Chapter 266 What is the intention?
In this great chaos in the Qin State, the Yan State became the final winner.
They retreated unhurriedly, methodically and in good order. Liu Heng led the army to tentatively rear-end two or three times, and the two sides stopped, and then the two sides publicly signed the contract that had been privately agreed on a long time ago.
Yan handed over all the occupied cities, withdrew from the border, and formed a friendship with Qin to attack and defend each other. The Qin State used this way to pursue the Wei Wu rout, and the captured property and treasures were paid to the Yan army as "military funds" for the Yan State to help Qin quell the rebellion.
Of course, according to the peace treaty, Qin still owes Yan a large amount of money, which must be repaid in annual installments. It's just that Qin Guo didn't actually plan to fulfill the contract, and Yan Guo didn't actually expect to get the rest of the money.
The peace treaty originally existed to be torn one day. If the Qin State is strong, there are naturally countless ways to deny it, and the Yan State doesn't mind much about it.
They only need to have a high-sounding pretense that allows them to scavenge almost everything they find in the Qin State to return to the Yan State in an open and stable manner, and enrich the treasury of the Yan State. That's the bulk of their gains. They only need a beautiful peace treaty on paper, and they can give an explanation to the civil and military officials and ordinary people in the country.
The Yan army was not defeated or forced to evacuate, but the task was completed and returned to its hometown.
With the wounded soldiers, with the ashes of the dead Yan soldiers, with the new soldiers who were trained from the blood and fire, and with all the belongings looted from the people of Qin. There are also the treasures that Wu Wei had worked hard to loot and handed over to them by the Qin people, and the Yan army was full of money, mighty, and returned all the way.
Wu Wei is not unsuspicious, not unangry. But there is no evidence, and it can be said that Qin Yan has any private transactions, but there is nothing to be done.
In fact, even if there is evidence, what can it be. Between countries. Is there really a morality to talk about? Yan Qiang and Wu Wei's vitality was greatly damaged, and with this alone, Yan people can sit back and relax.
The land has been appeased, and those Confucian scholars and clear streams in the Qin State have finally begun to feel safe enough to stand up and point fingers. denounced the generals for being incompetent and courageous, and betraying the country for glory.
However, such a voice, among the people who had just experienced the pain of war, fell into the mud and the sea, and did not make waves. As for the years later, there are too many days of stability, above the history books. Will it record a loss of power and humiliation of the country, Qin Xufei doesn't mind. Liu Heng didn't mind, and all the generals in the army didn't bother to mind.
And at this moment, Fang Qingchen rode thousands of miles and had already arrived at the capital of the Great Qin Kingdom after the catastrophe.
When Fang Qingchen came to the capital of the Qin Kingdom. It's a night.
Curfew remains in place in the city. Not to mention the people, even the officials. At this time, it is not easy to get in and out of the operation. However, all this is not a problem for the other party to be light.
He easily called to open the city gate, easily asked the general of the capital from the general guarding the city gate, easily asked the general to arrange for his own soldiers to lead him to the palace, and easily asked the general guarding the palace to open the door for him and personally lead the way.
Fang Qingchen has been in Qin Xufei's army for a few months, and he is usually too conspicuous and swaggering, and he is already familiar with his appearance and temperament from top to bottom in this army. Everyone is accustomed to the privileges he enjoys, which even Liu Heng can't match, and they are also used to Fang Qingchen's arrogance and unscrupulousness, these things are very normal for the generals of the Qin army, and they are all normal.
However, in addition to these generals, there are also civil officials who help defend the city and care for the people together, as well as eunuchs in the palace who are responsible for various trivial affairs.
In their eyes, even if Qin Xufei is not the emperor now, he will be the emperor in the future, how can he let people be like this, with a gloomy face, as if he owes him tens of thousands of taels, without reporting, waiting, or obeying orders, rampage, and swaggering to come to him?
Outside the Chongde Palace, where Qin Xufei currently lives, the chief eunuch is dutifully waiting.
He worked hard in the palace for decades, feared and endured hardships in the military rebellion, and finally waited until His Royal Highness entered Beijing and liquidated a bunch of high-ranking Qin kings' henchmen and eunuchs in the palace, and he was casually promoted to be the chief administrator. Knowing the grace of encounter, how can you not repay it, although the Third Highness is different from the royal family in other places, he does not like luxury, and always likes to drive the palace people away from afar, and he always has to stay outside the palace gate.
