Chapter 124 Ying Zheng’s Reward!
Amid the cheers of the entire court, the joy on Ying Zheng's face grew more and more intense.
"Read this battle report."
"You gentlemen will understand now why I am so happy." Ying Zheng reported to the general with a smile on his face.
Zhao Gao took it respectfully, then faced the main hall and slowly opened the military newspaper.
All the ministers gathered their gazes, all watching expectantly.
"I, Wang Jian, present this to Your Majesty."
"My Great Qin general Zhao Feng has not stopped fighting since he defeated Wei Wuji at Weicheng. After defeating Wei State at Shangweicheng, he obtained food and grass for the 200,000-man Wei army for half a year. After thinking about it, Zhao Feng decided to lead his troops to attack Wei and open up the connection between Yingchuan and Zhao State."
"On the first day, we pursued the remnants of Wei Wuji's army and killed Wei general Gongsun Xi."
"On the third day, we attacked Xingcheng, killed 3,000 enemies, and successfully broke into the city and captured it."
"On the fifth day, we attacked Shucheng, killed 2,000 enemies, and successfully broke into the city and captured it."
"On the seventh day, the troops were divided into five groups..."
Zhao Gao read it aloud.
This military report contains the progress of Zhao Feng's step-by-step advance towards the State of Wei, as well as the results of each battle and the merits of conquering each city.
"On the thirty-ninth day, Zhao Feng led his 60,000 soldiers to Lincheng. At this moment, Wei Wuji had already mobilized 50,000 elite soldiers to guard Lincheng, with a total defense force of nearly 80,000."
"On the forty-first day, after Zhao Feng's probing, he began to storm Lincheng. When the Wei army heard of Zhao Feng's name, their morale was completely lost. Lincheng was breached in one day, and the road from Yingchuan to Zhao State was opened."
"On the forty-fifth day, Zhao Feng led 50,000 soldiers into Zhao territory, encountered Lian Po's army, engaged Lian Po in battle, and eventually annihilated Lian Po's 20,000 soldiers. Zhao Feng personally killed Lian Po."
"On the forty-sixth day, Zhao Feng led his troops to join forces with Lantian's Second Main Battle Battalion."
…
Under the reading of Zhao Gao.
All the ministers in the court heard clearly how Zhao Feng defeated the enemy and invaded the State of Zhao during this period of time.
It took only forty-six days, or even less than two months, since the Wei army retreated, to achieve such a result. If it weren't for this military report, who would dare to believe it?
"In forty-six days, they captured dozens of cities and thousands of miles of territory from Wei, relying only on 60,000 troops. How did they do that?"
"Could it be that Zhao Feng is really a natural born general?"
"In the past, Zhao Feng was known for his bravery and became a deputy general because of his bravery. However, since the battle of Weicheng, Zhao Feng's surprise attack proved that he is good at commanding troops. This time, he seized a thousand miles of territory from Wei with only 60,000 troops, which further proved it."
"He conquered thousands of miles of territory for the Qin Dynasty and killed Lian Po for the Qin Dynasty. With such ability, Zhao Feng has earned the qualification to be promoted to general. I am afraid that in a few years, Zhao Feng will become the youngest general in the Qin Dynasty."
"This is incredible. With such a great ability, the king will value him even more."
"Zhao Feng will be the rising star of our Great Qin in the future."
"This boy should only be befriended and not offended..."
I heard this military report.
This made the ministers in the court take Zhao Feng seriously, and at least made them more certain that Zhao Feng would have a seat in the powerful position in the court in the future.
"Gentlemen, did you hear the military report clearly?"
After the military report was read, Ying Zheng laughed and looked at the civil and military officials in the court.
"God bless Daqin."
"Let the king get a brave and capable general like General Zhao Feng." Li Si said immediately.
"God bless the Great Qin." All the court officials shouted again.
"Hahaha."
