"Uncle, our father is in the prime of his life, and this is unlucky."
"I just said that, why do you take it so seriously?"
“Unlucky.”
"Okay, okay, okay, uncle is wrong. You should train Li You well."
"only."
They chatted for another half an hour, during which time Ying Chengjiao looked towards the gate of the Da Zheng Palace from time to time.
"Is uncle waiting for father?"
"Well, it seems that we can't wait any longer. I beat Zhang Han on the grounds of 'false accusation', and your father can tolerate this?"
"If it were someone else, he would have been beheaded by now. Father always favors my uncle."
"Tsk, then I won't work for him either. When are you leaving?"
"Three days later. I was supposed to visit my uncle tomorrow."
"No thanks. I'll see you off on the day of departure. Now I'm leaving."
"Goodbye, uncle."
The next day.
The news of Ying Chengjiao being assassinated late at night spread throughout the Qin bureaucracy in an instant.
With so many city defense troops, it is impossible to defend the city.
Moreover, Meng Yi, the internal historian who was in charge of the matter, did not issue an order to keep the news secret, and did not have any intention of taking any precautions.
Soon, Left Prime Minister Li Si, Right Prime Minister Wang Wan, Imperial Censor Feng Quji and others all knew about this.
After learning about this, Li Si, the left prime minister, did not go to work, but left the prime minister's residence and went straight to Chang'an Jun's residence.
This made Wang Wan, the right prime minister who was also on duty in the prime minister's residence, treat him coldly and his dislike for him doubled.
But Li Si's attack was in vain.
Ying Chengjiao was not in the Chang'an Palace. He led a heroic and beautiful woman to the tower. Han Fei, who was Ying Chengjiao's retainer, received Li Si.
Han Fei led Li Si to his own room, and the two stayed there for more than an hour. No one knew what the two brothers talked about.
The result was that when Li Si came out of Chang'an Jun Mansion, he looked dazed and almost fell seven or eight times.
After working a day in the Prime Minister's Mansion with a look of alienation, Li Si ran into his eldest son Li You on his way home from get off work.
Li You, a strong and brave man, was very excited because his father was a great Legalist but he insisted on becoming a general.
He held up the bamboo slips in his hand and shouted to Li Si: "Father, look, this is the order of the crown prince. The crown prince wants me to serve as his personal soldier. You won't object to my joining the army this time, right? He is the crown prince!"
"Oh, let me see."
Li Si came back to his senses, his face stern.
Facing his eldest son's expectant gaze, he took the bamboo slips from his eldest son's little hand, spread it out, and read.
After a while, Li Si let out a long sigh.
"Forget it. Since it is the order of the Crown Prince, what else can father say? Go to Shangjun. My son will surely be able to be a general."
Li You was very happy to be recognized by his father. He jumped and ran away with the bamboo slips.
He wanted to let those sons of military families who looked down on him see that he, Li You, was a person recognized by the crown prince, and they were the ones who were useless.
Looking at his eldest son's back as he ran at full speed, there was hesitation in his eyes, but Li Si was no longer hesitant.
He took firm steps and entered the mansion.
At night, Cai Yan and her husband Li Si had a night talk.
"You'er, go to Shangjun. Nothing else."
"Nothing, go to sleep."
"Why are you so willing to be a general when you can do anything else? The customs in Qin are really weird. You have to travel so far and the battlefield is so dangerous, and you don't even have anyone you know in the army."
"In this life, I don't know if I will ever see You'er again."
As a mother, Cai Yan obviously did not believe Li Si. Her words were full of sorrow and she also revealed many complaints towards Li Si.
The young boy Li You thought that he was favored by the prince because of his extraordinary talent, but Cai Yan was not so naive.
She knew that it must be the lover lying next to her who contributed.
"Changan Jun will arrange it."
"Lord Chang'an? It must be Ying Chengjiao. The one who filled the prison twice, preventing you from taking a day off at home, the one who is at odds with you? The one who is the disgrace of Tunliu, the one who is the brother of your brother?"
Li Si covered Cai Yan's mouth with an extremely serious look.
"Don't say that again."
Cai Yan blinked, not understanding what was going on.
I don’t know why my husband, who hated Ying Chengjiao so much a few days ago, suddenly made a 180-degree turn in his attitude.
