"The troops are stationed in Northern Xinjiang. This is a place where the Qin State has heavy troops. Unlike Longxi and Shangjun, the Qiang people are pro-Qin, and the civil strife of the Yuezhi has damaged the foundation. The king will definitely station most of the Qin army in Yanmen and Shanggu..."
After going to court, he participated in the internal discussions of important ministers in the palace study. At dusk, Bai Yan just walked up the hundred steps with Feng Quji towards the outside of the palace.
Listening to Feng Quji's words beside him, Bai Yan just realized at this time that Ying Zheng's appointment seemed to be far more important than imagined.
"Prime Minister Feng, Lord Wu Lie!"
Bai Yan was about to reply to Feng Quji when he suddenly heard the voice of Prime Minister Zuo Wang Wan coming from behind him. Bai Yan and Feng Quji stopped together and turned around. Then they saw Wang Wan and Ying Kan walking towards them. come over.
"Prime Minister Zuo, Mr. Chongquan!"
When Bai Yan saw the two of them, under Qin's clothes, he raised his hands to salute them.
Feng Quji also bowed his hands to the two of them.
After Wang Wan and Ying Kan returned the gift, the four of them walked out of the palace together.
"Just now in the study room, I heard what Lord Wu Lie said. Although Chu State has been defeated and is about to be subjugated, it would take countless energy to completely quell the unrest in Chu State. In addition, most of the nobles of Chu State are hiding in Qi District. Chu will lose its name. But it’s true!”
As Wang Wan walked, she looked at the high wall of the palace in the distance, and then looked at Bai Yan and Feng Quji beside her.
"That's true! In the battle between Qin and Chu, the three clans of Qu Jingzhao had different opinions, and their clansmen were spread all over Chu, including Qi and Wei. If the three clans do not surrender, Chu will never be safe!"
Bai Yan nodded.
In later generations, let alone the Qin State destroying the Chu State, the Qin State unified the world until the death of the second generation, and then the world was in chaos, and then in the next dynasty of four hundred years, the court still tried every means to deal with Qu Jing Zhaosan Finally, it took five generations of kings to deal with the Qu Jingzhao family in succession, and then the influence of these three noble clans in Chu was completely eliminated.
"The noble families of the six countries are all in Qi. If the king wants the king of Qi to surrender to Qin, it is not easy!"
Ying Kan also interjected at this time, his expression and words were full of worries about annexing Qi.
Bai Yan listened to Ying Kan's words and followed silently. Although he didn't know why Wang Wan and Ying Kan talked about Chu Di, he could vaguely feel that they seemed to have something to do.
"Feng Xiangke still remembers that Yingchuan was only a county before, but the old clan remained. Not only did they rebel against the Qin State and cause rebellion in Yingchuan, but their traces can be seen in many subsequent events!"
Wang Wan said.
Feng Quji nodded. Hearing this, Feng Quji was the first to understand. Wang Wan and Ying Kan came over to say what they wanted to say.
"The territory of Chu is vast, far beyond the comparison of Yingchuan County. According to Wu Liejun's words, Wang Wan is worried that if Chu is continued to be governed by Qin counties like Yingchuan County, Chu will be difficult to govern in the future!"
After Wang Wan finished speaking, he did not express his position. He just talked to Ying Kan, saying that as a Qin official and the left prime minister of Qin, he was worried about the Chu land.
Feng Quji still didn't say anything, but he nodded.
Walk all the way to the palace gate.
Along the way, Bai Yan rarely spoke, but Wang Wan never imagined that while he kept talking about his worries about Chu Land in the future, Bai Yan had already noticed Wang Wan's purpose.
Discuss whether the future of the world should be divided into enfeoffments or prefectures and counties.
Outside the palace.
The four of them came to the carriage and just left. Wang Wan and Ying Kan both invited Feng Quji and Bai Yan to get together if they had free time.
Bai Yan did not refuse, and after Wang Wan and Ying Kan left in their own carriages, he and Feng Quji left in Feng Mansion's carriage.
Inside the carriage.
Bai Yan returned to Xianyang again after a few months. He couldn't help but feel a little unaccustomed to it. The carriage was filled with the lively voices of the people. Through the small gap in the wooden window, he looked at the street outside. It was completely different from the place affected by the war. , it seems that here, no one will think about the war or the killing on the battlefield.
