Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 465: A hundred miles without a single harm (please give me a monthly recommendation ticket!)
What Meng Tian said is certainly true.

"If Your Majesty no longer wants his kingdom, then let him kill me."

Meng Tian finally spoke his mind.

"In these days, His Majesty is so suspicious. If it were anyone else, he would have been afraid, and Mingzhe had retreated early. The reason why I only stay here is because of the late emperor's entrustment."

"Your Majesty wants to hang a sword over my head, so let him hang it. I will accept it in this Dazhu Kingdom."

After hearing this, Meng Yi learned that his brother was not feeling well these days because he was often jealous of the emperor.

But Meng Yi has two jobs, so he is naturally very busy. Even if he went back to his hometown with his brother today, he would put aside his official duties and come here.

"Brother has been tired these days. But I have been neglectful. I only focused on trying to be gentle in front of my brother and His Majesty, and forgot about my brother's feelings."

Meng Tian was naturally aggrieved, and he wanted to repay the late emperor, but in the eyes of the new emperor, it was his original sin.

"Today's incident actually happened for a reason. Your sister-in-law was on good terms with the Queen Mother. She probably conveyed my dissatisfaction with Wang Wu to the Queen Mother, which caused conflicts between Your Majesty and the Queen Mother. Now, Wang Wu's achievements in local inspections are frequently reported. , blocked everyone's mouth."

Meng Yi was naturally surprised when he heard this.

"There is another matter. How come the family members in the mansion are also involved in the palace."

"It's a long story. You have two positions, both of which are important tasks. Naturally, you don't know what's going on in the palace, and I don't want to distract you with these things. It's already difficult for you to be caught between me and His Majesty the Emperor. Yes."

Meng Tian said, and patted Meng Yi's shoulder.Meng Yi took advantage of the situation and held Meng Tian's retracted hand.

"You and I are brothers. In the court, we are the only two brothers who take care of each other. Thanks to the kindness of the late Emperor, both of you and I are highly respected ministers. We have long attracted the jealousy of many villains. Because of this, That's why I'm worried about the relationship between you and Your Majesty. If someone with evil intentions goes forward and slanders His Majesty, my brother will be in danger."

"My matter makes you worry. I never thought that things would be like this."

"It's just that, according to what brother just said, there are still many things involved, why didn't you tell Yi earlier. Brother's matter is Meng Yi's matter."

Meng Tian looked at Meng Yi and then started talking.

The two brothers sat down facing each other.

"Do you know why Your Majesty insists on me leading the troops back to Guanzhong?"

"Of course it is to frighten the other countries and prevent the remnants of the six countries from rebelling again."

"This is just one of them. I have always wondered why Your Majesty asked me to bring the elite back to Guanzhong alone, and then went to great lengths to rearrange the troops and display them in the Xiongnu land. I thought I had a large number of troops in Daqin, so I dismissed nearly 50 troops that day. Thousands of soldiers have not dampened the morale of our elite Qin soldiers. Although my Lantian Battalion is the elite division of the empire, the other troops are by no means weak."

"Later, when I saw that His Majesty the Emperor had the intention of restarting Li Xin, I found it even more strange. Since there is this famous general who once attacked Qi and defeated Chu, wouldn't it be more smooth for him to lead the troops to garrison Zhao. This is why I The reason why I refused to return to the DPRK in the first place.”

"I originally thought that His Majesty was eager to exercise power and use troops to show his majesty when he first ascended the throne, so I opposed His Majesty. But His Majesty insisted on insisting, and there was nothing I could do about it."

"But until I mobilized my troops back to Guanzhong and stayed with His Majesty. I originally felt that His Majesty the Emperor was eager to support trustworthy ministers in the court, but promoting Wang Wu too quickly would cause dissatisfaction among other ministers. . Especially Yao Jia, the humerus minister of the former empire, there are many politicians behind him."

