"Uncle, my father is at the peak of his power in the Spring and Autumn Period, so these words are unlucky."
"That's what I said. What's more serious about you?"
"Unlucky."
"Okay, okay, uncle is wrong. You should train Li You well."
"only."
After chatting for another half an hour, Ying Chengyu looked at the entrance of Dazheng Palace from time to time.
"Uncle, are you waiting for your father?"
"Well, it seems like I can't wait any longer. I beat Zhang Han in the name of 'unnecessary'. How can your father endure this?"
"If it were anyone else, his head would be in a different place at this moment. My father always prefers his uncle."
"Tch, then I won't do any work for him. When will you set off?"
"Three days later, I was scheduled to visit my uncle tomorrow."
"No need, I'll see you off on the day of departure. Let's go."
"Farewell uncle."
The next day.
The news of Ying Chengyu's assassination in the middle of the night spread throughout the Qin bureaucracy in an instant.
There are so many city defense troops that it is impossible to defend them.
Moreover, Nei Shi Mengyi, who was in charge of this matter, had never issued a hush-up order and had no intention of taking precautions.
Soon, Prime Minister Li Si on the left, Prime Minister Wang Wan on the right, Yushi doctor Feng Quji and others all knew about this.
As Prime Minister Zuo, Li Si did not go to work or work after learning about this incident. He immediately came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and went straight to the Chang'an Jun's Mansion.
The right Prime Minister Wang Wan, who was also the Prime Minister and was on duty at the Prime Minister's Mansion, treated him coldly, doubling his dislike for him.
But Li Si pounced and missed.
Ying Chengyu was not in the Chang'an palace, so he led a dashing and beautiful woman to the balcony. Han Fei, who was Ying Chengyu's guest, received Li Si.
Han Fei led Li Si to his room, and the two stayed there for more than an hour. He didn't know what the two brothers said.
As a result, when he came out of Chang'an Jun's Mansion, Li Si looked in a daze and almost fell down seven or eight times.
After working for a day at the Prime Minister's Mansion with a disinterested look, Li Si came home from get off work and bumped into his eldest son Li You.
Li You was so excited that he had a father who was a great master of Legalism, but he insisted on becoming a general.
Holding the bamboo slip in his hand high, he shouted to Li Si: "Father, look, this is the prince's order. The prince wants me to join his army. You won't object to me joining the army this time. That's the prince!"
"
"Oh, let me take a look."
Li Si came back to his senses, with a serious expression on his face.
Facing the eldest son's expectant eyes, he took the bamboo slips from his little hand, spread them out, and read.
After a long while, Li Si let out a long sigh.
"That's all. Since the prince has transferred the order, what else can my father say? Just go to Shangjun. My son will definitely become a general."
Li You was very happy to be recognized by his father, and ran away with the bamboo slips in his arms.
He wanted to show the generals and disciples who looked down upon him that he, Li You, was the one approved by the prince, and who was useless.
Looking at the back of his eldest son running at high speed, there was always hesitation in his eyes. The hesitant Li Si was no longer hesitant.
Step forward firmly and enter the mansion.
At night, Cai Yan and her husband Li Si chatted.
"Let's go to Shangjun. If there's nothing else to do."
"It's okay, just go to sleep."
"Why are you so willing to be a general when you don't think you are good? This Qin country's custom is really weird. You have to travel so far, the battlefield is so dangerous, and you don't have anyone familiar with you in the army."
"In this life, I don't know if I will ever see You'er again."
Cai Yan, a mother, obviously did not believe Li Si, her words were full of sorrow, and she also revealed a lot of complaints against Li Si.
The childish Li You felt that he was noticed by the prince because of his talent, but Cai Yan was not that childish.
She knew that the beloved lying beside her must have done something.
"Chang'an Jun will make arrangements."
"Mr. Chang'an? It's Ying Chengyu. The prison of Tingwei was filled up twice, and you were not allowed to sleep at home. Ying Chengyu, who is at odds with you? It's a shame to stay here. You are a king who is like the king's younger brother."
younger brother?"
Li Si covered Cai Yan's mouth, looking extremely serious.
"You can't say that again in the future,"
Cai Yan blinked, not knowing why.
I don’t know why my husband, who just a few days ago still hated Ying Chengyu so deeply, has made a 180-degree turn in his attitude.
