Qin Shihuang was stunned. Except for Zhao Gao, the others, including Meng Tian, who had been carried to the door and was about to use Rong Di's invasion to make money for Yi Xiaochuan, were also stunned.
There are many nouns and things in this era, and the characters have not appeared, including sycophants. In other words, there are only two concepts of loyal ministers and traitorous ministers in this era. Those who are not loyal are traitors, and those who are not traitors are loyal. Other concepts of ministers have not yet existed at all.
Appear.
"Yes, sycophant! I don't dare to be a treacherous minister, but I don't want to be a so-called loyal minister. I want to be a capable minister or even a sycophant!"
Qin Shihuang frowned: "What is a sycophant?"
"The so-called sycophants are not those who are honest, arrogant and upright. They talk about the country and His Majesty, but in fact rarely care about the needs of the country and His Majesty. They only care about what kind of public reputation, reputation and even the history books they will get.
How do you evaluate the so-called loyal ministers? But they are definitely not those treacherous ministers and traitors who betrayed His Majesty, colluded with foreign enemies, and betrayed the country!"
"The so-called sycophant is a minister who is externally evil, corrupt, tyrannical, etc. Many people will think of him as a treacherous minister, but in fact he has his own bottom line. He is still a minister who serves the country and the king and fulfills his duties loyally. This kind of minister can also serve the family.
His Majesty Guohe has never regretted his life and devoted himself to serving the soldiers and the people under his rule. However, on the other hand, he has his own selfish motives and does not hide them. He can plunder the people's wealth, embezzle and bend the law, practice favoritism, suppress political opponents, and
They flatter and flatter His Majesty, but they all have their own bottom line of principles and know when to stop, and they will never damage the majesty and fundamental interests of the country and His Majesty in the slightest!"
Qin Shihuang's face became more and more strange: "This sycophant is quite interesting. As you said, he is not a loyal minister, but he is definitely not a treacherous minister... Well, I just heard the meaning of your words. It seems that there are many kinds of ministers."
, is not limited to loyal ministers and treacherous ministers, but everyone wants to be one, or at least wants to say that he is a loyal minister in front of the truth. Why do you just dismiss the name loyal minister?"
Without waiting for Guo Dong to answer, Qin Shihuang suddenly turned to look at Zhao Gao: "Zhao Gao, I know that you and Uncle Guo have a close relationship. I wonder if you are also the sycophant that Uncle Guo calls you?"
Zhao Gao was stunned. He didn't know how such a thing could happen to him. He looked at Qin Shihuang and then at Guo Dong. The denial that had reached his throat was somehow swallowed back by him. Then he gritted his teeth and did not get up.
He knelt on the ground and walked several steps before he bowed down in front of Qin Shihuang: "Your Majesty, I know that no one will think that I am a loyal minister, but as my uncle said, I will never dare to be a treacherous minister, so...
I am a sycophant! I am willing to be a sycophant!"
Qin Shihuang was stunned, and Li Si and Meng Tian, who had just asked others to find out the whole story, were also stunned.
What happened today? Why did one, two, and now the third one take the wrong medicine?
Everyone wants to pat their chests and say that they are good, right, and correct, that they are loyal ministers, that they only have the country in their hearts, and have absolutely no selfish motives.
Why did these two guys get convulsed and turned around today? What was even more unacceptable to them was that Qin Shihuang was not only not angry at all about this, but was very interested and even liked such an answer?
"Oh? Then can you tell me why you want to be a sycophant? How do you understand sycophants?"
Zhao Gao kowtowed to Qin Shihuang: "Your Majesty, the treacherous minister only has himself in his heart, and does not care about the country or your majesty. I would rather die than do it! As for the loyal minister, I don't say whether those so-called loyal ministers will accept me as a eunuch.
How many of the loyal ministers we are talking about today are true and how many are false? Among those true loyal ministers, how many of them just talk about the country and your Majesty, which may be right, but in fact they don’t care whether it is useful or not, and whether it is really right.
It is beneficial to the country and your majesty! As my uncle said, they care more about what others think of them. Such a loyal minister... Your majesty, even though I am an eunuch who has been castrated, I still don't bother to do it!"
"Therefore, I and my uncle are willing to be a treacherous villain in the eyes of others. I am willing to be a sycophantic minister who has selfish desires, but absolutely puts your majesty and the country first! Because the treacherous minister is based on his own interests, and he is willing to be a sycophant.
The country is harmful rather than beneficial. The foundation of loyal ministers is to leave a name in history and be respected by all people. For these, they can abandon anything. But I and my uncle are sycophants. Everything about sycophants is your majesty first, and the country after that!"
"In the eyes of loyal ministers, the country is above everything else, including Your Majesty, but they don't care that this country is His Majesty's country. In the eyes of loyal ministers, Your Majesty is above everything else. We can be greedy, practice favoritism and even violate the law, but
But it will never infringe on His Majesty's interests at all, because in our eyes, including ourselves and the entire country, they all belong to Your Majesty. Naturally, Your Majesty is the root of everything. It's like a horse. We usually want to eat it.
Some good fodder, and even if there is a dedicated stable boy to serve, it would be great to have an egg every day. But when the owner is in need, he will ride his horse and whip his whip, even if there are thousands of troops on the opposite side, he will never do it.
If there is even the slightest hesitation, rush in and join the master in fighting among thousands of armies!"
Zhao Gao's words made most people, especially those so-called loyal ministers, such as Meng Tian and others, feel extremely ashamed and could not even accept or agree with them at all.