Ying Zheng laughed loudly, and found the four words "God bless the Great Qin" very pleasant to hear.
"That's right."
"God bless our Great Qin."
"In the past."
"I feel sorry for the former Wu'an Jun of our Great Qin. If Wu'an Jun were still alive, I could make him a greater promise."
"But now, I have a general who is no less capable than Wu Anjun."
"This is God's blessing." Ying Zheng said with a big laugh.
His words showed how much Ying Zheng valued Zhao Feng.
"Compare Zhao Feng to Bai Qi."
"This child's importance in the king's heart has reached such an extent."
"Perhaps, we should really try to make peace with Zhao Feng, even if it means letting the Meng family suffer some losses, at least we can't let him target the eldest son." Wang Wan sighed in his heart. Originally he cared about the eldest son's face, but now seeing Zhao Feng in such a limelight, he couldn't help but change his mind.
The pressure Zhao Feng brought to him was really too great.
If it were in the imperial court, Wang Wan might be able to suppress it and not be afraid of Zhao Feng at all.
However, in the army, Wang Wan's hands could not reach that far. Even though there were generals secretly recruited by him in the army, they were still not as popular as Zhao Feng.
After all, the existence of the Qin military merit system eliminated interference from powerful officials.
After all, it was these four words that brought it directly to the ears of heaven.
This is the Qin Dynasty’s military merit system.
The Shaofu Wei Liao will personally be in charge of recording the merits, and then Wei Liao will report to the king.
Who is Wei Liao?
He is a disciple of Guiguzi, and his calculations are as cunning as a demon.
Wei Liao was involved in all the strategies, tactics, and plans for Qin to unify the world.
Do you want to challenge the military merit system and suppress Zhao Feng under Wei Liao's nose?
This is simply impossible.
As for winning over Wei Liao to work for them and making him support Fusu?
It’s not like Wang Wan hasn’t tried this before.
But Wei Liao didn't care at all.
The reason why he came down from Guigu Mountain was to fulfill the great wish that all the disciples of Guigu had never fulfilled.
That is to assist the king in unifying the world.
Before leaving Guigu, Wei Liao inspected the kings of various countries in the world and finally chose King Zheng of Qin.
And the day chosen was the day when Ying Zheng executed Lao Ai and took power.
perhaps.
Killing Lao Ai was a test for King Zheng of Qin by Wei Liao. After completing the test, Wei Liao entered Qin.
With Wei Liao's advice, Ying Zheng became even more powerful.
Among all the ministers in the court, Wei Liao is undoubtedly the first in terms of his status in Ying Zheng's heart.
"Wang Wan, Chunyu Yue."
"Looking at it now, it's a joke."
Han Fei, who was standing among the civil officials, saw Wang Wan's expression and smiled in his heart.
It has been a year since Han Fei entered Qin. Although Han Fei's official position was not among the Nine Ministers, he was also the Internal History, just below the Nine Ministers. However, he did not join any faction in the court and went his own way.
This is also Han Fei's pride.
The only person who was worthy of Han Fei's attention as a friend was Zhao Feng.
In Zhao Feng's words, people like Han Fei are cowards who must be beaten and scolded, and only the hard way can be used.
As a result, Han Fei felt that Zhao Feng was a good friend.
"Wei Qing."
"Zhao Feng has made great contributions again. How should we reward him?" Ying Zheng looked at Wei Liao and asked.
"In the battle of Weicheng that day, the king has promoted General Zhao to the chief general. Now General Zhao has won a thousand miles of territory for our Great Qin and even killed Lian Po. According to the military merit system, these are two great achievements."
"For the merit of expanding the country's territory and killing powerful generals."
"I think that General Zhao should be promoted to two more ranks." Wei Liao smiled and said immediately.
"What do you think of Wei Qing's proposal?" Ying Zheng asked, looking down at the court.
Right now.
Wang Wan was hesitant and wanted to repair his relationship with Zhao Feng, so who would dare to refuse?
