The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"The envoy Qi is finally here, take your seat quickly!"

The Minister of Rites, Kong Wen, who was nearly fifty years old, hurried forward to greet him with a smile on his face.

"Kong Shangshu is so polite!" Tang Wen saluted with a smile, and Kong Wen hurriedly returned the salute. The prime minister, Chang Zifei, who sat at the head of the first row, slowly got up from his seat and walked over with a smile on his face. .

Seeing Chang Zifei approaching, Kong Wen saluted Chang Zifei immediately. Chang Zifei waved his hand to signal Kong Wen to step back. Chang Zifei bowed to Tang Wen with a smile on his face, and Tang Wen also bowed. Quickly return the gift.

"For the matter of Nanguan, I originally wanted to go to the Qi Empire in person and thank Emperor Qi face to face. Who would have thought that En Guo sent someone here in person, which is really rude to Qin. Don't mind it before the envoy!" Chang Zi Fei said with a grateful expression.

This gratitude is three parts true and seven parts false, even the gratitude is half true and half false, let alone going to the Qi Empire to thank Emperor Qi in person.

Hearing this, Tang Wen couldn't help showing a satisfied smile, then bent over and said with a smile: "Prime Minister Qin is serious, Qin and Qi have good relations and are allies, it doesn't matter who comes or goes, don't be too polite. I also know that the Qin Empire has just regained its lost land, and everything is waiting to be done, and a lot of things are waiting to be dealt with. Your Majesty and even my Majesty can understand Qin's difficulties."

"Emperor Qi understands it, and I am really moved by it. To tell you the truth, I haven't sent anyone to Jinling to get a household registration yet!" Chang Zifei smiled wryly.

When the Jin army withdrew from Wujin Pass, it took away the household registrations of various places. Only the household registrations of a small number of cities in Nanyang County were too late to take away, and the rest of the household registrations were taken back to Jinling by the Jin army.

What is household registration?Household registration is an artifact to record population and land. Only with household registration can one know everything about the people in the four counties as quickly as possible, such as how many people are in this person’s family, how many people are there in this county, how many fields are there, etc. You can also find out the taxes in recent years. Without this, the court would have to send officials to make statistics again, which is very time-consuming and labor-intensive, and cannot be done overnight.

This household registration originally belonged to the Qin Empire. When Empress Dowager Min stole the country and ceded the land, the household registration was packaged and sent to the Jin Empire. Otherwise, how could the Jin Empire understand and control the four counties so quickly.

"Really? You have to get your household registration back quickly, there's no delay!" Tang Wen said solemnly.

"The war between Jin, Yan, Zhao, and the Three Kingdoms is now the time when the Jin Empire is burning with anger. If you go at this time, you may be stunned. So, I plan to wait for the armistice of the Jin, Yan, and Zhao Kingdoms before sending people there. Jinling needs household registration!" Chang Zifei said with a faint smile on his face.

After finishing speaking, Chang Zifei took Tang Wen to his seat. Since the Qi Empire had assisted Qin twice and was a benefactor of the Great Qin Empire, Tang Wen was placed next to Chang Zifei to show how the Great Qin Empire treated the Great Qi Empire.

Tang Wen was also very satisfied with this. After taking his seat, Tang Wen looked at Chang Zifei with a slightly suspicious look in his eyes, and said in a hesitant tone: "I just heard what Chang Xiang said, and I have a doubt. I wonder if Chang Xiang can explain it?"

"But it's okay to say!" Chang Zifei smiled lightly.

"Chang Xiang said that the Three Kingdoms of Jin, Yan, and Zhao were at war, and Jin was in a state of anger. Qin was worried that he would go to Jinling and be burned by the anger of the Jin Empire, so he planned to go to Jinling after the war. Is it wrong to repeat it?" Tang Wen asked. .

Chang Zifei nodded calmly.

"Here, then I am very confused. I think that the Jin Empire was brutally attacked by Yan and Zhao. Isn't this a good time for Daqin? At this time, the Jin Empire dare not give it to the door-to-door to ask for household registration? And if it is as usual As the Prime Minister said, go after the war, I think, I am afraid that the Jin Empire will not give it up because it has nothing to fear!" Tang Wen said in a doubtful tone.

"Haha!" Chang Zifei couldn't help laughing out loud.

