Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 429: Training Qin officials in large quantities (please give me a monthly recommendation ticket!)
Others followed suit.

"Yes, in this way, we don't have to worry about the world falling apart due to the old system."

Other courtiers followed suit in the corridor.

Meng Tian listened, feeling relieved but at a loss as to what to do.

The emperor actually dealt with the household registration level in such a drastic manner without his help, without asking him at all.

It was obvious that His Majesty the Emperor did not pay any attention to him, the auxiliary minister whom the late Emperor personally issued an edict to leave to him.

In this way, Meng Tian began to recall the days when the late emperor was here, and the Meng brothers were known as "loyal and trustworthy" in the court and were worshiped by all the officials.

People can not escape from doing wrong.

Meng Tian walked out of Zhangtai and got his sword back at the palace gate, but his heart felt like a winter desert, extremely cold and chilling.

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The Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests and the Palace of Chengming.

Meng Yi did not expect that he would be summoned to this place by the emperor.

Chengming Hall was where the emperor rested and entertained.

It is said that before the rumor-mongering case took place, the late emperor often called Li Si here to play chess in his spare time.

Meng Yi was thinking about this and missed the late emperor. After a while, he saw the emperor sitting under the pavilion over there.

Meng Yi saw a chessboard from a distance, and he was naturally confused. Could it be that His Majesty called me here just to play chess?

Not long after the late emperor entered the mausoleum, His Majesty used the excuse of playing chess to discuss political affairs with his ministers. Is there something wrong with that?

"I pay respects to Your Majesty."

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Meng Yi straightened up slowly, his eyes still full of doubt.

"I don't know why your Majesty summoned his ministers here."

"Give a seat."

This majestic and cold voice sounded, making Meng Yi think for a moment that the person sitting in front of him was the late emperor.

Meng Yi's mouth turned into a line, and he sat down respectfully.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the seat."

"Serve tea—"

As Fusu was talking, he sat alone in front of the chessboard, while Meng Yi sat beside Fusu, with a lacquer table placed in front of the table.

Soon Yin Guan came out and brought new tea.

"Ting Wei, you can try this tea."

Meng Yi was born with a handsome appearance, but now facing Fusu, his back was straight and he did not dare to relax at all.

"My minister obeys."

As soon as the tea was in his mouth, Meng Yi felt a sourness and bitterness penetrated into the surface of his tongue, which made the surface of his tongue bitter and numb, and then the tea was poured into the stomach again, and he felt a wave of filth entered into the stomach.

The tea is cold, bitter and sour.As the tea was given by the emperor, he could not lose his etiquette, so he drank up the bowl of tea in one breath.

When Meng Yi finished drinking tea and took off the sleeves that were originally covering him, the emperor's smile came into view.

Meng Yi naturally felt that the emperor was playing a trick on him.

Scholar-officials cannot be humiliated. If Meng Yi hadn't still had reason and wanted to know the truth of the matter, he would have resented the emperor.

"Meng Yi, what do you think of this bowl of tea?"

Meng Yi naturally responded:

"Bitter water enters the throat, and I feel that my stomach is full of bitterness."

"How does Ting Wei feel about this?"

Meng Yi hesitated for a while, then took the initiative to bow and said:
"Reporting to your majesty, this tea has made me lose all five senses. I'm afraid I won't be able to taste other flavors."

"The answer given by Tingwei is very fast. He is worthy of being the youngest minister promoted by the late emperor."

Meng Yi had long noticed that there was something in the emperor's words, but Meng Yi still didn't know what the emperor planned to say.

"Your Majesty is making ridiculous compliments. I am just eating the emperor's salary and worrying about the emperor."

"I used to be a prince. Looking across the world, the one I envied most was Tingwei."

Meng Yi was a little surprised, why did the emperor talk to him about this and even said that he envied him.

Faced with the sudden situation, Meng Yi naturally became more wary.

"Your Majesty has a noble status, how could he be envious of a courtier like Meng Yi?"