"How can I have any right to have a grudge against Chang'an Jun? Our family's lives are tied to Chang'an Jun."
"Didn't you become the Left Prime Minister? When you were the Minister of Justice, you didn't join any party. How come you are not as free as the Minister of Justice when you became the Prime Minister, a higher-ranking official?"
Li Si smiled bitterly.
"I thought that as the highest prime minister, I would no longer have to look at anyone's face, but that is not the case. Your Majesty does not care about the identity of the Chu people, but the Qin nobles do not."
"As prime ministers, there are many who are attached to Wang Wan, but only a few who join my army. I am still powerless to compete with them. I cannot fight them."
A long sigh.
"I finally understand why Wei Zhuang has always been inferior to Wang Wan for so many years. It's not just the difference between the left and right prime ministers."
"It's because he is like me, not an old Qin man. The rise of Qin is due to the heroic rulers of the past dynasties, while the officials are all good-for-nothings."
"Now I am speaking for Your Majesty about the county system. Because of my own reasons, I have become a half-solitary minister. When I was not the prime minister, I thought I could reach the top, even if I was a lone minister, it would be meaningless."
"After becoming prime minister, I want more when I see you and the child. I have achieved the highest position in the government, and I also want to bless my descendants."
“I am not Wei Liao, who cannot let go of the power I have acquired and take you to your fiefdom without caring about worldly affairs.
"I am not Meng Ao, who can rely on the military power in my hands to create a Meng family among the old Qin people. I want to have both. The only way is to find a backer, and that is Lord Chang'an."
When Cai Yan heard this, she pushed Li Si's hand covering her mouth away and couldn't help but raise questions.
"I heard from the neighbors that no one said a good word about Ying Chengjiao or Chang'an Jun. Is a man with a bad reputation in Xianyang really the supporter that your husband is looking for?"
Li Si shook his head.
"The power of Lord Chang'an is not the violent storm or raging waves that can turn the world upside down in an instant. Rather, it is the spring rain that moistens everything silently."
"It's normal that you can't see Chang'an Jun's ability. Even I have dealt with Chang'an Jun so many times. If it weren't for my senior brother's reminder, I wouldn't know how great he is now."
"Qin's grain reserves far exceeded those of the six kingdoms. One reason for this was that the six kingdoms used straight plows, while Qin used curved plows."
Li Si stretched out a finger as a plow and drew a straight line on the bed.
He bent his fingers again and drew the straight line on the bed again.
"This will save three times the effort of the oxen and triple the soil turning."
Cai Yan was used to doing farm work in Chu State. After Li Si's brief suggestion, she thought about it and realized that what Li Si said about saving effort and doubling the output was true.
"This was done by Chang'an Jun? This transformation is too simple, anyone can do it, is this considered a skill?"
Li Si said calmly, "Yes, it's very simple, it couldn't be simpler. Using the simplest method to increase Qin's grain reserves by at least 50%, isn't that a skill?"
"It has been a thousand years since the straight plow was invented. How come no one has been able to do such a simple thing as changing a straight plow into a curved one in these thousand years? If you say this is a coincidence, then what about the fine salt we eat every day?"
"In Chu, the common people eat coarse salt. In Qin, even slaves eat fine salt. There is no coarse salt for sale. Is this considered a skill?"
During the Warring States Period, the salt that most people ate was made by simply drying seawater without going through any purification process.
This unprocessed large-grain salt is called coarse salt, and it remained the same until the Qin Dynasty.
Cai Yan still remembers this clearly.
When she first came to Qin, her husband was not yet the Chief Justice, but a retainer of Lu Buwei.
When she went to buy salt, she saw that the salt grains were as fine as white sand. In the State of Chu, it was fine salt that only the nobles could enjoy.
She looked at her husband in surprise, as if she couldn't believe that this was also the work of Ying Chengjiao.
Li Si nodded at her.
"It was done by Lord Chang'an."
"How did Chang'an Jun do it?"
"This is not something I can know. Salt trading is a matter of state. Senior brother did intend to tell me about the production process, but I don't want to listen. It's better not to know about this kind of thing."
Cai Yan nodded repeatedly, agreeing with what Li Si said, and was still a little scared for asking such a question just now.
