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"Let's get flat!"

At this moment, Hu Hai had already changed out of the T-shirt and big pants just now, and put on a single robe woven with black and gold. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info waved his hand, walked up to the emperor's throne in the study, and sat down.

In the past five years, the years have also not left any traces on Hu Hai's face, and there has been no change in his appearance, except that his breath is deeper than five years ago.

But Feng Quji didn't dare to think like this.

He knows better than anyone that the young emperor in front of him, who seems to be like an ordinary rich son, although he is a little less sharp than five years ago, but it is more profound, only when he is really touched, you can find that in the whole world, in fact, everything can't escape the eyes of this young emperor who seems to be a little lazy.

"Aiqing, but she is still here to say goodbye to the elderly?"

Waving his hand to signal Feng Quji to sit down, Hu Hai looked at Feng Quji, who was in good spirits but was about to appear old, and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Feng Qujian hurriedly got up and bowed.

Strictly speaking, Feng Quji himself is not a person who loves power. The reason why he did not hesitate to gamble with the whole clan and even preferred to bear the abuse and hatred of all the noble families in Great Qin was actually to get some benefits in front of Hu Hai, but more to protect the Feng family and compete with Li Si as the starting point.

Since he was in his forties, he served as the right prime minister of Great Qin, and for more than ten years, he was suppressed by Li Si, who was the right prime minister at the time.

When the First Emperor was alive, it goes without saying. Except for Meng Tian, who was relied on by the First Emperor as his arm, the whole world knew that in addition to Zhao Gao, the first emperor's most trusted person was Li Si, the left prime minister.

This. It can be seen from the fact that the First Emperor married his eldest daughter to Li You, and successively gave the princess of Daqin to Li Si's other two sons. Not only that, but the First Emperor even personally proposed to Li Si for his favorite eighteen princes.

And the Eighteen Princes, who were not favored by everyone before, are already His Majesty the Most Supreme Saint Son of Heaven in the entire Great Qin at this time.

Immediately after the sudden death of the first emperor, Li Si and Zhao Gao conspired to push the then stupid eighteen princes to the supreme emperor.

Even the first emperor's most relied on general, Meng Tian and his important minister, Meng Yi, were also taken by Zhao Gao through the hands of the second emperor. Sent to prison. In this matter, if there was no impetus from Li Si, Zhao Gao, who wanted to be a eunuch, would not have been able to do this no matter what.

Then, the Second Emperor killed Zhao Gao on his eastern tour and quickly stabilized the situation in Great Qin. and presided over Daqin. But just when Feng Qujian thought that his opportunity had come, it suddenly rumored that Li Si's daughter was about to be canonized as the Empress of Great Qin. And Li Si was also directly given the right to govern by the second emperor at that time.

At that time, Li Si was already under one person and above hundreds of millions of people, and Feng Quji still had no way to fight.

Then, Feng Zheng was taken from the position of Imperial Doctor, and Feng Quji once thought that the emperor had given up on his Feng family.

But no one thought of it. That's how wonderful things are. Li Si made frequent tricks, and finally committed suicide in desperation. Let Feng Qujian see the day when he surpassed Li Si again.

Now, as an auxiliary minister of the cabinet and the position of the imperial prince, Feng Qujian feels that he has fully achieved everything he once dreamed of. If only time could come again. He doesn't regret every decision he's ever made.

In this way, five years have flown since Wei Yu's death.

Feng Quji himself knew that he was becoming more and more powerless.

And the second emperor is in full swing. He knew it was time for him to let it go. To be precise, it's time to decentralize.

After several years of the Cabinet Office, basically all the political affairs of Great Qin have been entrusted to the Cabinet Office by the Second Emperor. Except for a few major events related to the national economy and people's livelihood. A few cabinet elders in the Cabinet Office can basically decide all the affairs of the entire Great Qin, except for military affairs, of course.

But the more this happened, the more worried Feng Quji's heart became.

Because he didn't know what the Second Emperor was thinking, if these old men were too greedy for power, would they make the Second Emperor feel that he was too greedy?

This situation made Feng Qujian feel more obvious after the first imperial examination of Great Qin a year ago.

According to the agreement reached by Hu Hai with the Ganxun noble family, the eighth year of the second emperor was the day when the first imperial examination of Great Qin was held.

The first imperial examination of Daqin was naturally held smoothly. Among them, except for the first three who were hand-picked by the second emperor, the rest of the top 100 were all released or directly appointed by the court.

Among these 100 people, there are no less than six people from the Feng Quzhi clan. When arranging these people, the officials naturally considered everyone's needs in an all-round way, and these six people were also arranged in the court.

Although the positions are not high, they are extremely critical and easy to promote.

