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

Chapter 1089 Qin's Big Move [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

After hearing this, Wang Ben felt a lot more balanced. At least his title of Marquis Wu could be inherited.

"I'm afraid there will be many princes and dukes being enthroned at Bingzhou's year-end court this time?" Wang Ben continued to ask.

"There should be quite a few. Among the four generals, the prime minister and the nine ministers, quite a few should have been conferred titles of king or marquis, and some senior officials should also be posthumously conferred titles." Luo Bing thought about it and felt that these matters were not secrets and could be said.

Wang Ben nodded in agreement, which was also within Qin's expectations.

Yu Qing, Li Ren, Gongsun Nu, Luo Bing, Dian Qing, An Qisheng, Gongsun Linglong, these people must have been granted the title of kings. As for the others, people like Meng Tian and Zhao Gao should have been granted the title of marquis.

When he thought of Meng Tian, ​​Wang Ben felt helpless.

The Wang family has two marquises, father and son, while the Meng family has three generations of grandparents and grandchildren.

When Meng Ao was alive, he was already a senior minister, and was also a great general and pillar of the Qin State at that time. Therefore, Your Majesty will certainly posthumously confer a title on Meng Ao during this unification ceremony. Meng Wu himself was also a great general of the Qin State. He and his father were conferred titles of nobility, so Meng Wu would not be left behind.

So when you calculate it this way, the Meng family's family background is comparable to that of their Wang family.

"The Meng family is the old fox!" Wang Ben sighed in his heart.

Given Meng Tian's age and qualifications, if he had remained in the Qin State, I'm afraid that this time, let alone the title of marquis, he might not even get the title of Zuo Shuchang.

However, Meng Tian went to Bingzhou early and became a second-generation general trained by Bingzhou, and he received many military merits.

Moreover, judging from the rise of the Meng family, it seems that the Meng family can always stand at the forefront, stand in the right position, and find the right people.

Didn’t Meng Ao come from Qi State? He supported King Zhao and was appointed as Shangqing.

Once again, the Meng family dared to send their eldest son to Bingzhou, a place that no one was optimistic about.

It can only be said that the Meng family's vision is worthy of learning for all aristocratic families.

When they returned to the embassy, ​​Gongsun Linglong happened to be seeing off the Foreign Minister of Qin.

"Hello, General!" The Foreign Minister of Qin was stunned. He didn't expect to meet Luo Bing and Wang Ben here.

Compared with powerful foreign ministers like Gongsun Linglong, the status of Qin's foreign minister was not that high.

"What are you doing?" Wang Ben was a little curious.

"Some foreign affairs!" replied the Foreign Minister.

Wang Ben did not ask any further questions, as their responsibilities were different and there was no benefit in knowing the information.

"Goodbye!" Wang Ben did not stay. After saluting Gongsun Linglong and Luo Bing, he left alone.

"How was the conversation between Gongsun Linglong and Minister Qin?" Luo Bing knew what Gongsun Linglong was talking about.

"The State of Qin is also interested, so the relationship is relatively harmonious." Gongsun Linglong said with a smile.

In fact, this time, in addition to observing, they also had many tasks to accomplish.

For example, building straight roads and highways.

Bingzhou planned to build roads in counties across the country to connect them, and Qin State also had the same intention.

Bingzhou also planned to build a straight road from Beiyewangcheng to Xianyang.

The Qin State also had this plan, so this time, Gongsun Linglong came to negotiate with the Qin State on how to build this straight road.

The initial plan was for Qin to build a straight road within its territory, and Bingzhou to build one within its territory.

However, the road routes and interfaces need to be discussed, and the road specifications also need to be unified.

It can't be that Bingzhou built three zhang and Qin built two and a half zhang.

In addition, Bingzhou has special engineering corps to undertake all civil engineering projects.

Qin wanted to build a national highway, and Bingzhou was also eager to take on this big order. Therefore, among the envoys on this mission, there were officials from Bingzhou's grain department and the Ministry of Finance.

