Chapter 35 Government Orders
Azheng seriously recalled Zhao Ji's complexion a few days ago, and compared it with Zhao Ji's complexion today, and found that A Niang's cheeks turned redder, but there seemed to be no difference in other areas. So he said seriously: "Mother, I can't see it."
Zhao Ji looked at the serious expression of the fourteen-year-old boy Ah Zheng, and sighed: "Forget it, maybe Zheng'er will understand when he grows up." Yes. Zhenger came to Auntie today, is there something wrong?"
Azheng shook his head: "It's nothing serious, I just miss Aunt a little."
Hearing this, Zhao Ji's heart softened a little. , She looked seriously at her half-adult son in front of her, and couldn't help stroking Ah Zheng's face with her hands: "Zheng'er has lost a lot of weight these days, is it because the food cooked by the chef in the palace is not to your liking, or is it too much during this time?" Are you busy?"
She gently pulled Ah Zheng to her side: "Zheng'er, you are still a child, and you should be happy when you are a child. For those government affairs, A Niang and you Lu Aweng will help you Managed well." Ah Zheng frowned, wanting to say something, but the rare warmth between mother and child today made him not want to quarrel with Zhao Ji, so he said softly: "Mother, I am Qin Guo Monarch." Zhao Ji said: "Zheng'er, I just don't want you to be too tired. King Zhou Cheng was just like you when he came to the throne at a young age. His uncle Zhou Gongdan was in charge of the government for seven years until King Zhou Cheng became an adult. You ten Sitting on the position of King Qin at the age of three, people in the world say that just passing through is easy, and Huiji will be hurt. My mother doesn't want you to work too hard, so I let Lu Buwei try my best to assist you. After all, he has been the prime minister for so many years. You know everything about it like the palm of your hand, so you, the king of Qin, can be more relaxed." Ah Zheng didn't say anything more, because he knew that even if he continued to fight with Zhao Ji, it would be fruitless, and the power of the state of Qin would still be in the hands of A Niang and Lu Buwei. . As for A Niang comparing him and Lu Buwei with Zhou Chengwang and Zhou Gongdan, he believes that he can be Zhou Chengwang, but can Lu Buwei really be Zhou Gongdan? "By the way, Zheng'er, I heard that you recently received a bad face from a little maid?" Zhao Ji touched Ah Zheng's face and said with a smile, "You haven't grown up yet, so let's put these thoughts aside for now. Don't make any jokes, wait until you are an adult, okay?"
Ah Zheng pursed his lips, knowing in his heart that A Niang probably misheard some rumors, and mistook the stinky face sent by the Empress Dowager Huayang as a show of love from a little maid in the palace. He sighed in his heart: "I know, A Niang."
Zhao Ji gently stroked Ah Zheng's face: "Well, Madam believes in you."
After dinner with Zhao Ji, after returning to Zhangtai Palace, Ah Zheng unexpectedly met the eunuch sent by the Empress Dowager Huayang.
The man lowered his head, wearing the most common clothes of eunuchs in the palace, with an ordinary look, and handed a thin bamboo tube sealed with wax to Ah Zheng: "Your Majesty, this is the order of Master Xiong Fa. The news is coming."
Ah Zheng took the bamboo tube and removed the sealing wax with a carving knife. Inside the bamboo tube was a thin roll of silk, and Ah Zheng opened it, and there were a few lines written on it: Lu Xiang issued an order, the people Nei Su Qian Shi, the first level of worship.
Ah Zheng squeezed the silk in his hand, and conveyed to the eunuch: "I know about this, you can go back."
The man responded and quietly retreated.
Azheng knocked on the short table next to him, with a thousand stones inside, a first-level noble title, as long as the common people hand in one thousand stones of grain, they can get a first-level title. Lu Buwei never told him about this.
When he asked whether the country's grain reserves could support the severe drought in Guanzhong, Lu Buwei clearly said that he could transfer grain from the middle of Shu to fill Guanzhong. Why did he issue a decree to collect so much grain? Why did Lu Buwei never tell him about this? Since the reform of the Shang monarch, the Qin State has been implementing the 20-level military title system, and the enemy's head is exchanged for titles, land, houses and servants. As long as you can cut off the head of a soldier on the other side, you can get the lowest rank of duke, and you will be rewarded with an acre of fertile land, a house, and a slave. The more heads you harvest on the battlefield, the higher the rank you will get. It is precisely because of these continuous rewards and promotion opportunities that Qin Jun proudly ruled the roost among the six countries.
But now Lu Buwei actually allows the people to pay food to be promoted to the title. This is a kind of betrayal for those soldiers who desperately went to battle to kill the enemy and exchange their lives for the title. Besides, how could ordinary people who farm the land get a thousand shi of grain? Those who could get so much grain were nothing but those extravagant merchants and petty nobles.
What exactly is Lu Buwei trying to do by allowing these people to have titles!
Ah Zheng clenched his fists, the anger burning in his heart. Because he is not yet an adult, two seals need to be affixed to the promulgation of Qin's decree, one is the seal of King Qin, and the other is the seal of Queen Mother. The seal of King Qin is with him, and the seal of Queen Mother is with A Niang.
He was sure that he had never seen this government decree to pay food and nobility before, and Lu Buwei and A Niang had never mentioned it to him. It is ridiculous that such a decree can be implemented directly bypassing him, the King of Qin.
Ah Zheng took a deep breath, that's all, call Lu Buwei into the palace tomorrow to inquire.
