Qin Official

After Qin Wangzheng's car drove a ten-mile road, a grand surrender parade ceremony was held in the western suburbs of Huaiyang.

"Fengchang", who was in charge of the rituals of the ancestral temple, also accompanied the king east this time. He had prepared a complete set of rituals and music early. Tens of thousands of Qin soldiers surrounded both sides. With the sound of swords hitting shields, the music officials began to ring bells and bells. Fou, play the vigorous "Yin Wu"...

"Bat Yin Wu, fight against Jingchu. Go deep into the enemy's blockade, and make a journey to Jingchu!"

"The daughter of Wei, Jingchu, lives in the southern part of the country. In the past, there was Chengtang: Since the Di and Qiang came from there, no one dared not to come to enjoy it, and no one dared not to come to the king. It is said that Shang is the norm!"

Heifu didn't quite understand the tune of Gubu. Li You told him that it was the last chapter of "Song of Shang". The poem describes Wu Ding's achievements in conquering Jingchu and getting the princes from all over the country to surrender. At that time, the people of Chu As a remnant of the Xia Dynasty prince Kunwu State, he ran to Jingshan Mountain to continue his stubborn resistance.

In terms of blood, Qin regarded itself as the successor of the Yin and Shang dynasties. The surnames Zi and Ying both had the destiny of the black bird, and there were legends about the birth of their ancestors. The distant ancestors of the Qin royal family, Fei Lian and Eilai, had long been the charioteers of the Yin and Shang emperors. Therefore, people with the surname Ying were more prominent, and even became princes. They were truly "helping Zhou to do harm". It was not until King Wu destroyed the Shang Dynasty that he fell into poverty and was driven to the west to raise horses.

After the Shang ode was sung, Xiaoyali's "Cai Qi" (qi) followed.

"You are stupid and barbaric, and the big country is the enemy. Uncle Fang is a veteran, and he is strong. Uncle Fang leads the way, and he is sentenced to death. The military chariots are wistful, and the wails (tān) and 焞焞 (tun) are like thunder! "

This poem describes how during the reign of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty, he ordered his minister Fang Shu to perform military exercises to intimidate the Jing barbarians. Although it looked majestic, in fact, the entire Western Zhou Dynasty failed to subdue Jingchu. King Zhou Zhao even drowned on the shore of Jianghan. At that time, Xiong Qu even shouted the slogan "I am a barbarian, and I will not be posthumously named after China". Impressively, he made the son king, showing that he did not care about the king's title and did not obey Zhou!

The Qin State is the successor of Shang in terms of blood and marriage, and it is the successor of Zong Zhou in terms of geography and culture. The Qin State originated from Zong Zhou's homeland that was destroyed by the dog armies, and absorbed a large number of Zhou people. Hundreds of years have passed. Later, in terms of artifacts, characters, and language, they were actually more similar to Zongzhou than the Six Kingdoms of Guandong. The princes regard Qin as a military force, and they also despise the Chu dialect as "bird language" with Mencius and others. These are typical regional evils, and whoever believes them will be stupid.

It is said that recently, an old case from two hundred years ago in Xianyang has been uncovered again. It is said that during the reign of Duke Xiang of Qin, Zhou Taishi Dan came to Qin to offer gifts and predicted: "The beginning of Qin and Zhou will unite and separate, and they will reunite at the age of five hundred. After seventeen years, the overlord will emerge..."

In the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty was just a mere "Western Frontier Officer". As a vassal of the King of Zhou, he had no independent status. It was exactly five hundred years from the time Qin Xianggong King Qin was made a vassal for his meritorious service, to the time King Qin Zhao conquered the Eastern and Western Weeks and moved to Jiuding. The next seventeen years were the years of Qin Wangzheng and Guan Qinzheng, and Qin indeed dominated the world.

Therefore, the meaning of this ceremony is self-evident: Yin Shang and Zong Zhou failed to destroy Jing Chu throughout their lives, but as the successor of Yin Zhou, Qin did what the previous generations had not accomplished!

Eight hundred years after the fall of the State of Chu, the war between the two civilization centers in the Central Plains and the South, which lasted for more than a thousand years, also came to an end.

Who did all this?

Of course it is Qin Wangzheng.

The surrender ceremony reached its climax when thousands of Chu prisoners came to the altar in dejection, and the King of Chu, carrying the cud and leading the sheep naked, paid homage to the almighty King of Qin.

As Chu Fu lowered his hands to the ground and lowered his head to the ground, tremblingly asking the King of Qin to forgive his sins, the soldiers surrounding the altar also loudly sang the lines given by Feng Chang.

"When Qin was founded, Wei was in the past, and he became the king in the following generations.

The crusade against chaos and rebellion stirs up the power of the four extremes, and the martial justice is straightforward.

The Rong ministers followed the imperial edict, and soon after, Jingchu fell! "

Amidst the sound of drums, the grand surrender ceremony came to an end. At this time, Hei Fu discovered that there were three trembling guys under the altar. Hei Fu saw that they were dressed in costumes, but they were not the entourage of the King of Qin. They were placed nearby to observe the surrender ceremony. The Qin people became more and more excited. Zhentian, the paler their faces become...

