Chapter 53 Lu Buwei's Conspiracy
"My lord, Mr. Mo, see Your Majesty!"
"Free gift!"
A majestic and magnetic voice came from above the throne. Only then did Mo Jun raise his head and see the whole picture of Zhangtai Palace clearly.
There are two people on the throne.
One person sits on the throne and wears a crown on his head. Although his face cannot be seen clearly, his momentum is firm and majestic.
The other person has a handsome face, but has a pair of piercing eyes, is dressed in white, and holds the only long sword in the entire Zhangtai Palace in his hand.
The two are not others.
It is the current Qin King Yingzheng and his chief swordsmanship teacher Gai Nie.
On the two sides under the throne, there are several civil and military ministers standing respectively. On the side of the military commander is Meng Ao, an old acquaintance of Mr. Mo.
The first place on the side of the civil servants is an old man with upside-down eyebrows and majestic temperament but a bit of a vulture. He is the current Prime Minister Lu Buwei.
The state of Qin didn’t say anything about the early dynasty, but today it attracted so many big figures just because of Mo Jun’s reward. One can imagine how much Mo Jun’s "face" is.
When Mo Jun got up, Ying Zheng on the throne looked at Mo Jun carefully, and then there was an indiscernible trace of satisfaction in the eyes under the crown.
Then he said: "Let's announce the edict!"
"yes!"
The guards below received the password, then held a copy of the edict in both hands, bowed to the crowd, and said sharply: "Doctor Mo Jun stepped forward to receive the edict."
Mr. Mo hurriedly clasped his hands in salute and said, "My lord, Mr. Mo accepts the edict."
"Doctor Mo Jun is extremely talented. He created a 'new knife and medicine' and presented it to the Great Qin Dynasty. He has saved thousands of Qin warriors. His meritorious service is outstanding. Today, the doctor Mo Junjue is promoted to the sixth rank and leads the right concubine. Two thousand hectares of fertile land in Hanzhong ..."
The reward of this imperial edict is obviously much richer than the previous secret imperial edict.
But overall.
The truly valuable rewards during the entire Warring States period were nothing more than official titles, fertile land and mansions, livestock and food... as for the others, they were basically just add-ons.
This time, Mo Jun became the head of the right concubine, which is the eleventh rank of the Great Qin Dynasty.
Even after the implementation of the "Military Merit System" in the Qin State, the difficulty of obtaining titles has been reduced, but there are still very few people in the entire Qin State who can hold eleventh-class titles.
It can be said that Mo Jun has become an upper-middle-class aristocrat in the state of Qin in an instant, directly from a refugee, with the credit of the "new knife and medicine".
However, the rewards are not over yet, because after the reform of Lord Shang, most of the simple titles in Qin State have become a vain position with no real power.
If it had been before, Ying Zheng's award might have ended here.
But not long ago, Mo Jun specially gave Yingzheng 25,000 hu of grain as bait, so now, it is absolutely impossible for Yingzheng to just let Mo Jun, a capable and loyal talent like him, do nothing.
as expected.
After the edict of the knighthood was announced, the guard who announced the edict took out another edict and was about to continue reading it.
But at this moment, I saw a figure walking out more and more people, and said loudly: "My Majesty, I have something important to announce."
obviously.
But the person who spoke this time happens to have this qualification, because this person is none other than Lu Buwei, the prime minister of the dynasty.
Seeing Lu Buwei walk out, Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "What's important for Prime Minister Lu, can't we wait until the widow's edict is announced?"
Lu Buwei clasped his hands in a salute, and said respectfully: "The matter that I want to report is precisely related to Mo Jun Youshu."
Ying Zheng opened his eyes and said slowly, "Oh? I don't know what Xiang Lu has learned."
Lu Buwei glanced at Mr. Mo slightly, and said: "I think that Mr. Mo Youshu has already made such great achievements at a young age, and the future potential can be said to be infinite, so I think that only by offering a heavy reward can I show my great demeanor of the great Qin Dynasty. .”
"That's why I thought that you should bestow the title of Lord Mo Jun, the elder of the right concubine, Shao Shangzao, and at the same time take the post of a county guard to experience it, so that you can step into the position of Jiuqing and serve the king in the future."
As soon as Lu Buwei finished speaking, Meng Aoyue, who was on the side of the general, came out, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Lu's words are wrong. It is because Mr. Mo Junyou is still young, so he needs more time to settle down. Now It would be too ostentatious to just reward a young man with the highest achievement."
Lv Buwei squinted his eyes immediately when he saw Meng Ao walking out, and said, "Oh? I don't know how long according to General Meng's intention, do you want Mr. Mo to settle down? One year? Five years? Or ten years?"
"My minister thinks that ambition does not lie in being young. Our Great Qin governs the country by law, rewards and punishments, and a strict system. Rewards are rewarded for meritorious deeds, and punishments are punished for demerits. This is the foundation of our Great Qin's prosperity."
"If you deliberately suppress the credit of others because of your age, wouldn't it chill the hearts of many meritorious people in Daqin?"
When Meng Ao heard this, a cold light appeared in his eyes, but Lu Buwei looked at him without fear.
Hearing this now, Mo Jun's mind is about to scold the sky.
Fuck.
This old guy doesn't talk about Wude.
This is not asking for credit for him, it is simply flattering and killing him!
Although Wang Jian and Mo Jun had already sensed the aura of conspiracy when they first heard that Lu Buwei took the initiative to submit a memorial to ask for credit for himself.
After all, although Mo Jun did not openly reject the other party's solicitation before, he avoided it several times, and it might be considered a coincidence two or three times, but after a long time, he will definitely be noticed by the "net" in the hands of the other party.
So when he learned that the other party had shown merit for him, Mr. Mo guessed that Lu Buwei might have found out something, such as: Ying Zheng's secret edict to reward him.
But I never expected that this old guy would be so insidious.
As Lu Buwei himself said before, now Daqin rules the country by law, the laws are strict, and various rewards and punishments have already formed a strict system.
So even if Lu Buwei is the prime minister, it would be quite difficult to openly suppress a meritorious official.
What's more, with Mo Jun's current reputation, it is almost impossible to erase his credit silently.
But as the saying goes, misfortune and good fortune depend on each other, and Mo Jun's reputation is really not easy to suppress now, but if Lu Buwei in turn promotes it, Mo Jun's reputation will become a barrel of oil poured on the fire instead.
This one-handed kill that burst into the air, although not too technical, is extremely practical.
First of all, Ying Zheng.
Regarding Mo Jun's hole card, Ying Zheng has always been adhering to the principle of keeping a low profile as much as possible, hiding it for as long as he can.
Although Mo Jun had gained a bit of limelight during this period, the eyes of the surroundings were basically focused on himself, and the secret relationship between him and Ying Zheng was not involved.
But now with Lu Buwei's direct expression of his resolute attitude towards Mo Jun, I am afraid that it will not be long before someone will think of the relationship between Mo Jun and Ying Zheng.
But this is not the most insidious place, Lu Buwei's really insidious knife was mainly cut on Mo Jun himself...
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(end of this chapter)