Li Si and Meng Tian, Meng Yi glanced at each other, Li Si said to Ying Zheng: "The king's plan is feasible, if you want to come to the end, you will definitely have to fight with Lord Xiangguo, which will save us a lot of things." ”

"Well, since none of you object, then you can do what you want. Oh, by the way, it's not far from the end of the month, and at the beginning of next month, the widow will move to Yongcheng with the queen, meet the queen mother, and then discuss the matter of the widow's pro-government. This is our top priority at present, and the Zhuqing family must arrange this matter well. After Ying Zheng finished speaking, he left, leaving the rest of the time to Li Si and the three of them.

After Yingzheng left, there were only three of them left in the huge Zhangtai Palace, Li Si sighed and continued to review the unfinished chapters. Meng Yi glanced at his eldest brother and continued to sit down to finish his business.

Meng Tian was left with nothing to do, he sat for a while, then stood up and said, "Taifu, brother, the king let the three of us discuss together, don't leave me here with the two of you." ”

Li Si was unmoved when he heard this, and continued to review the recital. Instead, Meng Yi opened his mouth and said to his eldest brother: "Big brother, don't worry, wait for me and Taifu to finish the recital in our hands, these are all left over from the king's wedding, so please continue to sit for a while." ”

"Okay. Meng Tian was bored in Zhangtai Palace, so he had to read the military books placed in the palace to pass the time to relieve his boredom.

After half of the incense burnt time, Wei Yu entered the hall, and saw that Li Si and the Meng brothers were both in the hall, and hurriedly said: "Lord Li, General Meng, Meng Yushi, this official is late, don't blame, don't blame." ”

Seeing that Wei Yu came in, Li Si put down the pen in his hand and said to Wei Yu: "Lord Wei came just in time, and the recital in my hand has also been reviewed, come on, let's discuss the things the king has ordered." ”

Meng Yi's side was also cleaned up, and the four of them sat together and began to discuss the major matters that would determine the future direction of the Qin State.

Wei Yu said: "Today, someone from my mansion came to visit him, claiming to be a disciple of the Marquis of Changxin, and came to visit with gold, silver, jewelry and other generous gifts. The people in my family didn't know who Changxin Hou was, and thought that it was a very big official who came to me, so I had to go back and send this person away, and then hurried back. ”

Li Si and Meng Tian and Meng Yi both smiled and sent someone to find Wei Yi, and the three of them already knew. Li Si opened his mouth and said, "I wonder how the adults sent him away?"

Seeing that the three of them were laughing at the same time, Wei Yu didn't know what they meant, and said: "Then how can I send it, the official returned home, saw that person, talked to him, and asked him to go back with the treasure he brought." ”

Meng Tian continued: "Lord Wei, in fact, the king and we already know about this matter, not only sending people to your mansion, but now the Chinese official

Except for Mrs. Li's house, which has not been to the house, the other adults have basically been visited all over the house. Just now we talked to the king about this matter, and the king meant that we should leave it alone for now, let him continue to contact the Chinese official of the DPRK, and if necessary, we can even help him to raise his power, preferably to be able to compete with Lü Buwei. ”

Wei Yi understood the meaning of Meng Tian's words, and he nodded, "This coincides with what I think in my heart." The two major forces in the DPRK and China, needless to say, the military generals, in addition to leading the troops outside, the military generals in the court except for the old general Wang Jian also have military power in the Meng family, and the rest of the people must have the queen mother even if they mobilize a soldier and a horse, and the three people of Wang Shang and Lü Buwei can seal the letter, so the military generals are only in name. The civil officials are all headed by Lord Xiangguo, and at the same time, the civil officials are also the officials who have the most power in the Qin State, so if they want to strengthen their strength, they can only win over the civil officials from Lü Buwei as much as possible. In this way, under the elimination of one and the other's strengths, in the end, Lu Buwei's core interests will definitely be touched, and when the time comes, we will not need to make a move, and the two of them will make the first move. ”

Meng Yi clapped his hands and said: "Wonderful, kill two birds with one stone, kill two birds with one stone, I like this scheme." When he finished speaking, all four of them laughed.

