Qin Shi Huang's face was calm and waveless, sitting on the dragon chair without anger and self-authority, looking at the ministers below who seemed to have signs of beating the white-bearded old man, he didn't know what was going on in his heart.

"Your Majesty, what Feng Xiang said is reasonable, he is punished without guilt, he is taboo, the law is smooth, only reasonable, the punishment is afraid, only there is a degree, there is a degree, there is a degree, and the order can be forbidden, the man in the whole palace, the minister does not dare to agree, nor dare to give orders, please Your Majesty think twice!" As the head of the hundred officials, Li Si was silent for a long time, and then rarely pushed the post of the right minister Feng Quji.

Although Li Si practiced the concept of Legalism, he was born Confucian, and although his actions were different from Confucianism's concept of governing the country that advocated education, benevolent government, and light punishment, he was still deeply influenced by Confucianism, and was very cautious about this kind of capital punishment, so among all the laws and regulations implemented by Li Si, there were few felonies of murder.

The earliest records originated in the Shang Dynasty, and in the Zhou Dynasty, the palace punishment has been recorded in detail, and the main object of application is the criminals who commit heinous crimes, and even sometimes the palace punishment is used instead of Dabi (that is, beheading), which can be seen that palace punishment is a capital punishment similar to the killing of the head.

In fact, the oldest torture is actually much more cruel and bloody than the later palace punishment, as can be seen from the word coffin, not to cut off the eggs and a few small ones with a knife, but to smash them with a wooden stick.

To make up the scene, several people pulled the victim's limbs apart and pressed them against a big rock, and then a big man held a wooden stick and smashed it down on the crotch of his pants...... The sourness of the flesh and blood splashed, the old customers didn't dare to think about it.

Because the torture was too bloody and the death was too high, so in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the torture had become a very formal palace punishment, with a knife, and it was necessary to keep warm in a warm room, which was called the silkworm room.

Today's Daqin, naturally, also has palace punishments, but it is definitely not aimed at the eunuchs in the inner courtyard of the palace, it is just a punishment, but at this time, it was used by Gao Taifu to use it as a means to stabilize the royal palace, and now the theories of the hundred schools of thought are very mature, and the Confucian disciples who represent the Xianxue above the court have them, so they naturally will not agree to the old man's simply ridiculous proposal.

And now seeing that the two prime ministers have rejected the old man's suggestion, the people in the court almost breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and then looked at the emperor on the dragon chair together.

"What Mrs. Gao said is indeed inappropriate, the coffin is capital punishment, and I can't do it, so I will stop at this time!" Qin Shi Huang nodded with an unusually calm face.

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached the servant Gao Gao (què, firm) who is old and mediocre, and is no longer useful, and it is recommended to remove him from his position!" Although the emperor had made it clear that he would not adopt the opinion of Gao Taifu, what he said had caused great shock and anger, and Meng Yi, the imperial historian who had never spoken from the beginning to the end, suddenly stood up and said.

"The ministers seconded the proposal~" The most ferocious doctors who jumped just now stood up almost at the same time.

Doctors, counselors, no real power, no fixed membership, mainly to participate in politics, to provide the emperor and ministers with a reference for governing the country, today's CRRC government Ling Jiang Heng used to be a doctor in Taizhong, but these doctors can not be underestimated, each of them is a famous figure in the school of learning, these people do not give them official positions all day long in the folk jumping around to teach apprentices and propaganda speeches, so Qin Shi Huang also got some famous officials to enter the court to participate in the court politics, although they usually do not usually adopt much, but also cannot be completely ignored.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Confucianism is the largest school, Confucius's 3,000 disciples and 72 sages wandered around the land of China to preach, plus Mencius Xunzi and others will continue to carry forward the theory, hundreds of years down, today's Confucianism can be called the first major school in the rivers and lakes, in addition to the Mo family, both Taoism and miscellaneous farmers are affected by it, Han Feizi once said: Confucianism with literature and law, chivalry with martial arts, is directly aimed at the two largest sects of Confucianism and Moxi, The reason is that these two schools are so big that they can't be controlled by decree, and they can only forcefully ask the King of Qin to order suppression.

