I rely on Qin Shihuang to enshrine the gods

After all, this matter cannot be hidden from King Qin.

When Ying Zheng's back was drawn into a lonely stroke by the moonlight that washes Hua Hua, and he stepped into the hall.

Baitao was eating the lotus seeds peeled by Rui'er, when she saw him coming, she was a little surprised and said, "Brother Zheng, why are you here?"

Ying Zheng's eyelashes rolled down, and he looked at her without saying a word.

Baitao stuffed the lotus seeds in his mouth, and as soon as he stuffed them, he stepped over and held her wrist, his long and narrow pupils were full of serious examination.

He looked at Baitao's wrist, turned it around again, and hurriedly said: "I didn't hide anything, I really didn't hide anything, don't search, I don't have any private money."

She opened her mouth again and showed him, "Ah—there are only five lotus seeds hidden inside."

After finishing speaking, she smiled obediently again, her pink cheeks were bulging with the lotus core stuffed, she looked like a gluttonous little hamster.

Ying Zheng stroked her hair: "Why is there a centipede?"

Rui'er knelt down, cried and said: "Your Majesty, it's my servant who was negligent and failed to protect my little master. This servant is apologizing."

"It's nothing, but it's just a centipede." Baitao said indifferently, "Centipedes and crickets are both bugs, they are of the same breed, and there is no difference. Another day when other people fight crickets, I will show you, fighting centipedes."

Ying Zheng: "."

Rui'er's eye circles are red: "Little Master."

Ying Zheng said coldly: "The blasphemy is on duty, so that the thieves can take advantage of it. Anyone related to this matter, whether inside or outside the palace, will be detained for review."

Baitao was stunned.

Aunt Zhao and Uncle Lu had an affair, he turned a blind eye to it, and the red-haired snake demon wreaked havoc on the Qin country, and he probably was full of potential, and cut it off again.

He used to be able to bear it, how could he not tolerate a little sand for such a trivial matter.

While Baitao was still in a daze, Ying Zheng looked at her: "Taotao?"

His facial features were too sharp, especially when he was giving orders, his power and status over everyone was pushed to the extreme.

But talking to her now, the majesty has disappeared a lot.

Baitao chewed the lotus seeds, "Well, good. But I'm used to my maid of honor, so I don't need to be detained and handcuffed, can I directly interrogate her?"

The main reason is that this matter is the means of ghosts and ghosts. It is not possible to judge it according to the usual theory, and I am afraid that the review will not be clear.

Ying Zheng is usually obedient and obedient: "Yes."

Ruier looked at Baitao moved, she shed tears, kowtowed and said, "Thank you sir, thank you young master."

She backed off.

King Qin's side hall began to be busy, the palace staff cleaned up the poisonous snakes and ants in the middle of the night, and the lanterns were lit in the middle of the night. The commotion made the whole Xianyang Palace panic, and almost stayed up all night.

A few stars flickered in the sparse starry sky, and there was Li Si, the guest minister who was far outside the palace and received the white peach carrier pigeon, who was also awake.

Li Si was originally from Shangcai in the state of Chu.

At that time, he was just a small county official, who spoke lightly and did nothing but earn a living. He thought this was his unchangeable life.

The turning point happened once when he saw a mouse eating human feces in a dark and dirty corner of the hut, and he also saw him eating mice in the granary, but he didn’t say anything for a long time.

Same for rats.

The rats in the latrines can only eat feces, but the rats in the grain and grass can eat delicious food.

Also human.

Why can he just be a small official and be bullied by others, why can't he rise to the top of the sky one day?
In this way, Li Si's belief was instantly nailed in his bones by taking the mouse as his ambition and achieving a great fame.

Relying on this illusory but firm belief, he wandered not far away, worshiped under the disciple of Xunzi, a great Confucianist and Legalist, and studied his emperor's art assiduously.

Finally, the day when the teacher left, he came to the head of the Seven Kingdoms - Qin.

