At this moment, Hu Hai had already changed out of his T-shirt and big shorts, put on a single robe woven in black and gold. He waved his hand, walked up to the emperor's throne in the study and sat down.
In the past five years, the years seem to have left no trace on Hu Hai's face, and his appearance has not changed at all. Except for his breath being deeper than five years ago, there has not been any change.
But Feng Quji didn't dare to think so.
He knew better than anyone else that the young emperor who seemed to be like an ordinary rich young man in front of him was a little less sharp than five years ago, but he was even more deeply restrained. Only when he really touched him
Only when you can find that in the whole world, everything in the world can't escape the eyes of this young emperor who seems a little lazy.
"Did you still come for retirement?"
He waved his hand to signal Feng Quji to sit down. Hu Hai looked at Feng Quji, who was energetic but old, and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty's wise!"
Feng Quji quickly got up and bowed and said.
Strictly speaking, Feng Quji himself is not a person who loves power. The reason why he started to take out a gamble from the entire clan and even would rather bear the insult and hatred of all the noble families of the Qin Dynasty, in fact, his actions were not only to get some in front of Hu Hai.
In addition to the benefits, it is more about protecting the Feng family and competing with Li Si as the starting point.
He started in his forties and served as the right prime minister of Daqin. During this period, he was suppressed by Li Si, who was then the right prime minister. Even if he had the help of his son as the censor, he was just a silence.
Facing Li Si, he can only protect himself.
Needless to say, when Emperor First Emperor was alive, except Meng Tian, who was supported by Emperor First Emperor, the whole world knew that the only one whom Emperor First Emperor trusted the most was the left Prime Minister Li Si.
This can be seen from the fact that the First Emperor married his eldest daughter to Li You and gave the Princess of the Qin Dynasty to Li Si's other two sons. Not only that, the First Emperor even personally spoke for his favorite 18th prince.
Propose to Li Si.
And the eighteenth prince who was not favored by everyone before was already the most supreme holy emperor in the entire Qin Dynasty.
Immediately afterwards, the First Emperor died suddenly, and Li Si and Zhao Gao conspired to push the then foolish Eighteen Prince to the supreme emperor. At that time, Li Si took all the power in the court, and there was no need to say much.
Even the most important general Meng Tian and the important minister Meng Yi, Zhao Gao, were taken down by Emperor II, and sent to prison. In this matter, if Li Si had not contributed to the fire, Zhao Gao, who was a eunuch, would have thought that he would be the eunuch.
This is not impossible to do anyway.
Then, the second emperor killed Zhao Gao on the eastern tour, quickly stabilized the situation of the Qin Dynasty and took charge of the Qin Dynasty. However, just when Feng Quji thought his opportunity had come, it was suddenly reported that Li Si's daughter was about to be enthroned as the Queen of the Qin Dynasty.
What happened? Li Si was directly granted the power to govern by the second emperor at that time.
At that time, Li Si was already below one person and above billions of people, and Feng Quji still couldn't fight for it.
Later, Feng Jie was taken down from the position of censor, and Feng Quji once thought that the emperor had given up his Feng clan.
But no one expected that things in the world were so wonderful. Li Si used his tricks frequently, but he finally died of helplessness. Feng Quji saw the day when he surpassed Li Si again.
Now, Feng Quji, who is the chief tutor of the cabinet and the position of the dynasty of the dynasty, feels that he has fully achieved everything he had dreamed of before. If time could come again, he does not regret what he once made.
Every decision.
In this way, five years have passed since Wei Liao's death.
Feng Quji himself knew that he was becoming increasingly unable to do so.
Moreover, Emperor II, Chunqiu Zhenglong, knew that he should express his attitude in time and let go. To be precise, he should delegate power.
After several years, basically all the political affairs of the Daqin were entrusted by the Second Emperor to handle them in the Daqin Palace. In addition to a few major issues related to national economy and people's livelihood, several cabinet masters in the Cabinet Office were able to basically decide the entire Daqin Palace.
All things, of course, except for military affairs.
But the more this happened, Feng Quji became more and more nervous.
Because he didn't know what the second emperor was thinking. If the old people were too greedy for power, would the second emperor feel that he was too greedy?
This situation made Feng Quji feel more obvious after the first imperial examination in the Qin Dynasty a year ago.
According to the agreement reached by Hu Hai with a noble family, the first imperial examination in the Qin Dynasty was held in the eighth year of the Second Emperor.
The first imperial examination in the Qin Dynasty was naturally held smoothly. Among them, except for the first three emperors who were appointed by the second generation, the other top 100 were all released or directly admitted to the court to be awarded official positions.
Among these hundred people, no less than six people from the Feng Quji clan were born. When arranging these people, the Ministry of Personnel naturally took into account the needs of everyone, and these six people were also arranged to be in court.
middle.
