A month later, Meng Yi sent back good news. After some hesitation, Li Si finally decided to return to Xianyang.
That day, Li Si received an autographed letter from his son Fusu. After struggling with it, he opened it and read it. Fusu expressed his sincere hope in the letter that Li Si could return to Xianyang to assist him, and pointed out Li Si's current situation in the letter: "
Hu Hai is ignorant, and Zhao Gao relies on his high achievements and power. If he does not return to Xianyang early, he will be harmed by Zhao Gao and Hu Hai sooner or later." After reading Fusu's letter, Li Si had mixed feelings. After much hesitation, he finally embarked on the journey to return to Xianyang.
road.
When Li Si arrived in Xianyang, Master Fusu went ten miles out of the city to greet him personally. When Li Si's driver arrived outside Xianyang City, Li Si saw Master Fusu and his party standing on the straight road to greet him at a glance. He immediately ordered the driver to stop, got off and ran towards Li Si.
Young Master Fusu.
"Young Master, I, Li Si, am ashamed of you." Li Si knelt down in front of Fusu and burst into tears.
"Prime Minister, please get up quickly, you must not do this," Fusu leaned over and helped Li Si up and said.
"Now that the Prime Minister is back, Fusu is not very happy."
"Young Master, how can Li Si be so virtuous? I'm so grateful to you for being so appreciated." Li Si was about to prostrate himself again, but was stopped by Fusu.
"I know that what happened at Sand Dune was not the Prime Minister's intention, but was caused by Zhao Gao's coercion. I don't blame the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister assisted the late emperor in wiping out the six kingdoms and made great contributions. Fusu boldly asked the old Prime Minister for help to restore the strength of our country, Qin."
"I, Li Si, thank the young master. I will do my best to assist the young master." Li Si vowed to express his loyalty to Fusu.
Fusu knew that Li Si was sincere. With Li Si's assistance, Fusu's pressure would be reduced a lot. Although half of the land of Qin had fallen into the hands of various rebels, government affairs were more complicated than before. As the saying goes, there are many worries in troubled times.
When he returned to Xianyang, Fusu deliberately arranged for Li Si to ride in his car. After all, there were many ministers in the court who had objections to Li Si, so Li Si's official appointment required Fusu's platform. Fortunately, Fusu had deliberately omitted Li Si when he issued a memorandum.
, Li Si’s actions during the Sand Dune Incident were not made public, otherwise the opposition to Li Si in the DPRK would not have been suppressed by Fusu.
The next day, Fusu withstood the pressure in the Qilin Hall of Xianyang Palace and appointed Li Si as prime minister. He also made the first important decision since supervising the country:
"Prime Minister, how many civilians and soldiers are still building the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum, the Great Wall and Afang Palace?" Fusu looked at Li Si and asked.
"Master, there are more than 123,000 civilians in the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum and 20,000 military personnel. There are more than 35,000 civilians on the Great Wall and more than 52,000 military personnel. There are 57,000 civilians in Epang Palace.
More than a thousand people, and more than 10,000 people in military service." Li Si accurately reported the number of laborers for the three projects. Fusu nodded with satisfaction.
"My lords, these three projects have caused huge losses and caused great suffering to the people of our country, Qin. I intend to reduce the number of civilians serving in these two projects to reduce the burden on our people." Fusu gave the introduction and waited to see the reaction of the ministers.
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"Sir, the Huns invaded our northern border for many years and raided the interior many times. The Great Wall blocked the Xiongnu's invading troops and brought peace to our four counties of Longxi, Beidi, Shangjun, and Yunzhong. Today, my master intends to reduce the number of soldiers and civilians serving on the Great Wall.
, I am afraid that the four counties of the Great Wall will be massacred by the Xiongnu again. The construction of the imperial mausoleum is an important matter for our court and cannot be neglected. I think that the only construction of Afang Palace can reduce the military service of civilians. Xianyang already has Zhangtai Palace, Xingle
Palace, Ganquan Palace and many other palaces, the construction of Afang Palace can be postponed for a while." Shusun Tong, the doctor who was waiting for the imperial edict, reported.
