my grandfather was qin shi huang

Chapter 339 Windfall
"You three are the first batch of candidates for the trial..."

Having said this, Zhao Ying paused and looked down at Li Chen, Zhuo Yi and Xu Zhi who were in agitated moods.

"Do you know the weight of the word "trial"? If you can do your best to satisfy His Majesty, the cabinet system will most likely become a normal state. If your performance cannot satisfy His Majesty, then this cabinet may be the last one. , and as participants in the failed experiment, you don’t have to consider your future future..."

Zhao Ying's words were like a basin of cold water poured directly on the heads of the three of them, causing their blood that had begun to boil to slowly calm down.

"So, I specifically asked His Majesty for you and gave you a chance to choose."

Having said this, Zhao Ying looked calmly at the three talents who stood out in the first imperial examination system of the Qin Dynasty. His tone was indifferent, and there was no emotion or anger.

"That is an opportunity to enter or exit. Remember, if you choose to exit now, then it will be treated as if I have not mentioned this matter to you. There will be no burden or impact on you in whatever you should do in the future. , but once you choose to enter, there is no way back, and you must make an appearance for me!"

Zhao Ying looked around the three of them.

"The cabinet was originally established to share His Majesty's burdens and to pool wisdom. It is a rare piece of common sense in the Qin government. I don't think so. This cabinet begins and ends with you."

Looking at the calm eyes of the emperor's grandson, the three people became more and more solemn.

Cabinet members can draft memorials to various places!

This is the right to make decisions on behalf of His Majesty. Although this draft opinion is only a preliminary opinion to provide reference to the Emperor, the final decision still depends on the Emperor's approval.

But all three of them are smart people, so how could they not understand the key points of this job.

That is the right to make suggestions on the government affairs of the court!

No matter what happens, it must go through your eyes first. No matter what happens, you are qualified to put forward your opinions to the emperor first.In other words, it is the right to participate in and discuss government affairs.

In this era, that is the power of the prime minister!
And, it’s a first-hand opinion.

Most likely before he was the prime minister!
Sometimes, many things happen in one thought, and what you want is this small opportunity.

But the words of His Royal Highness the Emperor Changsun also make it very clear that as a trial power agency of the imperial court, they, the first members selected into the cabinet, must bear great risks.

This is a bright double-edged sword.

However, once you can do it well, the benefits will be endless.

Thinking of this, Li Chen, who has always been low-key and calm and doesn't like to compete with others, took the lead to step out and bowed deeply with a solemn expression.

"My minister, Li Chen, will do his best to live up to the high expectations of His Majesty and the Emperor's grandson!"

Unlike Legalism, Taoism's status in the current Qin Dynasty is precarious and has been completely marginalized. Especially last time, with Xu Fu's return, the fake elixir case broke out, and the Taoist lineage was almost wiped out.

Naturally, Taoism cannot be equated with alchemists, nor can it be equated with Taoism, which gradually emerged between the two Han Dynasties.

In fact, to be precise, in this era, Taoist priests only referred to people with high moral standards. This group of magicians who believed in ghosts and gods, refined elixirs, and pursued immortality called themselves "Fangxian Dao" and could only be regarded as a lineage of Taoism.

But that can be considered a lineage!
The alchemists suffered heavy losses, and Taoism was greatly implicated. In addition, Li Si proposed to expel hundreds of schools of thought before, and the influence of Taoism in the court gradually declined.

Li Chen, a new scholar, has become an extremely important banner of Taoism in the court.

Xu Zhi can retreat, because behind him is the Legalist with a strong foundation and Li Si at the height of his power, but he cannot. Once he retreats, the influence of Taoism in the court will be severely damaged again.

Moreover, being selected into the cabinet this time is most likely an opportunity for Taoism.

Li Chen made a decision.

Zhuo Yi and Xu Zhi also understood this truth, and suddenly moved forward and bowed.

"I am willing to do my best to share your Majesty's worries!"

When Zhao Ying saw this, he couldn't help but smile and nodded.

"good!"

He was not lying just now, and he would not hold them accountable for retreating, but if the three of them retreated and did not even have the courage to take on the important responsibility, then there would be no need to cultivate them.

"You don't have to worry too much. Just take responsibility boldly and make decisions impartially. Your Majesty and Gu will be behind you in everything!"

