Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 506 Does Si Kou dare to bet with villains? (Please give me a monthly ticket recommendation ticket)
"As for being a villain and a gentleman, I will make my own decision. This does not necessarily mean that he is a villain because he has a low status, and he does not necessarily have to have private opinions to be a villain. In my opinion, it is harmful to the country, harmful to the reputation of the emperor, and harmful to the government. He is a villain that Meng Yi is not ashamed of. As for the gentleman, Confucianism claims to be a gentleman, and there are many people who seek fame and fame."

"For someone like you who is dedicated to giving me advice, even if the method is inelegant, I still think it can be useful."

"I have witnessed your talent. I will definitely praise you to His Majesty the Emperor and ask His Majesty to use you. If not for any other reason, just because I am sure that you will be able to make suggestions and strategize for His Majesty the Emperor."

After hearing these words, Kuai Tong couldn't hide his shame for a moment. His neck immediately became thick and red, and his face became even hotter.

Unexpectedly, he thought that a good bird would choose a tree to roost, but Meng Yi was thinking about whether to recommend him to the emperor.

It turned out that he was too small-minded.

However, the Sikou of the empire was not as shallow as the rumors said, which was something he did not expect.

This is the nobility of the empire.

Only then did Kuai Tong begin to make a new judgment about the person in front of him. He was not the powerful landowner of the clan he had met before. He was an imperial nobleman with many generations of meritorious deeds from his ancestors.

Kuai Tong's expression became serious, and he no longer dared to underestimate the person in front of him.

"Sikou, I have one more thing to say. Please remember it."

"Which one?"

"If Sikou thinks that His Majesty the Emperor will just stop using Dazhu Kingdom, then the villain thinks that Dazhu Kingdom and Sikou have fallen into His Majesty's trap."

"What do you mean? You must know that my brother can no longer be promoted. No one in our Qin Empire has ever been promoted to this position."

Kuai Tong shook his head:
"From the perspective of an outsider like me, His Majesty the Emperor will not abandon Dazhu Kingdom, but will continue to promote him even more."

Meng Yi was naturally full of doubts after hearing this:
"But the uncles and elders in my clan warned my two brothers that they would arouse His Majesty's suspicion because of their excessive achievements, so they should be careful in everything they do."

When Kuai Tong heard this, his eyes suddenly became dark.

"If you think so, you are underestimating the emperor."

After Meng Yi heard this, he smiled and asked:

"Perhaps you think that His Majesty's mind is comparable to that of the late Emperor."

After hearing this, Kuai Tong just smiled, and then said meaningfully:

"If Sikou thinks so, then Sikou still has not understood the emperor's mind. The emperor's mind is the way he treats the world. In the second generation, everything is focused on the country, the country, and the country. No one among the courtiers is dissatisfied with this. So, His Majesty the Emperor has Why should a person like Dazhuguo, who was so prominent in the military, not be reused?"

After Meng Yi heard these words, it was difficult to refute them for a while.He was lost in thought.

Kuai Tong replied:
"The villain thinks that this is the reason why His Majesty took Dazhu Kingdom to the army this time. His Majesty the Emperor wants to use Mengshi to gain a firm foothold in the court."

When Kuai Tong said this, it was a big taboo.

Meng Yi immediately reprimanded:

"parking."

Meng Yi scolded and ordered all the attendants to leave.

Then, Meng Yi opened the car window and looked around with a vigilant expression to prevent anyone from eavesdropping on their conversation.

This is the most sensitive topic in Montessori right now, and the power is too high.

"What exactly did you mean just now?"

"Siko dare to make a bet with the villain?"

Meng Yi laughed naturally when he heard this.

Meng Yi is already in his forties, and he can't be said to be in his prime. But at his peak, he was already a very prominent minister and a popular figure in the court. No one had ever dared to make a bet in front of him. Two words.

"It's quite new. So tell me, what do you want to bet with me?"

"I bet after Dazhuguo returns to the palace, will your majesty continue to confer him a title, or will he abandon Dazhuguo?"

Meng Yi's eyes glowed with coldness.

"Brother went here this time to help His Majesty the Emperor arrange the handover of military power. The situation in the DPRK and Central China is now chaotic, a rebellion broke out in Nanjun, and the situation in Guanzhong is vaguely uneasy. If His Majesty can hold the military power and control the empire's 30 Lantian elite, then , who in the world dares not accept it?"

"But the cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey is prosperous. My brother has no military power, and I am the only one who can still serve His Majesty the Emperor. If I don't make suggestions for His Majesty the Emperor, then I, Mengshi, will really decline. "

Kuai Tong thought to himself: Great!No wonder you guys want me to join the court. It turns out that you want to train another person to enter the court to consolidate the power of Montessori.

