Chapter 183 The friendship between the ruler and the minister
The dim oil lamp in the side hall flickers on and off!
Hu Hai and Li Si were the only two people left in the huge side hall!
Meng Tian, Wei Liao and Feng Quji were all ordered to withdraw from the lobby by Hu Hai! Some things are not the more you know, the better! Come to think of it, Meng Tian, Wei Liao and Feng Quji must know!
And when there are no outsiders present, and there are only Hu Hai and Li Si, it will be much easier to say something! After all, there are some things that only Hu Hai and Li Si in Daqin know today!
The quiet lobby is extremely quiet!
Hu Hai sat in the lobby and looked at Li Si quietly!
"Your Majesty..." Li Si finally couldn't help it and sobbed!
"Prime Minister, don't rush to say anything!" Hu Hai interrupted Li Si and said: "There are only you and me now! There is no need to be secretive! I ask you to answer, okay?"
"Old minister, I obey the order!"
"I want to know if what happened tonight was arranged by the Prime Minister!" Hu Hai looked at Li Si who was kneeling on the ground, with an inexplicable look in his eyes!
"Your Majesty is aware of this! Even my veteran minister has the courage to assassinate your Majesty!" Li Si said in panic!
"So, what happened tonight has nothing to do with the Prime Minister?" Hu Hai was not too surprised. Even if it was really Li Si who did it, Li Si would definitely not admit it! What's more, Hu Hai has no evidence at all!
"Your Majesty is aware of this!"
"Well, let's put this matter aside for now! Let me talk about something else! My throne was obtained by you and Zhao Gao through hard work! I know this, and you know it. Zhao Gao also knows it! I
I admit that I do have a lot of wariness towards you!
After all, you were once one of my father's most trusted ministers. However, not long after my father passed away, you colluded with Zhao Gao to tamper with my father's imperial edict. In order for me to secure the throne more firmly, you corrected the edict and imitated my father's edict.
The emperor's handwriting forced my eldest brother to death. He used tricks to detain Meng Tian and Meng Yi, and even wanted to put Meng Tian and Meng Yi to death.
Likewise, because I know that it was you who promoted me to the throne of the emperor, and what you did was just to preserve your own power! So I killed Zhao Gao who wanted to make me a puppet, but still reused you!
I demolished the Ministry of Planning, and I gathered people from hundreds of families and factions. I overturned the imperial edict of my father and allowed the clan members to join the court as officials and the army as soldiers. It is indeed my intention to dilute the power of you, the Prime Minister. This is
It's an open matter, there's no need for me to cover it up!
However, I also gave you the power to govern, and named Li Yu as empress. Tonight, I gave you the position of Taifu! I also did not neglect you, nor did I say that I would abandon you or take it from you.
The position of Prime Minister!
Because I know that although you are selfish and greedy for power, you have no intention of destroying our Great Qin! So I can tolerate you, but I cannot tolerate Zhao Gao, the treacherous man who harbors evil intentions!
Now you have occupied the position of Prime Minister and Tutor. The Queen is your daughter. You are also my father-in-law and the head of hundreds of officials. One person is less than ten thousand people. What else do you want? Is it possible?
Do you want to imitate your benefactor Lu Buwei?"
Hu Hai's calm voice sounded in the silent hall of the side hall, without any emotion. Even when he talked about Li Si and others' pretentious edicts to push him to the throne of emperor, he was as indifferent as ever. It seemed that what he was talking about had nothing to do with him.
It doesn’t matter!
Only when he reached the last sentence, "Is it possible that you want to imitate your benefactor Lu Buwei?" Hu Hai's voice finally had a slight fluctuation, with a hint of coldness.
All the secrets were revealed by Hu Hai without any concealment!
If anyone else heard Hu Hai's words, they would probably be frightened and go crazy immediately! After all, as long as anything Hu Hai said spreads out, the entire Qin Dynasty will immediately fall into chaos!
However, now that it comes from Hu Hai's mouth, it gives people a feeling of "this is how things should be"!
Li Si knelt on the ground, kowtowing like a pound of garlic. No matter what he said at this moment, it seemed inappropriate! In other words, Li Si didn't know what he should say at this moment, and what he could say!
"Okay, no need to act like a child! Let me ask you, how many of Zhao Gao's underground nets do you have? Where are your sky nets? How many people are there in the nets?" Hu Hai changed his voice and asked lightly.
!
Sure enough, the First Emperor did leave news about the snare to the Second Emperor! Li Si's heart trembled! He was very lucky that if he had not taken the initiative to stand up tonight, he would not be kneeling in the lobby talking to the emperor now.
It's time to go directly into the Longwei Mansion Yamen to talk to Longwei!
"Your Majesty, I don't know how many people there are in Zhao Gao's underground network! After Zhao Gao's death, the veteran controlled about two hundred people in the underground network with the help of Skynet's detailed operation! When I returned home, I used the Skynet's detailed operation and the veteran's
All the lists of dead men in the underground network that we have are sent to the Longwei Mansion Office!"
"You have a lot of Skynet masterpieces in Xianyang Palace, right?" Hu Hai looked at Li Si and let out a cold snort!
