Chapter 1015

Although Wang Jian's current status has even exceeded that of his old superior, Meng Ao.

But the Meng clan, through the continuous deep cultivation of more than ten generations of family disciples in the army, is in fact still above the Wang clan.

And the current young generation of the Meng clan, who command the Golden Fire Cavalry, is quite valued by His Majesty the First Emperor; for the Wang clan to catch up with the Meng clan, it will still take a few generations.

Wang Jian is very clear about this point; for the Wang clan to rise, relying on him and his son alone is not enough.

The two of them are indeed deeply valued by His Majesty the First Emperor, otherwise it would be impossible for them to become Generals of the Left and Right, father and son, at once; one must know that father and son serving as officials in the same court and both becoming Generals of the Left and Right is extremely rare in the history of Great Qin.

Except for a very few, there are simply none.

But Wang Jian is also very clear that these veteran generals in the army, because of martial arts cultivation, have greatly increased their lifespan, but it is impossible for them to stay in the army forever.

Even as strong as Wu'an Jun Bai Qi, they are now in the second line of the Great Qin military and rarely appear, unless it concerns the life and death of Great Qin.

It is not that His Majesty the First Emperor is heartless; in fact, His Majesty the First Emperor has already done very well for his civil and military ministers.

Under His Majesty the First Emperor, there has never been any existence whose merit is so high that it overshadows the master; Wu'an Jun Bai Qi and the others retreating to the second line is not because their prestige in the army is too high, triggering the Emperor's fear.

But because whether it is the army or the imperial court, it cannot always be like stagnant water without fresh blood, otherwise it would be very dangerous.

Just like many emperors of Great Qin, who can live for thousands or tens of thousands of years, but generally they only sit in the position of emperor for three to five hundred years, and the longest does not exceed a thousand years, before they automatically step down from the position of emperor.

Most of those civil and military ministers are also like this, unless they are a few ministers with super-strong abilities, such as Shang Yang, who, because of reforming Great Qin, needed to sit in command for a long time and assist three generations of emperors.

Most of the other civil and military officials, even if they can live for a long time, especially in terms of martial generals, practice martial arts methods, although their lifespan is indeed a few points worse than cultivators, and some even differ by half.

But once they practice martial arts to the level of an immortal, the martial arts Dharma body is enough to live for thousands of years.

However, no matter which general, as strong as Wu'an Jun Bai Qi, in the army, they will not exceed three thousand years, and most even less than a thousand years, before they slowly retreat to the second line.

Wu'an Jun also rose again because the six states united to force Great Qin back then.

In fact, even after retreating to the second line, the status of this martial general is also unquestionable and irreplaceable.

Just like this Wu'an Jun, in the Great Qin military, he is still like a myth, but he needs to abdicate to make way for more military talents, allowing fresh military talents to exert their abilities.

Otherwise, if it lasts too long, people will grow old, and the consequence of stiff blood is the same for a dynasty; the six states were destroyed by Great Qin precisely because the positions above were almost always held by nobles, stiff and incomparable.

Great Qin learned its lesson, or rather, Great Qin was different from the six states from the very beginning; Great Qin also had nobles, but since Shang Yang, the nobles of Great Qin were somewhat different from those of the six states, so Great Qin became stronger.

The army needs to be updated, so Wang Jian knows that it is no problem for him and his son to sit in the position of General of the Left and Right for three hundred years.

But for any longer, they need to abdicate.

Next, they need to slowly transform and retreat to the second line, so to maintain their influence in the army, they must have family disciples constantly entering the army.

Wu'an Jun Bai Qi, the well-deserved number one person in the Great Qin military, is not only because his military cultivation and martial arts are number one, but more importantly, the commanders who followed them in the army during this thousand years.

And the disciples of the Bai family who constantly emerged, this created the existence of the Bai family as the number one military clan of Great Qin today.

Although the Bai clan, because of Wu'an Jun Bai Qi, has had other disciples overshadowed by the sharpness of Wu'an Jun, it does not mean that the Bai clan has no outstanding disciples.

In fact, in these few thousand years of the Bai clan, there have been no less than ten people with the title of Da Shang Zao in the Great Qin army.

One must know that the title of Da Shang Zao is almost the ceiling of the army, and above that are only the levels of Duke and Marquis.

And being enfeoffed as a Marquis or Duke, unless it is someone like Wu'an Jun or Shang Yang who has made a great contribution to Great Qin, or someone like Wang Jian who has the merit of destroying a state.

There are not many such people in the whole of Great Qin, especially those enfeoffed as Marquis or Duke in the army are even fewer.

The fact that Bai clan disciples can be enfeoffed as Da Shang Zao is not only because of Wu'an Jun; Great Qin's military titles are the most impartial.

Although those military clan disciples might be considered with priority when enfeoffing titles, without merit, even if you are the biological child of Wu'an Jun, there will be no promotion.

So the Bai clan can become the number one military clan of Great Qin, not only because of Wu'an Jun, but also because of those outstanding disciples of the Bai clan.

Wang Jian knows that his Wang clan is still far from becoming a top-tier military clan of Great Qin, and their foundation is much worse than those top-tier military clans.

Relying on him and his son alone might be able to preserve the Wang clan and become a first-tier military clan, but that is only so much.

Unless his, Wang Jian's, martial arts can reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, otherwise, relying on father and son alone, it is very difficult to make the Wang clan rank among the top tier of Great Qin's military clans.

Unless descendants emerge in large numbers.

But the Wang clan's own foundation is too poor, and the clansmen are not as good as the Bai clan, and even worse than the Li clan.

However, right now, the appearance of this rune cannon has given Wang Jian hope; if the Wang clan can control this elite legion of rune cannons, perhaps they can be like the Meng clan.

The current Meng clan can rank among the top-tier military clans, besides the efforts of more than ten generations of the Meng clan, more importantly, the Golden Fire Cavalry legion built under the cultivation of His Majesty the First Emperor.

This legion has made great contributions to the Meng clan in the north.

And His Majesty the First Emperor has never been fearful; even if the Meng clan controls the Golden Fire Cavalry, His Majesty the First Emperor has never felt that the Meng clan is in any danger.

This is also the reason why these military clans of the Great Qin military are loyal to Great Qin and have infinite reverence for His Majesty the First Emperor.

Try this with those emperors of the six states.

Li Mu, who was also a Wu'an Jun, was no less capable than him, Wang Jian, but what was the outcome? He was feared by that Zhao King; even at the front line, there were several people sent by the Zhao King in the army, staring at him to death.

With different magnanimity, the outcomes of the two countries are different.

The magnanimity of His Majesty the First Emperor is also the most exemplary among the emperors of Great Qin throughout history; even Wu'an Jun Bai Qi was convinced by His Majesty the First Emperor and was willing to be driven by him.