Qin Official

"Brother, what can I do?"

The door of the ancestral hall was pushed open again, and Tian Jian, the second head of the Jimo Tian clan, strode in. He saw his brother Tian Jiao still kneeling in front of the memorial tablets of his ancestors, dazed.

Although as early as half a year ago, when the Yeyi Tian family was wiped out by the county governor Heifu, Tian Jian had expected that his family would be stabbed sooner or later, but he was still lucky. Following the order of the family leader Tian Jiao, the Tian family restrained his arrogance and persisted. Shun Shunfa did not dare to think of himself as the master of Jimo like before, but what was supposed to come came.

Now the situation has become urgent. The Qin army surrounded Tian's mansion and announced the edict of Qin Shi Huang. They convicted the Tian family for participating in the illegal salt trade and ordered them to move their entire family to the distant northern county of Guanzhong. !

This was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue, and the entire Tian family was stunned. The soldiers, officials, and officials gave the Tian family three days to put things in order, otherwise the soldiers would come in to "help"!

Tian Jian has become an ant on a hot pot, and Tian Jiao, the backbone of the family, has lost his soul. He has been locked in the ancestral hall for half a day without seeing anyone.

Tian Jian was dissatisfied that the illustrious family was shattered like this. He knelt down and pushed Tian Jiao and said, "Brother has always been very resourceful. Isn't there nothing he can do?"

Tian Jiao glanced at his younger brother and said with a wry smile: "When Qi Kanggong was forcibly moved from Linzi palace to the seaside, what could he do?"

Tian Jian was stunned. That was two hundred years ago. The Tian family was so majestic at that time: the government of Qi State was all owned by Tian Chang. Tian Chang's more than seventy sons became the lords of more than seventy cities in Qi State, and they were all executed. Bao, Yan, Jianzhi and Jianglu Gong clan.

Tian's replacement of Qi was a natural success. Grand Duke Tian Qi disliked the puppet Qi Kanggong who was an eyesore in Linzi, so he casually sent one of his men to drive him to Zhifu Island.

It is said that Qi Kanggong didn't even have three days. Jiang Qi was not allowed to carry any of the treasures he had accumulated over hundreds of years. He even had to keep his concubines, so he could only go on the road alone with two old slaves.

When he arrived at the seaside, he only had a small town as a food town. Later, even that small town was taken back. The old Qi Kang was named the king, but he was actually a beggar. He had no livelihood, so he had to dig holes on the slopes for stoves and catch flying birds. Picking up sea clams for food...

The life of the other Lu family members was not much better. Their mansions and acres of land were all occupied by the new Tian family masters. They could only be driven to the fringes. One by one, the prominent families that had lasted for hundreds of years fell into ruin... …

But now, things have turned, and it's Moroda's turn to be unlucky!

"Qin and my family are just like the Tian family and Qi Kanggong in the past. Can Duke Qi Kang resist the Tian family's order?"

Tian Jiao knew very well that at the beginning, the Qin officials did not understand the local language and were not familiar with the land tax. After leaving the county, their eyesight went dark and they became blind and deaf!

If you want to issue laws and collect taxes, you need the help of people from the Tian family. Although Tian Jiao and his younger brother Tian Jian are not officials, there are many people from the Tian family and their retainers who are minor officials.

But since Hei Fu came to Jiaodong, he began to use his methods. He supported the declining old clans of Yan, Guo, and Gao Jiang Qi, and asked them to send their children to join the government and replace Tian's position. After that, public schools were opened and private schools were prohibited, so that Jiaodong scholars could only respect the government.

"After doing this, Governor Heifu no longer needs the Tian family to govern Jiaodong."

This alone is not enough to easily shake the Tian family's foundation, but Governor Heifu is a rough man. He doesn't want to boil the frog in warm water when dealing with the Tian family, but he took advantage of Qin Shihuang's eastward tour to pull out the fire and destroy the entire family. Jimo Tian's violent demolition!

When Qin Shihuang made his eastward tour, he was accompanied by at least 3,000 soldiers for protection. The strength that the Jiaodong government relied on increased sharply. Heifuhu pretended to be a tiger. Not to mention allowing the Tianjiao brothers to migrate, even if they were captured and killed, Qin Shihuang was still in Jimo. Dare to resist and make mistakes...

Although Zhutian never forgets to reunite Qin, they are extremely afraid of Qin Shihuang. With the tiger on their side, they can only tremble and dare not move.

"The situation has changed. Resistance at this time will only lead to death!"

Tian Jiao took off the sword hanging from his brother Tian Jian's waist and threw it far away!

"Then my family can only be slaughtered by others?"

Tian Jian was so desperate that he knelt in pain in front of the ancestor's memorial tablet, holding his face in his hands and crying.

