Chapter 310 Explanation, the arrival of Yang Yan (5K)
In the middle of the night.
Uncle Bai and Bai Yan's carriage slowly stopped in front of Bai Yu's mansion. When they got off the carriage, they saw the cavalry officers standing guard near the door.
Looking at the soldiers wearing armor and carrying swords, Uncle Bai and Bai Yan looked at each other and then walked towards the mansion.
As a person of the Bai family.
Unlike Bai Yan, the two people who pass by Bai Yu's mansion from time to time are naturally known to the servants of the mansion.
soon.
Under the leadership of the servant, Uncle Bai and Bai Yan came to the study.
As soon as he entered the study, he saw Bai Yan, a young man dressed in official uniform, kneeling in front of the wooden table, eating vegetable soup.
Bai Yan also saw Uncle Bai and Bai Yan at this time, quickly put down the food in his hands, and then stood up.
"Bai Yan, I have met my two uncles!"
Bai Yan raised his hand and saluted Uncle Bai and Bai Yan.
After not seeing each other for more than half a year, Uncle Bai, who is mostly a Confucian scholar, and Bai Yan, who looks fat and full of wealth, still haven't changed much.
In fact, when he was in front of the mansion, he heard the servant say that Bai Yu was at Bai Yan's mansion. Bai Yan really didn't want to go at all.
After a tiring journey with no rest, Bai Yan really didn't want to see Uncle Bai and Bai Yan at this time.
However, Bai Yu finally invited the two of them over.
In the study room.
When Uncle Bai and Bai Yan saw Bai Yan's gift, they also returned the gift with a very polite courtesy.
After all, both of them knew that in the eyes of outsiders, Bai Yan was a member of their Bai clan, but in fact, Bai Yan was not a member of their Bai clan. Previously, Bai Yan needed their Bai clan, but later, their Bai clan needed Bai Yan.
In this complicated relationship, the Bai family has no longer resisted Bai Yan. Even the young men and women in the clan are very eager to make Bai Yan the name of Bai Yan.
Truly become a Bai family person.
Nothing else.
Before that, Bai Yan had given Bai a face and gave her the prosperity and reputation that had disappeared.
Unlike the older generation in the clan, among the younger generation of Bai's descendants, no one has ever experienced the status and reputation that Bai had when their ancestor Bai Qi was still alive.
All the young Bai children have heard what the older generation said, but have never truly experienced it.
However, Bai Yan had actually allowed all the young members of the Bai clan to experience first-hand the experience of being crowded with people and countless people wanting to visit them.
Even when being introduced by others outside, after mentioning that they are descendants of the Bai family, all the children of the Bai family will receive the kind of close looks from other noble clan children.
All kinds of things.
Nowadays, the younger generation of the Bai clan still have no resistance against Bai Yan in their hearts, and they all hope that Bai Yan will return to the Bai clan in Pingyang as soon as possible.
"This is?"
The uncle looked at the dish on the seat with curiosity, and then looked at Bai Yu who had just finished the ceremony beside Bai Yan.
On the side, Bai Yan, who also finished the ceremony, also looked at this scene curiously.
"This kid hasn't eaten anything!"
Bai Yu said angrily.
After the words fell, in the study room, two maids were already holding cushions and slowly lowered the cushions on the other two sides of the wooden seat.
"I've already told this boy that if he hasn't eaten anything the next time he comes, just ask the maid to do it. Although he won't have the delicacies of mountains and seas, he can still get good wine and delicacies."
As Bai Yu spoke, he raised his hand and motioned for his eldest brother and brother Zhong to take a seat.
When Uncle Bai and Bai Yan heard Bai Yu's words, they looked at Bai Yan and saw Bai Yan's chuckle, but didn't say anything.
After Uncle Bai and Bai Yan took their seats.
Bai Yan also knelt down and took two hurried bites before asking the maid to pack up the food and leave.