"But the villain thinks that when His Majesty comes back this time, instead of demoting the Dazhu Kingdom, he will confer the title of Dazhu Kingdom."

"Is this what you want to bet with me?"

"I don't know if Si Kou dares to gamble with the villain?"

"Why don't I dare? But the bet is bet, there is no bet, how can you bet? What can you bet with me?"

"The most precious thing for a villain is the lives of his family, but the most precious thing for Sikou is the fate of the Meng family. Although the lives of the villain's family and children are insignificant in the eyes of Sikou, to the villain, this is the same as the fate of the Meng family. The fate of the Meng clan is the same as that of Sikou. So, is Sikou willing to gamble?"

The fate of the Meng clan...

The lives of a family of more than a thousand people, as well as military glory.

Meng Yi naturally frowned after hearing this.

"You actually want to play such a vicious bet with me? Could it be that you are threatening me?"

"The villain is attached to Sikou so that the whole family can have food and clothing. If the Meng family is in trouble, the villain will also be implicated. The reason why the villain wants to play such a bet with Sikou is to let Sikou calm down and think about it. The Meng family In fact, the fate of the empire has already been integrated."

Meng Yi raised his eyebrows.

Kuai Tong continued:

"I heard that Si Kou's grandfather, Meng Ao, was a strong general of the Qin State, and Si Kou's father was the late emperor's tiger general, and was Wang Jian's deputy general. Si Kou's elder brother was the only one who was more important than the emperor when the late emperor died."

"If such a prominent family, loyal to the emperor, were defeated at the hands of the Second Emperor, what would everyone in the world think?"

Meng Yi listened with great interest:

"Go on—"

"The emperor wants to be a benevolent king in order to make everyone in the world surrender to Qin from the bottom of their hearts and be loyal to Qin. How could His Majesty, with his talents, do it in front of the people of the world when the empire needs internal stability the most? , what about giving up Montessori?”

"You mean, my brother still has the value of being used by His Majesty the Emperor."

"That's exactly what the villain meant."

After Meng Yi heard this, he couldn't help but feel conceited, but he didn't show it. He turned to deeper thinking.

"In the Qin State, military merit is the glory of men, the meritorious service of ministers, and the soul of the empire. But now, the emperor has abolished military merit. This means that merit can no longer be established. If you want to be promoted, you can only pass the official examination. But the world There are thousands of people, but the empire’s courtiers are only a few.”

"For the empire, giving up military honors means telling the common people that the path to promotion is blocked. This is undoubtedly devastating news for the people of the country. If there is no communication between the nobles and the common people, the country will become A sword can cruelly harm the person holding the sword. And your Majesty is the person holding the sword."

"As for you Kuai Tong, I don't know how much you know about the situation in Qin, but when Qin made a life-and-death choice, you asked me to keep silent, but you said that I was still valuable. .Is this your suggestion? That’s ridiculous.”

"If the ministers are useless, then the king will abandon them, and what will follow will be the decline of our Meng clan. If you want me to support the reform, then you want me to help His Majesty insert a sword in the Qin Kingdom. . The state of Qin is already serious enough. If our Meng clan also falls to the emperor, then Qin will completely overturn the past and all the people in the court will lose their hearts."

"Actually, you don't know. As early as when the first emperor was alive and asked for immortality and medicine, people's hearts in the Qin court were already scattered. Today, most of those who stay in the court are descendants of military families. The emperor wanted to reform, and he wanted this These families of military meritorious families exclude the imperial court. This is a very dangerous thing."

Speaking of this, Meng Yi became more and more angry.

"Now that such a big thing has happened in Xianyang City, His Majesty the Emperor refused to return to Xianyang City at this time when Qin's life and death was at stake. What makes me even more puzzled is that His Majesty the Emperor actually entrusted power to the Queen. When the late Emperor was still alive, , few people in the court have heard about the affairs of the harem, and even the name of the Queen Mother is rarely known; who would have thought that the Second Emperor would actually let a woman take charge of the government, which is unheard of."

"Let me be blunt with you, what I'm worried about is that His Majesty frequently makes extraordinary moves. This is not to stabilize his throne at all, but to lose His authority as the emperor of a country in front of the courtiers. Someone once satirized the court in the Book of Songs , The title of the article is Xiangshu. His Majesty's actions have made the courtiers even more dissatisfied with His Majesty."

