Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 372, Yan Guo dignitaries and Chen Ping
Li Xin was still scolding Chen Ping angrily at the local dignitaries of Yan State and knights from all over the country. Chen Ping did not speak but quietly listened to Li Xin's complaints.

From Li Xin's words, Chen Ping also understood why Li Xin was so angry. Because of King Yan's escape and capture, the whole country surrendered. Except for some die-hards, the other dignitaries had not experienced Qin's weapons. , which also made the dignitaries of the old Yan Kingdom left behind in Yuyang County very powerful.

These powerful people are not only powerful themselves, but also have many connections with the local rangers. The powerful people colluded with the rangers and continued to squeeze the local area. Because of the promotion of Qin Fa, the interests of these powerful people were constantly damaged, but they did not dare to obstruct it openly. Qin's law was implemented, so these people instigated the rangers to resist Qin's laws. The most direct manifestation was to let the rangers break the law on the street and then escape.

Because these dignitaries supported these knight-errants behind the scenes, the local officials and the lack of manpower were unable to catch these people. This made Qin Fa unable to establish prestige in the hearts of the people, making it impossible to carry out reforms.

As a member of the military, Li Xin could not catch the local ranger criminals, so the army had to come out to arrest them. Moreover, the banditry caused by the rangers roaring and gathering in the mountains and forests of Yan State was no longer a small number, so the Qin army still needed to suppress them. bandit.Whether they are knights or bandits, most of these people are connected with local dignitaries. Whenever the Qin army goes to encircle or arrest, these people have already received the news from the local dignitaries, run away in advance, and even kill Qin. military.

The Qin army was not unfamiliar with the terrain, and because someone had tipped off the information in advance, the Qin army had made no achievements and even lost many people, so this made Li Xin extremely angry.

"I finally know why Taiwei wants to kill the powerful people of South Korea and Wei. They only have the interests of their own family in their eyes. Once they touch their interests, he will dare to kill you no matter who you are. Let me lead the troops and kill them. They got it." Li Xin said angrily.

When King Yan fled and was captured, and the Yan Kingdom surrendered without a fight, Li Xin was the happiest one, because he easily won extremely high military merits, and the title of Marquis was already a certainty.But now Li Xin just wants to scold King Xi of Yan to death. If he had known that so many things would happen after Yan surrendered, Li Xin would rather plow the land of Yan and kill all the powerful people.

"No, the two countries are not at war now. If it were during the war, there would be ways to kill them without disturbing the people. But it cannot be done now. If we kill them without reason and evidence now, it will make the people more panic and not conducive to stabilizing people's hearts. , and will give Qin the reputation of killing.

Moreover, these dignitaries are still rooted in the local area. If weapons are used, they will inevitably unite to rebel. By then, the Yan State will be devastated." Chen Ping shook his head and said, conquering the world and ruling the world are two different things. To govern the world, you cannot use weapons rashly. , otherwise it will be counterproductive.

Moreover, for the sake of his own future, Chen Ping would not let Li Xin lead troops to kill people. This would put an indelible black spot on their political careers, let alone promotions, and they might even be killed to stabilize the people.

Not only that, Chen Ping's purpose in coming to Yuyang County is to govern Yuyang County, not to destroy Yuyang County. If the two armies really confront each other, Yuyang County, which is already in difficulty, may not be able to recover at all within ten years.Even Yingchuan County took three years to recover with the power support of Qin State, and Wei State has not recovered yet.

"Then what do you think we should do? Are we just going to watch these people do evil?" Li Xin naturally knew the reason, but he really couldn't swallow this breath.

"Wait, wait until I find the evidence." Chen Ping said calmly.

After Chen Ping took office as the governor of Yuyang County, these old Yan dignitaries came to test Qin's attitude and wanted to better Chen Ping. Naturally, Chen Ping was happy to see what happened. He accepted these dignitaries' attempts to win over him. This does not mean that I agreed, so I started to have frequent contact with these powerful people, in order to find evidence that they violated Qin law, so as to catch them all.

"What if you find it? Why don't you let me lead someone to kill it?" Li Xin complained.

"When I came to Yuyang County, the teacher gave me a task to implement the Lingyi system in Yan State, thereby laying the foundation for the implementation of the Lingyi system. Moreover, these powerful people are also people in the country, and they can also do things. It would be too wasteful to kill him directly," Chen Ping said.

The current bitter cold in Yan State, coupled with military disasters and natural disasters in recent years, has made the originally small population even worse. Few people and more land are exactly what Yan State is now, so Chen Ping does not want to give up any population.

"Then do you have any specific plans?" Li Xin asked.