Li Si finally said: "No matter what, this person was promoted by the Queen Mother, and we haven't found out whose child the Queen Mother is carrying in her womb yet, and now that we have a fief and a food estate, we can't treat him as the same chamberlain." Establish our own Hou Mansion in Taiyuan County, and take this opportunity to put people in and find out information. ”

Meng Tian said, "Okay, I'll arrange it later." ”

Li Si nodded, and he continued: "I think there will definitely be some action in the future, and now we will secretly watch him and wait until the time is ripe to succeed in one strike." ”

In this way, many things that would happen in the next three years of the Qin State were discussed here.

On the other side, Xiangguo Mansion. In the hall, Lu Buwei looked at the several civil officials of the Qin State sitting in the hall, sipped the fragrant tea, and then said slowly: "Since several of you are here, let's talk about how many benefits you have received." Don't worry, I don't mean to blame you, and inviting you here is just a reminiscence. ”

Among the ministers present were the court lieutenant who was in charge of punishment, the two Zongzheng lords who were in charge of the internal affairs of the royal family, and the Shaofu lord who was in charge of the gold and silver of the treasury. The four adults, you look at me, I look at you, drinking tea with a weak heart, but no one spoke first.

Lu Buwei raised his head and looked at the four adults, and said with a chuckle: "Why, the four adults, why don't you speak, isn't it that the taste of the newly obtained tea is not to your taste?"

"The ministers don't dare. The four adults said in unison.

Lu Buwei frowned,

"That's weird, it's not the first time that you have come to the Prime Minister's Mansion, why are you so silent today?"

Tingwei Zhu You said: "Lord Xiangguo, two days ago, I did go to the Xiaguan Mansion, and I brought a generous gift, but since the Xiaguan is worshipping under the door of Lord Xiangguo, naturally I will not go to others again, I hope that Lord Xiangguo will find out." ”

The other three adults hurriedly chimed in and showed their loyalty to Lü Buwei.

Lu Buwei sighed, he picked up a roll of bamboo slips on the table in front of him, opened it and read: "Tingwei Zhu You, collect ten taels of gold, one hundred taels of silver, ten pieces of silk from Shu, and a string of pearl jewelry." ”

After listening to Lu Buwei's recitation, Zhu You wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. By the time Lu Buwei finished reading all the words on the bamboo slips, Zhu You was already kneeling on the ground, his head on the ground, trembling all over.

Lu Buwei didn't look at Zhu You, he pointed to the other three bamboo slips on the table, and said to the other three people: "I don't think I need to read these bamboo slips again." ”

When the other three heard this, they also hurriedly knelt on the ground, just like Zhu You, their foreheads were sweating profusely, and their bodies were trembling incessantly.

Lü Buwei looked at these people who had been following him and kept offering courtesy and slapping horses, and said: "Actually, the prime minister does not object to what you receive, on the contrary, the prime minister thinks that you should accept it. ”

Zhu You raised his head to look at Lu Buwei and asked, "Xiaguan doesn't understand what Xiangye means. ”

Lü Buwei continued: "What the true appearance means is that you might as well just follow. Although this is the original phase sent to the queen mother, he has been out of the control of the original phase to this day. But that's okay, if he wants to win over power and cultivate cronies, then let him do it, and then he will become a thorn in the king's side, and his true appearance can slowly withdraw, no longer have to kneel and knock three times a day above the court, and don't care about the king's face, this kind of life makes me a little imaginative. ”

Shaofu Lord Pang Hui opened his mouth and said, "Xiangye means that we should pretend to accept the solicitation, and then leave him when he is destroyed?"

Lu Buwei nodded first, and then shook his head, "I won't talk about the four of you, I will think about everything after you go back, yes, the true phase is the true phase, and if I gave it to you, I can give it to you, and if he can't give it to you, I can still give it to you, as long as you don't betray the true appearance, the original appearance will do what it says." ”

For Lü Buwei's words, the four people kneeling on the ground naturally believed it, after all, in addition to the king, the Qin State now has the most power, and who else can he go to do what he can't do.

"The lower official obeyed the order. The four people kneeling on the ground said in unison.