But Qin State is not a place where you can relax your mind and be a superior person as long as you are full of ambition and real talents.

Although it is the same in any of the Seven Kingdoms, Qin's relatives are particularly powerful, which prevents him from serving the king directly.

Li Si thought about it and tried his best to work under Lu Buwei's hands.

But Lu Buwei's demeanor is looked up to by everyone, and those who go to him are like a carp crossing the river, not to mention that he is not from a pure Confucian background, which is contrary to Lu Buwei's ruling ideology.

No matter how many times Li Si played the ingenious trick of acting according to the wind, there was nothing he could do, and what he felt could only be infinite frustration and rebuff.

In terms of talent, how many talented people are there in Qin?
In terms of erudition, he is just a half-way monk.

In terms of ability, he is just entering the officialdom.

Therefore, it is most appropriate for a student who has no background to apply for a job in a foreign country to be cautious.

But Li Si also clearly understood that he couldn't do this for a long time.

Now the undercurrent of Lu Buwei and Junshang is surging, it is tantamount to blowing a black storm. In this black storm, countless forces are intertwined and rampant underground.

Not only did he have to survive this storm, but he also had to let the young and cold-faced Jun Shang see him first, so that he would have a chance.

So he set his sights on the weak point, the little master of Baitao who lived deep in the palace, and arranged his first way out like this, but he thought it was perfect, but he was discovered so quickly.

Li Si grabbed the crumpled letter and closed his eyes.

He underestimated the people here. He thought he was smart, but others thought him a fool.

Li Si paced back and forth, lifted his robe and sat on the desk, raised his pen with his wrist hanging, and quickly put it down again.

Unable to search for himself, he set his eyes on the letter on the case, shook his hand, opened it, and the black and white writing came into his eyes.

He said every word and sound stagnantly: "Yesterday's abyss, today's shallow talk."

The abyss of yesterday, the shallow talk of today.

The abyss has come, and now he sees that the way out is in front of him, should he retreat.

Taking the lead to cause disaster, but why not create an opportunity to make a fool out of the fire.

How can Li Si, the rat official, have no future?

*
Early the next morning, soon, it was time to go to court.

Stepping up the white jade steps, Li Si held a fluorene board in his hand, a book knife on his waist, white pens on his ears, straight official robes and official belts on his head, neatly and meticulously.

He walks alone, rather prim and non-existent.

Not far away, the gentle and elegant Xiangguo Lu Buwei was surrounded by many officials.

There was a ray of morning light on their faces, showing flattery and flattery. Lu Buwei's temples were gray, and he sighed occasionally, and other officials talked and laughed in his rhythm.

"Morning, Xiangguo."

"Early, early, had a drink yesterday, come back another day."

"Xiangguo looks really strong and healthy."

Lu Buwei didn't speak, only the eye lines in the corners of his eyes were still smiling.

Li Si glanced out of the corner of his eye for a few moments, and then continued to look at the road under his feet. He stepped up one step, and when he went up another step, he felt a little dizzy and floaty for no reason.

If one day, his white body Li Si can have such prosperity and power, if one day, the person who sits in the prime minister's position and has great power is him.

But now these are beyond his imagination, Li Simai took back his steps, and quickly took his own heart, and followed the officials who went to the court at the end of the line.

"Long live the king, long live, long live!"

"Long live the king, long live, long live!"

Kowtowed by mountains and tsunami, and then kowtowed again, the cold tone of the young King Qin echoed in the hall, "Everyone loves you."

"Thank you sir—"

This was the beginning of the early dynasty, and all the officials reported the political affairs to King Qin in an orderly manner.

But everyone knew that King Qin was still young and had not been crowned. Their main purpose was to play for Lu Buwei. Lu Buwei was sitting at the bottom left.

However, the occasional speeches made by the sharp and rebellious King Qin above have already represented that the time that Mount Tai can suppress is numbered.