"Of course there is, but we can't say it has appeared yet." Chen Ping said.

"You Confucian scholars like to make more detours than Taoist masters. Just tell me when you can let me take action." Li Xin said.

"This matter is easy to handle. We only need to capture the three leading dignitaries among these people. As for the remaining people, slowly take advantage of them and slowly encroach on them." Chen Ping said.

"The Dramatists, Guo Family and Ju Family, these three families are not unscrupulous people. It will be difficult for you to catch them." Li Xin said.

"So my goal is not to contact them directly, but the Li family, who is married to the Guo family." Chen Ping said after arranging the jade pendant on his belt.

"Then you go according to your plan. If they refuse to drink wine as a fine, I don't mind sending troops to destroy them. At worst, I can go back and inherit my father's title." Li Xin said.

Chen Ping glanced at Li Xin speechlessly. Yes, your grandfather is a marquis, your father is a marquis, and your ancestor is the Taoist ancestor. Naturally, you don't have to worry about any consequences due to your background, but I am different. I have to go on my own. Climb up.

If Chen Ping only wanted to be ranked Jiuqing, he wouldn't need to worry so much. After all, he was Ziyou's disciple and was once a close servant of the King of Qin. No matter how he said it, Jiuqing had not run away. It was just a matter of real power, but Chen Ping's goal is to be the prime minister, one of the three princes. Naturally, Ziyou alone cannot do this. He also needs to prove his ability, and Yuyang County happens to be an excellent political achievement.

Chen Ping no longer spoke to Li Xin, but put on a fluffy cloak worth a thousand gold and walked out of the room. The groom outside the mansion had been waiting for a long time. After Chen Ping got on the carriage, he headed directly towards Li Mansion in the east of the city.

At this time, the Li Mansion was very busy. The servants were cleaning inside and outside. The front door was even cleaned and sprinkled with clean water.

In the study room of the Li Mansion, Li Huai, the patriarch of the Li family, was sitting opposite Guo Yuan, the head of the Guo family. Li Huai's face was full of awe, so the Li family and the Guo family were married families, but in fact it was the Li family. Li Huai, a nephew of the Guo family, naturally respects his uncle very much.Guo Yuan is a descendant of Guo Wei, a famous minister of the Yan State. Guo Wei was one of the protagonists who bought the horse bones for a thousand gold, the teacher of King Yan Zhao, and one of the key figures in the rise of the Yan State. It was precisely because of Guo Wei that Guo Wei In one fell swoop, the Guo family became the top aristocratic family in the Yan Kingdom. From then on, although the Guo family held an important position in the Yan Kingdom's court, their disciples and former officials were spread throughout the Yan Kingdom.

The Li family is just a second-rate family in Yan State. As for why the top Guo family married the Li family, this is because Li Huai's grandfather once saved Guo Yuan's father, so Guo Yuan's father took Guo Yuan's sister. Married to Li Huai's father and gave birth to Li Huai.

"Uncle, why are you here in person?" Li Huai asked.

"I heard that you were going to entertain Chen Ping, so I came to take a look." Guo Yuan said.

Li Huai looked at Guo Yuan's calm expression and couldn't guess what Guo Yuan was thinking. Now the top dignitaries in the Yan Kingdom wanted to make friends with the new governor. After all, Chen Ping's background was really big. , so big that they have to treat it with caution, and some families even recruit the rangers under their own families, hoping to sell favors in front of Chen Ping in exchange for Chen Ping's favor.

Li Huai is naturally one of such people. The Li family has become a powerful family from a small family because of Grandpa Li Huai. However, after all, they are from a humble background and lack of foundation. Even with the help of the Guo family, the Li family cannot become a real family. A powerful family, so Li Huai also wanted to climb onto Chen Ping's lap.

Climbing Chen Ping's thigh will naturally create a gap with the old Yan dignitaries headed by the Guo, Ju, and Ju families. This is why Li Huai felt uneasy after Guo Yuan's arrival.

"Don't worry, I'm not looking for you to accuse me. You are right to be close to Chen Ping. I know you have ambitions in your heart. As my nephew, Guo Yuan, it is a good thing that you have developed the Li family into a real power. I I won’t blame you. But you have to understand that Chen Ping came to Yan on behalf of Qin to implement Qin’s laws, and the biggest resistance to Qin’s laws is us old Yan dignitaries. Chen Ping agreed to your banquet It’s not necessarily a good thing.” Guo Yuan said.

"Uncle, of course I know your concerns, but don't worry, I have been observing Chen Ping for a long time these days before I decided to invite him to the mansion. Although Chen Ping repeatedly refused the overtures to various families since he took office, he has since Later, I gradually accepted it. Chen Ping has attended many banquets these days, so I invited him to my home." Li Huai said with a sigh of relief.