"Suddenly one day, I learned from my wife that there was a dispute between the emperor and the queen mother. And the root cause was actually because of my words. I, Mengtian, have been a general for many years, and I have been fighting and guarding the borders. I have never paid attention to the mess in the palace. Things. When I first heard about these things, I wanted to divorce my wife. It is all because of the woman's talkativeness and soft-heartedness, otherwise it would not cause His Majesty to be dissatisfied with me again. "

Meng Yi suddenly realized, no wonder he hasn't seen his sister-in-law out these days.

When Meng Tian said this, his face turned green.

"This is the strange thing. I didn't know what the emperor was planning in the past, but when I took the initiative to ask His Majesty to go to the army to stay away from these trivial matters, I was rejected by His Majesty. "

"It was only then that I realized that His Majesty had played a huge game of chess, and I was just a pawn."

Meng Tian said, full of grievances before he could vent his anger.

"What Your Majesty originally wanted was for me to stay in Xianyang City and accompany His Majesty. In this way, my prestige in the army could be quietly weakened, but on the contrary, it would increase His Majesty's prestige in the army. And keep the Lantian elite here. The purpose of being around is also to enhance His Majesty the Emperor’s prestige in the military.”

"His Majesty has been planning to inspect the Lantian Camp and stay in the army for half a month, in order to let the three armies understand who they should be loyal to."

"Now that I have been granted the title of Dazhu Kingdom, I am actually using my prestige to stabilize the world's troops. In this way, Meng Tian, ​​who was entrusted by the empire with the imperial edict left by the late emperor, has become a harmless weapon in the hands of the second emperor. chess piece."

Meng Tian finished speaking in one breath, then had no choice but to shake his head, and then picked up the wine baron and drank heavily.

After hearing all this, Meng Yi naturally felt a little cold in his heart, but he just had no choice but to drink with his brother.

Meng Tian said with emotion:

"It's a pity that I, Meng Tian, ​​am loyal with all my heart, but I am used as a pawn in His Majesty's hands."

Meng Tian was also a human being, and in such a relationship between monarch and minister where sudden interests outweighed emotional ties, he naturally felt even more grateful for the late emperor.

It's just that the late emperor's feelings for Meng Tian were more important than his interests?

Meng Yi listened and said solemnly:
"In the past, Han Feizi once said that ministers will do their best to benefit the king, and the king will reward his ministers with honors. Your Majesty won the late emperor's trust and worshiped him as the prince precisely because he believed in Han Feizi's skills. There is a relationship of interest between the monarch and his ministers. It’s just that my brother and brother are loyal to me and don’t ask for anything else. They only want to serve the empire and have a clear conscience.”

Meng Tian saw his brother being so calm and indifferent, with a look of indifference in his eyes, and naturally said:
"You have grown a lot over the years."

"My brother and I have said that Zhao Gao's incident has inspired me a lot."

"Now I have only one reputation left that can be used by His Majesty the Emperor, so let it be up to the Emperor. But I didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor would confer me a title at this time when it is most needed to weaken my power in the military. For Dazhu Kingdom. Although things are abnormal, I can only accept it."

Meng Yi met his elder brother's gaze, and said directly:

"In this way, my brother will be able to retire when the time comes."

Meng Tian hesitated for a while, then suddenly realized something:

"I couldn't stand Wang Jian at first. He was eager to retire for his own selfish reasons and ignored the emperor's concerns. But I didn't expect that in the end, I still became Wang Jian."

As he spoke, Meng Tian's hand holding the wine jue trembled slightly.

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, I, the Meng family, will become the next Wang family. Within five years, the family will decline."

Meng Yi held his brother's generous hand and said firmly:
"Brother, don't worry. As long as I'm here, I will never let such a thing happen. I will do my best to serve you, and you will give me a title and salary to share with you. I have long understood the truth. Therefore, I must serve you. We must tread cautiously, as if we were walking on thin ice, as if we were facing an abyss.”

(End of this chapter)