Knowing the method of salt production would affect the interests of the Qin State, which might very likely bring fatal disaster to their family.
"Although Chang'an Jun has such ability, since you are speaking for His Majesty, His Majesty will naturally protect you. Why do you need to join his school? Can't His Majesty protect you?"
"Yes, but Your Majesty is not immortal. Shang Yang spoke for Qin Xiaogong, and when Qin Xiaogong died, Shang Yang tore his body into pieces with five oxen."
"My fate is no better than Shang Yang's. Even if I die before Your Majesty, those good-for-nothings will not let you and your child go."
"Chang'an Jun is only a few years younger than Your Majesty. How long can Chang'an Jun survive without Your Majesty? Back then, you were appreciated by Lu Buwei and became his retainer."
"At that time, Lü Buwei was much more powerful than Lord Chang'an, but you did not follow Lü Buwei. Now Lü Buwei is gone, so isn't Lord Chang'an today the Lü Buwei of the day before yesterday?"
Li Si looked at his wife in surprise. He was not used to her saying such a thing.
Cai Yan had never been to school. Before coming to Qin, she was a wizard in the countryside of Chu, where witchcraft culture was prevalent.
She was busy with farm work and taking care of Li Si's children every day. Sometimes she would go out to treat patients. It was a very ordinary life.
In Li Si's memory, his wife shouldn't have known so many tricks before he explained everything clearly.
"Why? Are you surprised that I shouldn't say these words?"
Li Si frowned slightly.
"Did someone come and say something to you while I was away?"
When you are in Li Si's position, you have to be on guard against some things.
When Li Si saw his wife's abnormal behavior, he immediately thought that someone was plotting something.
"Humph, I was free and read the History of Zhou in your study. Your current situation is similar to that of a minister in the book."
"Can you read?"
"The simplified characters of Qin are much easier to remember than the characters of Chu. They are not as difficult as the witch symbols I memorized."
Cai Yan was Li Si's first wife who shared weal and woe with him. As a woman of status due to her husband, she knew simplified Chinese characters earlier than most of the Qin officials outside the country.
People nowadays have been learning simplified characters since elementary school and have no feeling for the "simple" in simplified characters. Those who are interested can search for "large seal characters" and "small seal characters" to find out the difference.
But for Cai Yan, who is from Chu State and has only come into contact with complicated Chu characters, simplified Chinese characters couldn't be simpler.
As the prime minister's wife, she no longer needs to do any farm work.
Witchcraft culture was not prevalent in Qin State, so if someone was sick, there would naturally be a doctor to see.
Cai Yan, who had a lot of free time on weekdays, taught herself simplified Chinese and read the books in Li Si's study.
One is to kill time.
Second, reading is a privilege of the nobility, and Chae Yeon also desires books themselves.
Only then did Li Si remember that all the books in Xianyang had been written in simplified Chinese instead of large seal characters.
He looked at the proud Cai Yan and nodded, accepting the fact that Cai Yan could read and that she could say these words.
If you can read, you can read books.
You can understand things by reading books.
The spread of simplified Chinese characters was so rapid that Li Si felt uncomfortable because it took him several years to learn how to write as a child.
How long has it been, less than two months? My wife can already read the "History of Zhou" written in simplified Chinese characters?
It seems that once simplified characters come out, there will be no way out for the six languages. This is a strategy of cutting off the source of the problem.
If my wife is like this, how many Cai Yans are there in the six countries? What a simplified Chinese character.
Li Si felt a little cold in his heart.
If his wife Cai Yan hadn't explained it to him, he would not have realized how fast he could learn simplified Chinese.
Thinking about simplified Chinese characters, Li Si thought of the paper Han Fei used when he had a conversation with him today.
If supplemented with the paper used by my senior brother, simplified Chinese characters will quickly spread across the north and south of the Yangtze River and both sides of the Yellow River.
In this way, everyone in the world will be literate and understand rationality. How will Your Majesty rule the world, and how will we Legalists cope with it?
If Qin continues like this for five years, chaos will surely break out. Senior brother said that Chang'an Jun did not want to rebel, is that really the case?
Li Si's fear became even deeper. Looking at the burning wick through the faint candlelight, he felt as if he had seen the essence of the matter.
"You haven't told me about Lord Chang'an and Lü Buwei."