Just when everyone in the court was about to second the motion.
Chun Yuyue could not help but stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think there is one more thing to consider when promoting General Zhao Feng to a higher rank. Who gave Zhao Feng the crime of deserting his post and arbitrarily dispatching troops to attack Wei?"
"Your Majesty's edict to attack Zhao means that our Great Qin is responding to Yan's request, and we have a legitimate reason to do so."
"Zhao Feng mobilized troops without authorization, which is indeed against the way of being a minister."
"Please judge the crime, Your Majesty."
As soon as these words fell.
Wang Wan's face changed.
Wei Zhuang's face changed.
"fool."
The two old foxes cursed in their hearts.
If Zhao Feng led his army to defeat this time and did not make any great achievements, then perhaps he could still be charged with the crime of arbitrarily mobilizing troops, after all, this was indeed a crime.
But now Zhao Feng had made great contributions. Not only did he seize thousands of miles of territory from Wei for Qin, but he also killed Lian Po.
Such a great achievement is still being considered a crime? Unless King Zheng of Qin has a hole in his brain, it would never happen.
Without waiting for Wang Wan to speak to save the situation.
The smile on Ying Zheng's face turned gloomy.
"What did you say?"
"To charge Zhao Feng with a crime?"
"Did I hear it wrong, or did you say it wrong?" Ying Zheng frowned and said coldly.
This was not a final statement, but rather a chance for Chunyu Yue to reconsider his words.
"Your Majesty."
"It was Master Chunyu who was wrong."
"General Zhao has received orders from the king and has absolute authority to command the Weicheng army. This cannot be considered as abandoning his post without permission." Wang Wan immediately stepped forward and said.
Chunyu Yue wanted to speak when he saw this.
Wei Zhuang glared at Chunyu Yue as a warning, then stood up and said, "Prime Minister Wang is right. However, this time, Chunyu Taifu was too inconsiderate. After all, he is a Confucian Taifu and does not understand military affairs. Please do not blame me, Your Majesty."
The two of them sang in unison and directly eliminated the problem.
"General Zhao Feng has made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty and deserves a generous reward."
"I, your son, would like to go to Zhao in person and present my father's edict to confer the title of General Zhao."
At this time Fusu stood up and said very seriously.
"Sir, this is feasible."
"Maybe we can take this opportunity to win over Zhao Feng. Even if we can't, at least we can make sure Zhao Feng doesn't become your enemy in the future."
"Young master, you are good at respecting wise men and humble yourself to others." Wang Wan and Wei Zhuang looked at each other and were delighted.
Although Chunyu Yue, as a teacher, was a bit stupid and his head was full of self-righteous ideas, and Fusu was sometimes pedantic, he was polite and kind, and had a good reputation in the court.
Hear what Fusu said.
Ying Zheng took a look and his gloomy expression gradually faded away, replaced by a faint smile.
"The State of Zhao has not yet been conquered by our Great Qin and is still fraught with crises. Do you dare to go?" Ying Zheng said with some consideration.
"As the son of my father and a member of the Qin royal family, I have nothing to fear." Fusu replied with a serious face.
Hearing this.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but look at Fusu carefully, as if he saw a different Fusu.
"Yes." Ying Zheng nodded.
"Draft an imperial edict."
"Zhao Feng expanded the territory of Qin by thousands of miles and made great contributions. He also killed Lian Po, the top general of Zhao State, and made great contributions."
"Reward him for both merits and promote him to a higher rank," Ying Zheng said majestically.
"Your Majesty is wise." All the civil and military officials in the court shouted in unison.
"Your Majesty, I would also like to go to Zhao with the eldest prince to reward General Zhao Feng."
At this time, Han Fei stood up and asked loudly.
Hearing this.
Ying Zheng looked at Han Fei with surprise.
