"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 Yue clan's civil strife has damaged their 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 officials in the palace study. At dusk, Bai Yan just walked up the hundred steps of stairs 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 much 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 uniform, 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 their gifts, the four of them walked out of the palace together.
"Just now in the study, I heard what Lord Wu Lie said. Although the Chu State has been defeated and is about to be subjugated, it would take countless energy to completely quell the unrest in Chu. In addition, most of the Chu State's nobles are hiding in Qi, and 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 Jingzhao San
Finally, it took five generations of kings to deal with the three families of Qu Jingzhao in succession, and finally 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 will not be 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 the two of them seemed to have something going on.
"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. After 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 minister 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 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 boarded the Feng Mansion's carriage and left.
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 along the way.
"Prime Minister Zuo wants Wang Shangxing to be enfeoffed?"
Bai Yan turned around and looked at Feng Quji.
When Feng Quji heard this, he looked at Bai Yan in surprise. He didn't expect that Bai Yan would express Wang Wan and Ying Kan's thoughts so concisely. It would be better if he said these words. After all, Wang Wan and Ying Kan had said this before.
Wan Bian has mentioned 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 counties and counties. This was already a subconscious idea. However, Bai Yan made it clear through Wang Wan's few words.
Come up with Wang Wan’s thoughts.
This was something Feng Quji didn't expect at all.
"Not only Wang Wan and Ying Kan, but also many members of the Ying clan have advised 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 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.
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But when you think about it, it doesn't seem strange. Bai Yan owns the fiefdom of Luoyin, and now that he has made great achievements, after being granted the title of king, the number of households in the city increased by 10,000.
Between enfeoffment and counties, it was almost unnecessary to think about Bai Yan's position and which one he would choose.
This may be the reason 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 Yingzheng 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 once felt that, 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 unification of the Qin Dynasty, 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 idea of enfeoffing prefectures and counties in parallel after the fall of the Qin State, in the end, 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 was faced with 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 divide counties and counties in parallel and did not lay the foundation for future generations in one day.
Will the next king of Qin be a Mingjun? Even if he is a Mingjun, he can still have as much prestige as Ying Zheng, able to withstand the opposition of the entire court, the clan, and even countless noble families in the world, slowly annexing and enfeoffing, and promoting prefectures and counties.
If the second Qin king cannot do this, the third and fourth terms will basically be impossible. Not only is his prestige insufficient, but there are many nobles in the court, and more importantly, after the world is enfeoffed, after several generations of kings in Xianyang have been replaced, 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 implement the prefectures and counties, how could the people of the future generations unify the world? He annexed the land, separated it with the support of the nobles, and even waited for the reputation of the Qin court to weaken and turned the Qin court into the next Zhou Dynasty.
It's not impossible.
At the beginning, the princes and kings were ministers of the Zhou Dynasty who had fiefdoms and served as ministers under the king of Zhou. Later, they used the status and trust of the ministers to evade the king of Zhou, collude with party members, and use 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 continued to implement 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, you can talk to Ying and Wang Wan can make his position clear. Since the king has not said anything, he does not want Wu Liejun to be involved in this matter. Remember, no matter who advises Wu Liejun to write a letter of advice or even asks the king, you will also
Can’t express my opinion!”
Feng Quji looked at Bai Yan and ordered. He saw 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 bowed his hands to Feng Quji, knowing 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 when they learned that Bai Yan has returned now, and the whole Xianyang has been posted about King Qin Ying Zheng and the title of King Bai Yan.
"I've met Mr. Wu Lie!"
"I've met Mr. Wu Lie!!"
The servants saw Bai Yan and spoke quickly. 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 in greeting.
"Bai Yan has met Mr. Bai, he has met his uncle, uncle!"
Bai Yan was the first to salute and speak, and the words he said also made Bai Zhong and Bai Bo sigh in relief, and the smile in Bai Yu's eyes grew wider.
"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 the other times, this time after a long absence, Bai Ming seemed to have completely transformed from a child into a teenager, 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. He felt a little aggrieved and looked at Bai Yan pleadingly.
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 he was a child, has often met with other young men whether in Pingyang or Xianyang.
While playing, hurt others.
Bai Ming also repeatedly disobeyed discipline. No matter it was Bai Yu or anyone else, even Bai Ming's grandfather Bai Zhong would get into trouble again within a few days of being reprimanded.
Only when he met Bai Yan, Bai Ming looked like a good boy, not 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, so he 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 politely returned the courtesy to the two girls.
Bai Yan, who hadn't seen her for several months and had been leading troops on the battlefield. Apart from Monument Ji, had rarely been exposed to women. When she saw Bai Junzhu again, she felt dazed for a moment. After all, he was leading troops outside and all he saw were covered in sweat.
Stinky men 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 back to his senses in an instant. 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 at the moment, they were smiling understandingly, and the corners of their mouths could not stop rising.
Behind the 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. They not only spoke more casually, but also didn't care at all that Bai Yan had already become the king.
It seems that in Bai Yu's eyes, Bai Yan is still the boy he had been waiting for when he was injured and poisoned.
Bai Yan answered Bai Yu's question about Chu Di without concealing anything. Looking at Bai Zhong, Uncle Bai took a breath and looked frightened after learning about the danger. Even Bai Yu's face was filled with fear after hearing this.
Ding Zheng and Bai Yan didn't care. Everything was over. He had a lot of trump 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 raise his head and looked 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 looking at 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 a so-called famous general is. Not only must he be good at martial arts, be able to lead troops, and convince the soldiers, but he must also be good at planning and even predicting 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.
"Boy, 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, people from 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 but laugh. They had all seen the way Bai Yan saw Bai Junzhu just now. Therefore, this matter will be confirmed when Bai Yan returns to Xianyang.
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The Qin Dynasty conquered the country within fourteen years of its annexation, but Ying Zheng was the only emperor in history.