"We haven't seen him for a year, but Hei Fu has already spread thousands of miles and has ascended to the throne. It's amazing, it's amazing."
Li You, who had returned to Jiangling a few months earlier, had gained a lot of weight, and the thick fox fur he was wearing in November made his face even more rosy.
But there was something wrong with his tone.
Although Heifu worked alone for a year, became accustomed to being a leader, and was promoted to Zuo Shu Zhang, he also knew that compared with Li Si and his son, he was still just a small fish.
So after returning to Jiangling from Nanchang, the first thing he did was to visit Li You, who was about to be promoted. When he heard Li You teasing himself, he felt that the tone was not right, so he hurriedly bowed:
"When I was in Gansu, I passed by a small mountain called Jinggangshan. I heard a local Yue saying that when you drink water, don't forget the man who dug the well. Even the Yue people are like this, and the subordinates also drink water and think about the source, and they will never forget what Zuo Geng said to me.
The grace of support!”
Li You did not answer, but took a look at the old fur coat worn by Hei Fu, and said with a smile: "Hei Fu received dozens of gold as a reward from the king, why is the coat so old? It's too simple."
Heifu usually wears new clothes, but today he put on an old one just for this moment. He immediately said: "Did the general forget? This bearskin fur was given to me by the general after his first attack on Chu more than three years ago."
Mine, even though the fur has fallen off after being washed all over the place, it is still Hei Fu’s favorite thing to wear.”
He said meaningfully: "Only old clothes are warm enough..."
Li You was very satisfied and glanced at the staff member who had given him advice before. The staff member told him that Heifu was acting arbitrarily in Nanchang. After being appointed as the chief of Zuo Shu, he would no longer go through Li You when he wrote to the King of Qin. He was just too proud of himself.
No longer taking Li You as the main performance.
Although he immediately rebuked the staff, saying that everyone was a minister of the king, so how could there be any distinction between master and subordinate? But there was inevitably a small knot in his heart.
Li You's current title is Zuo Geng. Although he and Hei Fu are two ranks different, they are both "low ministers" and hold Mo Yugui, so he deliberately teased and tested Hei Fu.
Seeing that Hei Fu did not forget his old kindness and even wore the clothes he gave him, Li You was no longer afraid. He stood up and helped Hei Fu up and said: "As the saying goes, clothes are never as new, and people are as old as before. You don't want to
They are my subordinates again, but they are still old friends..."
Afterwards, Li You asked Heifu to sit under him, above all officials and staff, and chatted enthusiastically with him.
What Heifu is best at is flattering. He quietly belittled himself and flattered Li Youdao: "Heifu is incompetent. He spent a year and only conquered a few small counties. But you, general, conquered two counties in a row."
ah!"
It turned out that at this time last year, after Li You and Heifu broke up in Echeng, they led their troops to the southwest, arrived at the Miluo River, joined forces with the Bajun soldiers, and confronted the Qu family of Chu across the river.
In the end, Li You used a tactic similar to the Battle of Chuisha. He did not choose a shallow place, but forcibly crossed from the depths, catching the Chu people by surprise. Thousands of Chu people's corpses were floating on the banks of the Miluo River, and they won a great victory without any false passes, so they advanced all the way.
Changsha City was captured. It took several more months to capture Dongting County of Chu State, and the Qu family fled south to Cangwu.
At almost the same time as Heifu was tracing the Gan River to attack Upper Gan, Li You also launched troops from Changsha and fought upstream along the Xiang River. Part of southern Hunan and Guangxi was the "Cangwu County" established by Wu Qi. Li You
He entered Cangwu, killed the head of the Qu family in Chendi, and sent a partial army to conquer Jiuyi Fortress.
Jiuyi Sai, like Limen Sai in Jiangxi, is the southernmost place known to people in the Central Plains. The difference is that south of Li Men Sai is South Vietnam, which is later Guangdong, and south of Jiuyi Sai is Xiou,
Also known as Xiyue, it was the area around Guilin, Guangxi in later generations...
After that, the King of Qin ordered Li You to merge the Chu Dongting and Cangwu counties into Changsha County.
Li You said with sadness: "In the midsummer of last year (twenty-five years), the army returned to Changsha, but encountered a serious disease called water poisonous insects. I didn't know what to do, but fortunately, Hei Fu wrote a letter explaining the cause of the disease. I will
When the preventive methods you mentioned are implemented in the army and soldiers are restrained from entering the water, the spread of this evil disease will be somewhat controlled..."
