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In July, the weather turned cooler.

The whole Daqin has entered the fiery autumn harvest, this year's wind and rain are smooth, the autumn grain once again reaped a huge harvest, and the whole country is almost doubling.

Judging from the official documents and supervision sent back from all over the country, this year's tax grain in each county has doubled compared with previous years, and all the granaries are piled up like a mountain, and Chen Xu's 3,000 food estates in Pheasant County and 3,000 food estates and fiefs in Jingyang County have also reaped bumper harvests, which are more than double the harvest under the drought last year.

After more than a month of careful treatment and recuperation, Li Si has been able to stay.

Chen Xu also visited him once, and after a serious illness, Li Si's demeanor was even older, the original gray beard and hair were all as white as snow, and the folds on his face were several more layers, which looked like some of the smell of old age.

During Li Si's serious illness, many ministers secretly proposed to elect the Marquis of Qinghe to temporarily act as the left minister, but the emperor never expressed his position, and Chen Xu occasionally heard the news, but he didn't take it seriously.

According to the emperor's trust in Li Si, as long as Li Si does not die for a day, or does not take the initiative to resign from the post of left minister, the emperor will not take the initiative to remove him from his official position.

As for letting Chen Xu act as the left minister, maybe the emperor has considered it, but maybe it is not the best time yet.

With the success of the construction of several large waterwheel mills, the output of cement is also increasing, followed by the construction of the Oriental Road is getting faster and faster, many engineering teams are rushing for time, all want to complete the project before entering the winter, so every day there are snowflakes like the news continues to be transmitted back to Xianyang from the Oriental Road, according to the statistics of the General Administration of the Oriental Road, it is only August, but the overall progress of the project has been completed eighty, and there are nearly four months from the end of the year, which is enough to complete the construction of the Oriental Road according to quality and quantity.

And this news also greatly stimulated all the businessmen who participated in the fund-raising construction of Dongfang Dao, and privately began to talk about various plans after the suppression of the law of suppressing merchants next year, and this plan is naturally to rub their fists and roll up their sleeves to prepare for a big job, and to prepare money to invest heavily in industries that they are familiar with or optimistic about to seize the opportunity.

In the past month or so, Chen Xu has been very quiet, spending most of his time in his fiefdom and farm to check the autumn harvest, and at the same time make some planning and guidance for winter sowing and next year's planting and breeding.

The pepper planted at the end of February has been rising well, but after all, it is still sown more than a month late, and a large number of pepper flowers have not yet finished before they begin to wither, so most of the pepper is not ripe, but there are still some long peppers with fast nutrition and sufficient for successful pollination and fruiting, and several acres of pepper fields have also appeared in clusters of green or purple-red fruits, which slowly ripen during the autumn harvest.

According to Chen Xu's observation, it is roughly possible to harvest seven or eight buckets, and the estimated weight is more than 100 catties, although this yield is sorry for such a huge sowing area and hard work, but it also makes Chen Xu greatly relieved, pepper can be successfully planted in Xianyang, and it can harvest so much, which means that the current temperature and climate of Daqin are still suitable for pepper growth, after this year's harvest, next year arrange for domestic servants and students from the Agricultural College to go to the south to find suitable places for water and soil to cultivate a large area, and then two or three years, It is inevitable that thousands or even tens of thousands of catties will be harvested every year, and then these seeds will be continuously spread out, so that the people in the south can plant them in front of and behind the house, and then sell them to merchants who deal in spices, so that this rare spice can also be tasted by more people, adding exotic flavors to the production of food, and at the same time increasing some additional income for farmers.

At the beginning of August, Li Si, who had just recovered from his health, entered the palace to meet the emperor, and a few days later, a messenger came to the Qinghe Courtyard with an edict in his hand, informing Chen Xu to participate in the court tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Chen Xu packed up his belongings, and when it was dark, he rode into the city.

In mid-autumn, all the crops on both sides of the Wei River have been harvested, and all that remains of the farmland is a patch of withered yellow and piles of corn.

The Wei River is flowing endlessly, the fields on both sides of the bank are filled with mist, and you can vaguely see the rolling and majestic Taiyi Mountains, like a giant dragon lying prone on the Weihe Plain and tumbling to the southeast.

Regarding the emperor's sudden request for him to participate in the court meeting, Chen Xu still couldn't see it clearly like the vast fog of the Weihe Plain.

And since Ying Shiyan became pregnant, Chen Xu didn't care much about the government affairs of the court, except for patrolling the fiefdom of the food eup, he was at home with Ying Shiyan, changing the tricks to make her all kinds of nutritious and delicious food every day, just over a month later, Ying Shiyan has gained weight, and her plump figure is more flowery, although she is only sixteen years old, she slowly has a maternal brilliance.

Concubine Yun has to come to visit every ten years, and even specially sent a few middle-aged palace maids who are familiar with taking care of pregnant women to take care of Ying Shiyan's daily life, and the focus of the entire Hou Mansion is now all focused on Ying Shiyan and the fetus in the womb.

