The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

As a person who has visited museums in Hunan and Hubei, Heifu certainly has an impression of names like "Xi", "Heifu" and "Li Cang". But after knowing Li Xian for two years, and going through life and death together, he never thought that his son was also called Li Cang.

Of course, whether it was Li Cang, the prime minister of Changsha in the Han Dynasty who was wrapped in a golden jade suit and whose wife became the first mummy in China, is another matter. Maybe it's just that the name happened to be the same?

Heifu's attention was attracted by another thing Li Xian said.

"You want Yun Man to be blamed and dismissed?"

Heifu was a little surprised and a little amused about his subordinates' behavior of helping him to calculate the enemy voluntarily, but he could understand that these people he brought back were already tied to him tightly, and they would prosper and suffer together.

A new faction has emerged among the Qin officials in Anlu County: the "Black Party".

So Heifu asked Li Xian to explain the matter in detail.

Li Xian said: "Three generations of the Yun family have all become county left lieutenants. Their old friends and relatives are all over the county, especially in the lieutenant system, half of them are from the Yun family, all of them are Qin officials, with different titles and powers. They are connected with each other, and they must have done a lot of corruption and abuse of power. Although Yun Man was careful enough and did not give anyone a handle, it is impossible for those old friends and relatives to completely cover it up."

"In the past, we were just small guards and could do nothing about it, but now, we have become lieutenants and patrolmen, and we can use our power to secretly investigate the Yun family. Once we find any flaws, we can inform the right lieutenant and take the opportunity to blame Yun Man. In this way, Yun Man's position as left lieutenant will not last long... and the official can replace him!"

After listening to this, Heifu was thoughtful. Just as Lixian said, the subordinates of the Yun family must have a lot of small problems, but these things are not fatal. If you want to completely overthrow the Yun family that is deeply rooted in Anlu County, you need a serious crime that can be proved!

He had a vague guess, but as a key witness, Dou Ran was a stubborn Chu nobleman and did not speak on the way. Now he was sent to the Nanjun County Prison for imprisonment. I wonder what the law officer can ask?

Heifu planned to attack the Yun family directly from top to bottom and cut off the firewood from the bottom. Lixian and others wanted to start the investigation from the bottom to the top, starting from the old friends and confidants of the Yun family, like termites eating trees.

These two plans can be combined and implemented together...

Heifu agreed to Lixian's request and asked them to use their positions to investigate the lower-level personnel of the Yun family.

"The lower officials must report everything to the officials." Lixian is very clear about things.

Heifu shook his head: "When I am not in Anlu, you will be in charge of this matter. Although Dongmen Bao and Xiaotao have higher titles than you, you have the convenience of being a lieutenant in the county. I will tell everyone to listen to your command and not to act recklessly. In addition, you must also restrain everyone for me. Except for Xiaotao, the others have bad habits. Abao is addicted to alcohol, Jiying is lustful, and Bucheng is greedy for money. While you are dealing with the Yun family, the Yun family may also be plotting against you. Be careful not to lose the big picture for the small one!"

"Yes!" Li Xian was a little excited to be trusted by Heifu, but he reacted immediately.

"Not in Anlu? Doctor Guan, are you going to go out of town?"

Heifu smiled mysteriously, without revealing anything, but said: "Of course, I won't stay here for long. After the spring, everything in Anlu will depend on you!"

...

Leisure time at home always passes quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of January. As a farmer, Zhong began to prepare for spring farming, and Heifu was not idle either. While he rejected several marriage proposals, he found a good marriage for his younger brother Jing.

Heifu personally went to the door on the first day of January to propose marriage for his younger brother Jing and asked Yan Zheng to give his granddaughter to Jing!

Yan Zheng and Heifu have a teacher-student relationship. He had a keen eye for talent two years ago, and now he has received a rich reward. After Heifu became a doctor Guan, Yan Zheng, who had retired long ago, became popular again. Everyone was surprised at his wise move to accept Heifu as a disciple, and therefore respected Yan Zheng more.

Yan Zheng felt a little awkward about Heifu's request. In fact, his family preferred Heifu himself... But Heifu rejected all the matchmakers in the county, making it clear that he would not marry for the time being. So Yan Zheng could only settle for the second best and promise his granddaughter to Jing, which was also a way to establish a deeper relationship with Heifu's family.

The only drawback was that Jing was currently just a junior student in the school and had no title. If the news of this marriage got out, it would be a bit embarrassing.