Seeing the two maids coming to him and taking away the bowls of vegetables, Bai Yan looked at Uncle Bai and Bai Yan.
"During this period, Bai Yan has caused trouble for my two uncles!"
Bai Yan took the lead in bowing his hands and compiling the ceremony.
Since the person had arrived, Bai Yan was the first to speak.
It was Bai Yan who did the thing, and then Bai Yan would cause trouble to the Bai family. Naturally, Bai Yan would not pretend to be confused.
The other side of the wooden table.
Bai Yu looked at Bai Yan with some surprise. He didn't expect Bai Yan to be so direct.
But after hearing Bai Yan's words, Bai Yu glanced at his two brothers and nodded first.
"Tell us why you want to get rid of so many nobles, even the generals of the Qin State. Do you know that the relationships behind those people are extensive?"
Bai Yu turned his head and looked at Bai Yan.
During the conversation.
Uncle Bai and Bai Yan looked at Bai Yan, who was dressed in Qin official uniform and wearing a ceremonial hat, with complicated eyes.
Before the Yanmen incident, not to mention the Meng family and the Ximen family in Pingyang, all the noble families in Yongcheng and other places, even the royal family, wanted to have good relations with the Bai family.
Not to mention the officials of various factions in Qin State.
However, after Bai Yan massacred the Yanmen clan.
Not only did the nobles who came to visit avoid the Bai family, but some of the noble families and officials who were already on good terms with the Bai family almost fell out with the Bai family.
The Bai family's place is pretty good here. They only lost some relationships and connections. It doesn't matter if there is less business, but Bai Yu in the court has many more political enemies.
I already have a grudge against the Right Prime Minister, Lord Changping, so it would be unwise to create an enemy like this.
"Bai Yan knows!"
Under everyone's gaze, Bai Yan nodded slowly.
Bai Yan looked at Bai Yu and then at Uncle Bai. Bai Yan glanced at him and raised his hand.
"The Yanmen Rebellion was at its root. Bai Yan had no choice but to kill people. Looking at the Yingchuan Rebellion, Bai Yan was in Yanmen. If he didn't get rid of those people, within a year and a half, Bai Yan would not only do it again.
General Yang Duanhe made the same mistake and was even killed in Yanmen by those nobles joining forces with Lord Changping!"
Bai Yan said, after finishing speaking, he thought about it.
"The chaos in Yingchuan is caused by the gentry, and the same is true with the fall of Zhao. Bai Yan is in Yanmen, and Lord Changping is in the court. If Bai Yan doesn't take action today, the gentry will get rid of Bai Yan in the future!"
After Bai Yan finished speaking, he stopped talking.
Bai Yan did not say that he wanted to develop a foundation in Yanmen, nor did he say that he wanted to conquer Zhao Bianqi, or even that he wanted to repay the king and gain his trust.
Bai Yan knew that even if he said those words, Bai Yu, Uncle Bai, and Bai Yan would still feel that the previous approach of not leaving any room for them in Yanmen was still too much.
Therefore, Bai Yan could only change his perspective when facing Bai Yu and others.
Since you are asking why those nobles were eliminated, you can only blame the Bai family. If the Bai family had not offended Lord Changping, and if Lord Changping was not the prime minister of Qin, how could Bai Yan be so anxious to deal with the nobles.
After all, it is not just a matter of putting it in Yanmen. The foundation is unstable. There is another right prime minister in the Qin court who is a very popular minister and whose power is second only to Ying Zheng. He is always watching.
In the study room.
After hearing Bai Yan's words, Uncle Bai, who originally wanted to say something, suddenly became speechless.
Bai Yan was okay, after all, looking at the young Bai Yan in official uniform, he didn't come to question Bai Yan in the first place.
It can be said that after the Yanmen incident, when all the clan members were frightened by Bai Yan and even his father Bai Zhong did not understand Bai Yan, he was the only one who did not question Bai Yan in a hurry.
learn from mistakes.