The ministers looked at Shusun Tong in confusion. During the late emperor's time, some ministers advised the First Emperor not to build the Afang Palace, but he was sentenced to death by the First Emperor. After that, no one dared to speak out about the disadvantages of building the Afang Palace. Today, Shusun Tong actually dared to do so.
He stood up and proposed to postpone the construction of Afang Palace, which really shocked all the ministers. Everyone was sweating for Shusun Tong.
Fusu glanced at the ministers with a gloomy face. No one dared to look directly at Fusu, and they all lowered their heads. Looking at Shusun Tong again, he was nervous and didn't know what to do. He looked around looking for rescue. Seeing everyone's reaction
, Fusu thought it was a bit funny. It seemed that he was still a bit majestic. If he shocked the ministers, the subsequent resolution would be passed.
"My lords, I intend to release all the Lishan imperial mausoleums and the Great Wall to serve the civilians. Only the military personnel will continue to build the mausoleums and build the Great Wall. The Epang Palace project is suspended until the country is strong enough to build it again. All civilians are released
.Do you have any objections?”
After the "intimidation" just now, no one dared to oppose Fusu's resolution. All officials in the DPRK and China expressed their support for Fusu's resolution.
"Did you go too far in 'threatening'?" Fusu felt that he had gone too far in intimidating him. Will any ministers dare to remonstrate directly in the future? Now that the decision to release civilian husbands has been passed, it is time to comfort the injured ministers.
Little heart.
"After listening to what Shusun Tong said, I was deeply inspired and stopped the construction of Afang Palace. Dr. Daizhao dared to speak out and advise, which is a model for everyone. It seems that the word "Daizhao" is going to go away. Promotion of Shusun
Tong is the chief doctor"
All the ministers looked at each other, and the development of the matter was somewhat unexpected.
"Sir, I have something to report."
"My lord, I have something to report."
…
Seeing that Shusun Tong was promoted because of his advice, the minds of the ministers suddenly became active, and they all wanted to express their opinions directly. How could Fusu give the courtiers a chance to express their opinions directly? These bad old men are very bad.
How many troubles will arise from entanglement?
"My lords, I have something to discuss tomorrow. I have an appointment with my wife today to visit my father-in-law Wang Ben's grave. If there is anything, we will discuss it tomorrow." After saying this, Fusu quickly left the Qilin Hall, leaving a group of ministers behind Fusu.
Messy.
"Didn't Madam die in childbirth when she gave birth to the young master two years ago?" The black threads in the minds of all the ministers were entangled with each other.
But it is said that at this time, the Dongjun government office was temporarily used as a palace by Hu Hai. Hu Hai and a group of maids and eunuchs were playing shuttlecock in the government office lobby. The corridors on both sides of the lobby were filled with chicken coops.
Because Hu Hai loved fighting cocks, all the officials gave Hu Hai a bunch of fighting cocks. Naturally, Hu Hai refused all comers. Because there were too many fighting cocks, some of them had to be piled up in the corridors on both sides of the lobby. Zhao Gao actually took advantage of this.
Lang Zhubo proposed that any disputes in the court should be decided by cockfighting.
The most incredible thing is that Hu Hai happily accepted Zhao Gao's suggestion, and he even smartly named his fighting cock Doctor Chicken, ranking him at the top of the list of officials.
"Your Majesty, Liu Ji, the prisoner on death row in Dang County, and a group of thieves broke into the Pei County government office half a month ago, killed the county magistrate, and smashed the county government office. Please send troops to attack as soon as possible." A minister came forward and said.
"How dare you, our great Qin country is peaceful and the people are safe, how can there be any rebels? You are obviously talking nonsense and trying to deceive your majesty." Zhao Gao scolded sternly.
"Ah... yes, this person must be deceiving me. Fortunately, Zhao Cheng is smart, otherwise I would have been deceived... deceived by you." Hu Hai looked like he suddenly realized something.
"Come here, drag this man down and chop him in half."
Immediately, two soldiers entered the hall and dragged the remonstrating minister out of the hall, who was as paralyzed as a dead dog.
In the next few days, one after another ministers died under Hu Hai's butcher's knife. No one dared to report military information to Hu Hai. Hu Hai was also happy and free, busy playing shuttlecock and cockfighting all day long...