"Left Prime Minister, the one who worships this Jingbian Temple is Li Mu, a famous general of the former Zhao State!"

"Oh, it's him?" Chen Xu was stunned for a moment and hurriedly sat down.

There were many famous Chinese celebrities in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but there were only a few people who admired Chen Xu the most. Wang Jian counted one, Meng Tian counted one, and Li Mu counted one, especially Meng Tian and Li Mu, both famous generals who had just passed the Huns. The main reason why the Qin and Zhao State failed was that Li Mu was killed by King Zhao. Otherwise, whether Qin Shihuang could have just passed the Zhao State was still unknown. Therefore, Chen Xu was still full of admiration for Li Mu, and was also full of emotion and sighs. If Li Mu had not died, the Central Plains would probably be a mess. The seven countries were still fighting each other every year, and China would not have the current unification situation. Naturally, it was not his turn to make a point of reform.

"Left Prime Minister, when Li Mu's army went out of Yanmen Pass to attack the Huns, the Huns did not dare to go south to invade the Central Plains for decades. Therefore, the people of Zhao built Jingbian Temple in Yanmen Pass to commemorate Li Mu's merits and achievements!"

"So that's it!" Chen Xu nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and spoke, "What does the Minister of the Banquet think this matter will have to do with Jingbian Temple?"

"The left prime minister, my subordinates guessed that Li Mu was the hero in the hearts of Zhao people, and Yanmen Pass was also a heroic pass in Zhao's resistance to the Xiongnu. It also had an important position in the minds of Zhao people. Although Zhao's country has now perished, the people of Zhao's people's feelings for Zhao's past have not been erased too much. In fact, the people of the first six countries still secretly call themselves the name of the country, which cannot be changed overnight. Now Yanmen County is the military camp where soldiers are stationed in the north.

Yanmen Pass is also in an important position. Wang Li, the Marquis of Wucheng, was in charge of a total of 40,000 elite new horsemen in the northern military camp, most of which were in Yanmen County. The Qin Dynasty and Zhao were enemies. When His Majesty the First Emperor was imprisoned by Zhao State, the Qin people were ashamed. Therefore, although this incident seemed to have happened by chance, it was actually a necessity. The horsemen guarding the border must have wanted to destroy Jingbian Temple to humiliate the people in Zhao, but this also angered the locals and thus caused conflicts..."

Yanzhuang roughly explained his inferences, and Chen Xu thought about it slightly and realized that things would not be too far apart.

"If this is true, then this matter will definitely not be as simple as the memorial said. Maybe not only will there be injuries, but also someone will die..." Chen Xu's brow frowned immediately.

Although there is only one clue about Jingbian Temple at the moment, according to the speculation of Yanzhuang, this matter has actually become a bit enlightening. A group of elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty wanted to destroy the holy land of Zhao's sacred heroes. The locals naturally refused, and then pushed and shoved the conflict. A group of civilians were not the opponent of the elite soldiers. They were soon beaten to the point of blue-faced face. Then a group of soldiers destroyed Jingbian Temple and left. The local people gathered to cause trouble. Because of Wang Li, the guards of Yanmen Pass and local officials must not dare to offend them, so the matter was dragged down...

But this kind of thing must not be delayed for too long, because the longer it delays, the more serious the consequences may become.

Chen Xu felt that if this matter was not handled well, it would likely lead to a huge civil unrest in the end.

According to the nature of the people of Zhao in the northwest, it is not impossible to rebel if they have a big rebellion.

"The Lord Banquet will go back to work first. This matter is strictly kept confidential and should not be disclosed. I will go to the Secretariat in person!" Chen Xu stood up, sorted out his clothes, and then took the memorial to find Feng Quji.

Ziying Hall, Shangshu Provincial Government Office.

Just like the Secretariat, there are three gilded ancient seals of the Secretariat at the entrance of the tall and majestic palace. On both sides of the wide steps, dozens of well-equipped imperial guards were arranged. There are parking lines at the entrance of the hall, and dozens of different styles of carriages are parked densely, and officials are constantly coming and going, which seems much busier than the Secretariat.

"Welcome to the Marquis of Qinghe!" Under the leadership of the Imperial Army, all the Imperial Army guards bowed together, and the officials entering and leaving quickly stopped and bowed together.

"No gift, Feng Xiang is here?" Chen Xu got out of the car and nodded slightly and asked.