Although the government gave them three days, the Tian family has a huge business, with tens of thousands of hectares of land, accounting for almost half of Jimo's land. There are thousands of guests and countless manors and pavilions. Now that the whole family is being forced to migrate, all the past accumulation will be discarded. At most, they will take some gold and silver silk and satin with them on the road. The family property will be bought by the government at a low price. The confidence of the people who have been operating in Jimo for a hundred years will also be destroyed in one day.

The big tree collapsed suddenly and was moved to another place. It may become sluggish. From the perspective of the field, their family lost not only the past and present, but also the future!

"It's better than not being able to survive even after the Yi tribe!"

Tian Jiao had his own ideas. He helped his younger brother up, pointed to the person at the top of the memorial tablet in the ancestral hall and said, "Tian is not a native of Qi. Our ancestor Tian Jingzhong is from Huaiyang... "

Chen Wan was originally the son of the Chen State. Later, due to the internal troubles in Chen State, he escaped from Huaiyang with his family and fled to Qi, where he took refuge with Duke Huan of Qi.

That was just over 400 years ago. When Chen Wan arrived in Qi, he was just a "gongzheng doctor" with a low status at first, but later he became a minister step by step, and even became the king of Qi...

"The phoenix flies and sings in harmony. After I have a concubine, I will give birth to a ginger."

Tian Jiao sang this ancient song, and after Tian Jian wiped away his tears, he also sang along:

"In the fifth generation, it will be prosperous, and it will be with Zhengqing. After the eighth generation, don't be with the capital!"

This is the Tian family’s epic and a truth that their family believes in:

No matter where you move, no matter how humble you are at the beginning, as long as you are alive, there is hope!

Tian Jiao has made up his mind to take a different path from the Yeyi Tian family who rose up in resistance.

"Immediately dismiss the servants and distribute all the family property to Tian's relatives, neighbors, and retainers. Apart from the gold and silver that are easy to carry, we will only take two things with us when we move west."

"The same is the spiritual position of the ancestors!"

Tian Jiao carefully picked up the spiritual tablets of Chen Wan, Tian Chang, and Jimo doctor Tian Zhongshou, wiped them spotless, and held them in his arms. They represented the proud history of the Tian family and must not be thrown away.

Tian Jiao walked out of the ancestral hall with his spiritual tablet in his arms. Outside, winter was coming to an end, and the sun shone on the earth again, shining on the faces of more than ten Tian family members who had been kneeling outside for a long time. They were either angry, desperate, or hesitant.

"The second thing is the children! As long as the children are still alive, even if the Jimo Tian Mansion is demolished, even if they go to the North and my family is forcibly divided into dozens of families, they can still reunite under the spiritual throne of their ancestors and thrive. After eight lifetimes, we will surely be able to become a great clan again and fly like a phoenix!"

…

When winter comes, not only one tree withers, but the entire forest. In this twelfth lunar month of the 32nd year of Qin Shihuang, not only the Jimo Tian family, but also the "fields" in various counties in Jiaodong County were violently demolished. , regardless of whether they are guilty or not, the Tian family with the most prominent financial resources and reputation in each county will move to the Qin Dynasty mainland, either to the north or to Fang County, to name a few.

According to the order of migration, Qin Shihuang also gave these "fields" new clan names with a stroke of his pen, distinguishing them in order, and ranked them from the first to the eighth clan...

As a result, the field corner of the Jimo Tian family was honored to become the "first corner". His younger brother had to separate the family, so it became the "second corner", and the other fields were the third, fourth to eighth. No wait.

In Zhutian's view, this was a huge humiliation, but there was nothing they could do about it. Qin Shihuang was in Jiaodong, and a large army of land and water gathered here. What could they do?

The Qin officials only gave Zhutian three days, and some of them had not finished handling their property by then. They begged for a few days of grace, but the Qin officials rolled their eyes:

"His Majesty the Emperor will leave Jiaodong within three days, and all the fields must be on the road before he leaves. How can you be so virtuous as to dare to make His Majesty wait?"

The officials were right. On the first day of January, when the first spring breeze blew to Jiaodong, just as the fields were dejected and moving westward, Qin Shihuang's chariot also left this winter palace...

As an accompanying official, Ye Teng also had to bid farewell to his daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. Before leaving, he secretly told Hei Fu: "It is said that His Majesty's coming east this time will not affect the three places where he stayed for a long time: Xuejun, Linzi, and Jiaodong. , all left a single comment.”

Heifu pricked up his ears: "What is Xue Jun's?"

Ye Teng smiled: "Short!"

Hei Fu burst out laughing, probably because Qin Shihuang left a bad impression during his ceremony at Mount Tai. Although the Feng Chan was over, the arrogant Qin Shihuang turned around and pointed his little fingers at Taishan and Liang Fu, despising them for being too short.

The center of the world planned by the Confucian scholars for the ancient king could not carry the grand ambitions of Qin Shihuang. So what kind of mountain could make the emperor amazed?

"I'm afraid it won't be Kunlun or Tianshan..." Hei Fu secretly complained.

