Chapter 221 Report(1/2)
After a heavy rain, the heat in Xianyang was dispelled.
It’s the beginning of autumn, but the tigers are still raging in autumn. But this heavy rain drove away the last trace of heat, which is a cool autumn!
Li Si sat in the car, closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep.
The wheels crushed the wet bluestone road and made a creaking sound, making Li Si's mood fluctuate.
Shandong's report had already been reported to Xianyang, and the rebellion in the three counties had been quelled. Unexpectedly, a turmoil that was thought would be very difficult would end so hastily. Li Si had to face the boy who was only twenty years old, and he seemed to be a reckless man who only knew how to fight.
However, although the turmoil has subsided, Li Si knew in his heart that this winter is probably not easy to pass.
With Your Majesty's heart, it is impossible to tolerate such rebellion. The turmoil in the three counties involved nearly 200 officials. If you pursue it, you will probably have to be thousands of miles away from the ground. I don't know how many people will fall to the ground. But the problem is that, as it seems calm today, there are actually undercurrents. The descendants of the six countries are hiding in the dark and making wind and rain, and the heads of Qianshu in Shandong are even more ready to move.
The war between the north and the south has ended.
But it will take only one day to make a complete stability.
In other words, the troops stationed in the north and south borders, and nearly one million troops cannot be drawn back for the time being, and the troops in the Central Plains are still empty.
If people are uneasy, there will be chaos.
The most urgent task is to appease people's hearts. If there is a large slaughter, it will make Shandong, which is already not peaceful, more turbulent.
For this reason, Li Si went to visit the old Prime Minister Wang Wan.
Wang Wan was in poor health and was already terminally ill. But it is undeniable that Lao Cheng had a very clear understanding of the current situation. When talking to Li Si, he also strongly asked him to advise His Majesty: If Qi and Lu are stable, then the Central Plains will be stable; if the Central Plains are stable, then the Chu land will be stable!
The "Central Plains" mentioned by the old prime minister refers to Sanchuan County, Dang County, Chen County, Sishui County and Yingchuan County.
As long as these five places are not in turmoil, then the perpetrators located south of the river will not be worth worrying. Adding swords and axes can certainly solve temporary worries, but they will also create hidden dangers. Wang Wan's meaning is very obvious, that is, to minimize the killing in Qilu.
This is easy to say, but difficult to do...
The key is that Your Majesty is becoming increasingly stubborn, and few can persuade him. Even the Supreme Court Meng Yi, whom Your Majesty trusts the most, is now very cautious when speaking. The reason is still to the death of Qin Qing. Qin Qing's death triggered the incident of killing alchemists. It also made Your Majesty increasingly distrust others. Now in the court, ministers must be careful when speaking.
If you are not careful, you might say the wrong thing and lose your life.
Li Si was thinking about how to advise Emperor Qin Shi. But after thinking about it, he still had no clue.
Dadada-
A rapid sound of horse hooves woke Li Si up from his meditation. Immediately afterwards, someone shouted loudly: "The eldest son entered the palace by orders and quickly make way for the road."
The eldest son entered the palace by the order?
Li Si was stunned and couldn't help feeling strange.
The eldest son Fusu just left Xianyang yesterday, why did he suddenly come back?
I was confused, but I was not slow in my mouth, "Give up quickly, don't block the eldest son's way."
Li Si is a very vain person, which is closely related to his background and experience... Li Si was born in poverty and his study journey was not very smooth. Therefore, deep down, he always felt a little inferior. So after he became rich, he became more and more arrogant.
Especially after taking over the Prime Minister's Mansion, although his power was small, his status increased.
So Li Si was more and more concerned about his pomp. Once, even the First Emperor could not stand it and muttered a few words.
Fortunately, someone informed Li Si, which attracted Li Si's attention.
But he was born with a vain temperament. Although Li Si was restrained, he was still very domineering most of the time.
However, Li Si's domineeringness also varies from person to person. At least he should restrain himself from the eldest son Fusu. The coachman quickly drove the car to the side of the road. Before he could stand firm, he saw a team of cavalry passing by like lightning, heading towards Xianyang Palace and rushed towards the direction of Xianyang Palace.
