The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1018: Starting a Family and Building a Career [Subscription*Monthly Ticket Request]

Han Fei shook his head bitterly. He did it himself!

If he hadn't done it himself, he would have had an advantage over Zhao Gao in becoming the Bingzhou Tingwei. Zhao Gao wouldn't have been promoted from Chief Justice of the Tingwei Office to Tingwei, and then to Imperial Censor, while he was still stuck in the position of Director of the Censorate.

Seeing Han Fei smile bitterly without explaining, Li Si was silent for a while and roughly guessed the reason.

"Brother, would you like to go out with me?" Li Si invited Han Fei.

"Of course!" Han Fei stood up with a smile.

"Brother, you haven't married in all these years?" Li Si asked Zi Nu who was following Han Fei.

Han Fei shook his head.

"Brother, have you decided that Bingzhou cannot be trusted and is not a place to settle down?" Li Si frowned.

Han Fei shook his head again.

"Brother, you are confused!" Li Si sighed, and probably knew why Han Fei was not reused.

"Brother, it's time to get married and have children!"

"This is not a small matter. It is very important to you, brother."

Han Fei frowned and looked at Li Si in confusion, "Why?"

"Brother, your heart is unstable. The Emperor cannot fully trust you. The position of the Court Judge is related to the laws of Bingzhou. Therefore, the Emperor will never give this position to someone who is unstable."

"Does getting married and having children mean we can gain the emperor's trust?" Han Fei was puzzled.

"To put it nicely, it means starting a family and building a career. To put it bluntly, it means that Senior Brother does not have enough leverage to be blackmailed by the Emperor in Bingzhou."

Li Si said slowly.

"My senior brother's advantage over Tonggu lies in his talent and family background, so even if the emperor does not trust my senior brother, I can still be the Bingzhou Reminder Censor and command the Bingzhou Law Soldiers."

"But if Senior Brother never gets married and has children, then the Emperor won't be able to completely trust Senior Brother unless he has some means to threaten him."

"To put it bluntly, Senior Brother can resign and leave at any time, and Bingzhou cannot stop him."

"In this situation, if you were my senior brother, would you be willing to hand over the position of the Court Justice to someone who is unstable?"

Li Si asked back.

Zi Nu herself was a person without nationality, and Han Fei did not marry or have children. Once Han Fei wanted to leave, Bingzhou had no means of threat and could only watch Han Fei leave.

Therefore, the reason why Han Fei could not be promoted to the position of Bingzhou Tingwei was not only because of problems with his previous positions, but also because Han Fei was alone and could come and go as he pleased.

"In other words, if I marry and have children in Bingzhou, my family can be used as a means for Bingzhou to threaten me?" Han Fei frowned.

"Although it sounds harsh, this is the truth. No one wants to go to this point, but if you don't have this means, who can trust you?" Li Si asked back.

Han Fei looked at Zi Nu and fell silent.

"Now that the world has been unified, no matter how much you think, there is nothing you can do. Korea has long become a thing of the past. Bingzhou has treated you well. Do you still want to restore your country and drag Bingzhou into the vortex of war?"

"Regardless of what you want to do, Senior Brother, Miss Zi Nu has been with you for so many years. Have you never thought of giving her a name and a stable life? Should she continue to drift around like a rootless duckweed?"

Li Si also looked at Zi Nu and continued.

Zi Nu was also somewhat tempted. Who doesn’t want to have a home?
Having been in Bingzhou for so long, she actually considered Bingzhou her home, but Han Fei was undecided and it was difficult for her to persuade him. "Let's not talk about anything else, doesn't Senior Brother want to save Wei Zhuang?" Li Si continued to ask.

"Tonggu has a solution?" Han Fei immediately turned serious and looked at Li Si.

Wei Zhuang was exiled to Juyan Lake. This was the law of Bingzhou and there was no room for human mercy.

And Juyanze is under the command of Luo Bing, so no one can save anyone from Luo Bing.

"There are too many people exiled from Bingzhou. One more Weizhuang is not too much, and one less Weizhuang is not too little."

"What Senior Brother needs is an excuse for Wei Zhuang to return to Beiye King City."

"If Senior Brother is getting married, as Senior Brother's best friend, Wei Zhuang will return from Juyan Lake to Beiye King City to attend Senior Brother's wedding. No one can say anything else. Even if Wei Zhuang doesn't return to Juyan Lake, as long as no one says anything, I'm sure no one will deliberately make it clear."

Li Si felt a little sad about Han Fei's lack of understanding of human nature.

It is easy for Wei Zhuang to come back, he just needs to find a reason.

As the Director of Bingzhou's Reminder Censorate, no one would hold him accountable unless it violated the law.

Is exile not exile no matter where it is?
Yao Ji violated the rules of heaven and was suppressed in Taoshan by the Jade Emperor. The Third Holy Mother also wanted to become a mortal being and was suppressed in Huashan. But where are Taoshan and Huashan?
That is the Taoist temple of Yao Ji and the Three Holy Mothers. To put it bluntly, it means confinement at home.

But with so many heavenly soldiers, generals and immortal officials, did anyone say anything?
The same goes for Wei Zhuang. What is the difference between serving in Juyan Lake and serving in Beiyewang City?
All we can say is that Han Fei did not know how to adapt.

"I'm afraid that Wei Zhuang will cause trouble again when he returns to Beiye Royal City!" Han Fei said helplessly.

He knew Wei Zhuang's character well, and he knew even better that if he caused trouble again in Beiye Royal City, what would be left for Wei Zhuang would not just be exile.

"This has a lot to do with your marriage and having children. If Wei Zhuang really treats you as a close friend, he will not cause trouble for you after you choose to settle down in Bingzhou. Otherwise, what's the point of having such a close friend?" Li Si continued.

Han Fei frowned. If he really settled down in Bingzhou, Wei Zhuang would most likely be very angry and choose to leave Bingzhou and never have any contact with him again, but he would never cause trouble for him again.

"People, only after they have a family, will they settle down. This is true for my senior brother and Wei Zhuang. Once they have a family, they will have ties and will think twice before doing anything. In this regard, you can refer to the great Mohist scholar Jing Ke."

"Before he got married, Master Jing Ke had a reputation as a knight, but he was also a casual knight. No one believed that he could manage the entire Mohist school. But now, after getting married, Master Jing Ke has become mature and steady in his work. Haven't all his previous faults been corrected?"

Li Si introduced it with examples.

To put it bluntly, people like Han Fei are not married and are too wild at heart.

If you get married and have family ties, who would be willing or dare to mess around?

Not to mention Jing Ke, wasn't it the same with Yan Yan? Before his wedding, he traveled all over the world, but after his marriage, he stayed obediently in the Bingzhou Palace and rarely ran around.

"The advantage that my senior brother has over me is that he can marry whomever he wants, but I can only marry the daughter of an old aristocratic family in the Qin State." Li Si sighed.

The reason why he became the Chief Justice of Qin State was not only because he had surrendered to King Ying Zheng of Qin from the very beginning, but also because he married the daughter of an old Qin aristocratic family, which made the Qin people and the nobles accept and recognize him.

Otherwise, such an important position as the Chief Justice would not have been handed over to him.

"Did you give him money?" Han Fei suddenly turned to look at Zi Nu and asked.

Zi Nu was stunned for a moment, then slapped him in the face, "Get out!" and turned and left.

"She really didn't give you money?" Han Fei covered his face and looked at Li Si.

Why are you lobbying so hard if you don't get paid?
"I gave you a little!" Li Si did not hide it. After all, he was really poor. "But what you said was from the bottom of my heart."

(End of this chapter)