Chapter Seventy-One: The Great Feast
When the Great Qin scout cavalry and the Xiongnu scouts were fighting fiercely on the grassland, Wu Rui and Yingbu discussed the important matter of raising troops against Qin.
The east hall of Xianyang Palace, the political hall.
In addition to the "crackling" sound of the thick oil line burning of the tall copper crane oil lamp, the whole hall was silent.
The culprit of all this is Hu Hai, who is sitting at the top of the main hall.
Regarding Hu Hai's decision to hand over the power of Great Qin to Li Si in the future, the courtiers of the Great Qin, who were originally elated and staggered, lost their voices at the same time.
This was the first time that Hu Hai had met many senior civil servants of the central court of the Great Qin Empire, and it was also the first time that these senior civil servants of the Great Qin Empire had seen His Majesty the Second Emperor who had been awakened by the dream of the First Emperor during the Eastern Tour.
Today's banquet was requested by Hu Hai, and originally such a major event was to be discussed and announced at the court meeting, but Hu Hai didn't want to be at that Raushzi court meeting, and now there are too many things that he needs to do, so he simply arranged this banquet.
The main hall, which was originally staggered, suddenly fell into a dead silence after hearing the news announced by Hu Hai!
Some people are happy and some are sad!
Naturally, the joy was originally from the officials at all levels under Li Si's disciples and several important ministers such as Yao Jia, Zheng Guo, Yang Duanhe, and Ma Xing, who had always advanced and retreated with Li Si; What worries the right prime minister, Feng Quji, Zong Zheng and Zong Zheng, Yingteng and others.
Originally, the Meng clan should also be worried, but Meng Tian and Meng Yi had already known the news, although they didn't know why Hu Hai did this, but they didn't show too much surprise at the moment when they knew the news.
And Ying Teng is different from Feng Quji, Ying Teng only thinks from the perspective of the Great Qin Imperial Family, as an old man of the clan who came from the Lu Buwei incident, he knows better than anyone what the effect of this power of governance will be sooner.
At the beginning of his political career, Li Si was precisely the doorman in Lü Buwei's house, and it was Lü Buwei's recommendation that led to Li Si's today.
Could it be that Daqin is going to produce a Lu Buwei again?
But His Majesty the Emperor shouldn't have made such a mistake now, right? Ying Teng couldn't figure it out, glanced at Hu Hai, who was sitting on the top of the main hall with a kind smile, and then looked at Li Si, who was sitting calmly on the futon and quietly tasting wine, Ying Teng finally suppressed the doubts in his heart and did not directly object.
Feng Quji didn't know what Hu Hai was thinking, he also knew how Lu Buwei died, so he looked at Hu Hai at the top, and then at Li Si, who was sitting opposite him, and also remained silent.
Among the three princes and nine kings, Feng Zheng was born as a military general, and he was the most courageous, originally he wanted to stand up directly to oppose it, after all, the precedent of Lü Buwei's dictatorship was in the front, but when he saw his father Feng Qujian lowered his eyebrows, he finally swallowed the words that came to his mouth.
Several important ministers in the court lost their voices one after another, and the officials below naturally did not dare to come forward. Of course, that is also the reason why there are no doctors in the hall at this moment, and the doctors of Daqin are basically running out at this moment.
The silence in the council hall did not continue.
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
A shout broke the brief silence of the hall.
The person who chanted was Yao Jia!
Yao Jia's shout suddenly woke up the ministers who were still in a state of silence.
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Whether they want to or not, the ministers of the hall at this moment also bowed and shouted, as for what they wanted to do in their hearts, they only estimated that only they themselves knew.
"Okay, you love to be even. Since you have no objection to love, the matter is settled. Come and drink this cup with you! Dry! Hu Hai picked up the Qingtong wine bottle on the table and said happily.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" All the ministers in the hall picked up the wine bottle on the table and said in unison.
