Chapter four hundred and sixty-ninth conflict between ruler and minister
Three days later, seeing that there was no movement from Li Si and Zhao Gao, Hu Hai couldn't help but feel impatient and ordered the court meeting to be held again.
After the civil and military officials arrived, Hu Hai walked into the Chengtian Palace. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to say: "I just got the news that the traitor Chen She has caused trouble in the world of Qin. Sishui County and Chen County have all fallen, and the people of Qin have been deeply poisoned.
The ministers are so high above the temple, are they so indifferent?"
A series of questions directly caused the ministers to explode and discuss one after another.
Seeing this, Li Si couldn't help but frown slightly, turned around and scolded: "Quiet, are you going to ignore official etiquette?"
Li Si's words caused the court to fall into silence again.
When Hu Hai saw it, he was slightly annoyed and said: "Why are you showing off your authority here, Prime Minister? The top priority is to solve the rebellion. What's the point of losing your temper with the ministers?"
Li Si looked at Hu Hai in disbelief. Since Hu Hai came to the throne, he had never been reprimanded like this before. His face was a little confused, and he immediately pushed back without mercy:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, as the saying goes, the family has family rules and the state has national laws, but you cannot make loud noises in the court. If Your Majesty thinks that the minister has done something wrong, the minister is willing to beg his body and return to his hometown, and will never interfere with the affairs of the court again."
As soon as these words came out, Hu Hai's face changed drastically. Li Si dared to threaten him with resignation. It was so bold.
Before Hu Hai could speak, Wang Wan, the imperial censor in the hall, could not sit still. He stood up and pointed at Li Si and said: "The Prime Minister is a little domineering. First he scolded the ministers in order to block the audience, and then he threatened to resign from his position. Now,
It is a crime of great disrespect.”
Li Si snorted coldly at Wang Wan: "Shut up, it's not your turn, someone who colludes with Confucianism, to comment on how you behave."
Then he bowed to Hu Hai and said: "I think I have done nothing wrong in maintaining the order of the court. If your Majesty must be blamed, I will resign."
After finishing speaking, he stood upright in the middle of the hall, with a calm face and a firm attitude.
Hu Hai's pupils shrank, he looked at Li Si angrily, and was about to speak.
At this moment, Zhao Gao stood up and said, "Wait a moment, Your Majesty, I have something to say."
Hu Hai said coldly: "Yes."
Zhao Gao coughed lightly, took a step forward and said: "In my opinion, the Prime Minister rashly scolded the ministers. Although it is a bit rude, it is within the scope of the Prime Minister's human rights and responsibilities. Therefore, I sincerely ask Your Majesty not to blame the Prime Minister.
grown ups."
"On the contrary, Mr. Wang, the imperial censor, has exaggerated a bit. I believe that the Prime Minister is loyal to the Qin Dynasty. Please tell me for your Majesty's advice."
Although Zhao Gao was bowing, his eyes were looking at Hu Hai and blinking non-stop.
Hu Hai quickly understood what Zhao Gao meant, and it was not appropriate to conflict with Li Si at this time.
Forcibly suppressing his anger, Hu Hai said coldly: "The Prime Minister is not guilty. It was me who was carried away by Chen Thief's affairs and failed to hold back his anger. After Chen Thief is eliminated, I will give an explanation to the Prime Minister. Now everyone
Let’s discuss together how we can quickly eliminate the Chen thieves and restore peace to our people in Great Qin?”
Wang Wan was the first to stand up again, bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, as I see it, we still need the Prime Minister and Ting Wei to step in. Only veteran masters like these two can do it in the fastest time.
Destroy the Chen thief."
Hu Hai took advantage of the situation and stared at Li Si and said, "What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Li Si coughed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I have a question that I don't know how to answer. I hope your Majesty can give me an answer."
Hu Hai had a look of confusion on his face when he heard this. He hesitated for a few breaths and then said, "Prime Minister, if you have any questions, please tell me."
Li Si cupped his hands and said, "I don't know where your majesty got the news that the Chen thieves have conquered Sishui County and Chen County?"
Hu Hai said slightly annoyed: "What I am discussing with you is about counterinsurgency. What does it have to do with who provided the information to me?"
Li Si said with a serious face: "Of course it is related. Wei Chen suspects that someone deliberately revealed false news to His Majesty, in order to transfer Wei Chen and Lord Tingwei away from Chang'an to achieve ulterior motives."
