Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 473: Great Qin Nine Continents, Immortals and Demons Are Not Allowed to Enter
Outside Donghua Gate, Zhu Ke, the Deputy Minister of Rites, smiled as he watched the carriage in front of him stop and Yu Kuizhen get off.

He was originally only a sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites. Two years ago, Feng Chengyuan, the Vice Minister of Rites, was impeached by the Censorate because of a dispute over wealth between his son Feng Yue and Yuyuan Trading Company, and Feng Chengyuan was dismissed from office.

At that time, Feng Chengyuan of the Ministry of Rites was implicated along with more than ten officials of his faction, leaving many vacancies. Zhu Ke, a low-ranking official who was supposed to be working at the sixth rank until his death, was promoted twice by chance and became a fifth-rank Yuanwailang.

In the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Ke was from the same faction as Assistant Minister Gong Yuzheng.

Minister Gong Yuzheng was promoted directly from the Imperial Academy to the Ministry of Rites and was a rising star among the civil servants in the Imperial City.

Zhu Ke also passed the official examination from Zhengyang County. At that time, Gong Yuzheng was the chief academician of Zhengyang County School, and Zhu Ke was considered a disciple of Gong Yuzheng.

This time, the Ministry of Rites arranged officials to go outside Donghua Gate to welcome foreign officials entering the capital. Zhu Ke was asked to come because Qingyang Hou also came from Zhengyang County.

One is called out outside Donghua Gate to enter. This is a grand ceremony in the court, and only those who have made great contributions can enjoy it.

Over the past few decades, only a few garrison officers have received such treatment when they returned to Beijing to report on their work.

Because it is rare, the people around are more curious.

"Sir Li, I didn't expect the Ministry of War to arrange for you, the Minister, to come here to welcome the Marquis of Qingyang."

Zhu Ke saw Zhang Yuan step out of the carriage and said with emotion, "Sir, you entered Qingtian Continent and returned with the first group of spring hunting elites. You were promoted based on your merits and moved up three times in one year. It shows that His Majesty values ​​you highly."

Unlike the Yuwenlang that Zhu Ke picked up for free, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War next to him was promoted based on his actual military achievements.

Eighteen thousand Spring Hunting elites entered Qingtianzhou for trials. The two heads of the Ministry of War, Sun Changjie and Li Si, worked tirelessly to ensure that they were adequately tempered in Qingtianzhou.

Most of these 18,000 returning elites joined the army and took up important positions.

Moreover, over the past year or so, these elites have demonstrated strength and potential that outsiders cannot match, and they are almost as outstanding as a crane among chickens.

There are more than a hundred people on the Dragon and Tiger List alone.

You have to know that with the advancement of Yongtianzhou's avenue, the original old masters and half-step masters all had deep accumulations, and were favored by heaven and earth earlier, breaking through the bottleneck of their cultivation.

The Spring Hunting elites are all young people, and they were able to come from behind and win, which shows their foundation and potential.

In time, more powerful people will emerge among these people.

Now, there are people in Daqin who are not on the Dragon and Tiger List, but have great potential and their combat power far exceeds that of the elites of the same level. They are listed on a list of geniuses.

Of course, this list of geniuses was not compiled by the strong men in the Great Qin Worship Hall. It was mostly circulated among the people and in the martial arts world. It was not as formal as the list of heaven, earth and man and the list of dragons and tigers.

However, those who have their names on the Tianjiao List are basically very likely to be included in the Longhu List. Many people in the martial arts world fight fiercely for a position on the Tianjiao List.

Among that group of elites who entered the Qingtian Continent for the trial, countless of them were listed on the Tianjiao List.

As the chief military officer who led the team into Qingtian Continent, Li Si has a comradeship with these elites, and his connections alone are enormous.

Sun Changjie is now the Minister of Personnel. It is said that he may become the Minister of Rites in the future. Li Si may also have the possibility of making further progress.

At this time, Zhu Ke and Li Si welcomed Qingyang Hou together, and Zhu Ke was naturally very respectful to Li Si.

"The resurgence of the Qin Empire is unstoppable, and we are honored to be part of it."

Li Si looked calmly in the direction of the frame.

"When I first saw the heaven and earth ascending on Qingtian Continent, I just realized that Zhang, Zhang, Zhang——"

Li Si's voice changed from calm to firm, and from firm to short, and his expression changed from horror to surprise.

He took three steps forward, bent his body all the way down, and shouted loudly.

"Li Si respectfully welcomes the return of Marquis Qingyang—"

Zhu Ke was completely stunned.

Welcome.

Marquis Qingyang was made a marquis after one battle, which really showed that he was favored by the emperor.

But Li Si was the Minister of War, and he was in a high position of power.

The Ministry of War is in charge of military affairs. A military hero with military honors would usually be respectful and flattering to the Vice Minister of War.

How could the Minister of War respectfully welcome the Marquis of War?
Zhu Ke had been a sixth-rank clerk in the Ministry of Rites for thirty years, and was well versed in observing people's words and expressions.

Li Si's performance allowed him to make his own judgment instantly.

