Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

  Chapter 97 Backlash

  During this period, the situation in Xianyang was very calm. Since Lu Buwei was placed under house arrest, Qin Wang Yingzheng gradually regained the royal power.

  Without the backing of Lu Buwei, although Lu Buwei's power in the court can occasionally cause a little friction, it is difficult to cause a big storm overall.

   Coupled with the fact that Lao Ai was dead, Zhao Ji was also expelled from Xianyang and moved to live in Yanggong (fu four tones) in Yongdi.

  The three forces that once confronted Qin Wang Yingzheng in the court, now only the Chu foreign relatives headed by the Empress Dowager Huayang, and half of the Lu faction.

  The power of Qin Wang Yingzheng is increasing day by day...

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   "Bastard, you, you are so brave!"

  In Xianyang, in a luxurious and noble mansion, two middle-aged men with at least 70% similar appearance, dressed in fancy clothes, sat facing each other.

  One person looked gloomy, and the other looked furious.

  These two people are none other than Lord Changping and Lord Changwen, who are the representatives of the lineage of foreign relatives of Chu in the current state of Qin.

   Among them, Chang Wenjun was holding a secret letter made of silk in his hand. After seeing the contents of the secret letter, Chang Wenjun first widened his eyes and felt unbelievable.

  Until Jun Changping on the opposite side nodded towards him and confirmed that the contents of the secret letter were true, Jun Changwen suddenly became furious.

   "It's just a dog of Yingzheng. How dare he insult the nobles of our Chu country like this?"

  Chang Wenjun was about to burst into tears, and his hands were shaking with anger.

  The content recorded in the secret letter is nothing else, but it is the news that not long ago, Mo Jun wiped out 27 old nobles of Chu State in Nanjun by himself.

  Nan County, once the territory of Chu State, is now the border of communication between Chu State and Qin State, and it has extraordinary significance for all the relatives of Chu State in Qin State.

  This is not only the territory of Qin State, but also the place where the lineage of foreign relatives from Chu has the deepest roots.

  Moreover, in many cases, the foreign relatives of Chu in the state of Qin communicated privately with the state of Chu through secret exchanges in Nanjun.

  However, now Mr. Mo has killed 27 old noble families by himself, and all of them are famous local nobles, even including the "Four Great Clans".

   It can be said that he almost wiped out half of the Chu power in Nanjun this time, and half of the Chu power in Nanjun was destroyed by Mr. Mo.

   Take a step back.

  Not to mention the great influence on the entire lineage of foreign relatives in Chu, the old nobles of the Chu state in Nanjun are extremely important 'money bags' for Lord Changping, Lord Changwen, and even the Queen Mother Huayang.

  Money may seem like nothing at ordinary times, but when you really do something, you will find that almost everything in this world is inseparable from this thing.

  Human relations.

   win over subordinates.

   Cultivate influence.

  Return to the diners.

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   Which of these things does not cost money?

   Not to mention Lord Changping and Lord Changwen. Even Yingzheng is short of money, and it's not just a general shortage.

   Didn't you see that Mo Jun was doing business before, just earning a thousand gold coins for Ying Zheng every month, and he was already so happy!

  Don't look at Ying Zheng as the king of Qin, he has no worries about food and clothing, and enjoys all the glory and wealth.

   But he has never touched much money in his life.

  Because as the king of Qin, his money is the money of Qin. And to maintain the operation of a country, the money consumed every day is an astronomical figure.

  So in the past, even if money was collected in the national treasury, Ying Zheng basically had no chance to take a look at it, and it would disappear like running water in a blink of an eye.

  But now with Mo Jun’s random killing, a big hole was directly cut in the wallets of Changping Jun and Chang Wen Jun. It is not an easy task to fill this gap.

  If you are not careful, it can even lead to serious financial crisis between Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun, so how can this not make them feel angry.

   "Master, Cheng Neishi is visiting."

   Just when the two were angry, a servant's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

   Hear this sentence.

  Jun Changping narrowed his eyes for a moment, and then said: "Understood, you lead Cheng Neishi to the lobby and wait, my lord will be here in a while."

"yes!"

  The servant outside the door responded and quickly withdrew.

  Afterwards, Mr. Changping got up and adjusted his clothes, and said to Mr. Changwen, "You wait here first, and I will deal with it."

  Chang Wenjun nodded: "I understand, just go ahead, brother."

  Everything has two sides, especially those in high positions. When you enjoy power, you naturally need to assume corresponding responsibilities.

  As the leaders of the lineage of foreign relatives of Chu, Lord Changping and Lord Changwen enjoy the worship of the Chu faction in the Qin State on a daily basis, so naturally they also need to assume corresponding responsibilities.

  One of the most basic ones is that they must provide shelter for the Chu faction forces.

   And this Cheng Neishi was born in the "Cheng Clan", one of the four major clans in Nanjun.

   He got the news about the extermination of the 'Cheng Clan' almost at the same time as Mr. Changping, maybe even earlier.

  And his purpose of coming here today is also very simple, that is, to want Lord Changping and Lord Changwen to stand up for the Cheng clan and take revenge.

  Mr. Changping and Mr. Changwen naturally guessed each other's purpose.

  But they can't hide this matter, and they can't hide it.

  Because if Lord Changping and Lord Changwen cannot give a clear attitude on this matter, I am afraid that they will lose their reputation in the entire lineage of foreign relatives in Chu.

  The two of them already complemented each other with the "Chu Foreign Relatives Lineage" in Qin State.

  Without the protection of Lord Changping and Lord Changwen, it would be very difficult for the "Chu foreign relatives lineage" in Qin State to grow.

  But without the support of these "Chu foreign relatives lineage", it would be difficult for Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun to achieve their goals.

  Jun Changping went for a whole hour.

