Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 497 Teng Li Si is clearly plagiarizing!

"Stay it at home and entertain me!"

After Zhao Si approved Xi's answer sheet, he ordered the palace officials to see Han Sheng off, and then drove straight to meet Teng who had arrived in Xianyang.

Teng, with an official rank of two thousand shi, was excellent in both civil and martial arts. He once served as internal history and was in charge of Guanzhong.

This is a very outstanding official. Unfortunately, after the unification of the world, he did not choose the right direction and was forced to retire.

As a high-ranking official with two thousand dan, Teng was still paying attention to the situation in the world even after he retired and returned home.

From the beginning to the end, he believed that Li Si's path was unworkable. At the same time, he also believed that the First Emperor was acting too hastily. After returning home from his official career, he tried to persuade the First Emperor more than once.

However, the Emperor's health became worse and worse, and his mentality became more and more anxious. As a result, Teng completely lost hope of recovery.

He is mostly pessimistic in his heart. As he said, there are very few smart people, but there is absolutely no shortage of top talents in the world who can clearly see the general trend of the world.

It's just that due to the situation, most of them spoke softly and their opinions were not adopted. The torrent of the times is always so difficult to withstand. They will only regret it after the big stone has settled, making people later regret it.

Teng was like this, and later Yue Fei was like this... Even in the most chaotic and dark times, there is no shortage of truly talented people.

Teng originally thought that the world would continue like this. He knew the character of the First Emperor very well.

Yes, he was indeed proud to think that as long as he was in the world, he had everything under control, and everyone even thought so, even the opponents of the First Emperor.

However, manpower is limited.

What about when the First Emperor was away?

There will never be another First Emperor in the world, not Fusu, not Hu Hai, and it is impossible for the next First Emperor to appear among the eighteen children of the First Emperor.

Teng sadly believed that the fate of the Qin Dynasty would fall into chaos with the end of the First Emperor's life.

But everything... one day, everything suddenly changed.

Starting from the return of the young man who went to sea to seek immortality...

In just a few years, one thing after another dazzled him.

It even made him call it abnormal...

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Can one person really change a country? Teng doesn't think so.

But the fact was before his eyes, which made him happy.

Great Qin really changed completely, and then Zhao Si suddenly became the eldest grandson of the First Emperor.

Immediately after the establishment of the throne, the world was in chaos, and the messy things caused the world to be turbulent.

The most important thing is that the First Emperor is really not in a hurry.

All this made him feel gratified and curious. Da Qin was getting better and better, but it was a pity that he no longer had the opportunity to participate in all this.

After all, he lost to Li Si. Thanks to the fact that he was once the key promotion target of the First Emperor and was devoted to public service, his ending was not as miserable as that of Chun Yuyue. However, in the era when Li Si was in power, there was a high probability that he would not have a chance to recover.

How could the dignified leader of the three princes allow his former enemies to rise again to divide his power?

Teng was too aware of Li Si's lust for power, as Li Si's younger brother could testify to.

However, something he didn't expect happened again.

The young master wrote a personal letter to summon him to Xianyang.

A letter is two thousand words long...

The most important thing is that His Highness Taisun openly and unabashedly acknowledged the problems currently faced by Daqin, and expressed his affirmation of the once noisy ideas of the new officials.

But... isn't it said that You Cheng Li Si has a close personal relationship with the young master?

Is this an open criticism of Li Si’s administrative policy?

But then I thought about it, what is there to worry about as a person who returned home after serving his official career?

The situation in Great Qin has improved, but if Qin's laws remain unchanged, the root of the disaster lies there. If he is revived by His Highness Taisun, he will still have to compete with Li Si.

Is this really necessary?

Teng thinks there is!

He is already old, he has not much time left, and he does not pursue many things. He just wants to use his whole life to implement his loyalty and draw a successful conclusion to his life.

In fact, Teng realized the opportunity when Zhao Si issued the recruitment order, and began to write letters to some officials who he once thought were extremely talented and had been implicated due to political struggles, asking them to seize this opportunity.

What Teng hesitates about is where to go.

Now, there is no need to hesitate anymore, because His Highness Taisun personally wrote a letter to summon you.

He had made two thousand stones, and his political sensitivity was not low. When His Highness Taisun wrote to invite him, he realized that His Highness might be making some big moves.