Cai Yan saw Li Si staring at the candle in a daze and spoke out.
Yes, Chang'an Jun and Your Majesty have a very close relationship, nothing will happen!
Li Si threw away his thoughts and said, "Chang'an Jun will not become the second Lu Buwei. In my opinion, your majesty's trust in Chang'an Jun is greater than your trust in the crown prince."
"Your Majesty cannot protect me a hundred years later because the new monarch has to weigh the pros and cons and win over the forces in the court. He has to win over those old Qin nobles who are corrupt, who survived Shang Yang's reforms, and who want to take my life."
"Chang'an Jun is different. Chang'an Jun himself is the largest force in the court. I am under Chang'an Jun's command and have become a member of Chang'an Jun's forces. I have the strength to fight back. Even if I am gone, the forces will not be gone."
"Perhaps a hundred years later, my descendants, Li Si, can produce a proud son who can inherit the power of Lord Chang'an. With this power as a support, I won't end up like Shang Yang."
"You see further than I do. If you say so, then just do it. I haven't seen You'er so happy for a long time, but I can't be happy."
Li Si knew that his wife was still worried about the safety of their eldest son, and he smiled proudly.
"You have read the History of Zhou as a story, but it is still not enough. As long as I am not dead, You'er will not die."
Cai Yan briefly recalled the content of "History of Zhou Dynasty" that she had read, and remembered that as long as the minister of Zhou Dynasty did not fall, the minister's family would be safe. Then she smiled and blew out the candle.
In the darkness, Li Si's eyes were shining brightly.
This time, he talked a lot with his senior brother Han Fei and learned a lot about Ying Chengjiao.
The more he knew, the more he respected Ying Chengjiao, and the more at ease he felt.
Chang'an Jun made such great contributions to Qin, but he was assassinated late at night, and Your Majesty did not give any explanation.
It can be seen that the assassin is the person Your Majesty wants to protect.
The person who assassinated Chang'an Jun and met this condition should be the Queen Mother...
Wang Wan’s residence.
After his rest, Imperial Censor Feng Quji went straight here to visit Wang Wan.
Wang Wan held a grand banquet, and after the food and drinks were prepared, he dismissed the servants and maids.
There were only Wang Wan and Feng Quji in the room.
The two drank wine, ate food, and chatted about some small things.
Feng Quji, who had something on his mind and couldn't hold back, took the lead in ending this process of chatting.
"Brother Wang, I have to prepare a gift for the tower manager (should I go and smooth things over)?"
Wang Wan actually didn’t know the reason why Feng Quji came to her house this time, so she kept joking with Feng Quji.
Now that Feng Quji asked this, Wang Wan finally understood what was going on. It was still about what happened last time.
Wang Wan took a bite of the food and said with a smile, "What's the hurry?"
A double entendre.
Feng Quji looked a little anxious. He stood up and walked around the hall.
Wang Wan smiled as she watched Feng Quji search around, without asking any questions or trying to dissuade him.
Feng Quji, who seemed to have not found it, returned to his seat, raised the wine jar, and said to Wang Wan: "I toast to my brother."
After saying that.
Without waiting for Wang Wan to raise the wine jar, Feng Quji drank it all in one gulp.
This means lowering your posture and considering yourself a generation younger.
"Qu Ji has spoken frankly today. Brother Wang, Chang'an Jun was assassinated. Will he think it was me? I might as well have gone to show my good will before. If I go now, at this critical moment, it will be difficult to clear myself of suspicion."
Feng Quji's words were absolutely frank, but they also contained some dissatisfaction with Wang Wan.
If it weren't for Wang Wan, he would have gone to the tower to show his goodwill long ago.
Did you assassinate Chang'an Jun?
Do you have that ability?
With your cunningness, would Chang'an Jun suspect you?
Wang Wan was speechless.
Putting aside the interest chain, his inherent impression of Feng Quji is actually not that good.
When Wei Zhuang was the Left Prime Minister.
Feng Quji, Wang Wan and Wei Zhuang were three people walking together, and Feng Quji was somewhere in between.
Now that Wei Zhuang was gone, Feng Quji, who had an excessive affection for his feudal lord, stood on Wang Wan's side.
Never mind, it was His Majesty who chose him to be the Imperial Censor.