As for the emperor's evaluation of Linzi County, it was "noisy".

There are many people in Linzi, and the city of Zhuangyue is crowded, and there are no legal officials to arrest people with laws and regulations like Xianyang, so it seems a bit noisy and chaotic. In addition, the Confucian scholars who were frustrated in Mount Tai were dissatisfied. When they arrived in Linzi, they regarded the past as different from the present and slandered the emperor. , which made Qin Shihuang furious, and it was inevitable that he would dislike Linzi for being noisy.

"What about Jiaodong? What is your Majesty's opinion?" Heifu asked Ye Teng.

Ye Teng stroked his beard, raised his right thumb and said, "It's still one word, good!"

Kindness is good, but it is really not easy to get this evaluation from Qin Shihuang...

When the emperor entered Jiaodong, Heifu showed off his achievements in governance at the Xiami Salt Flats. When he went to Yeyi, he made Chen Pinglu Zuo San say long live and praised the emperor, completing the image project.

After all, the emperor has never seen anything more exaggerated in later generations, so he still likes it.

In the middle of Zhifu Island, they were almost stolen by Fang Warlock. Fortunately, they were a little unlucky. Before the mirage came, the key figure Xu Fu was intercepted by the black husband. They repeatedly disappointed the emperor and lost the capital to compete.

Only Heifu can put this journey of seeking immortality back on the right track of "asking the common people".

The education of Jimo Public School, a bowl of hot cabbage and tofu soup in winter, the proposal to establish practical studies for workers and peasants, and finally the relocation of Zhutian. Compared with the conservative Xue County and the noisy Linzi, Qin Shihuang saw a prosperous Jiaodong under the rule of Heifu.

The emperor arranged for Heifu to serve as the county governor. Within one year, Heifu handed in a satisfactory answer. What is even more valuable is that many systems can be promoted as models across the country.

"Now the emperor should know that I can not only serve as a general, but given time, I can also become a prime minister..."

Hei Fu secretly thought about it, but when he was sending Qin Shihuang away from Jimo, he was called to the imperial chariot!

…

Qin Shihuang was still the same, very cautious about rewards and punishments. He did not show too much encouragement and praise to Heifu. He just reminded Heifu of the deadline of "annihilating the pirates within one year" and suddenly asked Heifu a question.

"Could it be that you don't have any words yet?"

Hei Fu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "I come from a humble background. When I became an adult, I didn't even have a family name, let alone a first name..."

Biaozi is the patent of aristocratic men. As the saying goes, "if you give someone a name, you should respect their name." After being crowned, the "Biaozi" will replace the "name" and become a common title.

After the tomb was built in the Warring States Period, ordinary landowners of small aristocrats could not afford to have characters, and only big aristocrats had to have them. For example, Zhang Liang's character was "Zifang", and Xiang Ji's character was "Yu". Zhang Cang's "Zihu" was given by Xunzi during his coming-of-age ceremony.

Big bosses like Heifu and Liu Ji were given names so casually, let alone words.

Although Heifu has become more developed, he never thought of giving himself a name.

Qin Shihuang laughed and said: "This is very good. You are now a high-ranking official in the border area, your title is made by the great superior, and your position is respected. How can you have no words? I will give you a word today!"

All the ministers were shocked, even Heifu was quite surprised. He thought about how Qin Shihuang would reward himself after he praised the good government of Jiaodong.

Maybe it was a verbal praise, maybe it was a reward, but I didn't expect it to be a gift!

Although he knew that this was a tactic, Heifu was still a little moved. He tried hard to suppress his emotions, lowered his head and said in panic: "How can I be so virtuous and capable? How dare you get a word from your majesty?"

This is the fearful behavior a minister should have, but what the emperor said cannot be ignored and cannot be taken back.

"Li Xin's name was also given to him by me." Qin Shihuang thought of his favorite general, white horse and black dog. Li Xin was waiting for him, but the things Hei Fu did in Jiaodong were also of great merit. He was too old. It's too early to be granted the title of Marquis, but you can express your favor in other ways.

Qin Shihuang pondered for a moment, seeming to be thinking about how to choose the right one, but what Hei Fu was thinking about was that he heard that the names should not be chosen randomly, and they should generally correspond to the names. For example, when Duanmu was given a name, his given name was Zigong; when Confucius was named Qiu, his given name was Zhongni, and Ni was the Ni mountain where he was born.

So, how would Qin Shi Huang name him?

"It can't be a blackboard or a toilet..."

Heifu couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling when he recalled that Qin Shihuang asked him with a smile if he was the "Public Toilet School Captain".

Unexpectedly, Qin Shihuang looked around, pointed at the city behind the huge team and said:

"Jimo!"

"Ah?" Heifu and the ministers raised their heads in confusion.

But the emperor laughed and said: "The black one is ink. Hei Fuzhi is very good at Jimo, and his writing is also ink. It's a good story!"