“If you have time, you can spend more time with Ying Kan!”
Feng Quji looked at Bai Yan and said softly.
Bai Yan had just returned to Xianyang. After rejecting Ying Zheng's kindness, Bai Yan asked to leave in a carriage with him, stopping by Bai Yu's mansion on the way.
"Prime Minister Zuo wants Wang Shangxing to enfeoff?"
Bai Yan turned around and looked at Feng Quji.
Feng Quji looked at Bai Yan in surprise when he heard this. He didn't expect that Bai Yan would express Wang Wan and Ying Kan's thoughts so succinctly. It would be better if he said these words. After all, Wang Wan and Ying Kan had said this before. Wan Bian had mentioned it and hinted at it.
But just now I saw Wang Wan and Ying Kan talking about it. It was obvious that I had never mentioned it to Bai Yan before. Qin State has always promoted prefectures and counties. This was already a subconscious idea, but Bai Yan made it clear through Wang Wan's few words. Come up with Wang Wan’s idea.
Feng Quji didn't expect this at all.
"Not only Wang Wan and Ying Kan, but also many members of the Ying clan have made suggestions to the king. Did the king mention this matter on the way back to Xianyang?"
Feng Quji looked at Bai Yan. Since Bai Yan had guessed it, Feng Quji would naturally not hide it. However, looking at Bai Yan's expression, Feng Quji noticed that Ying Zheng didn't seem to want Bai Yan to be involved in this matter. .
But it's not surprising when you think about it. Bai Yan owns the fiefdom of Luoyin, and now that he has made great achievements, after becoming the king, the settlement has increased by ten thousand households.
Between enfeoffment and counties, it was almost unnecessary to think about Bai Yan's position and which one he would choose.
This may be why Wang Wan came to talk to him just now! When Bai Yan returned, Wang Wan also wanted to see if he, Feng Quji, could completely make up his mind to support the enfeoffment. After all, Bai Yan was standing next to him.
"Never mentioned!"
Bai Yan shook his head.
After finishing speaking, Bai Yan became quiet.
Countless people in later generations said that Ying Zheng was too impatient to unify the world. After his death, the Qin State was backlashed by the old tribes of the Six Kingdoms. For the Qin State, after destroying the Six Kingdoms, it was best to enfeoff prefectures and counties in parallel. Qin's most correct choice.
Bai Yan also felt that before, but now that he was in Qin, met Ying Zheng, and experienced many things, Bai Yan suddenly had some different feelings. It seemed that that choice was not as correct as he imagined.
In later generations, after the Qin Dynasty was unified, the country perished in fourteen years. However, these fourteen years laid the foundation for future generations. The concept of unification was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of the world until hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years. , will remain unchanged forever.
Even if later dynasties implemented the enfeoffment of prefectures and counties after the fall of Qin, after all, everyone in the world would remember the concept of a unified world and one dynasty.
All of this is inseparable from the fact that when Ying Zheng faced the choice of enfeoffment or counties, he chose the latter without hesitation.
Bai Yan imagined what would happen in the future if Ying Zheng chose to enfeoff counties and counties in parallel and did not lay the foundation for future generations in one day.
Is the next king of Qin a wise king? Even if he is a wise king, he can still have the prestige of Ying Zheng, who can withstand the opposition of the entire court, clan, and even countless noble families in the world, slowly annex and enfeoff, and promote counties and counties.
If the second Qin king cannot do these things, the third and fourth kings will basically be impossible. Not only is the prestige insufficient and there are many nobles in the court, but more importantly, after the world is divided and the kings of Xianyang have been replaced for several generations, I am afraid that it will be early. It has once again begun to repeat the mistakes of the Zhou Dynasty.
After all, if Yingzheng did not forcefully enforce the prefectures and counties, how could the people of the future unify the world? He annexed the land and separated it with the support of the nobles. Even when the reputation of the Qin court weakened, it was not the case that the Qin court became the next Zhou Dynasty. Not impossible.
At the beginning, the princes and kings were ministers of the Zhou Dynasty who owned fiefdoms and served as ministers under the king of Zhou. Later, they used the status and trust of the ministers to exclude the king of Zhou, colluded with party members, and used excuses to attack each other.
Perhaps this is why Li Si and Ying Zheng, after giving up the enfeoffment system, did not even choose to enfeoff counties in parallel, and pursued the county system without hesitation...