Wang Wan sighed secretly.
In Wang Wan's faction, Feng Quji was indeed the person with the highest position besides him.
"Don't worry, this matter has already been decided, it's not your fault."
"Brother Wang, do you know who the assassin is?"
Wang Wan glanced at Feng Quji, wondering whether Feng Quji was really stupid or just pretending.
The situation is so obvious, is there anyone else besides Queen Dowager Zhao?
But no matter which type of person Feng Quji was, Wang Wan would never say the word "empress dowager". Wang Wan was not stupid.
"Wan doesn't know. But Meng Yi has not moved at all. It must be because of your majesty's instructions. Your majesty has not said anything so far, and Chang'an Jun is the same. The two of them must have known who the murderer was a long time ago."
"That's good, that's good, let's drink, I toast to my brother."
Feng Quji looked relieved and raised his wine cup to toast Wang Wan again.
This time, he waited until Wang Wan raised the wine jar and drank the wine with him.
Wang Wan didn't enjoy the wine very much.
Drinking with fools doesn't taste good.
"Brother Feng, just wait and see. This fight has nothing to do with you and me. At this time when the situation is still unclear, it is better to have less trouble than more."
"Fight? Brother Wang, can you explain it more clearly?"
Wang Wan really didn't want to say any more.
If you can't figure out some things, then you deserve to die. Such stupid teammates have no value in existence.
But now, Wang Wan couldn't let his stupid teammate die, because this pig was chosen by the First Emperor.
Therefore, he was afraid that after Feng Quji was released from the case, he would go to the tower to give gifts and show his courtesy to Ying Chengjiao.
Wang Wan, who had caused his own faction to be involved in the conflict, could only deepen the topic again.
"The Left Supervisor of the Imperial Court is still in prison. That day in the court, Bao Bailingzhi led more than 20 doctors to stand up."
Having said this, Wang Wan thought that was enough and kept silent.
Feng Quji opened his eyes wide and looked at Wang Wan, his eyes full of "Why don't you continue? Come on!"
Wang Wan's hand holding the chopsticks trembled for a moment, he took a breath, and said in a deep voice: "Those people are not my people, this matter is not over yet. There is more than just one faction in the court."
"Yes, yes, there are also Legalists, Confucians, Mohists, and Logicians..."
What kind of faction is that!
That is a doctrine! That is a hundred schools of thought!
That is a fight to seek fame for all eternity, which is different from the faction I mentioned!
Wang Wan smiled, nodded, and said, "Yes."
The Gan family is a family with almost no presence.
The current head of the Gan family is Gan Luo, who was a senior minister and was once one of Lu Buwei's retainers.
Gan Luo was known as a child prodigy since he was young, and history records that he became prime minister at the age of twelve.
But this "Xiang" is not the "Xiang" of prime minister, but the "Xiang" of senior minister.
Instead of saying "please pay homage to the prime minister", say "please pay homage to the prime minister".
It should also be considered that more powerful publicity can attract people from the six countries to come here.
Just think about it and you will know that this is impossible. When Gan Luo was appointed prime minister at the age of twelve, Qin State had only one prime minister, Lu Buwei.
Lu Buwei monopolized power, and during his tenure, no minister was ever able to be on equal footing with him.
In other words, Gan Luo had reached the rank of Shangqing at the age of twelve, and had been Shangqing for almost twenty years.
If it were another family, they might think this is a great honor.
After all, Shangqing was actually a high position in the Qin State, and above Shangqing was only the prime minister.
The prime minister of a country remains unchanged for decades. How many people can climb to the position of prime minister?
But the Gan family is different.
The Gan family is definitely an old-line Qin noble family.
The first head of the Gan family was Gan Long, who served as the prime minister of the Qin State and was an extremely powerful man.
Gan Long was from the State of Gan. He was a great Confucian scholar and a staunch supporter of Duke Xian of Qin.
He has the ability to govern, the theory of governing, the skills of power and the political capital. He is a rare political genius.
Although he ruled the country with the Confucian idea of ​​kingly way, he was very flexible and was not a stubborn Confucian believer.
Duke Xian of Qin stayed in the State of Wei for more than 30 years, and spent a lot of time with Legalist rulers and ministers such as Wei Wuhou, Li Kui, Wu Qi, and Ximen Bao.
