Daily life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 53 Lu Buwei's Conspiracy

"Minister, Doctor Mo Jun, see Your Majesty!"

"Free gift!"

A majestic and magnetic voice came from above the throne. Only then did Mo Jun raise his head and see the whole picture of Zhangtai Palace clearly.

There are two people on the throne.

One person sits on the throne and wears a crown on his head. Although his face cannot be seen clearly, his momentum is firm and majestic.

The other person has a handsome face, but has a pair of piercing eyes, is dressed in white, and holds the only weapon in the entire Zhangtai Palace, a long sword.

The two are not others.

It is the current king of Qin Yingzheng and his chief swordsmanship teacher Gai Nie.

On the two sides under the throne, there are several civil and military ministers standing respectively. On the side of the military commander is Meng Ao, an old acquaintance of Mr. Mo.

On the side of the civil servants, there was an old man with upside-down eyebrows, a majestic temperament but a bit of a vulture. He was the current prime minister, Lu Buwei.

The state of Qin didn't say anything about the early dynasty, but today it attracted so many big figures just for Mo Jun's reward, one can imagine how much "face" Mo Jun has.

When Mo Jun got up, Ying Zheng, who was on the throne, sized Mo Jun carefully, and then there was an indiscernible hint of satisfaction in the eyes under the crown.

Then he said: "Let's announce the edict!"

"Yes!"

The guards below received the password, then held a copy of the edict in both hands, bowed to the crowd, and said sharply: "Doctor Mo Jun stepped forward to receive the edict."

Mo Jun hurriedly clasped his hands in salute and said, "My lord, Doctor Mo Jun accepts the order."

"Doctor Mo Jun is extremely talented. He created a 'new knife and medicine' and presented it to the Great Qin Dynasty. He has saved thousands of Qin warriors. His meritorious service is outstanding. Today, the doctor Mo Junjue is promoted to the sixth rank and leads the right concubine. Two thousand hectares of fertile land in Hanzhong ..."

The reward of this imperial edict is obviously much richer than that of the last secret imperial edict.

But overall.

During the entire Warring States period, the truly valuable rewards were nothing more than official titles, fertile mansions, livestock and food... as for the others, they were basically just add-ons.

This time, with the award, Mo Jun leapt to become the head of the right concubine, which is the No.11 title of Daqin.

Even after the implementation of the "Military Merit System" in the Qin State, the difficulty of obtaining titles has been reduced, but there are still very few people in the entire Qin State who can hold eleventh-class titles.

It can be said that Mo Jun has become an upper-middle-class aristocrat in the state of Qin in an instant, directly from a refugee, just by virtue of the "new knife and medicine".

However, the rewards are not over yet, because after Shang Jun's reform, most of the simple titles in Qin State have become a vain position with no real power.

If it had been before, Ying Zheng's reward might have ended here.

But not long ago, Mr. Mo specially gave Yingzheng [-] hu of grain as bait, so now, it is absolutely impossible for Yingzheng to just let Mo Jun, a capable and loyal talent like him, do nothing.

as predicted.

After the edict for the title was announced, the guard who announced the edict took out another edict and was about to continue reading it.

But at this moment, a figure came out more and more, and said loudly: "Report to the king, I have something important to announce."

obviously.

Those who dare to interrupt Yingzheng's edict at such a time may not be able to find a few people in the entire Qin State.

But the person who spoke this time happens to have this qualification, because this person is none other than Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of the dynasty.

Seeing Lu Buwei walk out, the eyes under Ying Zheng's crown narrowed slightly, and he said, "What's important for Prime Minister Lu, can't we wait until the widow's edict is announced?"

Lu Buwei clasped his hands in a salute, and said respectfully: "The matter that I want to report is precisely related to Mr. Mo's right and concubine."

Ying Zheng opened his eyes and said slowly, "Oh? I don't know what Xiang Lu has to teach you."

Lu Buwei glanced at Mr. Mo slightly, and said: "I think that Mr. Mo Youshu has already made such great achievements in his youth, and the future potential can be said to be infinite, so I think that only by offering a heavy reward can I show my great demeanor of the great Qin Dynasty. .”

"That's why I think that you should bestow the title of Lord Mo Jun, the elder of the right concubine, Shao Shangzao, and at the same time take the post of a county guard to experience it, so that you can step into the position of Jiuqing and serve the king in the future."

As soon as Lu Buwei finished speaking, Meng Aoyue, who was on the side of the general, came out, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Lu's words are wrong. It is because Mr. Mo Junyou is still young, so he needs more time to settle down. Now It would be too ostentatious to just reward a young man with the highest achievement."

When Lu Buwei saw Meng Ao walking out, he squinted his eyes immediately, and said, "Oh? I don't know how long according to General Meng's intention, do you want Mr. Mo to settle down? One year? Five years? Or ten years?"

"My minister thinks that ambition does not come at a young age. Our Great Qin governs the country by law, rewards and punishments, and a strict system. Rewards are rewarded for meritorious deeds, and punishments are punished for demerits. This is the foundation of our Great Qin's prosperity."

"If you deliberately suppress the credit of others because of your age, wouldn't it chill the hearts of many meritorious people in Daqin?"

When Meng Ao heard this, a gleam of coldness appeared in his eyes, but Lu Buwei looked at him without fear.

But now hearing this, Mo Jun's mind is almost scolding the sky.

shit.

This old guy doesn't talk about Wude.

This is not asking for credit for him, it is simply flattering and killing him!

Although Wang Jian and Mo Jun had already sensed the aura of conspiracy when they first heard that Lu Buwei took the initiative to submit a memorial to ask for credit for themselves.

After all, although Mo Jun did not blatantly reject the other party's solicitation before, he avoided it several times. It might be considered a coincidence two or three times, but after a long time, he will definitely be noticed by the "net" in the other party's hands.

So when he learned that the other party had shown merit for him, Mo Jun guessed that Lu Buwei might have found out something, such as: Ying Zheng's secret edict to reward him.

But never expected that this old fellow would be so insidious.

As Lu Buwei himself said before, now Daqin rules the country by law, the laws are strict, and various rewards and punishments have already formed a strict system.

So even if Lu Buwei is the prime minister, it would be quite difficult to openly suppress a meritorious official.

What's more, with Mo Jun's current reputation, it is almost impossible to erase his credit silently.

However, as the saying goes, misfortune and good fortune depend on each other, and Mo Jun's reputation is really not easy to suppress now, but if Lu Buwei turns it up again, Mo Jun's reputation will become a bucket of oil poured on the fire instead.

Although this one-handed kill that broke in did not have much technicality, it was extremely practical.

The first is Ying Zheng's side.

For Mo Jun's hole card, Ying Zheng has always been adhering to the principle of keeping a low profile as much as possible, hiding it for as long as he can.

During this period, although Mo Jun had managed to get a little bit of the limelight, the surrounding eyes were still focused on himself, and the secret relationship between him and Ying Zheng was not involved.

But now, with Lu Buwei's direct expression of his resolute attitude towards Mo Jun, it may not be long before someone will think of the relationship between Mo Jun and Ying Zheng.

But this is not the most insidious place, Lu Buwei's truly insidious attack was mainly on Mo Jun himself...

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(End of this chapter)