Qin Official

"The leader is back!"

At nightfall, with Ji Ying's shout, there was a rush of footsteps in the Anlu military camp. Everyone who had just been absentmindedly doing their own things crowded to the camp gate, just in time to see Heifu, with the help of two CRRC guards, getting into the carriage. After returning, they stopped at the gate of the camp. The two of them moved down a heavy wooden box, bowed to him and said goodbye.

Ji Ying, Dongmen Bao and others rushed out, surrounded Heifu, and welcomed him in like a hero. They invited him to sit on the table at the entrance of the camp, then squeezed his shoulders and beat his legs. Legs, everyone smiles very flatteringly.

Hei Fu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What are you doing?"

"The leader is the only one in Anlu County who has been summoned by the king. This is incredible."

Ji Ying carefully dusted off Hei Fu, as if he was a treasure that had been blessed by the King of Qin.

Today, just seeing the king's chariot and figure more than ten steps away, these soldiers and soldiers from Anlu mud-legged family felt that they could go home and brag for the rest of their lives. And Heifu was even worse. His name was heard by the king, and he was called by the king of Qin. What an honor it was!

So, everyone started asking questions, and they were all the same questions as before: What does King Qin look like? Is it because he is three feet tall, his upper lip is the sky, and his lower lip is the earth? Bu Chenghuan said nonchalantly that he kept looking up today and saw that there were auspicious clouds gathering over Huaiyang for a long time...

"The king looks like..."

After they finished asking questions, Hei Fu pretended to be mysterious and said: "The king's face is beyond words. I can't say it, and you can't hear it."

Everyone couldn't help but be disappointed. At this time, Li Xian also led the people to lift the heavy wooden box at the entrance of the camp and asked: "Commander, what is this? Is it a gift from the king?"

"The king gave it to Anlu Quanli, please open it!"

With Heifu's permission, everyone opened the wooden box, only to see pieces of gold cakes neatly stacked inside. Even though they had just participated in the looting of the treasury of Shouchun Chu Palace and gained more knowledge, they saw so many Jin Zi couldn't help but take a breath!

"So many, are you afraid that there are thousands of taels?"

Gold was the official currency of the Qin State, but Ji Ying and others' concept of gold still stuck to the "liang" commonly used by counties and counties.

Heifu smiled: "A full one hundred yi!"

One yi is equal to twenty taels, and one hundred yi is equal to two thousand taels! When they raided the palace treasury of the King of Chu, Heifu only got ten yi because they could not take too much. Among the rest, the military officials took one or two yi, and the soldiers only had ant nose money. Now the King of Qin gave him a hundred yi at once. It can be said to be a big deal.

"The king said that in the battle against Chu, Anlu led a great service and won Xiang Yan's commander-in-chief flag. He once said that those who get the heads of Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins. Although Xiang Yan's heads are missing, But the achievement of capturing the flag is no less than beheading, so I will still give you a hundred yi of gold..."

One hundred yi, that’s half a million dollars! Even if everyone shares it equally, they still get five hundred dollars, which is a lot of money. Everyone is happy and congratulates each other.

They were all immersed in the joy of winning gold, but the attentive Li Xian discovered that the crown worn by Hei Fu was different from when he left...

When I left, it was still a double-plated long crown, but when I came back, it became a "rui" with green tassels as the tassel and vertical "he crown" on the left and right sides!

"The leader has been promoted again!?" He was surprised and happy.

Only then did everyone notice that it turned out that the pheasant was a type of wild pheasant. It had black down on its head and snow-white ear feathers that extended backwards in bunches and protruded from the back of its head, like a pair of white horns. It looked murderous. Although its wings are short and it is not good at flying, its red legs are thick and powerful. It walks with its head held high and its tail raised. It is majestic and looks like it is ready to fight to the death with invading enemies at any time.