"How can I have any quarrel with Mr. Chang'an? The lives of our family are all tied to Mr. Chang'an."
"Didn't you become Prime Minister Zuo? When you were a Tingwei, you didn't defect to any party. How come you became a Prime Minister with a higher rank, but you are not as comfortable as you were when you were a Tingwei."
Li Si smiled bitterly.
"I thought that as the highest prime minister, I would no longer have to look at anyone's face, but that's not the case. Your Majesty doesn't care about the Chu people's status, but that's not the case with those Qin nobles."
"We are both prime ministers. Those who are attached to Wang Wan are like crucian carp crossing the river. There are very few who surrender to me. I am still unable to compete and cannot fight."
A long sigh.
"I finally know why Wei Zheng has always been inferior to Wang Wan for so many years, not only as a prime minister or a prime minister."
"The reason is that his Wei status is just like mine, and he is not from the old Qin. The prosperity of Qin lies in the great heroes of the past, and the courtiers are nothing more than nothing."
"Now I speak to Your Majesty about the policies of the prefectures and counties. Due to my own fault, I have become a lonely minister. When I am not the prime minister, there is no point in thinking about reaching the top."
"After becoming prime minister, looking at you and your children, I want more. Now that I have become a great minister, I also want to have descendants."
"I'm not Wei Liao, and I can't let go of the power I have, and I will take you to the fiefdom to ignore worldly affairs.
"I am not Meng Ao. I can just rely on my military power to create a Meng family among the old Qin people. I want to have both, so I can only find a backer, Lord Chang'an."
When Cai Yan heard this, she pushed Li Si away and covered her mouth, and couldn't help but question.
"I heard from the neighbors that they didn't say anything good about Ying Chengyu or Lord Chang'an. Is a person with a notorious reputation in Xianyang really the supporter that your husband is looking for?"
Li Si shook his head.
"The power of Lord Chang'an is not that of strong winds, sudden rains or violent waves, which can turn the world upside down and change the world in an instant. It is the spring rain that moistens things silently."
"It's normal for you not to see the power of Lord Chang'an. Even I have had so many interactions with Lord Chang'an. If it hadn't been for my senior brother to give me some advice, I wouldn't have known how great he is at this moment."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The grain reserves of Qin far exceed those of the six countries. One of the reasons is that the six countries used straight plows, while Qin used curved shaft plows."
Li Si stretched out a finger to make a straight plow and drew a straight line on the bed.
He bent his fingers again and traced the same straight line on the bed again.
"In this way, the labor of the cattle can be saved by three points, and the soil can be turned three times."
Cai Yan was used to doing farm work in Chu State. Li Si mentioned it a little bit, and she knew that what Li Si said about saving effort and doubling the labor was true.
"Is this what Lord Chang'an did? This transformation is too simple. It can be done by just anyone. Is this considered a skill?"
Li Si said calmly: "Yes, it's very simple. It couldn't be simpler. Using the simplest method to increase Qin's grain reserves by at least 50% is not considered a skill?"
"It has been thousands of years since the invention of the straight plow. It is such a simple thing to turn a straight plow into a curve. Why has no one done it in these thousands of years? If you say this is a coincidence, then what about the fine salt you eat every day?"
"In the State of Chu, common people of Chu eat coarse salt. In the State of Qin, even slaves eat fine salt, and there is no sale of coarse salt. Is this considered a skill?"
During the Warring States Period, the salt that most people ate was simply made by drying sea water without going through a purification process.
This kind of unprocessed large grain salt is called coarse salt, and it was still the same in the Qin Dynasty.
Cai Yan still remembers this very well.
When she first came to Qin, her husband was not yet a court official, but was a retainer of Lu Buwei.
When she went to buy salt, she saw that the salt grains were as fine as white sand. In Chu State, it was fine salt that could only be enjoyed by nobles.
She cast a surprised look at her husband, as if she couldn't believe that this was also written by Ying Chengyu.
Li Si nodded at her.
"That's what Lord Chang'an did."
"How did Changan-Jun do it?"
"This is not something I can know. Selling salt is a national matter, and my senior brother really wants to talk to me about the production process, but I don't want to hear it. It's better not to know about this kind of thing."