Seeing Li Huai's relaxed look, Guo Yuan knew that Li Huai did not understand what he meant, but continued to say
"What I mean is that you are too impatient. You see other families starting to get closer to Chen Ping, and you are worried that you are too slow to act and lose the opportunity. But you have forgotten the marriage relationship between the Li family and the Guo family. Chen Ping It is very possible that Ping wants to use your hand to test me."

"Uncle, don't worry. Although I'm not as wise as you, I'm not someone who can just test out words at will." Li Huai said.

Guo Wei looked at Li Huai and sighed helplessly. He knew that his nephew was still blinded by the interests in front of him, or by the goal of his lifelong efforts. Now the Yan Kingdom is in ruins. Waiting for Xing, for a family like the Li family, the sooner they join the Qin State, the more benefits they can get and the more they can strengthen their family, but the benefits of the Qin State are not so easy to get.

"How much do you know about Chen Ping's background?" Guo Yuan asked.

"Chen Ping was born in poverty and relied on the care of his brother and sister-in-law to study and grow up. Later, Chen Ping became a disciple of the Confucian Master Ziyou in Nanyang, and then entered the Qin State Recruitment Hall. After studying in the Recruitment Hall for two years, he entered He joined the Prime Minister's Office and became a clerk handling documents. He was later appreciated by the King of Qin and became a personal attendant of the King of Qin. At the beginning of the establishment of Wenyuan Pavilion, he concurrently served as the doctor of Wenyuan Pavilion and assisted the King of Qin in handling government affairs.

Two years ago, he was sent to the Talent Recruitment Hall to take charge of the imperial examination. However, Chen Ping's reputation in the Qin court was not very good, and few people were willing to associate with him. After that, he was sent to Yan State as a county guard. "Li Huai said.

"Do you know why Chen Ping was sent here to serve as the county guard?" Guo Yuan asked.

Li Huai thought for a while and said

"The King of Qin wanted to balance the court. Confucianism's position in the Qin court was too important, which was not conducive to the balance of the Qin court."

Guo Yuan looked at Li Huai with some disappointment, and Li Huai was a little puzzled by Guo Yuan's disappointment.

"As long as Ziyou is alive, the status of Confucianism in Qin will never be lowered, let alone be surpassed by others because of the departure of Chen Ping. The reason why Chen Ping came to Yan is because only Chen Ping can handle the current situation in Yan. According to the situation, only he can turn Yan State into Qin State's Yuyang County in the fastest and most stable manner. Don't underestimate Chen Ping, Ziyou's disciple, King of Qin's personal attendant, and consul of the Talent Recruitment Hall. These are not things that incompetent people can become." Guo Yuan explained.

Hearing Guo Yuan's words, Li Huai was a little distracted. He had never thought of this. He thought it was the King of Qin who wanted to balance the court, and Chen Ping was demoted to Yuyang County because of his poor reputation in the court.

"Uncle, what should I do?" Li Huai looked at Guo Yuan and asked nervously. He invited Chen Ping to come over and talk about it. It was already a certainty that could not be changed. But when Guo Yuan said this, Li Huai felt it in his heart. He retreated, feeling a little at a loss for a while.

"Now we can only change from passive to active. Chen Ping's goal is very simple. He wants to use your hands to explore my true and false status, and further wants to find out the relationship between us and those rangers, so as to use Qin Fa to help We convict him. This will not only eliminate us people in a logical manner, but also stabilize the people of Yan State. This is Chen Ping's purpose."

"Uncle, can I just treat him as a friend this time?" Li Huai asked.

"No, it's rare that Chen Ping is interested in you. Why don't we take advantage of it? There are many people among the powerful who don't deal with us? Why don't we lend their lives to help Chen Ping establish his merits, so as to Where are you making friends with Chen Ping?" A sinister smile appeared on Guo Yuan's face.

"Uncle, you want to put all the things that happened to the Rangers on their heads and use Chen Ping's hand to get rid of them. This will not only allow Chen Ping to complete the task, but also eliminate those who are not dealing with us. People. And getting rid of these people can also promote the fact of Qin Fa, help Chen Ping increase his achievements, and transfer him from Yuyang County as soon as possible. As long as Chen Ping leaves, Qin will naturally send other people, as long as this person is not Chen Ping If it is so difficult to deal with, we have the final say in Yuyang County." Li Huai immediately understood what Guo Yuan meant.

"Children can be taught." Guo Yuan smiled happily. Although his nephew lacked vision, he could be called smart.

(End of this chapter)