Qin Official

Feng Jing's first impression on Heifu was that he was polite and courteous. He was able to express his gratitude to a group of military officials who were trying to get out of the way, although he only made a gesture and showed no gratitude in his eyes.

But it can be seen that Feng's tutoring is excellent.

Even though Heifu's status was not high, he had heard about some affairs in the court from Li You, Yang Xiong, Chen Wujiu and others. In the military, the King of Qin used the Wang family and the Meng family in political affairs. In addition to Li Si, the "Three Feng" were the most trusted in the court.

Brothers Feng Quji and Feng Wuze were Yu Shicheng and Wei Weiqing respectively. Although they were both deputies, they were second in command after Yushi Dafu and Wei Wei. Feng Quji's son Feng Jie also served as a captain in Nei Shi.

Brothers Feng Quji and Feng Wuze are said to be the ones who "would rather die than serve the people of Qin", so the Shangdang surrendered to Zhao and triggered the Changping War. The grandson of Feng Ting, the Shangdang guard in South Korea, is now the king of Qin's side. The hot upstart is really surprising. It has only been more than thirty years since the Changping War. The position of this family has changed too quickly, right?

When Heifu actually sat face to face with Feng Jing in front of Li You, Heifu got a second impression of this person: talkative.

After Li You introduced the two of them to each other, Feng Jing did not show any interest in Heifu like the county officials outside. Instead, he left him alone and talked about the interesting things he had just talked about with Li You.

"That happened in August last year (the 22nd year of King Qin's reign). The Shaonei Cheng of Huyang County in Nanyang County received a 15-year-old boy. The boy called himself Kui and was the son of his father..."

"Wait a minute."

Li You was not in Xianyang at that time, but was transferred directly from outside to the battlefield of Chu Chu, so he didn't know about it, so he smiled and said: "Aren't you an only child? How can you call Kui's brother?"

"Lieutenant, please listen to me."

Feng Jing continued: "Kui handed over an autographed letter claiming to be from my father. It said that Feng Wuze, the fifth official, dared to ask more about the young master Hu Yang. He heard that the land in Nanyang was favorable for the land, the ministers were old, and Gui was out with others. I don’t want money to plant the fields, but I hope the Prime Minister will give me 20,000 yuan in fake money, and I’ll loan him enough food to support me until I die, and I’ll pay back twice as much when the crops are ripe. Don’t pay it back, but pay it back, otherwise I’ll have to work hard for the Prime Minister..."

Heifu on the side understood clearly. The meaning of the letter was: Feng Wuze sent his regards to the Neicheng of Huyang County (equivalent to the director of the Finance Bureau). He heard that the land in Nanyang County was fertile and suitable for starting a business, so he asked his son Gui to start a farm. He didn’t bring any money or food, so he hoped to borrow 20,000 yuan and lend some food to support him until the end of the year. Once the crops are ripe, he would pay back double the amount. I hope you won’t refuse. If you refuse, Wu Ze won’t be able to help Nei Cheng...

In short, it is just one sentence: My father is Feng Wuze, you can do whatever you want!

After Feng Jingcai finished speaking, Li You shook his head and said: "Who is Wu Zegong? All the Feng family's children are listed as Lang Wei, how can they let their children do such a thing? Moreover, the language of this letter is vulgar and simple, and it is not like Wu Zegong. There is no reason for the five senior officials to call the prime minister of a small county a 'subordinate', that Kui must be a fake!"

That Kui had an air of poverty and a small family from beginning to end, and the letter was full of loopholes, and he was not a high-ranking person at all. Heifu knew immediately that this was a lie based on his one-year experience as the head of the Huyang Police Station.

Just as he was about to chime in, Feng Jing said: "Of course, Hu Yang Naicheng also felt that something was fake, so he immediately had the young man detained and sent to the county jail for interrogation. After interrogation, the young man changed his story and said that he was his father. My mother was abandoned by my father, but this time I came to Nanyang County, it was indeed arranged by my father..."

"absurd."

Li You shook his head. He had followed his father Li Si's instructions since he was a child and had been in contact with the Feng family. He was a stranger to Feng Jie and Feng Jing, so he also understood the Feng family's old-fashioned and loyal family tradition.

"The more ridiculous things are yet to come." When Feng Jing talked about this, he didn't look angry at all. Instead, he found it ridiculous.

"While in custody, the young man wrote a letter to the Huyang County Magistrate to defend himself. He said that he had already been to Xinye and borrowed money and food. Why was he detained after arriving in Huyang County? He also threatened to file a lawsuit. Go to the county and report to the court captain..."

"This guy's tone is quite serious."

Li You was happy, but he also knew that this was impossible. If this case really came to Ting Wei, he would definitely hear about it when he returned home. Since there is no such thing, it means that the matter has come to light at least at the county level.

Sure enough, Feng Jing said, under torture from Huyang County Prison, the young man finally admitted to cheating.

"He confessed that his real name is 'Xue', his family is in Xinye County, Nanyang County, and he was a student in a school. Because he was often beaten and scolded by his father, who was a county official, he was so angry that he had to run away from home to find some way to survive. Because he entered the school After a year in the office, I could write and do calculations, learned some laws, read a few official documents, and knew the names of some high-ranking officials in the court. So I grew up with evil intentions, stole seals, forged letters, and pretended to be my father's son. I want to defraud a sum of money in Huyang County and escape to Chu State..."

"How courageous."

