Zhao Tuo sat by the window, watching the trees in the courtyard sway in the cold wind, blowing off the dead branches and leaves all over the ground.

He was placed here, and he couldn't leave until the whole thing was over.

Zhao Tuo was not worried about dying, because he went to Changshi Lisi's mansion in person on that night when the fire was blazing, and reported the assassination.

Shang Jun said: If you don't tell the adulterer, you will be beheaded in half, and the adulterer will be rewarded with the enemy's head.

Not only did he not die, but he even had a reward.

Jing Ke.

Zhao Tuo closed his eyes, and Jing Ke looked at himself for the last time in front of him.

There is no resentment, it seems that he guessed the ending when the King of Qin summoned Zhao Tuo to present the map.

Zhao Tuo even saw a hint of relief in Jing Ke's eyes.

Jing Ke is not stupid, and he knows from beginning to end that what he does is just put out fires with a salary.

Regardless of whether the King of Qin dies or not, the Yan Kingdom will be destroyed.

But Jing Ke still came and did it, just to fulfill his promise.

The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return once he is gone!

This is the value of this era, and it is what Jing Ke believes in in this life!

Zhao Tuo shook his head and expelled Jing Ke's figure from his mind, no matter what, he would not regret this matter.

Jing Ke has his beliefs, and Zhao Tuo also has his own persistence.

It's just that I don't know what King Qin will do with himself after this incident.

After all, Zhao Tuo was born in the Zhao State clan, and Qin Wangzheng spent some time in the Zhao State when he was young and was bullied by many Zhao people.

After the king of Qin destroyed Zhao, he went to Handan to kill all the former enemies, which shows how much resentment he had against the nobles of Zhao who had bullied him.

Zhao Tuo estimated that King Qin might send someone to find out his details and then decide to deal with him, so he didn't lie in the court at that time.

Now Zhao Tuo only hopes that his father and ancestor have not bullied King Qin back then, otherwise King Qin will hold a grudge, let alone reward, and his little life may be gone.

At this time, there was a voice from an attendant outside the door.

Long Shi Lisi is here.

Li Si is a native of Shangcai in Chu State, and he was a county official when he was a teenager, and later saw hamsters and toilet rats, and he felt a lot.

He left the official and went to Xunzi to learn the imperial technique, and then entered Qin to worship under Lü Buwei.

He climbed all the way, and at a critical time, he decisively drew a line with Lü Buwei and became the real confidant of Qin Wangzheng.

Today, Li Si is half a hundred years old, and there are even gorgeous hairs on the sides of his cheeks, but his official position is still only a long history.

However, Zhao Tuo knows very well, don't look at the current right prime minister Changping Jun is ten years younger than Li Si, and he is a relative of the King of Qin, but Changping Jun is unreliable.

In the future Qin State, Li Si is the biggest potential stock.

The official worships the prime minister, and the power leans towards the government and the opposition.

All the men are still Qin princesses, and all the women are married to Qin Gongzi.

Even he will change the future of this empire together with Zhao Gao.

Therefore, when Zhao Tuo sued the adulterer, he did not choose the Prime Minister's Mansion, but went to find Li Si.

Between the two, they really got on the line, and even King Qin's handling of Zhao Tuo sent Li Si to announce it.

"Li Gong."

Zhao Tuo saluted Li Si.

Li Si smiled: "Zhao Jun knows, what is the old man coming here for?" ”

Zhao Tuo was taken aback by the title of "Zhao Jun", and hurriedly excused himself: "The kid doesn't dare to claim the title of king in front of Li Gong." Li Gongzhao boy Zhao Tuo is. ”

"In this case, the old man will be entrusted." Li Si also opened his mouth and smiled.

Zhao Tuo hurriedly invited Li Si to the bed, and the two sat opposite each other.

Both of them have the intention of making friends with each other, Zhao Tuo knows that Li Si will be in power in the future, and Li Si also takes a fancy to Zhao Tuo's potential to soar.

The two sides came and went, and the atmosphere in the room was harmonious.

"The king asked, would you like to be a Qin person."

After the greetings, Li Si went straight to the point.