Of course, he could pretend to avoid it and wait for a few words and three invitations before returning to Xianyang grandly to build momentum for his return.

But as a traditional loyal minister, he didn't like to use this method, and he didn't want to use this method to verify his lord's determination.

He chose to be honest and go happily.

If the guess is true, then you should work hard. If it is just superficial and formal, it will be a big deal and it will be just a matter of re-employment.

I have been stubborn all my life, there is no need to compromise...

But what he didn't expect was that...His Royal Highness Taisun would actually come to greet him in person.

He hasn't even entered the gate of Xianyang City yet!

On the official road, His Highness Taisun's carriage was parked by the roadside, and a man who looked tall and heroic was at the head of the queue.

When Teng stepped out of the carriage, he saw that figure.

"Teng! See Your Highness!"

Zhao Si came with a smile on his face and helped Teng up personally.

This was the first meeting between Teng and Zhao Si, although Teng, who had been paying attention to the world situation, was no stranger to the name Zhao Si.

Judging from appearance alone, Zhao Si is indeed very good-looking and can satisfy all the appearance requirements of a king and a prince.

"Your Highness personally went here, the people are ashamed..." Teng sighed.

It is not uncommon for a monarch to greet someone in person. It is not uncommon for a superior to gain the favor of a subordinate by giving them respect, allowing them to gain emotional value, and increase their favorability. This method has never been uncommon.

But Teng is still willing to do this...

How many people can actually do things that are beneficial but not costly?

At the very least, the other party did it...

"I have heard your name a long time ago, but my father told me that you are a talented person who governs the country! What I do is free of charge for me, but I hope that what you do for me will be more valuable. "More, I guess it's me who got the advantage." Zhao Si smiled.

"Your Majesty, still remember me?" Teng was stunned for a moment with a bit of questioning in his eyes.

"Why don't you remember? You should have heard of me. I came back from overseas. I came back relatively late, so I didn't know much about the previous things. I didn't know your name for a long time, until later I After I saw "For Officials and Officials and the Head of Guizhou" and "Shu" in my father's palace, I was so shocked that I asked my father about it, and then I learned your name." Zhao Si said with a smile.

Teng Wensheng had a smile on his face, and a bit of warmth flowed from his heart.

Your Majesty also has a collection of books I once wrote... "Things I wrote many years ago are now out of date in many places." Teng smiled.

"I have never asked, but the people are in their sixties and are getting old. Why did Your Highness summon you?" Teng asked.

"Get in the car and talk as we walk." Zhao Si smiled and invited Teng to get on the carriage.

"To be honest... ever since I read your books "Governing Officials and the Head of Guizhou" and "The Way of Being an Official", I have often thought about the current crux of the Qin Dynasty. After thinking about it, there is only one way left. It's nothing more than a reform, so I can only hope that you can help me realize such a thing." Zhao Si said.

He has never been good at the art of language, so he chose to get straight to the point.

Fortunately, he is a superior, and the frankness of a superior can sometimes be quite useful.

"I am already in my 60s. I am afraid that I have no intention of doing such a big thing as the reform, and I cannot help His Highness." Teng shook his head.

This is not prevarication or self-effacing, he is telling the truth.

First of all, he is indeed very old and his energy is somewhat unable to keep up, especially when he has to face such a major reform event.

Secondly, even if he was in good health, he might not be able to preside over the reform if he was asked to do so.

how to say? The ability is not there.

Let him fight, let him govern, whatever.

But he was not a scholar and scholar, and reform was particularly ideological. He asked himself whether he could not implement the ideological program and reform regulations well.

He can be a part of it, but he cannot lead the overall situation.

The main reason why he became a representative figure of the new official thoughts was that he was willing to accept the new official thoughts. At the same time, at that time, he had the highest status and the most power within the new official group. The new official group needed his protective umbrella.

In the internal struggles among Qin officials in the past, part of the reason why Teng was defeated was that he was indeed inferior to Li Si in terms of running a country.

Li Si can make laws for the world, but he cannot. Regardless of his position, Teng admits his failure.

"Baili Xi is not yet a doctor at seventy, let alone sixty years old?" Zhao Si shook his head.

"People are not self-effacing. They are actually capable of what they can't do. They are not hiding their clumsiness. Please don't misunderstand me, Your Highness!" Teng heard the sound and shook his head.

