Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 398: King Youxian dies and Chen Ping is impeached again
The sun rose from the horizon, the dark night was dispersed, and the fighting in the Huns camp also stopped.

The originally continuous and majestic Xiongnu camp was now in dilapidated condition. The continuous camp had been completely destroyed due to the fire. There were tattered tents and corpses lying on the ground everywhere, and the broken logs that had not yet been burned were still crackling and burning. At this time, the Qin army was cleaning the battlefield, and the heavily armed Qin army was counting beheadings and prisoners.

Meng Wu wiped the blood mixed with sweat on his face. Looking at the situation around him, Meng Wu still couldn't believe that this was caused by their night attack. The 20 Huns army was overwhelmed by tens of thousands of them. No one could believe this. At first, the Huns were still resisting, but after a while, the entire Huns camp just ran away, without caring about them at all.

"Father, handsome!" Meng Tian saw Meng Wu's figure and ran over quickly.

Meng Wu turned around and saw Meng Tian running towards him. Meng Wu's eyes were full of excitement when he saw Meng Tian running towards him. He stepped forward to meet Meng Tian and grabbed Meng Tian's arm with both hands, his face full of concern.
"How is it? Why are you here?"

"Commander Father, after attacking King Youxian's headquarters, I led the Golden Fire Cavalry to attack here. I happened to see you attacking the Xiongnu camp at night last night, so I rushed up from behind them. Commander Father, you are mighty. , actually sent people to burn down the Xiongnu's grain and horse pens, causing them to start civil strife." Meng Tian said with a smile.

Meng Wu didn't pay attention to this, but looked at Meng Tian's face that was slightly tired from the continuous attacks and felt a little distressed.

"Okay, okay, if you hadn't attacked King Youxian's headquarters and caused internal disagreements among the Xiongnu, leading to the surrender of the Heyang tribe and the Abatu tribe last night, I wouldn't have been able to do this. How are the soldiers?" Meng Wu was concerned. asked.

"This time the children have been attacking on the grassland for more than a month, attacking a total of twelve tribes, big and small. The soldiers were slightly injured, but they gathered more than 2 servants along the way. They attacked the Xiongnu camp last night. Great merit, I promised before that after this battle is over, I will let them join the Qin army and reward them according to their military merits!" Meng Tian was still a little worried about his own initiative.

"Okay, okay, you are worthy of me, the tiger of the Meng family. Since you promised to report this matter to the king when you report the military report later, the king should agree." Meng Wu thought of something and asked, "Can you Have you ever captured King Youxian?”

King Youxian was the one who Ying Zheng said he would capture alive when they sent out troops. The life and death of King Youxian was related to Qin's strategy in the grassland. Even if he died, he could not be allowed to escape.

"No, when I rushed into the enemy camp from the rear, I found no trace of King Youxian." Meng Tian shook his head and said.

"Did he let him run away?" Meng Wu whispered to himself. The grassland is so big. Once King Youxian runs away, they may not be able to catch him.

Just when Meng Wu and Meng Tian were helpless, Qi Liyi came over with a captured Xiongnu tribe leader.

"Commander, general, this man is a leader of the Xiongnu tribe. Maybe he knows the whereabouts of King Youxian." Ai Liyi said.

"Oh? Ask quickly!" Meng Wu said.

The snare spy on the side asked in Hun language and then shook his head and said
"Commander, this man said that before we attacked the enemy camp at night, King Youxian ran away with his men while they were putting out the fire."

"He is a cunning fox." Meng Wu said unwillingly.

"Father, there is no need to be angry. King Youxian's tribe is no longer able to resist. As long as we search patiently, we will definitely find him in the end." Meng Tian said with relief.

Seeing this, Meng Wu could only shake his head helplessly, and the soldiers on the side escorted the Huns leader and left.Just when Meng Wu and Meng Tian were about to leave, the noise not far away attracted their attention.Meng Wu looked like a soldier of the Qin army quarreling with a group of Huns. Meng Wu, the leader of the enemy, knew that it was Heyang Hu who came to surrender in the first place.

"What's going on over there?" Meng Wu asked, pointing at Heyang Fox.

"Go down and have a look."

The soldier on the side trotted forward and asked, then returned and said
"Commander, the leaders of the Heyang and Abatu tribes want to see the commander."

"Let them come over." Meng Wu nodded and said.

"promise!"

The soldiers stepped forward to interrupt their quarrel, and brought He Yangli, Abatu, He Yanghu and Dumark to Meng Wu. The four of them saluted Meng Wu with unskilled Qin army etiquette. They learned this from the snare spies last night.