"Return to your majesty! Skynet is not doing anything in Xianyang Palace! Your majesty is aware of it!" Li Si said in panic!
"Where did the net, so many craftsmen, dead soldiers, money, food and training come from?" Hu Hai did not comment on Li Si's words and continued to ask!
"Back to your majesty, the net was set up by the First Emperor to kill the remnants of the restoration of the six kingdoms. The fine workers of the sky net are all untrained people. However, the fine workers of the sky net cover everything from officials in the court to peddlers!
The old minister doesn’t know what to do with the dead men in the underground network!
From the dead men in the underground network controlled by the veteran, the veteran learned that all the dead in the underground network were rangers and giant thieves recruited by Zhao Gao! From the beginning of the establishment of the underground network, the daily money needed was provided by the veteran himself.
The government’s planning department secretly withheld part of the world’s taxes for expenditure!”
Li Si is very aware of his current situation, so everything he says is 70% true and 30% false!
Just from the information that Hu Hai got from Zhao An, he could know that many of the dead soldiers of the underground network were secretly trained by Zhao Gao with great effort! And the control from top to bottom was extremely tight!
However, Hu Hai did not dwell on Li Si!
No matter what happens, the outcome of the trap in Hu Hai's heart is already doomed!
"Do you still have something to hide from me?" Hu Hai walked down the lobby slowly and stood next to Li Si!
"I don't dare!"
Hu Hai slowly squatted down and said: "Today, I believe you for the time being! But, if I find out that tonight's incident is related to you! Li Si, you are harming the entire Li family. Li Ji
Even if I become the queen, I will destroy her! Now, I will give you another chance. I will ask you again, what happened tonight! Does it have anything to do with you?
Did you use a leader named Cang Jue in the net to instruct Zhao An to assassinate Li Fei because Li Fei had my heir? What do you mean now?
Come out, except for your own guilt, I will not hold anyone of your Li family accountable. Tomorrow, the coronation ceremony will be held as usual! Li Ji will still be the queen of Qin! I will return your love for the throne!"
If Hu Hai hadn't known that most of the people in the net were controlled by Li Si, and if it hadn't been for the fact that Li Si once forced Fusu to commit suicide in order to secure his throne, Hu Hai might have truly believed that what happened tonight was indeed the result of Zhao Gao's death.
The man who controlled the trap and died was an act of revenge!
After all, what Zhao An knows has nothing to do with Li Si!
As for Concubine Li's pregnancy, except for Luzhu, none of the imperial doctors and clan officials in the entire Daqin region knew about Concubine Li's pregnancy on a regular basis every month!
However, Skynet is in Li Si's hands. Although Li Si said that there is no Skynet agent in Xianyang Palace! However, Hu Hai really can't believe it! After all, tonight's events prove that Zhao Gao's underground net dead men can infiltrate into the palace.
In the palace, Li Si's Skynet specializes in spying. How come there is no detailed operation in the palace?
Every word in Hu Hai's words was like a sledgehammer, striking hard deep in Li Si's heart!
This is the first time the little emperor has called him by his first name since he ascended the throne!
Li Si didn't know if Hu Hai had really mastered something, or if he was deceiving him with words!
Obviously, the emperor's patience has reached its extreme! Tonight's assassination has really touched the emperor's nerves! The emperor will definitely get to the bottom of this matter!
However, Li Si doesn’t believe it now!
"Your Majesty is aware of this!" Li Si gritted his teeth and cried!
"Huh!" Hu Hai stood up and strode up to the lobby. With his back to Li Sidao, he said, "Step back! You concealed the trap and secretly controlled the Zhao Gao Gao Network. This has been revealed! I will order Long Xuan to follow you.
Go back home and get the list!"
"Old minister, I obey the order!"
"Today you walked out of this gate, and you only have the friendship of a monarch and a minister with me! There is no more love for the throne! Li Si! Do you know?" When Li Sikankan walked to the front door of the side hall, his back was turned.
Hu Hai, who was looking at Li Si, suddenly said!
Hu Hai's emotionless words echoed in the empty lobby!
Li Si, who was about to reach out to open the door, suddenly trembled when he heard Hu Hai's words! The skinny palm that he stretched out to open the door suddenly stopped!
The silent hall!
Dim lights!
Hu Hai stood in the lobby with his back facing Li Si and his hands behind his back straight. Li Si stood at the entrance of the lobby with his body bent and his back to Hu Hai!
The distance between the emperor and his ministers was just a few dozen steps, but it was as if they were separated by thousands of mountains and rivers!
After hearing the young emperor's last words, Li Si seemed to have suddenly aged ten years!
In addition, this time, the Second Emperor called him by his name for the second time in less than a cup of tea tonight!
Li Si turned around tremblingly and bowed respectfully to Hu Hai, who was facing him with his hands behind his back. After a long time, Li Si sobbed: "Return to your majesty, I retire!"
Hearing Li Si's words, Hu Hai, who had his hands behind his back, trembled slightly and then returned to normal!!
He still didn't admit it!
"Crunch!"
Li Si pulled hard with his skinny hands, and the heavy side hall door slowly opened with a tooth-aching sound!
The bright moonlight like mercury poured into the lobby instantly! (To be continued)
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