Cai Yan nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Li Si's statement. She was still a little scared for asking such a question just now.
Knowing the method of making salt touched the interests of the Qin State, which was likely to bring disaster to their family.
"Although Lord Chang'an has such ability, since you speak for His Majesty, His Majesty will naturally protect you. Why should you join his sect? Your Majesty can't protect you completely?"
"Yes, but Your Majesty is not an immortal. Shang Yang spoke for Qin Xiaogong. When Qin Xiaogong died, Shang Yang divided his body into five oxen."
"My numerology is no better than that of Shang Yang. Even if I die before Your Majesty, those wine sacks and rice sacks will not let you and your children go."
"The Lord of Chang'an is only a few years younger than Your Majesty. How long can Lord Chang'an survive in His Majesty's absence? Back then, you were appreciated by Lu Buwei and became his guest."
"At that time, Lu Buwei was much stronger than the Lord of Chang'an, but you did not follow Lu Buwei at that time. Now that Lu Buwei is no longer here, is the Lord of Chang'an today the same as Lu Buwei the day before yesterday?"
Li Si looked at his wife in surprise, feeling very uncomfortable that his wife could say such a thing.
Cai Yan has never read a book. Before coming to Qin, she was a wizard in the countryside of Chu where witchcraft culture was prevalent.
He is busy with farm work every day, taking care of Li Si's children, and sometimes goes out to see people, which is very ordinary.
In Li Si's memory, before he explained everything clearly, his subordinate should not know so many things.
"What? Are you surprised that I shouldn't have said these words?"
Li Si frowned slightly.
"Did someone come and say something to you while I was not at home?"
When you are in Li Si's position, you have to guard against certain things.
Regarding his wife's abnormality, Li Si immediately thought that someone was seeking something.
"Humph, I had nothing to do and read the "History of Zhou" in your study. Your current situation is similar to what happened to a courtier in the book."
"Are you literate?"
"The simplified characters of Qin are much easier to remember than the characters of Chu, and not as difficult as the witch symbols I memorized."
As Li Si's first wife who shared weal and woe, Cai Yan knew simplified Chinese characters earlier than most officials from outside Qin.
Today's people have been using simplified Chinese characters since elementary school, and they have no sense of the "Jian" in simplified Chinese characters. Those who are interested can search for the big seal script and the small seal script to know the difference.
But for a Chu person like Cai Yan, whose contact with writing is all complicated Chu characters, simplified Chinese characters couldn't be simpler.
As the prime minister's wife, she doesn't need to do any farm work.
The culture of witchcraft and Gu was not popular in the Qin State. If you were sick, there would be a doctor to see you.
Cai Yan, who had a lot of free time on weekdays, taught herself simplified Chinese characters and read the books in Li Si's study.
One is to kill time.
Second, reading books is a privilege of nobility, and Cai Yan also longs for books themselves.
Li Si then remembered that all the books in Xianyang had been replaced with simplified Chinese characters.
He looked at the proud Cai Yan and nodded, accepting the fact that Cai Yan could read and that Cai Yan could say these words.
If you can read, you can read.
You can understand it by reading a book.
The spread of simplified Chinese characters was so rapid that Li Si felt uncomfortable because it took him several years to learn to write when he was a child.
How long has it been, less than two months? Will Xijun be able to read the "History of Zhou" written in simplified Chinese characters?
From this point of view, once the simplified characters are introduced, there is no way out for the Six Nations scripts. This is a strategy to draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron.
If my wife is like this, how many Cai Yans are there in the Six Kingdoms? What a simplified Chinese character.
Li Si felt a little cold in his heart.
If his wife Cai Yan hadn't told him about it, he wouldn't have realized how fast he was learning simplified Chinese characters.
Thinking of simplified Chinese characters, Li Si thought of the paper Han Fei used to talk to him today.
If supplemented by the paper used by my senior brother, simplified Chinese characters will quickly spread to the north and south of the Yangtze River and both sides of the Yellow River.
In this way, if everyone in the world is literate and sensible, how will your Majesty rule the world, and how will we, the Legalists, get along with ourselves?
If the Qin State has been like this for five years, great chaos will inevitably occur. Senior brother said that Lord Chang'an does not want to rebel. Is this really true?