But Qin Shihuang laughed loudly and patted Guo Dong on the shoulder, and then lightly kicked Zhao Gao over: "You are a slave who knows how to talk! Get up and give me a slap on the shoulder!"
Zhao Gao responded with a smile, then got up from the ground, waited for Qin Shihuang to sit back on the throne, and patted his shoulders.
"Uncle, please tell me what you think of your ministers!"
Guo Dong nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty!"
"The general believes that ministers are not just treacherous ministers and loyal ministers. There is absolutely no one, nothing, or thing in the world that is absolutely pure and single, and so are ministers! Ministers should not be simply divided into loyal ministers and treacherous ministers.
Ministers should be composed of good ministers, capable ministers, capable ministers, wise ministers, treacherous ministers, loyal ministers, sycophants, foolish ministers, straight ministers, honest ministers, etc., and each type of ministers is not absolute, but only the most important.
The identity positioning does not mean that it can only be this one. There will be other more or less good or bad qualities in the body. That is to say, no one is perfect. This is the principle of heaven and earth. A country
A king does not need and cannot have only one kind of ministers! As the saying goes, a ruler is short and an inch is long! Only by complementing one another and working together can everything be possible."
"As for the ministers, except for the kind of treacherous ministers who cause harm to the country and the people and collude with foreign enemies, no matter what kind of ministers they are, they should be based on their identity as ministers, not on those names! No matter what kind of ministers they are,
Ministers must first be His Majesty's ministers, and then we can talk about other things. However, some people have reversed this priority relationship! They forget that there is a king first, and only then can the king's ministers! The ministers are the king's assistants.
Yes! Not the assistant of mountains, rocks and rivers!"
Qin Shihuang frowned, closed his eyes and tasted it carefully for a long time: "Okay, okay, he is indeed a lion with shocking words. Such remarks are shocking to the world, but they are meaningful and true! Come here, tell me what to do.
, this time I have two kings and two ministers... three kings and three ministers, I can record it in the history books, and order people to spread it to the world, so that everyone in the world will know it!"
After saying this, Qin Shihuang turned his attention to Meng Tian: "My dear, you are here at the right time. I have decided that my uncle will lead the army to conquer the Rong and Di. In addition to the 13,000 elite troops in his headquarters, they will be imprisoned in various prisons.
In addition to the 7,000 people in Juxian Hall, we also need to draw 30,000 from your Meng family army... No, if you draw 50,000, I wonder if I will have any difficulties in loving you?"
Meng Tian was stunned. He didn't expect that he just wanted to take this opportunity to fish out Yi Xiaochuan, but Guo Dong fished out the entire Juxian Hall!
But why did you do this? If you really had Juxian Tang in your heart, why did you personally lead soldiers to surround Juxian Tang and arrest everyone in Juxian Tang?
"I have no objection, but I just want to ask my uncle if he is not afraid of chaos if he mobilizes 70,000 troops and horses from three places. In addition, I wonder what kind of soldiers and horses my uncle wants among these 50,000 troops, and how many of them?"
"
There are many types of soldiers and horses, including cavalry, chariot soldiers, infantry, and archers. Infantry is divided into several types. Weapons include swords, spears, and shields. Clothing and armor include cloth armor.
, leather armor and iron armor, so Meng Tian asked Guo Dong what kind of soldiers and horses he wanted.
After all, Guo Dong originally only had to mobilize 30,000 people, but Qin Shihuang increased it to 50,000 people, but it was not all the Meng family army. He naturally wanted to ask someone who could make arrangements clearly.
"Fifty thousand soldiers and horses are all long-range soldiers!"
The matter was settled like this, and then Guo Dong took an imperial edict from Qin Shihuang and sent people to various prisons to bring the scattered members of Juxian Hall who were detained in various places to Xianyang while waiting for the rendezvous on the way to Rongdi.
, he himself and Zhao Gao, who had nothing important to do after going to court, personally went to the largest prison in Xianyang to greet the released Xiang Liang and other core members of the Juxian Hall.
"Ziliang, I was really scared out of my wits today. I didn't expect that what you said before about the sycophant was really useful!"
Although today's incident happened suddenly, Guo Dong and Zhao Gao were not prepared at all, but the relevant remarks about Ni Chen were already said by the two of them before. After all, the two of them were destined to be alone, and there would never be any
What is the concept of a family, a country, a world, a king and a community, but this side cannot be known to others, so a better-looking skin is needed to wear as a disguise.
Of course, you can also say that it serves as both a watch and a memorial arch. This description is indeed more accurate.
"This is not only some lies, today's events also made me want to understand a lot. No matter what we two brothers are for, at present, the most suitable thing for us to do is really the only way to do it. Regardless of right or wrong, good or evil,
Just look after Qin Shihuang!"
Zhao Gao stopped: "But Qin Shihuang will die in two years. What will we do then?"
Guo Dong smiled: "Then we will break up!"
Zhao Gao was stunned and looked at Guo Dong in confusion: "A break? What break?"
"As the first emperor in history to unify the world, Qin Shihuang was not a fool. He naturally knew that among his many sons and daughters, the most suitable to inherit the throne was Fusu, and the least suitable to inherit the throne was Hu Hai. The rest were too mediocre, so it was inevitable
He will pass the throne to Fusu before he dies. But Fusu's ascendancy will only do harm to us but no good, especially to you. So what we have to do is to get rid of Fusu when the time comes, and join forces with Li Si, the head of the civil service, to
Help Hu Hai ascend to power."
"Of course I know this, but why do we two want to break up?"
Zhao Gao still didn't understand what Guo Dong meant.