When he was blind, he turned away such a good son-in-law. Bai Yan didn't know how many times he looked out the window in his study and regretted it.
Every time I heard that Bai Yan, who was young, wearing Qin armor and carrying a Qin sword on his waist, led his cavalry to fight against Li Mu, conquering Yanyu and Jingxing.
One thing comes to my ears.
How much Bai Yan regrets. Unless you experience it personally from Bai Yan's perspective, you can't describe how bitter that kind of regret is.
Therefore, after the Yanmen Incident.
Bai Yan was not in a hurry from beginning to end. The figure of the young man appeared in his mind, and he always had a hunch that the young man would not act recklessly and would not act recklessly.
Everything happened for a reason!
"The other noble clans are fine, after all, they are messing around, but those generals of the Qin State, especially Su Han! Why don't you show mercy? You can write to the king and let the king decide, instead of directly executing you after you do it!"
Bai Yu sighed, and after listening to Bai Yan's explanation, he thought of Lord Changping.
Bai Yu felt very helpless.
But what Bai Yu cares about most is not the Yanmen nobles. After all, no matter how many nobles they kill, they are still nobles after all.
Although the nobles have a wide network of connections, as long as the Qin State is here, although it can make Bai's life uncomfortable, it will not pose a great threat to Bai's family.
The ones who really had an impact on the Bai family were the generals of the Qin army who were killed by Bai Yan.
There was no one with connections in the Qin State behind the person who could become the general of the Qin Army, and Bai Yan's killing directly caused the Qin State's court to explode. Many ministers' sons, sons-in-law, or confidants died directly in the Qin State.
In Bai Yan's hand.
Bai Yu now recalled that when the news had just been sent back to the Qin court, looking at the noisy and chaotic hall, he felt worried for Bai Yan.
Even Bai Yu was worried whether Ying Zheng would order on the spot that day to directly remove Bai Yan from his title and order him to return to Qin for trial.
"Did you know that afterwards, the concubine Meng Jia came directly to my house and had a chat with me!"
When Bai Yu said this, his entire expression was one of discouragement.
"Su Han followed the General Meng Wu more than ten years ago, and when you killed him, the General didn't say Oh, just imagine if your old friend Gui made a mistake that day and was beheaded by other ministers.
level, and also got the title back, what do you think?"
Bai Yu said angrily, the Meng family was not an ordinary noble family in the Qin court.
Not to mention the deceased Meng Ao, who had made great military exploits for the Qin State throughout his life, there were the middle concubine Meng Jia, the general Meng Wu, the lieutenant general Meng Shu, and the younger generation Meng Tian and Meng Yi.
The Meng family not only took root in the Qin court, but more importantly, every Meng family member was deeply favored by the king and was entrusted with important tasks.
No matter how you look at it, Bai Yan's move to offend Meng is unwise.
Although General Meng Wu didn't say anything, Bai Yu specifically brought out Bai Yan's good friend Gui among the deeds he heard, so that Bai Yan could experience it.
"Bai Yan killed so many people. If he favored Su Han, what would everyone in the world think?"
Bai Yan said this, pondered for a while, and looked at Bai Yu: "What will the king think?"
"What's the meaning?"
Bai Yu heard Bai Yan's words and frowned slightly when he heard about Ying Zheng.
Looking at Bai Yan's eyes, Bai Yu was a little confused.
What does the King think?
"Kings?"
The uncle couldn't help but lower his head and muttered, and then looked at Bai Yan.
Under the watchful eyes of Uncle Bai, Bai Yan and Bai Yu.
Bai Yan thought for a while, and after taking a look around, he made sure that there was no one around, and then he felt relieved.
"The Yanmen matter, no matter what, cannot be sent to Xianyang of Qin State, and will be handled by the king!"
Under Bai Yu's puzzled eyes, Bai Yan then told Bai Yu: "Sending Qin to Xianyang is a safe method. On the surface, it seems to be the wisest move, even in the eyes of the world, but in fact
, this is actually the stupidest decision!”