The fear in Li Si's heart became even more profound. Looking at the burning candle core through the faint candle flame, he felt like he had seen the essence of the matter.
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Cai Yan saw Li Si staring blankly at the candle and spoke out.
Yes, the relationship between Lord Chang'an and His Majesty is very deep and nothing will happen!
Li Si put aside his thoughts and said: "Chang'an Lord will not become the second Lu Buwei. Your Majesty's trust in Chang'an Lord, in my opinion, exceeds your trust in the prince."
"Your Majesty will not be able to protect me after a hundred years because the new monarch wants to weigh in and win over the forces in the court. He wants to win over those corrupt old Qin nobles who survived Shang Yang's reforms and want to take my life."
"Chang'an Lord is different. Chang'an Lord himself is the largest force in the court. I serve under Chang'an Lord and become a member of Chang'an Lord's force, so I have the strength to fight. Although the person is gone, the power will not disappear."
"Perhaps a hundred years from now, one of my descendants, Li Si, will be able to produce a proud son who can inherit the power of Lord Chang'an. With this power to rely on, I will not end up like Shang Yang."
"You see farther than I do. Since you said so, then just do it. It's been a long time since I've seen You'er so happy, but I can't bear to be happy."
Li Si knew that his wife was still worried about the safety of her eldest son, so he smiled proudly.
"You read "History of Zhou" as a story, but you still can't read enough. As long as I don't die, You'er won't die."
Cai Yan briefly recalled the content of "History of Zhou" she had read, and remembered that if the minister of the Zhou Dynasty did not fall, the minister's family would be fine, so she smiled and blew out the candles.
In the dark night, Li Si's eyes were shining.
He talked a lot with his senior brother Han Fei this time and learned many things about Ying Chengyu.
The more he knew, the stronger his sense of awe towards Ying Chengyu became, and the more stable his heart became.
The Lord of Chang'an had such great contributions to the Qin Dynasty, but he was assassinated late at night, but His Majesty did not give any explanation.
It can be seen that the assassin was someone whom Your Majesty wanted to protect.
The person who assassinated Lord Chang'an, who meets this condition, should be the Queen Mother...
Wang Wan's Mansion.
The imperial censor, Feng Quji, took a rest and went straight here to visit Wang Wan.
Wang Wan held a banquet, and after the food and drinks were ready, he dismissed the servants and maids.
There were only Wang Wan and Feng Quji in the room.
The two of them drank wine, ate food, and chatted for a while.
Feng Quji, who was hiding something in his heart and couldn't bear it, took the lead in ending this process of mutual nonsense.
"Brother Wang, I want to prepare a gift for the steward of the building (should I go and ease the relationship)?"
Wang Wan actually didn't know the reason for Feng Quji's visit this time, so she kept fighting with Feng Quji.
Now that Feng Quji asked, Wang Wan finally understood what was going on. It was because of what happened last time.
Wang Wan took the food and said with a smile: "What's the rush?"
A pun.
Feng Quji had a look of anxiety on his face. He stood up and walked around inside and outside the hall.
Wang Wan smiled as she watched Feng Quji search around without asking or trying to dissuade him.
Feng Quji, who seemed to have not found it, returned to his seat, raised his wine bottle, and said to Wang Wan, "I respect Brother Wang."
Say it.
Before Wang Wan could lift the wine bottle, Feng Quji drank it all in one gulp.
This is to lower your attitude and consider yourself a generation shorter.
"Qu Ji will tell the truth today. Brother Wang, if Chang'an Jun is assassinated, will he think that it was me who did it? I might as well go and show my kindness before. If I go now, at this juncture, it will be difficult to clear away the suspicion."
Feng Quji's words were definitely candid, but they also contained dissatisfaction with Wang Wan.
If it weren't for Wang Wan, he would have gone to the balcony to show his goodwill by now.
Did you assassinate Lord Chang'an?
Do you have that ability?
In your city, would Chang'an Lord doubt you?
Wang Wan was speechless.
His inherent impression of Feng Quji, regardless of the chain of interests, was actually not that good.
The shape of Wei is when the Prime Minister Zuo.
Feng Quji, Wang Wan, and Wei Zhuang walked together, and Feng Quji moved between them.
Now that Wei Zhuang is gone, Feng Quji, who has a tendency to be overly feudal, sides with Wang Wan.
