Emperor Qin returned to the palace and summoned Zhao Gaodao: "Gongsun Qi has been executed, and the remaining power of the Wu'an Lord's Palace is not small. According to my decree, the Tingwei Palace will thoroughly investigate Gongsun Qi's rebellion and eliminate the hidden dangers."
Zhao Gao bowed and replied: "I will prepare an edict now. However, Meng Tian was seriously injured, and there is no one in charge of the Tingwei Mansion now. I am afraid that His Majesty's edict will be hindered."
Emperor Qin thought for a while and said, "I remember that Hu Hai is not serving in the Tingwei Mansion? How is he doing recently?"
Zhao Gao said with a slightly unnatural expression on his face: "Reporting to your Majesty, as far as I know, Master Hu Hai has been feeling unwell recently and asked Meng Tian for leave. He is currently recuperating in the Lin Mansion outside the palace."
A sneer appeared on the corner of Emperor Qin's mouth: "Not feeling well? I think he is lazy, but he is really naughty. Zhao Gao, what do you think?"
Zhao Gao quickly replied: "I don't know the facts and dare not say anything."
Emperor Qin sneered and said: "What's unclear about this? Let him come to see me and you will find out. Zhao Gao, please go there."
Zhao Gao bowed and saluted and replied: "I obey the order. Who will handle the matter of Wu'an Jun's Mansion?"
Emperor Qin thought for a moment and said, "We will wait until Hu Hai comes."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Gao bowed silently and left slowly.
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Two quarters of an hour later, Zhao Gao hurried over with Hu Hai.
Hu Hai saluted Emperor Qin and said, "My son, Hu Hai, is paying homage to my father. I wonder if my father has urgently summoned my son here. What are your orders?"
Qin Huang said calmly: "I heard that you have been feeling unwell recently?"
Hu Hai was stunned for a moment, then replied nervously: "My father, please forgive me. I just felt that official duties were boring, so I took a few days off. I hope my father will not blame me."
Qin Huang said in surprise: "Oh, so you are not feeling well?"
Hu Hai replied seriously: "I dare not deceive my father. It is indeed my fault that I am lazy. Please forgive me."
Emperor Qin snorted coldly: "Forget it this time, if I don't do it next time, if I know you are lazy again, I will definitely discipline you.
Hu Hai, as a member of the royal family, you should be diligent and studious, otherwise how can I trust you to leave the country of Great Qin in your hands?"
Hu Hai was relieved when he heard this. It seemed that Lin Ze was right. Don't lie about trivial matters in front of his father. He would not care about it.
As for the second half of the story, Hu Hai hurriedly said: "I would like to inform my father that the empire of Great Qin can only be ruled by my father alone. My sons and ministers are so stubborn that it is difficult for them to take on such a big responsibility."
Emperor Qin just scolded him: "You have no ambitions." Then he dropped the subject and said, "Do you know why I asked you to come?"
Hu Hai bowed and said, "Please give me your instructions, Father."
Emperor Qin said calmly: "The first culprit of Gongsun Qi's rebellion has been killed, but the rest of the evil has not been eliminated. This matter should have been handled by the Tingwei Mansion. However, Tingwei Mengtian was seriously injured. As the right prisoner of Tingwei, can you have the confidence to handle this matter?"
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When Hu Hai heard this, he was full of tangles in his heart. Lin Ze asked him not to argue about it. His father wanted him to go, so how to choose?
Emperor Qin snorted coldly when he saw this: "Huh? What? Don't you dare?"
Hu Hai was excited and immediately replied: "My son, I obey the order."
Emperor Qin frowned slightly when he saw this and said, "Do you know how to deal with it? Are you just following the order?"
Hu Hai felt helpless in his heart. Isn’t that what you want, Father?
But with a smile on his face, he said: "My son, I know a little bit."
For some reason, Emperor Qin was in a particularly good mood today and asked, "Tell me and listen."
Hu Hai had no choice but to think patiently and said: "Wu'an Lord Gongsun started his career in the army, most of his disciples and former officials were generals in the army, and most of his disciples were strong martial arts men, so Wu'an Lord's Mansion is very powerful."
"Now that my father has ordered Gongsun Qi to rebel and kill him, those in the Wu'an palace are either grateful to Gongsun Qi and have resentment towards my father and the Qin Dynasty, or they are worried and uneasy, fearing that they will be implicated by their father."
"No matter what they think in their hearts, they are still hidden dangers to our Great Qin and must be eliminated. Therefore, I only need to summon the people of the Tingwei Mansion to screen and eliminate most of the threats."
Emperor Qin nodded: "Isn't it completely uneducated? Can you tell me how to deal with the Gongsun family?"
Hu Hai said directly: "Since the Lu family and the Wei family are here, it stands to reason that the Gongsun family should also leave them a way to survive. Only in this way can the father's benevolence be shown."
"It's just that this ferocious beast has to lose its claws so that it can be raised with confidence."
Emperor Qin showed a satisfied smile and said: "That's very good. I will leave this matter to you with full authority. It will be a test for you. If this matter is handled well, I will naturally give you a generous reward."
Hu Hai looked happy and said, "Thank you very much, Father."
Emperor Qin said to Zhao Gao: "Draw up an edict according to my wishes."
Zhao Gao bowed and replied: "I will do it immediately."
Emperor Qin turned to Hu Hai and said: "Go and prepare first. Zhao Gao will hand over the imperial edict to you later. After you get the imperial edict, take action immediately. The sooner the better."
Hu Hai replied: "I'll take my leave first." After saying that, he bowed and slowly exited the hall.
Hu Hai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he walked out of the palace: Fortunately, Lin Ze had analyzed the fate of Wu'an Jun's Mansion with me before, otherwise my father would not have been able to pass the test today.
Then Hu Hai said with some distress: "But Lin Ze has already said that I should not be involved in this matter. What should I do now?"
Hu Hai didn't think about it for a long time, but suddenly his eyes lit up: "By the way, just go find Lin Ze and let him think of a solution."
After saying that, he took the palace guards and left for the Imperial Palace.
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In Tingwei Mansion, Chen Ping sent the first list to Lin Ze.
It records that they spent most of the day selecting the retainers of Wu'an Jun's Mansion who were worthy of recruiting from many files.
Lin Ze opened it and flipped through it roughly, frowning slightly.
Chen Ping immediately asked from the side: "Uncle Master is not satisfied?"
Lin Ze said calmly: "I won't say anything else about the list you selected. How come this martial arts cultivation level is the highest among the fifth-grade martial arts and sixth-grade warriors of Wu'an Junfu?"
Chen Ping replied: "Reporting to Uncle Master, according to my inspection, none of these sixth-grade warriors are easy to win over, and most of them do not meet my requirements for recruiting talents, so they are not included."
Lin Ze put down the list gently, shook his head and said: "This time is different from usual, even the opposite. What we want to recruit are martial arts experts, not talents."
"Master Hu Hai has no shortage of ordinary talents. What he lacks are martial arts masters who can be put to use. Now that Master Hu Hai has many properties, he urgently needs manpower to guard them. This is the fundamental reason why we recruit the disciples of Wu'an Junfu."
Chen Ping suddenly said after hearing this: "I will go and transfer the list of all the sixth-grade warriors in Wu'an Jun's Mansion."
Lin Ze nodded and said: "Try to focus on martial arts experts. As long as they are willing to join us, we will not refuse anyone who comes."
Chen Ping said slightly worriedly: "But if a villain comes to seek refuge, wouldn't it be harmful to Mr. Hu Hai?"
Lin Ze just smiled faintly, showing his white teeth: "They can try it." His words were full of coldness.