After Heifu heard this, he was not only sighing, but this boy was only 15 years old, even younger than Jing, who was also a disciple in the school. But his courage and the power of his blows are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. This dazzling magical operation is comparable to that of Xu Yang, a hundred generals in Linyang.

But looking back, I find that pretending to be a member of a high-ranking cadre to defraud is not uncommon in the 21st century, and some people have succeeded repeatedly.

The reason why the young man was discovered all at once was because although he had learned some knowledge, he didn't know much about who the big bosses and high-ranking officials in the Qin Dynasty were. He could only rely on guesswork to pretend to be fake, and the result was full of flaws.

The real children of high-ranking cadres, such as Li You and Feng Jing, have received a good education since childhood and their future paths have been arranged by their families. Before becoming an adult, you should first become familiar with Qin's laws. After you become an adult, you will go to the palace to serve as Lang Wei. This is a group that the King of Qin likes to promote most. Young generals such as Wang Ben, Meng Tian, ​​and even Li Xin are all from Lang Wei.

After leaving Langwei, they are usually sent to counties or the army for training. This is because the Qin people believe that "the prime minister must be from the state, and the fierce general must be from the army." What Han Feizi said has become the criterion for selecting officials in the Qin State. Even the second generation of officials must be thrown into the field and struggle for a long time before they can continue to be reused.

However, it was rare for people like Feng Jing, who had just entered the imperial family at the age of 17, to be sent to Li You as a clerk before he could enter Langwei.

"Could it be that the bigwigs of the Qin court heard that Wang Jian was going to attack Chu, so they hurriedly sent their children to prepare in advance to catch this last gilding opportunity?" Hei Fu speculated darkly.

"How was the young man sentenced in the end?"

Li You was more concerned about the fate of that daring young man.

Feng Jingdao: "Huyang County issued a love letter and asked Xinye County to find out his place of origin and identity. He was indeed under 17, and his height was not under the adult standard of 6 feet 5 inches, so he was only sentenced to be a small official. . Now, I will probably spend the rest of my life on a city wall construction site in a certain county in Nanyang County!"

Feng Jing immediately sighed and said: "When Nanyang County informed my family, my uncle and father were stunned for a long time. Who would have thought that something like this would happen? This young man is also pitiful. If his father hadn't abused him, he probably wouldn't have been so comatose. Recruit."

"Actually, he was stopped in Huyang County. He was lucky."

Li You shook his head and said: "If this boy really arrives at the border of Qin and Chu, when the two countries are about to fight and there are large armies gathering at the border, he will never be able to cross the border as a young boy. He may be sentenced to death of the country and the punishment will be even more. It's serious, or he was involved in the battlefield when the two countries were fighting...Okay, no matter what happened to the boy, it's time for us to talk about business!"

Li Youyi raised his hand, stopped the chatting topic, and became serious.

Heifu also breathed a sigh of relief. Although it seemed to be an unintentional chat, Feng Jing and Li You were chatting there, but he couldn't get a word in, which was really embarrassing.

Although he was regarded as a confidant by Li Youyin, his relationship with him was far less close than that of Feng Jing. These high-ranking disciples have their own small circle, where they have familiar interactions and topics. It is impossible for grassroots people like Heifu to be included in it.

Although Feng Jing appeared to be polite, when he was chatting with Li You, he never looked at Heifu once and only regarded him as a background observer. It can be seen that Feng Jing still disapproves of Hei Fu, behind the humble and polite attitude of a high-ranking disciple.

At this time, Li You suddenly asked Hei Fu: "Hei Fu, please guess, I only recovered from my serious injury, why did I come to Nanjun to serve as a county captain?"

"It should be to coordinate the military affairs of Nanjun and train soldiers."

Heifu smiled and said: "If my guess is correct, the king has decided to attack Chu for the second time this year?"

"good."

Li You praised, but that was all. King Qin's decision to destroy Chu was firm, and the second attack on Chu would be sooner or later. Anyone with a discerning eye would definitely be able to see this.

"Could it be that old General Wang Jian is the general in this battle?" Heifu continued.

Li You clicked his tongue in surprise, and Feng Jing looked at Heifu squarely for the first time, not out of habitual politeness.

This matter is much more difficult to guess than "The King of Qin will attack Chu". Only senior officials in Xianyang know about it, and the county level will not announce it until at least May or June. However, anyone who is familiar with the internal affairs of the Qin State can also see that since Li Xin was defeated, the person most qualified to take over the important task of attacking Chu was the old general Wang Jian.

Unexpectedly, Heifu's next "guess" was even more outrageous!

"Then I dare to ask the county captain, how many men will Old General Wang bring to attack Chu? Six hundred thousand?"

As soon as these words came out, Li You was suddenly surprised and blurted out: "This is top secret military information, how did you know about it!?"

After saying that, he was shocked to realize that he had made a mistake and immediately looked at Feng Jing aside.

The atmosphere was a little awkward. Feng Jing, a junior high-ranking official who had been calm and chatting about interesting things just now, looked confused. He looked at Hei Fu and then at Li You, and his heart was filled with huge waves.

"Six hundred thousand? What does this mean? Why don't I know what they are talking about?"

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ps: This chapter is adapted from a real case of Qin bamboo slips, see "Yuelu Qin Bamboo Bamboo Slips" "Forged Private Letters". Well, you have been fooled. You still insisted on coding last night. After all, it is the last day of the month. For the sake of me staying up late to code, please give me a monthly ticket!