Mythical Qin: I, Gao Yao, will never be a eunuch!

"Okay, I'll help you with this. I'll help you when I get back to Xianyang. How about that?"

"Okay, I agree too."

After hearing Meng Tian's agreement, Yi Xiaochuan immediately and excitedly agreed to go back to Xianyang with Meng Tian. However, at this time, Yi Xiaochuan didn't know how much trouble his cooking would bring to the Meng family.

After parting with Yi Xiaochuan, Liu Bang first stayed in the county town for a few days before regrouping. Liu Bang was unwilling to spend his life in a daze, so he simply began to use the money Yi Xiaochuan left for him, directly purchased a lot of food and went directly into the deep mountains and old forests. First of all, he used his eloquence to build relationships with people, and his main goal was to escape corvée labor.

In just a few months, at least two hundred people had gathered in the mountains and forests. Together with some women and children, at least five hundred people had gathered. He became the leader of these people and trained dozens of soldiers. They hid in the mountains, dug pits in the wasteland, and robbed some merchants who came and went.

Because of the proximity to the northern border, some war horses were even gathered by chance. However, Gao Yao was also very clear that he had no ability to fight against the northern border army, so he simply relied on his own abilities and chose to contact the nobles of the old Yan. Liu Bang's ability was still good. As the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, he himself had his own abilities, especially in interpersonal communication.

When Gao Yao and Yi Xiaochuan returned to Xianyang with Meng Tian, ​​Liu Bang also received many people's surrender, mainly those who had escaped from Pei County, mainly those headed by Fan Kuai. These people also spent a lot of time looking for Liu Bang, and they met by chance. As for whether it was the arrangement of fate, no one could tell.

Fan Kuai and others also informed Liu Bang of the news that Gao Yao had implicated and killed almost all of Liu Bang's relatives or close friends in Pei County.

"Gao Yao, if I, Liu Ji, don't kill you, I will not be a human being!"

In the temporary mountain stronghold, after hearing the news brought by Fan Kuai and others, Liu Bang touched his empty left arm, his eyes full of murderous intent.

At this time, Gao Yao had already returned to Xianyang with Meng Tian and 5,000 armored soldiers. Gao Yao couldn't help but sigh that this was the difference. Meng Tian was only escorting one person, but there were 5,000 people accompanying him. This scene alone could be said to be extremely spectacular.

It took them nearly twenty days to reach Xianyang from the northern border. After all, this was ancient times, not modern times, and there were thousands of soldiers and horses accompanying them, so the marching speed was very limited. According to later calculations, fifty kilometers a day was the limit. If it was cloudy or rainy, the journey would be delayed. Twenty days was considered relatively fast.

Gao Yao had kept a low profile all the way, and even had the idea of ​​escaping in his mind. It was the same when he arrived in Xianyang. Meng Tian still had the final say. There were not many people in the court who could match Meng Tian at this time.

In terms of military generals, the only one who could compete with the Meng family was Wang Jian's family. Wang Jian participated in the unification of the six kingdoms, except for the Kingdom of Han. However, before and after Qin Shihuang became emperor, Wang Jian retired bravely to protect himself. Although Wang Jian was old, his influence in the court, especially in the army, was unparalleled. Today, Wang Ben is also Qin Shihuang's most trusted general, the so-called commander of the imperial guards. Even his grandson Wang Li has joined the army.

Moreover, Wang Jian's students and former officials were scattered throughout the Qin army. This was also the reason why Wang Jian chose to withdraw from the center of power. Too much merit was not necessarily a good thing in many cases.

The other two are Li Si, the left prime minister who is in power in the Qin Dynasty, and Feng Quji, the right prime minister. The Qin Dynasty respected the right, but Feng Quji's influence in the court was far less than that of Li Si. Li Si was indeed the master of the Legalists. From abolishing feudal fiefdoms to standardizing writing, wheels, and currency, all the major events of the Qin Dynasty were influenced by Li Si. The only shortcoming was that Li Si was not broad-minded. The Legalists occupied the vast majority of the court.

After the army arrived in Xianyang, Gao Yao was arranged to rest at the post station. As for meeting Qin Shi Huang, Gao Yao basically didn't even have to think about it. Not to mention a thousand people, even if he was several levels higher, it would be wishful thinking to want to meet Qin Shi Huang. He had no qualifications at all.

Gao Yao was not in a hurry. To put it simply, Xianyang was like the capital of later generations to some extent. Gao Yao was the university graduate. He was a rare thing in the towns, but in the capital, any official would have a higher position and title than Gao Yao.

Five days later, Gao Yao, who was still in the post station, finally received the imperial edict. However, it was not like in movies and TV dramas, where a large number of eunuchs came to read out the imperial edict of Qin Shihuang. To put it bluntly, Gao Yao's current rank was not worthy of it. What Gao Yao got was a bamboo slip, on which was engraved Gao Yao's current official position and title.

Now Gao Yao's title was directly promoted to Gongcheng, which was equivalent to directly promoting Gao Yao's title to the eighth level among the twenty levels. As for his position, Gao Yao was directly promoted to the Duwei of Sishui County.

Gao Yao did not waste his time in Xianyang in vain, and he also heard a lot of other news in Xianyang. First of all, it was about Yi Xiaochuan. It must be said that Meng Yi, who was protected by Meng Tian, ​​was promoted like a rocket, and was directly promoted to the position of Minister of the Court. The Court Minister was one of the Nine Ministers, which was almost the second only to the Three Dukes. Yi Xiaochuan was the deputy of the Court Minister, one of the Nine Ministers. This starting point alone was higher than most people in the entire Qin Dynasty.

However, Gao Yao was not in a hurry. Instead, after receiving the reward, he directly sent the visiting card to Li Si's mansion and spent a lot of money to take care of the servants in Li Si's mansion. The so-called seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister is not without reason.

Originally, Gao Yao's first target should be Feng Quji, but after hesitating for a while, he finally set his target on Li Si. Li Si did have his shortcomings, but one thing that must be admitted is that Li Si is now a person who is deeply trusted by Qin Shihuang. Most of the political opinions proposed by Li Si will be adopted.

After running for seven days, Gao Yao finally got a chance to meet Li Si. It was because of his repeated requests that Li Si was moved. The main reason was that Gao Yao said a lot of good things in the visiting card he sent. If he couldn't meet Li Si again, Gao Yao would have spent all his money.