Ah Zheng was thinking this way, when the maid Ah Yan quietly led people into the palace room, took the washing utensils, carefully checked the lights in the palace, and reminded: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, you should rest." Ah
Zheng Zheng finished washing under the service of the palace servants, waved away the other people in the palace, and looked at Ayan: "Ayan, how long have you been with me?" Ayan was stunned for a moment, and replied: "
Since Li Lang It has been five or six years since I sent the slaves to the king."
Ah Zheng carefully looked at Ah Yan's fairer face, which was different from that of the Qin people, and said: "You have worked hard by my side these years, Thank you for your hard work."
A Yan hurriedly said: "I am loyal to the king, and I dare not speak hard." The
young man's slender fingers tapped on the small wooden table, which was particularly loud in this empty palace: "If you want to If you want to go home, I can help you find your family."
Ah Yan shook her head quickly: "Since they have sold slaves, I will treat them as dead, and I am willing to serve the king for life."
Ah Zheng sighed: "You really can't Do you regret it?"
A Yan shook her head: "I don't regret it."
Ah Zheng said: "Then you will serve me loyally."
"Yes." Ah Yan extinguished the uniquely shaped oil lamps in the palace one by one, leaving only a few lamps beside Ah Zheng's bed, and whispered, "Morning, Your Majesty." Take some rest."
When Lin Ju went online, she happened to see Ayan using a special iron hook to hook off a few lights in the house, and said strangely: "Boy, I think this Ayan looks a little familiar, he looks like A person we met before. Well, who is it?"
Ah Zheng reminded: "It was the two people we first met."
"The first two people we met?" Lin Ju recalled, "We The first people I met were two teenagers, what are their names?"
Ah Zheng: "Qing Ke, Ah Li."
Lin Ju said "ah" and finally remembered, "I remember they asked the boy to Zai, help me find Ah Li’s sister, don’t tell me, Zai Zai, you think Ah Yan is the sister they are looking for?”
Ah Zheng nodded in the dim light: “I didn’t think so a few years ago, but after seeing Ah Yan a few times , I feel more and more that Ah Yan looks a bit like the Ah Li we met before. It's just that after so many years, my memory has blurred a lot, so I dare not make a rash judgment." Lin Ju said: " But now it is very difficult for us to meet Qing Ke and the others. Strange to say, Qing Ke and the others should look like you, Zai Zai, are down-and-out aristocrats, how could their sister become a slave?" Ah Zheng couldn't answer this question either . Question: "Qingke and the others helped me a lot back then, no matter whether Ayan is the girl they were looking for or not, I will tell people to treat her better. " There is no court meeting on the day. Azheng summoned Lu Buwei to Zhangtai Palace and asked him directly about the decree about paying grain and bestowing nobles. Lu Buwei was not surprised that Ah Zheng was aware of this decree. The young Qin Wangzheng in front of him was extremely intelligent. Whether it was a doctor who was lecturing for him or his classmates, he could always hear news from the outside world from those people.
Lu Buwei did not rush, took out the document he had drafted, and asked Ah Zheng to have a look.
Ah Zheng looked carefully at the contents of the document, and found that it was not completely consistent with the news from Xiong Fa. Lu Buwei did draft the government decree of paying grain and bestowing titles, but although the people who pay grain can get titles, they can't get good land, houses and slaves. At most, they can be exempted from some labor and have no real power.
Lu Buwei explained: "Your Majesty, although the grain in Shuzhong can cope with the severe drought in Guanzhong, you can't always rely on the grain in Shuzhong to supply Guanzhong. What's more, the supply of grain in the Qin army cannot be interrupted. Only then did I come up with this method to supplement the military rations, and it has no intention of shaking the foundation of the Qin State. I wonder which villain the King has listened to to slander his loyalty to the Qin State?" Ah Zheng said to Lu Buwei
. , He didn't believe a word, he asked: "In that case, why didn't Prime Minister Lu discuss it with me before promulgating the decree?"
Lu Buwei looked surprised and said: "Your Majesty, I have already discussed this matter with the Queen Mother. I’ve said it, didn’t the queen mother tell the king?”
The matter went around and turned around Zhao Ji’s head, of course Ah Zheng couldn’t say anything about his mother in front of Lu Buwei, he pointed at the The government decree added: "The highest title given by the grain can not exceed the fourth-class title." The fifth-class title above the fourth-class title is a doctor with real power.
Lu Buwei squeezed the hand of the bamboo slips tightly, and said in response: "I obey the order."
After all, Lu Buwei holds the power of state affairs, and Ah Zheng didn't want to push him too hard, so he asked people to serve refreshments and set up a chess table: "I I still remember that Ah Weng once taught me how to play chess when I was young, so let’s take advantage of the daylight today, Ah Weng will have a game with me.” With
Ah Zheng’s step down, Lu Buwei also had a smile on his face, and he talked with Ah Zheng. The political game started, and by the way, he talked about Jinyang's suppression of the rebellion. He said: "General Meng has pacified Jinyang. The king thinks that he should be recalled, or continue to fight abroad?" Ah Zheng laughed: "I am still waiting for Meng
. General Ao recaptured the twenty-seventh city, and took back his position as Shangqing. If Qin wants to continue to send troops, which country should Ah Weng think it should attack first?"
Lu Buwei followed with a smile and said: "Among the six countries, South Korea is the weakest, so naturally it should attack South Korea first."
The author has something to say:
South Korea: Why am I the unlucky one again?
Zheng Guo: Build the canal, build the canal, build the canal, hey, why did it start?
Update owed to the 15th: 0/1, the author overestimated himself, trying to find time to make up
1. The twentieth-level military title system, from the Internet
2. The common people have thousands of stones, and the first level of honor (see "Historical Records", but Shiji It happened in the fourth year of Qin Wangzheng, please do not take it as real history)