As we all know, Confucianism is very famous for cultivating disciples, respecting Zhou etiquette, learning the six arts of etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics, and accepting disciples requires tuition fees, so they specialize in dealing with princes and nobles, and take the upper-class elite route.

The Mohists originated from the poor peasants, took the bottom line, specialized in the development of the people, the concept is that everyone is equal, the prince will be the concept of anyone can be the idea, for the liberation of the working people and run around, so it has won the support of a large number of bottom peasants.

Under the squeeze of these two schools, Han Feizi felt that he had the ambition of ruling the country with a rule of law but could not be developed, so after saying this, Qin Shi Huang began to suppress the Mo family, and the Mo family soon disappeared, but Confucianism could not deal with it like the Mo family, because this school of thought did not rebel or promote rebellion, let alone pay attention to the equality of everyone, Confucianism advocates the style of a gentleman, and pays special attention to the hierarchical concept of superiority and inferiority and the etiquette of daily behavior, which is very in line with the taste of the aristocracy, The only drawback is that he demands rule by virtue and benevolent government, chatters among the people all day long, can't beat and can't kill, Qin Shi Huang can only let it go, and from time to time he has to appease Xuanjin Palace to listen to their theories.

At this time, several doctors advocating Confucianism in the court spoke together to ask for the dismissal of the servant Gao Zheng, and the imperial historian Meng Yi was also the first to come forward, and suddenly almost half of the ministers stood up and asked for the removal of Gao Gao's servant.

Qin Shi Huang put his eyes on Li Si, who was speechless, and saw that Li Si did not move, and after a little contemplation, he nodded and said: "Gao's words today are indeed too shocking, Jiang Fu ordered the draft decree to remove the post of Taifu and make up for the Gao family's son or grandson to enter the Lang candidate, and this matter will be handled by Li Xiang!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Jiang Heng and Li Si bowed at the same time.

And after the servant's snow-white eyebrows and beard trembled for a while, the old man's face showed a decadent color, and his trembling limbs fell to the ground and grabbed the ground with his head: "Your Majesty, old minister, forgive!" ”

Qin Shi Huang showed a trace of emotion on his face and said: "Gao Taifu has worked hard for the country for decades, and has been conscientious and has never made a mistake. ”

"Your Majesty is benevolent!" Several doctors achieved their goals, and they bowed overjoyed.

A farce that almost overturned the court ended, one of the servants of Jiuqing was dismissed, and watching the trembling Gao Qi being supported and sent out of the hall by several confessors, all the ministers were silent.

"Do you Aiqing still have any participation?" Qin Shi Huang did not rush to disperse the court this time, but sat on the dragon chair and looked down at the court again.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" A middle-aged minister stood up with a wat board in hand.

"Come on!"

"The Imperial Servant Mansion is responsible for the transportation of His Majesty and the Inner Palace, and his position is indispensable every day, and I also ask Your Majesty to reappoint the position of the Imperial Servant, otherwise it may cause chaos!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Shaofu Ling Changdu stood up, "The servant is one of the nine kings, and it is indispensable for a day, please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

"Your Majesty, please make a decision sooner!" A bunch of ministers stood up and seconded the motion.

"Do the two prime ministers have a suitable candidate?" Qin Shi Huang set his sights on Li Si and Feng Quji.

Feng Quji lowered his head and pondered, while Li Si pulled a handful of beautiful beards and shook his face a few times, and countless MMPs appeared on his head.

Gao Cheng, the old man, didn't know what kind of epilepsy he had today, and suddenly put forward such an unbelievable suggestion, which is good, and he lost the official, although Gao Cheng doesn't treat Li Si very well on weekdays, but he is really diligent and serious in his work, and the palace travel cars and harness are arranged in an orderly manner and have never made a mistake, so it also saves Li Si a lot of heart, but now he suddenly finds a reliable person to replace him, to be old and serious, to work hard, or to work hard, and that ...... Obedient......

Li Si filtered the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty next to each other in his mind, and there was peace in the court.

"Your Majesty, Zuo Zhonglang will Shen Gongyan be the servant!" A moment later, the right prime minister Feng Qujian broke the silence.