"Don't worry about the title."

Heifu didn't need to hide it from Yan Zheng, and lowered his voice to say to him: "If I'm not mistaken, the king may issue the "Grain Submission Order" again this year. People who donate 1,000 stones of grain will be promoted to a higher rank..."

Yan Zheng's old eyes flashed: "Do you mean that the king will attack Chu again?"

"Not only will he attack, but he will also use the power of the whole country to destroy Chu! Nanjun and Anlu will not be spared. This matter is no longer a secret in Guanzhong. I believe that after the spring plowing, the news will spread to Nanjun. The war is imminent, on the one hand, the counties will be asked to speed up the training of soldiers, and on the other hand, all localities will be required to store military rations."

After saying this, Heifu bowed and said: "Please rest assured, Master, my family has already stored 1,000 stones of grain in advance. This year, I will definitely let Jing be promoted to a Gongshi!"

According to Heifu's plan, even his sister Zhangyu and elder brother Zhong can each be promoted to a higher rank by donating grain, because this may be the last chance...

With Heifu's guarantee, Yan Zheng no longer hesitated and agreed to the marriage immediately.

When Heifu went to the county and told Jing about this, Jing was so happy that he ran and jumped twice on the spot and bowed to Heifu:

"Brother Zhong, you are really my great benefactor!"

Thinking that he would soon marry the little beauty he had been coveting for two years, Jing laughed so hard that his mouth could not close.

"Don't be too happy too soon."

Heifu said, "I have discussed with Lord Yan. You and Lady Yan are still young. It won't be too late to get married after you graduate from the school in two years. If you get too proud and neglect your studies and fail to graduate..."

Heifu frowned and threatened, "Lord Yan will cancel the engagement!"

Jing was shocked and immediately swore to the sky that he would do his duty as a disciple and would not delay the marriage.

"Brother Zhong, just wait. When you become a commander, I will be your clerk! I will accompany you to the war!"

Jing heard that when he reached the level of a commander who commanded a thousand people, he would have to bring some clerks with him. He wanted to join the army with this identity after completing his studies.

Hei Fu looked at his brother who was looking forward to the war, feeling helpless. It was all because of Ji Ying's big mouth. Their battle deeds on the front line greatly influenced Jing, making him full of curiosity and expectation for military life.

In the eyes of this young man, war seemed to be a great adventure, a wonderful journey away from daily life, where he could witness wonders and win wealth and glory.

He had no idea that it was a hell full of stench, with feces and urine flowing, blood dripping, and life was worthless.

"My stupid brother."

Hei Fu thought: "The reason why I tricked you into the school and kept you there for three years was to keep you away from war and save your life, wasn't it?"

So Hei Fu said: "I won't stand here and wait for you."

He took out a wooden tablet from his arms and handed it to Jing. This was what Hei Fu had just taken from the county lieutenant's office.

"I'm leaving again."

"Where...?" Jing was a little confused. Didn't Zhongxiong come back just over half a month ago? When he opened the wooden tablet, he widened his eyes.

"This is the order from the county!"

Heifu smiled and said, "Yes, the county lieutenant has recruited me to serve as the county military officer! The county's order cannot be disobeyed, I have agreed! I will set off the day after tomorrow to take up my post in Jiangling City!"

...

At the same time, the left lieutenant Yunman also received a piece of news that was like a bolt from the blue...

Looking at the gifts in front of him that were returned by the county Gongcao, Yunman's face turned pale and he just sat there, staring at these fine silks, gold and silver in a daze.

Until his nephew Yunxiong responded to the call, Yunman threw the reply from the county Gongcao at his nephew Yunxiong's feet!

"Take a look for yourself! Take a look at your clever plan!"

Yunxiong was also shocked. He picked up the wooden tablet and found that it was full of Gongcao's reprimands.

Gongcao said that the Yun family was really ungrateful and actually wanted him to hide the meritorious official. Did the king know the name of this meritorious official Heifu? What if the king suddenly asked Heifu what position he was in now?

Gongcao also said that the first thing the new county lieutenant would do after taking office was to recruit Heifu to serve in Jiangling City. At this critical juncture, why did the Yun family write such a letter to him? Was it to provoke him to fight against the county lieutenant with a strong background?

"New county lieutenant? Could it be..."

Yun Xiong looked at his uncle with a pale face, but saw that Yun Man had already slumped on the table and said in despair:

"Li You, Zuo Shuzhang Li You is the new county lieutenant of Nanjun!"