Careerist in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 259 Zhang Liang and Xiang Bo
Lu Wei originally thought that Tian Mi's use of Chen Ping would be limited in a short period of time, but in fact, I don't know whether it was because of the situation in Kuei Hall or whether Tian Mi was anxious, but this woman actually sent a new member to join him in just a few months. A subordinate came to Gonggong Hall to visit. The purpose of the visit was to test the attitude of the hall master.

More than ten years ago, the level control of the pearl grass for farm disciples was relatively strict. Without merit and time to accumulate, it would be difficult for a talented disciple to get promoted quickly.

Now, more than ten years later, many rules in this area have indeed been broken, but the degree of damage is far less than Lu Wei expected.

Chen Ping is now a disciple of Sanxingzhucao in Kuei Hall. A few months to advance to two levels is considered very fast in a farm family. However, there is a precedent of Lu Wei's rapid advancement in the past. Although this speed is amazing within Kuei Hall, But not much.

Compared with more than ten years ago, under the control of Tian Guang, the farm families at that time were more united and had deeper connections with each other. Each of the six halls had the right to accuse other halls of irregularities:

For example, after the Kuei Hall scandal broke out, the reason why it took so long to establish the new hall leader was because at that time Tian Meng and Tian Hu could not only "help" Kuei Hall choose the hall leader in the name of "brothers", but they also had the obligation to do so. Go give a reasonable explanation to the 'brothers' of Shennong Hall and Siyue Hall.

The promotion of key positions in the Six Halls requires to some extent the opinions of the outer halls: Another example is the dispute over the general manager of the Gonggong Hall. When Tian Zhong was there, Zhou He was very tolerant to him because of Tian.

However, as time went on, the divisions among the six halls became deeper and deeper, and the fact that they were more independent from each other allowed the heads of each hall to have absolute decision-making power over the affairs of their own halls, without the need to consider the opinions of others at all.

The most typical example here is Lu Wei himself: he is the promoter of the split among peasant families.

After gaining control of Gonggongtang, he unscrupulously crossed the border from the Yan State within Gonggongtang's sphere of influence. He first accepted a large number of disciples from the Zhao State and obtained a huge amount of money from Tantai, and then entered the Wei State of Siyuetang to disrupt the establishment of Chunchun. Gu Town, and then secretly built Jingxian County in the Chu State of Shennongtang.

In the end, it was clear that Qi State was the territory exclusively reserved for the Three Fields in Tian Guang Xiakui's plan: Lieshan, Chiyou, and Kuei Wei, but Lu Wei still forcibly broke this customary law and established a branch in Songhai City.

It is precisely because of not following the rules that Gonggongtang expanded so fast.The other five halls are very resistant to breaking rules because of their inherited habits and experiences. It is not a path they are familiar with, so they always have to be one step behind Gonggong Hall.

The reason why the farm family is in such chaos and the brothers are against each other and wary of each other is that Mr. Lu has committed a heinous crime and must bear the unshirkable responsibility for it!

But in addition to this, the hall leader actually shamelessly carried out his double standards in a legitimate manner: he benefited from breaking the rules, and Gonggong Hall became the leader of the six halls, and then he tried his best to prevent the other five halls from breaking the rules. , and required them to abide by the status quo of being under Gonggongtang forever.

Not only that, Lu Wei also wanted to seize the position of the leader of the other five halls to promote his cronies.

Although the hall master did not say all this clearly, what he did was such a despicable thing.

Because Lu Wei caused the divisions in the six halls to intensify, it is not a problem to say that the promotion rules that have been passed down by farmers for thousands of years have been violated: after all, any hall leader now theoretically has the power to promote an outsider who is not a farmer to the next highest level in one step. The chief steward of the hall.

And the reason why the damage did not reach the level Lu Wei expected was because no hall master actually used this right.