"The straight road is easy to deal with, but as for the chariot road, the Qin State does not seem to be willing to hand over this project to us!" Gongsun Linglong stroked her hair at the temples tiredly.

"This is obvious. The Chidao connects all the counties and prefectures of the Qin State. If it is entrusted to Bingzhou to build, it means that Bingzhou has control of the maps of all the important transportation routes of Qin State. Qin State cannot help but defend itself!" Luo Bing understood it from a military perspective.

Just as Bingzhou would never hand over the construction of the Chidao Road to outsiders, the Qin State would inevitably have some concerns.

"What about you? You must have offended Tu Ju badly, right?" Gongsun Linglong calmed down and looked at Luo Bing with a smile.

She knew that Luo Bing went there today on purpose to offend someone.

"Well, no one expected that King Zheng of Qin would actually eavesdrop in the side room and then scold Tu Ju!" Luo Bing said with a smile.

"So is it possible that Qin will change its generals?" Gongsun Linglong was curious.

"No, changing generals before a battle is a taboo in military strategy, so at most you will just give him a scolding, and we won't change generals!" Luo Bing shook his head.

"There are still many things to do in the Qin Dynasty's unification ceremony!" Gongsun Linglong continued.

After all, it is a ceremony of unification, and many things need to be announced.

Luo Bing nodded. His mission had been completed. The next step was to wait as a spectator for the Qin Dynasty's unification ceremony.

"King Zheng of Qin is also going to be crowned emperor this time. Can you guess his title?" Gongsun Linglong asked with a smile.

Luo Bing shook his head. He had not had time to inquire about this and had forgotten to ask Wang Ben.

"First Emperor, the Qin State has determined the new imperial system. It will be a centralized unified empire, divided into three levels: the capital, the county town, and the county. The county magistrate, county lord, county lieutenant, and county censor will all be appointed by the emperor." Gongsun Linglong continued to talk about the Qin State's plan and system.

"Aren't you copying us?" Luo Bing was stunned.

Although the county system was first introduced by the Qin State and copied by Bingzhou, the three county officials were appointed by the monarch, which was first implemented by Bingzhou.

In the past, in the Qin State, only county magistrates were appointed by the central government.

"Not only that, Qin is also going to raid our garrisons in various places!" Gongsun Linglong continued.

Originally, Bingzhou was a synonym for backward barbarians, but now Bingzhou has been ahead of China, illuminating the way for those who come after.

"However, the greatest courage of the King of Qin was to unify the weights and measures, unify the writing system, collect all the books in the world and bring them to Xianyang, and then summon the doctors of hundreds of schools to the Qin Academy, re-transcribe them in our Bingzhou writing system and spread them throughout the world."

Gongsun Linglong said with emotion.

They all know how difficult it is to deal with scholars.

Who would have thought that Ying Zheng would dare to collect all the books in the world in Xianyang and then order people to translate them uniformly.

Even Yan Yan didn't dare to do this, he could only change it slowly through subtle changes.

"We will have the same writing system, the same wheel gauge, and unified weights and measures." Luo Bing sighed, he is worthy of being the King of Qin who can compete with His Majesty.

"That's not all!" Gongsun Linglong spoke again, like a treasure chest.

"Anything else?" Luo Bing was surprised.

"Well, the King of Qin did what I, Bingzhou, did not dare to do."

"Follow the same principles as before, cut down mountains and destroy temples. The King of Qin will confer titles on all the gods of mountains, rivers and streams in the world. Gods not conferred by the King are all wild gods. All temples not on the list of the imperial court are obscene temples and evil temples, and they will all face the conquest of the army."

Luo Bing was also shocked when he heard Gongsun Linglong's words.

Bingzhou didn't dare to do this. Bingzhou was made up of grassland tribes, and each tribe had different beliefs. Bingzhou didn't dare to destroy their beliefs.

(End of this chapter)