Since entering Qin, Han Fei has been diligent in handling government affairs, and everything has been very simple in his hands. Everything is done in an orderly manner. However, Han Fei is proud and has his own character. He never participates in factions in the court. Like Wei Liao, he keeps to himself, like a transparent person in the court.
Ying Zheng was somewhat surprised when he spoke today.
"It's rare for Han Qing to speak."
"Okay." Ying Zheng smiled and waved his hand.
"I thank the king for his great grace." Han Fei bowed immediately.
After conferring the title on Zhao Feng, Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Fusu."
"Your son is here." Fusu responded immediately.
"When you get to Zhao, tell Wang Jian a message for me."
"I will not interfere in the killing on the battlefield. I hope that I can come to Handan in person soon." Ying Zheng said loudly, his tone showing the importance of destroying Zhao.
Not as good as destroying Korea.
Destroying Zhao was what Ying Zheng really wanted in his heart, and it was also his obsession.
For Ying Zheng, no, perhaps it was for the former Zhao Zheng.
Handan!
The place of humiliation for Zhao Zheng.
There, Zhao Zheng suffered endless torture and endless injustice.
If it weren't for Zhao Zheng's teacher's teaching, if Zhao Zheng hadn't endured humiliation since childhood, he might have died there long ago.
Destroy Zhao!
Not only for the unification of the world by the Qin Dynasty, but also for revenge!
He wanted to destroy the State of Zhao and make that once humiliating land his territory. He wanted to trample Zhao Yan under his feet and let him know what a true king was.
"I will definitely convey my father's words to General Wang Jian." Fusu replied immediately.
"Wei Qing."
"How is the battle situation in Zhao and Dai?" Ying Zheng asked.
Nowadays, military reports are constantly coming back from the Lantian camp, but there are very few military reports coming back from Dai.
"Please be at ease, Your Majesty."
"General Meng Wu and his son personally led the troops to attack Daidi. Li Mu's 200,000 border troops had no chance to move south."
"I have always been in contact with General Meng Wu. Now the general is still fighting in Dai and has not confronted Li Mu head-on." Wei Liao said with a smile.
"That's good." Ying Zheng nodded, then looked at the ministers in the court: "Do you have any other memorials?"
"We have no basis for reporting this." The ministers shouted.
"Then let's adjourn the court." Ying Zheng waved his hand, slowly stood up, and left the court hall.
"Farewell, Your Majesty." All the ministers paid their respects.
Wait until Ying Zheng leaves.
Wang Wan and Wei Zhuang immediately walked towards Fusu.
"Young Master, let's talk in your house later." Wang Wan smiled slightly.
"Yeah." Fusu nodded.
"Brother Han."
At this time, Li Si also blocked Han Fei's way.
"What's the matter, Chief Justice?" Han Fei looked at Li Si calmly.
Li Si glanced at the ministers who had not yet dispersed and said very seriously, "Excuse me for a moment."
Han Fei nodded and walked to the side outside the hall. Li Si followed immediately.
"I wonder if Brother Han's decision to go to Zhao State this time is for personal or public reasons?" Li Si asked with a slight smile.
"What about personal interests? What about public interests?" Han Fei glanced at Li Si.
"If possible, for the sake of our friendship as classmates, could Brother Han tell Zhao Feng the truth about what Wang Wan and Chunyu Yue were doing against him?" Li Si said in a low voice.
Han Fei glanced at Li Si and then asked, "Why?"
"Fusu has received help from the royal family and the old nobles. The reason why Fusu asked for permission to go to Zhao State this time was to win over Zhao Feng, or to heal the previous rift with Zhao Feng."
"If Fusu really succeeds, perhaps Zhao Feng will be won over by him. If he has the support of a future general, Fusu will be even more powerful in the court." Li Si said with a serious face.
Han Fei looked at Li Si with a half-smile: "Tingwei, you want me to sow discord between Zhao Feng and the eldest son. What use is this to me?"