As a result, tonight, when I saw a general from a distance accompanied by a man in white who I didn't know, he walked quickly, and the chief steward frowned.
Although the palace is dilapidated now, the palace is still a palace, and the rules are still rules. If you want to see His Highness, of course, you have to report it repeatedly, how can you allow him to trespass like this?
As a dutiful and conscientious administrator, he stepped forward to meet him and reprimanded: "Who is so unruly, if you disturb Your Highness......"
He will never have a chance to finish this sentence.
He really didn't do anything wrong. Didn't say anything wrong, didn't do anything wrong. He just ran into Fang Qingchen. And he was very unlucky to be framed by Qin Xufei, forced to work hard for more than a month, and galloped fast for many days in a row, Fang Qingchen, who was tired, angry and irritable.
Fang Qingchen rushed back all the way to settle accounts with Qin Xufei, so when he entered the city, he didn't change his clothes or throw away his horsewhip, so he went to the palace. All the generals of the Qin army who knew him, when they saw his face, they all didn't say a word, and tried their best to cooperate with him without a word of dissent.
Propriety?
Disturbed?
Are you kidding! He Qingchen wants to see Qin Xufei, but he also needs to talk about the rules?
Fang Qingchen didn't blink, and waved it with a whip, which was really unreasonable and domineering.
The poor manager suddenly had a blood mark on his forehead, stroked his forehead with one hand, screamed, and fell backwards.
Fang Qingchen brought a gust of wind and went straight through, and a few little eunuchs who followed the chief manager looked at this handsome son, with a murderous appearance, everyone gasped and shrunk their necks, but no one dared to stop them.
The chief manager got up, and wanted to chase after Fang Qingchen desperately to grab Fang Qingchen, and the general who led Fang Qingchen had already grabbed him, and stopped his steps with interest, seeing Fang Qingchen's clothes and corner of his clothes breaking into the Chongde Palace, he only smiled and said: "Manager Sun, you can't control this person." Let him go. ”
"How can this be true? There is no condescension here! Even if General Liu comes to see His Highness now, he must let me report first! ”
The general coughed dryly, rejoicing for the chief steward. Fortunately, Fang Hou had already gone in at this time, otherwise, he would have heard this old eunuch ask him to talk to Qin Xufei about his superiority and humility, and he didn't know what was going to happen.
Chief Manager Sun was especially conceited and said: "Although I am a humble person, I am the chief of the inner department ordered by His Royal Highness, and insulting me like this is insulting the Third Highness!" I will always find the Third Highness to administer justice for me! ”
The general wiped the sweat from his forehead. Alas, in fact, the whip that the chief manager received, that is, broke the skin, in the eyes of a man like him who fought bloody battles on the battlefield, was not an injury at all.
Although Fang Hou often deliberately gave people anger, he never went too far, and he always knew the severity of his shot.
"Manager Sun, forget it, you can't afford to mess with this person, it's better to have more than one thing."
Manager Sun was extremely aggrieved: "Could it be that he is so rampant, and this whip is beaten in vain?" ”
The general smiled: "Don't say that you are beaten, it is ......" He looked at the palace gate of Chongde Palace: "Even if you beat the three highnesses, it will be in vain!" ”
Hearing this, Manager Sun's tone was different, but his expression changed: "Does this person dare to be rude to His Highness?" ”
Although the general didn't answer immediately, the expression said it all, and General Manager Sun immediately stomped his feet and was about to rush to the palace, letting the man pull him: "What are you doing?" ”
"Your Highness has driven out all the people who serve, and a person is drinking in it, if that person really dares to offend, although His Highness is invincible, but ......"
Mr. Sun was brave and loyal, and he was extremely anxious, but the general was so tidy: "Alone? Drink stuffy ......"
He said twice, dragged Manager Sun away, and waved his hand at the palace people who were guarding the palace gate: "It's nothing to do with you, let's disperse early, remember, this palace is turned upside down, and it has nothing to do with you, don't go to trouble for no reason." ”