Forget it, who asked His Majesty to choose him as the imperial censor?
Wang Wan sighed secretly.
In Wang Wan's faction, Feng Quji is indeed the person with the highest position besides him.
"Don't worry, this matter has been decided for a long time, and I can't blame you."
"Brother Wang, do you know who the assassin is?"
Wang Wan glanced at Feng Quji, wondering whether Feng Quji was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.
This situation is so obvious. Is there anyone else besides Queen Mother Zhao?
But no matter what kind of person Feng Quji is, Wang Wan will not be able to say the word Queen Mother. Wang Wan is not stupid.
"Wan I don't know. But Meng Yi has always remained unmoved. It must be because of His Majesty's instructions. His Majesty has not said anything yet, and the same goes for Lord Chang'an. The two of them should have known who the perpetrator was for a long time."
"That's good, that's good. Let's drink and drink. I respect Brother Wang."
Feng Quji looked as if his heart was shattered. He raised his wine bottle and toasted Wang Wan again.
This time, he waited until Wang Wan raised the wine bottle and drank the wine together with Wang Wan.
Wang Wan's wine tasted very bad.
Drinking with idiots will make the wine taste bad.
"Brother Feng, just wait and see what happens. The fight here has nothing to do with you and me. At a time when the situation is not clear, it is better to do less than to do more."
"Fighting? Brother Wang, can you explain it more clearly?"
Wang Wan really didn't want to talk any more.
If you don't understand something, then you deserve to die. Pig teammates have no value in existence.
But now, Wang Wan can't let his pig teammate die. Who let this pig be chosen by the First Emperor?
Therefore, I was deeply afraid that after Feng Quji left the case, he would go to the balcony to give gifts and show courtesy to Ying Chengyu.
Wang Wan, who had led his own faction into a fight, could only say that he wanted to dig deeper into the topic.
"Tingwei Zuojian was still in prison. That day, Bao Bai ordered a group of more than 20 doctors to gather in the court hall."
At this point, Wang Wan thought that was enough and kept silent.
Feng Quji opened his eyes wide and looked at Wang Wan. His eyes were filled with questions: Why don't you continue? Speak quickly!
Wang Wan's hand holding the chopsticks shook, took a breath, and said in a deep voice: "Those people are not my people, and this matter is not over yet. There is not only one faction in the court."
"Yes, yes, there are also Legalists, Confucians, Mohists, famous schools..."
That’s quite a faction!
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That's a fight for fame in all eternity, and it's different from the faction I told you!
Wang Wan smiled, nodded, and said, "Of course."
The Gan family is a family with almost no sense of existence.
The current head of the Gan family is Gan Luo, who is a minister and was once one of Lu Buwei's disciples.
Gan Luo, who has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child, is known in history as having worshiped the prime minister at the age of twelve.
But this phase is not the prime minister's "phase", but the minister's "phase".
We don’t say that we pay homage to your minister, but that we pay homage to your prime minister.
It should also be considered that the publicity should be more powerful to attract people from the six countries to come here.
If you think about it, you will know that this is impossible. When Gan Luo became prime minister at the age of twelve, Qin had only one prime minister, Lu Buwei.
Lu Buwei monopolized power, but during his tenure, there was never a minister who could equal him.
In other words, Gan Luo had already reached the rank of Shangqing at the age of twelve, and he had been a Shangqing for almost twenty years.
Another family might think this is quite an honor.
After all, Shangqing is actually the highest position in the Qin State, and the only person above Shangqing is the prime minister.
If the prime minister of a country remains unchanged for decades, how many people can climb to the position of prime minister?
But the Gan family is different.
The Gan family is an absolutely established aristocracy of the old Qin people.
The first generation of the Gan family is Qianlong, who served as the prime minister of Qin and was an extremely powerful person.
Qianlong came from the state of Gan. He was a great Confucian scholar and a staunch supporter of Qin Xiangong.
He has political ability, governance theory, strategic skills, and political capital. He is a rare political genius.
Although he governs the country with Confucian kingly ideas, he is very flexible and is not a stubborn Confucian believer.
Qin Xiangong stayed in Wei for more than thirty years and spent a lot of time with Wei Wuhou, Li Kui, Wu Qi, Ximen Bao and other Legalist monarchs and ministers.