"Go to Xianyang Palace quickly!"
Li Si keenly realized that something big would happen if the eldest son Fusu suddenly turned around.
The car accelerated and stopped outside the Xianyang Palace Gate. As soon as Li Si walked out of the car, he saw the right prime minister Feng Quji and the general Feng Jie and his son also arrived outside the Xianyang Palace Gate. Li Si hurriedly went forward and bowed to Feng Jie. According to the Qin Dynasty official system, the prime minister was divided into two left and right. The right prime minister was higher than the left prime minister, also known as the chief prime minister. The left prime minister was the deputy prime minister, which means that Feng Jie was the superior of Li Si.
If we say that in Xianyang City, there are only a handful of people who can make Li Si worry about it except the First Emperor.
And Feng Jie is exactly one of them.
"Right Prime Minister, the eldest son is back just now!"
Feng Jie nodded, "I heard about it too... It seems that His Majesty sent someone to recall the eldest son overnight. It seems that something big happened."
"us……"
As Li Si was talking, he saw Zhao Gao walking out of the palace gate.
Now Zhao Gao looks like he has changed his personality. He has a smile on his face, and he is also cautious and decent when speaking. The reason for this is that during the turmoil of Bashu, Meng Yi found out that Zhao Gao had received a bribe from the Qin family.
According to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, if bribes are accepted, they should be punished with Jie.
Fortunately, Zhao Gao was the teacher of Ying Huhai, the youngest son of the First Emperor. Hu Hai came forward to plead with him. In addition to the fact that Emperor Shi was also very fond of Zhao Gao, Meng Yi spared his life. However, all the official positions originally assigned to Zhao Gao were abolished except for the position of CUHK's Doctor. Zhao Gao's son-in-law Yan Le was also dismissed from the custody official in Xianyang City, and was demoted to the third level, from the five major officials to the official official... For this reason, Zhao Gao changed his previous arrogance and served him carefully no matter who he saw.
"Two prime ministers and generals... Gao Zheng said he was going to invite you."
"Doctor Zhao, the eldest son came back in a hurry, but what happened?"
General Feng Quji walked up to him and asked softly.
Zhao Gao smiled, "Nothing big is happening... It's just that Pingyang sent a report yesterday. After His Majesty finished reading it, he immediately issued an edict to recall the eldest son.
Now, Your Majesty is discussing matters with the eldest son.
Your Majesty ordered the two prime ministers to wait at the palace gate. Once the matter was discussed, they would immediately summon the two prime ministers. Hehe, since the two prime ministers have arrived, I will save my old slave. I also asked the two prime ministers to be calm and I will return to the palace to report my life first."
Li Si and the Feng family father and son looked at each other.
Pingyang report!
Could it be that something happened again in Qilu?
In Xianyang Palace, the First Emperor sat upright on Dan’s face with an expressionless face, quietly looking at Fusu and Meng Yi, who were kneeling on the ground and kneeling on His Majesty Dan’s sharp eyes, were half open and half closed at this moment, making it impossible to guess the true thoughts in his heart.
In front of Fusu and Meng Yi, there was an open memorial.
The snow-white Cheng Gong paper was densely written in Qin Xiaozhuan. The content made Fusu and Meng Yi tremble in their hearts.
I only care about the situation, one can cry, two can cry, and six can cry. If other people who are wrong and hurt the Tao, it is difficult to spread and recite. Those who speak out all say that the world has been safe and has been governed, but I only think that it has not been done. Those who say that peace and governance are not stupid, but flattery, and are not the facts that know the body of chaos. Holding the fire (pronounced incorrectly, four sounds) and sleeping on the top of the fire, the fire has not burned, so it is called safe. Why is the current situation different from this...
Just this opening paragraph, Fusu and Meng Yi smiled bitterly.
These words are too heavy!
What does this passage mean? If translated into vernacular Chinese in later generations, the general meaning is: I think about the current situation in private, there is one thing that should cry for, two things that should cry for, and six things that should sigh loudly for.
As for other things that violate cleaning and cause bias in the road, it is even more difficult to list them in the memorials.
Those who advise you, said that the world has been stable and well-managed. But I don’t think that’s the case.