"You're welcome, what do you want from me?" Meng Wu asked.

"Commander, it is our leader who wants to meet the commander-in-chief and brings him a gift." He Yanghu nodded to He Yangli and said.

He Yangli immediately made it clear and raised the head in his hand to Meng Wu. He Yanghu on the side explained
"Commander, this is the head of King Youxian Telit. Our leader found out that King Youxian wanted to escape, so he led us warriors from the Heyang tribe and Abatu tribe to catch up with King Youxian and captured his three thousand men. The cavalry and he were all killed.”

Meng Wu looked carefully at the head of King Youxian, and the spy on the side also looked at it and nodded with certainty.A smile appeared on Meng Wu's face. He didn't expect that King Youxian, who was going around in circles, would end up in their hands. It was just a human head, but it was better than letting King Youxian run away.

Meng Tian glanced at He Yangli meaningfully. He Yangli found that Meng Tian was looking at him, and when he met Meng Tian's eyes, he immediately felt guilty. He felt that he had been seen through by Meng Tian, ​​and he was at a loss.

"Okay, okay, I will report this matter to the king and ask for credit for you." Meng Wu laughed.

Heyanghu conveyed Mengwu's words to Heyangli and Abatu, and the two immediately thanked Mengwu and were then taken away.

After the two of them left, Meng Tian said

"This He Yangli is not simple. If my guess is correct, he wants to replace King Youxian."

"This is not something we should consider anymore. We soldiers only need to fight a good war. As for these arrangements, the temple will be responsible for it." Meng Wu said nonchalantly.Meng Tian also sighed helplessly. He naturally knew his father's character. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Meng Wu to be inferior to Wang Jian in leading troops, but he was still trusted by Ying Zheng and became a faction of the military. Their Meng family was the most powerful. What is needed is not ability, but loyalty, loyalty to the clan, but it does not mean that they can really not care about the affairs of the temple.

After cleaning the battlefield, Meng Wu wrote a military report on the situation and sent it to Xianyang, which focused on the murder of King Youxian. After a short rest, Meng Wu began his own days of sweeping the grasslands.

Because of the destruction of King Youxian's army, the entire tribe of King Youxian no longer had the strength to resist the Qin army. These people either surrendered after hearing the news, or fought bloody battles and were finally wiped out by the Qin army.Just when Meng Wu was going smoothly on the grassland, the military newspaper was also sent back to Xianyang.

Xianyang, inside the palace of King Qin.

Ying Zheng put down his military bag and said

"Mengwu defeated King Youxian's army in one fell swoop. Meng Tian ran thousands of miles, attacked King Youxian's headquarters, and captured the golden man that King Youxian used to worship heaven. But King Youxian died, and Heyang, the leader of the Heyang tribe, was surrendered Li is killed. He Yangli and the Abatu tribe are ready to surrender to Qin."

Ziyou smiled calmly and said

"This saves us a lot of effort. King Youxian will die when he dies. There are many people on the grassland. It is better to support a defeated lord than to support a tribal leader who sincerely surrenders. It was mentioned in the previous intelligence , the strength of the Heyang tribe and the Abatu tribe is not weak on the grassland, and the Youxian King's tribe is in name only this time, so it is okay to let them guard the Youxian King's tribe."

"Let the people of the two tribes move outside Beidi County, and then send civil servants to educate them, and bring the cultural system and etiquette of the Central Plains into the two tribes. It will only be a matter of time for them to assimilate them. Let the two tribes general the nobles in the tribe, especially the The children of nobles were sent to Xianyang to receive education at Daqin Academy. Within two generations, he would be a die-hard loyalist of our Qin state." Lu Buwei said, stroking his beard.

"I think so too, but the news of the defeat of King You Xian's tribe will spread out sooner or later, and King Zuo Xian and Mao Dun have reached the stage where they have to fight. I am worried that Mao Dun will use this to pacify King Zuo Xian's tribe. "Ying Zheng said worriedly.

No matter which tribe is supported to manage the grassland, as long as the culture of the Central Plains enters the grassland, they will become Qin people sooner or later. Ying Zheng is worried about this matter. He is worried that because of this incident, Mao Dun will reintegrate the Huns, thus Create a powerful enemy for Qin.

"There are still Hu people on the grassland, and the Huns are in civil strife. How can they just watch? When Tou Man was alive, the Huns had been annexing the Hu people's land. Because the Hu people were in internal chaos, they could not resist Tou Man, but now the Hu people are internally King Linhu became the recognized king among the Hu people. However, because King Linhu had Central Plains blood, he was never able to completely unify the Hu people, so he would not let go of this opportunity and would definitely use the Huns to improve his prestige. ." Ziyou said.