Tang Wen frowned, and said in a displeased tone: "Why is Chang Xiang laughing? Could it be that I, Tang Wen, have a little bit of intellect, and my stupid words made Chang Xiang laugh?"

Chang Zifei waved his hands with a blushing face, "The envoy of Qi misunderstood, I just thought of the plight of the Jin Empire, so I couldn't help laughing, let's be honest, in fact, whether I go to Daqin during the war or after the war, I can You need to go to the four counties of Hedong, Hebei, Huainan, and Nanyang to register!"

"Going during the war, there was pressure from the two countries of Yan and Zhao, and the Jin Empire dared not refuse. Going after the war, the two countries of Yan and Zhao have already crippled the Jin Empire, and my Daqin regained the four counties, and the strength has greatly increased, and the national power is far away. Going beyond the Jin Empire, when the soldiers will overwhelm Huangshi and send people to Jinling to obtain household registration, the Jin Empire will be forced by the border pressure and dare not refuse!"

"And the reason why I chose to go after the war is because the four counties of the Great Qin Dynasty have not yet been settled properly, and the officials have not been deployed. The four counties seem to be calm, but in fact there are undercurrents. The envoys of Qi should know our Qin's national policy. This national policy, the common people I like it, but the aristocratic families from all over the world don't like it or even hate it!"

"If you don't deal with the deployment of officials and powerful families from all over the world, what's the use of coming to the household registration? Moreover, we are now conducting recruitment and imperial examinations. All of these require manpower. It can be said that there is no one in my Great Qin Dynasty who can go to Jinling, so We can only wait for these matters to be dealt with before sending people to Jinling to obtain household registration, and by that time, the Three Kingdoms of Yan, Zhao, and Jin will be almost finished!"

"I see!" Tang Wen nodded half-understanding.

After hearing Chang Zifei's words, he was not happy at all, especially when he heard that the Jin Empire was crippled by Yan and Zhao. In this way, the northern part of Daqi will be safe.

Chapter 215 Canonization Ceremony ([-])

However, the Jin Empire was abolished, and the Great Qin Empire located in the western corner of Kyushu could stand alone, no longer having to worry about the invasion of neighboring countries, and no country could suppress the development of the Great Qin, the Qi Empire?Forget it, just befriended the Qin Empire, and then turned back against the Qin Empire. In this way, the countries of Kyushu will definitely think that the Qi Empire is capricious.

Turning a bad hand of cards into a good hand is really not easy for this Emperor Qin!Tang Wen sighed in his heart.

The Great Qin Empire was able to change from such a predicament to the current favorable situation, it was really a rebirth from adversity, the phoenix nirvana!

"King Wu is here!"

At this time, the eunuch outside the hall screamed!

Hearing the words, everyone turned their heads to look outside the hall, only to see a 'monster' who was eight feet tall, with two horns on top of his head, a body like steel armor, and a purple complexion, stepped into Fengtian Hall, with a cold expression still on his white face. The expression, the eyes transmit the cold light of indifferent sentient beings.

The first time I saw the famous King of Qin and Wu Bai Qi, Tang Wen felt a chill from the soles of his feet and rushed straight to his forehead. He shuddered all over and felt the endless pressure. Little waves.

"General Zuo is here!"

"General Right is here!"

After Bai Qi, there were Yang Long and Yang Hu. After the three of them took their seats, all the civil and military officials were there, waiting for the final king.

"His Majesty is here!"

Sure enough, without waiting for a few breaths, there was a sound from the apse of Fengtian Hall. Hearing the words, all the civil and military officials immediately raised their hands and looked at the carved dragon throne on the high platform. Walk out from the apse, and step up to the high platform briskly.

After stepping onto the high platform, Ying Chang did not directly sit down on the dragon chair, but all the civil and military officials bowed down to compose, and shouted respectfully: "I wait to pay my respects to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Sit!" Yingchang raised his hands and pressed them down, and then sat on the dragon chair lightly, and all the civil and military officials took their seats one after another. After all the civil and military officials had taken their seats, Yingchang looked at Qi envoy Tang Wen said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Qi Envoy, there are a lot of troubles recently, I have never summoned Qi Envoy, please don't mind Qi Envoy!"

Tang Wen quickly got up from his seat, and replied with a solemn expression: "I dare not!"

"Sit down and talk!" Ying Chang said calmly.

