The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 829: Xin's Human Body [Please subscribe*Please vote]

Li Si suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

After all, talent cannot compare to wealth!
Who in the various government offices doesn’t lack money, and who doesn’t want money?
Xiong Qi is already the appointed Right Prime Minister. As the Left Prime Minister who is the assistant to the Right Prime Minister, if I were Xiong Qi, I would probably choose Li Yao too, right?

Li Si originally thought that the position of prime minister was a sure thing, but now he is not so sure.

The most important thing is that Li Yao and Yan Yan have a very good relationship.

If he had to choose between himself and Li Yao, Bingzhou would probably support Li Yao.

The logic is the same. Bingzhou is afraid that Li Yao will die, and is even more afraid that Li Yao will not repay the money. If it wants Li Yao to repay the money, then Bingzhou will definitely support Li Yao to become one of the two prime ministers of Qin. Only when Li Yao holds great power will he be more likely to earn money to repay Bingzhou.

Even though this was an internal matter of the Qin State, the court would still take external pressure into consideration to some extent.

If Bingzhou really fully supports Li Yao, I really don’t have much chance of winning.

Even in his heart, Li Si thought that Li Yao was more suitable to be the left prime minister of Qin than himself.

"Outlast him!" Li Si suddenly thought.

His advantage over Li Yao is that he is younger. Apart from that, he seems to have no advantage at all in competing with Li Yao.

Yan Yan and Li Yao didn't expect that Li Si would imagine so many things.

Both of them have their own thoughts.

One is thinking about how to free himself from this quagmire. Don't think that you can escape it just because you are the emperor. This thing is like the stock market. Even if you are the emperor, you will be trapped.

But one thing he was thinking about was how to continue making money from Bingzhou.

Qinian Palace was not far away, and the group soon entered the main hall.

Ying Zheng was sitting on the throne in the main hall. When he saw Yan Yan coming, he stood up to greet him. They exchanged greetings, and then the host and guest took their seats.

Yan Yan was not in a hurry to discuss with Ying Zheng. He sat quietly aside, watching Ying Zheng and the officials of Qin pay homage to Ying Qushui.

This time he just happened to be there, and the main purpose of Ying Zheng and the Qin officials was to welcome Ying Qushui.

Looking at Ying Zheng who was walking up to him personally, and then looking at the spacious and majestic palace, Ying Qushui felt a little emotional.

Of course he had been to the Qin Palace many times, but that was a long, long time ago.

Although the Qinian Palace was also very large back then, it had been renovated and expanded for generations and was no longer what he remembered.

"Back then..." Ying Qushui thought for a moment and gestured with his hands, "Qinian Palace was only half the size of today, and the nine ministers and officials were only in their twenties or thirties!"

"The future is terrifying!"

Ying Zheng and all the Qin officials were stunned for a moment, and they could understand Ying Qushui's feelings.

Ying Qushui was a minister during the reign of King Huiwen. He served King Huiwen, King Wu, King Zhaoxiang, King Xiaowen, King Zhuangxiang, and finally Ying Zheng. He was a living veteran of the Six Dynasties.

The Qinian Palace that Ying Qushui recalled was probably the Qinian Palace during the reign of King Huiwen. At that time, the territory of Qin was very large, and there were only a few counties. The scale of the palace and the number of court officials and generals naturally could not be compared with those of today's Qin.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I lost my temper!" Ying Qushui suddenly realized that the Qin State today is no longer the same as the era of King Huiwen.

"Why do you have to do this, Lord Wu!" Ying Zheng hurriedly helped Ying Qushui up.

Before Ying Qushui returned to Xianyang, he had already issued an edict to announce to the world that he had conferred the title of Wu Jun of Qin on Ying Qushui.

After all, in terms of military strength, Ying Qushui is the face of the Qin State and a veteran of the six dynasties of the Qin State. Whether it is his achievements or qualifications, he is qualified to be a king.

