The officials of the Qian State were preparing to confer the title of Duke upon the Zu family and the Zhong Family, while also granting ranks to a host of generals. Most importantly, they planned to redress the case involving the Tattoo-faced Master from years ago. This matter had not yet been made public and was still an undisclosed plan.
From this, it was evident that neighbor of mine had used the last great war to eliminate the influence of those few ministers in his court. Especially since this involved redressing the Tattoo-faced Master case—a case Minister Han had personally orchestrated years ago. To do so immediately after Minister Han retired and returned to his hometown truly showed no respect for Minister Han whatsoever. This also meant the scholar-bureaucrat class's influence on the Qian State was being weakened to an unprecedented degree, while the military generals' status was steadily rising.