Tang Wen made a salute, then sat back on his seat, only to hear Ying Chang continue to say: "Qi envoy, when you return to Qi, you must bring a word for me, the Qi empire has helped Qin twice, and the Great Qin Empire is very grateful." , The Great Qin Empire will never forget, in order to express my gratitude, I have discussed with all the officials in my court and decided to exempt the Qi Empire from [-]% of the tariff, that is to say, from now on, Qi merchants only need to pay [-]% of the tariff when entering Qin!"

"Oh?" Tang Wen's eyes lit up, an unconcealable smile appeared on his face, and he immediately said with a smile: "Then thank you, Emperor Qin!"

Qin exempted [-]% of the tariffs, so it will inevitably attract many Qi merchants to enter Qin, Qi merchants enter Qin, Qi can collect tariffs, and can also get a large amount of tariffs from it, which is definitely beneficial to the Qi Empire, not only beneficial to Qi business, the benefits are equal.

"The person who should be thanked should be Zhen. If it weren't for the Qi Empire sending troops to Nanguan, it would not be so easy for us, Daqin, to recover the lost land. Come, I respect you!" Ying Chang picked up the wine glass on the imperial case, gently raised it, Tang Wen didn't dare to be negligent, so he also raised his wine glass, and the two drank it down in one gulp.

After drinking the wine in the glass, Tang Wen expressed emotion. Emperor Qin was 14 years old, and he acted so savagely. Throughout his life, he knew that Emperor Qin was born with a very deep city. If there is such an emperor in Great Qin, he must be strong. It is absolutely wise and wise for Qi to form an alliance with Qin.

"Then let's start the canonization ceremony!" Ying Chang's face straightened, and he became solemn!

All civil and military officials heard the sound solemnly, subconsciously straightened their backs, and sat upright, the atmosphere in Fengtian Hall suddenly became solemn and sacred.

Tang Hua took over an exquisite wooden plate from the maid, and put the wooden plate on the imperial case. There were five imperial decrees on the wooden plate. Ying Chang did not pick it up, but gave Tang Hua a look, and Tang Hua nodded. Signaling that he understands, he carefully picked up an imperial decree from the wooden tray, then stood beside Ying Chang, facing all the officials with a solemn expression.

Gently unfolded the imperial decree, glanced at the imperial decree, then looked around at the officials and shouted: "King Wu Baiqi listens to the seal!"

Bai Qi was indifferent, and sat motionless all the time. The officials had long been used to this, and the imperial censor Changqing had no temper. Qi envoy Tang Wen was surprised. , No one has said anything about the court officials.

Ying Chang is enjoying it, and as the saying goes, in the supreme position, it is the emperor's greatest happiness to have a brother who ignores his status.

Tang paintings are also used to it, and they also know that the relationship between King Wu Baiqi and His Majesty is extraordinary, so he immediately read to the content of the imperial decree: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: In the battle to defend Yangguan, King Wu Baiqi killed a total of four thousand and eight enemies. Hundreds of Jin soldiers, more than [-] lieutenants and generals of Jin, and Li Qi, the general of the Jin Empire, frightened hundreds of thousands of Jin troops with his killing spirit, he is a god! Specially bestow a palace, thirty servants, this!"

"Gollum!"

There was a sound of swallowing saliva in Fengtian Temple, and many civil and military officials showed horror. Although all officials knew that Bai Qi was very good at killing people, they didn't expect it to be so powerful. He killed more than 5000 people in total. My God, this is still person?

Among them, Tang Wen was the most shocked, his face turned pale with fright.

five thousand!King Wu of Qin killed five thousand with his own strength!

From ancient to modern times, who can achieve such a record?This is no longer a god, the gods are not so fierce, it is the god of killing, the god of killing who specializes in killing people!

Bai Qi's expression was calm, and he didn't care about these at all. Bai Qi raised his hand and grabbed the void. The imperial edict in Tang Hua's hand immediately flew into Bai Qi's hand. When Bai Qi got the imperial edict, he put the imperial edict on the table, as if It's like nothing happened just now.

Too calm!

In contrast to Bai Qi's calmness, many ministers have not recovered for a long time, it is too powerful, it is too powerful.

Hundreds of officials were not surprised that Bai Qi's reward was only a palace, because Bai Qi had already been sealed. Many ministers were worried about this situation, but Ying Chang didn't take it seriously. He knew that Bai Qi killed him. The enemy is not doing meritorious deeds, he is simply helping himself.

tread.