He witnessed the gradual rise of the State of Wei and also learned a lot about the Legalist ideas on governing a country.
After coming to power, Duke Xian of Qin, with the assistance of Gan Long, also implemented new policies in Qin State.
For example, he abolished human sacrifice, moved the capital, expanded commercial activities, compiled household registers, and promoted the county system, doing a lot for the Qin State.
Duke Xian of Qin's trust in Gan Long, including Gan Long's ability, made the Gan family created by Gan Long the representative of the aristocratic families in Qin at that time. The Gan family was the largest aristocratic family in Qin at that time.
Then after Duke Xian of Qin died, Duke Xiao of Qin succeeded to the throne. The person who brought about major changes in the State of Qin, Shang Yang, Gan Long's lifelong enemy, arrived.
The reforms proposed by Shang Yang were very much to the liking of Duke Xiao of Qin, but not to the liking of Gan Long.
Because the essence of Shang Yang's reform was to distribute most of the interests of aristocratic families such as Gan Long to Qin Xiaogong, and a small part to the people.
To put it more elegantly, it means centralizing power and benefiting the people.
Gan Long was very angry and the consequences were serious.
He appears to be law-abiding on the surface, but secretly obstructs others in every possible way. Here are two amazing examples.
He dared to set a trap for Ying Si, the son of Qin Xiaogong at that time and later King Huiwen of Qin, and made Ying Si violate Qin law.
If Shang Yang had not punished Ying Si, the reform would have failed.
If Ying Si was punished, King Xiao of Qin would have no successor.
Shang Yang's solution to the problem was to cut off the nose of Ying Qian, who was both Ying Si's uncle and teacher and from the Ying royal family.
If the disciple is not virtuous, it is the teacher's fault.
Shang Yang won the reform but lost himself.
After Qin Xiaogong died, he was torn into pieces by five oxen under the anger of the aristocratic families represented by Gan Long and the royal family represented by Ying Qian.
This is one of them.
However, the succeeding King Huiwen of Qin did not restore the kingly way of governing the country as Gan Long had expected, but continued to use Shang Yang's methods.
Old Ganlong couldn't stand it anymore, so he rebelled.
Looking back on the history of the Qin State, there were not many ministers who dared to rebel in the Qin State.
This is the second one.
The first generation of the Gan family, the first head Gan Long, rebelled and was destroyed.
Then at the same time, the second generation Gan Mao took office and came to Qin from Chu. He became a famous general during the reign of King Huiwen of Qin and became the left prime minister.
Perhaps it is because they both have the word "Gan" in their names, or perhaps they are indeed related by blood, just like the uncle and nephew relationship between Li Mu and Li Xin.
Gan Mao quickly suppressed Gan Long's power, allowing the Gan family to rise from the ashes and become a noble family again.
Gan Luo was the grandson of Gan Mao.
The Gan family, which has produced two prime ministers, seems to be less powerful than before under the leadership of the current head, Gan Luo.
Gan Luo, who was only a senior minister, was far less powerful than the first generation Gan Long and the second generation Gan Mao.
But is this really the case?
A house of the Gan family.
Gan Luo, who had little presence in the court or the country, sat in the main seat.
In front of him was Bao Bailingzhi.
Bao Bailingzhi, who could represent all doctors except Confucianists in the Doctoral Office, didn't even have a seat in front of him.
"Go back, this matter has nothing to do with us."
Gan Luo drank his tea and laughed softly.
"I dare not stab Master Cheng Jiao."
Bao Bai ordered him to retreat.
Gan Luo, who was alone, used the tea lid to brush away the floating oil on the surface of the tea and took a sip.
"I helped Master Cheng Jiao kill a maid. What does this have to do with me?"
That night, the First Emperor informed the ministers that there would be a court meeting tomorrow.
The next day.
Xianyang Palace.
The First Emperor convened a court meeting, and all civil and military officials gathered together.
The civil officials were headed by Left Prime Minister Li Si and Right Prime Minister Wang Wan.
Including Imperial Censor Feng Quji and three others, they were in the first row.
Crown Prince Ying Fusu was also among them.
The first row, which should have been full, had two empty seats.
Wang Jian, Marquis of Wucheng, and Wei Liao, the state commander, who were originally sitting in the first row, were no longer in the room.