After receiving the personal promise from His Royal Highness the Emperor Changsun, the three of them were immediately boosted in morale and felt much more confident.

……

After finishing a castrated version of the small cabinet, Zhao Ying couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With the help of the three newborn calves, Li Chen, Zhuo Yi, and Xu Zhi, the First Emperor's workload was bound to be greatly reduced. At least he could maintain his position in Xianyang. level at that time.

The First Emperor would not have any physical problems due to overwork.

After leaving the palace, seeing that it was still early, he paused and turned around directly to the Da Qin Royal Charity Hall.With the foundation of the Zhuo family and the help of Zhuo Pei, Zhao Ying's iron smelting factory developed extremely smoothly.

Zhao Gao and Zhou Yin have successfully established a new iron smelting workshop covering an area of ​​several hundred acres in Linqiong according to their own plans.

According to the feedback information, a blast furnace has been built in the new workshop, and the Zhuo family has also transferred a group of outstanding craftsmen. It will be officially put into use by the end of this month.

Steward Sao's side is also progressing smoothly. According to yesterday's letter, he has followed his instructions and gone through several processes to finally successfully screen out the first batch of anthracite coal in Daqin.

Now, we are recruiting people on a large scale and starting mass production.

For these, Daqin has its own set of extremely mature production lines, whose efficiency far exceeds that of other countries in the world.I didn't know it before, but now I know the key and I want to produce it very efficiently.

Especially nowadays, labor prices are ridiculously low.

In some places, there is even no money, and you can manage two meals a day, so some people are vying to get a job in the mines.

What's more, the wages paid by Huang Changsun's coal mine are always generous?
But despite this, the cost of anthracite is still almost negligible.

On the east side of Hedong, the iron smelting workshop still bearing the name of the Zhuo family had taken the lead in using anthracite coal and produced the first batch of ironware.

Compared with the previous coke, the quality is even better!
Zhao Ying has already asked people to build a new iron smelting workshop near Xianyang.Different from the iron smelting workshop that cooperated with the Zhuo family, this workshop will be completely independent from the imperial court and directly owned by the royal family.

To be precise, there is only one owner of this workshop, and that is the Emperor of Qin!
Zhao Ying has already designed a process that can process hundreds of steel-making processes in this era. In the future, this workshop will become the birthplace of Great Qin's magical weapons.

Today, this workshop is operating in an extremely low-key manner under the control of Guan Shimo.

Compared to Zhang Liang and others, Zhao Ying is still more accustomed to believing in some things than the two little followers who followed him in the past.

Over in Lingnan, Qian's business was booming, and the spice business was growing in scale. With Meng Yi and General Lu as escorts, a very mature business network had been formed.

When he comes back from the shock, he will sit in Xianyang and be responsible for the intelligence network laid out along this business road.

Hexi is booming, and with Chen Ping, Xiao He and others here, there is no need to worry.Over there in the Western Region, the problem is not big either.

Liu Bang may not be able to fight a tough battle, but if he wants to stay in the Western Regions, no one can do anything to him. It will be a bit difficult to continue to open up the situation, but there should be no problem with stability.

As for Xiang Yu...

Forget it, let’s not mention it, it’s a bit fierce.

Morton Shanyu was about to be unable to hold on any longer.

What needs to be considered now is no longer the problem of the Huns, but whether this guy will develop ambitions as a result.Zhao Ying couldn't tell what his feelings were about this possible ending.

But until I come back, it won't be a big problem.

Now, what worries him the most is the Great Qin Royal Charity Hall.

This kind of charity is like a double-edged sword. If used well, if it can really do some practical things for the people, it will naturally gain a lot of favorability for Daqin. But if problems arise, then it really needs to be done. It's a self-defeating thing, and it's a shame.

At this critical turning point of Da Qin, he would never allow any negative news to appear in this charity hall, which he deliberately named Da Qin Royal.

When Zhao Ying arrived, it was already past Youshi, almost four or five o'clock in later generations.

The door of the Charity Hall is open, and people are coming and going inside, each busy.

When Zhao Ying came in, someone came to greet him.

"This strong man, may I ask why you are here?"

As he said that, he looked up and down at Zhao Ying's clothes. Seeing that this guy was well-dressed and distinguished, he gave up the idea of ​​whether this guy came to ask for help.