On the square in front of the foggy court hall, all kinds of carriages with two bridles and four bridles came one after another, and after seeing Chen Xu, almost all the officials who came to the court had to congratulate Chen Xu.

In the court hall, Li Simeng Yi Feng Qujian and the three Shangqing were already in their positions, although the expressions of the three were as calm as ever, but Chen Xu deliberately watched it when he passed by Li Si's side, and his psychology was also emotional.

I haven't seen it for more than a month, Li Si's hair is all white, although it is neatly combed, but it can be seen that his spirit is very weak, his cheeks are thin and his skin is dry, his eyes are deep-set, and even his eyes are full of ashes.

The wind and candle are about to die.

This is the state of Lees at the moment.

Although Chen Xu was a little unbearable, he quickly put this idea behind him.

Political struggles have always been life-and-death, Li Si, as the mainstay of the stubborn Legalist disciples, wants to make peace with him and now has no chance and possibility, and Chen Xu does not have the time and energy to fight wits and courage with this old fox who has been immersed in officialdom for decades, because with the continuous passage of time, the future of Great Qin Chen Xu is becoming more and more difficult to control, mainly because the emperor's mind is unpredictable.

Although Chen Xu built the Oriental Road, took out the globe, and constantly promoted various reform measures that could make Great Qin rich and strong, but in the current era, the princes and princes did not pay much attention to the life and death of the common people, in fact, the rule of the aristocracy still firmly prevailed.

Even if a powerful secretary like Feng Quji, who supports reform, he is not concerned about the people's food, clothing, or even life or death, but whether he can make his work easier, more convenient, and more conducive to control.

The same is true of the emperor's thinking, and he doesn't care much about the common people.

Li Si will not die for a day, and he will be in power for a day, so Chen Xu will not be completely relieved for a day.

What's more, if Li Si continues to uphold the government, and the emperor's vision has been completely broadened to the entire earth, if Chen Xu can't gain the upper hand, then someone may eventually come to pick the peach that Chen Xu worked so hard to plant.

Chen Xu worked so hard to promote the reform, so naturally he didn't want to make wedding dresses for others.

Therefore, if Li Si knows each other, he should give up his power or even return to his hometown in advance, otherwise when the two of them really meet each other, Chen Xu will inevitably kill him with a thunderous momentum, even in front of the emperor, Chen Xu will not hesitate.

After a few years of mixing with the court in Xianyang, Chen Xu is no longer the first time he came to Xianyang, let alone the years when he was in Qinghe Town.

The only way to save Great Qin, to save Chinese civilization, and to stop that unprecedented massacre is to stop killing by killing.

If Lees doesn't admit defeat, then he must die!

Chen Xu strode past Li Si expressionlessly, and then sat on his own exclusive chair, his eyes scanning the entire court hall, with an unprecedented chill in his eyes.

Countless people were curious about what it meant for Li Si and Chen Xu to suddenly come to the court together today, but after coming into contact with Chen Xu's eyes, they all shivered slightly for no reason, and their souls quickly lowered their heads and were silent with a cold air.

At midnight, the emperor came out of the back of the hall almost exactly on time, and the monarchs and ministers took their seats when they saw the salute, and the hall soon fell silent.

Zuo Xiang, who was seriously ill for more than a month, and Qinghe Marquis, who had not come to the court for more than a month, appeared in the court at the same time, and the focus of today's court discussion must be related to these two ministers who are the most important to the emperor.

Sure enough, after a short period of silence, before the emperor could speak, Li Si stood up first, walked to the center of the hall with a wat board in his hand, knelt down and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has been seriously ill for more than a month, and he has delayed many government affairs, so he begs for his majesty today!" ”

Seeing Li Si perform such a big gift, Qin Shi Huang also stood up and personally walked down the nine steps to help Li Si up and said: "Aiqing has been working hard all year round, and has worked hard and made great achievements, what is the crime, today Aiqing is physically recovered and returns to his duties, I am so happy in my heart, come here, put a bearskin on Li Xiang's chair and ......"

"Huh~" The palace man standing behind the palace quickly brought a black bear skin mattress and spread it on Li Si's chair.

"The weather is getting cooler, remember to keep warm at the beginning of Aiqing's serious illness, and there are still many official affairs that need Aiqing's assistance later, please take a seat!" Qin Shi Huang said with concern on his face.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and I wish to repay Your Majesty!" Li Si's expression was full of sorrow, and there were cloudy tears rolling down his old eyes.

The performance-like behavior of the monarch and the minister made the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty silent.

Li Si staggered to the front of his chair, did not sit down, but bowed again and said: "Your Majesty, today's old minister is in court, and there is really something I want Your Majesty and your colleagues to testify......

Chen Xu's face shook slightly, and his face instantly became a little cold, thinking that Li Si was going to break out the Five Poisons Soul Water to testify against him.

And the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all turned their heads to look at Li Si after a slight commotion.