When the Qin cavalry scouts and the Xiongnu scouts were fighting fiercely on the grassland, Wu Rui and Yingbu discussed the important matter of launching an army to fight against Qin.
Xianyang Palace East Hall, Yizheng Hall.
The brightly lit meeting hall was filled with people and figures, except for the "crackling" sound made by the thick oil line of the tall copper crane oil lamp burning, but the entire hall was silent.
The culprit of all this is Hu Hai, who is sitting at the top of the hall.
Regarding Hu Hai's just-announced decision to hand over the administrative power of the Qin Dynasty to Li Si from now on, all the Qin courtiers in the palace who were originally cheering and shaking each other fell silent at the same time.
This was the first time that Hu Hai met many senior civil servants from the Central Court of the Qin Empire. It was also the first time that these senior civil servants from the Great Qin Empire met His Majesty the Second Emperor who was awakened by the First Emperor's dream during his eastern tour.
Today's banquet was requested by Hu Hai. Originally, such a major event was to be discussed and announced at the court meeting, but Hu Hai didn't want to worry about the troublesome court meeting. There were too many things for him to do now, so he simply arranged this big banquet. feast.
The main hall, which was originally filled with people shaking hands and drinking wine, fell into a dead silence after hearing the news announced by Hu Hai!
Some are happy and some are sad!
Of course, those who are happy are the officials at all levels who originally came from Li Si's sect and several important ministers such as Yao Jia, Zheng Guo, Yang Duanhe, and Ma Xing who have always been with Li Si. The ones who are worried are the right prime ministers Feng Quji and Zong Zheng Yingteng. Waiting for someone.
Originally, the Meng clan should also be worried, but Meng Tian and Meng Yi had known the news for a long time. Although they didn't know why Hu Hai did this, they didn't show too much surprise at the moment after knowing the news.
And Ying Teng is different from Feng Quji. Ying Teng only considers it from the perspective of the Qin royal family. As an elder of the clan who has come through the Lu Buwei incident, he knows better than anyone what effect this political power will have.
Li Si happened to be a disciple of Lu Buwei's family when he first entered politics. It was Lu Buwei's recommendation that made Li Si what he is today.
Could it be that Da Qin is going to produce another Lu Buwei?
But His Majesty the Emperor shouldn't make such a mistake now? Ying Teng couldn't understand. He glanced at Hu Hai, who was sitting at the top of the hall with a gentle smile on his face, and then looked at Hu Hai, who was sitting quietly on the futon with a calm face. While Li Si was tasting the wine, Yingteng finally suppressed his doubts and did not directly object.
Feng Quji didn't know what Hu Hai was thinking. He also knew how Lu Buwei died, so he looked at Hu Hai who was above him, and then at Li Si who was sitting opposite him and remained silent.
Among the Three Gongs and Nine Qings, Feng Jie was born as a military general and the most courageous. Originally, he wanted to stand up and oppose directly. After all, Lu Buwei had a precedent of monopolizing power. But when he saw his father Feng Quji lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, the words that came to his lips finally ended. Swallowed again.
Several important ministers in the court lost their voices one after another, and the officials below naturally did not dare to come forward. Of course, that was also because there were no doctors in the hall at this moment. At this moment, almost all the doctors in Da Qin had fled.
The silence in the Council Hall did not continue.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
A loud shout broke the brief silence of the hall.
The person shouting is Yao Jia!
Yao Jia's loud shout immediately woke up all the ministers who were still losing their voices.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, all the ministers in the hall were bowing their heads and shouting. As for what was in their hearts, only they themselves probably knew.
"Okay, you all love me. Since you all have no objection to love, the matter is settled. Come and drink this cup with me! Come on!" Hu Hai said happily as he picked up the Qingtong wine bottle on the table.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" All the ministers in the hall said in unison as they picked up the wine bottles on the case table.