Lang is an alternate official, all of them are the descendants of the ministers and bureaucrats or recommended outstanding talents, subordinate to Lang Zhongling, no real power, and Zhonglang and Shilang usually accompany the emperor to travel at the same time, the leader of Zhonglang is the left and right Zhonglang generals and the five official Zhonglang generals, the official rank is 1,000 stones, and the status is second only to Lang Zhongling.

"Shen Gongyan is old-handed, he has served as Zuo Zhonglang in the minister's mansion for several years, and he goes in and out with His Majesty's carriage and horses every day, he is indeed the best candidate for the servant, and the old minister seconded it!" Lang Zhong ordered Yang Tong to stand up and add a force to his subordinates, this kind of good thing that fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders is very rare, once Shen Gongyan becomes a servant, the level will become the same as Lang Zhongling's Jiuqing, and it will be more convenient for the two governments to communicate in the future, and they can advance and retreat together in many things.

"The minister recommends Zhao Gao, the former CRRC Mansion!" Li Si instantly thought about it and recommended another person.

"Well, Zhao Gao seems to be more suitable, and he has held this position before, so he should be more handy in handling!"

"Makes sense! Zhao Gao is indeed the best candidate. ”

"Seconded! Zhao Gao has been idle at home since his last assassination, and I heard that he has recovered, so it is appropriate to grant this position! ”

A group of ministers who were usually close to Li Si immediately stood up and seconded the proposal, so there was a faint noise in the court.

Ding Shen Gongyan who supports Feng Quji, and Ding Zhao Gao who supports Li Si.

Qin Shi Huang nodded after a slight sigh: "The two people recommended by the prime minister are very satisfied, and they are indeed the best candidates for the position of the servant, but Zhao Gao served as the servant before he was appointed as the commander of the CRRC government, since he is now in good health, let him be the servant first, the Jiang government order intends to inform Zhao Gao's mansion, tomorrow morning the court will announce that Zhao Gao will enter the court to listen to the seal, and disperse the court~"

After Qin Shi Huang finished speaking, he walked into the apse with a wave of his sleeves.

Half an hour later, a messenger left the palace and came to Zhao Gao's mansion with the emperor's edict in hand to announce the new appointment.

"Hahahaha......"

After sending off the messenger of the decree, Zhao Gao, who was missing half an ear, held the edict and laughed with a distorted face: "Jiang Heng, you occupy the position of the old man, the old man had to endure under the last persecution, and when the old man frees his hand, he must take down all your Jiang clan, as well as the officials of all sizes in Wancheng, the old man will definitely crush you all to death one by one, Zhe'er, hurt your evil breath Dad will definitely help you clean up......"

Zhao Zhe, who had been standing next to him, had a pale face, and there was a viciousness in his eyes: "Dad, I just want to kill that Chen Xu, you send a few soldiers to catch him, I want to cut off his limbs, strip off the kidney pills, and then throw him into the snake, insect and ant nest to bite him to death......"

"I'm afraid a few soldiers won't be able to deal with him, but don't worry, he will definitely die, harm my Zhao Gao's son, he will not relieve his hatred if he dies a hundred times, not to mention as you said, the assassination of me on the street may be his black-clothed entourage, and it is also the person who hurt you, hehe, cause me to lose the position of the CRRC government order, and I have such a deep hatred for the Zhao family, he is a small lidian, the old man will definitely cramp his skin and crush his bones and scatter ashes!"

Zhao Gao gritted his teeth and patted his son's shoulder after speaking, "The old man has spent a lot of money to have today's changes in the court, although Qi Tang and Gao Zheng's remarks above the court seem to have calmed down, but how do they know His Majesty's thoughts, the mixing of men and women in the harem has already made him disgusted, and in a few days, my father will enter the palace for you to have a good position, maybe the entire inner courtyard of the palace will fall under your control in the future, and no one will dare to underestimate you at that time." ”

"Dad, don't worry, Zhe'er will never be reckless this time!"

"Okay, this is my Zhao family's erlang, how about the eunuchs, the eunuchs can also dominate the world! The future is unknown, hehe......"

Both father and son had hideous expressions on their faces.