"Feng Xiang is currently working in the government office, please invite him inside!" Under the guidance of the leader of the imperial guards, Chen Xu walked into Ziying Hall and happened to meet Feng Quji who was rushing to greet him. The two of them greeted each other and then joined hands to enter Feng Quji's office.

"Feng Xiang is so happy. These pots of Qiulan have grown well, and they are actually blooming!"

As soon as I walked into Feng Quji's office, I smelled a faint orchid fragrance, and my eyes were attracted by the pots of orchids placed on a large wooden table of fragrant nanmu. So I walked up to watch and admired.

"Haha, Qinghehou praised too much. You are the master of gardening. The warm room can cultivate flowers such as fruits, vegetables, roses and peonies in the cold winter. I am just a joke and can't be elegant! I'm ashamed!"

Feng Quji smiled and twisted his beards and said a few polite words, inviting Chen Xu to sit down. A maid brought incense tea and then stepped back. Feng Quji then calmed down and said, "I wonder why the left prime minister suddenly came to the Secretariat?"

As the saying goes, if you don’t go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble, Chen Xu’s own Secretariat was too lazy to go to the Secretariat, but today he hurried to the Secretariat to find him without saying hello. It must be that he was not here to praise his orchid plantings.

"I'm here to visit Feng Xiang!" Chen Xu smiled and drank tea while continuing to look around Feng Quji's office, his eyes falling on a painting and calligraphy on the wall, "Hey, is this painting written by Feng Xiang?"

Feng Quji shook his head laughed and cried: "Why should the Queen of Qinghe betray me? This painting was made by the painter. My calligraphy and paintings are not enough to be on the surface. Since the Queen of Qinghe is here, let's talk about it quickly. I'm busy with official business recently!"

Hearing that Feng Quji was unwilling to chat with him, Chen Xu could only laugh a few times and put down the teacup. His face changed seriously and took out the memorial from his pocket and handed it to Feng Quji. "Feng Xiang, Xu is here today to make this memorial. I wonder if Feng Xiang had seen it before?"

Seeing Chen Xu so serious and serious, Feng Quji felt his heart tightening slightly, and then reached out to take the memorial and glanced over a few times... Then he looked carefully, and finally pondered for a moment before speaking: "I'm stupid, I don't know what the Zuo Prime Minister thinks is wrong with this memorial?"

"The Qin and Zhao have been fighting for hundreds of years. This Jingbian Temple was heard as a temple for the former Zhao State's famous general Li Mu. Now it has been destroyed by soldiers under the Marquis of Wucheng. Local civilians may be killed or injured. If this matter is not handled well, it may cause civilians in Zhao and may even lead to a major disaster!" Chen Xu said while drinking tea.

Feng Quji's face became solemn in an instant. He read the memorial carefully again, and his brows slowly frowned, "It has been several months since this incident happened, and it is involved in military soldiers. Why is it not that the Marquis of Wucheng wrote a letter, but a local county magistrate?"

"This is the key to the problem. The speech of this memorial is vague and seems to be understatement. However, there is often a complex background hidden behind the simplicity. And as Feng Xiang said, this matter should not have been submitted by the magistrate of Guangwu County, so this memorial is suspected of being more obvious. The Minister of the Criminal Banquet believes that this matter should not have been so simple, so he rejected the handling documents of the Ministry of Justice. After reading it, he felt that there were still many problems, so he came to Feng Xiang to discuss it!" Chen Xu put down the teacup, his expression had become quite serious at this time.

"Then the left prime minister thought what should be done about this matter?" Feng Quji concentrated for a moment before speaking.

"Of course I want to find out the truth!"

Feng Quji's face suddenly became extremely deep, and his thin fingers tightly twisted his beard, as if he was trapped in the ideological struggle between heaven and man.

As an important official who has been immersed in the court for nearly ten years, now the right prime minister of the Qin Dynasty who is in charge of the world is not needed to mention too much. When Chen Xu said the three words "Marquis of Wucheng", he felt that things were very difficult, and it might even exceed the scope of his ability to deal with them.

Although Qin's law was profitable, it was born from the king and the monarch was arbitrary.

There are many Qin rules and almost everything, but Qin rules target ordinary people and they can hardly control the nobles. Even if the nobles violate the law, they can only be tried and dealt with by the emperor. This is the royal power of the family.

