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Chapter 390 I ask the prime minister to escort the reform

Li Si tidied up his clothes, stood in front of Fusu solemnly, bowed and bowed: "Your Majesty, I am already seventy-four, and I have more than enough energy to deal with the affairs of state, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to take pity on this minister, and let him return to his hometown. Take care of your life."

"I would like to thank Your Majesty Long En." Li Si knelt down on the ground.

Fu Su stood with his hands behind his back, obviously not buying Li Si's rhetoric, and said, "Mr. Li, are you really more than capable?"

"minister……"

Fu Su didn't let Li Si continue, saying: "When I first ascended the throne, just like what Feng Xiang said, the situation in the court is not stable. Li Xiang is leaving at this time. Aren't you afraid of failing the late emperor's entrustment?"

Fu Su felt helpless, he knew that the only one who could change Li Si's mind now was his deceased father, Ying Zheng.

And there was a hint of Feng in his words. With Li Si's many years of experience in the court, it is not difficult to understand the meaning of the words.

Li Si smiled faintly and said, "What is the mere Feng family to Your Majesty?"

"I know that Your Majesty has a lot of ambitions in his heart, and he will definitely be able to do a good job in the future. Being here is also a kind of bondage for Your Majesty."

In the words, Li Si was full of confidence in Fusu, maybe it was not confidence in Fusu, but confidence in Ying Zheng's vision of people.

He believes that the person Ying Zheng chooses will not be wrong.

"Li Xiang..." Fusu's words became a little more serious, obviously unwilling to agree to this matter.

Li Si showed a smile on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, one of my ministers recommended Your Majesty. It is my junior brother Zhang Cang, who is from the same family as my minister. Now he is serving as the censor in the court. Your Majesty can entrust him with important tasks."

"He has a deep understanding of numerology..."

Fu Su waved his hand and interrupted: "Li Xiang, I understand. I will make him Zuo Cheng of the prime minister's mansion..."

"However, I hope that Li Xiang can stay in the court for two or three more years, at least when the court situation is stable and I have no worries, then the prime minister will withdraw."

"This is not only the late emperor's wish, but also my plea." At this moment, Fusu's posture was extremely low.

Li Si frowned and looked at Fusu. He didn't understand why Fusu insisted on doing this. Logically speaking, Fusu should be happy to hear and see him retreating. It's definitely not that simple.

"Your Majesty, this..." Li Si looked at Fusu with some doubts.

Fusu sighed helplessly, and said: "Mr. Li, if I want to carry out the reform, without Mr. Li's help, it will be extremely difficult to carry out this matter."

"Reform?" Li Si looked at Fusu in horror.

Li Si did not think wrongly, Fusu would indeed do a good job, but Li Si did not expect Fusu's courage and mind to be so broad.

Reform, in this era, only a monarch with a big heart and great ambitions would have such thoughts.

For example, in the Warring States Period, Wei Wenhou, who first opened the prelude to the reform, followed by King Qi Wei, King Chu Mourning, and Qin Xiaogong, these monarchs are all heroes of the moment.

At the same time, thanks to the help of virtuous ministers, they all make their own country stronger.

In the past, Yingzheng also had such thoughts, but at that time the world was initially settled, and the people could not even adapt to the Qin law, let alone the laws and regulations formed after the reform.

Blindly reforming the law will cause chaos in the local area.Therefore, in many cases, it is a patch on the system established by Shang Yang.

If you don't want to do it, you can't do it.

As for Fusu's words, it made Li Si understand why Fusu insisted on staying.

The reform is actually a thorough deepening reform. The more thorough the reform, the greater the effect of the reform and the more benefits it will get.

For example, Shang Yang’s reform, before the reform, private struggles prevailed in Qin, father and son lived together, the people were poor, farming was sluggish, merchants were not prosperous, and the six kingdoms were inferior to Qin.

However, 20 years after the reform, the customs of the Qin State have changed drastically. The road does not pick up relics, the house is not closed at night, and private fighting among the people is completely prohibited.

Such a reform, even forcibly changing the customs that the Qin people have always admired, is naturally the most thorough, but it also suffers the most serious counterattack.

If Shang Yang hadn't been tortured in the end, and the successor King Qin Huiwen was another generation of heroes, I am afraid that Qin's reform would eventually be in vain.

Fusu felt helpless, the original reform, Fusu planned to keep it extremely secret, only a few people knew, and after he finished cleaning up the imperial court, he would implement it immediately.

However, if Li Si wanted to resign, Fu Su had to reveal something.

Looking at Li Si, Fu Su said slowly: "The Prime Minister also knows that I have traveled to many places in the Great Qin in the past two years. My Great Qin's decrees are not only difficult to pass in the six countries of Shandong, but even in the Guanzhong of my Qin people. In the hinterland, the people have no complaints."

"The former emperor of the world has been defeated, but how to govern is a question that I have been thinking hard about."

Looking at Li Si's face, Fu Su continued: "Not only that, but I also thought that the military system would be changed."

"The fighting power of the new army has been seen by all, but the new army trained is only a flash in the pan. After the First World War, there are only 800 people left. If there is another big war in the future, will these 800 people be allowed to go up again?"

"Even if there is no war, these veterans will gradually lose their physical strength as time goes by. By then, what is the significance of building a new army?"

Li Si was completely shocked by Fusu's ambition at this time, and Li Si was quite horrified just by Fusu's narration.From this, Li Si could easily deduce that the reform that Fusu wanted would be no less than the Shang Yang reform that was carried out in Qin State for more than a hundred years.

And this change is the most difficult.

Li Si's thoughts of retreating gradually faded, not only because of Fusu's insistence on keeping him.

It is also because he is a firm disciple of the Legalists. Although he was taught by Xunzi, what he thinks and learns is inseparable from the Legalists.

The essence of Legalism lies in a change of characters, and this core theme has been pointed out at the beginning of "Book of Shang Jun": Govern the country in a different way, change the country and follow the old.

And how could Li Si remain indifferent to the reform that Fusu wanted to construct?

Therefore, when Fusu mentioned Moji, the plan in Li Si's heart was shaken.

Fusu finally said: "Prime Minister, I still ask you to escort the reform. This matter concerns the Great Qin State, and I hope that Prime Minister will not refuse."

Li Si felt a little regretful in his heart, this reform is destined to be impossible to be presided over by him, his role in this reform is to try his best to eliminate interference and obstacles for the reform, so that the path of the reform is unimpeded.

However, even so, Li Si was already satisfied.

"I thank you, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)