Hu Hai finished the sweet rice wine in the bottle in one sip, put down the bottle and said, "It's rare that I can drink with you all today. I still have a few things I want to discuss with you."
Hearing that Hu Hai still had something to discuss, all the ministers in the hall put down their wine bottles and listened attentively.
"The first thing I want to ask the imperial censor, Feng Aiqing, is if he is willing to lead the army?" Hu Hai said with a smile to Feng Jie, who was sitting second from the left in the hall.
Feng Jie was stunned when he suddenly heard Hu Hai asking him if he was willing to lead the army. He was actually a military general. It was only later that Emperor Yingzheng divided the ministers and changed his title to a censor. However, as a civil servant, he still often wore the armor of a general.
, rarely wear the green robes and crowns of civil servants.
When Hu Hai saw him for the first time, he was wearing the armor of a general. Now when he heard Hu Hai's question, he recovered and quickly bowed and said: "I am willing to die for your majesty!"
"Okay. I will make Feng Jie the general. The post of imperial censor will be taken over by Dianke Dunqi. I have my own arrangements for Feng Aiqing's affairs. What do you all think?"
This was the result of Hu Hai's discussion with Wei Liao in the afternoon. Hu Hai didn't tell anyone about Li Si's plan. Maybe Wei Liao saw it, but Hu Hai was not worried at all, because the quality of this matter actually depends on Li Si himself.
On the body.
If Li Si does a good job as prime minister, everyone will be happy. If he wants to seek death, he can't blame others. Presumably Wei Liao also saw this, so he sighed dejectedly after Li Si agreed.
The imperial censor was responsible for supervising the officials. Hu Hai could let Li Si manage the government, but the officials in the court could not let Li Si do what he did. Dun Ruo was the best candidate recommended by Wei Liao to Hu Hai.
Dunruo is different from the other nine ministers such as Yao Jia. Dunruo was born in the Yanzhao family and was a famous scholar. He traveled all over the world and entered Xianyang, and finally stayed in Daqin to serve. Except for Zheng Guo and Zhang Han, the rest of the nine ministers
These people are all descendants of noble families in Great Qin, and all of them are deeply involved.
However, Dunruo was proud and disdainful of intercourse with others. Apart from official duties, he only focused on studying the classics of hundreds of schools of thought. In addition, Dunruo had been in charge of the Black Ice Platform for a long time and was engaged in confidential matters. He could be said to be the perfect candidate for the imperial censor.
Feng Jie did not expect that Hu Hai would directly remove himself from the post of censor doctor. You must know that the censor doctor is the same as the three princes. Although he is now a general, he does not even have an empty general with soldiers, and there is only an empty general.
With the name of General, does His Majesty want to deal with the Feng family?
Hearing Hu Hai's words, the ministers in the hall became silent again. Everyone had the same thought as Feng Jie at this moment. The same was true for Li Si, who had not received any news in advance.
But Li Si had more on his mind. Just when he was about to manage the government, the imperial censor was replaced by Dun Rui, who had always disdained the interactions of ministers. Li Si, who knew the role of the censor very well, couldn't help but think of it.
The intention behind Hu Hai's move.
Of course, Dun Rui is not in the hall today. He is still watching the training of the army at the Bashang Camp.
The expression on Feng Jie's face changed. When he saw Hu Hai looking at him with a harmonious smile, he secretly gritted his teeth and said, "I obey the order!"
"Okay, I am very pleased that Feng Aiqing is so dedicated to serving the country. Please drink this cup!" Hu Hai said happily.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Feng Jie swallowed a full bottle as bitterly as if he were drinking poisoned wine.
Hu Hai put down the wine bottle and saw the strange atmosphere among the ministers in the hall. He pretended not to know anything about it and said: "My dear friends, why don't you drink? From now on, Li Aiqing will be in charge. I will personally lead the army to defeat the rebels of the six countries. My dear friends, you should do that." Act with your heart and cooperate with the Prime Minister to restore our great Qin!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Okay! My dear friends, please don't come home until you are drunk today! Let's play music!"