"I have also heard of His Highness's recruitment order, but now that Li Si has reached the top of the three princes, all Qin officials respect him. If His Highness wants to change the law, it should not be at this time. The new officials are dead and need to be retrained... ..." Teng shook his head and spoke.

He didn't mind admitting that he was inferior to Li Si, nor did he mind directly dissing Li Si in front of Zhao Si, who was said to have a close personal relationship with Li Si.

Anyway, you are quite old...

"The situation in Xianyang has changed a lot. You are working at home, so you may not be aware of some things." Zhao Si smiled and took out a copy of "Three Books" from the side and handed it to Teng.

"This is written by Prime Minister Li, you can read it."

Teng Wensheng took the three books with hesitation on his face.

Made by Li Si?

He admitted that Li Si was better than him, but his strength was limited.

What could Li Si write? It is nothing more than following the old path of Shang Jun and copying his junior brother Han Feizi.

However, when he opened the title page and saw the beginning of the chapter of "Three Books", Teng's expression became a little strange.

The king is the foundation, the country is the foundation, the people are the foundation...

Moreover, the further back you look, the more exciting Teng's expression becomes.

After reading for a long time, Teng put down the three treatises with a dazed look on his face.

No, are times changing too fast?

No, Li Si, this is plagiarism!

No, as the leader of the three dignitaries, Li Xiang followed the example of the Qin officials and was the first to surrender, right?

There are so many flaws that it’s hard to get over it for a while.

"This...he...Li Xiang..."

Wouldn’t it be so silky smooth!

They are completely different from each other, right? The contrast is here.

The impact of the Three Books on Teng was probably equivalent to that of a terrorist who suddenly one day wants to promote world peace.

He was very happy that Zhao Si wanted to reform. Judging from the behavior of Zhao Si personally welcoming him, Teng had realized that Taisun might have chosen the idea of ​​​​new officials that was once opposed to the old officials, and he was also very happy.

It's just that he is not capable enough to hold the position of chief engineer, and now that the enemy is powerful and is the leader of the three princes, he plans to persuade Zhao Si to take care of it...

First recruit new officials, then restore their ideas, expand their groups, and finally use all their strength to defeat Li Si, the big boss.

Okay now, the biggest boss is our teammates here.

Teng held it in for a long time, and finally managed only one sentence.

"People who repeat themselves cannot be trusted!"

Yes, this is the evaluation given by Teng.

Although what Li Si did was very abnormal, if you think about it carefully, isn't this Li Si's style?

When the general trend is irreversible, Li Si will always obey immediately. He is always the passive one and the one who adapts to the situation.

If there is something to be gained he will act more quickly.

Compared with ideological perseverance, Li Si values ​​his status, power and safety more.

"I know everything you want to say. Otherwise, I wouldn't have started recruiting talents." Zhao Si smiled.

"More than that, I also plan to ask my eldest father to restore your official position of internal history and control the eight handles of Xianyang Gyeonggi."

Authority means authority.

The so-called eight handles, one is called Jue; the second is called Lu; the third is called to abolish; the fourth is to be placed; the fifth is to be killed; the sixth is to be born; the seventh is to be given; the eighth is to be seized. Enforce national laws and decrees, examine political affairs, and counter accounting. Master the art of narration, accept interviews, and give orders to the king to listen to and govern. Whenever orders are given to princes and lonely officials, they will be ordered to do so. All the books on the affairs of the four directions should be read in the internal history. When the king controls the salary, he praises it and gives it the right reward. The internal historian wrote the king's order, and then he carried it out.

The power is great, but since it is a reform, it must have such great power.

Li Si is the leader of the Three Dukes and a role model for the world. It is impossible for Zhao Si to introduce another Three Dukes, let alone fill Teng into Prime Minister Zuo's vacancy.

But at least within the customs, he needed someone with equal power to Li Si to supervise Li Si.

Although... Zhao Si does have a good relationship with Li Si, but Li Si's subjective initiative is indeed not enough, but for now, only Li Si can serve as the chief engineer. Only Teng is the new official who can take the stage, and the rest He is in a humble position and cannot convince others.

Teng still had to continue to set an example. Although he was not the chief engineer, he needed enough power to check and balance Li Si and provide advice to Li Si.

(End of this chapter)