Qin's attention was not only on the Xiongnu. The Hu people also had Qin's spies, but they didn't pay as much attention to them as the Xiongnu did.Since the Battle of Yanmenguan, the Hu people were destroyed and the Donghu people were maimed. King Lin Hu directly surrendered to Li Mu, which made Lin Hu the tribe with the best preservation of strength among the Hu people. In addition, the Hu people were beaten by Li Mu over the years. Not daring to go south, the Hu people entered a period of involution. With a stronger foundation than other tribes, King Linhu unified half of the Hu people.

"Hu people? If the Hu people are allowed to concentrate on the grassland, Li Mu will feel a lot more at ease." Ying Zheng said.

King Lin Hu has taken refuge in Li Mu and may become Li Mu's support at any time. If the Hu people are also involved, it will be much easier for them to attack Zhao.

"Okay then, let's do what the teacher said. How is Qin Zhuan's implementation going?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Your Majesty, Yingchuan County and Dong County are undergoing reforms smoothly. Now the books sent to Daqin Academy by hundreds of families have been printed. Most of the books have been left in Daqin Academy, and the books collected by local wealthy families have been completed. , they were all printed and released successfully." Li Si said with his hand.

"Is someone taking the opportunity to make trouble?"

"Yes, but they were all sent to help build the king's tomb." Li Si said.

"Where is Yuyang County?" Ying Zheng asked.

"The situation in Yuyang County is a little different." Li Si hesitated and didn't know how to describe the situation in Yuyang County to Ying Zheng.

Hearing Li Si mention Yuyang County, everyone else in the house looked strange. Lu Buwei took out a memorial from his arms and said

"Your Majesty, the situation in Yuyang County is indeed different. Your Majesty, please take a look at the memorial sent by the imperial censor to impeach Chen Ping."

Ying Zheng frowned. He didn't expect Chen Ping to be impeached again.Zhao Gao took the memorial and presented it to Ying Zheng. After reading it, Ying Zheng’s eyebrows tightened and he pondered for a long time and asked
"What is Chen Ping doing?"

According to the memorial, the censor under the censor discovered that Chen Ping was reckless with human life when he was inspecting Yuyang County. According to the memorial, Chen Ping had not put an end to the rebellion of the three families of Guo Ju and Ju, and now he is facing Those who had different opinions from him were directly regarded as three traitors, and for the most minor cases, they were directly imprisoned, while for serious cases, they were directly beheaded in public.

In the eyes of the court, Chen Ping's actions were regarded as a piece of cake for the common people. Even within the Confucian school, there were voices starting to punish Chen Ping. It was just because Chen Ping had Zi You behind him that people did not dare to take action.

"Does the teacher know what Chen Ping is doing?" Ying Zheng asked curiously.

Ziyou was also confused. He had not cared about the affairs of Yuyang County at all these days. The rebellion in Yuyang County was over. It should be very easy to rely on Chen Ping's ability to govern. But from the current situation, Chen Ping should be in Yuyang County has done something extraordinary.

"Teacher, let's take a look at the impeachment of the imperial censor." Ying Zheng said.

Ziyou curiously took the memorial and quickly understood what Chen Ping did in Yuyang County. The implementation of Qin Zhuan also caused some resistance in Yuyang County, but these resistances were not resistance from the people, but remained. Some scholars and dignitaries of the Yan Kingdom, and Chen Ping began to gradually build country houses. They were worried that their monopoly on culture would be broken, so they were naturally unwilling. However, they did not dare to directly oppose it, so they also began to unite behind the scenes. Oppose this.

These people did not want to resist completely, but wanted to make Chen Ping give way and let Chen Ping hand over the country house to them. But how could Chen Ping endure this tone and use ready-made reasons to directly deduct a sentence from them? The Guo Jiansan family was labeled as rebellious, so they were afraid of being killed directly, but they were unwilling to accept it, so they seized the opportunity of the censor's inspection and continued to spread the news that Chen Ping killed innocent people indiscriminately.

Fortunately, the imperial censor did not blindly believe in these things, but investigated it personally, so that Chen Ping was not wronged. However, the fact that Chen Ping took the opportunity to kill someone was true, so the censor impeached Chen Ping for being a political official. Charges of misconduct and abuse of power.

"Zi Ping is a little extreme." Zi You was also a little helpless. Chen Ping did this to give them a problem. Chen Ping put a stain on himself for the sake of a temporary dispute, which will be extremely detrimental to the future.

(End of this chapter)