Many of the Qin laws involve criminal law, including "Youshishi", "The Law of Capture and theft", "The Law of Exclusion of Officials", and "The Style of Closing and Diagnosis", there are regulations for trial and investigation, but without exception, these laws are specifically targeted at the lower class people, and officials and nobles are not included.

There are three Wuhous in the Wang family. Although Wang Li is young and is only in his twenties, he is also protected by Wang Jian and Wang Ben, valued by the First Emperor, and was named Chehou after conquering the Donghu. This is a completely cheating title. Now there are many people who are dissatisfied with Wang Li’s title of Marquis.

But no matter how dissatisfied, the third generation of the Wang family has become a super family in the Qin Empire that no one dares to argue with. No one dares to stroke the tiger's whisper, and the tiger's butt can't touch it. He can only watch it shake his head and tail and roar the world.

Now Wang Li is in charge of the military camp in the north, commanding 40,000 elite horses and bares, and has almost the ability to sweep the world. After Wang Ben spent his years at home, he was appointed by the emperor to take charge of the 200,000 troops in Lingnan to conquer Baiyue. Now two years have passed and it is about to succeed. This father and son control almost all the troops of the Qin Dynasty, one in the south and one in the north.

The remaining Meng Tian, ​​who was in charge of the Western Army, was responsible for the attack on the Western Regions. At present, 20,000 troops have been stationed in the Western Regions. There are only 10,000 auxiliary pawns in the Longxi Army Camp. Although they are also elite, their strength has been greatly reduced.

In other words, if the Wang family wants to rebel, the Qin Dynasty will be turned upside down in an instant.

But the emperor did not have any concerns, and he lived in Xianyang every day very quietly and freely.

From this we can see that Wang's gratitude in the emperor's heart has not diminished at all, and he has almost relied on it to the point of not being prepared for it.

If Chen Xu wanted to investigate the situation behind this memorial, no matter what the final outcome would be, he would definitely offend Wang Li.

The offending Wang Li is the offending Wang Ben and Wang Jian, the father and son of the Qin army.

Although Feng Quji is now in power, he also knows that with his identity and status, he dare not fight with Wang no matter what. This is not an existence of the same level. If he really breaks up, the emperor will definitely dismiss him from office, and Wang may not have nothing to do in the end.

The Qin Dynasty established a country with martial arts. Whether it was the Spring and Autumn Period or the Warring States Period, military power was the only criterion for the princes to set order. Now that the smoke of war had just dissipated, the First Emperor was not so stupid that he wanted to cut off his own arms.

But now Chen Xu came to him with this memorial, and he would definitely not want to return empty-handed.

It is not possible to offend Wang, and it is not possible to offend Chen Xu.

After all, it was almost achieved by Chen Xu that he was able to have his current court status.

Fenced between two big shots, Feng Quji felt very uncomfortable.

And the best way to deal with such things is to turn big things into small things. If it is delayed for the first half of a year, it is probably going to be ruined.

As a state who has been deeply engaged in the court for many years and is willing to surrender to Li Si until his current status, his scheming and calculating are just the most basic skill of an official, Feng Quji instantly took his attention in his heart.

As for the people of Zhao, Feng Quji never considered it.

"I also agree with the meaning of the left prime minister to investigate thoroughly. When tomorrow the court will inform His Majesty of this memorial, it is best to let the Supervisory Provincial Department send the Censor to Yanmen County..." Feng Quji took a sip of tea and spoke.

Damn, an old fox!

Half an hour later, Chen Xu walked out of the Shangshu Provincial Government Office muttered.

After standing at the government office watching Chen Xu's carriage leave, Feng Quji breathed a long sigh, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and turned back to continue working.

Since Chen Xu said that he would find out the truth, he naturally could not refuse, but as long as he threw the memorial to the emperor and let Meng Yi come forward, it would take at least one or two months on the way. Regardless of whether he could find out or not, and then delayed for a few more months, the matter would naturally subside. Meng Yi was not a fool to fight with Wang's arm, and perhaps it would be left alone in the end. Moreover, even though Meng Yi was determined to help his son-in-law, the three tigers of Wang's family had just gotten over, it had nothing to do with Feng Quji.

Feng Quji's abacus is pretty good, but unfortunately he met Chen Xu, a serious guy. And one of the main reasons is that Chen Xu has been so idle lately.
Chapter completed!