The Qin Dynasty destroyed the Six Kingdoms. This was a good opportunity for the peasant halls to recruit talents from the refugees from the Six Kingdoms. However, due to the tyranny of Gonggongtang, most of the talents were under the command of Gonggongtang instead of being evenly distributed among the six halls: Dianqing, who was originally supposed to be taken over by Shennong Hall, and Mei Sanniang, who was taken over by Lieshan Hall, are now working for Gonggong Hall in this time and space. This is the best example.

Wutang didn't get any outstanding talents. Even if they wanted to break the rules and promote them, they had to have someone who could promote them.

Tian Mi was very satisfied with Chen Ping's talent, but if he wanted to continue to be promoted quickly, Chen Ping himself felt that Tian Mi would not do that.

The reason may be that Tian Mi suspects that Chen Ping may snatch her position as the leader of the hall. This woman's intuition is quite accurate, and she will not covet male sex for the sake of power.

This is a little troublesome, but Boss Chen is confident that he can solve it.

After sending Chen Ping away, Lu Wei continued to deal with some chores in the hall. When he returned to the backyard at leisure, he found Ji Yan holding the Jing Salamand Sword and competing with Xue Nu in swordsmanship.

Xue Nu learned swordsmanship several years later than the disciples from the martial arts family, but she was still considered early in the world in terms of average standards.

Especially after combining swordsmanship with her favorite dance, the snow girl has found her own path, although this path has not gone too far due to various reasons.

On the other hand, Xiao Yan'er is a real genius. He has been taught by famous teachers since he was a child, and he can learn any skill quickly once he gets started.

However, the disadvantage is that there is too much to learn and you cannot specialize in one.

But neither Xiao Yaner nor Lu Wei think this is a shortcoming: Gonggong Hall and the hall leader himself need an all-around subordinate who "knows a little bit of everything" more than a martial arts master.

Ji Yan's own hobby is power, and she may or may not like martial arts. The decision lies solely in what kind of role the hall leader likes her to be.

The two women practice top-notch internal strength techniques, and they also have high-quality power elixirs that they can take on a daily basis. However, Xue Nu has a lot of advantages in this regard because the Jade Soul Art is more suitable for her, and she is much older.

When Lu Wei came to Duan Murong and Lu Ni who were watching, the sword fight had come to an end. Small beads of sweat appeared on Xiao Yan'er's forehead, while Xue Nu was still calm and composed, and the jade ring on the jade soul sword was crisp and clear.

The Shocking Salamander Sword is a murderous weapon, but this is not the original intention of the Shocking Salamander Sword, but the characteristics given to it by the snare.

The Eight Swords of the King of Yue were created by Gou Jian, the King of Yue, to reward meritorious officials after he became hegemonic.At that time, he had successfully taken revenge. Rather than having a strong desire for revenge and murder, Gou Jian wanted to show the strength and prestige of the Yue Kingdom by using famous swords. Therefore, in addition to practicality, the Eight Swords of the King of Yue also had their own aesthetics.

Among the other eight swords of the Yue King, Lu Wei had seen the Soul-Destroying Soul and the Sun-covering Sword, but the only one he had seen up close was the Frightening Salamander, which was a very beautiful sword.

The salamander of the Amazing Salamander is not a salamander in the general sense of later generations, but a female whale.

For whale salamanders, the male is a whale and the female is a salamander.

The exquisiteness of the Frightened Salamander Sword has the profound beauty of a whale across the sea. In addition to its sharpness, its sword energy should also have a profound attribute.

Ji Yan's life has been wonderful since she was threatened by Lu Wei when she was young. There is nothing hateful about her.Although he learned the murderous intention from his mother, that murderous intention was just an imitation rather than the original intention.

In the future, Xiao Yan'er will have the opportunity to break through this layer of imitated killing intent and reach the purest and most profound form of the Jing Salamander Sword. People who long for power should let their nature deepen.

But now, the killing intent she used was still defeated by Yuki Onna's jade soul.
The Frightened Salamander Sword was released, and Xue Nu turned the sword tip with a smile. She still had enough strength to gently touch Ji Yan's head with her other hand: "I lost again this time~"

"Sister Xue Nu is superb in swordsmanship, but Ayan is far inferior to her." Not disappointed, Xiao Yan'er nodded obediently to end the fight.