I don’t know how long it took.
"Sir, we're here!"
Suddenly, the coachman's voice came from outside the carriage, and Bai Yan came back from his thoughts.
"If you have the opportunity in the future, just express your position to Ying Kan and Wang Wan. Since the king has not said anything, he just does not want Lord Wu Lie to be involved in this matter. Remember, no matter who advises Lord Wu Lie to write a letter of advice, or even the king asks, you, too I can’t express my opinion!”
Feng Quji looked at Bai Yan and ordered. He looked at Bai Yan's expression of thought along the way and knew that Bai Yan must be thinking about enfeoffment, so Feng Quji didn't bother him.
"Bai Yan, remember this!"
Bai Yan heard Feng Quji's instructions and saluted Feng Quji. He knew that Feng Quji had misunderstood, but Bai Yan was not in a hurry to explain at the moment.
If you are too anxious to express your position before something happens, it will not be a good thing if word spreads, or at least it will cause a lot of trouble!
After getting off Feng Quji's carriage and watching the carriage leave, Bai Yan turned around and came to Bai Yu's mansion.
Naturally, all the servants in the mansion have met Bai Yan, especially after learning that Bai Yan has returned now, and the whole Xianyang has been posted about King Qin Yingzheng's request for Bai Yan to be crowned king.
"I've met Mr. Wu Lie!"
"I've met Mr. Wu Lie!!"
The servants saw Bai Yan and spoke quickly, and the leading servant also told Bai Yan that Bai Yu was already waiting at the mansion. After saying that, he took Bai Yan into the mansion.
Inside the Bai family's mansion.
Upon learning of Bai Yan's arrival, Bai Zhong, Bai Bo, and Bai Yu walked out of the study one after another and looked at Bai Yan walking down the corridor with his servants.
Everyone bowed their hands and saluted.
"Bai Yan has met Mr. Bai, his uncle and uncle!"
Bai Yan was the first to salute and speak, and the words he said also made Bai Zhong and Uncle Bai breathe a sigh of relief, and the smile in Bai Yu's eyes grew stronger.
"Bai Ming, meet Lord Wu Lie!"
Bai Ming suddenly opened his mouth to salute. When he saw Bai Yan looking over, Bai Ming was excited and looked at Bai Yan with burning eyes.
"You've grown so big!"
Bai Yan looked at Bai Ming and sighed softly after cupping his hands.
Perhaps the body of a young man aged fifteen to sixteen years old is growing like crazy. Unlike other times, this time after a long absence, Bai Ming seemed to have completely transformed from a child into a young man, just like when Bai Yan left home, When I came to Qin alone.
"Hey! I'm going back to Yanmen this time. Can you take me with you?"
When Bai Ming heard Bai Yan's words, he scratched his head with a smile on his face, and looked at Bai Yan with some grievance and pleading.
This expression made everyone in the Bai family on the side, and even Bai Ming's father Bai Yu, couldn't help but shake their heads. In the past few months, Bai Ming, who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, has often met with other young men whether in Pingyang or Xianyang. While playing, hurt other people.
And Bai Ming also repeatedly disobeyed discipline, no matter it was Bai Yu or anyone else, even Bai Ming's grandfather Bai Zhong, only a few days after being reprimanded, he got into trouble again.
Only when he met Bai Yan, Bai Ming looked like a good boy and didn't look like a boy who knew how to fight.
"Shut up!"
Bai Yu heard Bai Ming's words and scolded him. Then he saw his father and brother and motioned Bai Yan to go into the study for a chat.
"It depends!"
After Bai Yan returned the courtesy to Bai Zhong, Bai Bo, and Bai Yu, he passed by Bai Ming, looked at Bai Ming who looked unwilling, and said with a smile.
In an instant, Bai Ming's expression turned out to be full of ecstasy. He did not look at his father, but followed Bai Yan almost as if to please. The study door was obviously several people wide, but he was still afraid that Bai Yan would hit the door and kept walking. Lead the way from the front.
In the study room.
Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue were also there. After seeing Bai Yan, the two sisters saluted Bai Yan.
Bai Yan also returned the courtesy to the two girls with full courtesy.
Bai Yan, who hadn't seen each other for several months and had been leading troops on the battlefield. Apart from Monument Ji, had rarely had contact with women. When he saw Bai Junzhu again, he was in a daze for a moment. After all, he was leading troops outside and all he saw were covered in sweat. Men with bad smells are just like the jokes of the soldiers. On the street, let alone a better-looking woman, even if you see a young woman, you can't help but look away.