"His Majesty is determined to reform. He believes that if the Qin State does not reform, the Qin State will be in danger. However, His Majesty does not realize the problems that strong reforms will bring to the Qin State. Let's take a look at this series of things now. The clan is the most I am dissatisfied with His Majesty the Emperor."

"Once the clan of a dynasty is dissatisfied with the emperor, it means that the emperor of this country has failed his ancestors. This kind of thing is simply a shameless act in the eyes of people with ulterior motives."

Good guy!
After hearing this, Kuai Tong said in his heart what a good guy.

Unexpectedly, Sikou was actually so dissatisfied with the emperor.

No wonder, after he said so much, Sikou just refused to step down to this level for the emperor himself.

When it comes to reform, the Meng family, as the leaders of a powerful military family, their attitude is the real key to transforming the old ministers of the empire.But the combined power of these two brothers is completely capable of confronting the emperor. One represents the legalism of the empire, and the other represents the military aristocratic family of the empire.

Why do you think the empire's reform caused such big differences in the court? The key is that the two biggest parties involved did not follow the emperor's wishes and just saved some face for His Majesty.

The Meng brothers were worried that they would directly conflict with the emperor, and they were not only loyal to the empire, but also had too much power and prestige.

The two brothers were worried that the emperor would take advantage of their power to exclude them. However, their loyalty to the empire and respect for the late emperor prevented them from following the emperor's wishes and following the emperor's wishes. The empire was in danger.

After hearing these words, Kuai Tong was thunderous and suddenly enlightened.

As expected, these Meng brothers are so fierce and loyal, and indeed the rumors from the outside world are true.Faithfulness is true, and so is stubbornness.When his words came before him, they could not change his loyalty to the empire and the emperor at all.

If such a pair of brothers died at the hands of the emperor's edict, the people of Qin would definitely complain about the emperor.

But Meng Yi was far more concerned about the city than he thought. He didn't expect that a person like him, who was so dissatisfied with the emperor, would be promoted to the position of Sikou in the empire by the emperor.From this point of view, each of the emperor's rival courtiers is unfathomable and cannot be conquered so easily.

Especially people like Meng Yi, who could harbor dissatisfaction with the emperor, but did not show it at all in front of the emperor, and finally became a being with more power than the prime minister.

The Sikou of the empire had already completed his own transformation.

Can a gentleman bully someone?
Kuai Tong widened his sleeves.

"Don't be anxious, Sikou. I know that the reason why Sikou agreed to help His Majesty the Emperor to build the Imperial Academy and prepare the Dali Temple was firstly because His Majesty gave Sikou the status of the master of Dali Temple, and secondly, because His Majesty had personally told him, Sikou, Your Majesty's reforms are just borrowing the clothes of Confucianism, and Qin still wants to rule the country with Legalism."

"But Sikou's worries, in the eyes of villains, are exactly what makes His Majesty the Emperor special."

"Are you kidding me?"

Meng Yi's tone contained unquestionable majesty.

Kuai Tong felt timid when he saw Meng Yi's calm and confident expression. He lowered his body to the ground and acted more submissively.

"Why don't Sikou change his mind? If the Queen doesn't come forward, who else in the court can come forward?"

Meng Yi was angry.

"No matter who it is, it would be more appropriate for the Queen to be in power. Naturally, Your Majesty should rush back to Xianyang as soon as possible and handle the matter personally. If he delays it any longer, does he want Qin to produce a second Queen Mother? Let's see. This time Your Majesty returns to the court, the clan ministers will definitely criticize Your Majesty for this matter. Your Majesty's matter has not yet been resolved, and it has immediately caused new troubles."

Meng Yi was very angry.

Kuai Tong said:
"If the queen has no power, then there is still a queen mother in the palace. As far as I know, the queen mother is not happy with what your majesty has done. If the queen mother comes forward, your majesty's reforms will be in vain."

"The Queen Mother... When the late emperor was still alive, the Queen Mother was the Queen and was very respectful. Moreover, the Queen Mother has always understood the general situation. Why should Your Majesty be on guard against the Queen Mother?"

"Isn't this obvious? The Queen is looking towards His Majesty and the Censor, but the Queen Mother's heart is towards the late Emperor. If the Queen Mother comes forward, Feng Quji will definitely kill the Censor Wang Wu."

"Things are getting more and more complicated. What I'm worried about now is that if this matter gets fermented, it will cause a greater uproar in Xianyang City. At that time, it will not be as simple as the ministers asking His Majesty to give an explanation."

"What Sikou is worried about is that a family with military merit will use this matter to blackmail His Majesty the Emperor."

"It's not just a threat, I'm afraid they will revolt angrily because of this, and force the palace—"

(End of this chapter)