Qin Official

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"Congratulations, Lord!"

After the outsiders dispersed, even newcomers like Cao Shen, who had joined less than two years ago, also left. Seeing that only two "confidential officials", himself and Gong Ao, were left, Chen Ping congratulated Hei Fu generously. And he calls himself Lord.

Heifu was ordered to go out of the county to quell the rebellion. During the three months he was away from Jiaodong, Chen Ping helped him stabilize the rear area as the "prefect's chief history" and coordinated with the censor and the county magistrate. Not only did he not let Jiaodong suffer, During the Linzi Rebellion, Hei Fu was able to steadily provide logistics and even "receive" some of the people who fled to Jiaodong from Linzi County to escape the rebellion, which was indispensable.

Heifu also wanted to express his gratitude to the court for him afterwards, but Chen Ping refused.

His reason was told to Heifu in private: "Chen Ping has already become famous in the North due to his defeat of the Huns a few years ago. If Ping's title is promoted again, he may not be able to continue to serve as an aide to the Lord..."

This sentence made Gong Ao, who was proud of his success in killing generals and seizing the flag, become one of the "Five Great Officials" and was stunned for a moment.

He is loyal to Heifu, who personally surrenders in dangerous situations in order to fulfill his promise of "taking you home". As a mere leader of Guizhou, Hei Fu led a group of brothers who were also mud-legged and grassroots. In this troubled world, he forced his way out and told them that "it is better for princes, generals and prime ministers to have their own kind." It was not the imperial court that Gong Ao had scorned long ago, nor the emperor who, after using the soldiers of Nanjun, kept them in the southern wasteland of Yuzhang...

One of the things that Gong Ao was most proud of was that when Hei Fu was newly married, he resolutely resigned from his post and traveled thousands of miles north to hold the bridle for Hei Fu's second-in-command. He then stayed by his side and followed him up the ladder step by step. , attack the Huns in the north, flatten the seaside in the east, and the world will look at you with suspicion. This is what a man does!

Not only has his horizons broadened a lot, but his title has also been promoted higher and higher, far surpassing Li Xian, Dongmen Bao, and Xiao Tao who stayed in Yuzhang as county captains, not to mention Ji Ying and others who were the first to follow Heifu. Gong Ao is quite proud of this.

But Chen Ping's words suddenly made him realize.

Yes, if his title is promoted again and reaches the level of "Qing", it will be difficult for him to continue to be a "guest" for Hei Fu. One day, he may be recruited and transferred by the imperial court. At that time, he will still Do you want to resign like you did in the past?

So he had to admire that Chen Ping was smart and knew how to hide his skills.

It's a pity that Gong Ao's title has been obtained and it is impossible to withdraw it. He can only secretly think about how to avoid showing up and performing meritorious service if similar things happen in the future.

As for Chen Ping, Heifu was not selfless and insisted on showing his merit for Chen Ping. Instead, he gave him 400,000 yuan in private, and Gong Ao also received 200,000 yuan. Heifu said that this was their "dividend" from the Nanjun sugar cane field. …

Gong Ao didn't understand what dividends meant, so he just continued to concentrate, listening to the conversation between Heifu and Chen Ping. Every sentence was full of meaning, and every word was full of knowledge.

"What do you congratulate me for? The title of noble concubine?"

While looking at the documents Chen Ping brought from the county government, Hei Fu seemed a little careless in his answers. Hei Fu, who had been promoted two levels in a row and was only one step away from being granted the title of Marquis, had disappeared ten years ago in Anlu County. The novelty of capturing a thief and becoming a nobleman, the joy of being beheaded and knighted in the battle of Wai Huang. After all, if you upgrade something like this too many times, you will eventually become numb. "You should know that His Majesty gave me the red clothes, but the deep clothes of the red clothes were dyed red with the blood of tens of thousands of people! From now on, when you mention Hei Fu, you will think of me who beheaded thousands of white-headed old men in Linzi. "Remembering my proposal to the emperor to nail the traitors to the pavilions and houses, the number of people in the world who hate me has increased ten to a hundred times more than before. Is this worthy of congratulations?"

Chen Ping said with a smile: "The Zhao people can remember the revenge of Bai Qi butchering Changping, and often want to retaliate against Qin, because the parents, brothers and wives of the 450,000 Zhao people are still there. If they are displaced and their livelihood is precarious, even if they still remember the long-term There is nothing that can be done about the matter of peace. Of course, Zhao's neighboring countries, such as Yan, will remember all this, but they no longer hate Lord Wu'an and Qin, but respect him! "" The situation is similar now, Tian All the rebellious thieves died, and their families either fled or were captured. Those captured would be sent to the Great Wall, Lishan, Yuezhi, Zhangye, and Liaodong for hard labor. Their hatred could not hurt the lord in the slightest. But their neighbors, the countryside The party, and even the people of the world, except for those traitors who are bent on opposing Qin's restoration, ordinary people should be more afraid of their lord after hearing about this incident..."