An ambitious king, who must be eliminated first if he wants to take power?

Li Si was thinking in his heart that now he had begun to look forward to the changing situation and the game between the old minister and the young master.

But the first thing he has to solve is the game that the young master in the harem pushes him out.

Finding a gentle stall, Li Si stepped forward holding the wat board, "Your Majesty, I have something to play."

Before Yingzheng could speak, Lu Buwei was a little surprised by this well-behaved little official who came out of his door. He waved his sleeves, "It's Li Si, tell me, what's the matter?"

All the officials focused their attention on Li Si.

Li Si lowered his head, under the probing gaze of the King of Qin, "It's about the gossip in Xianyang City yesterday, saying that Gang Chengjun's granddaughter spent three thousand gold to buy five dyed white pigeons on the streets of Xianyang City, but although it's mere For such a trivial matter, many people are questioning why Gang Chengjun has such a solid background."

Three thousand gold to buy five thousand pigeons?
As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers who had never heard of it were in an uproar.

Gang Chengjun's cheeks trembled, "Foreigner Li Si, don't make random arrangements in the court hall. The old man and granddaughter are well-behaved and have a rich heart. How can they be the kind of people who spread rumors on the street?"

Li Si didn't rush.

He is a thoughtful person who knows how to make mistakes.

In a big country that is full of crises and the Qin law is strict, he has already predicted how the older and more irritable Mr. Gang Cheng will react.

He said unhurriedly: "There are so many simple and simple Qin people in Xianyang City, their eyes can see, and their mouths can speak."

"Such things cannot be fabricated out of thin air by Li Sijie, a petty official."

"It's fine if you ask Sun to spend a few hundred gold to buy pigeons, but it's a whole three thousand gold."

"Not to mention in the big city of Xianyang, even in the big city of Central Plains, it is unheard of and unprecedented. There are so many poor people in Guanzhong who don't have enough to eat. It can be said that Sun's extravagant behavior is chilling."

Gang Chengjun gritted his teeth, and cursed inwardly: "Thieve your mother, even if my granddaughter really bought a few pigeons, you little official, how dare you control your grandfather?"
The ministers looked at each other, their eyes flicked.

Gang Chengjun and Prime Minister Lu Buwei are well aware of the entanglement of interests.

Lu Buwei, who had just come to the Qin Kingdom, dealt with Mr. Gang Cheng, and later Mr. Gang Cheng resigned from the position of prime minister very pleasingly under the eyes of the former king.

A little bit of business entanglement, that's perfectly normal.

Three thousand gold is a salary for several years for Gang Chengjun, but for Gang Chengjun who clings to Lu Buwei to start a business, three thousand gold is just a small amount.

But someone dared to say it openly, and participated in the performance in front of the King of Qin. The courtiers looked at each other for a while, and they were already preparing the draft.

Ying Zheng asked Gang Chengjun coldly: "Is there such a thing?"

Gang Chengjun couldn't say no, but he couldn't just admit it, he glanced at Lu Buwei from the corner of his eye, and Lu Buwei was just drinking tea leisurely.

"Yes! Your Majesty, but the minister's granddaughter is still young, but that's it"

Gang Chengjun gritted his teeth and wanted to say more.

Lu Buwei said, "Lingsun, I've seen him in person, he's a bit stubborn, but he must be disciplined, the three thousand gold is just empty talk, no one has seen it, and no one can explain anything, Mr. Gang Cheng, But don’t follow others’ advice.”

What a sophisticated method!
With just these few words, the most taboo of the king of a country, the formation of a party and private interests, has been picked up.

Gang Chengjun hurriedly said: "Yes! The minister immediately disciplines that ineffective granddaughter."

Li Si did not back down, he bowed his hands in awe, "The people of old Qin are simple, but Gang Chengjun's granddaughter is so extravagant, which ruins the essence of old Qin people, and makes old Qin people chill in the bottom of their hearts. This is one of them."

