Early May.

When the news of Qin and Zhao's war again spread all over the world, the Qin army and the Zhao army in Jingcheng, as Bai Yan expected, the war had reached a stalemate.

In the face of the Qin army, the Zhao army did not rush to attack, but relied on the terrain advantage to defend on the spot.

In the face of the Zhao army, the Qin army led by Wang Jian did not dare to cross the river rashly.

The Zhishui River is the boundary between the two armies.

and the city.

Compared with Wang Jian living in the barracks, Bai Yan living in the mansion is much more comfortable, because as the days pass, the scorching sun is becoming more and more vicious.

is wearing cloth clothes and wearing a sword on the street, and after an hour, touching the hilt of the sword makes people feel hot.

This situation is like going to the river to take a bath in the hot summer, and when the body temperature is cold, the feeling of stepping on a stone with bare feet.

The mansion used to be the mansion of officials of Zhao State, and if you live in it, you can't feel the heat outside at all.

The extravagance of officials in Zhao was prevalent, and some businessmen in the past sighed that Zhao Feng was not weak to Qin, and Zhao Le was not weak to Wei Chuqi.

This 'wind' refers not only to the fierce folk customs, but also to the openness of the folk customs.

During the Warring States period, many characters were the same.

Just as gold in the record refers to gold, and it also refers to copper.

However, although the word is the same, when the king gives it, he will not really reward copper, in that case, where will the gold be so charming, so that how many people will betray the country because of it.

Inside the mansion.

Bai Yan took the bamboo slip and looked at the news as before, after Wang Jian and Li Mu reached a stalemate in Jingcheng, his task was to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the Qin army.

The grain and grass were transferred from the territory of the Qin State, and the road was already far away, but now in this hot day, the consumption of grain and grass transportation is far greater than at other times.

Bai Yan's work seems to be easy, but he always has to be on guard against Zhao Guo's surprise attack on grain and grass.

"General, Xianyang pedestrian Tai Jing came with more than ten Hu Cong, and I have ordered someone to take them to the pavilion."

Ye walked into the study and said to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan was a little surprised when he heard Ye's words.

Among all the official positions of the Qin State, the pedestrians belonged to the pawns among the three princes and the nine kings, and the pawns were in charge of the pilgrimage affairs of other princes and tribal leaders, and received the officials of the counties and counties, while the officials and pedestrians of the pawns were prepared to be temporarily sent to distant places.

If it is not a major matter, these people will generally stay in Xianyang, and they will never leave Xianyang without permission.

"Lead the way!"

Bai Yan got up and said.

It stands to reason that if he came to find Wang Qian, he should not come here specially.

With doubts, under the guidance of the industry, Bai Yan left the study and soon came to the pavilion in the mansion.

It is said to be a pavilion, but compared to the Zhang Mansion that I saw in Xinzheng, it is far inferior, the fifth generation of Zhangfu is Han, and its lintel heritage is even more than the clan relatives of the Han royal family.

Think about the five generations of Han Xiang, the gold, silver and jewelry given to the Zhang family by the wealthy merchants of Korea every year are squandered by the people of the Zhang family, and you can imagine how luxurious the Zhang mansion is.

"Bai Yan, I've seen Lord Tai Jing!"

When he came to the pavilion, Bai Yan, an official of the Qin State in his twenties, bowed his hand.

Because Bai Yan lives here, this official named Tai Jing is never allowed to enter the mansion.

At present, in the pavilion, there is only Tai Jing.

"Tai Jing, I've seen Zuo Shuchang!"

Tai Jing said to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan and Tai Jing, both of them are young people, and they are both officials of the Qin State, so now when they meet in the Zhao State, they are less strange to each other and more close.

This feeling of meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign country is very mysterious.

Under normal circumstances, if they met in the court of the Qin State, the two of them might not greet each other.

But when he was far away from the Qin State, he would instinctively relax when he suddenly ran into a colleague.

After each other's salutes.

The two looked at each other, and Bai Yan was the first to laugh.

"Bai Yan doesn't know that Lord Tai Jing has traveled thousands of miles, he came from the Qin State, and he has never prepared a first-class banquet, and he hopes that Lord Tai Jing will not be blamed!"

Bai Yan laughed softly, and after finishing speaking, he raised his hand to the mansion: "Bai Yan has ordered someone to go to prepare wine and set up a banquet, and I hope that Lord Tai Jing will not shirk today!" ”

Bai Yan's words and deeds towards other colleagues and officials are far different from those at the beginning, he was introverted at the beginning, and after experiencing a lot of things, he has improved not only his official position, but also his knowledge.

Just like before he came to the Qin State, he had already made strict preparations for the Qin State, but it was not until later that Bai Yan discovered that things were fundamentally different from what he imagined.

Down to the officials in various places, up to the court captain Li Si and the left and right prime ministers, national lieutenants and others, they all have a private set.

"General Bai Yan's good intentions, how can Tai Jing refuse!"

Tai Jing heard Bai Yan's words and said with a smile, without refusing.

But after finishing speaking, Tai Jing took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms and handed them to Bai Yan, and the bamboo slips were also stamped with special mud marks.

"This is a secret order that the king ordered Tai Jing to bring to General Bai Yan!"

Tai Jing held the bamboo slips in both hands, and then handed them to Bai Yan.

"Secret order?"

Bai Yan was surprised, the king would actually travel thousands of miles and send officials to him with secret orders.