The emperor did not say anything about such an arrangement of the officials, as if he did not know that those people were born in his own clan, but with a stroke of the pen, he agreed to everything.

However, Feng Quji knew that it was impossible for all the affairs of Great Qin to be hidden from His Majesty the Young Emperor, who was often elusive now.

Because of today's Great Qin, no one knows how many people there are in the Black Ice Platform and the Longwei Mansion, and how many people are the meticulous work of the Black Ice Platform and the Longwei Mansion, and whether there are people in the Longwei Mansion or the Black Ice Terrace in their own mansions or clans, I am afraid that even the heads of various noble families do not know.

But Feng Quji immediately discovered a slight abnormality, the disciples in his clan were supposed to be good in the first year's examination, but they were all average. It is impossible for Meng Yi, the secretary of the ministry, to fight with him specifically for a few seven-rank officials, and now it seems that the only person who can make Meng Yi do this is His Majesty the Emperor.

Without His Majesty the Emperor's signal, Meng Yi would not be embarrassed by a few small officials, not to mention that Meng Yi, as a secretary of the ministry, would not know that those six people were all from his Feng family.

The sensitive Feng Quji immediately thought, is this the emperor implying himself?

Thinking about it, Feng Quji felt that he had now reached such a position, and he was already at such an advanced age, and it seemed that it was not necessary to occupy a high position in the DPRK and China at all. If he takes the initiative to ask the elder, first, to show the emperor that he is not as power-loving as Li Si, and second, he can also make room for promotion for the children of his clan, right?

After all, as long as he doesn't die, as long as his son Feng Zheng is still the general of the court and the chief general of the Guilin army, no one in the court will embarrass his Feng clan. What's more, the emperor will definitely not allow it.

In the five years since the death of the five auxiliary ministers of the Cabinet Office, the emperor has surprisingly not added any of them to the cabinet. Even Meng Tian, who everyone thought was qualified and sure to serve as an auxiliary minister in the cabinet, still did not enter the cabinet. And the rest of the qualifications, such as Yao Jia, are still in the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department.

If the four Cabinet Ministers can maintain the normal operation of the Cabinet Office and preside over the affairs of the world, then the three seem to be equally capable. Or did the emperor actually think about the candidate for promotion to the position of auxiliary minister in the cabinet?

Feng Quji didn't know, but Feng Quji didn't dare to bet.

Counting this time, this is the third time that Feng Quji has said goodbye to Hu Hai this year.

Hu Hai squinted his eyes and looked at Feng Quji, who bowed and saluted, before he smiled and said, "Old Aiqing doesn't need to be polite, sit down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Feng Quji scrupulously abides by his duties as a courtier and salutes respectfully.

"Lao Aiqing came to tell the old man for the sake of Feng Le and others?" Hu Hai was casual and spoke.

When Feng Quji heard Hu Hai's words, his body couldn't help but tremble.

Sure enough!

The emperor really knows everything! Understands everything!

"The old minister doesn't dare! Your Majesty, the old minister is approaching his old age, and since the death of the Taishi, the old minister's health is also getting worse day by day. Now that the cabinet affairs are getting better, Master Li is also an energetic young man, and the old minister is more and more unable to keep up with the energy in the position of auxiliary minister of the cabinet. lest it delay the government affairs of the DPRK and China, please ask Your Majesty for permission! ”

Feng Qujian naturally wouldn't admit it.

If he admits it, I'm afraid it will make the emperor feel that what he has done is the same as what Meng Tian did that day. In that case, if the emperor has a bad feeling for himself because of this, I am afraid that even if he is still in the position of auxiliary minister of the cabinet, he will not be able to keep his Feng family for long.

"Hehe, what does Lao Aiqing think about my Great Qin in the past five years?"

Hu Hai did not continue to struggle with Feng Qujian on this issue, but changed the conversation and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty. In recent years, my Great Qin has been in good weather, although the tax collection for the people is not as good as His Majesty the First Emperor's eleven, but only, the twelve official warehouses in the DPRK and China have been fully stored, and the new Guilin, Huiji and other six warehouses will be full, and after the autumn harvest this year, I am afraid that it will also be full. The people of the counties in the DPRK and Central China are thriving, and the newly cultivated land is several times as much as five years ago, which is really the age of our great Qin Dynasty. ”

Feng Quji's words were all true.

In five years, the census two years ago showed that the population of Daqin had increased by 20%, to nearly 30 million.

This year, the household department will conduct the third census after the autumn harvest, and the total population of Daqin will exceed the 40 million mark. These Hu Hai are naturally clear.

"Because of this, I won't agree to Aiqing's old man!"

Hu Hai looked at Feng Quji, who was excited, and said lightly.