Chapter 167: Please ask Changan Jun to solve this puzzle
"I know."
Ying Chengjiao paused for this moment, not thinking about whether to continue scolding Wei Liao, but thinking about whether to kill Wei Liao at night.
Anyone who has been with Ying Chengjiao for a long time will have more or less traces of Ying Chengjiao.
Like the unruly nature of Gai Nie.
Like the knife in Jing Ke's mouth.
Jing Ke often mentioned the knife man because he always saw Ying Cheng as a knife man.
Turning his head to show Li Si a smile, Ying Chengjiao took Li Si to the stone table in the courtyard and extended his hand to invite Li Si to sit down.
The two men sat next to each other. Ying Chengjiao supported his chin with one hand and said, "Left Prime Minister, please speak."
" Your Majesty and Wei Liao are riding in a royal carriage with four horses. The reason for rewarding Wei Liao must be related to the policy of the court today. After the court was dismissed today, Si and Wei Liao had a dispute..."
After informing Ying Chengjiao of what happened between him and Wei Liao after the court session, Li Si continued his analysis, thinking about what Wei Liao had just done.
"After Wei Liao separated from me, it seems that he went to look for Your Majesty alone, otherwise there is no explanation for the four-horse carriage."
"Speaking of this, I have a question. Minister Zuo, do you know that forcibly relocating the remnants of the nobles will make the families of the officials in the court stronger in the local area?"
Although Ying Chengjiao said this with a smile, his words were full of smile, without any anger or murderous intent.
But Li Si, who was interrupted, felt a chill rising from the tip of his heart, which soon made him feel cold all over.
In the Xuanniao Palace, Ying Chengjiao was also smiling when he said that Chunyu Yue would be pushed out to be chopped.
"Chang'an Jun is wise, Si's entire family is in Xianyang and has not gone to their fiefdom."
Li Si stated that even if the local forces became stronger, he, Li Si, would not gain any benefits, and he would withdraw from the interest group as quickly as possible.
"Hey, why? The emperor gave you a fief, so your family should go back to the fief to show off their power and let those remnants of the six kingdoms see Qin Feng. Why did the left prime minister let the whole family stay in Xianyang? Do you think the emperor's decision is inappropriate?"
Li Si was sweating coldly as he looked at Ying Chengjiao's eyes full of curiosity. He felt that it was an abyss that would swallow him up in the next second.
He instinctively wanted to use the court's rhetoric of avoiding the issue to deal with Ying Chengjiao. This was the court rule.
But when the words came to his lips, Li Si looked at the stone table and changed his mind.
The left prime minister of the Qin Dynasty thought about how he was pressed on the stone table by Ying Chengjiao and almost died. In the end, he spoke his heart out and said that he had to become the prime minister to escape the disaster.
In front of Chang'an Jun, Si should tell the truth.
"It is clear that Your Majesty did not implement the county system but the parallel county and kingdom system, and issued the Enfeoffment Order. This is because the remnants of the nobles of the six kingdoms have become powerful. If the county system is implemented throughout the country at this time, the world will be unstable."
"Your Majesty, you are distributing fiefs out of helplessness . In this case, I will not accept the fiefdom. Your Majesty, please take a closer look at me."
Ying Chengjiao understood and nodded, as if he had suddenly realized something.
"So that's how it is."
"Lord Chang'an asked me before if I knew the consequences of forcibly relocating the remnants of the six kingdoms. I do know. But this strategy is actually what Your Majesty wants, and Your Majesty must also know the drawbacks of this strategy. Since Your Majesty knows, and you still want me to tell you this strategy, I will follow it."
"My brother the emperor has to review a stone of memorials every day, which contain all kinds of information, big and small. Do you think it is possible that my brother the emperor has limited energy and has not thought about the disadvantages of forcibly relocating nobles?"
"Impossible. Absolutely impossible."
Li Si's expression was firm and his words were extremely confident.
"How could Your Majesty not know such an obvious thing?"