"The Tingwei just drank tea and felt a little bitter. I have been in the East Palace for ten years and have been drinking tea every day. As the prince, I am always wary for fear of harm. Now that I have ascended the throne, when I see the Tingwei, I think of the time when I was the Tingwei. In order to dissuade His Majesty from giving up the pursuit of immortality and having the courage to remonstrate, I also remembered that when Tingwei impeached his former doctor Zhao Gao, Tingwei had a sense of integrity in his heart. Although he was in a high position, he did not forget his roots, and although he had power, he did not abuse it. Although he was young, he still had integrity. But I have accomplished a lot under the late emperor's command. But it concerns me. I am confined to Huayang Palace, but I dare not do many things."

When the emperor said this, Meng Yi naturally understood what the emperor was referring to, and then Meng Yi remembered the past when he asked to see the prince to advise the emperor not to pursue immortality.

In this way, Meng Yi understood what the emperor meant.

That incident at the beginning really made him feel dissatisfied with Fusu.

After all, he had nothing to ask for at that time, but he didn't expect that these two women chose to remain silent for the sake of their status.

To Meng Yi, Fusu had no gentlemanly integrity.

Now the emperor took the initiative to talk about this matter, and he condescended to answer it for him.

Meng Yi was still holding the bowl given to him by the emperor.

The tea in this bowl is indeed bitter.

Being a prince also has its difficulties.

When the late emperor visited the palace in the sand dunes, the prince once mentioned a person, Prince Zhang of Zhao Kingdom, in order to dissuade the late emperor.

Meng Yi understood it at that time. Now that the emperor specially gave him tea and said so much to him, Meng Yi naturally would no longer be brooding about the past, and he didn't dare to.

"I heard the words of an expert, first taste the bitterness, and then feel the sweetness. Your Majesty's hardworking ministers in the past have also seen and heard it. Now that you have ascended the throne, you have great power, and you have truly achieved what you wanted. I congratulate your Majesty. As for me, I am nothing but a humble body and no actions. His Majesty’s ministers driving the carriage are no different, it’s true.”

Fusu naturally laughed after hearing this.

"Wei Ting can be said to be a wise man."

At this moment, Fusu waved his hand, signaling for everyone else to step back.

If the former emperor summoned him alone, it would mean that the former emperor had great trust in this minister. However, when the new emperor did this, Meng Yi thought of two situations.

Either the new emperor trusted him like the previous emperor, or the new emperor was afraid of the Meng family and wanted to cut off one of their brothers.Of these two situations, Meng Yi is more worried about the latter, but he is also more inclined to the latter.

Meng Yi was naturally a little undecided.

Only now did Meng Yi realize that he actually didn't know much about the new emperor.

"When I look at the government and the public, I see that the three princes and nine ministers are all veterans in their fifties or sixties. I am in court today, and I feel very relieved to see you alone."

The title Gong means to express admiration.

Meng Yi didn't dare to feel happy after hearing this, but looked solemn.

"With the favor of the late emperor, I was promoted to the rank of imperial officer when I was only thirty years old."

Fusu seemed to make a slight sound from his mouth.

"I decided to confer on you as Taixue Jijiu, in charge of all the disciples in Taixue. I need a lot of Qin officials to govern Guanzhong, but now under my rule, there are not even 200 Qin officials outside Hangu Pass. I want you, Meng Yi, to train five hundred Qin officials for me within three years."

Meng Yi was naturally shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that the emperor would start to reuse him.

"Tai Xue was the only place where I devoted my heart and soul when I was the prince."

Although Li Si's hard work was not worthy of the name, Taixue's reputation was indeed known to the world.

After hearing this, Meng Yi naturally understood the importance the emperor attached to Taixue.

Meng Yi naturally bowed his hands.

"Your Majesty has entrusted me with such an important responsibility, and I will definitely not disappoint His Majesty's expectations. However, I am afraid that these five hundred Qin officials are not up to the task and will disappoint Your Majesty. I sincerely ask Your Majesty to reconsider."

(End of this chapter)