The First Emperor wore a Tongtian crown, and there was only Gai Nie by his side, not Zhao Gao.
As soon as he entered, he scanned the entire audience without saying anything.
The First Emperor, who didn't see that certain brat, was in a bad mood and snorted coldly.
The ministers, who did not dare to look up and look directly at the First Emperor, became even more cautious, and they did not know why the First Emperor was angry.
"From now on, the position of Prime Minister will be re-established, ranking above the left and right chancellors."
The First Emperor issued the order.
This first order caused a small earthquake in the court.
The position of prime minister was abolished by Emperor Qin Shi Huang himself because of its too great power, and was split into two positions: left and right chancellors.
Now the position of prime minister was reinstated by the First Emperor, but the positions of left and right chancellors had not been abolished.
This is equivalent to creating a head of civil service out of thin air while keeping the existing civil service system unchanged.
Official positions are like this, where each person has his own position.
If Li Si wanted to become prime minister, he had to remove the left prime minister Wei Zhuang from office.
And now, the First Emperor had unexpectedly restored a prime minister out of thin air, which meant that he must have already had a candidate in mind.
Even Li Si, the most favored person at that time, could not get such favor. All the ministers were envious and speculated about who the First Emperor was going to transfer to be the prime minister.
They sit in an upright posture, their minds never idle.
First, people who were not in the court, such as Meng Tian, ​​Li Xin, and Zhao Gao, were removed.
If we narrow the scope to Shangqing, any lower official position would be against the rules, and there is no such thing as reaching the top in one step.
Thinking of the court ministers Yao Jia, Gan Luo, Langzhong Ling Zhang Han, Gai Nie who was in charge of the seal and order, Meng Yi, the internal historian, and Fu Zikang, the internal historian in charge of grain.
He prayed that his good friend would be favored by the First Emperor and be able to rise to the rank of commander in chief of all civil servants.
These ministers, who are considered qualified to be prime ministers by the officials, are actually family members who know their own business.
For example, Nei Shi Meng Yi.
He had just entered the palace with his grandfather Meng Ao last night, and he did not even dream of becoming the prime minister.
Although Meng Ao did not tell Meng Yi what he had said to the First Emperor, Meng Yi was not blind.
When he saw Meng Ao, who seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, he knew that the result would definitely not be good.
Meng Yi was thankful that the First Emperor did not pursue the Meng family.
Another example is Fu Zikang, the internal historian of grain.
He just wanted to receive a stable salary of 2,000 shi per year and had no desire to be the prime minister because he knew he was not cut out for it.
In his own words, I only learned accounting and money management from Chang'an Jun, and I don't know anything else.
The ministers below the high platform each had their own thoughts.
On the high platform, the First Emperor didn't care at all.
The First Emperor paused for a moment, giving his ministers time to react, and then continued, "Promote Ying Chengjiao to be the Prime Minister and concurrently the Commandant of the State."
Boom!
The court was shocked.
In the eyes of the ministers, there were expressions of great surprise and shock.
In most people's opinion.
Whether in terms of contribution, qualifications, or ability, Ying Chengjiao is not qualified to be the prime minister.
Ying Chengjiao initially held no position in the court. Chang'an Jun was a title, not an official position.
He suddenly became the prime minister above the two prime ministers, which was totally unacceptable to the ministers.
Moreover, if they heard correctly, the First Emperor also said later that he would also serve as the National Commandant.
This is not a matter of acceptance or not, it is a dream and reality.
Xiangbang, the highest civil servant position in the Qin Dynasty.
Guowei was the highest military position in the Qin Dynasty.
There has been no precedent for both of these being combined in one person since the founding of the Qin State.
What's wrong, Your Majesty?
Any hidden illness?
The positions of Prime Minister and National Commandant have both been given to Lord Chang'an. Aren't you afraid that Lord Chang'an will become too powerful and will be able to undermine Your Majesty?
In the past, Lu Buwei was the Prime Minister. He was extremely powerful and his orders were always carried out. He treated Your Majesty as a puppet.
Your Majesty abolished the position of Prime Minister immediately after taking power.
Now, not only did he reinstate the position of prime minister and give it to Chang'an Jun, he also gave the position to the national commander. What is he trying to do?