promise!"
Yao Jia's reply sounded from behind, and after continuing, slight footsteps left.
Looking at the stars in the sky, Ying Zheng knew clearly that in another twenty or thirty years, no matter whether the world could be unified or not, all the officials in the Qin Dynasty's court were already dying.
Li Si, Yao Jia, Wang Wan and others were fine, but Wang Jian, Li Yao, Meng Wu and other Qin generals were not physically allowed to go to the battlefield again.
It is impossible for him, Ying Zheng, to hand over hundreds of thousands of troops to the aging old general. Once there is a battle, the old general has three strengths and two weaknesses, and the entire army will collapse without a fight.
Nowadays, in the Qin court, the young, talented generals worthy of training are undoubtedly Li Xin, Li You, Wang Ben, Meng Tian, Bai Yan and others.
And among these people.
Ying Zheng knew that only Bai Yan was not from a noble family, and there was no clan behind him.
The Zhou royal family was powerful at first, and after dividing the feudal lords, it was constantly eroded by the public officials, so that in the end the Zhou royal family could not even compare with the princes.
The Jin State was powerful at first, but was eventually controlled by the six largest clans in Jin, which eventually led to the division of the three clans into Jin.
Nowadays, the Qin State is powerful, and within the Qin State, in addition to the major factions, there are also deep-rooted clans, such as the Li family, the Wang family, the Yang family, and the Hu family.
There are people in these clans who are in charge of military power. Qin will also need the support of these clans to attack the Six Kingdoms in the future, and if it can destroy the Six Kingdoms, Qin will need these clans even more.
"Come here! I want to see Mao Jiao!"
Ying Zheng shouted.
From the beginning, Ying Zheng did not doubt Bai Yan. After all, Bai Yan did not submit the letter and no one knew Bai Yan's origin, not even the Bai family.
But Bai Yan still wanted to submit a letter and submit the brief. Why?
Obviously in the future, as long as Bai Yan is willing, he can tell the Bai family that if he does not restore the surname Zou and uses the surname Bai, the Bai family will never know Bai Yan's origin.
Then why did Bai Yan submit a letter and submit a brief statement?
Ying Zheng felt that maybe he could let Mao Jiao go to Linzi, Qi State, and when he came back, he would know everything.
By the time.
You can decide whether to cultivate Bai Yan and check and balance the clan.
Bai Yan's most shameful thing is about to happen!
(End of chapter)