When the music started to sound, naturally there were singers who came out to add to the fun. Hu Hai paid no attention to the complicated expressions of the ministers in the hall, and just enjoyed the performance of the singers in the hall. From time to time, he also picked up the wine bottle and drank from a distance with several important ministers in the hall.
No matter what the many senior civil servants of Da Qin in the hall thought about Hu Hai's decisions today, when they saw that the emperor had finished talking about business, they all grabbed the familiar ministers around them and started to eat and drink.
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"General, the stone is back!"
When Meng Chong heard what his men said, he stood up and saw a knight galloping on horseback in the distance. Who was Shi Shi who was not going to Didao (now Lintao County, Gansu) to find out the news?
This group of people is none other than Meng Chong's group who had previously gone to the prairie.
In the end, Su Yue did not adopt Mengchong's suggestion to go directly to the South China Sea through Jiuyuan, Xianyang, and the Yangyue New Road. Instead, he chose to enter the South China Sea from Longxi to Bashu via the Lingqu Canal and then to the South China Sea.
The reason why Su Yue made this choice was that he was worried that Meng Chong, who had always doubted him, would give an early warning to the Jiuyuan Qin Army, so that the Jiuyuan Army would be prepared in advance for the Xiongnu army that was about to move south, so he insisted on leaving the place that required countless trips. waterway.
However, Meng Chong, who was still worried about Meng Tian and Meng Yi who were still in prison, sent his knights to Didao to inquire about news when passing by Didao in Longxi County, despite Su Yue's objections.
When Meng Chong heard Shi Shi's return, Meng Chong stood up in a hurry. Su Yue, who had been working alone in the distance, heard Shi Shi's return and came over without haste. Meng Chong saw Su Yue following him, but did not react in any way. He stood aside and waited for the stone to arrive.
Seeing that Meng Chong ignored him at all, Su Yue shot out a trace of resentment in his eyes, and then put on a hypocritical smile.
"See General!"
When Shitou saw Meng Chong from a distance, he got off his horse and knelt down on one knee.
"Get up quickly, can we find any news here?" Meng Chong asked eagerly as he took a few steps to hold up the stone.
"General, I'm so happy." Shitou looked excited.
"What happy event? Tell me quickly?" Meng Chong asked hurriedly.
"Meng Tian and Meng Yi have been taken back to Xianyang by His Majesty the Second Emperor and restored to their posts."
"Ah! Are you serious about this!?" Su Yue's expression changed when he heard Shitou's words and he asked hurriedly.
"General, now the news has spread throughout Guanzhong. His Majesty the Second Emperor was awakened from a dream by His Majesty the First Emperor during his eastern tour. Now he has killed Zhao Gao, the thief, and issued three edicts for sins against himself, and he will be exempted from taxes for light corvee!"
Shitou ignored Su Yue next to him and kept talking to Meng Chong.
After listening to Shitou's words, Meng Chong and more than 50 people could not help but burst into tears. They couldn't help but kneel down and shout "Long live His Majesty the First Emperor"!
It is difficult for outsiders to imagine the complex feelings that the Old Qin people in the pre-Qin era had towards the Qin Dynasty and towards the Ying clan. The Ying clan led millions of Old Qin people in the bitter and cold Guanzhong land, and struggled to reform and strengthen themselves, resisting the invasion of surrounding countries. In the end, he unified the world step by step.
No old Qin man complained about the hardships and sacrifices he made. At this moment, Hu Hai's actions made the originally angry old Qin soldiers no longer able to suppress the excitement in their hearts. They beat their hands and kicked on the ground and burst into tears.
After listening to Shitou's words, Su Yue lost his usual indifference. Regardless of the gnawing eyes of Meng Chong and others, he calmly took out a token and said: "General Meng, this is the general's token. More and more at this moment."
Order the general to set off immediately and rush back to the South China Sea at starry night!"