"Zhu Ke, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Qin, accompanied by Li Si, Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War of the Great Qin, welcome the Great Qin Marquis of Qingyang to the Imperial City for an audience—"

With a long shout, Zhu Ke also stepped forward and bowed.

Marquis Qingyang!
Zhang Qingyang was crowned a marquis in one battle! Outside Donghua Gate, there was an instant of silence.

Two years ago, Zhang Qingyang, who was still the Black Tiger, killed the Grandmaster with 800 Black Cavalry and became famous throughout the world.

Liang Yuanyu came back from rescuing the people of Daqin and swept through the area in one battle. Daqin occupied almost half of the area, and Zhang Qingyang was made a marquis for this battle.

If it weren't for the excessive killing, and His Majesty's order for him to study and reflect on his mistakes, I'm afraid Marquis Qingyang would have been imprisoned in the imperial city long ago.

After being crowned a marquis in Liangyuanyu in one battle, Zhang Qingyang's name became famous, and everyone in the world envied him and wanted to emulate him and achieve success in one battle.

However, since the Spring Hunting Trial, the power of the Great Dao in Yongtianzhou has increased, grand masters have appeared, and the names of geniuses from all sides have emerged one after another. Zhang Qingyang's reputation has faded a little.

The next time I heard Zhang Qingyang's name, he was number one on the Dragon and Tiger List.

It is said that because there are many powerful people from outside the domain on the Heaven and Earth List, and most of them are in the top positions, especially the top ten on the Heaven List, most of them are great masters from outside the domain, that is why Daqin intends to list Zhang Qingyang as the first on the Dragon and Tiger List.

You know, from the second to the eighth on the Dragon and Tiger List, they are all powerful outsiders and masters of immortal and demon cultivation.

Over the past year, countless people have wanted to find Zhang Qingyang, either to witness his style or to challenge his status.

But no one knows where Zhang Qingyang is.

Many people speculated that this was Daqin's attempt to keep Zhang Qingyang in the top spot on the Dragon and Tiger List.

Until today, when I saw Marquis Qingyang again, he was outside Donghua Gate!
"That's the Marquis of Qingyang who was made a marquis after one battle!"

"Zhang Qingyang, number one on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking, is truly young..."

"Haha, it turns out that it's the Marquis of Qingyang who has come to the capital. Put away the rotten eggs and quickly go get the daughter's red wine that I've buried in the backyard for forty-eight years."

……

There was a commotion outside Donghua Gate, but Zhang Yuan turned a blind eye.

His gaze turned to the tall city walls and towering gates ahead.

Donghua Tianmen is the iron backbone of the country.

The hundred-meter-high bronze gate tower stands majestically like a broken mountain, telling the vicissitudes of this national gate that has been changed thirty-seven times.

The golden and red gate, the heavy main gate of Donghua Gate is tightly closed, and the door nails are made of meteorite iron, each of which is engraved with the achievements of the bloody battles since the founding of the Qin Dynasty.

Without the fighting of billions of lives, how could there be the humane Qin Dynasty?

In front of immortals and demons, humans are like ants. What the Qin Dynasty is fighting for is a chance to survive. They will kill immortals and demons and never regret a hundred battles.

Zhang Yuan's gaze turned to the top of the bronze city wall. On the high lintel, there was a gilded plaque with the words "Donghua Gate" on it, and the knife marks and arrow holes on it had not faded.

The mottled blood-red color soaked through the ironwood, but it could not conceal its vast power to guard the Nine Continents.

One hundred thousand years ago, in the Nine Continents of the Great Qin Dynasty, immortals and demons were not allowed to enter. What a magnificent spirit it was!

Zhang Yuan's gaze seemed to travel through a hundred thousand years, and he saw the endless corpses of immortals and demons lying outside the Donghua Gate, and the sky and earth covering a million miles were red.

One day, Zhang Yuan will make Donghuamen hang high above the nine heavens and beyond the nine continents again.

"Great Qin Nine Continents, immortals and demons are not allowed to enter."

Whispering, Zhang Yuan took a deep breath, strode forward, and stood tall outside Donghua Gate.

"Zhang Yuan, Marquis of Qingyang, of the Great Qin, has returned to the capital to report on his duties and present himself to the emperor."

As Zhang Yuan's voice fell, the heavy main gate of Donghua Gate in front slowly opened.

Names were called out outside Donghua Gate, and military achievements were brought into the imperial city.

Being a Qin person is the honor of this life!

Li Si and Zhu Ke stepped aside to the sides, and two rows of clerks came forward with clear water, brocade, green willows and jade sand in their hands.

"Welcome, cleanse, settle evil spirits, and straighten the crown."

"Please invite Qingyang Hou Zhang Yuan to enter the Imperial City through the Donghua Gate and meet the Emperor of Great Qin—"

Zhang Yuan's face was calm. Under the gazes of countless people, he let the clerk sprinkle water on his body, put on a brocade robe, whisked his hair with green willows, and polished his crown with jade sand, then strode into the Donghua Gate.

At this moment, outside Donghua Gate, countless people bowed.

(End of this chapter)