Taking the bamboo slip in Tai Jing's hand with both hands, Bai Yan looked at the bamboo slip, and then under Tai Jing's gaze, he smashed the mud seal and slowly opened it.

Looking at the content, slowly, Bai Yan's expression was full of astonishment, and he was a little suspicious of his eyes.

Because of the bamboo slips, the king actually ordered him to go to Handan to do divisive things, and he needed money and jewelry, so he could go to the book.

After reading the bamboo slips, Bai Yan was a little confused.

It stands to reason that wouldn't it be better to send Qing Yao Jia to do this matter?

Why let him, a person who is not familiar with Handan's life, go, he has never even seen what Handan looks like, Gongzijia and Guo Kai.

Let him go to Handan? Let him go to separate Zhao Wangqian and Li Mu?

Come to think of it.

Bai Yan couldn't laugh or cry.

When I wrote to Xianyang, I wanted to tell the king that he could do a divisive plan, not to tell the king that he could go to Handan to carry out a divisive plan.

"General Bai Yan!"

Tai Jing's voice sounded.

When Bai Yan heard this, he came back to his senses and looked at Tai Jing.

"Lord Tai Jing, this time there are two large wooden boxes."

Bai Yan asked softly.

Tai Jing nodded.

"Yes, just outside the mansion, General Bai Yan can order someone to go and get it."

Tai Jing said.

In fact, along the way, Tai Jing had already felt that the two large wooden boxes should be full of gold.

Tai Jing was also very curious about why the king ordered to send so much gold to Yan and give it to Bai Yan, but because it involved the king, Tai Jing didn't dare to ask more, let alone open the bamboo slip secret order without authorization.

"Good! Lord Tai Jing has been traveling all the way, and first go to the room with Bai Yan to escape the summer, please! ”

In response to Tai Jing's words, Bai Yan put away the bamboo slips and made a 'please' gesture to Tai Jing.

Tai Jing hurriedly returned the salute.

Inside the main hall.

Accompanied by the maid of the mansion bringing good wine and meat, Bai Yan and Tai Jing talked while drinking.

From Tai Jing's mouth, Bai Yan also learned some of the latest news in the Qin State.

One of the most surprising things for Bai Yan was that the king actually agreed to set new rules, and those officials who were dismissed for committing fraud could be punished by serving in Yingchuan for four years.

Bai Yan is no stranger to the crime of class fraud.

This situation was very common in the Qin State, and in many places, many officials deliberately lowered the standard of the other party's land rent after accepting bribes from their own relatives, and deliberately wrote less when calculating the land rent, hid and did not report it, and so on.

Such cases of favoritism and malpractice regarding land rents were discovered, and according to Qin law, officials were removed from official positions.

Now the king actually agreed that those officials who had committed the crime of fraud should go to Yingchuan to serve for four years to atone for their crimes.

"Tai Jing thinks that this move is a wise move, and many ministers have bluntly said that Yingchuan has only established a county, and it is better to use our Qin officials than to use those officials of the old Korean ministry, and act more steadily."

After three rounds of drinking, Tai Jing was a little drunk, and said to Bai Yan, in his words, he agreed with the new decree issued by Xianyang

Bai Yan heard Tai Jing's words and nodded slightly.

On the surface, Bai Yan also agreed with Tai Jing's words, but in fact, Bai Yan knew in his heart that this decision was not a good thing for the Qin State.

The reason why the ministers of the DPRK and China agreed with it was because behind the officials who committed the crime of fraud were more or less the shadows of the scholars and officials, and behind the favoritism, I don't know how much money was sent to the treasury of these officials.

Xianyang promulgated this new regulation, and these officials will be able to protect those officials more in the future, even if they are accidentally found out, they will not worry at all, and they will not even have to spend a lot of money to deal with the aftermath, but they will only be transferred to Yingchuan for four years.

"Please!"

Bai Yan took the wine jue and said to Tai Jing.

Tai Jing blushed, hurriedly took the wine jue, and also respected Bai Yan.

It's been a long time.

I don't know how many jugs of wine are empty.

When Tai Jing was completely drunk, he was drunkenly helped by the maid to go to the guest room of the mansion to rest.

After Bai Yan saw Tai Jing leaving, he got up and went to the wooden table, and ordered someone to call Huai and Peck by the way.

"You guys dress up in disguise, go to Yingchuan and give the bamboo slips to the shopkeeper of the Lu family's shop, and let them be handed over to Lu Qi, and the other volume will be sent to Chenggao and handed over to the city guard!"

Bai Yan handed over the two bamboo slips he had just written to Huai and Peck, and asked the two of them to go to Yingchuan.

Bai Yan knew that the matter of Yang Duan and the generals made the king no longer trust the officials of the old Han land, and he did not trust the scholars of the Han land, and would rather use the criminal officials of the Qin State to rule and manage Yingchuan.

Gongcheng guards Xiansi and Du Ying, Wan Fengcheng Feng Wen, Cheng Gao Gouze, and Xinzheng's guard general Lao Zhen, these people are his hidden relationships in Yingchuan County, and they will be of great use in the future, he doesn't want to see these people have an accident.

Solution 1: The ancients had many ways to escape the heat, and the richer they were, the more extravagant they became.

Solution 2: Longgang Qin Jianzhong recorded many favoritism and fraud on land rent, and the convicted officials could go to the place they had just attacked to serve as officials for four years to offset their criminal responsibility.

(End of chapter)