"Captain, who is that?" Heifu asked Li You secretly.

Li You took one look and said to him: "It should be the envoy of Qi, the Prime Minister of Dai and the Prime Minister of Yan."

Hei Fu understands that the King of Qin has staged such a big battle today not only to announce that Qin will succeed the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, to finally destroy Jingchu and make the people of Huaiyang and Chu give up, but also to frighten the three kingdoms that have not yet surrendered.

According to Heifu’s knowledge, a few years ago, Wang Jian captured Handan and captured King Qian of Zhao. Prince Jia of Zhao took hundreds of people to Dai County in the north and proclaimed himself king, but he did not dare to call Zhao. It is called Daiguo.

Similarly, after the capital was captured by Wang Jian, the Yan State was happy to leave Liaodong to protect Liaodong, and offered the head of Prince Dan in order to survive. Nowadays, both Yan and Dai have only one county, with a total population of less than 100,000 and less than 10,000 soldiers, posing no threat to Qin at all.

On the other hand, Qi State still has some strength. In the past forty years, the King of Qi has strictly adhered to isolationism. Qi Prime Minister Hou Sheng accepted bribes sent by people sent by Li Si and Wei Liao, so he made Qi cower on the edge of the East China Sea and watched Qin wipe out the three Jin and Yan states. , Chu, not only did not help the five countries, they also sent people to Qin to pay tribute every year.

The State of Chu was once the last hope for the restoration of the three Jin, Yan, and Zhao states. Now Chu has been reduced to this. It is conceivable that they must be extremely desperate. It is too late for the State of Qi to regret it. Qin has cut off the ridge of Shandong and pushed the princes far away. Separate and can be defeated individually.

Hei Fu had no time to care about the feelings of the envoys from the Three Kingdoms, because after the ceremony, King Qin immediately announced the rewards for the soldiers who defeated Chu...

As the King of Qin announced loudly, the soldiers of Qin made a fuss.

Since the death of Lord Changwen and the rebellion of Lord Changping, the Qin Kingdom has had no monarchs for several years, but today, here, a new marquis was born!

"The great concubine, Wang Jian, has made great contributions to defeating Xiang Yan's army and capturing the King of Chu. He will be promoted to the title of Marquis of Guannei!"

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Throughout the afternoon, the Qin army outside Huaiyang City was in a state of excitement.

Except for Wang Jian, who is the Marquis of Guannei, among the other lieutenants, Meng Wu is the commander of the chariot, Feng Wuze is the great commander, and Qiang Yu is the young commander.

Among the several captains, Li You was also promoted to the rank of right concubine, and he is currently the one with the highest title among the dozens of captains.

After the generals and captains were rewarded, the soldiers and soldiers below also benefited, and among them, Heifu's Anlu rate became the biggest winner.

In the decisive battle, he was the first to arrive on the battlefield. He spread the banner widely and made the Chu army confused. Later, he broke through several formations and won the Yanshuai Banner, which was a great contribution. So there were thousands of soldiers in the army, the lowest was a sergeant, and those with outstanding performance were even promoted two ranks. Among the several officers, Ji Ying became Bu Geng, Li Xian and Xiao Tao became doctors, and Dongmen Leopard had the title of Capture the Flag. After his success, Ying Lun was beheaded by his troops, so he was directly promoted to an official!

As for Heifu, he was promoted to the eighth level of "public ride"!

While everyone was beaming with joy, Li Xian lowered his head and did the calculations, then said softly to Heifu: "Captain, if you add in our achievements in Huainan, your achievements would be enough to be promoted to the rank of fifth official, so why did you only get the official title?" "

"Captain Li told me."

Heifu told him not to worry too much: "There are too many soldiers in the army, so the planners and military judges only have time to calculate the credit for the war in Huaibei. The credit for Huainan will be calculated together with the entire army after the Chu Kingdom is completely wiped out." "

It can be seen that the King of Qin only rewarded half of this reward, and the remaining half should wait until the Chu Kingdom is completely destroyed before adding it up together. Firstly, he can continue to use the title and salary as bait to prevent the generals from being satisfied. Secondly, they can also Let Wang Jian avoid being directly maxed out and unable to be sealed...

"I see." Li Xian nodded.

Others did not have such thoughts as Li Xian, and they were almost crazy with joy. Dongmen Bao was laughing from ear to ear. After a while, he suddenly became serious and said to Ji Ying: "Ji Ying, what are you doing?" I slap you!"

Ji Ying thought he was confused, and finally gave him a hard slap at Dongmen Bao's repeated requests. Dongmen Bao covered his red cheeks and smiled again: "It hurts, it seems to be true." of!"

"A year ago in Anlu, I was content to just do nothing and manage the gangsters in the village. But now, I am an official, an official..."

After sighing with emotion, he, Ji Ying and others all bowed down to Hei Fu!

