Chapter 60: Your Majesty, please understand!
Wei Zhuang, who had just been at odds with Wang Wan, stared at Li Si with his blue eyes and added to Wang Wan's story: "Li Tingwei was once a retainer of the traitor Lu Buwei, but he could not forget your master. In order to repay the kindness of the traitor, do you want to overthrow the Qin State and avenge the traitor?"
This time, even the reason why Li Si wanted to do something bad was made up, and it sounded plausible.
The two prime ministers came together!
The last time Wang Wan and Wei Zhuang joined forces was when they advised the First Emperor not to demote Ying Fusu.
Two prime ministers, very good.
Li Si's expression became solemn, and a burning sensation surged in his heart.
He invented and proposed the county system and opposed feudal fiefdoms, just because he wanted to become the prime minister.
The two prime ministers joined forces. Others might be afraid, but Li Si was eager to fight!
"Our Great Qin governs the country by law. If the Left Prime Minister is truly sure that Si has the intention of rebellion, he can report it to Your Majesty today. I wonder if the Left Prime Minister dares to do so?"
Li Si's words made the eyes of the Hu prime minister Wei Zhuang look fierce , and he really wanted to kill Li Si.
This sentence doesn't sound like a big deal.
In fact, what Li Si said was extremely dangerous!
He wants to gamble his life with Wei Zhuang!
Not only are they betting on their own lives!
And they have to gamble on the lives of their three clans!
Qin law stipulates that if a person is reported as guilty by another person, then when the person reported is not guilty, the reporter will be punished for the crime he reported.
It sounds a bit confusing. For example: Zhang San said that Li Si killed someone, and the government finally investigated and found that Li Si did not kill anyone, then Zhang San will be charged with murder by the government.
To put it here, if Wei Zhuang officially told the First Emperor at this time that Li Si wanted to avenge Lu Buwei, it would be a rebellion.
Then according to Qin law, if no evidence is found after investigation that Li Si intends to rebel, then Wei Zhuang will be charged with treason.
The punishment for rebellion in all dynasties was the most severe. The Qin Dynasty's practice was to exterminate three clans.
Wei Zhuang's blue eyes flashed with murderous intent and his face was gloomy, but he really did not dare to tell the First Emperor that Li Si was plotting treason.
Seeing this, the fighting became more intense and Li Si's eyes moved to Wang Wan who was beside Wei Zhuang.
Before Li Si could speak, Wang Wan's face became as gloomy as Wei Zhuang's beside him. He had already guessed what Li Si was going to say.
"If the Left Prime Minister doesn't dare, would the Right Prime Minister dare?" Li Si's two words left the two prime ministers speechless.
The ministers looked at Li Si as if he were a mad dog.
Is this guy suffering from madness?
Li Si first dampened the enthusiasm of the two men, and then started a debate on Wang Wan's ideas.
His county system was created during these three days and was still imperfect. At present, there was indeed no way to deal with rebellion by his ministers.
But when two sides compete for supremacy, if they want to win, they don't just have to strengthen themselves, they can also weaken the enemy.
"King Wen and King Wu of Zhou were both wise kings, and the ministers they appointed were all relatives and wise men. But over the course of several hundred years, their relationship with the emperor of Zhou became increasingly distant, and their relationship with each other became increasingly distant. In the end, they attacked each other and became incompatible, and even the emperor of Zhou was unable to stop them. If the emperor of Zhou could not stop them from attacking each other, how could he order them to rescue the capital?"
Although Li Si could not explain how the county system would deal with rebellion by ministers, he could say that the feudal system could not deal with rebellion by ministers either.
According to the previous agreement among the three parties on the palace road, at this time, the Imperial Censor Feng Quji appeared.
The Imperial Censor, who was second only to the two prime ministers, stood up with a smile and said, "King You of Zhou lit the beacon tower to win the smile of his concubine Bao Si, and all the princes in the world raised their troops to rescue him. Even the princes were willing to rescue a foolish king like King You of Zhou, not to mention a wise king."
Wang Wan said with a gloomy face: "If King Wen and King Wu of Zhou were still alive, would there be princes in the world who dare to attack each other? A foolish emperor cannot intimidate the princes, but he can still summon them to serve the king."
A strong enemy!
After just one confrontation, Li Si felt that these three people were difficult to deal with and were definitely not on the same level as the previous seven.
Seeing that Wei Zhuang was about to speak, Li Si's heart sank and he thought something was wrong.
These three people are meticulous and knowledgeable. They have been listening to me talk about the county system for a long time, waiting for the opportunity to work.
If these three people continue to ask questions, I won't be able to answer them. I will definitely lose. I can't continue like this!
Your Majesty did not support me at the first time, probably because he wanted to test my ability.
I defeated seven people on my own. This answer should be enough to let Your Majesty know my ability.
In this case, the right thing to do now is to bring Your Majesty into the game and seek Your Majesty's support!
With this thought in mind, Li Si said in a harsh voice before Wei Zhuang could speak: "The King You of Zhou you are talking about is the King You of Zhou who was attacked by the Hu people and died in Mount Li, almost causing the demise of the Zhou Dynasty?"
"If Duke Mu of Qin had not escorted King Ping of Zhou to move the capital to Luoyi, King You of Zhou would have been the king who destroyed the Zhou Dynasty. You can summon the princes to serve the king once, but you can't summon them to serve the king a second time. Is this the benefit of the feudal system?"
"If the feudal system was not implemented but counties were established, the whole world would be in the hands of the King of Zhou, and the armies of the princes would be managed by the King of Zhou. If the Hu people attacked, they would just fight back. How could King You of Zhou die?"
Without waiting for the three to answer, Li Si turned to face the First Emperor, bowed his hands, and said in a loud voice: "It can be seen that the feudal system is the root cause of the chaos in the world! Now that the world has been unified by your majesty's divine power, how can we divide it again?"
"The whole world should be divided into counties, and those who should be enfeoffed should be rewarded heavily with Qin's taxes. This way it will be easy to control. It is necessary to prevent people from having evil intentions. This is the best way to bring peace to the world. Setting up princes is useless."
"Your Majesty, please understand!"
After all, the county system at this time was created by Li Si alone in three days. It was a new and unpracticed system.
Compared with the feudal system that has been perfected by several generations, developed for thousands of years, and practiced for thousands of years, there are certainly still many shortcomings.
Li Si was able to use his eloquence to argue against the seven Qin officials who supported the feudal system with the county system. This was not because the county system was so perfect, but was purely a reflection of Li Si's personal ability. However, this was already his limit.
Wang Wan, Wei Zhuang and Feng Quji are all dragons among dragons and phoenixes among phoenixes. It is wishful thinking for .
Historically, it was at this time that the First Emperor intervened, supporting Li Si and the county system.
As an emperor, he affirmed the county system and rejected the feudal system, thus establishing a system that lasted for more than two thousand years in China.
If Li Si were to go on the field alone, let alone him, even if his senior brother Han Fei, his junior brother Zhang Cang, and his teacher Xunzi were to join the battle, the four of them would not be able to succeed.
Even if he was lucky enough to defeat Wang Wan, Wei Zhuang, and Feng Quji.
The next people to greet them were the most eloquent Shangqing Dun Ruo and Shangqing Yao Jia of Qin State.
One of them is a representative of the strategists, and the other is a representative of the famous people, but they haven't spoken yet.