"Secondly, although I haven't been with Zhao Feng for too long, I respect him as a person. It won't do Zhao Feng much good to offend the eldest son."
"You can do this yourself."
After saying.
Han Fei just flicked his sleeves and left.
Looking at Han Fei's back, a hint of anger flashed across Li Si's face, but more of helplessness.
Today, Han Fei is no longer the Han Fei who was imprisoned when he first arrived in Qin. Now he is the Internal History of Qin. Even if Li Si wants to do anything to him, it is impossible.
"Sir."
"You were right to ask the king to go to Zhao State and reward Zhao Feng today."
"Judging from Zhao Feng's current momentum, it is impossible to suppress him. Moreover, the king has shown even greater favor to him. Perhaps he can be promoted to general in the future."
"From the current perspective, it is best not to offend this boy."
"This time, you can go and explain what Grand Tutor Chunyu did, and Meng Jia can come to apologize someday." Wang Wan said with a smile.
"I am asking my father for permission this time to explain what happened that day."
"After all, what the teacher did that day was too much." Fusu nodded slowly.
"You are the eldest son, how can you apologize to a minister?"
"As the eldest son and the future crown prince, it's not wrong even if you are wrong." Chunyu Yue said unhappily.
Hearing this.
Wang Wan couldn't help but ask, "Taifu, can you please discuss anything you want to do with us first?"
"You offended Zhao Feng for no apparent reason, and today you even reported Zhao Feng's crimes in court without regard for the consequences. Fortunately, the king is not going to pursue the blame, otherwise you would have implicated the young master again."
"You must understand that you are the master's teacher. Everything you do represents the master in an invisible way."
"You must be careful about everything in the future and not be reckless."
Listening to Wang Wan's lecture, Chun Yuyue was somewhat displeased: "Does Prime Minister Wang think I did something wrong?"
"If it's wrong, it's wrong."
"For the sake of your future career, you must not act recklessly." Wang Wan said with a stern face.
He naturally understood that if Chunyu Yue was not restrained at this moment, Fusu would be harmed in the future.
Seeing Wang Wan's angry look, Chunyu Yue wanted to refute, but he didn't know how.
After all, in terms of status and official position, he is not as good as Wang Wan.
"The Prime Minister is right."
"Master, you must be more careful in the future."
"You represent the eldest son." Wei Zhuang, who had been silent, also said.
He was really afraid of Chunyu Yue, this stupid teammate.
Faced with the words of the two prime ministers, no matter how unwilling Chunyu Yue was, he had no choice but to shut up.
"It's just that I don't understand why Han Fei volunteered to go to Zhao State," Wang Wan said at this time.
"It is said that Han Fei was escorted by Zhao Feng before he was transferred to Daqin. Could this be the reason?" Fusu guessed.
"Perhaps."
"As for Han Fei, this person is extremely smart, but it is certain that he did not stand on Li Si's side, and there seems to be resentment between the two."
"It's better to win him over as much as possible." said Wei Zhuang.
"I understand." Fusu nodded.
Inside Zhangtai Palace!
"Your Majesty."
"Your prediction is correct."
"Zhao Feng really didn't disappoint you."
"He actually relied on his army of only tens of thousands to break through Lincheng and invade Zhao State." Wei Liao sat on the side with a smile on his face.
"Although I had expectations before, I never expected that Zhao Feng could expand his territory by a thousand miles and reach Zhao State in less than two months."
"Just as I said."
"This boy is truly a god-given general." Ying Zheng laughed.
"Your Majesty."
"Now, dozens of cities in Wei have changed hands and are under the control of our Great Qin."
"The flags in the back hall need to be changed." Wei Liao said with a smile.
"Walk."
Ying Zheng laughed loudly and stood up immediately.
Wei Liao was the same, with a smile on his face.
The emperor and his minister went straight to the back hall.
The two took out dozens of small Qin flags from a box on the side.