"This old minister has come to return the order!" Ying Qushui suddenly took out another royal order.

Ying Zheng was somewhat stunned when he received the royal decree, which was a bamboo slip royal decree written in Qin's small seal script. The content of the royal decree was to order Ying Qushui to go to Chu and kill Jing Cui, the Supreme State of Chu!

The person who issued the royal decree was actually King Huiwen of Qin, Ying Si, and the date was the eleventh year of King Huiwen of Qin.

It's been nearly one hundred and twenty years.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng's eyes became red for a moment. For a royal order from King Huiwen, a top warrior like Ying Qushui actually stayed in the State of Chu for 120 years, just to complete King Huiwen's order.

Everyone present was also moved. This is what loyalty is.

In order to fulfill the king's order, he left his homeland for one hundred and twenty years.

If this is not loyalty, what is loyalty?

Yan Yan did not expect that Ying Qushui received the order in the eleventh year of King Huiwen. He thought that Ying Qushui had only gone to Chu during the time of King Zhaoxiang, but he did not expect it to be during the time of King Huiwen.

Moreover, even though the time span was so long, Ying Qushui was still able to preserve Wang Ling of that year so well.

"Zhao Zheng accepts the order!" Ying Zheng bowed and completed the handover of the royal order, then abolished the order, thus putting a perfect end to this royal order that came after a lapse of 120 years.

Seeing that Ying Zheng accepted the order, Ying Qushui was relieved. After one hundred and twenty years, he finally completed the task.

"Order!" Ying Zheng stood up and suddenly gave the order, "Order the Left Prime Minister Wang Wan and the Minister of the Imperial Household Li Yao to build the Wujun Mausoleum next to the Mausoleum of King Huiwen."

"I obey your order!" Wang Wan and Li Yao hurried forward.

The imperial court would supervise the construction of the feudal lord's tomb while he was still alive. This was a treatment only enjoyed by monarchs of other countries. Ying Qushui could be said to be the first such person in the history of the Qin Dynasty.

But no one objected, not even the Confucians could express any objection.

If Ying Qushui was a Confucian, they would even be willing to carry Ying Qushui into the Confucius Temple.

Ying Qushui's behavior can be said to be the human embodiment of trust among the Confucian virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.

For such people, no amount of treatment would be too high.

"No way!" Ying Qushui quickly refused.

Building a mausoleum for a subject was a treatment only given to those who made great contributions to the empire, and he did not think he was qualified.

"Your Excellency can bear it!" Ying Zheng did not question it.

Seeing Ying Zheng's firm attitude, Ying Qushui finally did not refuse.

"Greetings, Lord Wu!"

Ying Zheng returned to the throne, but another group of people, young and old, but not many of them were wearing court robes, came to pay their respects to Ying Qushui.

"Who are you?" Ying Qushui looked at the people kneeling in front of him with some confusion.

"Envoy, they are all descendants of Prince Hua and Lord Yan!" Right Prime Minister Wei Zhuang explained while standing beside Ying Qushui.

Although Ying Qushui was ordered by King Huiwen to kill Jing Cui, he was also avenging Prince Hua. As descendants of Prince Hua, they were naturally grateful to Ying Qushui.

Prince Hua and Yan Jun Chuli Ji were brothers from the same mother, so when they learned that Ying Qushui had returned to Xianyang, they took the initiative to come and express their gratitude.

After hearing Wei Zhuang's explanation, Ying Qushui no longer hesitated and calmly accepted the gifts from these people.

"Your Majesty, please allow us to build a mansion for Lord Wu!" The patriarch of Gongzi Hua's lineage turned around, looked at Ying Zheng, saluted and asked.

Ying Zheng had no objection. Ying Qushui was not only the most loyal military lord of the Qin Dynasty, but also the benefactor of the Ying Hua lineage. It was normal for the Ying Hua lineage to support Ying Qushui.

(End of this chapter)