Wang Wan sneered from the side: "What purpose does the Prime Minister think it has?"
Li Si straightened up, turned to Wang Wan, and said slowly: "For example, assassinating Your Majesty will bring chaos to the Qin Dynasty."
Wang Wan was about to reply, how could this be possible, but as soon as the words reached his throat, he forcefully swallowed them back. He couldn't say these words nonsense. If His Majesty was really assassinated, he would be in big trouble.
Seeing that he didn't answer, Li Si had a mocking look on his face, but he was a little disappointed in his heart. It would be great if he could take the opportunity to get rid of this Wang Wan. He has been against him many times. Do you really think that you are a fool?
Later, arrange for someone to impeach him and let him see what he is like as the head of officials.
When Hu Hai heard the reason given by Li Si, he could only sneer: "Prime Minister, there is no need to make random guesses. The information I have obtained is absolutely reliable."
Li Si shook his head and said: "The most reliable information is always available only to the guards in black. Now that the guards in black have not sent any news, I have reason to suspect that there is something wrong with the information your majesty has obtained. For the sake of the overall situation, please be sure to inform us.
Where did the news come from?”
As soon as Li Si finished speaking, an official from Zhongshu Province stood up, bowed to Hu Hai, and echoed: "I think what the Prime Minister said is reasonable, and I dare to ask your Majesty to tell you where the news comes from."
Then one by one, officials walked out of the queue, bowed to Hu Hai and said, "I second my opinion, please let your majesty tell you where the news comes from."
At a glance, Hu Hai saw that more than half of the people in the entire hall were standing up, and two words "forced into the palace" could not help but appear in his mind.
In addition to suffering several losses at the hands of Fusu, the young Hu Hai was never afraid of being forced into the palace by others, which instead aroused his strong will.
Hu Hai stood up from the dragon chair, took two steps forward, stood in front of the top step, looked down at the group of people who kept claiming to be his ministers, and said coldly: "You guys want to gather a crowd.
Making trouble?"
Li Si was the first to reply: "I don't dare. If I misunderstand Your Majesty due to my loyalty, I am willing to resign and return home to prove my innocence. I will never make Your Majesty angry again. I beg Your Majesty's permission."
The other officials who stood up bowed and saluted in unison: "We ministers and others are willing to retire and return to their hometowns to prove their innocence. Please give your Majesty's approval."
Hu Hai was trembling with anger, pointing at Li Si and others and angrily said: "Bastard, here comes..."
Upon seeing this, Huang Banban quickly stepped forward to hold Hu Hai and persuaded him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down."
Li Si bowed expressionlessly and said, "My loyal words are offensive to my ears, so please forgive me."
Hu Hai almost jumped up with anger at these words. Only after Huang Banban held him tightly, Hu Hai suppressed his anger.
However, Li Si did not stop there. Instead, he continued: "Since His Majesty refuses to say anything, I have no choice but to directly prove it to Your Majesty."
"Someone, bring it in."
Following Li Si's order, several guards escorted a eunuch with a large five-flowered bun and a piece of cloth tied around his mouth, who was moaning all the way into the hall.
When Hu Hai and Huang Banban saw the eunuch who was escorted in, their expressions changed greatly. This eunuch was clearly the one who had sent the news to Hu Hai before.
He was also an old man from Huhai Ganquan Palace and was absolutely loyal. Unexpectedly, he fell into Li Si's hands.
The scars exposed during the struggle told Hu Hai that the eunuch had suffered a lot.
Hu Hai gritted his teeth and said, "Li Si, what do you want to do by secretly kidnapping the eunuch next to me?"
Li Si replied slowly: "Your Majesty, don't be anxious, you will know after reading it."
He turned to the eunuch and shouted: "Tell me, who ordered you to deliver false news to His Majesty?"
A guard naturally removed the cloth from the eunuch's mouth.
After the eunuch was taken off his white slip, he shouted to Hu Hai: "I will come again to serve your majesty in the next life."
As soon as he finished speaking, he vomited blood, his eyes widened, and he died.
When Hu Hai saw this scene, he clenched his hands tightly and let his nails dig into his flesh.
Li Si disagreed and said: "Please see, Your Majesty, this person must have committed suicide to apologize because he was worried that the conspiracy would be leaked. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, after the black-clothed guards get the real news, the minister will inform your Majesty as soon as possible."
Hu Hai glanced at the ministers in the hall with a cold face, and said in a cold voice: "Retreat from the court."