Hu Hai drank the sweet rice wine in the wine bottle in one gulp, put down the wine bottle and said: "It's rare to drink with you Aiqing today, I still have a few things I want to discuss with you Aiqing." ”
Hearing that Hu Hai still had something to discuss, all the ministers in the hall put down the wine bottles in their hands and listened quietly.
"First of all, I want to ask the Imperial Doctor Feng Aiqing, would you like to lead the troops?" Hu Hai smiled at Feng Zheng, who was sitting second on the left side of the hall.
Feng Zai suddenly heard Hu Hai ask if he was willing to lead the troops, and couldn't help but be stunned. He was actually originally a military general, but it was only later that the first emperor divided the government into vassals and changed to the imperial historian, but as a civil minister, he still often wore the armor of a general, and rarely wore the green robe and crown of a civil minister.
When Hu Hai saw him for the first time, he was wearing the armor of a military general, and when he heard Hu Hai's question, he quickly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty is willing to die for Your Majesty!" ”
"Good. Feng Zheng was named a general. The position of Imperial Doctor was appointed by the pawn suddenly, and Feng Aiqing's affairs were arranged by myself, what do you think Aiqing? ”
This is the result of Hu Hai's discussion with Yu Mi in the afternoon, Hu Hai didn't say anything about Li Si's plan, maybe Wei Mi saw a little, but Hu Hai was not worried at all, because the good or bad of this matter itself was actually on Li Si himself.
If Li Si is a good prime minister, everyone will be happy, and if he wants to kill himself, then he can't blame others. I think Wei Yi also saw this, so he sighed after Li Si agreed.
The Imperial Doctor is in charge of the function of supervising the hundred officials, and Hu Hai can let Li Si manage the government, but the officials in the court can't let go of Li Sishi, and the weak is the best candidate recommended by Wei Yi to Hu Hai.
Dun Weak is different from Yao Jia and the rest of Jiuqing, Dun Weak was born in the Yan Zhao family, a famous family, traveled around the world and entered Xianyang, and finally stayed in Daqin to serve. The rest of Jiuqing, except for Zheng Guo and Zhang Han, the rest of them are all children of the noble family of Great Qin, and they are widely implicated.
And he is weak and arrogant, disdainful of being with people [***], and only blindly ponders hundreds of classics outside of business. In addition, Dun Liang has been in charge of the Black Ice Platform for a long time, and what he does is a confidential matter, so it can be said that he is the best candidate for the Imperial Doctor.
Feng Zai didn't expect Hu Hai to directly remove himself from the post of Imperial Doctor, you must know that Imperial Doctor is the same as the Third Prince, although it is said that he is now a general, but there is not even a soldier An empty general, there is a name of a great general, does Your Majesty want to clean up the Feng family?
Hearing Hu Hai's words, the ministers in the hall lost their voices again, and everyone had the same thoughts as Feng Zheng at this moment. The same is true of Li Si, who didn't get any news beforehand.
But Li Si thought more, when he was just about to take charge of the government, the imperial historian was replaced by a weak man who had always disdained the interaction between the ministers, and Li Si, who knew the position of the imperial historian very well, could not help but think of the intention behind Hu Hai's move.
Of course, Dun Weak is not in this hall today, and he is still staring at the training army in the big camp.
The expression on Feng Zheng's face changed, and when he saw Hu Hai looking at him with a kind smile, he secretly gritted his teeth and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”
"Okay, Feng Aiqing is so dedicated to the country, I am very relieved. Drink this cup! Hu Hai said happily.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Feng Zheng swallowed a full bottle as bitterly as drinking poisonous wine.
Hu Hai put down the wine bottle, saw the strange atmosphere of the ministers in the lobby, and pretended to be unaware and said, "Why don't you Aiqing drink?" Since then, Li Aiqing has been in charge, and I should personally lead the army to pacify the traitors of the Six Kingdoms, all of you Aiqing should act with your heart and cooperate with Prime Minister Kuang to restore my Great Qin! ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
"Good! Today, you should not get drunk and not return! Played! ”
Hu Hai ignored the complicated ministers in the hall, and enjoyed the performance of the singers in the hall by himself, and from time to time he picked up the wine bottle and drank with several important ministers in the hall.