Ying Chengjiao stared at Li Si, who was only talking but not making any body movements, and felt that the scene would have been perfect if Li Si had waved his hands and said it was impossible.
Looking at Li Si's naturally stereotyped face, Ying Chengjiao couldn't tell for a moment whether Li Si's words came from his heart or he was acting in front of him.
"You trust me so much, whether it's true or false, I don't care, he just wants you to do your job seriously. But I care, you almost caused a big mess for me."
If Ying Chengjiao had not attended the court today, if these two strategies were implemented, various places would inevitably be in chaos for a period of time as the remnants of the six kingdoms left.
Moreover, after the ban on copper and iron, the people's strength will drop drastically - if productivity fails to increase, the Qin State will become complacent.
From the time when humans ate raw meat and drank blood, to the slave society, to the feudal society, and then to the modern society, the most important thing about these levels of progress is the improvement of productivity.
The best reflection of productivity is food.
For example, suppose the grain production capacity during the Qin Dynasty could only ensure that 20 million people were well fed.
Even if we include all kinds of food such as wild animals in the mountains and forests and fishing, the total population of the Qin Dynasty could not have exceeded 25 million.
After the copper and iron were taken away and there were no tools for farming, grain production was bound to drop significantly.
When people are hungry and their lives are not guaranteed, they will not have the brains to think about other things.
At that time, unless Ying Chengjiao rebelled and overthrew the Qin Dynasty, even if he had omnipotent powers, he would not be able to make society progress.
"I've told , don't let your imagination run wild when communicating with the Emperor. The more you imagine, the more counterproductive it will be. If you have any objections to the Emperor's policies, just ask directly, don't speculate on the Emperor's mind. Li Si, speak directly to the Emperor, don't cause me any trouble, okay?"
"…I know now."
Ying Chengjiao nodded with satisfaction, but suddenly he thought of how Gai Nie stabbed him in the back in the Xianyang Palace today, and his expression suddenly turned cold.
"Of course, you must also be careful not to be too direct. When walking with my brother, if you lag behind him by a step or two, don't overstep your bounds."
Ying Chengjiao's expression changed very quickly without any hesitation.
He was smiling and talking warmly one second , and his face turned cold the next.
This made Li Si, who was already cautious, feel startled.
Chang'an Jun is moody and can kill or have a conversation while chatting and laughing.
Following Chang'an Jun is much more dangerous than following Your Majesty.
"How dare you do this!"
"I'm just reminding you. Don't take it too seriously. If you insist on hanging around me, I'll have a few more words with you."
Ying Chengjiao saw Li Si's fear, his expression relaxed and he comforted him.
But he didn't expect that this change in expression made Li Si even more frightened.
Now, in Li Si's mind, Ying Chengjiao is a synonym for the emperor's mentality.
Chang'an Jun's words were telling me that if something like this happens again in the future, I should report it to him.
Li Si listened to the string music and thought about the elegant meaning. He said with a more serious attitude than before: "I know it!"
I wanted to say a few more words to you, why are you taking it so seriously?
If Ying Chengjiao knew that he had a conversation with Li Si today, Li Si would trample down the threshold of his Chang'an Palace in the future.
Li Si will give him a small report every three days and a big report every ten days, telling him all the state affairs. He will definitely not be allowed in today.
"Let's talk about our national captain. You didn't get comprehensive information and made a wrong judgment. I told my brother about the disaster of forcibly relocating nobles, and he agreed with me."
"The four-horse carriage is not a reward from my brother to Wei Liao, but a way for him to get out of here as soon as possible. I will give you this additional information, and you tell me what Wei Liao is up to today."
If the known information is wrong and contrary to the correct information, the results obtained will inevitably be the opposite of what is obtained.
Li Si smiled bitterly and didn't intend to reveal his wrong guess.
He raised his hands and said sincerely: "Changan Jun, please stop mocking me. I am just a frog sitting at the bottom of the well, thinking that the sky is the size of the well mouth. Please help me solve my doubts."