Bai Yan's voice fell.
Bai Yu looked confused. Not only Bai Yu, but also Uncle Bai looked at Bai Yan, who looked thoughtful, and then continued to look at Bai Yan.
"In Bai Yan's eyes, sending him back to Xianyang seems to be the most appropriate method. In fact, it means leaving all the 'trouble' and 'offending' matters to the king!"
Bai Yan said this and sighed.
"The final result is that the king is killed and unable to kill. After all, he is the confidant of General Meng Wu, and has made many military exploits for the Qin State. Even if General Meng Wu doesn't ask for help, the king will still give it to Meng and Meng Wu.
His face cannot disgrace the heart of a meritorious minister, let alone the concubine Meng Jiading who will intercede for mercy."
Bai Yan said this, changed the subject, knelt behind the wooden table, raised his head and turned to look at Uncle Bai, Bai Yan, and then at Bai Yu.
"But if we release him, where is the authority? How will the people of the world view the king?"
Bai Yan chuckled: "What's more, imagine if a person sees rotten insects in a newly acquired house but cannot get rid of them, and just watches them continue to eat the things in the house, even knowing that one day it will affect the family.
When you look at the pillars of the house, it feels like something is stuck in your throat, but that’s all!”
In the study room.
These words immediately woke up the dreamer. When Bai Yan said this, not to mention Bai Yan, even Uncle Bai and Bai Yu had already reacted.
Indeed, if Bai Yan said this, then the king would probably be in a dilemma, not being human inside or out.
Whether you let it go or not, you will get no benefits in the end, and it is no exaggeration to say that this will affect Ying Zheng.
Think of this.
Not to mention Uncle Bai and Bai Yu, even Bai Yan raised their eyes and looked at Bai Yan with shock.
They couldn't imagine that these words actually came from the mouth of a young man.
"So you not only got rid of the nobles, but also the generals of the Qin State. Anyone involved would be executed immediately after being convicted! In the end, only a bamboo slip was sent back to the Qin State!"
Bai Yan spoke slowly and looked at Bai Yan, the man who almost became his son-in-law.
At this moment, Bai Yan felt that he, who had never looked down upon Bai Yan, felt increasingly incomprehensible to Bai Yan, a descendant of the Zou family who was once named Zou Xing.
Before coming all the way to Pingyang, Qin State, and coming to the Bai family, what had this Zou Xing experienced?
They are both descendants of the noble clan.
Why is this Zou Xing different from others!
Bai Yan could foresee that one day in the future, Bai Yan would return to the court after leading troops abroad. With his exquisite heart, he might not have to worry about losing Ying Zheng's favor in the court.
"yes!"
When Bai Yan saw Bai Yan's gaze, he didn't hide anything and nodded.
In Bai Yan's eyes, Ying Zheng actually knows better than anyone else that if the nobles in Zhao are not killed, the Yingchuan chaos will one day happen in Zhao.
The land of Zhao is different from the land of Han. The territory of Zhao is vast and the people of Zhao are fierce and brave.
The Zhao Kingdom was in chaos, it was a big chaos!
Not to mention those Qin generals who were involved in plundering and selling, all of which made Ying Zheng realize that these people had been attracted and corrupted by the clans of Zhao.
Ying Zheng has too many things to worry about.
Seeing clearly the helplessness behind Ying Zheng, this is why Bai Yan suddenly ordered a thorough investigation into the robbery and selling matter when he was in Yanmen.
Now in the study room of Xianyang Palace, the admonitions that can't be filled in the big box are all true. Behind each volume of admonitions is a Qin minister or general.
Why does he, Bai Yan, have nothing to do?
Why after telling the story, Ying Zheng not only didn't question it, he didn't even have the slightest thought of blame.
Behind all this, Ying Zheng realized that all Bai Yan's actions in Yanmen were for Qin and loyal to Ying Zheng. They were done deliberately after knowing everything.