After picking up the long sword that had been knocked away, the two of them returned to the crowd in unison. After Ji Yan wiped the sweat from her forehead, several people smiled and summarized the battle process just now. She suddenly stared at the hand of the hall master's brother. Tun Hai showed a hesitant and pitiful expression:

"Brother Hall Master, Ayan heard that you personally taught Sister Xuenu's swordsmanship in the past. Ayan also wants to improve. Can I learn swordsmanship from you when I have free time in the future?"

"Why, Xiao Yan'er wants to defeat me so quickly~" Before Lu Wei could say anything, the newly victorious Xue Nu casually hugged the girl's head in his arms and said with a smile: "Actually, your swordsmanship level is already very good among your peers. Not bad, you will definitely be able to reach a realm above me in the future."

"But the hall master's brother is the 'number one farmer', and Ayan wants to learn more skills from him." Ji Yan blinked his eyes with an innocent expression.

"That's true." Xue Nu knew that Xiao Yan'er had worked very hard since she was a child, so she nodded in agreement and further praised: "Xiao Yan'er is so diligent, she will definitely reach an incredible level in the future."

"." Lu Ni, as the closest person who watched her daughter grow up at close range and was also her original swordsmanship teacher, did not say anything about this: her swordsmanship is top-notch, but compared to the master of the hall, it is indeed insufficient.

Duan Murong saw everyone enjoying themselves and smiled gently.

Lu Wei smiled lightly, but he did not ruin the friendly atmosphere.

He naturally knew that the reason why Ji Yan asked him to learn swordsmanship was definitely not just for the swordsmanship: as the highest authority of the Gonggong Hall, and basically the highest authority of the farm family, he could enter and leave the main hall of the Gonggong Hall at will on the pretext of learning swordsmanship. But it is an honor that ordinary people will never get.

With such treatment, Ji Yan could often 'accidentally' participate in the secret meetings of Gonggongtang. This is probably what a girl wants more than kendo.

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Bang, bang, bang, the Lingxu sword was unsheathed and cut off several long swords of the Qin soldiers. Zhang Liang slid forward and slashed the few exposed throats under the thick black armor. The three Qin soldiers' pupils widened. Falling powerless.

After dealing with the enemy, Zhang Liang immediately squatted down and looked at the man in white armor who was bleeding from many places and almost dying under the attack of Qin soldiers: This is the armor of the Chu State, and the man in front of him is the Chu general who escaped.

This man had wounds suffered at different times, the longest of which could even be traced back to a month ago. The conditions of those wounds were horrific. If it weren't for this man's strong health, he would have died long ago.

Zhang Liang's travels reached Chu before the city of Guangling was destroyed. As for the final Qin-Chu war, he witnessed the final battle at a relatively close distance.

There is nothing to say about the war itself. The Qin people's combat effectiveness is the strongest among the six countries. Even the middle and low-level Hundred Generals and Five Hundred Lords among the Qin soldiers have high tactical accomplishments. They are worthy of being the country with the most prosperous military and legal schools.

Zhang Liang originally only wanted to be a pure spectator in this war, but he was not a ruthless person. In a huge war to destroy a country, some overly cruel things would inevitably happen. The reason why morality is so precious in war , precisely because there is too much cruelty.

This is determined by the nature of war. In the feudal era, there was nothing to blame.

But Zhang San, the head of Little Sage Village, couldn't help but take action, even though he had made up his mind to see what the reunified country would be like:
Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world.

Even if you can't help the world at the same time, it is still a gentleman's business to help the people in front of you.

He walked and watched all the way, until one day he encountered Qin soldiers chasing this Chu soldier.

It stands to reason that both sides are wearing the armor of their respective countries, which is part of the ongoing war.
But when the Chu army general was about to be killed, Lingxu sword was still unsheathed. After all, he could not be absolutely fair.
After rescuing the Chu general, Zhang Liang also learned his name, an unusual surname and an ordinary first name:
Xiang Bo.

(End of this chapter)