I witnessed with my own eyes the power of Wei State step by step, and also learned a lot of Legalist thoughts on governing the country.
After taking power, Duke Xiang of Qin, assisted by Qian Long, also implemented the New Deal in Qin.
For example, he abolished human sacrifice, moved the capital, expanded commercial activities, compiled household registration and promoted the county system, and did a lot for the Qin State.
Qin Xiangong's trust in Qianlong, including Qianlong's ability, made the Gan family built by Qian Long become the representative of the aristocratic family in the Qin State at that time. The Gan family was the largest aristocratic family in the Qin State at that time.
Then after the death of Qin Xiangong, Qin Xiaogong succeeded to the throne, and the man who brought about major changes in the Qin State, Qianlong's lifelong enemy-Shang Yang, arrived.
The reform proposed by Shang Yang won the favor of Qin Xiaogong, but it was very unpopular with Qianlong.
Because Shang Yang's reform was essentially to divide the interests of Qianlong and other aristocratic families, most of them to Qin Xiaogong, and a small part to the people.
To be more elegant is to centralize power and benefit the people.
Qianlong was very angry and the consequences were serious.
On the surface, he keeps to himself, but secretly obstructs it in every possible way. Here are two awesome examples.
He dared to set a trap for Ying Si, the son of Duke Xiao of Qin at that time and later King Huiwen of Qin, so that Ying Si would violate the laws of Qin.
If Shang Yang does not punish Ying Si, then the reform will fail.
If Ying Si is punished, Qin Xiaogong will have no successor.
Shang Yang's solution to the problem was to cut off the nose of Ying Qian, who was both Ying Si's uncle and Ying Si's teacher, and came from the Ying family.
If the disciple is unworthy, it is the fault of the teacher.
Shang Yang won the reform but lost himself.
After Qin Xiaogong died, he was quartered by five oxen under the wrath of the aristocratic family represented by Qianlong and the royal family represented by Ying Qian.
This is one of them.
However, King Qin Huiwen who succeeded to the throne did not restore the kingly way of governing the country as old Qianlong thought, but still followed Shang Yang's method.
Lao Qianlong quit and rebelled.
Looking back at the history of the Qin State, there were not many officials who dared to rebel in the Qin State.
This is the second one.
The first generation of the Gan family, Qianlong, rebelled and was destroyed.
Then at the same time, the second generation general Gan Mao took office immediately, came to Qin from Chu State, became a famous general in the period of King Qin Huiwen, and became the Prime Minister of Zuo.
Maybe it's because they both have the word "gan", or maybe they do have some kind of blood relationship, just like Li Mu and Li Xin's uncle-nephew relationship.
Gan Mao quickly restrained Qianlong's power, allowing the Gan family to rise from the ashes and become a noble family again.
Gan Luo is the grandson of Gan Mao.
The Gan family, which has produced two prime ministers, seems to have lost its momentum under the current head of the family, Gan Luo.
It's just that Gan Luo, a minister of high rank, is far less powerful than the first generation Qianlong and the second generation Gan Mao.
But in fact, is this really the case?
A house in the Gan family.
Gan Luo, who had little presence in both the government and the public, sat in the main seat.
In front of him was Bao Bai Lingzhi.
Bao Bailingzhi, who could represent doctoral degrees other than Confucianism, did not even have a seat in front of him.
"Go back, this matter has nothing to do with us."
Gan Luo drank tea and laughed softly.
"I wouldn't dare to be stabbed to death."
Bao Bai ordered him to retreat.
Gan Luo, who was alone, used the tea lid to poke the oil on the surface of the tea soup and took a sip.
"I helped Mr. Cheng to kill a maid, what does this matter have to do with me?"
That night, the First Emperor informed his ministers that there would be a court meeting tomorrow.
Day.
Xianyang Palace.
The First Emperor held a court meeting, and all civil and military officials gathered together.
The civil officials are headed by Prime Minister Li Si on the left and Prime Minister Wang Wan on the right.
Lian Yushi, the doctor Feng Quji, was in the first row.
Prince Ying Fusu was also included.
The first row, which should have been full, had two empty seats.
The Marquis of Wucheng, Wang Jian, and the Lieutenant of the State, who were originally sitting in the first row, disappeared and the building was empty.