No matter what the many senior civil servants of Daqin in the hall thought about Hu Hai's several decisions today, seeing that the emperor had finished talking about business, they all pulled the ministers who were familiar with him to eat and drink one after another.
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"General, the stone is back!"
When Meng Chong heard the words of his subordinates, he got up and saw a knight galloping in the distance, not the stone that went to Didao (present-day Lintao County, Gansu) to find out the news.
This group of people was none other than Meng Chong's group who had gone to the prairie earlier.
In the end, Su Yue did not accept Meng Chong's suggestion to cross Jiuyuan and take Xianyang to enter the South China Sea through the Yangyue New Road, but instead chose to enter the South China Sea from Longxi to Bashu through the Lingqu and take the waterway.
The reason why Su Yue chose this way was that he was worried that Meng Chong, who had always doubted him, would give an early warning to the Jiuyuan Qin army in advance, so that the Jiuyuan army would be prepared in advance against the Xiongnu army that was about to go south, so he insisted on taking the waterway that needed to be turned countless times.
But Meng Chong, who was still imprisoned in prison, Meng Tian and Meng Yi, who were still in prison, insisted on sending his knights to Di Dao to inquire about the news despite Su Yue's opposition when passing by Zhidi Road in Longxi County.
Hearing that the stone was coming back, Meng Chong hurriedly got up, and Su Yue, who had been doing it alone in the distance, heard that the stone was coming back, and came over in a hurry. When Meng Chong saw Su Yue coming, he didn't react, and stood aside waiting for the stone to arrive.
Seeing that Meng Chong ignored him at all, Su Yue's eyes shot a trace of resentment, and then put on a hypocritical smile.
"See the general!"
When Shi Lao saw Meng Chong from afar, he turned over from his horse and knelt down on one knee.
"Hurry up, I can find out the news here?" Meng Chong took a few steps to pick up the stone and asked eagerly.
"General, I'm overjoyed." Stone looked excited.
"What's the happy event? Hurry up? Meng Chong hurriedly asked.
"The two adults, Meng Tian and Meng Yi, have been taken back to Xianyang by His Majesty the Second Emperor and reinstated."
"Ahh Is this true!? When Su Yue heard the stone's words, his face changed and he hurriedly asked.
"The general is now spread throughout Guanzhong, and His Majesty the Second Emperor was awakened from a dream by His Majesty the First Emperor during his eastern tour, and now he has killed Zhao Gao, a thief, and issued three edicts for his own crimes, and he will be exempted from taxation!"
Shi didn't pay attention to Su Yue next to him, and talked to Meng Chong endlessly.
After listening to the stone's words, Meng Chong and other more than 50 people couldn't help but burst into tears one by one, and couldn't help kneeling on the ground and shouting, "Long live His Majesty the First Emperor"!
It is difficult for outsiders to imagine the complicated feelings of the old Qin people in the pre-Qin era towards Great Qin and the Ying clan. The Ying clan led millions of old Qin people in the bitter cold land of Guanzhong, difficult to change the law to become strong, resist the invasion of neighboring countries, and finally unify the world step by step.
The hardships and efforts involved in this are the ones that no old Qin people ever complain about and do not hesitate. At this moment, Hu Hai's actions made the old Qin soldiers, who were originally angry, no longer able to suppress the excitement in their hearts, and cried loudly with their hands on the ground.
After listening to the stone's words, Su Yue no longer had his usual indifference, ignoring the devouring eyes of Meng Chong and others, he forcibly took out a token and said: "General Meng, this is the general's order, Yue orders the general to leave immediately, and rush back to the South China Sea under the starry night!" ”
(PS: Down with Xiao Yueben!!!!!!! Call to Tokyo!!!!! )