Nowadays, schistosomiasis has become a serious problem for the Qin troops stationed in Changsha, Nanchang, and Kuaiji in the south of the Yangtze River. Unfortunately, Chen Wujiu and other doctors have just arrived in the south, and they don't know if they can develop a treatment.
The King of Qin also organized military immigration in Changsha County like Nanchang, and asked Li You to leave thousands of people to guard the cultivated land. At the same time, he asked Li You to return to Xianyang to resume his duties. After reporting the situation in the south, he was officially appointed as the governor of Changsha County.
Li You didn't want to go to Changsha, but he had no choice. His title was enough to serve as the governor of a border county. The King of Qin had no intention of taking care of his own son-in-law, and even asked his eldest daughter, Li You, to take care of him.
You's wife also went south together. Li You just hoped that after a few years of service, he could be transferred back to Xianyang or Neijun.
Now Li You was going to take office. When he walked to Jiangling, he fell ill. He caught a cold and had a fever, so he could only stay in his original mansion for a few days...
After Li You left Hei Fu to finish his meal, he pulled him and said softly: "When I returned to Xianyang, the king praised you again, saying that you are well-versed in Nanchang. In time, you can also be the head of the border county and the Qin Dynasty."
Open up new territories.”
"However, according to the king's wishes, I still want to summon you to Xianyang to serve as a Langguan for a period of time and take you with me to gain some experience..."
Heifu knew that becoming a Lang Guan was a necessary step for high-ranking officials in the Qin State. Lang Guan was known as "who serves as a guard and goes out to herd for hundreds of miles." He was not only a bodyguard of the King of Qin, but also the main source of officials at the central and local levels.
Wang Ben, Li Xin, Meng Tian, and Li You were all promoted to official posts by Lang, so they were highly trusted by the King of Qin.
There are people like Heifu who are born as gentlemen, and Li Si is like this.
Li Youru said to Mr. Hei, "There are more than 700 Langguan in Xianyang, which is not a small number. They are divided into Zhonglang, Langzhong, and Wailang, which are called Sanlang. The Zhonglang is under the imperial edict and is staying with the dynasty. The Langzhong is a guard."
In the palace, you can often see the king; while the foreign minister is on guard outside the palace and has the least relationship with the king."
These three types of Langguan are subordinate to the Zhonglangjiang, Langzhongjiang, and Wailangjiang respectively. The boss of the three generals is Langzhongling.
Heifu's title was very high in the county, but when he went to Xianyang, it was instantly worthless compared with those nobles who had been passed down for generations. Langzhong Ling was one of the Nine Qings, and Li You couldn't even join him, so he just
Don't think about it. The rank of a general of the middle rank is equal to two thousand stones, which is a prominent and important position. Currently, it is held by Meng Tian's younger brother Meng Yi.
At this point, Li You had already told Hei Fu everything he knew. He was slightly drunk at this time, complaining that King Qin's princess was not easy to take care of, and that there seemed to be some discord between the couple. Then he realized that he had made a mistake, and after a moment of silence,
Then he waved his hand and told Hei Fu to step back.
Heifu took the opportunity and said, "I wonder if my subordinates will be lucky enough to meet Tingwei after going to Xianyang?"
He was led by Li Youyi, and the mark of Li Si's party was stamped on him. That's why Zhang Hancai, who also belonged to Li Si's lineage, got so close to Heifu. How could he not pay homage to Heifu when he arrived in Xianyang?
Li Youke seemed to have sobered up all of a sudden. He dragged Hei Fu over and warned in a low voice: "When you arrive in Xianyang, you will meet my father in the court. Don't show too much kindness. Just keep everything as usual. As for visiting my father at home.
, dedication gifts...not even allowed!"
Li You's mouth smelled of alcohol, but the words he spat out were colder than the twelfth lunar month in the depths of winter.
"Remember! Qin officials do not have cliques or rivalries with Zhou. It doesn't matter if they are a little lax in local areas. But in Xianyang, under the eyes of the king, officials who form cliques for personal gain or conspire with the master will never be allowed!"
Just one sentence made Heifu feel that the water in Xianyang is really deep!
ps: There are a lot of dinner parties these days, so there are only two chapters today, and I will start updating tomorrow.