There was a sound of light footsteps, and everyone saw four court ladies walking out of the left side hall. The four court ladies lined up, each holding a wooden plate, and all officials could see what was on the wooden plate, gold inlaid with jade and the king's seal. , a golden soldier talisman, a black cloak painted with a four-clawed dragon pattern, and a pitch-black sword with a five-clawed dragon pattern!

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Chapter 216 Canonization Ceremony ([-])

The court lady carefully placed the items from the wooden tray in front of Bai Qi, and when Bai Qi saw the pitch-black five-clawed dragon-patterned sword, he couldn't help picking it up and looking at it, and when Ying saw this, he smiled and said, "Ah Qi, do you know What is the origin of this sword?"

Bai Qi turned his head to look at Ying Chang, and shook his head in doubt, and the rest of the officials also looked at Ying Chang in doubt.

"For the origin of this sword, I have to mention Tianqin Emperor, the seventeenth emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty. According to the patriarchal and historical records, Emperor Tianqin was nine feet tall, burly in stature, unduly brave, and fond of fighting, but every sword in his hand The weapon in hand, and then Emperor Tianqin summoned craftsmen from all over the country to jointly create a peerless sword. The material of this sword is a meteorite from outside the sky, and it took ten years to finally create it!"

"Emperor Tianqin used this precious sword to fight for more than ten years without damage to the sword. This sword is as light as thin iron, but it is strong and powerful. It cuts iron like mud. After Emperor Tianqin passed away, this sword was hidden in the treasury. Because this sword is too long and too wide, it is not suitable for ordinary generals, so no one cares about it, yesterday I accidentally checked the history books and found out that this sword exists!"

"In the defense of Yangguan, I found that Wu Wang Baiqi kept changing weapons to fight, and I knew that Wu Wang Baiqi hadn't got a weapon in his hand yet, so I took out this sword and gave it to Wu Wang Baiqi. This sword is called Tianqin !” Ying Chang explained with a smile.

In fact, Yingchang didn't find out that this sword existed by accidentally checking the history books, but went to the treasury to find it.

"So that's how it is!" Civil and military officials suddenly realized.

"Tian Qin?" Bai Qi smiled, looking carefully at the sword in his hand.

Under the eyes of everyone, Bai Qi gently pulled out the Tian Qin sword. When the sword body was exposed, a fierce murderous intent gushed out from the sword body, like a dead soul locked in the sword. The general sitting near Bai Qi was frightened. His hairs stood on end, and he was dripping with cold sweat. Seeing this, Bai Qi liked this Tian Qin sword even more.

This size, this power, this prestige, is really suitable for him.

"Om~"

Bai Qi gently stroked the blade of the sword, and the blade pierced through the air and made a long sound, as if Tian Qinjian was excited about being reborn.

"The sword, the peerless sword!" A trace of tenderness flashed in Bai Qi's eyes, and he gently stroked the sword body with his right hand, as if to say, from now on, I, Bai Qi, will be your new master!

"Swords match heroes, dear friends, please!" Ying Chang raised his wine glass, and all the ministers raised their glasses in response, while Bai Qi fell into obsession, unable to extricate himself from Tian Qin Jian, ignoring no one around.

After drinking the wine in the glass, Ying Chang moved back, and all the civil and military officials continued to sit on their seats. Then Tang Hua continued to pick up an imperial decree, looked around the officials and shouted: "The general of the hussars is in Changjing!" Accept the order!"

Du Changjing, who was dressed in white hair, got up quickly, bent over with a respectful expression, and responded, "The minister is here!"

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: In the defense of Yangguan, the general Hussars beheaded thousands of enemies, commanded effectively, and specially appointed the third-class military officer, hereby!" Tang Hua read to the content of the imperial edict.

"Sealed Marquis!"

"It deserves its name!"

As soon as they learned that the capital Changjing was named a Marquis, many ministers showed envy, not only the military officials extravagantly wanted to be named a Marquis, but also the civil officials.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Du Changjing bowed deeply with a respectful face, Tang Hua rolled up the imperial decree, and ordered the maid to hand it over to Du Changjing. After Du Changjing received the imperial decree, he once again turned to Ying Changxing After saluting, I took my seat.

At the same time, four court ladies came out from the left side hall, each holding a wooden plate with a gold seal, a black cloak with a dragon pattern painted on it, a first-rank military officer Qilin Buzi court uniform, and two red ribbons!