"What are you doing, second and third son?"

Li Xian knew what everyone was thinking and said for them: "Thanks to the leader who encouraged us at the banquet that day with the words 'Princes, generals and prime ministers, it is better to have a seed', otherwise, everyone would have become a little rich and would not want to go back." Zhan, how can I continue to have the honor of being promoted today?"

"It's your own meritorious service that you shed blood and sweat on the battlefield."

After Heifu helped them up one by one, he said in his heart: "Don't be too happy too soon. Although after the Chu Kingdom is completely destroyed, I and everyone else may be able to continue to be promoted to one or two nobles, but the rising tide lifts all boats. This time After the great battle, at least more than 100,000 people will be knighted, and Qin’s title will probably be greatly denounced!"

Just when everyone was discussing how to celebrate in the evening, Li You sent Feng Jing to find Heifu.

"Congratulations." Feng Jing smiled broadly as soon as he came in and held his hands toward Heifu.

Hei Fulian said he didn't dare and said with a smile: "I also want to congratulate Zi Yang."

Although Feng Jing was just a clerk and was not promoted to a noble title, his resume could be considered gold-plated this time, and his father Feng Wuze became a great scholar in one fell swoop. This second generation is becoming more and more valuable...

"Zijing came to see me. Could it be that the captain summoned me for something?"

"What do you think I'm congratulating you for, for getting promoted to public transport?"

Feng Jing laughed loudly and said: "The captain asked me to tell you that the king may be summoned, so you should hurry up and wait outside the king's tent! Mr. Hei, this is something truly worthy of congratulations!"

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"Quite energetic."

After Li You saw Hei Fu coming in a hurry, he looked him up and down and even straightened his clothes himself.

"After all, we are still in the military camp. You and I will just go in wearing our military uniforms."

Seeing that Hei Fu seemed a little nervous, Li You patted his armor and smiled and said, "Whenever the king asks you, just answer it. Don't be tongue-tied. The king doesn't like dull and stupid people."

The black man only agreed and waited behind Li You. After a while, a tall and tall white-faced middle-aged man with a long sword on his waist, a crown and a short beard on his lips opened the king's tent and came out.

His appearance was majestic and steady, and his smile was like a spring breeze. He smiled softly and said, "Captain Li, please come in."

When Li You saw this person, he did not dare to neglect at all, and said respectfully: "This... didn't the envoys of Qi State and Yan and Dai just come in?"

The fair-faced middle-aged man smiled and said, "If the king says yes, then it's okay."

He then glanced at Heifu: "Is this the leader Heifu who was praised as 'Zicai' by the king the year before last?"

"The official is Mr. Hei!"

If Heifu remembers correctly, this person is the person who drives for the King of Qin. His position and salary should not be high, but he is the person closest to the King of Qin and the most trusted person. No wonder Li You is respectful and respectful, so he also bows deeply, Chief. The driver must not be offended.

Li Youye introduced him: "This is the official of CRRC, Mr. Zhao..."

The middle-aged man laughed loudly and said: "What is the order of Zhongche Mansion? I was originally a recluse in the palace, and I have been humble all my life. I was lucky enough to be selected as an eunuch. I also committed a serious crime. I should have suffered death. Thanks to your Majesty, I was spared from death. I still let you." I serve Your Majesty, and now I am just an ordinary clerk in the CRRC Mansion, just call me Zhao Gao!"

"Zhao Gao!?"

Hei Fu's expression did not change, but his heart was like a turbulent sea.

The tall, handsome guy in front of me, with a smile that makes people feel like spring breeze, and a humble and decent conversation, is this Zhao Gao?

"You must have walked into the wrong set!"

Heifu felt a little messy and secretly stared at the beautifully groomed beard on this man's lips and thought to himself: "Isn't Zhao Gao a eunuch? Why is he tall and majestic and has a beard?"

However, if this person was really Zhao Gao, if he died before that time, history would be completely different!

Hei Fu only had a little thought, but Zhao Gao seemed to feel something. He suddenly stopped talking to Li You, turned around, his eyes met Hei Fu's, and he gently touched Hei Fu's shoulder. A light pat seemed enthusiastic, but the hand was extremely cold!

Zhao Gao's ordinary smile was like a viper hiding its fangs: "The leader is uneasy. Is there something wrong?"

Hei Fu was excited, and immediately raised his hands in fear and said: "People from the small border counties have never seen the emperor, but now they are summoned, so they are frightened and uneasy..."

"Is that so? It's no wonder you are so young."

Zhao Gao's cold hand took away from Heifu's shoulder. Before Heifu could relax, he turned back and told Li You a joke.

"Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang also said similar things when they met with the king, but they couldn't hide the evil even if they wanted to. Unfortunately, I didn't bring a weapon at the time, so I could only fight with my hands. In the end, Xia Gong took the credit. Yes... Hahaha, but today I am in the military camp, the soldiers are full of blood, and their murderous intention is not extinguished, or maybe I feel wrong!"