If it was just to deal with 'Cheng Nei Shi' alone, it would naturally not take so long, but the fact is, not long after Mr. Changping had just met 'Cheng Nei Shi', more than a dozen people visited Chang Ping Jun one after another soon .

   These people are naturally from the major nobles in South County.

  The emergence of the 'recommendation system' has easily led to the formation of clan and group forces. Because all people are all prosperous and all are lost.

  In the past, these people would be the background of Lord Changping above the court. But now, these people have become a big trouble for Mr. Changping.

  After finally dealing with these people, Mr. Changping returned to the room, and Mr. Changwen greeted him immediately, and asked, "Brother, how is the situation?"

  Jun Changping shook his head and said, "You will go home later and change your clothes, and then come with me to the palace to meet the Queen Mother."

  Chang Wenjun heard the words, and immediately said in a hurry: "Then I will go back and prepare."

   Wait until Chang Wenjun leaves.

  Jun Changping sat back on the main seat, his face was a bit cloudy and uncertain under the flickering of the dim candlelight.

  Actually, Mr. Changping didn’t want to attack so quickly, although their opponent this time seems to be just a commoner boy who got a bit of **** luck and barely got a noble status.

  But for some reason, he always felt that behind this incident, there were some more important things hidden.

  The message on the secret letter is:

  Sudden floods occurred in South County, and the nobles took advantage of the floods to stockpile grain.

  The newly-appointed governor of Nanjun, in order to 'save the common people', cut down the nobles who were stockpiling food on the spur of the moment, and then robbed the food for disaster relief.

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   On the surface, the content of the secret letter seems to be inappropriate.

  Because Mr. Changping had also met the newly appointed Nanjun Sheriff, he was indeed a very young man.

   And the young man is a little impulsive, which sounds normal.

  But Lord Changping noticed some doubts from it, for example: For what reason did the Nanjun sheriff mobilize the black armored soldiers of Qin State, thus slaughtering the nobles of Nanjun?

To know.

  The general who sits on the border today is Meng Wu.

   It stands to reason that Mo Jun, a young man, is impulsive at all, but Meng Wu, a frontier general, cannot be so impulsive.

  How could he rashly mobilize so many black armor soldiers and let Mo Jun mess around?

  Mr. Changping even wondered whether Ying Zheng had a hand behind this incident.

  So Mr. Changping planned to investigate this matter more clearly, and then deal with it.

  But after all, the plan cannot keep up with the changes.

  Nanjun is too far away from Xianyang. Even if you run fast and travel for days, it will take at least a few days to deliver one-way news. If the investigation and return journey are added, the time will only be longer.

   But the officials of Nanjun who had lost their families obviously couldn't wait for that time.

   Otherwise, they wouldn't have rushed to Lord Changping's mansion overnight. On the surface, they were 'begging' Lord Changping to make decisions for them, but in fact they were jointly 'forced' Lord Changping.

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   Lord Changping and Lord Changwen met outside Xianyang Palace.

   Afterwards, the two entered the palace together and met the Empress Dowager Huayang.

   Now Qin Wang Yingzheng has taken back at least half of the political power and more than 80% of the military power. It is the time when the power is at its peak, and the strength of Lord Changping and Lord Changwen alone is not enough to confront Yingzheng.

  So they must invite a person with enough weight to sit in charge, so that they can achieve their goals.

  Nowadays, no one in the state of Qin can compete with Yingzheng in terms of power. Only the Empress Dowager Huayang, as an elder, can barely overwhelm Yingzheng.

  Jun Changping and Jun Wen secretly met with the Empress Dowager Huayang that night, and after getting a promise from the other party, they quickly left Xianyang Palace.

   until the next day.

   Lord Changping and Lord Changwen led more than a dozen 'victims' of the Nanjun incident, and re-entered Xianyang Palace together to meet the current King of Qin.

   "The ministers and others see the king!"

  Nearly twenty people entered the Zhangtai Palace in a mighty manner, and paid homage to Yingzheng in unison.

   "Free gift!"

  Suddenly seeing so many people came to see him, Ying Zheng looked surprised, put down the brush in his hand, which was correcting the memorial, and asked in surprise: "Your ministers are here today, why are you here?"

   As soon as Yingzheng finished speaking, he saw an old man behind Mr. Changping pop out, and fell to his knees, weeping and crying out in grief and indignation: "Your Majesty, please make the decision for the old minister!"

  The old man's behavior seemed to startle Ying Zheng, and Ying Zheng hurriedly said: "Please hurry up, Rong Qing, I don't know what wronged Rong Qing, just explain it slowly."

The old minister Rong Buyun, who was called 'Rong Qing' by Ying Zheng, had red eyes and said sadly: "The old minister... the old minister wants to sue Mo Jun, the prefect of Nanjun, and Meng Wu, the general on the border, for murder. Wang Fa, in order to stockpile food for the old minister's family, in broad daylight, privately mobilized the army to destroy the old minister and all the twenty-seven families in Nanjun."

   "Even the old minister's ten-year-old grandson was not spared. For such thugs, I ask the king to quickly order them to be arrested and brought to justice, and the corpses will be divided into five horses to rectify the strict laws of our country."

   As soon as the voice fell, it was not Yingzheng who changed his face first, but Mr. Changping. His eyes changed, and he glanced at the old man who was kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help frowning.

   This is different from what they said in advance. It was clearly stated that this time it was only aimed at Mo Jun, and Meng Wu was not involved.

   After all, dealing with the entire Meng family and dealing with Mo Jun alone are two completely different difficulties.

   But before he could react, he saw Hu La La kneeling behind him again, with hatred, resentment, anger, and sadness in his eyes, and he said loudly to Ying Zheng, "The king is the master!"

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  (end of this chapter)