The maid put the gold seal, cloak, court dress, and red ribbon on the table in front of Du Changjing, which once again aroused the envy of the people around her, especially Luo Xing and other middle-level generals, their eyes turned red.

Du Changjing seems to be calm on the surface, but in his heart he wants to cry a lot. Although he is a Marquis, he doesn't know who to find to celebrate...

"Left General Yang Long, Right General Yang Hu Tingfeng!" Tang Hua shouted loudly to the officials.

Yang Long and Yang Hu immediately got up from their seats when they heard the words, bowed to Ying Chang with solemn and respectful expressions and shouted: "The minister is here!"

Tang Hua looked down at the imperial decree, and read to the content of the imperial decree again: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: From the first year of the Holy Qin Dynasty to the eighth year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, the Empress Dowager regent, stealing the country and humiliating the country, ceding Hebei, Hedong, Huainan, and Nanyang The four counties have made my Daqin humiliated and humiliated!"

"After nine years, the four counties of the Great Qin Dynasty finally took back their pockets. For this achievement, the left and right generals and the [-] Yang family troops contributed a lot. Therefore, I specially named Yang Aiqing and Yang Hu as the second-rank general Hulie, and Yang Aiqing and Yang Long as the second-rank general. For the general of the second-rank chariot and rider, the officers and soldiers of the Yang family will each reward three taels of silver, this is my honor!"

"I thank Your Majesty Long En, and thank Your Majesty on behalf of one hundred thousand soldiers!" The two brothers Yang Long and Yang Hu bowed down in unison to express their thanks.

They were not dissatisfied with not being conferred the title of Marquis like Du Changjing, because they did not make much effort to recover the lost land this time, and Yangguan deserved the most credit.

Two rows of six maids came out from the hall on the left, and put the gold seal, the official uniform of the second-rank military officer Bai Zebuzi, and the red ribbon in front of Yang Hu and Yang Long's table. The two brothers Yang Hu and Yang Long looked at each other and smiled, thinking to themselves , One step closer to Fenghou.

"Xiaoqi General Luo Xing accepts the seal!" Tang Ping shouted loudly to the officials.

call!

Luo Xing took a deep breath, stood up nervously, bent over and shouted in response: "The end is here!"

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Xiaoqi General Luo Xing commanded in the defense of Yangguan in an orderly manner, with the style of a general. I am gratified. I appointed Luo Xing to be the third-rank General Anyuan, and gave him a gold seal and red ribbon. A third-rank tiger military officer Buzi court uniform, here it is!"

From Sanpin!

Luo Xing was overjoyed when he heard the words, bent over and shouted excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

After reaching the third rank military officer, he could call himself a minister, instead of calling himself the last general, which was a qualitative leap. The imperial decree said that he was like a general, and Luo Xing was yearning for the future.

"Ma dare to accept the seal!"

Ma boldly sitting in the last row heard the words, his whole body was tense, with the word 'nervous' written on his face, under the eyes of civil and military officials, Ma boldly stood up uncomfortably and responded: "The grass people are here! "

Although in Yangguan Daying, Yingchang made him a sixth-rank Fubo general, but he had no seal, and no court uniform. It was nothing to call himself a general in a place where there were few people, but in front of all civil and military officials and many big figures, he called himself a general. Grassmen deserve to be decent.

It can be said that Ma Bold has been very careful and did not make this small mistake.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: Ma boldly gathered troops in Hedong, defeated the Jin army twice, indirectly forced the Jin army to withdraw from Wujin Pass, and made a great contribution. He was specially appointed as the sixth-rank general Fubo, and given the silver seal and green ribbon. A military officer Biaobuzi's court uniform, here you go!"

Chapter 217 Canonization Ceremony ([-])

The voice of the Tang painting fell, and three maids walked out of the left side hall. When the silver seal and green ribbon and court clothes were placed in front of Ma Daudao's table, Ma boldly breathed hurriedly and looked extremely excited.

father!mother!The boy has become an official in the imperial court, a general, a real general, and you two can have a happy family life in the future!

Thinking of his elderly parents in his hometown, Ma Dadar couldn't stop crying. As soon as Ma Dadar started to be a bandit, his parents went up the mountain to persuade him to go down the mountain. Obviously, Ma Daudao refused to listen and wanted to keep his parents on the mountain. , He still remembered what his father said to him.