Now everyone in the world is blaming him, Bai Yan. Now in the Qin court, Bai Yan has made enemies everywhere, and there are volumes of memorials admonishing him.
Just like in that story, there are moths and rotten wood, there is a shop that bullies customers, and there are guests who curse,
Just like Bai Yan said.
What Bai Yan wanted was for the porcelain bowl holding the tea to be stable and reassuring.
If the porcelain bowl represents the royal power and the interests of the Qin State, then what Bai Yan expresses is that no matter what happens in the future, Ying Zheng can trust Yanmen with peace of mind. He believes that Bai Yan and the Yanmen Iron Cavalry will ensure that Yanmen will not be in chaos.
It will fall to pieces on the floor and the tea will be spilled.
Mr. Wei is a wise man. When Mr. Wei saw Bai Yan ordering the execution of Qin army generals, he not only did not stop him, but also supported him.
In the study room.
It was quiet for a moment, and then under the candlelight, a faint sigh sounded.
"Your Majesty, it's better to keep a lid on your throat, but now that you have offended so many ministers, your situation in Qin will be very difficult."
Bai Yu shook his head: "Originally, I only needed to keep an eye on Lord Changping, but now I have offended Mengshi. Not to mention me, even Mr. Hu has a headache."
Bai Yu looked at Bai Yan.
Although Bai Yan had already explained it clearly, even Bai Yu couldn't help but sigh that Bai Yan was thoughtful.
But no matter how pleased the king is, offending Meng and so many officials and generals of the Qin State, these are real problems. If he does not do well, Bai Yan will be attacked by Qin officials and generals in the future.
Just relying on his status and connections with Mr. Hu, there is no way he can withstand so many political opponents.
What's more, there is Chang Pingjun secretly waiting for the opportunity.
It would be fine if Bai Yan came back to the court, but now that Bai Yan is away leading the troops, it is not known what year or month Ying Zheng will order to recall Bai Yan, take him with him, keep his title, and serve as a regular attendant.
"grown ups!"
Before Bai Yan could answer Bai Yu, suddenly there was a knock on the door from a servant.
"What's the matter?"
Bai Yu frowned slightly. Logically speaking, the servant knew that he was talking and would not disturb him in any case late at night.
Why is there a sudden knock on the door now?
The study was very quiet because the servants were outside. No matter it was Uncle Bai, Bai Yan, or the youngest Bai Yan, they all kept silent.
Under the watchful eyes of Uncle Bai and Bai Yan, the servant outside the door expressed his intention.
"Sir, outside the mansion, General Yang Yan of the Yang Mansion is asking to see you!"
The servant's words sounded.
Everyone in the study became confused. Uncle Bai, Bai Yan, and Bai Yu all looked puzzled when they heard what the servant said.
Yang Yang Yan?
Why did Yang Yan come here this late at night?
Among the crowd, Bai Yan suddenly noticed Bai Yan.
Bai Yu, who wanted to speak, followed Bai Yan's gaze and saw Bai Yan who didn't seem surprised at all.
"Bai Yan saved Yang Yan's life in Yanyu before, so he may have come to see Bai Yan!"
Bai Yan explained.
When Bai Yu heard Bai Yan's words, he turned his head and looked at Bai Yan. Both of them were confused.
Although Bai Yan was in Yan and had saved Yang Yan's life, for some reason Yang Yan knew that Bai Yan was here, so he shouldn't have come here in the middle of the night.
After all, the gift of saving one's life should be given as a generous gift and a banquet should be held.
This late night.
Yang Yan came over in a hurry.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't feel like it's because of the grace of saving your life.
"Please come in first!"
Bai Yan said.
Bai Yu nodded, glanced at Bai Yan, and then asked his servants to invite Yang Yan into the mansion.
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I must have had the experience of being forced to accompany relatives, being gossiped about when I thought of leaving, and my blood pressure rising every time.