After saying this in one breath, Chen Ping concluded: "There is a saying in Ping's hometown, ten birds in the forest are worse than one in the hand! Nowadays, whether the people in the world are afraid of the Lord or resentful, it doesn't matter, but Jiaodong Man, I am very grateful to the Lord."

Hei Fu understood this when the nobles and nobles in the county came to greet Hei Fu at the Weishui River.

Everyone seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, because Heifu took the lead and destroyed or relocated the fields in Jiaodong. He also took advantage of Qin Shihuang's eastward patrol to strengthen public security, crack down on the activities of light knights, and fundamentally cut off the source of rebellion.

So when Langya had an assassination case and arrested people everywhere. When tens of thousands of people in Linzi County rebelled and swept several counties, it almost spread to Linzi Shi. When Jibei failed to make up for the situation, various fields revolted, affecting half of the county. Only in Jiaodong, there were only sporadic light knights causing trouble, and they were easily solved as "security issues".

When Heifu gathered the troops from various counties and fought against the bandits in Gaotang, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed and injured, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. Many Linzi refugees came to Jiaodong to seek refuge.

Therefore, in Jiaodong County, in addition to the old Jiangqi clan, the vested interests backed by the government such as Deluzuo, and the common people of all walks of life, they secretly rejoiced when they saw that the prosperous and prosperous Linzi next door was in ruins and chaos...

"Fortunately, the Jiaodong County Sheriff is a capable official!"

When the captured rebels were brought to the pavilion by the officials and nailed alive to the wooden frame, the locals in Jiaodong felt sad and thought: "Fortunately, Commander Wei treated the people kindly in Jiaodong and never killed him without teaching." .”

Human psychology, as long as there is a lot of fire in one's home, they like to watch the fire from the other side and secretly rejoice.

Good people are not guilty and traitors deserve to be punished. This is the idea of ​​most Jiaodong and Guizhou leaders. As for the prisoners' painful wails, walk farther away and cover your ears. It will gradually fade away naturally. By the way, I warned my boys: "Don't imitate this." The other generation’s rebellion has harmed themselves and their families.”

In short, in the past three months, Heifu's reputation in Jiaodong has soared from "friendly" to "revered". This is what Chen Ping calls "a bird in the hand"!

In Chen Ping's view, this was something Heifu had planned a long time ago. It looked like he was stained with blood, but in fact he was famous! "Therefore, what I want to congratulate my lord is not that my lord pays me the title of concubine, but..."

Chen Ping bowed to Captain Hei and said, "The cave in Jiaodong is completed!"

But Gong Ao, the old man, was confused. There were too many metaphors in the conversation between the two, and he couldn't understand it at all. For example, what kind of bird was that? What cave? What does it mean!

Chen Ping explained: "If you have a bird in your hand, the bird will enter the cave. When its wings are full, it can spread its wings and fly."

While talking, he looked at Hei Fu, this was a test, but Hei Fu did not scold him, he just shook his head, noncommittal.

This reminded Gong Ao of many years ago, when he and Chen Ping, who had just arrived, were not on good terms, until one day he made a mistake and said, "Yuzhang is the backyard of the county captain's family!" Hei Fu scolded him. After a while, Chen Ping found him and said that he deeply believed what he said! Taking this as an opportunity, the relationship between the two improved slightly, and now they became Heifu's right-hand man. (Chapter 425)

Gong Ao seemed to understand a little bit.

But after finally understanding one thing, Chen Ping started to say something he couldn't understand: "My lord, there is still a hidden danger in this cave. Although the other generation has suffered for himself and lost favor, as the sun gradually sets, , who knows if one day he will be used again, and by then, the situation in Jiaodong will have changed again. My lord, if you kill the snake, it will be harmful, and the evil must be eradicated!"

"I know."

Heifu finally spoke. Chen Ping was right. There are only a group of people left who may change the emperor's thoughts and plans for Jiaodong in the future. We must be on guard against them. They have become enemies anyway, and they happen to have a lot of dirty information about them. How can we not add insult to injury?

"But this time, the other party's flaws have been exposed too much, and I don't even need to take action myself..."

…

In mid-July, Qin Shihuang, who had arrived in Jiujiang County, received a secret report from the magistrates of Jiaodong and Linzi counties: In the process of tracking down the rebels, it was discovered that a magician had participated in the rebellion in Zhutian, and had contacted the powerful light knights for him. What’s even more amazing is…

"The traitor also confessed that the news that His Majesty was assassinated and died was also conveyed by Warlock Fang!"