"Secondly, there are a lot of merchants pouring into Xianyang City. They raise prices and sell in Xianyang City. They fight with officials and monopolize wantonly. The profit they make is indescribable."

"In the past, the Qin State was in crisis on all sides, and it relied on the whole country to work hard and make great efforts to govern it, so that it can become a first-class power now."

"But now in Xianyang City, making money and planning goods, officials and officials are in harmony, isn't the whole country in a downturn, isn't it in danger?"

Lu Buwei's face changed slightly.

The other courtiers who couldn't get rid of their relationship to make money and plan goods even cursed secretly in their hearts, and typed the manuscript again.

Li Si sternly said: "Thirdly, the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in an ant's nest, and officials can still take the lead in this way, but they don't know what kind of lies and drunkenness, decadence and decay will be in Xianyang City in the future!"

"In the bustling city of Xianyang, what you see will always be what you see now, but what about the other people who are suffering in the fields?"

"Does monopoly and profligacy do them any good?!"

"Having lost the hearts of the people, do you want Qin to end up in the same fate as Chen, which perished because of indulgence in extravagance?"

Li Si knelt down and said sonorously, "Only by taking history as a mirror can we know the gains and losses. Why can't today's trivial matters lead to tomorrow's major events? Your Majesty, please be bold, Your Majesty, sweep away this extravagant style that corrupts the country and changes customs, thoroughly investigate and rectify it." Officials!"

An official couldn't help but said, "It's not as serious as what Li Si said."

"This trivial matter is just the nonsense of the younger generation. It's a bit inappropriate to mobilize teachers and people like this."

"However, over the years, the door of convenience has been opened wide, and businessmen from the six countries of Shandong have frequently flowed into our Qin State to enjoy themselves. This kind of atmosphere, the old man can't stand it anymore."

"Yes, Lord Shang has a saying. If you are rich, you will be promiscuous. If you are prostitute, you will have lice, and if you have lice, you will be weak. The act of governing the country is to make the poor rich. The rich are poor, and the poor are rich. The country is strong, and the rich are poor. Three Officials have no lice."

"Your Majesty, farming and warfare should be rewarded now, and the people should not be infected with this extravagant habit, which will cause lice!" An old minister said sonorously.

The others are still watching.

What is true is that the simplicity of the old Qin people is gradually pulled away with the business travelers, horses and horses, and is contaminated day after day and year after year, and Xianyang is bound to undergo earth-shaking changes.

Li Si was still kneeling.

From Gang Chengjun ordering his grandson to buy pigeons, to the current harm of Qin State.

Then to rectify the officials.

Li Si knelt with his back straight and confident. Although his current behavior was regarded as a thorn in the flesh, he also established his prestige and image in the court.

In the eyes of others, he is a guest minister who has dedicated himself to Qin and understands the people's feelings.

In the eyes of Qin Wang Yingzheng, who sat high on the throne of gold and iron, he also seized the opportunity to establish power in Li Si, that is, to call all the officials and county guards to come together for routine rectification and respect. Wang Ming.

Ying Zheng said: "Quasi-Li Si, I will teach you how to deal with this matter. Be sure to give me a good answer."

As soon as the words fell, Li Si felt a burst of dizziness in his head, and then came the clarity after the dizziness.

He was right.

Yes, what he bet on was not Lu Buwei's reaction and obstruction, but the full-fledged King Qin, who couldn't wait to take power.

Li Si kowtowed: "I am fortunate to not disgrace—"

As for the impeachment of Lai Ai by the little bishop in the palace, Li Si also quietly completed it. Changxin Hou Lai Ai built a large-scale construction project in Yongcheng to support followers and build a palace.

If it is to be rectified, it must start with him first.

Not only established prestige, but also won the reuse of King Qin, and also won the trust of the young master in the palace.

No matter how many risks, in front of Li Si, who was stealing the fruits of victory at this moment, they were all insignificant.