This kind of bird is the "fighting force" among poultry. It never retreats when it fights. It is said that King Wuling of Zhao admired his fighting spirit and used he tail feathers to decorate crowns and give them to warriors who fought bravely. In the Qin State, the crown was modeled after the bifurcated ear feathers on the head of a heel bird. It could only be worn by high-ranking officials, that is, by officials of the fifth rank and above.

Hei Fu smiled and said, "Of course, the king saw that I was right in what I said. He heard that I was already a public official and had made some achievements in Huainan, so he said that there was no need to wait until Chu was destroyed to discuss my merits, and he gave me the title of Five Great Officials in advance."

In the Qin State, there is often a theory that a scholar with the title of Wu Qian will never be able to obtain a title of public title or above in his lifetime, that is, "a civil title is not as good as a public title!"

The fifth level of the ninth-level doctor is equivalent to the "upper doctor" in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is the ceiling of the title. The higher-ups, such as the left concubine chief and the right concubine chief, etc., are counted as "qing"...

Therefore, Heifu has reached the highest point in the eyes of ordinary people, which astonishes them. Only Li Xian and others are not only impressed but also admired, because they know that Heifu's ambition is to become a marquis like General Wang!

Unexpectedly, Heifu hadn't finished speaking yet: "Your Majesty also heard that I was going to be twenty-two this year, and he sighed and said that he was also the same age and was crowned at the Qinian Palace in Yongcheng, so on a whim, he crowned me on the spot. , and put it on for me with his own hands..."

Hearing that King Qin not only bestowed a title on him, but also crowned Hei Fu with his own hands, everyone fell silent. There was silence in the Anlu camp. After a while, Ji Ying's screams like killing a pig were heard.

"It's over!"

Everyone turned their heads and saw Ji Ying kneeling on the ground, his hands trembling, and he exaggeratedly wailed: "This crown was put on by the king himself for the commander, but I, when I just helped the commander sit down, I didn't... I even touched it, my dirty hands have not been washed after using the toilet, they should be cut off!"

Everyone laughed, but Li Xian felt that the matter was not that simple, and curiously asked: "What did the commander say to the king?"

"It's nothing."

Hei Fu couldn't help but sigh, Qin Wangzheng really lived up to the praise of "being able to serve others", and winning people's hearts was really beneficial. If it were any other person, he would have been rewarded with a bounty, given a title, and crowned himself, and he would have burst into tears, and he would die in service. .

This was something Heifu didn't expect. He was indeed a little excited when he was in the king's tent, and after he came out, he still didn't calm down.

But he has calmed down, and he will be grateful, but it will not matter if he leaves his life to King Qin. So he said, "The king asked me about my origin. He heard that I was a soldier in Guizhou Province. I started as a pavilion chief and was promoted step by step to the county captain and captain. I couldn't help but sigh with emotion as Han Fei said."

"What are you talking about?" Everyone couldn't wait to hear it.

Heifu said: "The king said that the prime minister must be from the state headquarters, and the fierce generals must be from the soldiers. Then the king suddenly looked at General Wang and Captain Li, and asked me with a smile, have you ever thought about becoming a general?"

"How would the leader respond?" Everyone's heads were in front of Hei Fu, their eyes widened and their ears pricked up.

"I told the king, of course I do!"

"Although Hei Fu is as humble as dust now, ten or twenty years from now, he will also be willing to follow the example of Lieutenant Li and General Wang, become a general of the king, fight against rebellion and make meritorious service, and then inscribe on his tomb a saying, 'The tomb of General Qin Hei Fu'." What a black man’s ambition!”

Heifu remembered that he straightened his back and said to the King of Qin a saying that everyone would know for later generations. It was also a politically correct saying in the context of the Qin State!

"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier!"

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"Therefore, those who are ambitious in the military must want to be generals and look for the title of marquis. Those who do not want to be generals have short ambitions..."

On the other side, in the king's tent, Qin Wangzheng was still reciting Heifu's words, and praised Li You: "What a high-spirited little leader, Li You, you have a good vision. Given time, this son may be the same." A general."