Although the position is not high, it is extremely critical and extremely convenient to advance.
The emperor did not express any statement about the arrangements of the Ministry of Personnel. He seemed to have no idea that those people were born in their own tribe, but he agreed with a big stroke.
But Feng Quji knew that all the matters in the Qin Dynasty could not be hidden from His Majesty the young emperor who is often elusive.
Because in Daqin today, no one knows how many people there are in the Black Ice Platform and the Longwei Mansion, and how many people are detailed works of the Black Ice Platform and the Longwei Mansion, and whether the children in their own mansion or clan have the Longwei Mansion or the Dragon Wei Mansion or the children of their own mansion or clan have the Longwei Mansion or
He is from the Black Ice Platform, and I am afraid that the heads of various noble families do not know.
But Feng Quji immediately discovered some abnormalities. The disciples in his clan should have been good exams in the first year of the exam, but they were all the same. Meng Yi, the Minister of Personnel, could not have been able to specialize in the exams.
In order to make a few seventh-rank guru get into evil with him, it seems that the only thing that can make Meng Yi do so now is His Majesty the Emperor.
Without His Majesty's instructions, Meng Yi would not have made things difficult for a few minor officials of the seventh rank, not to mention that Meng Yi, as the Minister of Personnel, would not have known that the six people were all from his Feng clan.
The sensitive Feng Quji immediately thought, was this the emperor hinting at him?
After thinking about it, Feng Quji felt that he had reached such a position now, and he was already at this age, and it seemed that there was no need to occupy a high position in the court. Now the various government affairs of the cabinet office have long formed their own system, and the four cabinet assistants
Ministers of government and each perform their duties. If you take the initiative to ask for retirement, one is to show the emperor that he is not as obsessed with power as Li Si. Two, it can also make room for promotion for the children of his clan, right?
After all, as long as he is not dead, as long as his son Feng Jie is still the general of the court and the chief general of the Guilin Army, no one in the court will make things difficult for his Feng clan members. What's more, the emperor will definitely not allow it.
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The five auxiliary ministers in the Cabinet Office, after Wei Liao's death, the emperor unexpectedly has never added any of them to the cabinet. Even if everyone thought they were qualified and could serve as the auxiliary minister of the Cabinet, they still
He did not enter the cabinet. The other qualified ones, such as Yao Jia, are still the Minister of Justice.
The four cabinet ministers can maintain the normal operation of the cabinet office and preside over all matters in the world, so three seem to be equally OK. Or maybe the emperor has actually thought about the candidates to be promoted to cabinet ministers?
Feng Quji didn't know, but Feng Quji didn't dare to gamble.
Including this time, this is the third time that Feng Quji has retired to Hu Hai this year.
Hu Hai narrowed his eyes and looked at Feng Quji who was bowing and bowing for a while, then smiled and said, "I don't need to be too polite, sit down quickly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Feng Quji carefully obeyed his duties as a minister and saluted respectfully.
"Is my beloved to surrender for Feng Le and others?" Hu Haizhang said casually.
Feng Quji couldn't help but tremble when he heard Hu Hai's words.
Sure enough!
The emperor really knows everything! He understands everything!
"I dare not! Your Majesty, I am nearly eighty-year-old. Since the death of Grand Master Tai Shi, I am in my health. Now that the government affairs of the cabinet are getting better, Lord Li is also an energetic young man. The old minister is assisting this cabinet.
As the position of Minister of State, I feel that my energy cannot keep up. I am afraid of delaying government affairs in the court, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to be kind to you!"
Feng Quji naturally would not admit it.
If he admitted it, he would probably make the emperor feel that what he did seemed to be the same as what Meng Tian did that day. In that case, if the emperor felt bad about him, he would probably be even as the cabinet minister.
, it will not be able to protect one's Feng clan for how long it will take.
"Haha, that old dear thought what happened to me in the Qin Dynasty over the past five years?"
Hu Hai did not continue to worry about this issue with Feng Quji, but instead changed his subject and asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty is wise. Our Qin Dynasty has been doing well in recent years. Although the taxes on the people are not as good as His Majesty 11, only the twelve major official warehouses in the court have all been fully covered, and six warehouses including Guilin and Kuaiji have been established.
After the autumn harvest this year, I am afraid that the warehouse will be full. The people in the county in the court are prosperous, and the newly cultivated arable land is several times more than five years ago. It is actually the year of the prosperous Qin Dynasty."
Feng Quji's words were all the truth.
Five years later, the census two years ago showed that the population of Daqin had increased by 20%, nearly 30 million.
This year, the Ministry of Revenue will conduct a third population census after the autumn harvest. I think the total population of Daqin will exceed the 40 million mark. Hu Hai is naturally clear about these.
"Because of this, I will not agree to your beloved to retire!"
Hu Hai looked at Feng Quji with an excited expression and said lightly.