Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 353: Yan State, King of Yan

But after Li Weidong took a walk around, he was a little disappointed. Although the tone was somewhat similar to what was said in Sijiu City, it was not the same. Moreover, although there were some glamorous and rich people in the city of Yan, there were also many dark things hidden behind them. Li Yuedong sighed. Sure enough, such a Yan State was destroyed by Qin State. In addition to Ying Zheng's ability and the strength of Qin State, the corruption of Yan State was also inevitable.

After walking around the capital of Yan State, Li Weidong lost interest and casually asked for the direction of the imperial palace.

Li Yudong flew into the sky and stood above the imperial palace, watching the court session in the palace through the origin of the world.

The King of Yan was sitting on the throne, discussing state affairs with his ministers below.

Li Yuedong listened for a while before leaving. He only listened for a bit, then went on to chatter and shift the blame, then started arguing. They were all accusing each other of something, all without substance. Li Weidong wasn't particularly interested.

It would be better to train the troops well with all this time. It would be more difficult for Ying Zheng to make things more difficult. What's the point of discussing this here every day?

Finding it boring, Li Weidong suddenly appeared in the hall.

"Who?"

When King Yan and his ministers saw Li Weidong, they immediately exclaimed and hid aside, fearing that the assassin would hurt them.

At this moment, a fat man, dressed in noble and gorgeous attire, appeared, somewhat majestic, with a slightly sallow complexion and sunken eyes, a sign of excessive sexual indulgence. His expression was a bit panic-stricken, proving somewhat timid, cowardly, and a complete loser. Was this the King of Yan? How could anyone resist the ruthless and ambitious Ying Zheng? The fall of Yan was not at all unjust!

A king like this probably spends all his energy on women every day. What can he accomplish?

Li Weidong looked at King Yan and shook his head.

"Who are you? Why are you in my palace?"

Prince Yan asked with some curiosity.

Li Weidong asked Yan Wang for a while, but he did not answer his question.

"How dare you not answer the king's question? Don't you want to live?"

At this time, a pretentious voice came out, with a strong tone of questioning, and shouted loudly at Li Weidong.

Li Weidong turned around and saw that it was a minister who was showing off.

Li Weidong gently waved his hand at the minister, and his palm struck the air, forming a wind blade that slashed towards the minister. The minister was just a civil servant and had no power to resist. He was directly cut in half by Li Weidong's wind blade. Then Li Weidong's voice slowly came.

"Noise!"

"How dare you commit violence in this hall? Quickly arrest this man!"

At this time, a man dressed like a general in armor stood up and pointed at Li Weidong and shouted loudly.

Although he was somewhat afraid of Li Weidong's strength, he still stood up for the dignity of the country. In ancient times, the idea that if the king insulted the minister, the minister would die was ingrained in everyone's heart. Although everyone had some small thoughts, when the critical moment came, someone would still stand up.

As the general's voice fell, well-equipped soldiers appeared in the hall, holding sophisticated weapons in their hands, and surrounded Li Weidong. The other civil and military officials retreated a distance and stood aside, for they were afraid of being affected.

Li Weidong was speechless. "There's no need to make such a big fuss, is there? I just killed a minister, not your king. Besides, these ordinary soldiers are useless! I'm emitting wind blades, unlike ordinary martial arts masters. Are you sure these soldiers aren't coming here to die?"

Perhaps it was because of these soldiers that King Yan felt more confident. With the support of the soldiers, he walked to the front, but he was still some distance away from Li Weidong. He questioned Li Weidong:

"Who are you and what brings you to the Yan Kingdom palace?"

After looking around, Li Weidong did not answer King Yan's question. Instead, he stomped his feet, causing the ground to shake. King Yan, the ministers, and the soldiers were all shaken and could not stand. They ran out of the palace howling. After they left the palace, the shaking of the ground stopped.

Then he looked at Li Weidong who was walking to the gate of the palace.

"You, you did it?"

Prince Yan asked Li Weidong tremblingly with his legs shaking.

Li Weidong shrugged noncommittally, then slowly said to them:
"Speak nicely, don't use your tried-and-true tricks to deal with me."

At this time, an old man dressed in finery stood up, bowed deeply to Li Weidong, and said in a very respectful tone:
"Sir, if you have any questions, just tell us directly. We will do what we can."

It can be seen that the old man is also still in shock, but the fact that he is the first to react proves that he is very strong inside, otherwise he would not be the first to come to his senses.

Then he looked at King Yan again. That guy was indeed a fool and was still shivering.

No wonder in the original novel, in order to save his life, he handed his son, Prince Dan of Yan, over to his enemy. It was also Yan Zidan's misfortune to meet such a father.

Li Weidong looked at this group of nobles and suddenly had a new understanding of Ying Zheng's unification of the six kingdoms. This group of people only oppressed ordinary civilians. Although there were people who did things, there were too few people who did practical things. It would be better to let Ying Zheng unify the six kingdoms and govern the country according to the laws of Qin. In that case, ordinary civilians would still have a chance to succeed. After all, Qin's merit system was very complete.

There were twenty ranks in the Qin Dynasty's military merit system, namely: Gongshi, Shangzao, Zanniao, Bugeng, Daifu, Guandafu, Gongdafu, Gongcheng, Wudafu, Dashuzhang, Zuogeng, Zhonggeng, Yougeng, Shaoshangzao (also known as Shaoliangzao), Dashangzao (also known as Dayangzao) and Chehou (Tonghou).

The Qin Dynasty's system of military merit and nobility was designed to boost the morale of the Qin army and improve its combat effectiveness. Soldiers who achieved outstanding military achievements on the battlefield could receive corresponding nobility titles, and the higher the nobility title, the more generous the treatment received.

Moreover, no one dared to conceal these military achievements. If they did, they would be directly convicted and might even be beheaded in public.

Therefore, this system of Qin State is very beneficial to the common people and gives everyone an opportunity. Unlike other countries, common people are just common people and it is too difficult to get promoted unless you are rich or have other connections. Otherwise, don't even think about it.

That's why Li Weidong was so disappointed after seeing these people. He originally wanted to listen to what happened at the Yan State court and find out what time it was, but he encountered such an incident, which somewhat dampened Li Weidong's interest.

Li Weidong turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly thought of something, and turned to the King of Yan and the ministers and asked:
"Hey, you guys don't plan to put me on the wanted list after I leave, do you?"

(End of this chapter)