The king and his minister happily pulled down the flags of many cities on the map of Wei State, and then put up the flags of Qin State.
This huge sand table map marks all the cities of the Chinese countries. It was drawn by people of the Qin Dynasty and is very accurate.
The pleasure of the king and his minister is to watch the cities on this map gradually become cities belonging to the Qin Dynasty. And seeing that the two of them look so familiar with each other, it is obvious that this has happened more than once.
"What do you think of Han Fei?" Ying Zheng asked while holding up the flag.
"A rare talent in the world."
"But although he has submitted to the Qin Empire, he has not really devoted himself to it. After serving, he has only fulfilled his duties and has not performed exceptionally well."
"Maybe he still has some grudges in his heart." Wei Liao said.
"His talent is indeed very useful."
"From now on, I will make people serve me sincerely." Ying Zheng smiled confidently.
"How is the king's work on placing spies under Zhao Feng's personal guards?" Wei Liao asked again.
Speaking of such a secret matter, perhaps Wei Liao was the only one in the entire court who dared to ask.
after all.
When he joined the Qin Dynasty and gained the trust of Ying Zheng, Wei Liao even knew about the Black Ice Platform, which was inherited from the succession of power in the Qin Dynasty.
“That’s strange.”
Ying Zheng stopped what he was doing.
Wei Liao also stopped and said, "I would like to hear the details."
"Zhao Feng asked his personal guard commander to select elite troops from the army. Black Ice Platform had been deployed there for more than ten days, but was beaten back on the second day."
"Without exception, none of these dozen people became Zhao Feng's personal guards." Ying Zheng said in a deep voice, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"Could it be that they exposed the identity of the Black Ice Platform's secret agents?" Wei Liao said with a little surprise.
"Impossible." Ying Zheng waved his hand, his eyes serious. "The secret agents of the Black Ice Platform don't know each other. Even if a few of them were kicked out by chance due to their bad performance, it's impossible for them to be caught in one fell swoop. This is also what I am curious about."
Hearing this.
Wei Liao also had a thoughtful look on his face. He naturally understood that the Black Ice Platform was extremely heavily guarded. Even if they were both secret soldiers, no one would recognize each other unless they wore the same clothes and blended into the crowd.
Black ice platforms are found all over China.
In the army.
Government.
Even the lower class people.
All over the place.
This is the terrifying thing about the Black Ice Platform.
This also provided the Qin Dynasty with an incalculable amount of intelligence, laying the foundation for its future unification.
"Could it be that Zhao Feng can see through people's hearts?" Wei Liao said with a smile.
"See through people's hearts?" Ying Zheng smiled faintly, but shook his head: "Is there really a way to see through people's hearts in this world?"
"Perhaps."
"Apart from this, I really can't understand why Zhao Feng was able to find the hidden men so accurately." Wei Liao smiled.
"It seems that Zhao Feng is indeed quite powerful."
"Even the most secretive assassins can be found." Ying Zheng said slowly.
"Why doesn't the king send some more secret soldiers?" Wei Liao said with a smile.
"The number of personal guards around him is already full, and it is impossible to arrange any more." Ying Zheng shook his head.
"I don't know whether he did it intentionally or not."
"If it's unintentional, it's fine. But if it's intentional and he can see through people's hearts, then Zhao Feng is too scary."
"He is not an extraordinary person." Wei Liao said with emotion.
"For this child."
"I am becoming more and more curious." Ying Zheng smiled.
"As the king's minister, Zhao Feng will definitely be able to see it in the future."
"It's a pity that it's the eldest prince who goes to reward this time, otherwise I would really like to go to Zhao State to see the most cutting-edge general of our Great Qin." Wei Liao said with a smile.
after all.
Neither the king nor his minister had ever seen Zhao Feng.
An eighteen-year-old commander who had made many achievements, they were really curious! ...
(End of this chapter)
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