Hei Fu did not disgrace Li You, nor did he behave too deliberately. When he saw King Qin, he couldn't wait to rush towards him, forgetting who was his benefactor. This made Li You very satisfied, and he smiled and said: "Maybe it was the idea that came to his mind when he saw General Wang being granted the title of Marquis of Guannei today."

King Qin looked at Wang Jian again: "Before he came in, General Wang complained to me that he was old and wanted Meng Wu and others to accept military service and return to Guanzhong to retire. Compared with what Hei Fu said, he was really bleak. General, can you still eat?"

"I am indeed old, and I cannot match the determination and enterprising spirit of young people."

Wang Jian didn't mind at all. After destroying Chu, his burden was gone. He behaved very naturally and was much more relaxed than before the expedition. He offered to surrender the military power, but King Qin refused to accept it and insisted that he finish the war against Chu. Let’s talk about the country.

This exchange and push implies a game between the king and his ministers.

King Qin wanted to show that he was trustworthy in employing people, and Wang Jian wanted to show that he was not greedy for military power.

Wang Jian said meaningfully: "Since the military generals can have this ambition, why should Chu, Liaodong, Dai, and Qi be unjust? Why should the ambition of Qin's ancestors and kings to unify the world not be realized?"

Does he really care about his position as king? Hey, Wang Jian wishes in his heart that King Qin would have more princes and generals, so that the Wang family would not have to live in the cold...

The two of them stopped this topic tacitly, and Li You quickly said: "Your Majesty will inspect the three armies tomorrow. How about letting Heifu and Nanjun soldiers practice military ball for your Majesty? During the long period of time between our army and the Chu people, , soldiers use this as a show. It is different from the fancy Qi Chu Cuju, but has more of a killing and chilling meaning. Military officials can practice commanding and setting up battles here..."

The King of Qin did not refuse. Seeing that the night was already dark, the King of Qin was not tired at all after traveling all day. He was about to discuss with Wang Jian the security situation in Huaibei and how to continue to eliminate Can Chu and seize Jiangdong and other places. Zhao Gao came in in a hurry. "Your Majesty." , is an urgent letter from General Meng of Huainan..."

Li You's eyelids twitched, fearing that there would be a relapse in Huainan while Wang Jian was away. Wang Jian was calm. As Meng Wu's boss, colleague, and opponent for many years, he knew very well that this man's military use was no less than that of his father Meng Ao. There will never be a repeat of the place.

"Perhaps there is something strange happening between Xiong Qi from Jiangdong and the remnant soldiers of Chu State."

As expected by Wang Jian, King Qin took a glance at the military report and said with a sneer: "Mengwu reported that Xiang Rong and others were living in Huainan and proclaimed Xiong Qi as king..."

Everyone fell silent, and Li You did not dare to speak. As the son-in-law of King Qin, he knew very well that what King Qin hated most was betrayal!

And Xiong Qi, Lord of Changping, is the one who recently betrayed the king!

Lord Changping grew up with the king. He was once a confidant and served as prime minister for ten years. The relationship between the king and his ministers was so commendable back then, but betrayal was so infuriating.

The king's current tour to Huaiyang may also be related to this knot.

"Gu, this ambitious and talented uncle, always couldn't forget the past. He rebelled against Qin and attached himself to Chu. He wanted to take back all the things that originally belonged to him. But in Gu's opinion... he was just a beast imitating humans and wearing it. Putting on the lapel and crown and belt, it only adds smiles to the ears. He can't save Jingchu, which is gone, but he will just be buried with it."

After some emotion, the King of Qin did not even bother to mention the matter. Instead, he smiled at Wang Jian and said: "General Wang, if you want to make progress, you should first straighten the rear. You can also tell the situation of the troops garrisoned in the newly established counties and counties in Huaibei. Come alone!"