However, his face was more respectful.

"Is this noble man planning to donate to this church and do good deeds?"

This man looked respectful, neither humble nor arrogant.

"I'm sorry, if you donate, then your trip will be in vain. Our Charity Hall is the Royal Charity Hall of Qin Dynasty. It is directly allocated by the royal family to help those poor people who have no food and clothing. We do not accept private donations..."

When Zhao Ying heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, feeling a little surprised.

“Are there many people coming to donate to our charity hall?”

Zhao Ying simply followed the man's words and asked. He only knew that around the New Year this year, his charity hall spent less money outside, but he really didn't pay attention to whether anyone came to donate.

"a lot of!"

Having said this, the boy working on the errand puffed up his chest quite proudly.

"There were very few New Year's Eve, almost none, but after the Chinese New Year, many people came to the door, willing to give money, food, donations, and help the poor with the emperor's eldest grandson - I think they must have seen that our charity hall is I was really planning for those poor people. I was inspired by His Royal Highness the Emperor’s Grandson, so I took the initiative to come here and wanted to do some good things together..."

Zhao Ying: ...

Will it start to increase on October [-]st?
This is not inspired by me. In this aspect, it is inspired by the Queen!

On October [-]st, after the establishment of the First Emperor, he officially became the eldest grandson of the First Emperor. The future situation became increasingly clear, so some people wanted to come here to test the waters and see if they could make a curveball to save the country.

However, he did not intend to say anything to the low-level servant in front of him regarding these speculations. Instead, he shook his head with interest.

"Your charity hall doesn't even want any money?"

"That's natural! Don't even look at who is standing behind our Charity Hall..."

Zhao Ying deliberately talked to him, followed his words, and nodded his head.

"Yes, yes, yes, I am confused - but, in our charity hall, are there really so many people vying to come and donate money and materials?"

Hearing that Zhao Ying dared to question this, the boy immediately became unhappy.

The smile on his face disappeared visibly.

"Humph, that's natural. Not to mention anything else, today alone, there were no less than ten people here, and many people even came directly to ask for money - don't believe me, I'm afraid of you if you tell others I don’t know, the Eighteenth Young Master must know that the steward of his house just came over with the money..."

Having said this, the boy working on the job looked proud.

Zhao Ying couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

He never expected that Hu Hai's family would send people to his charity hall to send money.

"Did you know that the Eighteenth Young Master only had copper coins to pull three or four carts? The steward of his house said that the Eighteenth Young Master is also a member of the royal family, and this money is just a share of the Eighteenth Young Master's heart - -However, our manager Zhou is not here, and those of us who do things dare not make the decision. Later, Mr. Fan Zeng, a friend of manager Zhou, said that we could not receive the money from the [-]th Young Master, so we refused..."

This young boy was talking very happily.

But as he spoke, he couldn't help but gradually stopped.Because, he found that the big man standing in front of him gradually became dull, with a very strange smile on his face.

"Who were you talking about just now? Fan Zeng?"

The boy couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that after he had been talking for a long time, the big man in front of him, who was luxuriously dressed and had an extraordinary temperament, was only paying attention to this.

Immediately a little annoyed.

"Yes, Mr. Fan is a good friend that our manager Zhou specially invited to help..."

Zhao Ying:! ! ! ! ! !

"The Mr. Fan Zeng you just mentioned, how old is he approximately, where is he from..."

When Zhao Ying asked about this, the boy's eyes were already very impatient.

If he hadn't seen Zhao Ying's extraordinary demeanor and couldn't be sure of his identity, he would have probably turned around and ignored him, but even so, it was just perfunctory.

"Mr. Fan looks to be in his 60s or [-]s. As for where he is from, those of us who work as little people don't know this. But from the accent, he seems to be from the south..."

Zhao Ying: ...

There is more and more doubt in my heart that this Mr. Fan Zeng is the Mr. Fan Zeng that I will know later!

He had of course heard of Zhou Yin before, spending his own money to recruit random people in Tianxiang Pavilion and treat them to dinner and drinks, but he just laughed it off and how could he really care about Zhou Yin? Who was invited?
What he wanted was Zhou Yin, not just some random cat or dog.

(End of this chapter)