And now standing in front of Bai Yan was the famous Bai Junzhu of the Bai family.
Twenty-year-old Bai Junzhu eclipses other women in terms of temperament and fair and beautiful face.
Fortunately, Bai Yan came to his senses instantly. After the ceremony, at Bai Zhong's signal, he came to the wooden table and knelt down.
Uncle Bai and Bai Yu looked at each other. Although Bai Yan's eyes were vague just now, they still noticed that now, they were smiling understandingly, and the corners of their mouths could not stop rising.
Behind wooden table.
After Bai Zhong, Bai Bo and Bai Yan talked for a while, it was Bai Yu's turn. Bai Yu and Bai Yan were not so polite. Not only did they speak more casually, but they didn't care at all that Bai Yan had become the king.
It seems that in Bai Yu's eyes, Bai Yan is still the boy he has been waiting for when he was injured and poisoned.
Bai Yan answered Bai Yu's questions about Chu Di without concealing anything. Seeing Bai Zhong and Bai Bo take a breath and look frightened after learning about the dangers involved, even Bai Yu's face was filled with fear after hearing this. Ding Zheng, Bai Yan didn't care, everything was over, and he had a lot of cards at that time, but it was just not convenient to tell Bai Yu and the others right now.
Next to Bai Yan, Bai Junzhu poured tea for Bai Yan. When he heard the young man wearing the official uniform of the Qin State talking about the affairs of the Chu State, Bai Junzhu did not look up, but from time to time his beautiful eyes slightly followed the man's words. A tremor or two was enough to prove that Bai Junzhu's attention was not on the tea in front of him.
"I still want to lead the troops now!"
Bai Yingxue was standing aside, looking at Bai Yan with her beautiful eyes. She remembered that when she was in Bashang, she saw the crowds of people watching Bai Yan and Ying Zheng from a distance. With her beautiful eyes flashing, she noticed the eldest sister and quickly He shifted his attention and looked at Bai Ming, who was already dumbfounded.
Bai Ming always clamored to go to the battlefield and follow Bai Yan to lead troops to kill the enemy. He also wanted to be like Bai Yan and become a famous general in Qin.
Now Bai Ming should finally know how dangerous the so-called famous generals are. They must not only be good at martial arts, be able to lead troops, and convince the soldiers, but also be good at strategies and even predict people's hearts.
"go!"
Bai Ming came back to his senses after hearing Bai Yingxue's words, then looked at Bai Yingxue stubbornly and said.
Seeing the clan sister Bai Yingxue's eyes looking straight at him, her eyes full of ridicule, Bai Ming also felt a little guilty, but becoming a general who leads troops to kill the enemy and following Bai Yan to the battlefield has always been the biggest concern in Bai Ming's heart. desire.
Bai Ming finally took a deep breath and turned to look at Bai Yan. In Bai Ming's heart, if he couldn't become a famous general like Bai Yan, then he could be a little bit worse.
"You kid, when you come back this time, do you plan to marry Jun Zhu as your wife?"
Bai Yu looked at Bai Yan and asked. He was not in a hurry to talk about Lord Changping and Lord Changwen. After all, when it came to Lord Changping, everyone in the Bai family should toast to Bai Yan, so Bai Yu took advantage of Bai Yan's presence. Ask about Bai Yan and Bai Junzhu.
Now that Bai Junzhu is twenty, he can go back to the mansion with Bai Yan, become Bai Yan's wife, and raise children for Bai Yan.
In the study room.
When Bai Yingxue heard her uncle's words, she immediately turned to look at her uncle, then at her eldest sister and Bai Yan.
Bai Junzhu, who gave off a cool temperament, knelt down next to Bai Yan. When he heard his uncle Bai Yu's words, his whole body stiffened, and his charming and pretty face was full of nervousness.
Bai Zhong and Bai Bo also looked at Bai Yan and couldn't help laughing. They had all seen Bai Yan's appearance when he saw Bai Junzhu just now. Therefore, this matter will be confirmed as Bai Yan returns to Xianyang. .
The Qin Dynasty annexed the world and perished within fourteen years, but Ying Zheng was the only emperor in history.
This is inseparable from the county system.
(End of chapter)