Zhao Tuo said solemnly: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land." On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. The Qin State will definitely unify the world, and everyone in the world will be Qin people, and Zhao Tuo is naturally also a Qin person. ”

Out!

Li Si glanced at Zhao Tuo, this son is not very old, his consciousness is quite high, and he speaks one by one.

He expected that if he replied to the King of Qin in Zhao Tuo's original words, the King of Qin would be satisfied with this answer.

Seeing Li Si nodding, Zhao Tuo also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

It seems that his political trial has passed.

The original Zhao clan identity did not make the King of Qin hold a grudge, and now that Zhao Tuo is a Qin person, he can be regarded as a safe settlement, and he no longer has to be as worried as before.

"Qin Fa has a saying, the traitor is rewarded with the beheading of the enemy, you have made a great contribution to the traitor this time, and the king ordered all the ministers to discuss your merits."

Li Si stopped talking here and looked at Zhao Tuo with a smile.

Zhao Tuo hated itchy, this old man was hateful, and deliberately hung his appetite at a critical moment.

However, Zhao Tuo was also very happy in his heart, Li Si could treat him like this, instead of being old-fashioned, which could be seen to contain kindness.

Li Si hung his appetite before he said slowly.

"Bestow the third grade, the golden ten yi."

Zhao Tuo took a deep breath.

Bestow the knight, he has already guessed.

The Qin State started with the military merit system, which has developed into a complete 20-level title since the Shang Dynasty changed the law to create the early military merit system.

The entire political and military system of the Qin State was all run through by military merits.

Those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who are wrong will be rewarded.

In the Qin State, people's social status and living treatment almost all depend on whether they have titles and the level of titles, which is the so-called "meritorious people are honored, and those who are not meritorious are rich and have nothing to do." ”

With a knighthood, you get a series of rights.

The first is to give the field house, according to the "Book of Shang Jun" said, "the reward is a level, Yitian is one hectare, Yizhai is nine acres, and one is except for one concubine." ”

If Qin's law remains unchanged, then Zhao Tuo will be given the third level this time, and he will be able to get three hectares of farmland, twenty-seven acres of homestead, and three servant slaves who work for him.

It should be noted that the word "benefit" is added on the basis of the original.

The state of Qin would have granted the commoners a field house, the so-called "100 acres to a husband".

The military merit knighthood is added on the basis of the original granting of fields.

Qin system, one hectare is 100 acres, one acre is 240 steps.

In this way, Zhao Tuo successfully settled down, and was given the third level of knighthood, and he could have 400 acres of land in an instant.

This huge number made Zhao Tuo, who only had a hundred-square-meter mansion in his previous life, a little dizzy.

In addition, the title can also make people qualified to become officials and generals.

The higher the title, the higher the position held in the official office, and the corresponding officer in the army, with the command of subordinates.

There are also many wonderful uses of knighthood, such as if you have committed a crime, you can "atone for your sin with a knight", and enjoy the preferential treatment of commutation and exemption from sentence. And if the unknighted one commits a crime, then he must "pay his own punishment."

In terms of service, a knighted person can retire at the age of fifty-six, while a person without a knighthood must serve until the age of sixty before he can retire.

Not only that, but the senior title also has many advantages in life, which are innumerable.

Therefore, if you want to live well in the Qin Kingdom, you must have a knighthood, and the higher the title, the better!

Zhao Tuo gradually calmed down, although the title was good, but for him, there were more important things to figure out.

"Dare to ask Li Gong, I don't know what punishment the rest of the mission will have?"

Li Si glanced at Zhao Tuo curiously, slightly surprised in his heart.

The young man in front of him is really different, although he is given a third-level title, he is just a hairpin title, and he is at the lower level in the twentieth rank system, and this kind of small title is nothing to Li Si.

But the other party is just a teenager, and he calmly skipped the matter of giving the knighthood, which shows the depth of his determination.

"Jing Ke plotted to assassinate, and the crime should be cracked. All the members of the mission, except those who accuse the adulterer, should sit down and be killed. ”

"You said before that 'horizontal' aiding the arson will save you from death. But he did not accuse the adulterer, so he was punished as a subordinate. ”