People who have already ruled the world are either ignorant or flattering, and cannot truly understand the general situation. This is just like someone holding a fire and putting it under the pile of firewood, but he sleeping on the firewood. When the fire is not burning, he thinks this is a safe place... What is the difference between sleeping on the accumulated firewood in the current situation in the country?
Good guy, this is scolding all the ministers of the Qin Dynasty!
He even satirized the First Emperor a little and compared the First Emperor to the person who sleeps on the accumulation of money...
The people who wrote this memorial were really brave. Fusu and Meng Yi couldn't help but look down, and the memorial listed the current faults of the court, including various problems that need to be faced, as well as the hidden dangers hidden in the dark, and wrote very sharply.
Especially in view of the current biased attitude of Emperor Shinong's people towards the people of the six countries in Shandong, it is even more bitterly pointed out.
The memorial also said: Your Majesty is not the King of Qin of the 800-li Qinchuan, or the common ruler of the whole world. Since the whole world belongs to you, then there should not be any difference between the old Qin people or the people of the six countries in Shandong. Under the Great Qin, there is no distinction between geographical areas, and everyone has only one name, that is, the Qin people. Since they are all Qin people, why should we restrict the people of Shandong and enter Qinchuan? Therefore, your Majesty, you will definitely not make such a wise decision, but should change.
The King of Chu was so thin that he was full of vegetables.
You are now the First Emperor of the Nine Five, with the same merits as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, so you need to pay more attention to this...
The person who wrote this memorial is really a kind of person!
This is the only feeling in Fusu and Meng Yi when they were watching.
But when they saw the final signature, they couldn't help but look at each other. The signature was exactly the Sishui Commander Liu Kan.
"Father!"
Fusu was frightened, "Then Liu Kan is just a reckless man, and he talks nonsense. Don't take his father to heart. That guy is brave and doesn't care about anything as soon as he gets up... Father, please see that he is also out of loyalty, don't blame him."
But I saw Emperor Shi shook his hand gently, "I have never seen such thought-provoking words since the Fengshan Mountains... When this memorial was presented to me yesterday, I was very angry and unhappy. But after looking carefully, I was scared and sweated.
Since the whole world was unified, the old ministers in the court left one after another.
In the court, there was no one else who dared to say that I was not. This old man was a man from Lu Zhi. Although what he said might not be right, he was very heartless. Fusu, you said he was brave, it was not right at all. But it was wrong to say that he was nonsense.
Is it the kind of person who can't listen to it in your eyes?
Haha, but this guy is indeed very bold. A memorial scolded all the civil and military officials in the court... It's wonderful, it's amazing."
Fusu and Meng Yi were both stunned and a little confused. Is the words of the First Emperor out of his original heart or laughing out loud?
"This old man really put some thought into it.
His ultimate goal is to make the last sentence: The land of Qilu is of great importance, and it should be pacified and not slaughtered too much...
Fusu, Meng Qing, and Lao Fu were asking for life for the people of the three counties. He might have thought that if he begged for mercy directly for those people, I would not agree. So in such a bitter word, I would first exclaim. If I take my anger on him, I would violate the oath of "the one who advises will not kill" back then; if I could read it calmly, his last suggestion would not be anything, and it might work.
Reckless man?
If he was just a reckless man, how could he have such a thought? Hehe... Fusu, what do you think? Liu Kan suggested that the people of the three counties be demoted to official slaves and move to Wuyuan County. It just so happened that Meng Tian was going to build a Mincheng in Henan, and the official slaves of these three counties could be used as laborers."
Fusu and Meng Yi looked at each other and said in a deep voice: "My son thinks that Liu Kan's proposal is very good!"
Emperor Shin-Yin pondered and sat upright on the Danbi, his eyes closed slightly, and his fingers gently rubbed his fingers, "I have issued an edict to set up forty-four counties in Wuyuan County to build a Mincheng to defend against the Yuezhi and Donghu in Hebei... Wuyuan County is related to the safety of the northern border, and the Mincheng can better ensure the safety of the people in our northern border. However, Wuyuan County is vast and sparsely populated. If the criminals of these three counties move to Wuyuan County, it would be a good thing.
To be continued...