The First Emperor wore a crown that reaches the sky, and only Gai Nie was around him, not Zhao Gao.
As soon as he entered the venue, he didn't say anything, but just scanned the whole place with his eyes.
The First Emperor, who didn't see a certain Zhu Zi, was in a bad mood and snorted lightly.
The ministers who did not dare to look directly at the First Emperor became even more cautious, not knowing why the First Emperor was angry.
"From now on, the position of Prime Minister will be resumed, ranking above the left and right prime ministers."
The First Emperor issued an order.
This first order set off a small earthquake in the court.
The position of Prime Minister was originally abolished by the First Emperor himself. Because the power was too great, he split it into two prime ministers: left and right.
Now that the post of Prime Minister has been restored by the First Emperor, the left and right prime ministers have not been revoked.
This is equivalent to creating a civil servant head out of thin air while the existing civil service system remains unchanged.
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If Li Si wants to become prime minister, he must unseat Prime Minister Zuo Wei like.
And now the First Emperor has actually restored a prime minister out of thin air. He must have had a candidate in mind for a long time.
This kind of favor was something that even the most favored Li Si could not get. All the ministers were jealous and they all speculated on who the First Emperor wanted to appoint as prime minister.
They sit with their posture unchanged, and their minds are never idle for a moment.
First, we removed Meng Tian, Li Xin, Zhao Gao and other people who were not in the court.
If the scope is narrowed down to Shangqing, then it is against the rules for official positions to be lower down. There is no way to reach the top in one step.
Thinking of the court ministers Yao Jia, Gan Luo, Langzhong Ling Zhang Han, Xing Xi Fu Lingshi Gai Nie, Nei Shi Mengyi, Zhi Su Nei Shi Fu Zikang and others.
I prayed that the superior minister I had made friends with would gain the eyes of the First Emperor, and that he could ascend to heaven and rule all the civil servants in one step.
These ministers, who are qualified to become prime ministers in the hearts of the ministers, are aware of their own affairs.
For example, Neishi Mengyi.
Having just entered the palace with his eldest father Meng Ao last night, he did not even ask for the position of Prime Minister.
Although Meng Ao did not tell Meng Yi what he said to the First Emperor, Meng Yi was not blind.
He looked at Meng Ao, who seemed to have aged more than ten years all of a sudden, and knew that the result would definitely not be good.
The First Emperor did not pursue the Meng family, so Meng Yi thanked God.
Another example is the treatment of millet internal history, Fu Zikang.
He just wants to earn two thousand shi of salary safely every year and has no desire for the Prime Minister. He knows that he is not the material.
According to his own words, I only learned how to settle accounts and manage money from Mr. Chang'an, but not anything else.
The ministers below the high platform all have their own thoughts.
The First Emperor on the high platform didn't care.
The First Emperor paused for a moment and gave the ministers a moment to react, then continued: "Promote Ying Chengyu to the rank of Prime Minister, and also to the rank of Lieutenant."
Boom~
There was a huge earthquake in the court.
The lowered eyes of the ministers showed expressions of extreme surprise and shock.
In most people's opinion.
No matter in terms of contribution, qualifications, or ability, Ying Chengyu is not qualified to be the prime minister.
Ying Chengxuan did not have any position in the court at first. Lord Chang'an had a title, not an official position.
Suddenly he became the prime minister above the two prime ministers, which was unacceptable to the ministers.
Moreover, if they heard correctly, the First Emperor later said that he was also the captain of the country.
This is not a matter of acceptance or not, this is fantasy and reality.
Xiangbang, the highest civil servant in the Qin Dynasty.
Guowei, the highest military position in the Qin Dynasty.
The two came together in one person. There had been no such precedent since the founding of the Qin State.
What happened to Your Majesty?
What are the hidden diseases?
The prime minister and the state lieutenant are all given to Lord Chang'an. Are you not afraid that Lord Chang'an will have the power to evade Your Majesty?
At the beginning, Lu Buwei was the prime minister, and he was extremely powerful. He followed orders and used his majesty as a puppet.
His Majesty immediately abolished the position of Prime Minister after taking power.
Now, not only has the position of prime minister been restored, but the post has been given to Lord Chang'an, and the lieutenant of the state has also been given away. What is this going to do?